Arizona

The Arizona Community Foundation has announced the additions of Amber Ramirez and Anne Medina-Doak to its staff. Ramirez is a senior philanthropic advisor, while Medina-Doak is director of policy and public affairs.

California

The San Diego Foundation has announced grants totaling $495,000 to 10 local nonprofit organizations in support of approximately 34,000 local college students’ basic needs, such as food and housing assistance, technology resources and internet access, and mental and behavioral health care. Recipients include Feeding San Diego, First Gen Scholars, National University, and Promises2Kids.

Colorado

The Community Foundation Boulder County has announced the addition of three trustees: Boulder County assistant county administrator Yvette Bowden; banking professional Arvind Sundar; and retired telecommunications engineering professional and community volunteer David Ensign. Bowden is a former assistant city manager for the City of Boulder. Sundar serves as a relationship manager for Bank of the West. Ensign has nearly two decades of experience on various board roles at OUT Boulder County, Boulder County AIDS Project, and Motus Theater.

Massachusetts

The Cambridge Community Foundation (CCF) has announced the launch of a pilot initiative, CAMBRIDGE WINS, Sports Equity Grants, aimed at empowering young athletes across the city and supporting summer programming that keeps Cambridge youth healthy and active. According to the 2021 Cambridge Teen Health Survey, white and Latinx Cambridge Public Schools students are most likely to report being physically active five or more days a week, compared with just 20 percent of their Black and Asian peers and 6 percent of Native American students. The survey also found that nearly half of all Cambridge Rindge and Latin School students have suffered from poor mental health, reporting feeling tense, nervous, or worried every day for more than two weeks in a row. Created in partnership with Cambridge natives and sports enthusiasts Joe Bradlee and Matt Meyersohn, the summer initiative will infuse $20,000 in CCF funds to help address these inequities and make healthy activities accessible to all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status.

Michigan

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has announced the inaugural recipients of grants from the Christopher Stallworth Fund, which was established at the Community Foundation of Greater Flint after Stallworth died in 2021. Mott Foundation staff voted on how to allocate the first $50,000 in grants to organizations and programs that were close to Stallworth’s heart. The recipients are Kettering University for its Young Innovators Fair, Adopt-A-Pet, Mott Community College for Ellen’s Closet, University School for its Young Entrepreneur Institute, Factory Two/Active Boys in Christ, and Flint Soup.

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, together with the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, has announced grants totaling $600,000 from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Trails Maintenance Fund, which provides maintenance support for developed trails and greenways in the region. Recipients include Charter Township of East China, City of South Lyon, the Michigan Department of Transportation, and Wayne County Parks.

New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation has announced that its website, nhcf.org, has been updated to be more accessible to people with a range of disabilities—including blindness, low vision, deafness, and hearing loss. Software and design updates have been implemented to make the site more user-friendly for people who use screen readers to navigate website content, ensure proper contrast ratios for people with moderately low vision, and make the site entirely operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for keystrokes.

New Mexico

The Santa Fe Community Foundation has announced that the Community Health Funder Alliance has awarded $1.9 million to 59 community organizations working to improve health and wellness in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The latest round of grants brings the total investment in health outcomes in northern New Mexico to $5.5 million over the last three years.

New York

The Rochester Area Community Foundation has announced grants totaling nearly $300,000 in support of 61 area arts nonprofits. The funding, provided by the foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, includes a one-time grant of up to $5,000 for arts projects focused on increasing audience reach, organizational capacity, or equitable access to programming. Recipients include EnCompass, Friends of the Three Bears, Greentopia, and the Puerto Rican Festival.

South Carolina

The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has announced grants totaling $724,625 in support of eight area nonprofits. Recipients include the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, Multiplying Good, and the Waddell Mariculture Center Fund.

Texas

The Dallas Foundation has announced grants totaling almost $1.5 million in support of 54 organizations. Awarded from Field of Interest funds, the grants are customized to align with a donor’s interest in a specific cause. Recipients include Behind Every Door Ministries, Connections Homes, Dallas Black Dance Theater, and Mommies in Need.