Alabama

The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has announced it is moving to the Nextec building at 1531 Third Avenue North. The approximately 65,000-square-foot building first opened in 1928 as the home of the Edwards Motor Company and served as a dealership until 1944. Previously located in the Landmark Center for 20 years, the foundation’s new open-concept office suite includes 19 offices, three meeting rooms, two collaborative workstations, and a central break room and is two blocks from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the city’s theatre district.

Arizona

The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona in Tucson has announced that its Local News Initiative of Southern Arizona has awarded inaugural grants totaling $225,000 to six organizations supporting local news across the region. Recipients include the Arizona Luminaria, KAWC, Nogales International, Patagonia Regional Times, Tucson Agenda, and Tucson Sentinel.

Connecticut

The Beta Iota Boulé Foundation and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG) have announced a collaboration to support the mental health of Black boys and men. The effort includes an investment of $400,000 from the Boulé Foundation placed with HFPG, which will match the Boulé funds with up to $600,000 in additional funding to create a $1 million impact. A portion of the funds ($200,000) will be made available to the Black Giving Circle at the Hartford Foundation, a group of community members whose mission is to create sustainable change in the Black community by leveraging the philanthropic efforts of donors and celebrating Black philanthropy. Donations from members are pooled together in a dedicated endowed fund at the foundation. Alongside the Boulé Foundation and staff at HFPG, giving circle members will examine mental health issues facing Black men and boys in greater Hartford and recommend grants to nonprofits to address them.

Florida

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) in Venice has announced a $1 million grant that has been doubled by anonymous GCCF donors to make a total of $2 million in matching funds available for the Bay Park in downtown Sarasota. The matching period concludes at the end of 2024, and the funding will be used to support the design and development of a new resilient shoreline as well as a free park programming.

Georgia

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has announced the addition of five new board members. Janine Brown is an attorney and partner in charge of the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird. Roxana Chicas is an assistant professor at Emory University School of Nursing. Soumaya Khalifa is the founder of Khalifa Consulting and the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta. Tiffany McKenzie is a partner with Harrison LLP. And Natosha Reid Rice is a global diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Habitat for Humanity International.

Mississippi

The Little Tallahatchie Riverway Conservancy has received a $2 million grant from the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund to kick-start a $6 million project aimed at transforming the Park Along the River to expand accessible community space, the New Albany Gazette reports. Established as a special project of the Tupelo-based CREATE Foundation, the initiative aims to enhance the park's natural beauty while offering new recreational opportunities to residents and visitors. With the initial funding in place, the conservancy is poised to embark on the first phase of the multiyear project. Future plans include the development of new walking trails, picnic areas, and educational exhibits about local wildlife and ecosystems.

New York

The Westchester Community Foundation, a division of the New York Community Trust, has announced the additions of Elizabeth A. Cumming and Tully McGowan to its advisory board. Cumming is a partner with the law firm of Glassman & Brown, LLP, and McGowan is a private wealth advisor with Bernstein Private Wealth Management.

Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Foundation has announced that it awarded a record $89 million in grants to approximately 2,500 nonprofit organizations last year. About two-thirds of the grants were directed by the foundation’s donors; only about a third of the grants could be made at the sole discretion of the foundation. At the end of 2023, total foundation assets stood at approximately $1.4 billion. Total fund investment return for the year was 14.2 percent. In addition, the foundation raised $46 million in gifts.

Wisconsin

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) has announced it was selected by the Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) as a philanthropic intermediary partner to administer and distribute funds through its new Community Responsive Fund. Under the new partnership, the foundation will work closely with OBT to administer funds totaling $3.5 million in grants of up to $75,000 to local organizations that directly respond to immediate challenges and opportunities in the community. GMF will serve as a local expert to ensure that OBT is increasing the positive impact in the regions it serves by providing guidance on and administering grants from the trust directly to organizations in Wisconsin that are providing effective services and programs.