Archive for the 'Fundraising' Category

Start Here Secures Funding from Lowe’s for Partner

The Holly Grove Community Development Corp. and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, Start Here partners, recently learned that a request for funding to help restore the Rosenwald School in Drew, Miss., was enthusiastically approved by Lowe’s and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National Trust added Rosenwald Schools to its list […]

Ronald McDonald House Dedicates $142,000 to Start Here Partner

The Los Angeles-based Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, a Start Here partner, got some great holiday news: A proposal to the Ronald McDonald House for support of their Prevention by Intervention (PBI) program will be fully funded by the highly regarded international charity. Start Here researched and prepared the proposal.
The amount that […]

Start Here Helps Children Affected by AIDS Foundation Fund International Work

The Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, a Start Here partner based in Los Angeles, Calif., recently expanded its national support of children affected by HIV/AIDS into the Latin American/Caribbean region. CAAF’s Prevention by Intervention (PBI) is an ambitious and comprehensive initiative that aims to stop the rise of mother-to-child HIV transmission in the […]

Children Affected by AIDS Foundation Attracts Funds

The Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, a Start Here partner based in Los Angeles, Calif., recently received some fine news: CAAF’s Play Areas Initiative will receive support from Symantec Corp. Start Here researched and prepared the Symantec proposal for CAAF.
The Play Areas Initiative provides budget-strapped AIDS service agencies nationwide funds to build or […]

Start Here Secures Funds to Restore Historic School

After receiving a grant proposal prepared by Start Here, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History recently awarded the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation $146,000 for the restoration of a historic Mississippi building.
The project involves a Rosenwald School, one of some 5000 built in the early 20th century throughout the South in African-American communities. […]