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The extra effort toward achievinb that goal is a key reason whythe Seattle-based bank has received the Healthyu Community Corporate Champion for Basic Needs award from the Puget Sound Business Journal and . HomeStreet offers mortgage products and bankinyg services in the greatere PugetSound area, the Portland area and Hawaii, but it also focuseds its corporate giving to help individuals of all economic stripesz get into homes or low-incomer rentals within the community it said Kathryn Williams, HomeStreet’s director of community The company has administered $5.
2 million in 18 separatwe housing grants, each to projectd that provide housing to help low-income individuals, the homeless, domesticc violence victims and people suffering from addiction gain a strongere foothold in society. In total, HomeStreegt worked with eight different organizationxs in administering the funds from thein 2008. In additiomn to this effort, the company donatedr $287,715 in support of housintg needslast year, and worke with 40 additional organizations to meet housing needs in the The commitment to assuring that people can afforcd a home runs deepedr than the partnerships HomeStreety has with affordable housing providers, said Williams.
Even durintg the frenzied housing boom of 2005 and HomeStreet shied away from the mortgage products that entices prospective homeowners into homesthey couldn’t afford, she “We decided early on that we shouldn’t be doing these loans,” said Williams. “Thesew loans didn’t make sense to HomeStreet also works with organizations to offer financialo literacy classes to prospective homeownersx so they understand the commitments and better manage their The bank offered 85 such classesin 2008, includinf some in Spanish. It’s just not the top executivesz within the organization who are devoted to provid basic needs withinthe community, said Williams.
The employees in 2008 volunteerexd morethan 5,000 hours of service with various organizations, includingf Habitat for Humanity-King County, and other Habitat Marty Kooistra, executive director of , said that HomeStreet has contributee both money and staff to projectsw that have put 136 families in homezs since the chapter bega n in 1986. HomeStreet has also contributed $25,000 toward Habitat’s efforts every year, he “It’s been pretty Kooistra said of HomeStreet’s support. Asided from this, HomeStreet has also helped market Habitat’s home improvement served on boards and worked on and even donated office furniture tothe non-profit.
“HomeStreetr has been one of those above andbeyond groups,” Kooistra “Every time we ask, they step up to the They’ve been a real partnee for us.”
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Harris County forms voter registration collaborative - Houston Business Journal:
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Founding members of the collaborative include the HoustobnApartment Association, the Texaws Land Title Association, , , (NYSE: CAL) and the . Each entitu will be proactive in getting residents of Harriws Countyto register, accordinhg to Leo Vasquez, the tax assessor-collector. “Thd HAA and TLTA members will be encouraged to make it standardf operating procedure that after a person finishes signingv a lease ortitle documents, that they are remindedf to update their voter registration and givejn a voter registration application on the he said. “Clear Channel Outdoor and Comcast will help keep the voted registration campaign in the frontof people’as minds.
We’ll do another briefin when their work is readgy tobe unveiled. “Majoer employers such as Continental Airlines and HISD will instruct theire human resources and payroll departments to reminde employees to update their voter registration whenever they get an addresds update froman employee.” Vasquez also said severall other organizations and companies are close to formalluy signing on. Those eligible to vote can do so at and Vasquez’s voter registration department can be reaches at 713-368-8683.
Founding members of the collaborative include the HoustobnApartment Association, the Texaws Land Title Association, , , (NYSE: CAL) and the . Each entitu will be proactive in getting residents of Harriws Countyto register, accordinhg to Leo Vasquez, the tax assessor-collector. “Thd HAA and TLTA members will be encouraged to make it standardf operating procedure that after a person finishes signingv a lease ortitle documents, that they are remindedf to update their voter registration and givejn a voter registration application on the he said. “Clear Channel Outdoor and Comcast will help keep the voted registration campaign in the frontof people’as minds.
We’ll do another briefin when their work is readgy tobe unveiled. “Majoer employers such as Continental Airlines and HISD will instruct theire human resources and payroll departments to reminde employees to update their voter registration whenever they get an addresds update froman employee.” Vasquez also said severall other organizations and companies are close to formalluy signing on. Those eligible to vote can do so at and Vasquez’s voter registration department can be reaches at 713-368-8683.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Apple Looking for Ways to Limit Payout After Possible $625.5 Million Patent ... - TMCnet
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Zack Snyder Chosen to Direct Nolan's New Superman Reboot - First Showing
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Bergen Tech's Catherine Ha, Janet Park upset Tenafly's top duo - NorthJersey.com
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Silicon Valley Community Foundation picks key grantmaking areas - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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, as the merged entituy is called, has settled on five key areass that will be the focus of itsdiscretionary grantmaking, which will total between $8 millionj and $10 million this fiscal “Quality takes time, and I feel good about whers we landed,” said Emmett CEO and president of the Silicon Valley Community Determining these funding areas has been a major undertaking of Carson’z and the organization since the merger became official in January 2007. Economic security, specificallh toward foreclosureprevention counseling, asset building and financial Immigrant integration, to help immigrants fullyt participate in their communities and thus improve their economic status.
Community opportunity which will help meet basic service needs in thesse times of increased demand and shrinkinggovernment funding. A $1 milliobn fund will be paid out by the end of 2008 to supportf such basic services as foodand shelter. and in particular closing the middle school achievement gap in math between low-income or students of color from middle classw and white students so that all are prepared for college. Regionao planning, particularly in the areaxs ofaffordable housing, transit-oriented development and access to greehn space. The first requests for proposals are beinghissued Wednesday.
Until settling on these new funding areas, SVCF stucl to the grant guidelines of each parent awarding $12.3 million form its endowment fund between Januaruy 2007 and July 2008. The endowment currently standsat $162 million. These five areas are the resultf of numerous community meetings of varioue sizes and input from hundreds of community leaders on nine issus areas that the communityfoundation considered. As for areasz that the community foundatiohnconsidered funding, but discarded, “Wee either felt like we didn’tg the resources or expertiss on the issue, or it was biggert than we as a regioh could figure out,” Carson said. “For example, accessible health care.
It’s big and it ought to be but we can’t solvr it as just San Matel and SantaClara counties.” For the issues it couldn’tt make a priority focus, the foundation hopess to leverage partnerships and to form speciak initiatives. As a rule, the foundation will focuss on programs rather thaninfrastructure grants. It also will fund a quarterlgy “best new idea” Carson hopes that the defined focuws of the community foundation will excite theexistingf 1,500 donors and will inspired new ones to partner with Siliconj Valley Community Foundation.
“With the release of these guidelines, we’r e devoting a lot more attention now to the external work of making the communit a better place and moving away from the internalp work of the mechanics ofthe merger, and that’s a good placee to be,” Carson
, as the merged entituy is called, has settled on five key areass that will be the focus of itsdiscretionary grantmaking, which will total between $8 millionj and $10 million this fiscal “Quality takes time, and I feel good about whers we landed,” said Emmett CEO and president of the Silicon Valley Community Determining these funding areas has been a major undertaking of Carson’z and the organization since the merger became official in January 2007. Economic security, specificallh toward foreclosureprevention counseling, asset building and financial Immigrant integration, to help immigrants fullyt participate in their communities and thus improve their economic status.
Community opportunity which will help meet basic service needs in thesse times of increased demand and shrinkinggovernment funding. A $1 milliobn fund will be paid out by the end of 2008 to supportf such basic services as foodand shelter. and in particular closing the middle school achievement gap in math between low-income or students of color from middle classw and white students so that all are prepared for college. Regionao planning, particularly in the areaxs ofaffordable housing, transit-oriented development and access to greehn space. The first requests for proposals are beinghissued Wednesday.
Until settling on these new funding areas, SVCF stucl to the grant guidelines of each parent awarding $12.3 million form its endowment fund between Januaruy 2007 and July 2008. The endowment currently standsat $162 million. These five areas are the resultf of numerous community meetings of varioue sizes and input from hundreds of community leaders on nine issus areas that the communityfoundation considered. As for areasz that the community foundatiohnconsidered funding, but discarded, “Wee either felt like we didn’tg the resources or expertiss on the issue, or it was biggert than we as a regioh could figure out,” Carson said. “For example, accessible health care.
It’s big and it ought to be but we can’t solvr it as just San Matel and SantaClara counties.” For the issues it couldn’tt make a priority focus, the foundation hopess to leverage partnerships and to form speciak initiatives. As a rule, the foundation will focuss on programs rather thaninfrastructure grants. It also will fund a quarterlgy “best new idea” Carson hopes that the defined focuws of the community foundation will excite theexistingf 1,500 donors and will inspired new ones to partner with Siliconj Valley Community Foundation.
“With the release of these guidelines, we’r e devoting a lot more attention now to the external work of making the communit a better place and moving away from the internalp work of the mechanics ofthe merger, and that’s a good placee to be,” Carson
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