Press Releases – The Rising Foundation https://therisingfoundation.org Cooperating for a Better Tomorrow Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:47:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://therisingfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/favicon2.png Press Releases – The Rising Foundation https://therisingfoundation.org 32 32 Opportunity Fund https://therisingfoundation.org/2020/06/19/opportunty-fund/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:45:17 +0000 https://therisingfoundation.org/?p=1313 In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Rising Foundation is proud to announce the creation of a $500,000 designated fund. This new fund, named the Opportunity Fund, is dedicated to providing grants to individuals and organizations who are addressing systemic racism in communities of color.

Much has been happening over the past weeks in our country and around the world, exposing a broader level of systemic racism. We appreciate the voices who have come together around the Black Lives Matter movement, we support you 100%. While the response of All Lives Matter may be true on the surface, it diminishes the hidden pandemic, that systemic racism exists, who it is impacting and it is costing lives! We acknowledge those in government and law enforcement who’ve responded to community demands.

We at the foundation are dedicated to creating systemic change through our practice of “cooperating for a better tomorrow.” We believe through partnership and investment in communities of color, creating opportunities, real systemic change will occur. Over the course of the coming months we will be engaging our network to develop application criteria and focus areas for these funds. By creating strategic partnerships we will ensure that the use of these funds will truly benefit those impacted by racism. The details of this will be posted on our website, https://risingfoundation.org in the near future. Anyone wishing to participate is encouraged to contact us at the email address provided.

As a California based 501(c)3, anyone can make donations to the fund.  100% of all donations will be used to provide grants through this fund. Your donation is fully tax deductible as allowed by state and federal law. Contact us at the email address provided for details on how to donate.

We are proud to be doing our part in shifting the system and joining the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Program Transition Grants https://therisingfoundation.org/2020/06/05/program-transition-grants/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:00:51 +0000 https://therisingfoundation.org/?p=1461 Here we are in June of 2020 and how different the world is from 3 months ago. We at the foundation recognize that many of the organizations we’ve supported had to pivot their programs in response to Covid-19. As a way of support we offered current grant recipients a 1 time Program Transition Grant of $5,000. We are happy to be supporting the following organizations with these grants:

Boys To Men Mentoring -Building the infrastructure and resources to deliver their mentoring program online. Maintaining the integrity and safety of the mentors and mentees involved.

SafePlace International – Purchasing personal protective equipment and food to facility the delivery of resources to their communities in Turkey and Greece.

Open Source Wellness – Pivoting the delivery of the program through the Zoom platform while ensuring compliance with HIPAA requirements.

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