The trustees of the Harriet H. Samuelsson Foundation recently awarded a total of $551,000 in grants to 15 local non-profit organizations providing services to youth and adolescents. Grants ranged from $10,000 to $100,000, and were allocated to fund children’s services in the coming year, including:
Local recipients were:
Academic assistance in math, reading, and language by the Boys and Girls Club of Moorpark and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme
Teenage volunteers providing in-home senior support services by CAREGIVERS: Volunteers Assisting the Elderly
Volunteer recruitment, screening, and training to assist foster youth in Delinquency Court by CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) of Ventura County
Scholarships, youth programs, and childcare services for 300 children, including foster children and children with incarcerated parents, by Channel Islands YMCA
Youth and teen grief counseling by Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice
Grants are awarded in the spring and fall of each year. The deadline for letters of interest for fall 2019 grants is March 31, 2019. For more information about the Harriet H. Samuelsson Foundation, including instructions on how to apply for a grant, please visit the Foundation’s website at www.samuelssonfoundation.org.
The Harriet H. Samuelsson Foundation was established in 2005 upon the death of Harriet H. Samuelsson, an Oxnard philanthropist, at age 96. The Foundation awards over $1 million in grants each year to organizations providing services for the health, education, guidance, or welfare of children under the age of 18 residing in Ventura County, or to organizations conducting cancer research.
