The Anaheim Community Foundation (ACF) has awarded over $50,000 to 39 non-profit organizations with a 2022 Helping Hands Grant. The Christopher K. Jarvi Helping Hands grant program focuses on strengthening youth, residents, and neighborhoods through supporting community-based organizations. Named after the founding Executive Director of the Anaheim Community Foundation, the Helping Hands grant honors the memory of Chris Jarvi who was a strong advocate for youth and Anaheim.
The Helping Hands program has recently expanded to provide one-time emergency assistance grants of $500-$2,500. The application is available on the ACF website at www.anaheimcf.org
ACF’s Helping Hands is funded through the generosity of Anaheim residents that make gifts through Anaheim Utilities. Since 1992, over $700,000 in Helping Hands funds have supported the program.
—Janis Heckel has been selected Executive Director of the Anaheim Community Foundation, it was announced today by Board Chair Kim Chips.
“It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Janis back to our Anaheim Community Foundation family,” said Chips. “Her experience with the city, the non-profit sector and the ACF are strong assets that will help us advance our mission and build a stronger community.”
Ms. Heckel has been an enthusiastic administrator with over 35 years of management experience in community programming, recreational activities and funding initiatives. Her professional resume includes 10 years with the city as its Community Services Superintendent, in which she served as a liaison to the ACF. She has served on a variety of community boards as well as volunteered with the Girl Scouts of Orange County, the Boy Scouts of America, Relay for Life and several PTA’s. A graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, she has been a resident of Orange County for over 25 years.
“I am thrilled to be joining the ACF team and look forward to working with the board of directors to continue making a positive impact in our community,” said Heckel.
Heckel succeeds former Executive Director John Guastaferro who left the organization in June for career advancement. Ed Munson has served as the Interim Executive Director during the search for a permanent director.
For additional information, please visit our website at www.anaheimcf.org.
Together, ten organizations engaged 467 donors and raised a grand total of $231,199!
The Anaheim Community Foundation would like to extend our gratitude for supporting Impact Anaheim Giving Day. This collaborative 24-hour campaign with nine other organizations to support Anaheim’s underserved youth raised $231,199 with the help of 467 donors, surpassing our collective goal of $125,000! Thank you to our fellow Anaheim-based nonprofits for joining us:
Thanks to our ACF donors, we engaged 46 donors and raised $34,225 to support Anaheim youth
Our Anaheim youth are facing greater challenges than ever before. YOU can help turn barriers into bridges by YOU can help turn barriers into bridges by donating to ImpACT Anaheim Giving Day, a 24-hour virtual day of giving dedicated to helping the underserved youth and teens of Anaheim.
Please join our campaign and help us reach our goal of $30,000!
Tell your friends and family members about the important work ACF does in our community and ask them to join us.
Starting at 12AM on July 27, 2022 visit www.impact-anaheim-giving-day.ocnonprofitcentral.org and make a donation to ACF and/or to any of the great participating nonprofit organizations in Orange County. All giving will end at 11:59 PM on July 27, so make sure to get your gift in on time.
Get involved with ACF on ImpACT Anaheim
Here is how you can give back and get involved:
Spread the Word: Tell your friends and family about this Giving Day by following us on Facebook and Instagram.
Donate to ACF on July 27th: Save the date for July 27 and donate here. Your support is essential to making this day a success.
Every gift to ACF will have a triple impact: 1) help youth directly through our youth-focused programs; 2) advance ACF’s operations and collaborative efforts related to youth and teens; 3) impact future generations of youth through ACF’s endowment.
Thank You to this year’s Matching Gift Donors
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John Guastaferro, Executive Director of the Anaheim Community Foundation since October 1, 2018, has announced his plans to pursue a new career opportunity. Beginning July 1, John will join Hyundai Motor America, where he will lead Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Genesis Inspiration Foundation, both with a history of impacting youth nationwide.
John was ACF’s first full-time paid employee. Before his time as Executive Director, John was an ACF Board Member with a life and career deeply rooted in Anaheim.
During John’s time with ACF, he has led a period of tremendous growth for the organization, including:
securing ongoing financial support from a variety of community partners,
leading the Impact Anaheim annual giving day in collaboration with numerous Anaheim nonprofits;
building structure and financial processes to facilitate ACF’s long-term financial sustainability;
initiating various Action Planning Groups to facilitate cross-sector collaboration and change;
launching ACF’s Response & Recovery pandemic relief grant program, thanks to $4 million in city funding, to provide aid and support to Anaheim residents; and
engaging donors in making a triple impact by supporting ACF’s programs, mission, and future.
ACF will be conducting an executive director search over the next 12 weeks. In the meantime, past board chair Ed Munson will serve as interim Executive Director under the continued board leadership of Kim Chips. Over the next 12 weeks, ACF will conduct a search for ACF’s next executive director.
To all of our partners and donors, thank you for your continued support and dedication to ACF!
The Anaheim Community Foundation honors longtime ACF board member and partner, Chuck Malley, who passed away on February 6, 2022.
Chuck is a past ACF board member and Finance Chair, and he continued on to be our tax advisory professional for many years. He was passionate about helping people and was a generous donor over the years.
We invite you to make a gift to ACF in memory of Chuck Malley. Your gift will have a triple impact by supporting ACF’s programs. its mission, and its future through the ACF endowment.
Each day at the Anaheim Community Foundation, we are driven to enrich the lives of Anaheim residents. We can’t do this work alone. We extend our thanks to our generous donors, volunteers, collaborative partners, and board of directors.
In our 2021 Impact Report, we share highlights of our impact, recognize our donors, and share stories of our community funds in action.
On behalf of everyone at your Anaheim Community Foundation, thank you for helping your fellow neighbors and supporting causes important to you.
From the recent pandemic to ongoing social and mental health barriers, youth are facing greater challenges than ever before. YOU can help turn barriers into bridges by donating to ImpACT Anaheim, a giving day dedicated to helping underserved Anaheim youth and teens.
MAKE A MATCHING GIFT
We invite you to be a matching gift donor for our upcoming ImpACT Anaheim Giving Day on July 27, 2022.
As a matching gift donor, not only will you be making a significant difference, you will inspire others to give as well. Every gift to ACF will have a triple impact: 1) help youth directly through our youth-focused programs; 2) advance ACF’s operations and collaborative efforts related to youth and teens; 3) impact future generations of youth through ACF’s endowment.
In recognition for your matching gift, ACF will spotlight you or your organization through various promotion efforts leading up to our giving day on July 27, 2022.
$1,000-$2,499
We will mention/tag you on ACF social media channels at least two times leading up to the event on July 27
We will acknowledge your gift on our ACF e-newsletter in July
$2,500-$4,999
We will mention/tag you on ACF social media channels at least three times leading up to the event on July 27
We will acknowledge your gift on our ACF e-newsletter in July
We will include a description and link of your organization in our promotion
$5,000 or more
We will spotlight your logo at least four times prior to event on July 27
We will acknowledge your gift on our ACF e-newsletter in July and August
We will include a description and link of your organization in our promotion
We invite you to provide a 30-60 second video to post on ACF social media
ACF is proud to offer a new Anaheim Community Resources Page, in partnership with the Anaheim Human Services Network and Network Anaheim. Together, we will provide useful links, information, and resources to benefit the Anaheim Community. Thank you for being part of our ACF mission to build community through people, partnerships, and pride.
On September 29, ACF hosted a virtual “Insights & Impact” event to share highlights from its community assessment efforts this past year. Thanks to our Event Sponsor, Disneyland Resort and Evaluation Sponsor, Samueli Foundation.
The event led with a video celebrating a year of community impact.
ACF Executive Director, John Guastaferro and ACF Board Chair, Kim Chips shared an overview of its community impact, and results of surveys with community organizations, clients/individuals, and stakeholder focus groups.
ACF also shared results from its Rapid Response & Recovery Grant Program. Thanks to $4 million from the City of Anaheim, ACF partnered with 76 nonprofit organizations to provide over 3.4 million meals, 22,000 support and consulting services, and numerous other vital services.
Beyond pandemic efforts, ACF shared data from its comprehensive assessment surveys with 100 community organizations and over 2,000 clients receiving services.
You can read through the highlights in the slide deck here.
What are some of the key takeaways?
We learned that community-based organizations in Anaheim were incredibly nimble and agile in adapting their service models to meet the new challenges presented by the pandemic, to address what their clients needed the most at that point in time;
We saw collaborations across sectors and organizations like we had never seen before in Anaheim—and it was highly effective. In fact, one of the positive things that came out of this very trying time was finding a way for us all to work better together for the well-being of our community;
Community-based organizations would not have been able to do all the good they were able to do during this timeframe without additional sources of funding, from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors;
There is a real concern about what will happen when these additional sources of funding go away. Organizations are worried that they may have to scale back the services they have been providing to their clients, despite the ongoing need.
What’s next?
Moving forward, it will be crucial that we ALL continue to collaborate – not in response to crisis – but in a proactive intentional way. To foster continued dialogue and cross-sector collaboration throughout Anaheim, ACF will be announcing Action Planning Groups in the coming months. We look forward to your involvement.
