Grant Highlights
Human Services
The center is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships that target the eradication of hunger and malnutrition in the United States. Assisted by this three-year grant for general operating support, the center and its widespread network of partner organizations are elevating their anti-hunger work and increasing their effectiveness.
The organization works to end violence against women and children through public education, professional training, advocacy, and policy initiatives. This challenge grant is being used to renovate an existing building to create a LEED-rated education and program center with meeting space.
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.
Serving a 10-county area in Ohio and West Virginia, the organization offers substance-abuse treatment and job-readiness and placement, case-management, counseling, and parenting services to 11,000 individuals annually. The renovation of a warehouse, using this challenge grant, creates a community campus for 20 health and human-services organizations and enhances the equity, efficiency, and effectiveness of services delivery.
Serving a 10-county area in Ohio and West Virginia, the organization offers substance-abuse treatment and job-readiness and placement, case-management, counseling, and parenting services to 11,000 individuals annually. This grant supports the implementation of an integrated client-tracking system for use by 20 health and human-services organizations in a newly renovated community campus.
Goodwill Industries, which provides career training and employment services to 50,000 individuals annually, has partnered with Alamo Community College to create the Good Career Academy model. This three-year grant supports expansion of the model, offering greater access to career-certification training in the medical and technology industries for low-income minority individuals.
The food bank collects, processes, and distributes nearly 11 million pounds of food annually to 126 nonprofits. Faced with increasing demand for food assistance, the organization is using this challenge grant to purchase and renovate a larger, more efficient facility to serve as its distribution center.
The state’s largest food bank collects, stores, and distributes food and related items to 400 nonprofit agencies and serves an estimated 2 million residents in 20 counties. This 36-month 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, enables Harvest Hope to sustain its operations, which have been affected by a sharp spike in service demand and escalating expenses.
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.