Seven Local NonProfits Receive Grants from Crestwood Women & Families Fund
11/7/2017
Providing grants to address the issues and meet immediate needs of women and families in the Huntsville community.
Huntsville, AL - Crestwood Medical Center and the Community Foundation of Huntsville/Madison County are happy to
announce that seven local nonprofit organizations in the Huntsville area will receive grants distributed from the
Crestwood Women & Families Fund in 2017.
The mission of the Crestwood Women & Families Fund is to establish a grant-making fund for high-impact grants to
address the issues and meet immediate needs of women and families in our community. The fund is managed by the
Community Foundation.
Crestwood employees, volunteers and individuals within the local community contributed approximately $20,000 to
replenish the fund prior to 2017 distributions. Not-for-profit organizations in the community who serve women and
families were invited to apply for grant funding by following a formal process. An Advisory Committee consisting of
members of the Crestwood Women’s Advisory Council, Crestwood Medical Center employees, and volunteers met to
review applications and recommended grants to selected organizations. The Advisory Committee elected to donate the
entire balance raised over the past year to a select group of organizations who applied.
The following organizations will receive grants from the Crestwood Women & Families Fund to support their
programs:
- Care Assurance System for the Aging & Homebound (CASA) of Madison County
- Hearing & Vision Services – unmet needs of at-risk senior women
- Clothe Our Kids of North Alabama
- Clothing/Shoes – unmet needs for children in our community
- Community Free Dental Clinic
- Dental care for poverty level adults in Madison County
- Food Bank of North Alabama
- Backpack and Kids Harvest programs to serve children in our community
- Huntsville Assistance Program
- Emergency assistance (food, rent, utilities) for non-homeless families in Huntsville
- Inside-Out Ministries
- Emergency assistance (food, rent, utilities) for single women and single mothers and their families
- Kids to Love Foundation
- Provide food, clothing and home for tween/teen foster girls at Davidson Farms
Those interested in contributing to this fund to continue supporting organizations in our community who assist women
and families should visit http://www.communityfoundationhsv.org/give/donate (Fund/Agency Name: Crestwood
Women & Families Fund) or mail check made out to the Community Foundation and mail to P.O. Box 332, Huntsville, AL
35804. Please indicate Crestwood Women & Families Fund in the memo portion of your check.
About Crestwood Medical Center
Crestwood Medical Center is a 180-bed full-service acute care hospital offering the latest medical advancements and surgical and
diagnostic procedures, while providing compassionate care.
About the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville
Mission: The Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville serves as the trustee of our community’s future, fostering philanthropy
and mobilizing partners, while striving for an exceptional quality of life both today and tomorrow.
Since the founding in 2009, the Community Foundation has raised or managed over $18,000,000 for charitable causes and has
distributed, on behalf of donors, over $7,000,000 to local, regional, and national nonprofit organizations.
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