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Renaissance House, Neighborhood Clubhouse work with local funding
The staff and volunteers at the Renaissance House ... firmly believe that education is the key to helping their clients. MORE

Adirondack chairs mean independence for homeless Bisbee women
The new Belleza Fine Art Gallery looks, to all outward appearances, like any other nice art gallery on Bisbee, Arizona’s Main Street. But there is a lot going on beneath the surface that makes Belleza one of the most unique galleries in Arizona. For one thing, it is owned by a group of homeless women. MORE

Non-profits turning enterprising
In June, Yale's School of Management and the Goldman Sachs Foundation completed its third-annual business plan competition for nonprofit groups. More than 450 groups nationwide entered. Among the finalists was Bisbee's Women's Transition Project, a transitional housing program. It made the cut for its income-generating Belleza Gallery, which showcases furniture made by Women's Transition Project clients and work from regional artists. MORE

Yale School of Management-The Goldman Sachs
Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures
On February 28, 2005, The Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures announced its selection of 20 nonprofit organizations to proceed to the final round of the Third National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations. MORE

Congratulations to our 2006-07 Grant Recipients!
The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona is pleased to award $101,000 this year to 15 innovative programs designed to improve the lives of a diverse group of women and girls in southern Arizona. These programs reflect our funding priorities – social justice, economic justice and health – and serve communities across southern Arizona, including the towns of Sells, Bisbee and Ajo. MORE

Phelps Dodge Foundation Awards $165,000
in New Grants to Help Domestic Violence Victims
Thirty-two domestic violence shelters will share a $165,000 grant announced today by the Phelps Dodge Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Phoenix-based Phelps Dodge Corp. MORE

Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Awards Grants
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust presented $1,724,500 in grants to 21 Arizona agencies…“Our funding helps people in need, protects animals and nature, and enriches community life in Arizona and Indiana, the states Mrs. Pulliam called home,” explained Harriet M. Ivey, president and chief executive officer of the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. MORE

Case Study: Women's Transition Project
Shelter, Services and Job Training for Women In Need. MORE

Cochise Student Gets Cooke Scholarship
A Cochise College academic stand-out is the only community college student in Arizona to receive the prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. MORE

All-Arizona students receive scholarships Four Cochise College sophomores have received tuition waivers to complete bachelor's degrees at one of Arizona's state universities. The students…received the waivers…at a special luncheon honoring the top two-year college students in Arizona. MORE

Belleza Receives NICHE Magazine’s 2006 Local
Community Top Retailer Award Nomination
Selection criteria is based on commitment to fair business practices; honoring contracts and agreements with customers, employees, vendors, and craftspeople; compliance with government regulations; support of the American craft community by building productive partnerships with artists; promotion of good will and customer loyalty; and education of consumers on the quality and value of American craft. MORE

At Cafe, it's praise lord and pass the cappuccino
Local artists will showcase their creations on the walls, and a line of Adirondack furniture will be featured for sitting and for sale. The furniture was made by residents of the Women's Transition Project in Bisbee, a shelter for homeless women and their children. MORE

Bisbee Belleza Gallery Moves
The ceilings at the old Royal Theater that opened in 1905, are six feet higher than…the old Belleza Gallery building…The new location, which is at 27 Main St., was also once a soda fountain drug store and more recently housed the Central Store. MORE