VCCF Gemeinschaft Update

Liebe Ventura County Community Foundation Familie,

There is such exciting news to report since we last connected! Just a few highlights are below:

We were overjoyed to receive thousands of applications from local students pursuing their higher education/ career goals for the VCCF-Stipendienprogramm (Scholarship Reception is June 6, 2019)
Our VCCF Board of Directors approved just under $5 million in grants to our community so far this month alone
VCCF was selected by the State of California to be steward to $1.1 million for six counties to help achieve a complete and accurate count in the 2020 Census. Literally, millions and millions of dollars are at stake for the programs that help bridge gaps in our society and allow all to live in dignity. An accurate Census is vital for funding of:
- Rural business and industry development loans
- Job training and other employment programs

- Healthcare for infants and children
- Childcare for low-income and working families
- Water and waste disposal systems
- Policing agencies and community-based entities working to reduce crime
- Monitoring and enforcing discrimination laws under the Civil Rights Act
- Local agencies for food, healthcare, and legal services for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities

- More than 200 local community members attended the Ventura Land Trust’s Environmental Speakers Series, sponsored by VCCF, to learn more about California’s Year-Round Wildfire Season

Fonds für die Opfer des Conejo-Tals

We are profoundly grateful to Kirsti Thompson, Director of Operations of Eine Stunde schenken California. Give An Hour continues to provide ongoing support to those impacted by the Borderline tragedy at no cost by trained, licensed trauma experts.

Because of the tremendous outpouring of support both locally and globally, $3,618,726 in distributions will be mailed early next week to the victims’ families and survivors present at the time of the Borderline tragedy. These funds are being disbursed as outlined in the Final Protocol published on the website www.ConejoValleyVictimsFund.org.

Additional dollars have been pledged and we will continue to raise funds to help. The need for support for those impacted is far from over. Funds raised will be distributed periodically in accordance to the same protocol as outlined above.

As previously discussed, we have contracted with Armanino, one of the top 25 largest independent accounting and business consulting firms in the United States, to complete an independent review of the funds raised and distributed. This report will be published on our website as soon as it is completed. Their report will confirm that 100% of funds raised went directly to those impacted and present during the tragedy and will protect the confidentiality of those involved.

Hill Fire/ Woolsey Fire Plötzlicher und dringender Bedarf Update

The Ventura County Community Foundation granted another $1,487,042.69 at this week’s Board of Directors meeting, bringing the total grantmaking for Hill Fire/ Woolsey Fire to $2,612,363.69. Total grants awarded include:

$150.000 an die Pazifikküste und Ventura County Chapter des Amerikanischen Roten Kreuzes (Rotes Kreuz) für ein Notfalleinsatzfahrzeug
$115.000 an die Rotes Kreuz für Ventura County Recovery Coordination
$146,250 an die Rotes Kreuz für allgemeine operative Unterstützung
$1,394 bis Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship für Evakuierungskosten für Pferde, zusätzliches Personal, Treibstoff für Anhänger, Stallreinigung
$10.000 bis Jungen- und Mädchenclubs des Großraums Conejo Valley für Ausgaben im Zusammenhang mit der Betreuung von Kindern bei Schulschließungen, Aufräumarbeiten in Clubs und Beratungsdiensten
$30.000 insgesamt bis KCLU Öffentliches Radio (California Lutheran University) with $20,000 to replace damaged main transmitter and supporting equipment and an additional $10,000 for matching funds for the campaign to replace equipment, which they met
$5.000 bis 805 Hilfe zur Unterstützung ihrer sofortigen Reaktion, um den Online-Zugang zu unserer Gemeinde während der Brände zu ermöglichen
$15.000 bis Seniorenbelange für Tagesbetreuung für Erwachsene, Mahlzeiten und Unterstützung für die evakuierten und pflegebedürftigen Senioren unserer Gemeinde
$5,350 bis Livingston Memorial Besuchsschwesternvereinigung zur Deckung der Kosten im Zusammenhang mit der Evakuierung von Hospizbewohnern beitragen
$7.000 an die Camarillo Boys & Girls Club zur Deckung der Kosten für die Notfallbetreuung von Kindern aufgrund von Schulschließungen
$783,600 to the Südost-Ventura County YMCA with the first $445,000 going to provide individual assistance to families affected by the fires, $9,500 to cover costs associated with emergency childcare needs due to school closures, and the latest $329,100 to provide direct financial assistance for housing and other basic needs for 47 applicants; HOA fees for 16 mobile home residents; Y memberships for 25 fire-impacted families
$1,827 bis Mark Watring Ställe für die Evakuierung von 43 Pferden, den Transport von Futter- und Wasservorräten und Überstunden
$25.000 an die Zusammenarbeit bei der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung für die allgemeine operative Unterstützung der von den Bränden betroffenen Geschäftsinhaber
$21,500 bis Cal State Channel Islands Stiftung Versorgung und Unterbringung von Schülern, die durch die Brände evakuiert wurden
$500 bis Zentrum für Nonprofit-Führung der Cal Lutheran University ein kostenloses Webinar mit dem Titel "Fundraising als Reaktion auf eine Gemeinschaftskrise" zu sponsern
$6,000 to the Boys & Girls Club des Großraums Oxnard und Port Hueneme to help cover expenses related to serving children during school closures.
$5.000 bis Fly-Hope Dream to cover flights for fire survivors
$10.000 bis Little Angels Project to cover costs of veterinary care for injured animals
$16,000 to Lockwood Tierrettungszentrum to provide lodging and basic needs for people and animals
$1,099,882.69 to Salvation Army to provide mid to long-term direct financial assistance for 800 individuals and families for housing, food, utility assistance and staffing to support case managers and additional basic needs support to those impacted
$155,560 to Totally Local VC Agricultural Education Foundation (Local Love Project) to provide direct financial assistance and case management to 131 individuals and families for housing, food, household expenses and staffing to support case management
$2,500 to LIFE Animal Rescue to replace fencing and lighting for the animal shelter
$70,200 to United Policyholders for a fire recovery coordinator position and disaster recovery toolkit and online resource
$20,000 to Upper Ojai Relief for trailer and materials expense
$5.000 bis Casa Pacifica for evacuation expenses related to the fire
$7,500 to Conejo Hospice for support groups for fire survivors
$15.000 bis Conejo Valley Senior Concerns to provide scholarships for adult day care, meals and necessary support
$247,700 to Schnittstelle Kinder und Familie for long-term disaster recovery group infrastructure, facilitator, data systems coordinator, and overhead
$20,000 to Oakbrook Park Chumash Indian Corporation for a utility vehicle to assist with rebuilding efforts
$20,000 to Santa Monica Mountains Fonds for rebuilding bridges on Backbone Trail
$25.000 bis Freie Klinik Westminster for bilingual mental health services and basic needs assistance.

Please remind all nonprofit organizations responding to the needs from the fires to complete and submit their brief application at www.vccf.org. Organizations can submit more than one time as needs arise.

That’s it for now. Please keep in touch!

Das Beste,

Vanessa