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ICF News Letters

Cover story

California Biodiversity Council: ICF Grantees and Initiatives Highlighted

The border between California-Baja California is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the United States, with an internationally-recognized wetland complex and extensive habitat for hundreds of endangered and rare plants, birds, and other animals. Unfortunately, this binational region also faces threats from habitat fragmentation; a labyrinth of roads, bridges, and fences; and uncoordinated decision-making at the federal, state, and local levels in (and between) the U.S. and Mexico... more

Annual Report 2006

Staff Updates
We invite you to view our 2006 Annual Report online... more

Philanthropy

Nonprofit Year-end needs

Year-end needs
Fundacion Ayuda Los Ninos de La Paz, La Paz, BCS, Mexico; La Gran Familia Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico; Tijuana General Hospital Auxiliary Fund — Tuberculosis Isolation Ward; University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Mother Child and Adolescent HIV Program ... more

Grantees

Over $730,000 granted out since July 2006 ... more

Donors

ICF appreciates our donors contributions (June-December 2006)...more

ICF Offers 2006 Year-end Opportunities to Give Internationally

Gifts of cash, Gifts of Life Insurance, Gifts of Stock, Bequests and more...

2006 Year End Tip

New legislation offers additional IRA related Tax Benefits: If you are at least 70 ½ years of age, the recently enacted Pension Protection Act (HR4) allows you to give ICF and/or other qualified charities up to $100,000 directly from your IRA without triggering federal income taxes... more

Online Giving and New Funds at ICF

Over the summer, ICF launched its new and improved online donation service – an online fundraising tool that is useful for ICF’s donors, grantees, and partners. more.

Features

Hurricane John Disaster Relief

Year-end needs
In early September, Hurricane John devastated many coastal communities in the Gulf of California. Mexican towns Mulegé and Santa Rosalia were some of the hardest hit areas. Flash floods swept through Mulegé damaging the roads, telephone lines, access to water, and electricity in the entire town and at least 300 families lost their homes. ... more

HIV Conference in Tijuana

Year-end needs
ICF grantee, Fronteras Unidas ProSalud, helped organized the 6th Annual Binational HIV/AIDS Conference held November 16, 2006 in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. The conference, organized by the San Diego-Tijuana Binational Committee on HIV/AIDS featured “ Women: the other face of HIV/AIDS,” an important issue, given that 17% of the registered cases of HIV/AIDS in Mexico, are women... more

La Paz Alternative Futures

Year-end needs
In late November, ICF grantee, COVYDE, coordinated the release of a book entitled Alternative Futures Study for the Region La Paz at a public forum with key civic leaders and elected officials in La Paz. The book co-authored by an academic team from Harvard University, the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), the University of Arizona and Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR) seeks to assist regional leaders in assessing alternative futures for the development of the La Paz region.... more

ICF on the move

ICF Salutes Leon Reinhart for 4 years of Service as Chair

Board Updates
After 4 years of service Leon Reinhart recently stepped down as ICF’s Chairman of the Board. Leon had served on ICF’s board since 1996.... more

Board Updates

Board Updates
Yolanda Walther-Meade announced her retirement from ICF’s board of governors at the end of 2006, to join our International Advisory Board. ... more

Staff Updates

Staff Updates
Connie Tooker joined ICF as Assistant Office Manager in October of 2006. As part of her responsibilities, Connie will serve as an assistant to the President & CEO as well as provide support with the grant making process... more

Binational Gala Success

Staff Updates
By every measure, the first binational gala for the International Community Foundation and its sister foundation in Tijuana, Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, was a resounding success... more

ICF in the news

News Links

Some news stories about International Community Foudnation on various media... more

Connections