Community Programs
Members & Friends Can Donate Online
The Nonprofit Network Giving Circle of Clark County Women welcomes you to join in making a difference.
Mission statement: The Nonprofit Network Giving Circle seeks to educate ourselves regarding the needs of our community in order to provide funding to organizations committed to helping Clark County residents in all life stages lead healthy, self -sufficient lives.
Make your membership or friends donations online. or mail a check payable to Nonprofit Network Giving Circle Fund, Nonprofit Network SWWA, P.O. Box 822379, Vancouver WA 98682.
Welcome to the Giving Circle!
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. - Maya Angelou
Are you looking for a new way to make a difference?
The Giving Circle is a national model of people bringing their time, talent and resources together to support solutions to issues they care about. By joining with others in learning and giving - each donor can experience the impact of making a larger gift. Multiply the change!
How does a Giving Circle work?
The Circle meets monthly September through May to learn about community issues from local experts, review grant proposals and interview nonprofit organizations that have applied for funding. A group decision is then made on how to distribute the pooled funds. We get together the fourth Thursday of most months, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Meetings are formatted for productive fun. We get to know each other, welcome new members, and learn about how to make a difference in the place where we live. The focus is on giving, learning, fun. Any fundraising activities are the decision of the group. (For example: In 2008 the Circle did a Spa Fundraiser ~ fun! ~ that raised over $2,300.)
Each voting Circle Member contributes $250 for the grant funding pool. Circle Friends are welcome to join with smaller gifts. Donations can be made any time before the April ‘final count’ of funds available to grant. In addition to a check payment, our online system allows for full or recurring payment options. With the exception of any agreed upon budgeted ‘hard costs’, the Circle’s donations are all used for grants. Nonprofit Network time is donated.
Nonprofit staff & board members are welcome to participate as members with the caveat that they not vote on decisions directly affecting their organization.
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Grants 2010
The Giving Circle Grants Awards 2009-2010 were distributed on May 27th to the following programs focused on meeting the needs of Clark County’s vulnerable elderly population.
CDM Services Community Partnership Initiative
The funds will be used to provide funds for hard costs then matched with in-kind donations of volunteer labor leveraging the grant to provide for the needs of vulnerable seniors. Needs to be met include modifications and repairs of homes, specialized and therapeutic furniture or similar concerns not covered by any other provider. Grant: $2,500
Children’s Home Society Clark County Kinship Care Coalition
Funding of a 10-week class series for grandparents raising grandchildren (and other kinship caregivers). Grandparents are isolated by the challenges, time constraints, financial, health, transportation hardships they encounter as they move back into the world of raising young children. Grant: $2,540
Community Housing Resource Center Senior Housing and Financial Counseling
The overarching goal of the program is to improve the housing stability and financial security of low-income seniors in the area who are struggling in the current economic climate. Some may avoid foreclosure by securing loan modifications; others may secure a reverse mortgage or initiate a debt management plan. Grant: $2,500
Human Services Council Sponsor-A-Ride
The goal of the project is to provide efficient transportation services to meet the needs of seniors getting to medical appointments, social activities, shopping trips, senior centers & meal sites. Transportation options are determined based on the client’s needs and can include door-to-door
curb transport, transportation chaperone, and training on how to use the transit system. Grant: $2,500
Grants 2009
These four grants focus on early childhood programs
Children’s Center $3,880.55
Coaches Program
Funding for materials to make (& assist families in making) specialized treatment and training materials for preschool children affected by methamphetamines.
Columbia River Mental Health Services $1, 761.45
Happy Healthy Families
Grant funding for purchase of “Love and Logic” updated visual and auditory training materials including corresponding workbooks, with the remaining funds towards the purchase of experiential therapeutic equipment for infants and toddlers.
Educational Services District 112 – Child Care & Family Services $708
Early Childhood Lending Library Improvement Project
For purchase software and related items that will allow access to the childcare provider library catalog online.
Washington State University Foundation $4,650
“Play School”: At Home At School Early Literacy and Early Grades Transitions Project
In support of a pilot program to further increase kindergarten readiness among very low income children funds will purchase educational manipulatives, books, toys and a mobile unit for use at WSU Vancouver, shelters and housing facilities. Funds will also provide a match for staff time in creating and implementing a program to assist children and their parents in ‘playing school’.
Grants 2008
Our first annual Giving Circle of Clark County Women awards funding!
Mission: Nonprofit Network Giving Circle seeks to provide funding to organizations committed to helping the people of Clark county live healthy, self-sufficient lives.
Year One Focus: Youth-at-risk
The Giving Circle spent one year of studying the community needs and organizations before making their decision. A competitive grant process including interviews was completed in April 2008, with grants awarded in May. The Giving Circle will begin it’s next full cycle in September 2008. Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more information.
The following programs were awarded funding by the first Giving Circle.
Janus Youth Programs for art therapy supplies and other needs of youth in three Clark County locations.
OPTIONS Youth Program for ready-to-work fees, supplies, and personal needs of youth in the OPTIONS program.
Columbia River Mental Health Services for support of a new tool and staff training to be used in therapy with youth. Three ‘baby’ simulators will be purchased to assist with parenting skills, pregnancy avoidance and memories of childhood abuse.
Silver Buckle Equestrian Center for purchase of two smaller saddles for young riders and one equestrian scholarship for a young person with a parent serving in the military.
Photo is some Circle members with representatives of grantee organizations. May 2008.
