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From Napa Valley Register: Quake aid locations open Wednesday


Monday, September 29  •  Register staff The Napa Valley Community Foundation announced the locations Monday where people with quake losses can go starting on Wednesday for direct aid. The foundation is distributing $350,000 in cash aid for such purposes as short-term rental assistance and essentials like food, utilities, car repairs and prescription medications. This is the…

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From Napa Valley Register: Napa earthquake benefit concert rocks the house


September 28, 2014 5:01 pm  •  By Howard Yune Thirty-five days after the earthquake shook Napa and produced hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, a different kind of rocking came to town – to aid those whom the quake left in need of aid. A musical bill featuring the bands Michael Franti & Spearhead, Afrolicious and Grass…

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From San Francisco Chronicle: Millions in aid coming to Napa earthquake victims


Friday, September 19 at 4:34pm | By Joe Garofoli The Napa Valley Community Foundation distributed $1.2 million Friday to 20 nonprofits who are helping those most in need after the Aug. 24 earthquake that struck the region — and plans to give away millions more in the coming weeks. The foundation has amassed a $10.2 million fund for earthquake victims — the bulk…

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From Nonprofit Quarterly: Community Foundations Shine in CoF Awards to Philanthropists


It should be no surprise that the Council on Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award and Robert Scrivner Award nominees are predominantly from the world of community foundations. Winning the Distinguished Service Award, to be presented at the COF Community Foundations conference in Cleveland next month, is Darcy Oman, since 1985 the president and CEO of The Community…

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