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Happy New Year! I hope that 2022 is treating you well so far. Below, please find the topline results from the 2021 annual Project Impact and Customer Satisfaction Survey. We thank those of  you for participating. Let us know if you have any questions or would like to discuss the survey results in more detail. […]

The Fund for People in Parks The Fund for People in Parks had a great year in 2021. Check out their video recap! Renaissance Journalism Last month, Renaissance Journalism introduced a pilot project called LaunchPad. The project is “designed to empower emerging journalists who are passionate about reimagining journalism through the lens of equity and social […]

Kern Sol News Kern Sol News, a youth-led media outlet that primarily focuses on health disparities in underserved communities across Kern County, is posting new stories online nearly every day. Some recently published reports discuss vaccine equity, redistricting, and water quality in Kern County. Be sure to keep checking back for the latest news! San […]

The Fund for People in Parks In its most recent Trailblazer newsletter, The Fund for People in Parks announced several new projects in California and beyond. Included in these projects is the production of ten short films providing first-person accounts from people of diverse backgrounds involved in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ history. Another […]

Latino Outdoors Latino Outdoors (LO) began as a blog authored by its founder, Jose Gonzales. Today, LO continues using its Yo Cuento (meaning “I count”, “I matter”, and “I tell a story”) blog to encourage the diverse community of outdoor enthusiasts to enrich and expand the narrative of outdoor engagement, conservation, and environmental education. The […]

Mission Moments are a showcase of projects for the benefit of the Community Initiatives board members, presented quarterly, the day before the quarterly board meeting. Community Initiatives hosted our quarterly Mission Moments on Thursday, October 28, featuring three of our fiscally sponsored projects (FSPs): Bay Area Health Advisory Council (BACHAC), Pre-Health Dreamers, and Radical Monarchs. […]

I’m happy to announce that this year marks Community Initiatives’ twenty-fifth year In Service to Great Ideas generated by and for the nonprofit sector. We thank you for being a part of our success and recognize that we wouldn’t be able to accomplish this without you. Watch Ruth’s Official Announcement Here.   Community Initiatives began as […]

We’ve made a short video to provide some of the broad strokes of Fiscal Sponsorship. You may also visit our page, What is Fiscal Sponsorship to learn more.

To kick off our 25th anniversary, we updated our logo! Watch its transformation over the years, starting in 2008.