July E-Newsletter Now Available
This issue of Making Connections focuses on new grants from our Neighbors in Need Fund, particularly those supporting mental health programs across the region.

Read the newsletter HERE.

A Day in the Life of a Soup Kitchen - Miriam's Kitchen, a Neighbors in Need Grantee
The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles Miriam's Kitchen, a social-services agency that provides food and other services to the homeless in Washington and a Neighbors in Need grantee, and provides a behind the scenes look at the work of the chefs and volunteers. To read the full story and watch the video click HERE.

Community Foundation Partners Awarded Social Innovation Fund Grants
National Fund for Workforce Solutions both selected to receive a grant from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). All eleven grantees share a track record of success at identifying and growing high-performing nonprofit organizations. For more information on all SIF grantees click HERE.

New Grant Opportunity: The Neighbors in Need Fund  
Now accepting applications: Neighbors in Need Fund Fall 2010 Direct Services/Safety-Net Services Grant Cycle. Deadline August 16, 2010, 5pm. For full Proposal Guidelines/RFP click HERE.

Terri Lee Freeman and Bill Couper Interviewed on "Washington Business Tonight"  (7/6/10)
Learn more about The Community Foundation's Neighbors in Need Fund, Bank of America's extraordinary commitment to helping, and the Fund's impact on our region's nonprofits and communities.

Just Announced: $973,000 in New Neighbors in Need Fund Grants 
Our latest round of 51 grants is supporting nonprofit direct service agencies and -- for the first time -- mental health services across the Washington metropolitan region.

The Neighbors in Need Fund:  Report to the Community
Read our new report chronicling the history and work to date of this important Community Foundation initiative.

Former Community Foundation Chair Dan Mayers on "Neighbors in Need"
Read the recent Northwest Current editorial HERE.

From The Washington Post:: "Area Foundations' Giving Dropped in 2009"
Required reading for anyone interested in giving-related issues in our region.
Read the article HERE.