SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Tipping Point Community’s SF Gives, a $10 million initiative created by a coalition of business and tech leaders to fight poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area, today released its first Corporate Philanthropy Playbook to help businesses optimize the impact of their philanthropic efforts.

New analysis conducted by the Boston Consulting Group for the SF Gives Playbook found that 70% of the $5.5 billion dollars donated by Bay Area companies in 2013 came from the tech sector, which amounted to $3.8 billion invested in the community through cash, unrestricted grants and in-kind donations. If Bay Area tech companies alone pledge 1% of revenue, commit to giving 20% in the form of cash, and focus 30% of their giving locally, together they would generate a $341 million increase in cash given to the Bay Area. The SF Gives Playbook provides a roadmap for companies to identify the best way to integrate philanthropy into their business culture while making it easier to give. “We applaud SF Gives, the Tipping Point Community and the companies that have joined this movement for helping to facilitate these efforts and working tirelessly to make us smarter and more effective in the process.”

To learn more about SF Gives and see the SF Gives Playbook, visit http://www.sf-gives.org/playbook.

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Massachusetts Bar Foundation: IOLTA Grants Program – Campus Compact

The Massachusetts Bar Foundation represents the commitment of the lawyers and judges of Massachusetts to improve the administration of justice, to promote an understanding of the law, and to ensure equal access to the legal system for all residents of the state. The Foundation’s IOLTA Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations whose programs either provide civil legal services to the state’s low-income population or improve the administration of justice.

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Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said during a Monday press conference that three more suspects were arrested in connection to the Hurtsboro bank robbery last month.

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The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain‘s board of directors recently awarded a $30,000 grant to join the 2015 Community Wellbeing Survey, the most comprehensive survey of quality of life ever conducted in Connecticut.

DataHavan, a New Haven-based nonprofit managing the study, will conduct interviews with 15,000 randomly selected state residents.

The Community Foundation plans to use the information as part of its strategic planning process in determining the most significant local issues facing Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.

Law firm Robinson+Cole presented a donation of $2,500 to Hartford Performs to help support its mission to provide quality arts education programs to Hartford Public School students through arts integration, in-school arts instruction, and out-of-school arts programming.

Hartford Performs is a collaborative network of the Hartford Public Schools, arts providers, community organizations, funders, and other supporters.

Meantime, Hartford Performs has elected Robinson+Cole construction lawyer Lisa B.

While technology is vastly changing the way students learn in classrooms, with some schools equipping their students with iPads, many West County public school teachers struggle to equip their pupils with basic materials like books and quality paper.

Charis West, a Grant Elementary kindergarten teacher, said cost restraints prevented her from procuring a set of markers for her classroom and also forced her students to use cheap, flimsy newsprint for lessons requiring higher-quality chart paper.

Despite the bleak picture, this spring local teachers like West received a much-needed boost from the Chamberlin Family Foundation’s Gratitude Grants program, which provided $61,000 in grants ($250 per teacher) for the purchase of books, basic supplies and other academic needs.

Nearly all 56 public schools in West County benefited from the grants. Eleven-percent of grantees requested basic materials such as paper, pencils, calculators, notebooks, sharpeners and markers, the foundation said.

The bulk of grants went to Richmond-area schools, including seven to Ford Elementary School, six to Montalvin Manor Elementary, five to Lovonya DeJean Middle School, eight to Lincoln Elementary School, and seven to Richmond High School.

With her grant, West was not only able to purchase the markers and chart paper for her students but also books from the new Common Core State Standards recommended reading list.

Meanwhile, Joanne Friedman, a second-grade teacher at Wilson Elementary in Richmond, used her grant to equip her school library with nonfiction and guided-reading books for small group instruction. (photo below from Friedman’s classroom)

“There are challenges here in knowing what is needed, funding the purchases, and organizing the materials to be optimally used by more than one classroom of students,” Friedman said.

One in four grants from the Gratitude Grant program helped meet literacy needs and provide materials to prepare students for Common Core.

Susan Chamberlin, co-founder with her husband Steve of the Chamberlin Family Foundation, said teachers know best what materials they need to empower their students.

“These grants are a thank you and an acknowledgement of teachers understanding what it takes to move students forward academically,” Chamberlin said.

The grant program is not the first to place purchasing powers for school instruction in the hands of teachers. Last year, Chevron’s Fuel Your School program provided $1 million to teachers in Contra Costa and Alameda counties for educational tools.

The Chamberlin Family Foundation hopes to continue the Gratitude Grants program in the 2015-16 school year.

Other Richmond-area Gratitude Grant recipients include:

Adriane Ahnstedt, fourth-grade teacher at Cesar E.

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Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation receives grants, donations

April has been a wonderful month for the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation.

CALFas programs and projects received a boost with nearly $7,000 in grants, donations and sponsorships this month alone. These funds will be used to build a new sensory garden for visitors (especially those with special needs), support the Connecting Kids to Agriculture school programs, and provide general support to help CALF convey the importance of agriculture in everyday life.

Bruce and his family have donated countless hours of their time to CALF over the years, and three Weinroth children were CALF Kidasaraising their 4-H livestock at the CALFas Lowell Ranch to show at the Douglas County Fair.

The Colorado Garden Foundation, whose two annual fundraisers are the Colorado Garden & Home Show and the Colorado Fall Home Show, awarded $470,000 to 59 recipients this year.

Founded in 2002, the Colorado Agriculture Leadership Foundation at Lowell Ranch on Plum Creek three miles south of Castle Rock is a 133-acre working educational ranch that aconnects people to agriculturea through authentic educational programs, special events and community projects.

Highland schools news: Foundation celebrates 15th anniversary, students featured in “Inkspot”, National Junior Honor Society chosen | cleveland.com This past school year, the foundation awarded more than $51,000.

Projects have included incorporating “green screen” technology for elementary school students making movies using different apps and techniques, and developing a Spain Sister School relationship at Highland High School.

The foundation also plans several other activities throughout the year, including the Great Gifts Dinner Auction’s Crystal Gala-themed event Nov. 7 at Weymouth Country Club.

“The remarkable outpouring of support that the foundation has received over the past 15 years is a testament to the strong, vibrant community here at Highland,” said Eric Stasiowski, the foundation’s chairman.

For more information, visit www.highlandfoundation.org.

Student artwork featured in “Inkspot”

These Highland Middle School students will have their artwork appear in the “Inkspot” literary review. Photo Courtesy of Highland Local Schools

Nine Highland Middle School students have had their artwork published in the 2014-15 edition of “Inkspot”, a literary review published by the Medina County Educational Service Center.

The publication showcases exceptional and unique prose, poetry and artwork by students in Medina County public schools.

More than 200 entries were submitted this year.

National Junior Honor Society inductees

The following students from Highland Middle School will be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society May 22:

Branden Agnew, Olivian Arline, Anna Back, Evan Buck, Beau Bilinovich, Bryant Burns, Julia Cadnum, Lauren Cifranic, Lilia Colbrunn.