Nov 29, 2017 | Community Programs
After an emotional journey, Alisa was finally ready to leave the safety and familiarity of the domestic violence shelter she had been staying at. However, with few possessions, she quickly realized that she and her three daughters would be sleeping on the floor of...
Nov 16, 2017 | CVCF News, Teen Pregnancy
In 2008, the Central Valley Community Foundation launched an initiative to address issues facing youth in the central San Joaquin Valley. This initiative seeks to address the high rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in the counties of Fresno,...
Sep 13, 2017 | Arts and Culture
This April, the Central Valley Community Foundation announced The Big Tell: Undiscovered Stories from the Central Valley presented by Bank of America. For this first annual film contest, we received over 80 applications from talented filmmakers from across the Central...
Aug 31, 2017 | Arts and Culture
Most of us probably can’t imagine news more devastating than hearing that we or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, for millions of people, this fear has become a harsh reality; last year, in the United States alone, there were over 1.6 million...
