Arizona

The Santa Cruz Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Tucson-based Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, has announced grants totaling $40,000 to twelve local and regional nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life in Santa Cruz County. Recipients of grants ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 include Literacy Connects, Our Family Services, the Santa Cruz Council on Aging, and Senior Citizens of Patagonia.

Connecticut

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has received a $50,000 grant from the Travelers Foundation in support of its Respond-Build-Renew Fund, which was established last fall in response to the needs of families in the region affected by natural disasters and to date has awarded $230,000 to meet a variety of needs. The grant from Travelers will be used to help families that relocated to the area from Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Recipients of support include the Capitol Region Education Council, Catholic Charities, and the Salvation Army of Southern New England.

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has announced Lynn Ricci as its new board chair. The president of the Hospital for Special Care, Ricci joined the CFGNB board in 2014 and has spent the past two years as its vice chair.

Illinois

The Evanston Community Foundation has named Rebecca Parmet as its new development officer. Parmet most recently served on the planned giving team at the Rotary Foundation and worked for Curt’s Café, a nonprofit organization, in several capacities.

Massachusetts

The Boston Foundation has announced that it will host a session on the diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges facing staff and leaders at Massachusetts nonprofits on Monday, April 2. The event is a follow-up to the Boston release of the national Race to Lead report hosted by the Boston Foundation last October. The report found that racial inequities in the Massachusetts nonprofit sector mirror those at the national level and describes the differing experiences of white people and people of color working in the sector. At the session on the second, the report’s authors will share the new results from Massachusetts and engage in a discussion with sector leaders about the racial equity issues highlighted in the report.

New Jersey

The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced community impact and capacity-building grants totaling more than $600,000 to sixteen area nonprofits. Recipients include the McCarter Theatre Center, Dress for Success Central New Jersey, the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, and Womanspace.                                                                 

Ohio

The Columbus Foundation has announced that the John W. and Edna McManus Shepard Fund/Guernsey County Foundation is accepting applications for grant requests. The Shepard Fund awards grants of up to $5,000 in support of cultural and economic development programs benefiting Cambridge and Guernsey County. The deadline to apply is May 25.