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The Clark County Community Foundation is asking for help to getting up to $17,000 in matching grants.
The Ross Foundation recently challenged the Clark County Community Foundation to raise $8,000, which would fund CCCFs operating endowment, by June 30.
Some programs the CCCF have funded include Humane Society Clark County, Equine Rescue, Sheriffs Youth Ranch, Group Living, Inc., Arkadelphia Human Development Center, rural fire departments, police departments and several of the county schools for reading and literacy programs.
The CCCF has almost $1 million in endowed funds for specific programs. As these endowments grow and are created, Sommer said, the CCCF will be able to increase grant funding back to the community.
Sommer recently send a campus-wide e-mail to staff and faculty at Henderson State to ask for donations, and said the foundation has received several very generous offers.

Community Foundation Sonoma County has named Tania Amochaev, Harriet Derwingson, Herb Castillo and Whitney Hall to its board of directors. David Voss is the new board chair, Pete Golis is chair-elect and Linda Kachiu is treasurer, while outgoing chair Barbara Graves is secretary.

Recently installed CFSC President and CEO Barbara Hughes said that she is “thrilled” with the caliber of the new board members and the broad representation throughout the county.

Philanthropists and artists invited by the Community Foundation for Monterey County have convened to discuss the necessity of funding for local arts, and how the arts benefit our community.

I am surrounded by gifted musicians, CEOs of grand arts organizations and leaders from the Peninsula communities, who are all familiar with the fancy cheeses on the elegantly staged table. I'm wearing shoes from The Western Stage's costume shop because I had none better of my own, and the unfamiliarity of my current environment feels intimidating.

But I am on a mission: To tell these affluent supporters of the arts my own story of how The Western Stage at Hartnell College has changed my life. I was shocked that every kid I knew wasn't already enrolled.

"Immediately I signed up for the next summer program, and worked 9 to 5, five days a week. It instilled meaning and confidence into the shy child I once was, and I never felt happier.

"I continued on for years, until eventually I came to a point in my life where I had to focus on my schoolwork.

"Finally, years later, I ran over to The Western Stage and said I needed to be a part of the company in some way. It was a success, and I hope by sharing some of the good roles The Western Stage has played in my life, they saw how much good the company can do in our community as a whole.

While financial support from these wonderful people is extremely important, nothing outweighs the support from our community. John of The Western Stage in Salinas.

The Cumberland County Community Development Office is seeking single women living alone or with roommates in the Portland area to participate in a study of their housing needs and preferences.

Data will be collected through an online survey and in-depth interviews, said Elizabeth Trice, the county’s grants and special projects coordinator.

Some of the interviewees will be invited to participate in a focus group further discussing some viable options for housing catered towards the needs of women living alone or with others.

This research is primarily funded by a grant from the Maine Community Foundation.