Organization: Placer Community Foundation
Mission: The Placer Community Foundation grows local giving to strengthen our community.
Activities: Community Needs: Grants provide opportunities for greater community impact in education, health and human services, animal welfare, senior programs, preserving historic landmarks and open space. Community wellness grants are awarded to support community-based projects or programs that are helping to promote overall wellness among country residents. Placer Collaborative network brings together 60 nonprofit, government, faith based, educational and municipal entities to work on collaborative solutions to issues facing children, adults and families of Placer County.
Youth Development: Competitive grants supporting the needs of at-risk and economically disadvantaged youth in Placer County are awarded. Scholarship funds are awarded to students who are pursuing further education in a vocational, college or university setting.
Community Leadership Nonprofit Initiative helps local nonprofits thrive and grow through high quality training and technical assistance. Annual leadership summit brings nationally known experts who provide training in best practices in governance for nearly 300 volunteers who serve on boards of directors of nonprofits in Placer County. Over 2,200 hours of free training was provided to nonprofit leaders. Workshops were conducted to help develop downtown districts. The foundation continued its work to educate the public on the need for affordable workforce housing in Placer County and to advocate for policy changes to ensure affordable housing is constructed. The foundation led an effort to ensure an accurate count in Placer County for census 2020.
NTEE category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Secondary category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations