USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), and the
Gannett Foundation today announced 16 non-profit organizations that
will receive national grants from the company’s A Community Thrives
program.
Now in its fourth year, A Community Thrives awards grants to
worthy causes in communities across the U.S. to help create
positive change. Supported by the Gannett Foundation, the program
also enables non-profits to promote their ideas and efforts on a
national platform from the USA TODAY NETWORK, inclusive of USA
TODAY and Gannett’s hundreds of local media outlets, to drive
further support through donations.
After receiving more than 900 submissions from organizations
across 45 states, A Community Thrives is awarding $2.3 million in
grants: $1 million in National Project Grants and $1.3 million in
Local Operating Grants. The program’s crowdfunding effort through
MightyCause has raised an additional $3,341,000. A total of $5.6
million will be distributed to these non-profits from the Gannett
Foundation and the program’s fundraising efforts combined.
“At Gannett, we take pride in supporting community-building
initiatives. Through A Community Thrives, we lend financial support
to that purpose and rally communities to champion good and
meaningful causes. Congratulations and best wishes to these
outstanding grant recipients and their amazing projects,” said
Gannett Chairman and CEO Mike Reed.
The Gannett Foundation selected the 2020 national grants
recipients based on the proposed projects’ viability,
sustainability, community need and community building properties
and service to historically marginalized and/or under-resourced
groups.
The recipients chosen for the 16 grants are as follows:
BUNKER LABS INC, Chicago, IL -- $100,000 Bunker
Labs empowers military-connected entrepreneurs to create valuable
networks and equip these entrepreneurs with resources & tools
necessary to start and grow their businesses. This grant will
support the delivery of 50 virtual (or in person if possible)
education programs to targeted audiences in 2021.
30,000 Feet, Roseville, MN -- $100,000 30,000 Feet
will establish a Black Arts Center that will be an arts and social
justice tech hub for creative expression for Black children in
Saint Paul to open by February 2022.
FOOD RESCUE US INC, Norwalk, CT (Project in Detroit,
MI) -- $100,000 The grant will fund the expansion of Food
Rescue US - Detroit to support the growing number of individuals
and families experiencing food insecurity in Detroit and the
surrounding communities.
CREIGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Phoenix, AZ --
$50,000 Creighton Community Foundation will build vibrant food
and culinary communities in east central Phoenix to increase access
to nutritious food. This will be accomplished by partnering with a
Title I school to build food growing space, refurbish a community
food room, operate farmer's markets, and engage community residents
in growing and consuming healthy, local food to produce 250 tons of
food for 1,500 hundred families.
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC, Columbus, OH --
$50,000 Funds will support the local Racial Equity Partnership
providing racial equity training and learning exchanges to staff,
board members, volunteers, and clients of health and human service
organizations throughout Franklin County reaching 5000 people.
SOLAR AUSTIN, Austin, TX -- $50,000 Solar Austin's
Pathways to Clean Energy Careers program will facilitate avenues
for students, particularly women and people of color, to enter
Austin's clean energy sector; Solar Austin will also develop best
practices for local clean energy companies to improve diversity and
inclusivity in their recruitment, hiring, and retention
efforts.
LSU HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION IN SHREVEPORT,
Shreveport, LA -- $50,000 The Eat Right and Move Program will
address proper nutrition and exercise to promote better health
outcomes in the Hollywood Heights neighborhood of Shreveport, LA.
Outcomes will include: a reduction in obesity level and a decrease
in cardiovascular risk factors upon completion of the 6 month
exercise program, peer health mentors and policy assessment.
ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS, Asheville, NC -- $50,000
GreenWorks plans to reforest the City of Asheville by planting
50,000 trees by 2040 in partnership with businesses, local
government, and private citizens. This grant will support shade
tree planting, tree give away events targeting redlined, under
invested communities and volunteer engagement to support these
efforts.
HAVENLY TREATS, New Haven, CT -- $50,000 Havenly
Treats will establish a series of paid advocacy workshops focused
on building organizing capacity, cultivating solidarity across
refugee immigrant communities, and advancing knowledge to build the
economic and political power for 6 refugee women.
CREATIVE REACTION LAB, St. Louis, MO -- $50,000
CDAP's Creative Reaction Lab will educate and train formerly
incarcerated and criminal justice system-impacted Black and Latinx
youth to become civic leaders using a unique equity-centered
creative problem-solving framework with six apprentices.
WORDS BEATS AND LIFE INC, Washington, DC --
$25,000 WBL's Creative Employment initiative will offer courses
in music production, visual/media arts, performing arts, and the
humanities to under-represented students with the goal of the
participants becoming active participants in the DC /national
creative economy.
GARY FOOD COUNCIL INC, Gary, IN -- $25,000 GFC
will develop the Urban Agriculture Youth Educator and Internship
program to train and certify up to 100 children aged 12-17 for the
nationally recognized Junior Master Gardener program in Gary. The
students will then serve as paid interns on area farms and create
distribution events to provide food to 1,500 families.
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO, Canton, OH
-- $25,000 Junior Achievement will create a virtual platform
called vFairs JA that will showcase the region's most in-demand
jobs to 5,000 -7,000 North Central Ohio 7th - 12th grade students
in to increase access to rewarding and successful career
pathways.
MESA UNITED WAY INC, Mesa, AZ (Project in Phoenix, AZ)
-- $25,000 Helen Hope’s, a program of the Mesa United Way,
Culver Street project will provide a transitional housing space, a
safe, stable environment, for Foster360 program participants who
are experiencing homelessness. The grant will support two Culver
Street apartments.
HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME PROJECT INC, Washington,
DC -- $25,000 The Playtime Project works towards a long- term
goal of increasing resiliency in children experiencing
homelessness, thereby helping to break the cycle of chronic family
homelessness. The grant will support the expansion of its child
centered play program to a short-term family housing site in Ward 8
in Washington, DC and will pilot a program at the Rolark, a family
shelter, to serve up to 100 children.
BETTER TOGETHER – FLOURISH NOW, Naples, FL --
$25,000 Better Together provides temporary housing and support
services to families needing foster care with the end-goal of
family re-unification. The program will expand to serve 150
additional children with temporary foster host families and
wrap-around support services.
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, together with consumers, has
helped to contribute more than $12 million since 2017.
About USA TODAY NETWORK USA
TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co, Inc. (NYSE:GCI), is the largest
local-to-national media organization in the country, powered by our
award-winning newsrooms and marketing solutions business. With deep
roots in local communities spanning the U.S. with more than 250
local media brands, plus USA TODAY, we engage more than 140 million
people every month through a diverse portfolio of multi-platform
content offerings and experiences. For more information, visit
www.gannett.com.
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