Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Aligned with our work to foster positive mental health outcomes for local youth, we funded the American River College’s Institute for California Native Student Success to hire youth staff members. Those staff members helped plan and put on the American Indian Summer Institute (AISI), which engaged many more young people in our region in identity- and community-building via rich, culturally relevant activities! 😊

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We're proud of our continued partnership with fundholder Center for Land-Based Learning! Check out this KOVR | CBS News Sacramento article about its Mobile Farmers Market, which is making fresh produce more accessible to our communities in Yolo County. The Market has recently expanded to making weekly stops in Woodland, Knights Landing, and Esparto. Read more here:

Thank you to the volunteers who now lead the Foundation’s new Philanthropy & Communications committee. This team of marketing and fundraising professionals helps guide the Foundation to help improve brand awareness and inspire giving. Learn more about the members of the committee on our website: .

Visit the 211 Sacramento website to find cooling centers in our region, where you and other community members in need can go to keep cool as we continue to experience a heat wave. This page includes information on locations to which SacramentoRT will provide free rides through July 10. https://lnkd.in/gQvWyz8j

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: YOLO VOTER EDUCATION GRANT Yolo Community Foundation‘s Yolo Voter Education Grant aims to increase local understanding of how to vote. This includes changes to when, where, and how voters may cast a ballot as a result of the California Voter’s Choice Act. Applications are due by July 17. Learn more on our website:

Happy Independence Day, Sacramento region! In observance of the #FourthofJuly, the Foundation's offices are closed. We will reopen for our regular summer hours on Friday, July 5.

We want to take a moment to celebrate Jessica Hubbard, the Executive Director of our affiliate Yolo Community Foundation, for receiving the Davis Sunrise Rotary's 2024 Jay Gerber Young Community Leader Award! We're proud to partner with Jessica in her work in making Yolo County more just and vibrant for our community. Congratulations, Jessica! 💚

Our Chief Impact & Strategy Officer Niva Flor recently attended the Northern California Grantmakers annual conference in Oakland! This event focused on philanthropy and our role in supporting and creating a multi-racial democracy. “Philanthropy has been a critical lifeline for nonprofits,” Niva shared, “Particularly because those dollars can be unrestricted, which gives nonprofits the ability to address the needs in the community, which often change.”

In response to the Thompson Fire, the North Valley Community Foundation has activated its Wildlife Relief and Recovery Fund to provide financial help for local relief organizations. Please visit nvcf.org/thompsonfire to learn more. #ThompsonFire #ButteStrong