Arizona

The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona in Tucson has announced grants totaling $50,000 in support of arts organizations and emerging artists, including $20,000 through the foundation’s Endowment for the Arts Fund, $20,000 through its Igor Gorin Memorial Fund, and $10,000 to the Tucson Girls Chorus through CFSA’s Fillman Gorin Fund. The 2022 Endowment for the Arts grant round awarded funding to Ajo Council for the Fine Arts and the Central School Project, while the Gorin Memorial prizes were awarded to vocalists Emily Blair and Simone McIntosh.

California

The San Francisco Foundation has appointed Bob Uyeki to a five-year term its board of trustees. A retired foundation executive with more than 30 years of experience in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors in the Bay Area, Uyeki was the longtime CEO of the Y & H Soda Foundation, a private family foundation committed to advancing economic justice and protecting immigrant rights in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. He also has worked at the East Bay Community Foundation and was the director of the San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival.

Illinois

The Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) in Peoria has announced more than $140,000 in grants to 16 local nonprofits through the 2022 Community Arts Grant, the Arts Mean Business Fund Grant, and the Arts Capacity-Building Grant programs. Recipients include EPIC, Corn Stock Theatre, Big Picture Initiative, and the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.

Iowa

The Omaha Community Foundation has announced that its Audubon County Community Foundation affiliate awarded $133,835 to nonprofit organizations and community projects in the county during its Spring 2022 grant cycle. Recipients include the Audubon County Agricultural Society, Exira Community Club, Friendship Home, and the Children’s Nest.

Michigan

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced first-quarter awards totaling more than $14 million in support of organizations in the region that are focused  arts and culture, community development, education, environment, health, human services, recreation, and youth. Recipients include the Detroit Opera, Develop Detroit, the Historical Society of Michigan, and Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association.

New York

New Settlement has announced a $200,000 grant from New York Community Trust that will enable the organization’s Young Adult Opportunity Initiative (YAOI) to expand its reach and support more Bronx youth as they pursue employment and educational opportunities. The program serves a vulnerable population of young men and women, ages 17-24, who are out of school and out of work. Over 12 weeks, YAOI job developers and youth advisors guide cohorts of young adults to ensure they are workforce-ready—not only vocationally, but emotionally and socially, with positive attitudes and real commitment.

The Rochester Area Community Foundation has announced that, to mark its 50th anniversary, it will underwrite tickets or admission to a wide range of arts and cultural sites and performances across the Greater Rochester/Finger Lakes region. The program, Gifts for Good: Sampling Cultural Gems Across Our Region, will run through March 2023.

Ohio

The Dayton Foundation has announced that it is offering up to seven area nonprofit organizations the opportunity to work with a Del Mar Encore Fellow, who can tackle a project that requires special skills or experience not currently available within an organization’s existing staff. Del Mar Encore Fellows are highly skilled, recently retired professionals, who bring a deep and broad skillset that can be deployed to work on high priority community and organizational needs. Since 2017, The Dayton Foundation has deployed a dozen older adults into the community to work as Del Mar Encore Fellows on significant community issues. The deadline to apply for a Del Mar Encore Fellow is May 5, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.

Pennsylvania

The Pittsburgh Foundation has announced that its donors provided a record $26.2 million last year, a 53 percent year-over-year increase. The total the foundation raised from all sources was $68.8 million. The foundation also distributed $57.1 million in grants to 2,850 nonprofits and civic institutions. The support went to a wide range of causes, including provision of essential human services, education, arts organizations and individual artists, and programs to advance medical research and public health.

Washington

The Seattle Foundation has announced the first round of funding for its Fund for Inclusive Recovery. Twenty-one organizations led by Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) individuals—those with intimate knowledge of the obstacles their communities face—will receive a total of $12.6 million. The grants will support approaches that create the necessary foundation for meaningful systems and policy change. Recipients include Alphabet Alliance of Color, Choose 180, Collective Justice, and the Native Action Network.