A county government action I can actually support
June 4th, 2008, 2:42 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Scott Shackford
A press release that arrived yesterday:
SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino County Supervisors Dennis Hansberger and Josie Gonzales are hosting a free workshop this week to help local non-profit organizations secure dollars from major foundations.
The “Meet the Funders” forum, featuring a panel of grant-making foundations, will be held Friday, June 6, from 8:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisor’s Chambers located in the County Government Center, 385 North Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino.
Representatives from major funding institutions, such as the Bank of America Foundation, the California Endowment, James Irvine Foundation, Verizon Foundation, and the Washington Mutual Foundation will meet face to face with local non-profits primarily serving the County’s third and fifth district residents.
Daniel Foster, Chief Executive Officer of the Riverside Arts Museum, will lead a panel discussion to educate local organizations on how to effectively approach these foundations for funding focused in the areas of health and human services, homeless, education, youth, and the arts.
That’s right, folks in county government are going to help non-profits learn how to turn to private foundations to try to get money for programs instead of begging for public money. Kudos! Brad Mitzelfelt should join them, but then he wouldn’t have press releases to send out crowing about his involvement in getting funding for High Desert organizations.
