Non-profits may profit from gesture 

Getting rid of the everything’s-down-nothing’s-going-right mood may be just a little easier for seven non-profit organizations.

The Idaho Women’s Charitable Foundation handed out $137,250 earlier this month impacting not only the organization’s funds, but those people who rely on their charity.

• Terry Reilly Health Services, Preventing Dental Disease for Pregnant Women, Babies, and Diabetics — $25,000
• Idaho Voices for Children, Healthcare Advocacy — $10,850
• Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, Star River Walk — $20,000
• The (Caldwell) Center for the Arts, Empowering and Connecting Youth through the Arts — $24,400
• Boise Urban Garden School, Toward an Edible Schoolyard, Taft Elementary Garden — $15,000
• Idaho Foodbank, School Backpack Program Expansion — $25,000
• Interfaith Sanctuary, for shelter operations — $17,000

Gena Delucchi, grants committe chairwoman said these groups respresent the best in the areas of cultural arts, education, environoment, financial security and health . There are almost 260 members of the IWCF in the region. It was organized in 2001, and has since given away nearly $500,000 in grants. IWCF can be found at www.IdahoWomensCharitableFoundation.org

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