USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), and
the Gannett Foundation today announced 16 non-profit organizations
that will receive 2019 national grants from the company’s A
Community Thrives program.
Now in its third year, A Community Thrives awards grants to
worthy causes in communities across the U.S. to help drive positive
change. The program also enables non-profits to promote their ideas
and efforts on our national platform to drive further support
through donations.
After receiving more than 1,500 submissions from organizations
across 46 states, A Community Thrives is awarding more than $2
million in grants: $1 million in National Project Grants and more
than $1 million in Local Operating Grants. The program’s
crowdfunding effort through CrowdRise has raised an additional
$2,513,658. A total of $4,523,658 will be distributed to these
non-profits from the Gannett Foundation and the program’s
fundraising efforts combined.
“We are proud of the work this year’s national grant winners
have done to improve their communities. At Gannett, our mission is
to connect and empower the communities we serve to create positive
change. A Community Thrives further fuels that mission and
purpose,” said Andy Yost, Chief Marketing Officer, Gannett.
The Gannett Foundation selected the 2019 national grants
recipients based on the proposed projects’ viability,
sustainability, community need and community building
properties.
The recipients chosen for the 16 grants are as follows:
America SCORES, New York, NY -- $50,000America
SCORES’ “Our Words Our Cities (OWOC)” is a nationwide youth poetry
slam series that will provide trained mentors and free afterschool
enrichment for kids living in poverty. Children and teens in 11
cities will compete in local poetry slams, vying for the
opportunity to represent their city. Following local and regional
slams, OWOC will culminate in a national youth poetry slam open to
the public, a documentary, and a printed anthology of original
poetry.
Arab-American Family Support Center, Brooklyn, NY --
$25,000AAFSC's mission is to empower new immigrants with the
tools they need to successfully acclimate to the world around them
and become active participants in their communities. This grant
will support the expansion of its Project Resilience, which offers
multilingual, trauma-informed behavioral counseling for immigrant
youth in school-based settings and through home visits.
Cancer Support Community Arizona (CSCAZ), Phoenix, AZ
-- $50,000The grant was will help “Smiles Across the Miles:
Survivorship on the Go,” a customized mobile truck that will travel
to neighborhoods and workplaces of the most underserved and
underinsured populations in Arizona to increase awareness of the
broad range of CSCAZ support services while creating social
connections through mind-body-wellness and expressive arts
experiences throughout Arizona.
Care to Learn, Springfield, MO -- $25,000This
grant was supported by the Springfield News-Leader. The mission of
Care to Learn is to provide immediate funding to meet emergency
needs in the areas of health, hunger, and hygiene so every student
can be successful in school. Springfield Mobile Clothing Closet
Project started during the 2017-2018 school year as a pilot program
serving the 15 highest poverty schools in the area and will expand
to 3 more high-need schools with the Foundation’s support.
Edna Martin Christian Center, Brooklyn, NY --
$50,000This grant will support a capital investment to house
the Edna Martin Christian Center’s Community Solutions and
Entrepreneurship Center (CSEC), where innovative business solutions
that support neighborhood quality of life can be incubated and
nurtured. The site will also serve as the neighborhood-owned
communication hub through the Center's expansion of the existing
Community Voice News Network.
Girls Write Nashville, Brentwood, TN -- $50,000The
mission of Girls Write Nashville is to use songwriting and
mentorship to empower young female voices. Its expansion project in
Title 1 eligible schools will amplify the organization’s impact by
growing existing services and adding in new initiatives that will
reach students with less access to creative extended learning time
programs.
HomeFront Resource Center, St. Cloud, MN --
$25,000This investment will support Minnesota Remembers
Vietnam’s Community Resource Center for Service Members, Veterans
& their Families. The Center’s project of a multi-media concert
to be produced in 5 cities will provide an opportunity for veterans
to connect with other veterans and strengthen support for service
members, veterans and their families.
Low Income Housing Institute, Seattle/Kitsap, WA --
$100,000The organization serves approximately 1100 homeless
throughout Seattle and in Olympia in 2019, including families and
individuals. The grant will support the building of 20 Tiny Houses
and transitional services aiding its clients’ placement in
permanent housing. The Tiny House villages provide safe and secure
locations for homeless people to stay while case managers work to
find them permanent housing, employment, and connect them to needed
social services.
Move For Hunger, Red Bank, NJ (Asbury Park) --
$50,000Funds from this grant will be used to advance the
Apartment Food Rescue Program which provides pathways for food
donation during the move-out process. The program will add up to
800 new partners this year and run more than 350 food donation
events.
Nashville Launch Pad, Inc., Nashville, TN --
$100,000Launch Pad is a 'street free sleep' initiative, fueled
by a collective of concerned citizens within the LGBTQ and allied
community, which strives to provide safer sleeping shelters for
homeless youth in Davidson County. The mission of Launch Pad is to
create a network of temporary safer sleeping shelters for homeless
youth 18-24 years of age. The grant will support the
professionalization of its staff enabling program and
organizational growth.
Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, Reno, NV --
$50,000With a goal of increasing civic engagement for Nevada
Youth, the grant to the Nevada Center for Civic Engagement (NVCCE)
grant will support the participation of 800 youth from 34 high
schools across the state in its We the People: Congressional
District Competition.
Read Early and Daily (R.E.A.D.), Arlington, VA --
$50,000This grant will launch R.E.A.D.'s Book Bus project to
offer a mobile book 'store' to the low-income community served and
the community at large. Grant funds will purchase a used vehicle,
outfit it to transport/display children's books, and provide gas,
permits and taxes for the first year of operation. The Book Bus
will allow R.E.A.D. families to choose new, free, high-quality,
culturally-relevant books, giving participants a sense of 'shopping
‘and building community through reading clubs, pop up events and
gatherings in book deserts.
Share Our Strength, Washington, DC/Los Angeles, CA --
$25,000One out of every five kids in California is growing up
in a family struggling with the burden of hunger. This grant will
be focused on the execution of its No Kid Hungry Los Angeles
regional breakfast strategy, enabling the non-profit to provide
technical assistance aimed at supporting schools with Breakfast
After the Bell implementation, as well as making direct investments
in schools for successful implementation.
St. Johns County Education Foundation, St. Augustine,
FL -- $25,000Investing in Kids (INK!) provides innovative
programs and classroom resources to support academic success for
all St. Johns County schools. This grant will support the expansion
of its Five Learning Years (FLY), in 4 new schools. FLY is a
kindergarten initiative that helps close the gap between struggling
students and their peers through literacy intervention.
The Resilience Education Training and Innovation Center,
Brooklyn, NY -- $100,000The Resilience, Education, Training
and Innovation (RETI) Center's mission is to create environmentally
sound and just ways to live and work on the water's edge. Its Blue
City Lab will be the first US based community center serving as a
magnet and model for innovative approaches to building community
resilience and changing the future of urban coastal environments.
The grant will support the development of a lab prototype.
Young Writers Project, Burlington, VT --
$25,000The Community Journalism Project supported by the grant
is a statewide, community-building project that will immerse middle
and high school students across Vermont in the skills of
researching, interviewing, writing, and editing stories about their
communities -- and their own lives as teens within those
communities -- for publication in authentic media, including
Gannett's Burlington Free Press.
For more information, visit A Community Thrives.
About A Community
Thrives
A Community Thrives is a grantmaking
and crowd-funding program from the USA TODAY NETWORK and
is part of the Gannett Foundation. A Community Thrives supports
non-profit organizations with projects focused on community
building and has helped to contribute more than $6.5 million since
2017.
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