Published on Morgan Hill Life’s website on June 14, 2016
By Staff Report
Deborah Frazen of Heritage Bank was one of two winners in a drawing of two grants at June’s Morgan Hill Chamber breakfast meeting.
She selected the Edward Boss Prado Foundation as the grant recipient for $250.
Photo courtesy MHCF
Eleven nonprofit organizations will be recipients this month of local grant money totaling $13,000 from the Morgan Hill Community Foundation. The foundation also $5,500 in high school scholarships. The MHCF and community partners operating under its fiscal sponsorship have awarded about $575,000 since its 2002 inception.
MHCF offers grants every year to qualifying local nonprofits that successfully complete an application and independent review process. This year’s spring grant winners are:
- Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
- Discovery Counseling
- Edward Boss Prado Foundation
- Friends of the San Martin Animal Shelter
- Health Trust Meals on Wheels for Seniors
- Leadership Morgan Hill Class of 2016 Project
- One Step Closer Ranch
- Pine Ridge Association
- South Valley Civic Theater
- Valley Medical Center Foundation
- Morgan Hill Historical Society, funded through El Toro Culture & Arts, a MHCF community partner.
Through its donor advised fund program, the MHCF granted invested funds both to the Morgan Hill Historical Society’s “Centennial History Trail Maintenance” program and the Morgan Hill Senior Support Endowment Fund.
The MHCF also awarded two grants at the June Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce’s “Good Morning Morgan Hill Breakfast” to the Edward Boss Prado Foundation and TeenForce.
The foundation’s scholarships are awarded through the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Common Scholarship Program and will go to 10 Live Oak and Sobrato high school students continuing on to higher, full-time education in a range of fields.
“Donors make the difference,” said Rene Spring, president of the Morgan Hill Community Foundation. “Our annual grant cycle is something we are very proud of and count on donors to make it possible. Every hour spent and dollar donated adds up to make a great difference somewhere, somehow.”
In addition to its own grants and scholarship programs, the MHCF serves as a fiscal sponsor several local nonprofit partners, each with its own mission and community outreach goals. A fiscal sponsorship through the MHCF offers benefits including tax-exempt status, insurance coverage, and tax preparation and reporting.
The Morgan Hill Community Foundation (MHCF) is a tax-exempt public charity focused on improving the quality of life in the greater Morgan Hill region. It accomplishes this by furthering a culture of giving to address community needs and identifying and acquiring resources that provide support to nonprofit groups and programs. The group has six funding areas: Arts & Culture, Recreation, Education & Livelong Learning, Health & Human Services, Science & Technology, and Environment & Agriculture. It is an affiliate member of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a tax-exempt public charity.
More information about the program is available at www.morganhillcf.org.
