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GREAT
VALLEY CENTER CONTINUES STRATEGIC EFFORTS
TO IMPROVE CENTRAL VALLEY BY BACKING $790,000
IN PROJECTS
Board of Directors awards grants to
64 organizations from Redding to Bakersfield
MODESTO, California - May 23, 2001
- Sixty-four organizations with
projects from Bakersfield to Redding will
receive a total of $790,000 from the 2001
LEGACI grants program, the Great Valley
Center announced
today.
Ranging in size from $1,000 to $25,000,
LEGACI grants support a variety of projects
and
organizations—from Sanger High School’s
restoration of a spawning channel to a cannery
re-use project in Woodland and a small business
development program for refugees in San
Joaquin County.
Great Valley Center’s LEGACI grants
program has distributed close to $3 million
during the past four years to support the
efforts of nonprofit groups and local governments
throughout the Central Valley. LEGACI is
an acronym for Land use, Economic development,
Growth, Agriculture, Conservation and Investment.
The grant application process was extremely
competitive again this year. Great Valley
Center received 198 applications requesting
a total of $4.3 million—five times
more than the LEGACI program had to offer.
“Our aim is to make as many meaningful
LEGACI grants as possible,” said Mike
Chrisman, Great Valley Center board chairman.
“With so many excellent projects needing
support, the decisions are always tough.”
Information about the LEGACI 2001 grants
is available online at www.greatvalley.org.
Applications for 2002 grants will be available
online in November. The Modesto–based
Great Valley Center was established in 1997
to support activities and organizations
that work to improve the economic, environmental
or social well being of the Central Valley.
The LEGACI program is funded by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James
Irvine Foundation, and the David and Lucile
Packard Foundation.
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Contact: (209) 522-5103
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