California

The San Diego Foundation (SDF) has announced that it has granted more than $335 million of its $500 million Fifty and Forward campaign goal to local nonprofits supporting education, children and families, and the environment so far. SDF also announced that $880 million of its $1 billion fundraising goal has been secured to date.

Connecticut

The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut in New London has awarded the first three grants from its recently endowed Fund for Racial Justice, The Day reports. Recipients include the Neighbor Fund, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, and the Immigration and Advocacy Support Center. The foundation launched the Fund for Racial Justice and a Brighter Futures Fund for children two years ago in a bid to address the needs of groups that were found to be the worst off in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation planned to begin distributing grants from the funds when they reached the $1 million threshold; both funds reached that threshold in January.

Georgia

The Barrow County School System has received more than $200,000 in grants from a crisis fund set up by the Winder-based Barrow Community Foundation in the wake of the September 4 shooting at Apalachee High School that left two teachers and two students dead and injured seven other people, the Main Street News reports. The funding awarded to the school through the donor-supported foundation represents slightly more than 47 percent of the $451,250 distributed in the first two rounds of grants made through the Barrow Community Crisis Fund. In addition to awards to the school system, grants from the fund associated with the fallout from the shootings have gone to Family Counseling Services of Athens, the Barrow Fire Foundation, Barrow Ministry Village, and the Barrow County Fire Department.

Indiana

Hamilton County Community Foundation (HCCF), an affiliate of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, has announced the appointment of Danielle Stiles-Polk as president. Stiles-Polk, a longtime nonprofit official who previously served as HCCF’s vice president of external strategy and development, has been serving as interim president and played a critical role in guiding the foundation through its new strategic plan and rebrand launch in January.

Massachusetts

The Cambridge Community Foundation has announced the addition of Sarah Mooren and Chris Landry to its staff. Mooren will serve on the foundation’s Professional Advisors Council, while Landry is its senior development associate.

Michigan

The Community Foundation for Mason County in Ludington has launched the public phase of its Campaign for Mason County and received a $1 million challenge gift from Lee and Joan Schoenherr toward its $5 million goal, Shoreline Media reports. In addition, the Schoenherrs recently established the Lee & Joan Schoenherr Community Fund at the foundation to help address the community’s evolving needs. Launched quietly in 2023, the Building a Stronger Community Together campaign aims to boost the foundation’s endowment and triple its grantmaking capacity.

Ohio

For 2025, the Springfield Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in discretionary grants to local Clark County nonprofits, the first time they have awarded that much in a single cycle, the Springfield News-Sun reports. Recipients include Dance Stomp Shake, the Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, Rocking Horse Community Health Center, and Kids Read Now.

Texas

The Greater Houston Community Foundation has announced the inaugural recipients of its High-Impact Grantmaking initiative, a recognition and catalytic investment of $500,000 in grants to elevate organizations that propose innovative and impactful approaches to advancing economic mobility within Harris County. The recipients are Connective, the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, and Grameen America.

Vermont

The Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) has announced the establishment of the David R. Coates Fund for Vermont Disaster Relief—a permanent fund ensuring Vermont communities and individuals have a reliable, immediate resource to prepare, respond, and recover when natural disasters strike. Coates was the founding chair of the Vermont Disaster Recovery Fund (VDRF), and his leadership was instrumental in the flood recovery efforts of 2011 after Tropical Storm Irene, according to the foundation. VDRF provided $6 million in individual assistance following Irene and $1.6 million to survivors of the flooding in 2023 and 2024, and more than $14 million has been raised and committed through VCF’s Vermont Flood Response & Recovery Fund. To launch the Coates fund at the VCF, the remaining funds in the VDRF will serve as seed funding, kickstarting its long-term impact.

West Virginia

The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation has announced the establishment of the Temple B'nai Israel Jewish Community Charitable Fund, a field of interest fund dedicated to supporting Wood and Washington counties by providing funding for hunger and food initiatives and projects and programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within these communities. The temple’s formation dates to the 1850s, when nearly one million immigrants came to the United States from Germany, including the first Jewish families to reside in the Parkersburg area. Despite a long history in the region, the Jewish population significantly fell by this century, and the temple building was sold in 2013. The congregation continued to meet for services and holidays through September 2024. It was then that the small congregation dissolved. The last members of the congregation wanted to keep their resources in the community, supporting important community projects, maintaining the name of the temple in the area, and returning to its roots of assisting those in need.

Wisconsin

The Eau Claire Community Foundation (ECCF) has announced the addition of the AnnMarie Foundation as its newest affiliate fund, transferring approximately $11 million in assets to ECCF. Established in 1973 by Bob Cervenka and Louie Vokurka—who created Phillips Plastics Corporation together—the AnnMarie Foundation was named after the founders’ mothers, Ann and Marie. In 2010, the foundation became independent of the corporation. To date, the AnnMarie Foundation has awarded more than 6,200 grants and scholarships, totaling over $12 million in support of educational, humanitarian, cultural, and recreational activities.