Alaska

The Juneau Community Foundation (JCF) has announced that playwright and retired family medicine doctor Maureen Longworth has been awarded the 2022 Marie Darlin Prize. Administered through the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, the $5,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual or collaboration whose work, through a combination of vision and shared sense of community, expresses a regional commitment to women’s rights, social history, or community advocacy. The Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum and JCF support the funding for the prize.

California

The California Community Foundation has named 12 Los Angeles County artists as recipients of the CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists (FVA), totaling $480,000 in unrestricted grants. The announcement comes after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellows will each receive an unrestricted grant of $40,000, which is an investment in the artist’s career rather than support for a singular project. They also will receive access to career development support and networking opportunities. Over the last 34 years, FVA has awarded more than $6 million in unrestricted funds to over 300 artists.

Illinois

The Chicago Community Trust has announced that 30 nonprofit organizations serving the Chicago region’s Latinx community were awarded a total of $750,000 in grant support from its Nuestro Futuro initiative. The funding is focused on enabling nonprofit organizations to improve access to early childhood education and immigration rights and services. This year funding for Latinx-serving and -led organizations increased more than four-fold from last year, an increase made possible by a $250,000 matching grant from the Hispanic Federation and contributions to Nuestro Futuro’s “Todo O Nada” Fundraising Campaign. The additional funding enabled Nuestro Futuro to expand its grantmaking portfolio to enable grantseekers to add capacity building support for mental health and wellness services and leadership development, identified as unmet needs by the community.

Kansas

The Central Kansas Community Foundation has announced that its Newton Public Library Foundation affiliate has reached 90 percent of its goal for a fundraising campaign in support of constructing a new Newton Public Library. The campaign, which has an October deadline, aims to raise $2.7 million to augment funding from the City of Newton and Newton Public Library for the $10 million project.

Louisiana

The Greater New Orleans Foundation has announced the appointment of Courtney Thomas Barnes as vice president of communications and public affairs. Most recently, Barnes served as vice president of communications for Berni Consulting, where she developed creative and results-oriented communications strategies for clients and focused on new business development.

Michigan

The Chelsea Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, has announced grants totaling $83,796 to four local nonprofits. Recipients include Chelsea Athletic Boosters, Chelsea District Library, Chelsea Education Foundation, and the Chelsea Senior Citizens Activities Center.

Pennsylvania

The York County Community Foundation has announced a $300,000 grant from the Heinz Endowments in support of the York County Early Childhood Educator Awards Program. To help attract and retain qualified childcare staff, the awards program provides funds directly to teachers, showing appreciation for their commitment to quality early learning for children and to continuing their own professional development.

Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Foundation has announced the selection of 31 people to participate in the second cohort of its Equity Leadership Initiative, which identifies, cultivates, mentors, and seeks access and opportunity for individuals who identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Indigenous, or multiracial from across sectors to help build a pipeline of future leaders for established positions of influence throughout the state. The 12-month leadership development initiative includes monthly group work sessions, regular one-to-one coaching sessions, being matched with a mentor, and networking with high-level connections across sectors.

Tennessee

The Nashville-based Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has announced that its Give Black, Give Back initiative awarded grants to four area Black-led nonprofit organizations to cap its celebration of Black Philanthropy Month. Grants of $500 were awarded to the Build Up Foundation, Nashville Freedom Schools Partnership, Pink Christmas, and 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee.

Wisconsin

The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation has announced more than $400,000 in scholarships to students from northeastern Wisconsin pursuing postsecondary education, a figure that has doubled over the last decade. The foundation stewards 42 scholarship funds on behalf of donors who wish to support scholars in their education.

The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region in Appleton has announced the appointment of David Weiss as executive director of its Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI). Weiss is a graduate of NPLI’s Leadership Institute.