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The Center for Nonprofit Leadership GOES GREEN!
In the coming months, the Center for Nonprofit Leadership will be making strides toward more sustainable strategies of doing what we do. What does this mean? It means we will be scaling back on printed promotional materials, decreasing printing and copying of workshop handouts, limiting waste by using biodegradable materials and taking full advantage of VCCF’s robust technology platform and email communication system.

The May – August 2009 workshop schedule will be the final fully printed and mailed version of our training brochure! In our next workshop cycle (September - December 2009), we will distribute the schedule of workshops via email and welcome you to confirm your contact information by CLICKING HERE and completing a short online survey!

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The mission of the Ventura County Civic Alliance is to promote a healthy and sustainable future for the Ventura County region. The Alliance is a coalition of civic leaders with a shared commitment to bringing the economic, environmental and social equity interests of our region together to address priority community issues, increase civic engagement, and build community leadership.

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Destino - The Hispanic Legacy Fund was established in 1996 by local residents in partnership with the Ventura County Community Foundation. The Hispanic Legacy Fund has established an endowed grantmaking fund to provide opportunities for the economic, educational, physical, emotional, social, artistic and personal growth of Latinos in Ventura County. Each year, founders and donors to the Fund review the needs of the community and vote to select issues of importance to Latinos in the County.

Destino is building a permanent source of funds for Latino issues, whereby each year the earnings from the Destino Fund can be used to award grants. As the only endowment fund dedicated to meeting the needs of the Latino community in Ventura County, Destino provides grants to local nonprofit organizations through a grant making process that involves members of the community in new roles as grant makers.

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Provides grants to nonprofit organizations providing opportunities for the economic, educational, physical, emotional, social, artistic and personal growth of women and girls in Ventura County.

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The Ventura County Community Foundation’s Heritage Fund was established as an endowed grantmaking fund to provide opportunities for local nonprofits to have the resources and time to study and document the County’s heritage, share who we are, and how our county has grown and prospered. The Heritage Fund celebrates Ventura County’s unique history beginning in the early times and will continue throughout the years in the future.

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Supports efforts that will preserve, enhance and increase the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for agricultural workers in Ventura County. This program was launched with a generous grant from Washington Mutual and contributions from other donors.

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ArtsLIVE Ventura County is a three-year initiative, in partnership with the James Irvine Foundation’s Communities Advancing the Arts, and focused on several outcomes:

1. Heightening the visibility of art produced in Ventura County through grantmaking, with attention to the role of artists in building community, and to art produced by and for youth, seniors and traditionally under-represented groups.
2. Gathering the arts and broader community in a series of public convenings to study, learn and strategize around key issues important to sustaining the arts in Ventura County.
3. Creation of an endowed Young Artists Scholarship Fund.
4. Training series for arts nonprofit staff, volunteers and boards aimed at expanding their ability to engage, sustain and grow donors.
   

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The Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF) was selected as one of the first 10 foundations nationwide - and the only one in California in the first funding round- to participate in a new national initiative to develop and test solutions to America's nursing shortage. VCCF has partnered with California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) to develop strategies to address the structural issues around nursing capacity to serve our population.

The goal of the project is to determine priority issues around nursing in Ventura County and to develop a common set of sustainable long-term strategies to address recruitment, health policy and diversity in the nursing profession, with emphasis on developing funding strategies for the Ventura County region. Working in partnership with CSUCI, the initiative focuses on:

• Determining priority issues for the region through interaction with nursing leaders and professionals
• Engaging stakeholders across multiple sectors through symposia and a nursing summit
• Educating other funders about priority issues and developing funding strategies to address these issues
• Working with the other Partners Investing in Nursing Committee (PINC) partners to create models that link funders to community priorities around nursing issues

A total of $100,000 is currently available for the grantmaking priority of increasing the diversity and cultural competency of the nursing workforce in Ventura County.

Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011

Click here to download the Request for Proposals

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SUN Fund: Special and Urgent Needs Fund
Provides funds that respond quickly to urgent or emergency needs where a small investment will make a big difference. This is accomplished by providing grants up to $5,000 to support immediate, one-time needs. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

Note: Organizations are only eligible to receive SUN Fund support once in any twelves month period.

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