Juneau Community Foundation awards $1.8M in grants to local nonprofit service providers in the areas of homelessness, food security, substance abuse disorders, domestic violence, suicide prevention, senior care, hospice, mental and physical health, education and income stability.
These grants are provided through a unified process that includes funding from the Juneau Community Foundation’s Hope Endowment Fund ($1,053,978) and the City & Borough of Juneau’s Social Service Funds ($776,400). In addition, the CBJ Utility Waiver Program is providing $47,500 in utility waivers to nonprofits that house people as part of their mission. And, Avista Corporation contributed $10,000 to the Hope Endowment Fund.
The purpose of these grants is to help Juneau’s most vulnerable residents, by increasing support for nonprofit service providers in the areas of homelessness, food security, substance abuse disorders, domestic violence, suicide prevention, senior care, hospice, mental and physical health, education and income stability.
The grants were determined based on input from local nonprofit social service organizations, community members, and the Juneau Community Foundation’s Professional Advisory Committee . The grant process is designed to encourage coordination and collaboration among social service programs and bring multiple funders together to support community needs in Juneau.
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