The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit.

The Skillman Foundation has awarded the Archdiocese of Detroit Office for Catholic Schools a grant of $160,000 to continue the development of “professional learning communities” for eight urban elementary schools.

In September 2006, supported by a total grant amount of $522,000 from the Skillman Foundation, the Archdiocese of Detroit City School Resource Team launched a three-year school enrichment program.

Created in 1960, The Skillman Foundation is a private philanthropy whose chief aim is to help develop good schools and good neighborhoods for children.

The Archdiocese of Detroit currently has eight elementary and three high schools in Detroit, with student populations which are predominantly from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Martinsville Daily – Harvest Helps Martinsville Area Community Foundation Expand.

The Harvest Foundation will grant $80,000 to the Community Foundation of Western Virginia, Inc. on behalf of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation to go towards Organization Capacity Building.

The grant will be awarded over three years and will contribute to the community’s overall Quality of Life.

The Martinsville Area Community Foundation (MACF) was formed in 2005 with endowment funds carried over from the sale of Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County in addition to a seed grant from the Harvest Foundation.

Since inception MACF has grown to over 20 endowment funds totaling approximately $11M.

To date, the organization has made grants in excess of $1M to address important community needs.

The assets of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation are growing rapidly.

With this addition, the Director of MACF will conceivably be able to do the following: have more time available for personal interaction with the community and its major stakeholders and future donors, have the necessary time to investigate and implement creative grant initiatives that would produce a more centrally-focused, collaborative effort to directly better the community and its residents.

“MACF is thrilled that The Harvest Foundation has again stepped forward with this grant at a critical point in the Community Foundation’s development.

With this funding we will be able to take the next step forward in our growth and become even better-positioned to help local families establish new endowments for the long-term benefit of the community,” said April Haynes, Director of the Martinsville Area Community Foundation.

Fred Ricart’s Foundation Accepting Grant Applications | Ricart Automotive Group.

The Ricart family has been part of the Central Ohio charity scene from the beginning.

Right now, Fred Ricart’s own charity, the Ricart Foundation, is accepting applications from qualified charitable organizations for assistance in a variety of areas.

The Ricart Foundation has already provided funding for several events in 2008, including the 2008 Hospice of Fairfield, OH Golf Outing, the 2008 Autism Event, the 2008 Sequoia PBA Event, the 2008 20 Most Outstanding Women Event, the 2008 Mark Bloom Driving School, the 2008 Ohio Nursery Exhibit, the 2008 Fallen Heroes Event and the 2008 Ronald McDonald Golf Outing.

The process for applying for consideration is simple.

Just visit the Ricart Foundation Web site.

Tell us briefly about your organization and why you’d like to be sponsored by the Ricart Foundation.

No long complicated forms, no drawn out selection process.

The Ricart Foundation is just one more way that Fred Ricart is keeping it real and keeping it simple for families in Central Ohio!

Community Foundation Donors Contribute $6,000 to the Assistance League of Greater Placer – Roseville.

Two grants distributed through the Placer Community Foundation’s Donor Advised Funds will help provide new clothes and supplies for students in need this coming school year.

The recipient of the grants, the Assistance League of Greater Placer, works to distribute the goods to students from 92 Placer County and Black Oak Mine schools through their Operation School Bell® program.

Each of the two grants came from charitable funds established by local donors at the Placer Community Foundation.

One grant for $5,000 was made from an anonymous donor while the other, in the amount of $1,000, came from the Constantino Family Fund.

For more information about the Assistance League of Greater Placer and their Operation School Bell ® program visit their national website at www.assistanceleague.org or call the Greater Chapter at their thrift shop in Fiddler Green Plaza, (530) 885-1982.

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