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He said that in 2012 the foundation’s assets reached just over $1 million and it continues to grow from donations and good investment strategy.

“We are pleased to fund these community efforts,” said Meakin, who is going on his sixth year as president.

A committee, chaired this year by board member Mark Bublitz, reviews grant applications to decide which ones most meet the foundation’s mission to promote and develop community resources, properties and civic treasures; promote, support and develop public interest in the arts and other local cultural undertakings; and to promote programs that contribute to the welfare of the community and the needs of its citizens.

The organizations approved for grants this year are:

a Angela Hospice Bereavement Program

a First Step

a Greenmead Restoration Trust Fund

a Friends of Livonia Library

a Livonia Civic Chorus

a Livonia Family YMCA camp programs

a Livonia Goodfellows – No Child Without A Christmas

a Livonia Kids and Families

a Livonia Symphony Orchestra

a Seedlings Braille Books for Children

The public is encouraged to attend the awards program at the Livonia Civic Center Library, located east of Farmington Road on Five Mile.

03/18/2015 10:38:12 AM PDT

Commercial property open house scheduled

The Main Street Martinez Economic Restructuring Committee is hosting an open house from 10 a.m. teacher’s phone and email, entry category and title of work.

For information and complete entry requirements, go to www.creatingpeacefulschools.weebly.com.

Pleasant Hill grant application underway

The Pleasant Hill Community Foundation’s annual community grants application process is underway.

The foundation will consider requests for special community projects; community service projects; conferences, symposia, regional workshops; publications and brochures; and small equipment purchases for community programs.

There are no grants for individuals, capital expenditures and annual fund appeals; political organizations or campaigns; religious purposes; groups that discriminate based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other factors; and fundraising and organizational celebrations.

The Community Grants Allocations Committee will review all applications and present recommendations to the Pleasant Hill Community Foundation board, which makes all final selections.

Individual grants will vary with most being up to $1,000. For more information, contact info@PHCommunityFoundation.org.

Concord survey on bike and pedestrian plan

A Concord survey is ongoing through April 12 to get resident feedback about walking and bicycling in the city.

The information will support Concord’s upcoming Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Safe Routes to Transit Plan.

“We know that some of the best information about walking and biking in Concord will come from residents,” said principal planner Andy Mogensen.

There will also be a public workshop from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

AC&M’s support of my volunteer trip to South Africa demonstrates how our corporate values of compassion and culture come to life 3XP short for three times the philanthropy combines AC&M’s inaugural Nonprofit Giveback, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Volunteer Time Off (VTO) programs. Each project utilizes employee talents as the driving force for success with the common goal of providing a solid “corporate family” support system where employees act as change agents in their communities here at home and abroad.

“From providing employees time off to volunteer at soup kitchens or coach youth soccer games to supporting international philanthropic missions, we know that passion begets passion,” says Jaime Cardenas, CEO, AC&M Group. Corporate Social Responsibility AC&M’s first ever CSR plan helps employees better serve the communities in which they live and work. Part and parcel to the plan is AC&M’s support of volunteerism in which employees can donate their time and talents to a nonprofit.

Employee Satisfaction: 47% of people chose volunteer time as the most effective socially motivated tactic for increasing employee satisfaction.

For more information on AC&M’s corporate culture, please visit acmconnect.com, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/acmconnect, LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/ac&m-group, Instagram http://www.instagram.com/acmgroup and the company’s blog at http://blog.acmconnect.com.

The Plainville Citizen | Plainville, CT |

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain is accepting applications to sponsor community events in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington that take place from July through December.

Applications must be received by May 1.

“We’ll give out about $750 per organization.”

To date, sponsorships have been made to 14 community events, including the Plainville Wind Ensemble’s 2015 Spring Concert. The events must take place in the four-town service area and be open to the public.

An application form is available on the CFGB website at www.cfgnb.org.

CFP (Conference Panel): “Trust Networks: Circuits of Religious Philanthropy in South Asia” (Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisc.) | H-Asia | H-Net CFP (Conference Panel): “Trust Networks: Circuits of Religious Philanthropy in South Asia” (Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisc.)

CFP Trust Networks: Circuits of Religious Philanthropy in South Asia

2015 Annual Conference on South Asia – Madison, Wisconsin

October 22-25, 2015

Many of South Asia’s diverse religious and spiritual traditions are managed through philanthropic organizations, often charitable trusts.

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GUILFORD COUNTY — A $1 million pledge is the latest in a fundraising campaign that could enable Guilford County Schools (GCS) to join Say Yes to Education, a nonprofit program that works with public school districts.

The fundraiser, spearheaded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and facilitated by a donation platform known as Razoo, matches gifts proportionately so that all community giving is maximized.

While the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has not outlined a specific fundraising goal for the day, the organization hopes to exceed last year’s $3 million pot of donations, according to Ellen Gilligan, president and chief executive officer of the foundation.

“We would hope that our community’s generosity would be more expansive than last year, but we don’t set a specific goal,” Gilligan said.

Through Match Day, donors can log onto www.matchdaymke.org and direct a minimum of $10 to the agency or agencies they want to support. Donations are then matched proportionately according to the total collected by each organization during the day.

The fundraiser’s matching element is made possible by the generosity of Greater Milwaukee Foundation partners and supporters that, in addition to many of the foundation’s longtime donors, includes United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County; Brewers Community Foundation, Inc.; The Ceres Foundation; The Faye McBeath Foundation; and Meijer.

This year’s Match Day organizations are: Advocates of Ozaukee; Cathedral Center; Center for Veterans Issues; Community Advocates, Inc.; Daystar Inc.; Family Promise of Washington County; Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin; Food Pantry of Waukesha County; Friends of Abused Families; Guest House of Milwaukee; Hebron House of Hospitality; Hope Center Inc.; Hope House of Milwaukee; Hunger Task Force, Inc.; Milwaukee Rescue Mission; Pathfinders Milwaukee; Sojourner Family Peace Center; The Salvation Army Milwaukee County; The Womens Center; and Walkers Point Youth and Family Center.

The majority of organizations involved are agencies that the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has had a history of supporting through its Basic Needs Fund.

Since introducing Match Day to Milwaukee in 2012, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has used the fundraiser to draw attention and dollars to nonprofits whose services fulfill basic needs. “So I think people are drawn by the compelling nature of the organizations supported.”

That success has also emerged from the fundraiser’s matching element as well as from the ease of its giving platform, Gilligan said.

“The idea of giving up your Starbucks for the day and going online and making a difference for a hungry child or a victim of domestic violence or a teenage runaway is compelling and because it’s so easy (to donate) I think it makes a difference for people,” Gilligan said.

Match Day’s previous three events generated more than $7.6 million, according to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and welcomed a wealth of new donors to participating organization’s donor bases.

Last year, a third of Match Day donors were new donors to the organizations they aided, according to Gilligan.

“So (Match Day) really broadens the base of support and understanding among these organizations and the work they do in our community,” she said.

The 2015 fundraiser, which will also include a variety of social media promotions and competitions, will begin at 12 a.m.

I created the foundation to help women and children around the globe. With women being educated in these regions, I believe that there is more of a chance for peace in the future.

How does your experience as a successful entrepreneur inform your work as a philanthropist?
I learned that hard work and perseverance are what it takes to be successful. I started Pars Equality Center, a community foundation in 2010 to support the full integration of Iranian and Americans in the United States to create a more just and compassionate community in which Iranians of all cultures and beliefs can participate. I realized early on that every other minority group from Asians to Latinos have an organization to bring together their community.

The Iranian-American community has always been somewhat segmented, and to help each other, we need to come together and work in unity. Full Cycle Energy Fund’s mission is to retrofit traditional electric generation plants from high cost, polluting fuels to lower cost and environmentally friendly fuels derived from MSW (Municipal Solid Waste). We are also investing in new plants that are highly advanced, cleaner, safer and better for our planet.

How does your experience as a successful entrepreneur inform your work as a philanthropist?
The skills and strategy needed to grow a successful and profitable enterprise are the same skills and expertise I apply to giving back and my philanthropic efforts.

What are the long-term plans for your work?
While politicians waste time fighting over how to balance environmental regulation and economic development, pollution from fossil fuel use and increasing amounts of municipal waste are harming public health and our ecological systems worldwide. My goal is to eradicate the need for fossil fuels forever by turning municipal waste into clean fuel that can power communities on a global scale never achieved before. “A few years ago, we set out to create a company that infuses philanthropy into everyday items to help save lives around the world,” shares Bell. To distribute the treatments, This Bar Saves Lives has partnered with FIMRC (Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children) who have been working hard to help the over 200 million people suffering from malaria worldwide. This center will help women acquire necessary job-related skills in order to improve their lives, and ultimately their communities. Between 1960 and 2013 the United States accumulation of municipal waste rose dramatically from 88 million tons to over 251 million tons and AlHusseini knew that by transforming this waste into clean, valuable fuel could transform how we handle waste forever. With the use of highly advanced technology, AlHusseini became founder and managing partner of Full Cycle Energy Fund the fund that finances and owns projects that convert waste into fuel that can be used to power communities around the world. By using gasification in their model, but have also improved upon the available technology that already exists in order create the best results possible and help combat both the environmental and waste problems we face responsibly and profitably.

Now the late heiress’s estate is announcing two more unexpected gifts: $40 million apiece to Norwalk Hospital and Westport Weston Family YMCA, both Connecticut nonprofits her family helped establish nearly a century ago.

Despite her fortune, “she was one of us,” says Carol Bauer, a hospital volunteer and former chairman of the hospital’s board.

The Bedford family’s association with the hospital and the Y goes back decades. Bedford, a Standard Oil executive who founded a company now called Ingredion, was the hospital’s chairman in the early 1900s and donated money for a nursing school in 1926. Bedford’s bequest, say hospital officials, the family had given at least $10 million to the medical center.

Bedford did not attach any strings to her bequest, hospital officials plan to take the next six months or so to decide how to use the money, says John Murphy, chief executive of Western Connecticut Health Network, of which Norwalk Hospital is an affiliate.

Bedford’s bequest will push the hospital into the future by providing new resources that will enable the most up-to-date training and care.