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Jun. 5—A lot of great community projects only happen thanks to the financial support of the Scioto Foundation organization.

The group is staffed by a smart collection of women and a board of directors who oversee operations.

The group manages organizational endowments, operates quarterly grant cycles, organizes annual giving campaigns, hosts Scioto365, provides scholarships, and has a revitalizing downtown grant project. On top of that, the organization has been facilitating meetings on housing disparities, networked to accomplish the city's master plan, and more.

Perhaps one of the biggest ways the organization supports the community is through their quarterly grant cycle, which has a deadline of June 30 of this month.

"Each year, the Scioto Foundation receives around 70 grant applications and typically funds 80 percent of them either partially or in full depending on the amount requested and the amounts available for distribution," Executive Director Kim Cutlip said. "If grants are rejected, our scholarship and grant coordinator, Ginnie Moore, is always willing help applicants with future grant requests."

Grants will only be made to organizations having recognition under section 501©3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The funding cannot be used for administrative support, unless it comes from a specific endowment that allows for that usage.

Typically, the Foundation supports projects within the realms of education, healthcare, community development, economic development, arts and culture, social services, and civic benefit. Additionally, these proposed projects must not have been already completed before application; they do not allow for reimbursement.

For a full list of rules, regulations, tips and notes, visit their website at sciotofoundation.org. This is also where you'll find grant applications.

An application must come with five copies of the grant, along with the original, which is due to the Scioto Foundation on quarterly dates of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. You must also attach supporting documents of tax-exempt status, financial documents, and more. These supporting document requirements can also be found on their website.

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This is the second cycle of 2023 and Cutlip feels optimistic after a successful quarter of grantmaking.

"In 2022, the Scioto Foundation awarded $530,000 and this year we anticipate much the same," Cutlip said of the grant making.

Last quarter, the organization awarded applicants $130,640.

For more information on the Scioto Foundation, call 740.354.4612 or visit them at 303 Chillicothe Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662.

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The Bush Foundation plans to issue $50 million to the descendants of slaves living in Minnesota and the Dakotas over eight years in the hopes of building black wealth, reversing systemic injustices and positively impacting communities.

After 18 months of planing, the Open Road Fund" launches on June 19, which is Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

Grants up to $50,000 will be issued to 800 Black recipients by 2031. At least half of the grants are expected to land in Minnesota, which has a larger Black population than either of the Dakotas.

While many community improvement efforts have launched since the death of George Floyd, the Bush reparation grants are believed to the first - or one of the first in Minnesota - to focus solely on slavery descendants.

The goal is to "challenge the system of rules that robs Black people and communities of the wealth they create," officials said.

The Bush Foundation in St. Paul has selected the 19-year old St. Paul-based Nexus Community Partners to administer the grants, which are seen as a way to help address long-standing injustices resulting from slavery, Jim Crow, red-lining housing laws and police brutality.

Nexus CEO Danielle Mekha said during an interview Monday that she expects individuals to use their reparation grant for wealth-building projects such as buying or expanding property, on education, to grow or start a business, to buy life insurance policies, fund estate planning, or on healing and economic justice initiatives.

Up to five applicants can pool their grants together to collectively buy one property, Mekha said, noting that "we believe in cooperative development."

Nexus is strongly encouraging single parents, senior citizens, the formerly incarcerated, those living with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community to apply.

"When we have access to an abundance of resources, we can cultivate healing, safety, care and liberation on our own terms," she said. "Through this $50 million Open Road Fund, Nexus has a chance to provide a return on the investment Black folks have long made to this country and create Black wealth. To us, Black wealth-building is about creating spaces and opportunities that help all Black people to thrive."

In Minnesota, Nexus is partnering with nonprofits to get the word out and help people fill out applications. Partners include Build Wealth Minnesota, Neighborhood Development Center, The Northside Economic Opportunity Network, MEDA and The Black Women's Wealth Alliance.

To apply for a grant, applicants must live in Minnesota, South or North Dakota and be a descendant of the Atlantic slave trade, including the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America. Descendants of formerly enslaved people who repatriated to Africa are also eligible.

The non-profit Research in Action and a panel of community leaders will judge applications submitted via the website https://www.nexuscp.org/open-road-fund/.

While Open Road focuses on slave descendants, other companies and nonprofits have taken a different approach in Minnesota as they strive to erase some of the biggest racial economic and educational disparities in the country.

U.S. Bank, Target, Bremer Foundation, the McKnight, Pohlad and Mortensen foundations, Wells Fargo, Allianz, J.P. Morgan Chase, The Center for Economic Inclusion and others have invested hundreds of millions of dollars since Floyd's death on helping all communities of color get business loans and grants, job training and college tuitions.

Dorothy Bridges, CEO of the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), said the Bush Foundation/Nexus program appears to the be the first in Minnesota to target American descendants of slavery.

"On the face of it, it is wonderful. I am really thrilled they are talking about it in those terms," said Bridges, adding that she will encourage MEDA's Black business clients to apply for the grant.

MEDA administers loans and technical business assistance to 1,400 small businesses of color. About 67% of them are Black.

While the Nexus reparations are good, Bridges said she is relieved to know grant recipients will receive technical help so they can properly convert a $50,000 grant into real wealth.

""In terms of creating Black wealth if there are no guidelines or wrap around services to help guide people, this will look like another payday," Bridges said.

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When a person with lupus develops serious health issues and can no longer function independently, someone may need to assume the role of caregiver.

The more you know about lupus and how to cope with it, the better prepared you are to be a good caregiver. Understanding the disease can make the initial transition into caregiving a little less intimidating. It can also help you determine a caregiving plan that meets the specific needs of your loved one.

Understand lupus

While learning about lupus is ongoing, here are some things you should focus on first:

• Educate yourself about the nature of lupus and the symptoms of the disease.
• Be aware of how lupus is affecting your loved one (physically and emotionally), and pay attention to changes in symptoms or physical conditions that may suggest a flare.
• Be open to change – living with lupus usually requires certain lifestyle adjustments.
• Be emotionally considerate -- feelings of sadness, helplessness, and uncertainties about the future are a normal part of living with chronic illness.

Help your loved one learn about lupus

Your loved one’s understanding of the disease can make a difference in how you lend support and how they prefer to receive it. By working together to understand the disease, you can create a plan to cope with lupus. Helping your loved one learn about lupus has other benefits too. Some people with lupus feel guilty about needing a caregiver and the demand that caregiving places on you. Learning more about the disease may help them understand that the impact of lupus may be too large for one person to deal with alone. Going through the learning process together also strengthens your relationship. A strong relationship can help them feel more comfortable receiving care, especially if decisions are made together about caregiving needs.

Communicate

It is normal to experience changes in moods, relationships, and activities within the family. Through it all, caregivers can use good communication skills to respond appropriately and keep up a positive attitude. Healthy communication allows family members to connect with each other and share feelings.

Here are some key points to remember:

• Make sure you are aiming for a healthy exchange of information, which is different from venting emotions.
• Talk about major problems caused by lupus, what is most feared about the disease, and your loved one’s needs.
• Reach out to others. It is a good way to gain support and share feelings.
• Be open about your needs - ask others for help.
• It is important for you and your loved one communicate in a positive and hopeful way, but it is also important to be realistic and adjust to “a new normal”, instead of expecting “a return to normal”. Make time to talk about this transition, and how it is affecting each of you.

Create a care file

As a caregiver, one of the most important things you can do is create a care file for your loved one. Whether you keep it in a binder, file folder or entirely electronically, this file will:

• Provide access to essential information.
• Aid in effective communication with health professionals.
• House accurate, up-to-date and important information.
• Reduce stress.
• Save time and energy-when the caregiver is unavailable, a well maintained file can help others provide proper care for the person who is ill.

The file should be organized in such a way that you can take it to doctor’s appointments. It should be kept confidential and in a safe location. Specific information may include:

• Personal information (such as date of birth, identification, and insurance information)
• Your loved one’s current diagnosis and medical history
• Doctor and other health care provider contact information
• Doctor visits and changes in treatment
• Names of medications, dosages, and any special precautions
• Emergency contacts

You can create this packet on your own or you can use our care file template (PDF).

Develop a daily care plan

A daily care plan is a list of duties and responsibilities that address the daily and long term needs of your loved one. It should be simple and descriptive. A good plan will provide instructions to those who share caregiving duties when the primary caregiver is unavailable. During stressful times, it can help avoid a potential crisis. We have included a template for a care plan that you can use. You can print and update this plan as regularly as necessary.

Keep in mind the following tips when creating your care plan:

• Identify major problems and your loved one’s health care needs.
• Describe specific caregiving tasks and the necessary steps to complete these tasks.
• Organize caregiver tasks into categories (for example, health care or household). Which tasks are a priority and non-negotiable?
• List key family members or friends that can help in an emergency situation.
• Consider community organizations that may be helpful, especially in an emergency.
• Allow for flexibility and change in the daily care plan.

You can create this care plan on your own or use our care plan template (PDF).

Stewardship Award

Two UW Professors Earn Stewardship Awards

Two University of Wyoming faculty members have earned the prestigious UW Foundation Stewardship Award. They are Cindy Price Schultz, head of the Department of Communication and Journalism, and John Kaszuba, the John and Jane Wold Centennial Chair in Energy.

The UW Foundation Stewardship Award recognizes the leadership of UW faculty members who excel in the relationship-building and stewardship of alumni and donors through effective use of private gifts, engaging former students in the activities of the university and a commitment to strong external relationships for the betterment of UW.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Eight years ago, police officers and firefighters in Spanish Fork responded to an overturned car in the Spanish Fork River.

They said they heard a woman's voice saying, "Help me." First responders rescued then-18-month-old "Baby Lily" after 16 hours hanging upside down above the rushing waters.

Over the years, KSL has heard from first responders about how cases like that impact them.

Tyler Beddoes has been putting on his uniform as a police officer for the last 18 years. As with all jobs, there are good days and, in policing, there are a lot of heavy days, too. That includes "Baby Lily's" rescue.

"Started realizing from back then to now, the difference that it's created, negatively, like mental health, depression and anxiety and things," Beddoes said.

Not only is it hard for those at the scene, he said, it is tough on their families, too. Add what he said are limited resources to help in the "now," and Beddoes decided to do something.

"The last couple of years, I've seen a huge spike in suicides and just violence, in general, and it's clearly not the same," Beddoes said.

He formed an organization called the Battle Back Foundation that will help police officers, first responders and their families around the country with mental health resources.

He has turned those hard days into something better, with resources he did not have when "Baby Lily" was rescued.

"Let's fix and battle for our officers, now," Beddoes expressed.

The foundation focuses on helping officers, first responders and their families through education, therapy, and medication.

"Maybe someone just needs help with mindsets and realizing, you know, that they need to change that negative mindset into positive," Beddoes said.

Beddoes and his foundation are partnering with Mark Cuban, with Cost Plus Drugs, to Improve medication access for police officers and first responders.

To learn more about the foundation, its mission, how you can receive help or, if you would like to donate to its success, visit the Battle Back Foundation's website, at battlebackfoundation.org.

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Jeffery Simmons new foundation, supply Em A Reason, aims to help kids who are in a similar situation as the one he grew up in.

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NASHVILLE - Wednesday was all about Jeffery Simmons as the Tennessee Titans officially announced the new contract extension between the team and their star defensive tackle.

Simmons used his time speaking with the media to touch on his childhood, his mother raising five children alone, their struggles as a family, and his desire to become even more involved in the community, including his new foundation aimed at helping kids.   

Simmons supply Em A Reason Foundation is aimed at "inspiring youth and youth empowerment through sport, by way of self-esteem building and opportunity creation."

When Simmons was asked about his efforts to help the youth on Wednesday, his face lit up.

"I'm excited. My first event last year around Christmas time, I think, when we talk about off the field, you know, I came from a small town, and I know a lot of these kids don't have hope," said Simmons. "There's someone in that seat right now looking for hope, and that 'why,' so I think when you have a foundation like that, especially mine, called supply Em A Reason, it's to inspire youth and create opportunities for all youth."

"Each and every that's my goal. If I see a young kid, I never turn a kid down for a picture because they look up to us, and we set examples by giving back to our community, continued Simmons. "We need to let these kids know they can be here, no matter if they want to be a lawyer, or whatever it may be, you know, whatever. Never supply up on your dreams.              

As for a reason behind his newest efforts, Simmons shared this. 

"I came up with supply Em A Reason because when we were growing up as a kid, we always wanted a handout, and it was like, why not, why we can't do, why we can't get this, and when I went back to my high school, I told those kids, supply these coaches a reason to supply you an offer (college scholarship). So it's the same way on this level, added Simmons. "Give these coaches a reason to put you on the field. That's the reason I came up with that name, and like I said, now I hope it will take off."

"I want to be more in the community here in Nashville. A lot of my community work has been in Mississippi, in sponsoring and naming the field house at my old high school and having all my camps in Mississippi. So I want this to grow, and I want to bring a lot more activities and things to Nashville," concluded Simmons.             

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The Laureen Swanson Music for Youth Foundation has been helping kids in the Midcoast area who need financial assistance with their musical endeavors for 44 years and have now teamed up with Walmart to reach even more kids.

Adam Tremblay, manager at Walmart in Brunswick, who approved the grant to the LSMFY Foundation, which then awarded the grant to the Brunswick High School music department. Courtesy of Holly Swanson

Adam Tremblay, the store manager at Walmart on Tibbetts Drive in Brunswick, choose the LSMFY Foundation to receive a $5,000 grant from Walmart. The foundation awarded the grant to the Brunswick High School music department.

The foundation stated in a prepared release, “We could not have launched our first block grant without the help of donations from organizations like Walmart. Thank you, Adam, for generously supporting our mission!”

The foundation’s namesake, Laureen Swanson, graduated from Brunswick High School in 1974. She was very involved in chorus, theater and piano at BHS and throughout her college years. When she passed away from leukemia at the age of 22, her parents established a memorial fund to help young people in the Midcoast region pursue their musical interests.

The LSMFY Foundation helps individual students up to age 22 afford music lessons, instruments and trips to national events and music camps. Students can find the application online at laureenswansonmusicforyouthfoundation.org. Individual scholarship applications are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly. This year, the foundation began a pilot program awarding block grants.

The foundation welcomes donations large or small. It is also looking to expands its board of directors. Interested parties can contact the foundation at [email protected] or through its website.

Holly Swanson (left), president of LSMFY Foundation, and Brandon Duras, band director at Brunswick High School, excited to work together helping musical kids. Courtesy of Holly Swanson

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The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation provides funding to children's nonprofits with a health or education focus throughout North Carolina. Since the Foundation's inception in 1997, more than $17 million has been donated in cash grants and in-kind support to youth-serving organizations. 

As the charitable arm of the Carolina Hurricanes, the Foundation takes pride in being a part of the community both on and off the ice. Throughout the year, the Foundation raises funds through annual special events, in-game auctions, mystery fundraisers and generous direct donations. The funds raised are awarded to nonprofits in the community via an annual grant process. The Foundation awards monetary grants at three levels: Future Canes, Game Changer and GOAL. For more information on the grant process, please click here.   

Together, the Hurricanes players, coaches and entire organization take pride in being actively involved in our community, and we are committed to making a positive impact where we live, work and play.

May 31—WILKES-BARRE — Following a exact meeting of the Board of Directors, the F. M. Kirby Foundation announced that 88 grants totaling $8,481,600 were approved in the first four months of 2023 — including $100,000 for the United Way of Wyoming Valley.

The grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations working to foster self-reliance and create strong, healthy communities throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, as well as national nonprofits largely based in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Bill Jones, President/CEO of the United Way of Wyoming Valley, confirmed the agency received a grant of $100,000.

"The Foundation is a longtime partner and we are proud that they continue to generously support the Wyoming Valley through the work of United Way," Jones said. "Funding will be used to support our allocations to our partner agencies."

Early 2023 grant-making of the F.M. Kirby Foundation included contributions to long-term partner organizations in the fields of arts and humanities, education, environment, health and medicine, human services, public policy, and religion.

The Foundation also welcomed several new grantees and initiatives, including the New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children, Foodshed Alliance, and Monarch Housing Associates.

Additionally, early 2023 allocations included a combined $500,000 to the Foundation's three United Way partners: United Way of the Greater Triangle, United Way of Wyoming Valley and United Way of Northern New Jersey.

Over $2.5 million of the grants approved come in the form of general operating support, giving these organizations the flexibility to decide where funds are needed to best support their missions. Included in this figure was the Foundation's renewal of funds for the F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact, in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

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Justin Kiczek, Executive Director, stated, "We are proud to celebrate three years of the F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Social Impact. We have been amazed by the impact and scope of the winners and finalists of the Kirby Prize, an unrestricted grant to help amplify and accelerate an enterprise's influence on social or environmental problems around the world. As such, we are excited to not only extend and increase the Kirby Prize, but also to partner with CASE to implement a for-credit course that will allow Fuqua students to gain valuable perspectives into the processes behind effectively scaling social impact organizations."

Of the 88 grants awarded in 2023 thus far, 51 were for organizations or programs working in New Jersey and North Carolina, two of the Foundation's primary geographic areas of interest.

Laura Virkler, Chair of the Board, stated, "Community-focused grant-making has been a hallmark of the Foundation since its earliest days. From those striving to preserve valuable ecosystems, like Triangle Land Conservancy, to those ensuring equitable access to the arts, like New Jersey Theatre Alliance, deep investments into all aspects of a region allow us to contribute to the continued cultural vibrancy and overall health of the communities we hold most dear."

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