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    By Dianne Anderson Hundreds of billions of dollars are rolling down from the federal government to deal with Coronavirus, which has African American health advocates watching and waiting for the trickle-down effect. With little or no funding, Black community-based organizations often stand in the gap of health services to help move their community toward scant ...
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    By Dianne Anderson Patricia Nickols-Butler has been the go-to resource in providing food and many other services for the low-income community of San Bernardino County for many years, but her agency has never seen anything like this before. In the coming weeks, she is bracing for increased demand. Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County ...
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    Stater Bros. is spreading cheer this holiday season by giving back to the loyal communities it serves.  To brighten the holidays for those in need, Stater Bros. Charities donated over $840,000 to local non-profit organizations that benefit hunger relief and children’s well-being initiatives. Stater Bros. Charities supports critical needs in the communities where Stater Bros. ...
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    By Dianne Anderson Finding Riverside nonprofits that want to get some of the $1.4 million coming each year for the next five years shouldn’t be as hard as it’s been for Corey Jackson as he continues the fight for juvenile justice. Jackson took the lead last year in a major lawsuit to stop the county ...
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    By Dianne Anderson Dollars keep flowing down in the form of grants from the Community Foundation serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Now, the only thing left for nonprofits to do is apply. July 31 is the deadline to submit applications within four Field of Interest funds. The foundation’s grant awards are based on very ...
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    By Lauren Poteat NNPA Washington Correspondent When esteemed civil and women’s rights activist, Dorothy Height, finally departed from the National Council of Negro Women—a place she had made her fortress for over 50 years, many people wondered what would become of the iconic organization, that once helped spearhead the original Million Man March. On Nov. ...
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    By Dianne Anderson Help for local grassroots nonprofits to spread the love through community outreach may be harder to access in the Inland Empire than in other places, but it’s not impossible. For the past three decades, the Children’s Fund has been helping county departments and nonprofits with extra resources in areas of social and ...
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    By Dianne Anderson Scant philanthropic dollars that trickled down to minority-led nonprofits statewide before the 2008 economic downturn seems to look better in hindsight. If foundation dollars were tight back then in San Bernardino County, it’s worse now. “Statistics in foundation funding specifically for the Inland Empire is three percent now in the region, not ...