On July 18, 2008, the Denver Post ran in the newspaper and online this letter to the editor by Janine Vanderburg regarding a Post article about the federal funding of faith-based organizations.
JVA consultant Naomi Harris's article entitled "Inclusiveness is good for business: A guide to developing effective outreach strategies for nonprofit organizations" was published at causeplanet.org on June 4, 2008.
The Colorado Springs Gazette ran a story on the new Colorado Common Grant Application on April 14, 2008, and featured a quote from a JVA associate.
Close your eyes and imagine a typical philanthropist. Chances are, if you are a North American of European descent, what comes to mind is an individual belonging to the white, affluent elite—perhaps a corporate mogul. Conversely, communities of color are often perceived as sources of need and receivers of “charity.”
The Greeley Tribune ran a blurb on JVA's new Compassion Capital Initiative grant on Jan. 22, 2008.
The Aspen Philanthropist magazine featured JVA's Western Slope office in its Winter 07/08 edition.
This piece on JVA's first Executive Director Academy, in partnership with Metropolitan State College of Denver, ran in the Denver Newspaper Agency's YourHub on Dec. 17, 2007.
JVA's work with The Adams County Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative, an integrated communitywide approach to create and sustain safe, respectful, drug-free schools, was featured in the Denver Newspaper Agency's YourHub on Nov. 30, 2007.
This short piece on JVA's 20th anniversary open house ran as a photo collage in the Oct. 11, 2007 Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News YourHub sections for Edgewater.
Communities across the nation are becoming more and more diverse. Recent studies have spotlighted the fact that many local agencies, their board, staff, and volunteer corps, who all work to enhance the quality of life in diverse communities, do not reflect the constituents they serve. Here's a clue: according to a recently released study on nonprofit governance by the Urban Institute, 52 percent of governing boards whose clientele is 25 percent to 49 percent Hispanic/Latino have no Latino/Hispanic members.