Impact: Spring 2021
Our region’s nonprofits have helped meet the incredible need created by the COVID-19 pandemic. As you’ll read in this issue of Impact and the 2020 Year in Review, Foundation donors have given generously to support community-driven responses during the past year. In all, fundholder- and Foundation-directed grantmaking topped $19 million in 2020, a record.
With that in mind, I look to tomorrow with hope. The capital area has a resilient nonprofit sector, and as Valley Vision’s Evan Schmidt shares, I’m not the only person who thinks so. I’m proud that the Foundation’s sustained work to strengthen the region’s social sector—including through Big Day of Giving and The Lab Capacity Building Program—has played a vital role in supporting nonprofits’ responses to the cascading crises of the past year and ongoing recovery efforts.
Of course, our work is only possible with your support. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your continued engagement.
With gratitude,
Linda Beech Cutler,
Chief Executive Officer
IN THIS ISSUE
A Devastating Year, A Resilient Community
For the past year, area nonprofits have stepped up to serve, with support from generous neighbors.
Mutual Assistance Network
Mutual Assistance Network used donations like that from the Frans DeBry Fund to step beyond the restrictions of government contracts and remain responsive to community needs.
My Mother's Voice
Among its other pandemic response efforts, My Mother's Voice distributed over 11,000 meals to local families with the support of a grant from the Poswall Family Foundation.
ALSO FEATURED
- Trusted Institutions
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By Evan Schmidt, CEO of Valley Vision
Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations remain trusted community resources throughout the pandemic, even as trust in other civic institutions frays.
- Learning Together
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By Niva Flor, Chief Impact & Strategy Officer
The Lab's small learning cohorts give nonprofit leaders opportunities to tackle big problems.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR PIVOTAL CHANGE
By focusing on the root causes of local challenges, seeking solutions with long-term results, and supporting the organizations that tend to the vital needs of the capital area, we help create the conditions for meaningful transformation in the Sacramento region.