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“In Georgia, there have been a slew of voter suppression laws introduced that’s happening right now,” said Lisa Versaci, director of NEO Philanthropy’s State Infrastructure Fund, which financed $55 million in programs to foster election engagement and protect voting in historically underrepresented communities. “Don’t be fooled. This isn’t going away. It’s going to be occurring in the states, and we’re going to counter it. It doesn’t end.”
The financial support that gushed from philanthropic groups in 2020 had been building for years. Over the past decade, foundations donated nearly $10 billion in the United States to try to boost civic participation, secure election reforms and educate the public, according to the philanthropy research organization Candid. The Ford Foundation, the largest donor in the sector, contributed $635 million in the past four years 33% more than it had donated in the entire previous decade.
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The city of Half Moon Bay has tapped resident and nonprofit leader Erica Wood to help lead the Coastsideâs economic recovery effort.
The announcement came at the Jan. 19 City Council meeting that Wood would work with Karen Decker, the cityâs senior management analyst, to gather and analyze feedback from businesses and residents dotted all along the coast. Their goal is a plan to address the immediate impact of the pandemic while building a local economy that is robust against future disasters.
The city is calling its efforts the âCoastside Recovery Initiative,â and its scope stretches from Devilâs Slide to the southern county line, and east to Skyline Boulevard. Among its immediate priorities is to form an advisory board of about a dozen people living and working on the coast.
Restaurants, breweries and wineries with a physical location in the county would be eligible to apply. Pop-ups and food trucks are not eligible.
Applicants that received grants from other programs - such as the small business grant programs in the county - would not be eligible for grants under the new program.
Discussions about the relief fund began in December 2020. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative committed $1 million to the fund, which would be used specifically for restaurants in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Palo Alto, unincorporated Menlo Park and unincorporated North Fair Oaks.
Along with the board s proposed $1 million contribution, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation identified $384,000 that can be used to benefit restaurants in other areas of the county.