SouthCoast Community Foundation awards $1.3M to 20 local nonprofits through Emergency Response Fund
SOUTHCOAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION awarded $1.3 million to 20 local nonprofits through its Emergency Response Fund. NEW BEDFORD – The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced Thursday that it has awarded 20 local nonprofits a combined $1.3 million in grants from the foundation’s Emergency Response Fund. The funds from the foundation help alleviate costs related to basic needs – food security, emergency child care, housing, technology for remote work or school, transportation and…
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There is a newly installed three-panel mural on Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford.
Commissioned by the Community Economic Development Center, it was conceptualized and painted by Kat Knutsen, and it is a joyous nod to three distinct cultures with rich histories and a vibrant presence in the city.
Utilizing dance as a common theme, one panel honors the Black community, another embraces the Guatemalan constituency, and the other recognizes the Portuguese populace.
Knutsen’s imaginative and robust celebratory paintings succeed so well in no small part because dance is universal.
Dance is something that everyone understands. Like food and song and storytelling, dance is culture made manifest. It is art without pretense and it is universal.
RevOZ Capital Announces $1B Social Impact Initiative and Leadership Council
Leading Opportunity Zone fund pledges long-term support to emerging communities with guidance from diverse, bipartisan group of public, private, and social sector leaders
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, RevOZ Capital launched a new Social Impact Initiative with a commitment to invest into $1 Billion in Opportunity Zone projects over the next three years. There is no better time than now to highlight the importance of investing into overlooked communities,
Lisa Merage, Managing Partner of RevOZ Capital. We are excited to further our commitments in Opportunity Zones across the country and look forward to facilitating the economic growth and positive social impact that will come from these projects.
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The SouthCoast Community Foundation announced it is awarding over $600,000 of Stabilization Grants from its SouthCoast Emergency Response Fund to 60 nonprofits from the Southeastern Massachusetts region.
“The selected group of 501(c)3 organizations clearly demonstrated a financial need due to COVID-19 and cover a range of areas of need including arts and culture, education, and economic opportunity,” a press release from the Community Foundation stated.
The recipients also actively serve vulnerable populations, are dedicated to a re-envisioned organization of adaptability and innovation, and have demonstrated a commitment toward racially diverse leadership within the nonprofit.
“Although we have seen amazing resilience from community-grounded nonprofits they are still struggling due to the relentless impact of COVID-19,” said, John Vasconcellos, president of SouthCoast Community Foundation. “We are exceedingly grateful that our Emergency Response Fund has
NEW BEDFORD By 2050, the city of New Bedford aims to be zero waste, use 100% renewable energy, and have thousands more trees planted, according to a climate action and resilience plan Mayor Jon Mitchell released Wednesday.
Just a week after the state released a roadmap to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the city released its own roadmap, NB Resilient, to guide not only the city, but also its residents in adapting to climate change and mitigating its impact.
“In the midst of the pandemic, we in New Bedford know that the world goes on. There are other challenges we face, there are other opportunities we must seize – and top among all of them are the threats and opportunities presented by climate change,” Mitchell said in the website s launch video.