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The organization said local organizations received a total of almost $600,000.

Other local organizations receiving grants include: Thundermist Health Center, NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, the Woonsocket School Department and the Matthew 25 Center of Hope Outreach Program.

After killing the Newport Marathon last week, the Newport City Council has given the popular race some CPR after a vote reconsideration.
The rain led to a significant drop in the number of arrests as compared to last year.
School officials said that unlike Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish Holiday, Good Friday does not have required services.
Teachers who requested Good Friday off were denied by the school district, prompting the lawsuit.
Says circus plan to stop using animals should start now, not 2018.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Saturday, March 7, the American India Foundation (AIF) hosted its second Annual Orange County Gala on the heels of a successful launch in 2014, bringing together more than 250 guests, including some of the region’s most influential philanthropists and entrepreneurs, C-level executives, luminaries, and community leaders to raise more than $400,000 in support of AIF’s flagship Learning and Migration Program (LAMP), celebrating its 10th Anniversary of providing children of migrant workers and communities impacted by seasonal migration with access to continuous, quality education.

AIF Trustee and Orange County Chair Tinnie Grewal welcomed the audience and thanked Gala Chairs MS International and Tarsadia Foundation. “The Orange County community is one that gives,” remarked Mrs.

Award-winning New York-based comedian Anish Shah emceed the event. Zack Krone from California Coast Auctions led a stunning live auction and fundraising drive that raised $200,000 dedicated to AIF’s LAMP program. Since 2003, LAMP has reached 280,000 children, created 935 seasonal hostels, and made a lasting difference in 700 villages across six states in India.

The American India Foundation is committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development, with a particular emphasis on empowering girls and women to achieve gender equity.

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InnovAge (Denver): $25,000 for a combination of supportive services that foster independent living for older adults in the Denver metro area.

Longmont Meals on Wheels (Longmont): $25,000 to provide home-delivered meals to homebound older adults in Longmont and surrounding rural areas.

Project Angel Heart (Denver): $25,000 to provide home-delivered meals to homebound low and moderate-income older adults with life-threatening illnesses in the Denver metro area.

Seniors’ Resource Center (Denver): $17,000 for the Transportation Services Program which provides rides to older adults in Adams and Jefferson counties.

Child and Family Development

Bal Swan Children’s Center (Broomfield): $10,000 to support teacher training and quality improvement activities to help maintain 4-star Qualistar rating.

The Bell Policy Center (Denver): $40,000 toward a $120,000 grant to support general operating support for research and analysis, public education, collaboration, outreach, and advocacy. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Education and Health program areas.

Children First of the Rockies (Longmont): $10,000 for a program which educates parents to prevent neglect and abuse and encourages nurturing parenting to promote healthy child development.

Children’s Haven Child Care Center (Lakewood): $11,620 to support quality improvements and staff development for an early education center in Southwest Denver.

Children’s Outreach Project (Denver): $20,000 for professional development and quality improvement of their high quality early childhood educational programming which servies at-risk families.

Clayton Early Learning (Denver): $8,000 to support the state-level early childhood advocacy efforts by helping with the local match for the Alliance for Early Success grant.

Colorado Succeeds (Denver): $5,000 toward a $10,000 grant to partially fund a study on the quality and consistency of READ Act implementation in schools across the state. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Aging program area.

The Center for African American Health (Denver): $50,000 for general operating support and staff and volunteer training to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors among Denver-area African Americans.

Center for Improving Value in Health Care (Denver): $50,000 to provide Medicaid with data analytic tools to improve assessment of hospital and physician performance.

Clinica Tepeyac (Denver): $26,351to support Medicaid eligibility screening and improve clinic revenue and sustainability.

Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care (Denver): $29,398 for promoting access to mental health services through school-based health centers.

Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition (Aurora): $30,000 to support greater efficiencies and cost-savings in Colorado’s childhood immunization system.

Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (Denver): $200,000 for general operating support for this organization whose mission is to increase health care coverage and access for all Coloradans.

Doctors Care (Littleton): $18,500 to develop a business case and feasibility analysis to determine revenue-generating services for a health care clinic.

Inner City Health Center (Denver): $20,000 for an assessment aimed at expanding behavioral health services for underserved Coloradans.

Policy Matters (Wheat Ridge): $8,333 towards a $25,000 grant for one year of state-level legislative monitoring services. The grant was jointly funded by the Foundation’s Child and Family Development and Education program areas.

DONOR-DIRECTED GRANTS

Donor-advised funds housed at the Foundation made 245 grants totaling $3,347,721.

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9to5 Colorado
ACE Scholarships
Alliance for Children Foundation
Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter
American Indian College Fund
American Jewish World Service
Anchor Center for Blind Children
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Anti-Defamation League, Mountain States Region
Arts Street (2)
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Aspen Community Foundation
B’nai Vail Congregation
BBYO
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
Bravo Colorado Music Festival Endowment Foundation
The Bridge Project, University of Denver
Carbondale Clay Center
Carbondale Community School
Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities
CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Chabad Jewish Community Center
Cherry Hills Palmer Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver (2)
Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation (3)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Colorado Academy
Colorado Children’s Campaign (2)
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Colorado Golf Association
Colorado Nonprofit Development
Center (3)
Colorado Organization on Adolescent
Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention
Colorado Public Radio (3)
Colorado Public Television
Colorado Symphony Association
Colorado Wild Public Lands
Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Columbia University
Committee for the Rescue of Israel’s Babies
COMPASS for Lifelong Discovery
Compassion & Choices
Congregation Ateres Shloime-Hornosteipel
Congregation Beth Menachem of Glogev
Conservation Colorado Education Fund
Contemplative Outreach of Colorado
The Couse Foundation
Craig Hospital Foundation (2)
Cultural Survival
Dartmouth College
Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Denver Botanic Gardens (2)
Denver Children’s Home
Denver Film Society
The Denver Foundation
Denver Health Foundation
The Denver Hospice
Denver Jewish Day School (3)
Denver Justice Council
Denver Scholarship Foundation
Doctors without Borders
Dumb Friends League
Echo Foundation
Edge of Seven
Ekar Farm (2)
Energy Outreach Colorado
English in Action (2)
Equity Trust
Ethiopia Reads
Facing History and Ourselves
Family Tree
Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado (2)
Food Bank of the Rockies (4)
Fort Logan Mental Health Center Auxiliary
Friends of the Arava Institute
The Gathering Place
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver (2)
Global Down Syndrome Foundation (2)
Global Fund for Women
Global Kindness
Grassroots International
Gunnison Trails
Hampshire College Trustees
Hartley Film Foundation
Help for Survivors of Domestic
Violence and Assault
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families
High Country News
Himalayan Children’s Fund
Inner City Health Center
International Community Foundation
Invest in Kids (3)
The Jerusalem Foundation, Inc.
Jerusalem U
Jewish Community of Amherst
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Inc.
The Jewish Experience (2)
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles (2)
Jewish Family Service of Colorado (6)
Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
Jewish Inspiration
Jewish National Fund (2)
Jewish National Fund, Mountain States Region
Jewish Student Connection
JEWISHcolorado (3)
Jews for Judaism International
Judaism Your Way (5)
Judi’s House
Kavod Senior Life
Kent Denver School (3)
Kestrel Land Trust
Lewis & Clark College
LIFT-UP
Link Hands for Humanity
Literacy Outreach
The Literacy Project
The Logan School for Creative Learning
Mackintosh Academy
Marion Downs Center
Marshall Direct Fund
McCormick Foundation
Menlo College
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Mile High Business Alliance
Mile High United Way
Milken Institute (2)
Mizel Arts & Culture Center MACC at the JCC
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
Mountain Resource Center
Moving Traditions (2)
National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mid-South Chapter
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy in Colorado
Neshama Center
Northfield Mount Hermon
Oxfam America
PassageWorks Institute
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pitzer College
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (3)
Posner Center for International Development
The Private Redemption Foundation
Project C.U.R.E.
Protect Our Winters
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ATLANTA, March 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, in partnership with the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN), has announced 45 nonprofits selected to take part in Westside Momentum, a three-year capacity building initiative of the Westside Neighborhood Prosperity Fund designed to increase the impact and sustainability of organizations based in Atlanta’s historic Castleberry Hill, English Avenue and Vine City neighborhoods.

Momentum, piloted in 2011, is the first and largest project of its kind in Georgia and was developed by GCN to support the work of nonprofits addressing complex issues in communities around the state. Through our work, we know that nonprofits serving the Westside of Atlanta are a critical piece of the equation,” stated Frank Fernandez, Vice President of Community Development, The Arthur M. Community Group nonprofits include: The 3×3 Project, A Hand Up Ministries, Abel 2, Actor’s Express, Antioch Urban Ministries, Assembly of Truth Ministries, Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, Central Community Services, Community Empowerment Development Corporation, The Community Foundation for Financial Literacy, Create Your Dreams, Field of Dreams Academy, First Step Staffing, Flight Buddies Foundation, Foreverfamily, Friends of Lillian Cooper Shephard Park, Fulton County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Georgia Micro Enterprise Network, GivingPoint, Grow Montessori School, Hagar Civilization Missionary Training, Historic Westside Cultural Arts Council, Historic Westside Gardens ATL, HOPE Through Divine Intervention, The Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights at Clark Atlanta University, Lifecycle Building Center, Meals on Wheels Atlanta, Midtown Assistance Center, Morehouse Alumni Mentoring Program, The Music Education Group, New Hope Enterprises, Resources for Residents and Communities of Georgia, The Roosevelt House, SafeHouse Outreach, The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Greater Atlanta, Southeastern Horticultural Society, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture, Urban Perform, and Walking Through the Vine.

The Georgia Center for Nonprofits builds thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. Through a powerful mix of advocacy, solutions for nonprofit effectiveness, and insight building tools, GCN provides nonprofits, board members and donors with the tools they need to strengthen organizations that make a difference on important causes throughout Georgia.

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Johnson County to seek grant to study overcrowding at jailJohnson County to seek grant to study overcrowding at jail

A slew of Johnson County officials are supporting the application for a grant that would help address overcrowding at the Johnson County Jail.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors, the County Attorneyas Office and the Sheriffas Office will jointly apply for the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge Grant, County Attorney Janet Lyness said Thursday morning.

The grant would award $150,000 in technical assistance to up to 20 local governments throughout the country, Jessica Peckover, the countyas jail alternatives program coordinator, told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Thursday morning.

The grant money would help the county collect data on who is populating the jail and why, Peckover said.

The money, according to a MacArthur Foundation news release, would help governments establish afairer, more effective local justice systems using innovative, collaborative and evidence-based solutionsa to overincarceration.

Lyness said if Johnson County was awarded the money, it would hire someone to collect such data as the most common arrests, charges, and the amount of pretrial jail time inmates have.

aWe would get a snapshot of the jail population,a Lyness said.

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High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, Tom Ramsden, together with Lord Lieutenant Barry Dodd CBE, hosted the launch of the Arts for Change fund at the idyllic setting of Newby Hall on the evening of Thursday, 12 March.

The Arts for Change fund was established by Tom Ramsden in his year as High Sheriff of North Yorkshire to support the use of arts or other cultural activity to enrich and change the lives of those in need. The fund will open for applications in summer 2015 and it will be available to groups, charities or individuals and will support artistic activity that is for the benefit of the community.

To inspire donations to the fund and demonstrate the powerful effects of the arts on local lives, Two Ridings Community Foundation worked with Tom Ramsden and its co-president, Barry Dodd to host the launch at Newby Hall with generous sponsorship from JM Finn & Co, Saffery Champness and Wrigley’s Solicitors.

With almost 200 guests in attendance, including the Mayor of Ripon, the evening featured a performance from members of the Hands and Voices choir, a fully inclusive singing and signing community choir based in York that inspires people with disabilities to communicate through creativity. On the night, the room was filled with the spirit of creativity as the walls were lined with artwork from residents of The Beacon, a supported housing scheme for homeless veterans in Catterick.

Donations to the Arts for Change fund will help support arts activities in North Yorkshire and empower communities to initiate projects of their own. Everyone can support the Arts for Change fund to make a difference to lives in North Yorkshire.

Donations to the Arts for Change fund can be made online by visiting www.trcf.org.uk or by cheque made payable to Arts for Change sent to Two Ridings Community Foundation, Primrose Hill, Buttercrambe Rd.

Phi Mu Delta video game tournament raises over $500 for St. Phi Mu Delta video game tournament raises over $500 for St.

On any other Saturday night, college students would just be playing video games in their dorms for no reason at all.

The Student Union Ballroom was abuzz Saturday night as Phi Mu Delta put on a Super Smash Bros. and FIFA video game tournament in an effort to help raise money and awareness for St.

Participants of the tournament paid five dollars to enter and play in either the Super Smash Bros., or FIFA video game gauntlet.

The tournament was certainly a success and showed how just a video game tournament can help spread much needed awareness.

“The aging baby boomers have grown their businesses and many are looking to sell” and give part of their interests to charity, says Karla D’Alleva Valas, managing director of the complex asset group at Fidelity Charitable, a large donor-advised fund. In the first half of 2014, donations of complex assets to Fidelity Charitable more than doubled, to $100 million, compared with the same period a year earlier.

Depending on the type of asset, the easiest route to donate illiquid property is through a donor-advised fund or a community foundation that has expertise in accepting donations of complex assets, including handling the legal review of documents and IRS reporting. “We receive the asset, do the compliance and get it sold,” says Bryan Clontz, president of Jacksonville, Fla., consulting firm Charitable Solutions, which is the administrator of the Dechomai Foundation, a donor-advised fund. Say you have $12 million in shares in a small business that you own and you want to donate $4 million worth of the shares to a donor-advised fund. For the year of the donation, you will get a charitable tax deduction for the shares’ fair market value. The donor-advised fund sells the donated shares you have given it, and you direct how the proceeds will be distributed to your favorite charities.

The donor still gets the tax break based on the fair market value at the time of the donation, but it becomes the charity’s problem to manage and sell the property. A donor can generally deduct the full fair market value of the artwork if the charity uses it for its charitable purpose, such as a museum exhibiting a donated painting.