The El Dorado Community Foundation has awarded grant funds to 11 organizations for programs in specific fields of interest.
This year's recipients were selected from 26 applicants seeking funds for programs benefiting children, senior citizens and the cultural arts
Receiving grants through the Loper Healy Fund, intended to benefit families with young children who need financial support to thrive, are CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) El Dorado, $150; CASA South Lake Tahoe, $150; and South Lake Tahoe Women's Center, $351.
A $500 grant from the Senior Service Fund, which supports senior citizens in the community, will go to Lilliput Children's Services.
Seven organizations will receive monies from the Cultural Arts Fund: CASA South Lake Tahoe, $600, for Children's Art in the Court; Boys and Girls Club, South Lake Tahoe, $1,000, for Journey of the Drum; Friends of the Library, $2,000, for Arts in the Library; Friends of Nature Georgetown Divide, $1,000 for a nature festival; Lake Tahoe Shining Stars, $825, dance scholarships;
Tahoe Arts League, $975, for art supplies; Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp, $1,200, for scholarships.
Each year, the El Dorado Community Foundation sends out approximately 250 requests for proposals to local nonprofit groups, service organizations, schools and churches announcing that grant money is available through the foundation's Field of Interest Funds. This year, the foundation received 26 completed grant applications.
Established in 1993, the foundation solicits and manages charitable gifts through endowed funds. Grants are awarded throughout the county in support of local students and nonprofit services and program.
For more information, call Bill Roby, acting executive director, at (530) 622-5621, or send an e-mail to bill@eldoradocf.org. Information also is available on the Web site a www.eldoradocf.org.
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