Molina Healthcare of Nevada, a managed health care company providing services through Medicaid,Birth Collaborative LV, a local organization focused on cultivating a strong professional birth care workforce and community. The investment will go toward funding 40 scholarships to train the next generation of community perinatal doulas in Southern Nevada. Birth Collaborative LV is one of 29 community-based organizations and providers Molina is supporting with $2.8 million in grants to improve access to health care and social services targeting health disparities among under-resourced communities in Clark and Washoe Counties. presented a $100,000 check to
Roseman University of Health Sciences announced the appointment of Geena Mattox as the new vice president for philanthropy & alumni relations. Mattox brings a background in securing major gifts, corporate sponsorships and successful capital campaigns.
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) has been awarded an $800,000 Housing and Urban Development grant to create systemic change across Nevada for young people experiencing homelessness. NPHY will lead a project to create the first-ever statewide Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness. The objectives of the project are to improve the leadership capacity of youth with lived experience of homelessness and to establish and grow partnerships across the state to better identify, understand and address the needs of youth at-risk of or experiencing homelessness through system-planning at the statewide level. Clark County Social Services also has committed to providing NPHY with an $80,000 match award for this project.
Nevada Community Foundation (NCF), philanthropic advisors to scores of Las Vegas individuals and families for more than 35 years, has awarded grants totaling more than $1.4 million to a dozen Las Vegas-based organizations and universities from The Alan J. Arnold M.D. Charitable Endowment. The grants are the first distributions from the Arnold Fund, which is managed by NCF.Hearts Alive Animal Village, Pet Partners, Nevada Outreach, New Vista, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Shannon West Homeless Youth Center at HELP of Southern Nevada, UNLV and others.Inaugural recipient organizations include
The Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE (Mayor’s Fund), has announced the launch of the Carolyn G. Goodman Education Legacy Fund to celebrate the achievements of Mayor Goodman’s tenure. This special fund will support City of Las Vegas educational initiatives including early childhood education.