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QUARTER
MILLION DOLLARS IN GREAT VALLEY CENTER GRANTS
TARGETED TOWARDS LATINO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AND YOUTH
MODESTO, California, June 7, 2002
- Thirty-one programs directly benefiting
Latinos have received $280,000 in support
from the 2002 Great Valley Center spring
cycle of LEGACI grants.
Grants include:
• $20,000 to the Boys and Girls Club
of Tulare County for a collaboration of
youth development agencies.
• $20,000 to the Fresno Area Nonprofit
Council to support the coalition’s
efforts.
• $20,000 to the California Coalition
for Rural Housing to improve conditions
in underserved areas.
• $20,000 for a University of California
Merced program to encourage lower-income
youth to enroll in college.
• $16,875 to the County of Butte for
a program to bridge cultural barriers.
• $15,000 to the Boys and Girls Club
of the North Valley for a youth leadership
program.
• $15,000 to the Economic Development
Corporation serving Tulare County.
• $15,000 to the Fresno Neighborhood
Network for community organizing.
• $15,000 to the Local Government
Commission for Latino outreach and education.
• $15,000 to the San Joaquin Council
of Governments for a youth leadership program.
Latinos and other underserved residents
have also shared in benefits from another
$400,000 in grants from Great Valley Center
over the past five years. The Modesto-based
nonprofit has awarded a total of $3.5 million
in LEGACI grants since 1998 to support 350
projects throughout the Central Valley.
The Great Valley Center awards grants twice
a year to nonprofit groups throughout the
Central Valley. Applications for fall cycle
grants are being accepted through September
9.
$280,000 in Great Valley Center
LEGACI grants support a variety of efforts,
including after-school programs for youth,
farmland and habitat conservation, assistance
for developing nonprofits and small businesses,
and planning for surging growth in the Central
Valley.
“This was the strongest group of applications
to date,” said Mike Chrisman, Great
Valley Center board chairman. “We
were especially heartened to see so many
fine proposals for youth development, a
new focus in our expanded grants program.”
The Center received special support this
year from its own funders to expand granting
in the areas of youth development, community
building and training, cross-cultural efforts,
and problem-solving coalitions. The Center
lists the 2002 spring grants and provides
applications for the fall cycle online
at www.greatvalley.org.
LEGACI is an acronym representing a focus
on Land Use, Economic Development, Growth,
Agriculture, and Community Investment.
The Great Valley Center supports organizations
and activities that promote the economic,
social, and environmental well being of
the Central Valley. The LEGACI program is
supported by The James Irvine Foundation,
the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
the David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
and the Walter S. Johnson Foundation.
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