Category: News

September 1, 2013 12:30 PM  •  Isabelle Dills • A total of $118,500 awarded countywide Numerous schools throughout Napa Valley were recently awarded grant money to boost their music programs. The funding was awarded through the Napa Valley Community Foundation’s Ruth L. Terranella “Seventy-Six Trombones” Music Fund, which aims to enhance music education for Napa County public…

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August 14, 2013 11:47 am • Dear Editor, Thanks for your excellent coverage of our presentation to the City Council last week regarding our planned improvements to Pioneer Park. We were very gratified at the enthusiastic response to our plans, both from the audience and the council members. We are scheduled for design review with…

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July 20, 2013 6:00 pm  •  Howard Yune  • A new team effort among Napa County community groups aims to remove the roadblocks standing between thousands of immigrants and U.S. citizenship, beginning by month’s end. With funding from the Napa Valley Community Foundation, a group of local nonprofits is preparing to offer services to legal permanent residents…

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June 12, 2013 9:01 AM  •  David Stoneberg • Six grants totaling $37,000 have been distributed to local nonprofits to help at-risk, low-income youth in St. Helena and surrounding areas. The grants from $1,000 to $8,000 came from the Fund for St. Helena, which is a part of the Napa Valley Community Foundation. Terence Mulligan, NVCF…

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April 27, 2013 8:54 pm • Editorial Board • Why go from green card to citizen? What is the appeal of U.S. citizenship to a legal immigrant permanently living within Napa County? Many legal immigrants remain unaware of the benefits. A bold new effort announced last week, the One Napa Valley Initiative, seeks to educate…

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Napa Valley Community Foundation Launches One Napa Valley Initiative.  Focus is on Naturalization Services for Legal Permanent Residents.  Thousands of Others Could Also be Served if Immigration Reforms Are Enacted. Napa, CA — April 24, 2013 — Napa Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) today announced the One Napa Valley Initiative, a three-year investment of more than…

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April 23, 2013, 2:18 pm • Lee Romney • SAN FRANCISCO -- The Napa Valley Community Foundation on Tuesday announced it would invest $1 million over the next three years to help the county's legal immigrants become U.S. citizens. The initiative comes a year after the release of a comprehensive analysis of Napa County's immigrant community…

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September 18, 2012 6:12 pm  •  Jennifer Huffman • Terence Mulligan is the president of the Napa Valley Community Foundation, which distributes $2 million to $3 million annually to local charities. Mulligan moved to Napa in 2004 to become president of the Napa Valley Community Foundation. The nonprofit works sort of like a philanthropic investment bank,…

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Por: Pilar Marrero / pilar.marrero@laopinion.com PUBLICADO: MAY, 4, 2012 3:00 El valle de Napa, con sus plantíos de uva, sus grandes fincas y su prestigiosa industria del vino, es un motor económico de California. Pero no tendría la vitalidad que hoy tiene – y el prestigio mundial- si no fuera porque cuenta con una mano de obra especializada…

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Jeff Tyler discusses creating a Latino middle class in Napa County in this interview with Napa Valley Community Foundation President, Terence Mulligan, and other local nonprofit leaders. Kai Ryssdal: A report out here in California last week shows that less than half the families in this state are middle-class anymore. Yes, part of that's a bad economy, but the…

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