CONTRIBUTED BY CFEA
EAST ALABAMA —
The Community Foundation of East Alabama recently awarded a $500 grant to the Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with and provides services to the Macon County and Tuskegee communities. This grant will go on to help the organization execute its community service goals for the upcoming year.
The Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation, whose namesake is that of a Civil Rights Activist who was employed at Tuskegee University, has deep roots in the Tuskegee and Macon County areas. This organization seeks to provide a multitude of community services in its region. This includes, but is not limited to, support and implementation of educational programs, promoting cultural involvement, support or programs for families, youth and other organizational groups and fundraising from public, private, corporate and governmental sources for such purposes.
This grant of $500 will help the Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation achieve its service goals for the remainder of 2023. These service goals include: providing five community service activities focusing on mental health, collaborating with three organizations to support and implement educational programs, implementing a partnership strategy to increase participation in cultural awareness actives four times each year and collaborating with the Beta Xi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to implement programs that provide support to families, youth and other organizational community groups.
The Community Foundation of East Alabama works to promote philanthropy by connecting people who care with causes that matter, to serve the charitable purposes of donors and meet the charitable needs of the community. Its reach includes Lee, Russell, Tallapoosa, Macon and Chambers counties. The community foundation provides grants and support to a wide range of organizations and initiatives in the area, with a particular focus on education, health and community development.
“We look forward each year to investing in local organizations that seek to support and work with those in the many communities of East Alabama,” said Clay Torbert with the Community Foundation of East Alabama. “We are excited to see the impact created by the Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation in the weeks and months to come.”
This $500 grant from the Community Foundation of East Alabama will help the Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation continue its work to support the communities of Tuskegee and Macon County. This grant, along with the work of the Jesse Parkhurst Guzman Foundation, will be instrumental in creating a positive impact in East Alabama.
To learn more about the Community Foundation of East Alabama, please visit www.cfeastalabama.org.