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Connections Spring 2011
Spring 2011
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Quarterly Features
Youth Fund Helps Launch Cervical Cancer Prevention in Eastern Tijuana
Newsletter Leadership, drive and compassion are what characterize San Diego teen Caitlin Hird in her mission to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer among migrant pre-adolescent girls in Tijuana, Mexico....
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International Community Foundation Co-Sponsors Events to Further Mission of “Friends of” Nonprofits
Newsletter Part of our commitment to the non-U.S. charities with “Friends of” funds at our foundation is providing the necessary co-sponosrship support and staff presence at their local fundraising engagements to permit them to legally accept donations from U.S. donors for special events that they organize. International Community Foundation staff Denisse Roldán Newell and Lisa Moctezuma had the honor of attending two premier events in March ...
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Measuring the Impact of ICF-supported Productive Employment Projects in Oaxaca
Newsletter Last month, Foundation Board Chair, Cheryl Hammond, visited two weaving cooperatives in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, supported by the International Community Foundation in collaboration with the Fundacion Comunitaria Oaxaca (FCO). The two cooperatives visited were “Bii Dau,” a cooperative of 17 families and “Vida Nueva,” a women’s cooperative...
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Planned Giving Corner
Cross-Border Planned Giving Considerations — Jen Brown
Newsletter Non-U.S. Persons & Donating to ICF: If you are not a United States citizen, you may often invoke U.S. estate and gift taxes, even if you do not reside in the United States. For example, owning $60,000 of stock in a U.S. corporation or holding the same amount of cash in a U.S....
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Philanthropy
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Featured Community
La Paz Municipality (including East Cape-Los Barriles and Todo Santos)
Newsletter Over the past decade, one particular region in Mexico where our generous donors have made a lasting impact is within the municipality of La Paz. La Paz is the capital of the Mexican State of Baja California Sur. Its surrounding region is the fourth largest municipality in Mexico, which includes East Cape-Los Barriles and Todos Santos. ...
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People on the Move
Welcome to New Administrative Assistant, Yahaira Hudson
Newsletter We are delighted to welcome Yahaira Hudson as the newest member of the International Community Foundation. She will work closely with the Foundation’s Executive Assistant to the President to provide support in all areas of administration ...
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Welcome to New Teen Advisory Board Members, Caitlin Hird and Morgan Hicks
Newsletter In an effort to increase the representation of youth at International Community Foundation, the Foundation recently invited Morgan Hicks and Caitlin Hird to become members of our International Advisory Board. Over the past year Ms. Hicks and Ms. Hird have been actively engaged in youth-focused, cross-border philanthropic projects in partnership with the Foundation.
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International Community Foundation is Committed to Building Bridges Between Nonprofits and Donors
Newsletter As an internationally-oriented community foundation for committed internationalists, traveling philanthropists and the U.S. expat community in Mexico and Latin America, we are often asked what separates us from other international charities. The answer is simple ...
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We’re Hiring!
Newsletter The International Community Foundation is hiring a Border Program Health Officer to provide programmatic leadership and oversight...
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Foundation in the News
The following news articles highlighted the work of the foundation over the past quarter
Retirees seek a greener Mexico | download
By Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union Tribune | March 25, 2011
Jimm Budd Reports From Mexico City | download
Mexico Premiere | March 14, 2011
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