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From Napa Valley Register: Letter to the Editor – Clarifying Community Foundation aid plans
August 11 • Terence P. Mulligan Thank you very much for your Aug. 7 story about the next phase of grants from the Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund, which is managed by my organization and was launched with a $10 million gift from Napa Valley Vintners (“Community Foundation planning more earthquake aid”). I’m writing…
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From St. Helena Star: It’s not (just) about the money
August 03 • Lisa Toller Sure, every nonprofit needs money to operate. Fundraising is an ongoing, ever-present and sometimes challenging endeavor for nonprofit organizations. And just as important as bringing in the dollars is how well that money is managed in achieving the organization’s mission – a responsibility that the staff and board of the…
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Supporting Valley Fire Relief Efforts
The Valley Fire caused widespread devastation and hardship for thousands of victims and evacuees in Lake County. The latest reports indicate that the 76,000-acre blaze is 97 percent contained, and has destroyed 1,280 homes, 27 multi-family structures, 66 commercial properties and 585 other minor structures, such as outbuildings and sheds. Several hundred Napa Valley residents,…
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From Today In The Napa Valley: Interview with Napa Valley Community Foundation President, Terence Mulligan
May 22, 2015 Napa Valley Community Foundation was featured on Today In The Napa Valley, Napa Chamber Edition. To listen to the full interview with Terence Mulligan, President, please visit the Today In The Napa Valley page.
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From Napa Valley Register: Local citizenship program earns invite from President Obama
May 08, 2015 • By Jennifer Huffman Receiving an email a few weeks ago from someone who claimed to be writing from the White House, Napa nonprofit executive Terence Mulligan admitted that at first “I thought it was spam and ignored it.” It was only after the real White House called that Mulligan finally realized…
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From Napa Valley Register: Local relief fund continues aiding quake victims
March 5 • By Jennifer Huffman No one expects to discover they live on top of an earthquake fault line, but that's exactly what happened to Napan Tim Whitlock this past summer when his home on Twin Oaks Drive in Browns Valley was severely damaged in the Aug. 24 quake. The temblor “literally ripped the…
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Supporting earthquake relief efforts in Nepal
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has caused widespread devastation and hardship. The latest reports indicate that approximately 3 million people have been displaced, more than 10,000 have been injured, and that the death toll of 5,000 will continue to climb. Even as we learn more about the logistical and governmental challenges of helping those…
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From Napa Valley Register: Letter to the Editor – Thanks for saving Victorian home
February 24 • Christina Jamieson Please acknowledge my great appreciation for the support and assistance from Terrence Mulligan, president of the Napa Valley Community Foundation, plus Shannon Fitzgerald and Amanda Goldberg at E4E Relief, the Foundation's relief administrator for the Napa Valley Vintners' gracious emergency earthquake fund. Also please note my great gratitude to President…
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From KTVU News: Deadline extended for earthquake relief money
NAPA, Calif. (KTVU) - The Napa Valley Community Foundation has extended the deadline to apply to its Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund to March 31, 2015. The fund provides grants to repair structural damage to homes and physical and economic losses to small businesses from the 6.0 Aug. 24 South Napa earthquake. The previous…
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