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Silicon
Valley/San Jose Business Journal
March 22,
2007
Farmworkers
in Monterey County who were hard-hit by the January crop freeze
will get a $25,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation.
The
foundation said Thursday that the money will be distributed
to local agencies to provide food and financial as-sistance
for rent, mortgage, utility bills, and other ongoing expenses
as needed.
The
Irvine Foundation said the grant is part of a larger effort
by a group of foundations to send direct support to ag-ricultural
workers affected by the freeze. In all, more than $1 million
dollars will be granted to communities throughout the state
for dispersal to community-based organizations.
In
addition to Irvine, four other foundations -- The California
Endowment and the California Community, Rosenberg and Weingart
foundations -- are contributing.
"We
are working to meet the human need in the aftermath of this
natural disaster," said James E. Canales, president and CEO
of the Irvine Foundation. "The sad truth is that the effects
of the January 2007 freeze will be felt for months, even years,
to come by farmworkers and many others in agricultural communities.
We are pleased to be supporting the efforts of local organizations
to meet these needs where they are best understood and most
keenly felt."
The
James Irvine Foundation is a private, nonprofit grantmaking
foundation organized around three program ar-eas: arts, youth,
and California perspectives, which focuses on increasing public
understanding of critical issues facing the state. Since 1937
the Foundation has provided more than $900 million in grants
to nonprofit organizations through-out California.
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