Alabama

The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham has announced more than $1 million in grants to thirty-three nonprofits working in the areas of education and health. Now in its eighth year of grantmaking, the foundation applies a "Results Framework" focused on four key strategies (sustainable communities and economic security are the other two) to inform its grants. Recipients of grants in this funding round include Mitchell's Place, Camp Smile-a-Mile, Action for Healthy Kids, and Trips for Kids Birmingham.

Connecticut

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced the appointment of Jay Williams as its new president, effective July 17. Williams most recently served as U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development under former President Barack Obama, where he also led economic development efforts for the United States as head of the U.S. Economic Development Administration and served as deputy director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Foundation, has announced grants totaling $400,000 to ten Marion County nonprofit organizations through phase 1 of the Community Crime Prevention Grant Program. The foundation manages the program on behalf of the Indianapolis City-County Council, which voted in March to approve a new expedited round of grants focused on organizations working to prevent or reduce crime. Phase 1 grant recipients include Indiana Black Expo, Brothers United, the Ten Point Coalition, and the Peace Learning Center.

Massachusetts

The Cambridge Community Foundation has named Cheryl Vozzella and Moacir Barbosa to its board of directors. Vozzella is a managing director and market sales executive for U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. As a successor bank to Harvard Trust Company, U.S. Trust shares oversight of the foundation's endowment with Cambridge Trust Company. Barbosa is the director of community engagement at Health Resources in Action, a Boston-based public health institute that works to improve community health through social change.

Michigan

The Our LGBT Fund of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation has awarded grants totaling $47,500 to four organizations working to address the needs of the LGBT community, MiBiz.com reports. Established in 2014 to support services for LGBT residents of the region, the fund has raised $520,000 to date and, since 2014, has awarded more than $85,000 in grants, including the recent awards to Arbor Circle-Safe Impact/True Colors Fund, the Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, Out on the Lakeshore, and Well House.

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has announced grants to thirty-three organizations in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair, and Livingston counties from endowment funds created to carry on the philanthropic legacy of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., the late longtime owner of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills franchise. Established by the Grosse Point-based Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, the funds provide support to organizations working in the areas of caregiving, design and access, community development, and youth sports. Recipients include the Midnight Golf Program, the Grosse Point Artists Association, DDP Bike Share, and Universal Dementia Care.

Nebraska

The Omaha Foundation has announced that a record 52,886 donations were made to 923 organizations during its fifth annual Omaha Gives! event, which raised $7.8 million from 18,767 donors for area nonprofits. Since its inception in 2013, the 24-hour online event has generated some 200,000 donations totaling more than $35 million for nonprofit organizations in Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie counties.

Pennsylvania

The Erie Community Foundation has announced that its board of trustees has approved a resolution in support of the June 2017 "Proposal for the Establishment of a Public Community College in Erie, Pennsylvania," as prepared by Empower Erie. Also known as the "Erie Community College Plan and Application," the proposal calls for the new community college to be supported by gaming revenues, instead of through an increase in property taxes. "In addition to this plan not raising taxes on Erie County homeowners, research shows that when there is an increase in education, there is an increase in per capita income," said ECF president Mike Batchelor. "Currently, 37 percent of Erie's population does not have a college degree, and the national number is 18 percent. As additional education becomes the norm, Erie becomes more attractive to new businesses, which increases the tax base and increases property values."

South Carolina

The Community Foundation of the Lowcountry in Hilton Head has announced that Women in Philanthropy, one of its giving circles, has awarded grants totaling $56,000 to six Beaufort County nonprofits. This year, Women in Philanthropy focused its support on organizations working to address the needs of senior women. The recipients are Second Helpings, the Sandalwood Community Food Pantry, the YMCA of Beaufort County, Lowcountry Legal Volunteers, HELP of Beaufort, and Meals on Wheels for Bluffton/Hilton Head.