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It may be ready to reopen as of Monday, but Brockville’s YMCA says it needs the city’s financial help to carry on.
City councillors will have to decide in the coming weeks on a request by the YMCA of Eastern Ontario for funding of $250,000 a year toward its Brockville branch.
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It’s the YMCA’s most significant ask of the city in recent years, as the Brockville facility prepares to emerge from the latest provincial lockdown.
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A truth revealed by the pandemic: Adversity fuels generosity.
Sonora Area Foundation (SAF) has been fortunate to witness this principle in practice through the outpouring of support received by its Community Recovery Fund (CRF). In March of last year, SAF opened the CRF to assist local nonprofits in their response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; to date, CRF donations have topped $387,000 and more than $330,000 in grants have been awarded. These grants have supported an array of programs and services – from bread for the hungry to helping complete an emergency evacuation road project.
While CRF monies have benefitted many, much need remains, as the pandemic’s repercussions will likely continue well into 2021. SAF has surveyed local nonprofits, and the results are telling. Five organizations reported combined revenue losses of $125,000 from canceled fundraisers; for one nonprofit, such a cancelation meant the loss of 85 percent of its annual budget. Several report se
Duane Carter has been with the Northwest Area Foundation since 2016, and in his second year as chair of the nonprofit’s investment committee, he manages the investing capital for the foundation’s endowment.
In this role, Carter plans to not only continue supporting the foundation’s priority communities, but also to ensure these communities can survive and thrive on their own terms, he said. In the midst of the pandemic and racial reckoning, the foundation is also allocating more funding to help communities in need.
The Northwest Area Foundation, based in St. Paul, supports efforts by people, organizations and communities to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable prosperity. Its region includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and 76 Native American nations.