That's why the kinds of innovative investments being made by philanthropy - particularly community foundations - have never been more important in the Ohio Valley.

West Virginia and Ohio residents recognize the vital role of more than 700 community foundations nationwide in supporting essential services like health care clinics, food banks, domestic violence shelters, libraries, and volunteer fire departments. The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley was able to make grants to 16 schools in Ohio and Marshall counties in support of the Healthy Kids Initiative. The foundation recognized this fact and provided a grant to West Virginia Northern Community College in the amount of $40,000 to create a welding program at the New Martinsville Campus to train people for this emerging industry.

Community foundations know that the investments they make today will help people for many years to come. By marshalling the financial resources of individuals, families, and businesses, we can address problems like unemployment, stagnant economic growth, hunger, and poverty.

By strategically working with others, community foundations can equip society to more effectively deal with such future challenges in the Ohio Valley.

Nelson is executive director of the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley.

Posted November 29, 2011 at 8:50 a.m., updated November 29, 2011 at 8:50 a.m.

Indian River Community Foundation board members Bob Puff, Ben Bailey and Rick McDermott accept a proclamation from the Vero Beach City Council in honor of National Community Foundation Week.

12 to 18, Indian River Community Foundation joined more 700 community foundations across America in celebrating National Community Foundation Week, an effort designed to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of organized philanthropy in local communities.

To recognize the event, the Vero Beach City Council issued a proclamation on Nov. 15, which was presented by Mayor Pilar Turner to Indian River Community Foundation board members Rick McDermott, Bob Puff and Ben Bailey.

In a down economy, with limited resources and a growing need for services, community foundations can play a vital role in helping charitable dollars make the greatest impact possible in our community, McDermott, the immediate past chairman of the foundation, said. Bush, the first Community Foundation Week included a congressional briefing about the work of community foundations throughout America and their collaborative approach to working with the public, private and nonprofit sectors to address community problems. Indian River Community Foundation participates in national effort Updated 11/28/2011 at 12:28 p.m. 0 comments Updated 11/28/2011 at 10:21 p.m. 0 comments Updated // at : 132 comments Updated // at : 49 comments Updated // at : 46 comments Updated // at : 45 comments Updated // at : 0 comments Updated 11/23/2011 at 12:03 a.m. 0 comments Updated // at : 2 comments Updated 11/23/2011 at 9:10 p.m. 0 comments Flood in Indian River Estates, Fort Pierce, St Lucie County Flood in Indian River Estates, Fort Pierce, St Lucie County Flood in Indian River Estates, Fort Pierce, St Lucie County

Lake View: Importance of Community Foundation of the lake - Camdenton, MO - Serving Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks region including Osage Beach, Camdenton, Lake Ozark, Eldon and Sunrise Beach The Community Foundation of the Lake was formed in 2008, joining what are now 44 affiliates of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, which was ranked 79th among more than 700 community foundations in the United States in 2010.
The CFO network serves the entire region of the state south of the Missouri River as a public charitable foundation committed to community grant making, resource development, public leadership, and collaboration. The volunteer leaders of the Community Foundation of the Lake board think that is because Community foundations impact lives, solve problems, and improve futures. The Community Foundation of the Lake is a growing resource to receive and grant local community funds donated by families, individuals, and corporations. We look forward to the Community Foundation of the Lakes continued growth of local charitable resources developed to benefit our community and its residents.

-Trenny Garrett, President, Community Foundation of the Lake

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$180,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation">Henry Luce Foundation funds undergraduate research awards for up to 24 women at Olin College. These awards will provide a significant boost to our efforts to attract high-performing women to our innovative program and prepare them to become top-notch scholars, engineers and innovators."

The CBL Research Scholars Program at Olin College will provide women students who have completed their first or second year an opportunity to pursue a research project full-time in the summer and part-time during the following school year. The funding from the Luce Foundation will provide additional resources to supplement existing initiatives at Olin in support of women and men pursuing science and engineering careers.

"We are thrilled to begin the Clare Boothe Luce Research Program at Olin College," said Sarah Spence Adams, project director and professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering at Olin. Olin College will contribute faculty time, summer on-campus housing, mentoring activities and mentor support.

"We intend to build a strong support network among the Clare Booth Luce Research Scholars and the program mentors, and we hope our students will continue to use this network after graduation, while they are in graduate school or pursuing their careers," said Adams. "Additionally, we hope to benefit students not directly involved in the program, for example through certain mentoring programs and activities that will be open to all students."

Since its first grants in 1989, the Clare Boothe Luce Program has become the single most significant source of private support for women in science, mathematics and engineering.

TD Charitable Foundation Awards $2.5 Million in Grants to Non-Profits Focused on Affordable Housing Initiatives 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, today announced the winners of $2.5 million in grants to support affordable housing initiatives through its sixth annual company-wide "Housing for Everyone" grant competition.

The competition invited local non-profit organizations from Maine to Florida to submit proposals outlining their plans and initiatives to support and provide affordable housing initiatives in their communities. Twenty-five organizations throughout TD Bank's footprint from Maine to Florida were awarded a $100,000 grant for a total grant donation of $2.5 million in 2011.

"Access to affordable, energy efficient safe housing is a significant need for millions of families, and these grants will help expand the availability of such housing in several neighborhoods in need," said Elizabeth K. Warn, President of the TD Charitable Foundation and Senior Vice President of Community Development for TD Bank. Connecticut: Columbus House, Inc.

Delaware: Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware, Inc.

Florida: Homeless Emergency Project, Inc.; Miami Beach Community Development Corporation, Inc.; and Osceola County Council on Aging, Inc.

Maine: Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

Massachusetts: Community Development Partnership; Lawrence Community Works, Inc.; and Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH)

New Hampshire: Laconia Area Community Land Trust

New Jersey: Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County; Jersey City Episcopal Community Development Corporation; and Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Inc.

New York: Asian Americans for Equality, Inc.; Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc.; Bridge Street Development Corporation; Community Development Corporation of Long Island, Inc.; and Rural Ulster Preservation Company, Inc.

North Carolina: Mountain Housing Opportunities, Inc.

Pennsylvania: 1260 Housing Development Corporation; Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises, Inc.; and Women's Community Revitalization Project

South Carolina: Upstate Forever

Vermont: Champlain Housing Trust

Washington, DC: Jubilee Housing, Inc.

The 2011 Housing for Everyone grant competition featured a theme of "Building for the Future" that focused on the creation of new units, energy efficiency, and capacity building projects.

The TD Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Bank N.A., which operates as TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank, and is one of the 10 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. The Foundation's mission is to serve the individuals, families and businesses in all the communities where TD Bank operates, having made $82.9 million in charitable donations since its inception in 2002. More information on the TD Charitable Foundation, including an online grant application, is available at www.TDBank.com.

Foundation keeps money flowing to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute that offers classes to seniors

ASHLAND The 1,300-student Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has received a second $1 million grant from its namesake foundation to continue offering classes in Ashland and Medford, drawing older people into studies in everything from art, dance and film to investment, travel and literature.

Formerly called SOLIR Southern Oregon Learning in Retirement the program, headquartered at Southern Oregon University, changed its name to OLLI in 2007, when it received first two $100,000 grants, then $1 million from the Bernard Osher Foundation.

Since then, OLLI has doubled the number of students, tripled the number of classes to more than 100 and expanded to the Higher Education Center in Medford, where it holds 20 percent of its classes. It has kept its tuition fees at the same low rate of $100 a year regardless of the number of classes a person takes, says Lucy Strasburg, president of the OLLI council.

"It's the best deal around," says Strasburg, "and the grant letter from Osher summed it up, that this is a wonderful community of intellectually vigorous people. We have all kinds of students, from captains of industry to little old ladies, like I will be someday."

The agreement with the Osher Foundation was that a second million would be added to the endowment if the program was thriving and it is, said Jeanne Stallman, executive director of Outreach and Engagement Programs at SOU.

The foundation is based in San Francisco and was created in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a businessman and community leader.

The first million provides an income of $50,000 to $100,000 a year, depending on the health of the stock market and, remarkably, Stallman adds, it has done well since it was invested by the SOU Foundation at the nadir of the market in 2009. The second million is expected to add about the same to the budget, which also receives membership money and donations and has revenues totalling up to $350,000 a year, she said.

"I feel so proud of our association with OLLI and what we've achieved," she said.

"Unlike other (SOU) programs, this one is member-driven, not by me as executive director. It's about people contributing and members feel a great love for the organization."

Past OLLI president Cliff Edwards, retired from business management and strategic planning with Mobil Oil, was a key player in landing the grants and notes that Osher's philosophy has been hands-off, essentially saying, "Here's the money, run it as you desire and do your best."

The OLLI council submits an annual report to the Osher Foundation. Stallman says the investing class is probably the most popular one in OLLI.

"The Osher Foundation is so strongly supportive of OLLI," SOU President Mary Cullinan said in a press release. In providing $2 million to OLLI in the last three years, the Osher Foundation underscores the importance of lifelong learning and adult learners to our university and our southern Oregon communities."

In addition to the key purpose of learning and stimulating the mind in later decades the program has students from their 50s to 90s it serves an important second purpose, said Edwards, of creating "a social atmosphere that gets people together and some people say it's why they get up in the morning."

OLLI has three terms and is exploring adding a summer term. Southern Oregon Spartans My Life Art Studio La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries Southern Oregon Spartans

Deadline for Applications: January 4, 2012
Community groups, nonprofits and grassroots organizations wanting to keep local boaters safe and waterways clean are eligible for grants for up to $4,000 each from the BoatUS Foundations Grassroots Grants Program. Past projects earning funding have included high-flying blimps carrying safety messages, radio public service announcements, custom-made fuel spill containment kits and signs at boat ramps highlighting the threat of invasive species.
Groups interested in applying for one or more Grassroots Grants may go to www.BoatUS.com/Foundation/Grants to look at previous grant projects and photos, review current guidelines and frequently asked questions, and apply online.

10, for the Nebraska Community Foundations annual banquet and exposition.
The foundation has raised just over $3 million in response to its challenge grant issued by the Ford Foundation.
An anonymous donor has issued a second challenge grant to enable the Foundation to continue its training and technical assistance to communities across Nebraska.
The program also included findings from the foundations 2011 Transfer of Wealth Study.
Jeff Yost, President and CEO of the Nebraska Community Foundation, said the study estimates that $603 billion will transfer from one generation to the next in Nebraska over the next 50 years.
The Nebraska Community Foundation teaches leaders of its 214 affiliated funds how to encourage their friends and neighbors to include their communities and local charities in their estate plans.
With NCFs emphasis on planning gifts for the future, NCF started a new tradition this year with its Community Legacy Award. The Norfolk Area Community Foundation Fund recently received the award because each of its 11 Fund Advisory Committee members has made a significant planned gift commitment to benefit their community in the future.
The Community Legacy Award trophy depicts a windmill, which is a symbol of the way endowed charitable gifts continue to give back to community year after year, forever.
The banquet program included speakers from NCF affiliated funds from the following communities and organizations: Brandon Day and Joe Ferguson of Norfolk; Holly Hornung Remund of Arnold; Nicole Sedlacek of ONeill; and Richard Walter of Shickley.
Approximately 125 Fund Advisory Committee members from across the state participated in several NCF training sessions.
Major sponsors for the annual events were Elkhorn Valley Bank & Trust of Norfolk and the Omaha Office of Westwood Trust.
NCF is heralded as a national model for community development philanthropy, which uses charitable giving as a tool for revitalizing local economies.
NCFs 214 affiliated funds serve 230 Nebraska communities in 77 counties; NCF supports 1,800 volunteer leaders through training, organizing, planning and networking.
More than $80 million has been reinvested in communities over the past five years.

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