The Parsec Prize for the second quarter 2009 was recently awarded to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. The organization has been serving Western North Carolina since 1982 and provides services to eight counties.

Parsec also made donations to the Boys Home of the South, Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Asheville Community Theater, Caring for Children, and Special Olympics of North Carolina.

As mentioned in a previous newsletter article, Parsec matches a portion of employee donations.

Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland was the recipient of a $4999 grant from the Jackson Community Foundation. These funds were combined with a grant from the Battle Creek based Nonprofit Alliance and used to purchase a back-up register and generate a comprehensive retail reporting system.

GICMH has retail stores in the following locations: Battle Creek, Marshall, Coldwater, Jackson, Mason, Lansing, DeWitt, Charlotte, Hastings, and additional donation centers in Okemos and Eaton Rapids, Chelsea, and at the Northwest Refuse site in Jackson. Revenues from these retail operations are invested back into the organization to help people gain good jobs and become independent, tax-paying members of their communities.

Another round of emergency grants for food and shelter programs in Santa Clara County was announced today by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

The foundation will award about $500,000 in grants to 23 nonprofit organizations serving residents in need. In early May, the foundation awarded $1 million in emergency grants for food and shelter programs.

"As the county's unemployment has risen, more people than ever before are turning to food pantries and temporary shelters," Rebecca Salner, a media relations officer from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, said of the emergency grants.

The Salisbury Community Foundation is currently accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for its 2009 grants program.

The Salisbury Community Foundation is dedicated to inspiring philanthropy in the Salisbury/Rowan County area.

The Salisbury Community Foundation assists individuals and families address their philanthropic needs through charitable giving services; helps local nonprofits secure their future through endowments and establishment of charitable giving programs; and addresses a broad range of changing local needs through a grant-making program.

As an affiliate of Charlotte-based Foundation for the Carolinas, the Salisbury Community Foundation is dedicated to increasing charitable giving and strengthening the community.