Worthy Causes: Alamogordo Daily News announces next Gannett Foundation’s Community grant

Editor’s Note: The Alamogordo Daily News is introducing a new column to encourage involvement with local charitable organizations that we feel should be supported. We have always strived to be involved with local non-profits and to support their fundraising efforts, and now we present - Worthy Causes – worth mentioning.

ALAMOGORDO – Being able to give out money to local fundraising groups, is a relatively new benefit for the Alamogordo Daily News to share with the community, and every year now we will be awarding grants to various nonprofits within the region. 

The Gannett Foundation is a corporate foundation sponsored by our parent company, Gannett Company Inc. Through its Community Grant Program, Gannett Foundation supports nonprofit activities in the communities in which Gannett does business.

Through its other programs, the Foundation invests in the future of the media industry, encourages employee giving, reacts to natural and other disasters, and contributes to a variety of charitable causes. Click here to learn more. 

I am excited to announce that we will be awarding another $5,000 at the end of this year to selected local, nonprofit groups, as part of the Gannett Foundation’s Community Award Program. To be eligible, organizations must be determined by the IRS to be a tax-exempt public charity under 501 C (3). 

To be considered for grant award, interested non-profits will need to send their applications directly to our committee here for consideration by emailing me:  rhenderson@lcsun-news.com. They must use the application found on the Gannett Foundation's website at gannettfoundation.org/guidelines.htm. 

There applicants will find the application and checklist, what we do not fund, deadlines and timeline, and additional materials that applicants will need to include with their grant proposal. The deadline for the next round of applications is right around the corner on August 17, 2018. 

Grant awards will be announced and presented in either December or January.   

We greatly encourage participation and look forward to reviewing all the applications.

Rynni Henderson is the regional sales director for Gannett's Southern New Mexico newspapers.