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Family Estate Planning Series

8 free weekly classes start Wed. March 28. Sierra View Library, 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Call 775-333-5499 to register

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Make Time to Attend the Family Estate Planning Series Spring 2018

February 16th, 2018 at 9:19 am

Don’t Be Left Out. Over the past decade, more than 1,100 people in our community have attended the free Family Estate Planning classes offered through a collaboration of the Community Foundation of Western Nevada, KNPB, and a dozen local charities. The classes introduce you to ideas, methods, and strategies that are not well known or understood, […]

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Community Foundation’s First Impact Investment is Affordable Housing in Reno

February 2nd, 2018 at 1:15 pm

Impact investing has been gaining traction nationwide as community foundation’s leverage more impact from charitable dollars by looking for mission-related investments. A primary concern of the Community Foundation of Western Nevada is the availability of affordable and workplace housing in our region. In the 3rd quarter of 2017, in addition to working with local housing […]

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Two Conservation RFPs Open

January 3rd, 2018 at 11:37 am

The Truckee River Fund and The Nevada Dream Tags Fund are accepting Requests for Proposals until February 8, 2018, at noon. The Truckee River Fund is encouraging proposals for the following: A. Projects that improve bank or channel stabilization and decrease erosion. B. Structural controls or Low Impact Development (LID) projects on tributaries and drainages […]

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High School Giving Circle Makes Six Grants totaling $10,000

December 8th, 2017 at 3:30 pm

This year’s High School Giving Circle was charged with learning about and practicing “transformative philanthropy”—supporting organizations that work to help clients’ change their lives rather than solve an immediate crisis. Working as a group, they chose priorities for their giving, including a strong focus on youth, community health, and human services. The students researched more […]

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Nine Nonprofits Win 2017 Partnership Grants

November 3rd, 2017 at 11:24 am

2017 is the second year that the Partnership Grants have focused on the evaluation of current programming. We feel the importance of measuring success and evaluation cannot be overstated. Partnership grants totaling $100,644 are given to these nine nonprofit organizations. Awaken INC: Funding will allow Awaken to measure its impact on the women and children […]

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Family Estate Planning Series

8 free weekly classes start Wed. March 28. Sierra View Library, 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Call 775-333-5499 to register

Thank You Generous Nevada

Big hearts fill our community.