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2019 Impact Report

March 13th, 2020 at 12:00 pm

Your support and involvement in 2019 created an impactful year. Thanks to you, we were able to make 999 grants totaling $13,253,000, launch a new initiative, start the Nonprofit Academy, complete the Village on Sage Street, and expand other areas of our community engagement work. I am pleased to release the 2019 Impact Report. Over […]

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Stewardship of a Legacy

January 23rd, 2020 at 3:30 pm

Rodger “Andy” Anderson made a bequest in 2006 in honor of his wife, Dora De Anderson, who died as a young woman. Dora De was of Paiute Indian heritage from the Winnemucca area. Rodger gifted to the Community Foundation a significant part of his estate, including his Indian artifact collection, to benefit the Humboldt Museum […]

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The Promise of Community Foundations

January 10th, 2020 at 10:17 am

The Community Foundation of Western Nevada is multi-faceted. We perform services like commercial gift funds managed by Fidelity and Vanguard, like trust companies, and have been compared to a philanthropic bank. Except we are not. Community foundations have always had more than one purpose. From inception, the Community Foundation of Western Nevada has been guided […]

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Community Foundation of Western Nevada Earns Respected Designations

November 22nd, 2019 at 9:41 am

Astute donors are yearning for greater accountability, transparency, and for concrete results from the charitable sector. You can have confidence when you trust the Community Foundation of Western Nevada for your philanthropy that our work, governance, and policies reach the highest level of transparency and best practices. We are proud to be one of six […]

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Lasting Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight

November 6th, 2019 at 12:54 pm

Community Foundation Trustee and Fundholder, Lilli Trinchero, an advocate for the elimination of bullying has made real change in Washoe County. Her philanthropy through the Celebrate Diversity fund has been a reflection of her commitment for 17 years. Lilli walked into the Community Foundation office in 2002 committed to reduce school bullying. She established the […]

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Our Community is Essential

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