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United States: Call for Applications for Women’s Giving Circle Grant Program
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Deadline: 29-Jan-21
The Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County has announced a call for applications for the Women’s Giving Circle Grant Program.
The Women’s Giving Circle of Jefferson County, (WGCJC) makes grants annually to organizations that have the greatest potential to help the women and children of Jefferson County, Indiana.
Fields of Interest
Education: Educational attainment is closely correlated to one’s economic success and well-being. Examples of initiatives might include:
programs that prepare children to enter school ready to learn or programs delivering quality after-school/summer academic or enrichment experiences;
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS In a year where many have lost jobs or faced other financial stressors due to COVID-19, the three Yampa Valley giving circles gave out record donations, which members attribute to the charitable nature of Steamboat Springs.
The three giving circles administered through the Yampa Valley Community Foundation WZ Giving Circle, Women’s Giving Circle and IMPACT100 donated a collective $103,000 to area residents and families in need. A giving circle is a form of participatory philanthropy, or collective giving, where individuals pool their charitable donations and decide as a group where to give the funds.
“You hear on the news that this pandemic has created such an economic disaster, and our community has been very fortunate to be able to be in a place to give,” said April Sigman, executive director of the Routt County Council on Aging, a beneficiary of Yampa Valley giving circle funding.
By Sherry Hamilton on December 22, 2020
Mathews residents down on their luck and having trouble meeting all their needs may be able to get help from a source they might not have considered: Mathews County Social Services.
Social Services Director Tiffany Gordon said that the agency has some limited discretionary funds available to help people who don’t qualify for such services as SNAP or TANF federal programs normally associated with the agency that are targeted to people in specific income categories.
Thanks to contributions from private Mathews donors, a Mathews Community Foundation fund established by the now-defunct Owens Foundation, and the Women’s Giving Circle, Social Services has unassigned funds it can use to help families with such issues as an electric bill, rent, food or medications. If someone needs a new tire to be able to drive to work or their child needs a crib or a car seat, the agency can help, as well, said Gordon.
WORCESTER Amid a semester of uncertainty and unrest, Clark University’s Challah for Hunger chapter continued to raise money to fight food insecurity on- and off-campus.
On Monday, at Challah for Hunger’s Winter Retreat, the local group won half of the nationally-raised donations this past semester, making Rachel’s Table a food rescue and outreach program located in the Worcester JCC on Salisbury Street the recipient of almost $800.
“To be able to see how Rachel’s Table’s work can resonate with people everywhere is really impactful and makes us super proud that we can continue to support them in this way,” said Maya Falb, Clark University ’23 and president of the college’s chapter of Challah for Hunger.