California

Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation, an affiliate of the San Diego Foundation, has announced grants totaling $80,000 to eighteen organizations working to enhance the quality of life for those who live, work, and play in Rancho Bernardo. Recipients include the Burn Institute, Let’s Light the Cross Foundation, Poway Symphony Orchestra, and Voices for Children.

Georgia

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has announced grants totaling more than $1.27 million to twenty-four nonprofit organizations working in the areas of the arts, community development and improvement, entrepreneurship, health care, and youth mental health. Half the organizations receiving grants in this round either have never received funding from the foundation before or have not received a grant in the last five years. Recipients include Helping Empower Youth, Gilgal, South Arts, and Odyssey.

Massachusetts

The Bridging Divides, Healing Communities Youth Film Challenge, funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in Sheffield, has announced three winning short films highlighting divisions and inequities in society and how young people are tackling those challenges in their families, schools, and communities. Yonah Sadeh, a student at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, received first place and $2,000 for his film on affordable housing, In Our Backyard; Tommy Tranfaglia, a student at Endicott College, was awarded a $1,000 second place prize for his film on learning and attention disabilities, Misunderstood; and Danny Wilkinson, a student at Mount Everett Regional High School, earned $500 and third place for his film about body image and self-esteem, Self image. Led by the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative and the Civic Life Project, the challenge was open to residents ages 14 to 24 who live or go to school in Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Columbia and northeast Dutchess counties, New York; and northwest Litchfield County, Connecticut.

The Cambridge Community Foundation has announced that grants totaling $44,000 were awarded through its Cambridge COVID-19 Emergency Fund to eleven local programs helping residents put food on their tables during the holiday season. Recipients include community fridges in the Coast, the Port, and Harvard Square; a nonprofit distributing free grocery free cards; and food pantries across the city.

North Carolina

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina in Asheville has announced grants totaling $1,466,330 in support of nonprofits across the region. The awards were made in support of early childhood development, food and farming, human services, and natural and cultural resources. Recipients include Children First, Toe River Aggregation Center Training Organization Regional (TRACTOR), and Camp Grier.

Pennsylvania

The William Penn Foundation has announced a $1 million grant in support of the Black Community Leaders Fund at the Philadelphia Foundation. The fund provides Black-led nonprofits with operational and capacity-building support to enable strong leadership, resilient operations and finances, and greater infrastructure to weather unexpected adversity. To date, the fund has awarded $1.15 million to twenty-nine organizations and raised more than $3.3 million toward its $5 million goal.

South Carolina

The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry has announced grants totaling $345,401 in support of seven local nonprofit organizations serving people who live or work in southern Beaufort County. Recipients include Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project, Mental Health America of Beaufort/Jasper, Programs for Exceptional People, and Second Helpings.

Texas

Communities Foundation of Texas has announced that its Educate Texas initiative is concluding a project made possible by the Allstate Foundation after delivering hardware and software to hundreds of households experiencing broadband connectivity issues in Dallas’s southern region. More than ten thousand individuals, including students, their family members, and district employees are benefiting from access to the devices delivered by the initiative. In addition to equipping students for a digital learning environment, the initiative is providing in-person training sessions to parents and enabling them to engage with their children’s learning — trainings that support the districts’ goal of improving digital citizenship and internet safety knowledge for students and families.