Since 2018, FISH Philanthropy, a volunteer charitable fund supported by the Central Valley Community Foundation, has raised and awarded $371,065 to local nonprofits. To ensure fiscal responsibility, the Fund identifies beneficiaries through four pillars: local needs first, embrace diversity, collaboration with the larger community and youth inspiration. Past recipients include: Marjaree Mason Center, CASA, Poverello House, Boys & Girls Club of Fresno County and Breaking the

CVCF is thrilled to welcome Sebastian Ardemagni to the team as our Communications Manager – Digital Strategy. In this role, Sebastian will lead digital content strategy, manage social media and support communications across CVCF and its initiatives including Fresno DRIVE, Sierra San Joaquin Jobs (S2J2) and Health Equity. Sebastian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Sciences from UC Irvine and has extensive experience in strategy consulting, startup leadership and

A key component of Fresno DRIVE’s mission to create an economy for all is measuring the efforts of initiative partners and evaluating their impact across Fresno County. Fresno DRIVE is made up of 14 initiatives across the areas of People, Place and Prosperity. These initiatives tackle different aspects of economic mobility including upskilling, civic engagement and local wealth creation through collaboration and sharing of resources. The Measurement & Evaluation (M&E) team at