The Community Foundation Serving Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, a major charitable foundation in Barstow, has reported that is has already doubled it's annual charitable funds in the year 2011, equating to a total amount of $59,333 awarded to six different nonprofit groups in the area.
Sharilyn Hunke, communications officer for the foundation, said that the organization has seen the need to increase grant levels in response to the area's continuing economic upheavals.
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