Los Angeles — The Fantastic Firm has named the newest recipients of its Central Valley Neighborhood Grants program.
Grounded in a place-based strategy to philanthropy, the Fantastic Neighborhood Grants Program helps native nonprofit organizations and faculties throughout California’s Central Valley, the place greater than 3,000 Fantastic staff dwell and work. This yr, greater than $1.5 million in grant funding has been awarded to 43 organizations, supporting initiatives targeted on well being and wellness, schooling, recreation, group beautification, artwork, and social companies.
Serving as a flagship initiative, Fantastic Neighborhood Grants is a part of firm’s complete dedication to the Central Valley. For greater than 10 years, the corporate and its co-owners, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, together with their foundations, have invested greater than $850 million within the area, driving long-term social, academic, and financial progress.
“As rising healthcare prices, meals insecurity, and reductions in public funding proceed to pressure the nonprofit sector, native organizations are being requested to do extra with fewer sources,” says Andy Anzaldo, chief working officer of company social accountability at Fantastic. “The Fantastic Neighborhood Grants program displays a long-standing dedication to place-based giving by supporting the organizations that kind the spine of wholesome, resilient communities, making certain the Central Valley continues to be a spot of alternative for generations to come back.”
This system serves organizations based mostly in Avenal, Delano, Del Rey, Firebaugh, Misplaced Hills, Mendota, Sanger, Shafter, and Wasco, California.
“Due to The Fantastic Firm’s beneficiant assist, we have now been in a position to open doorways for our youth to be taught, develop, and thrive,” says Rudy Matcham, membership unit director of the Del Rey Boys & Ladies Membership of Fresno County. “Fantastic’s assist has been instrumental in increasing applications like Triple Play: Each day Challenges and Wholesome Habits, and in making certain the profitable launch of the Alebrijes program, the place youth are inspired to discover bodily exercise, vitamin, and cultural storytelling by means of hands-on studying, from the kitchen to the classroom.”
Among the 2025 recipients embrace:
Delano
- The Open Door Community: Funds will make sure the home violence middle in Delano stays open and accessible to survivors of home violence
- United Approach of Central Jap California: Funds the VITA program providing free tax return assist and filings to the communities of Delano, Misplaced Hills, Shafter, and Wasco
Del Rey
- Boys & Ladies Golf equipment of Fresno County: Supplies after-school programming together with mentoring, wholesome habits/vitamin, bodily exercise, cultural arts, subject journeys, and management alternatives to underserved youth
Firebaugh
- Central California Meals Financial institution: Distributes free, recent produce and important bins to people and households in Delano, Firebaugh, and Avenal
- Regents of the College of Southern California: Funds their Promotoras initiative to assist improve well being fairness locally
Misplaced Hills
- Hyperlinks for Life: Funds a cellular mammogram clinic within the communities of Delano, Misplaced Hills, Shafter, and Wasco
- Footwear That Match: Supplies low-income college students in Delano, Shafter, Misplaced Hills, and Wasco with new sneakers on a referral foundation
