Grant Highlights
Human Services
The nonpartisan economic and social-policy research institute disseminates its finding to a broad audience and informs community development to promote social, civic, and economic well-being. This three-year grant funds a comprehensive assessment of the Greater New Orleans nonprofit sector’s capabilities to deliver human services, and supports the pilot launch of an integrated online database, toolkit, and resource hub.
The nonpartisan economic- and social-policy research institute disseminates its findings to a broad audience and informs community development to promote social, civic, and economic well-being. This multiyear grant for the institute’s Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development supports the Housing Opportunity and Services Together project, which examines different models for integrating housing and supportive services to improve outcomes for vulnerable youth and families.
Utah’s leading safety-net provider distributes food to 125 agencies and programs and manages the state’s 2-1-1 referral line. This challenge grant is being used for the purchase and renovation of a replacement warehouse and distribution facility, the purchase of an inventory-tracking software system, and the acquisition of trucks.
In response to the economic crisis, our trustees approved one-time operating support grants in 2009 and 2010 to recent grant recipients for safety-net services such as food, shelter, and other emergency assistance. This support helped direct-service organizations on the front line cover funding gaps caused by the economic crisis.
Homeless, elderly, and disabled veterans, including many from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, receive medical, psychological, and spiritual care through the Homestead’s facilities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico. The construction of the LEED-rated Northeast Veteran Training and Rehabilitation Center in Gardener, Mass., is supported by this challenge grant.
Through 266 units of supportive housing, three housing programs, and an intensive five-year coaching effort, the agency provides the stability and resources that formerly homeless individuals need to rebuild their lives, access health care, procure employment, and increase their incomes. This 36-month bridge loan from the Community Relief Fund, which offered program-related investments to high-performance human-service organizations that were providing food, shelter, and other emergency services during the economic crisis, allows two of the housing programs to continue operating.
The residential and community-based agency annually offers specialized treatment, family foster care, alternative education, and youth assistance to 1,000 abused and neglected children and families. This challenge grant for the new Child and Family Resource Center supports the major renovation, and some minor construction, of its school, gymnasium, and community-service building.
In addition to distributing food to 115 partner agencies serving 9,000 people monthly, Weld also functions as a job-training site and an intake and referral organization that provides food stamps and assistance to needy residents. The completion of a commercial kitchen, assisted by this grant, enables the food bank to deliver more meals to low-income children.
In response to the economic crisis, our trustees approved one-time operating support grants in 2009 and 2010 to recent grant recipients for safety-net services such as food, shelter, and other emergency assistance. This support helped direct-service organizations on the front line cover funding gaps caused by the economic crisis.
In response to the economic crisis, our trustees approved one-time operating support grants in 2009 and 2010 to recent grant recipients for safety-net services such as food, shelter, and other emergency assistance. This support helped direct-service organizations on the front line cover funding gaps caused by the economic crisis.