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Simi Valley Community Foundation
The Simi Valley Community Foundation has launched the Simi Valley Alliance for Human Services, to coordinate charitable services under one roof, to become more accessible to anyone who needs support and to raise funds for the needy, in order to meet the growing demands of children, families, seniors, veterans, individuals and the needy within our community as a one stop facility for social services
Recent News from Simi Valley Community Foundation
Simi Valley's long-planned, one-stop home for nonprofits finally opens
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The Multi-Services Center is the successor to the Simi Valley Community Foundation's now-defunct Under One Roof project, which had been...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
The Multi-Services Center is the successor to the Simi Valley Community Foundation's now-defunct Under One Roof project, which had been...more
Editorial: Simi Valley nonprofit project deserves support
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Consider, for example, what Bob Huber said in 2010 as chairman of the project's main proponent back then, the Simi Valley Community...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
Consider, for example, what Bob Huber said in 2010 as chairman of the project's main proponent back then, the Simi Valley Community...more
Simi Valley's long-planned one-stop home for nonprofits takes big step forward
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A theft from the Simi Valley Community Foundation leads to the demise of the long-planned home for local charities. Steve...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
A theft from the Simi Valley Community Foundation leads to the demise of the long-planned home for local charities. Steve...more
Abruzzese will serve under house arrest
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SERVING TIME— Joanne Abruzzese, former executive director of the Simi Valley Community Foundation, SERVING TIME— Joanne...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
SERVING TIME— Joanne Abruzzese, former executive director of the Simi Valley Community Foundation, SERVING TIME— Joanne...more
Checks and Balances: Community Foundation Teeters on the Edge after Embezzlement
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The Simi Valley Community Foundation got the worst sort of wake-up call of its need to keep better track of its operations: its former executive...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
The Simi Valley Community Foundation got the worst sort of wake-up call of its need to keep better track of its operations: its former executive...more
Nonprofit suspends operations
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After a year of financial troubles, the Simi Valley Community Foundation is no longer planning to open the center, and the city is now in talks...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
After a year of financial troubles, the Simi Valley Community Foundation is no longer planning to open the center, and the city is now in talks...more
Foundation will have to fight an uphill battle
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Jarrod DeGonia, chair of the Simi Valley Community Foundation's board of directors, said it best: It has been a “dark and tumultuous” year for the...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
Jarrod DeGonia, chair of the Simi Valley Community Foundation's board of directors, said it best: It has been a “dark and tumultuous” year for the...more
Abruzzese sentenced to six months in jail
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
SENTENCED—Joanne Abruzzese, former executive director of the Simi Valley Community Foundation, waits...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
SENTENCED—Joanne Abruzzese, former executive director of the Simi Valley Community Foundation, waits...more
Former head of Simi Valley foundation sentenced to jail for stealing from the nonprofit
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
A theft from the Simi Valley Community Foundation leads to the demise of the long-planned home for local charities. Steve...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
A theft from the Simi Valley Community Foundation leads to the demise of the long-planned home for local charities. Steve...more
'Dark day'
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Abruzzese The former head of the Simi Valley Community Foundation admitted last week that she stole $45,000 from the organization over the...more
Foundation: Simi Valley Community Foundation
Abruzzese The former head of the Simi Valley Community Foundation admitted last week that she stole $45,000 from the organization over the...more
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Getting Out and Staying Out, co-founded by Tony Smith of the VSA Consulting Group, works to reduce recidivism rate among men at Rikers Island, New York City. The recidivism rate significantly dropped from 60-plus percent to under 20 percent, with more than a thousand men over a span of eight years.