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ACT for Alexandria Celebrates Nonprofits Serving City
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(Tuesday) June 15, 2010
ACT for Alexandria celebrated their 2010 grantees with a luncheon on Thursday, June 10 at Union Street Public House in Old Town Alexandria. Since its inception in 2004, ACT has distributed almost $700,000 into capacity building grants to help nonprofit organizations invest in infrastructure-based programs and organizational needs to increase Alexandria nonprofits’ effectiveness and sustainability. The 2010 recipients include: Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.; ALIVE!; Center for Alexandria’s Children; Community Lodgings; First Night Alexandria; Friends of Guest House; Higher Achievement; New Neighbors Education Center; SCAN of Northern Virginia; Senior Services of Alexandria; The Child and Family Network Centers; The Reading Connection; and Wesley Housing Development Corporation.
ACT grantee luncheon attendees. (Courtesy Photo)
“The grantee luncheon is a chance to celebrate the great work of nonprofits in our community, explore opportunities for partnerships and to learn from one another,” said community investment chair and founding ACT board member Lori Morris.
ACT’s Capacity Building Grants program allows nonprofits to take the next step in improving and developing their organizations. “We appreciate all the help from ACT to help us grow,” said Peggy Morrison Curtis, acting executive director of New Neighbors Education Center and former chair of The Giving Circle of Alexandria. “It is not just the money, but how ACT brings organizations together.”
ACT’s investment in New Neighbors came at a critical time when the organization’s founding executive director was retiring and the economic crisis was beginning. New Neighbors was able to keep its doors open, re-evaluate its operations and now has a managed operating agreement with The Campagna Center. This allowed New Neighbors to continue their programming and The Campagna Center, a larger nonprofit, to handle operations.
“I cannot imagine Alexandria without ACT; they have changed the landscape of giving in Alexandria,” said Chris McMurray, board chair of Community Lodgings.
