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The agency entrusted responsibility to the Boca Raton Historical Society for administering and raising funds to restore the railroad station. [4] The society had completed their fundraising goal of earning nearly $1 million due to donations from the Boca Raton community, a $400,000 state grant, and a $500,000 donation from Countess de Hoernle ...
The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society.
The CDBG program was enacted in 1974 by President Gerald Ford through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and took effect in January 1975. Most directly, the law was a response to the Nixon administration's 1973 funding moratorium on many Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs.
Specifically, the bill “directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Matching Grant Program to provide matching funds for the development, expansion, or continuation of tax preparation programs to assist low-income taxpayers and members of under-served populations.”
It supplements any federal disaster grant assistance that a business or organization has already received. [3] The federal share of assistance should be less than 75% of the eligible cost of emergency efforts and restoration. [4] The remaining funds are generally allocated by the state government agencies and are distributed amongst eligible ...
The Assistance League consists of Chapter Members (who volunteer to staff Thrift Stores and other events), Assisteens (high school youth), and ALPHA or Assistance League Professional Humanitarian Auxiliary (working professionals or business women who wish to contribute to the community). [5]
The LLEBG program was enacted by the 104th Congress on April 26, 1996, after it was attached to the FY 2006 omnibus appropriations bill. [1] Program funding was high initially, reaching $1.2 billion over the first three fiscal years of its existence, and supporting a wide variety of locally initiated programs. [2]
The Junior League of Boston is a women’s service organization that has worked to improve the communities of the greater Boston area since the beginning of the 20th century. Founded in 1906, it was the second Junior League in the world. [1] The Boston League currently has over 800 members who together provide over 16,000 service hours each ...