Making an Impact: Recapping Our 2024 Grant Recipients

Each year, the Resnicks, along with their foundations and The Wonderful Company, award funds to organizations and schools in the communities where our employees live and work. These organizations focus on programs that encompass community health, youth enrichment, the arts, economic advancement, and more. We support incredible organizations that provide essential resources and services helping communities thrive globally.

In 2024, we awarded approximately $2.6 million across 191 organizations around the world. Here are just a few of the organizations we supported:

Fiji

• Rise Beyond the Reef – Investing in professional resources to equip community artisans with essential skills to design handmade goods by exploring new product categories, engaging in educational workshops, and learning new techniques to expand market access.

• Cure Kids – Continuing efforts to address rheumatic heart disease, including funding crucial research and medical care for children with life-threatening conditions.

• Leadership Fiji – Supporting the development of future leaders across Fiji, providing training and opportunities for young professionals to enhance their leadership skills and contribute to the growth of their communities.

California's Central Valley

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno County – Providing after-school programming five days a week for children ages 6 to 18 in Del Rey and Firebaugh.

• Kern Dance Alliance – Offering educational and recreational programming for children in grades 6 through 8.

• Marjaree Mason Center – Providing community resource specialists to connect families in Del Rey, Firebaugh, Sanger, and Mendota with safe shelter, 24/7 crisis response, case management, and domestic violence education and intervention for teens.

Mexico

• DIF (National System for the Development of the Family) – Funding a medical program to provide wheelchairs and orthopedic devices for low-income families.

• Laguna Del Mante Ejido – Funding the rehabilitation of the community’s much- beloved baseball field.

• San Luis Potosí State Red Cross – Funding the summer care campaign to prevent and treat heat strokes.

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Paso Robles, California

• San Luis Obispo Community Counseling Center – Focusing on bringing mental health care services in North San Luis Obispo County to address cultural and community-wide needs.

• Children’s Museum at the Paso Robles Volunteer Firehouse – Creating a permanent interactive exhibit highlighting the Central Coast’s agricultural bounty and educating children about local produce’s journey from farm to table.

• Studios on the Park – Providing free in-studio art lessons to 3,600 Title I elementary school students.

• Paso Robles Youth Arts Center – Enhancing creative enrichment courses by upgrading the testing kitchen for culinary arts education.

Napa Valley, California

• Cope Family Center – Providing parents with education, resources, and support to raise thriving children.

• Expressions of Hope – Fostering a nurturing and supportive environment for foster, kinship, adoptive, and at-risk families.

• OLE Health – Ensuring access to fresh produce with a food assistance program to help nourish the body.

• St. Helena Hospital Foundation – Building an initiative to provide a women’s mobile health care clinic for those in need.

Sonoma Valley, California

• Elsie Allen High School Foundation – Collaborating with the community to provide enriching opportunities that inspire, guide, and empower students to achieve their goals.

• Our Village Closet – Improving outcomes for youth and families impacted by foster care by providing essentials, support, and community connections.

• Russian Riverkeeper – Protecting the river with the help of the community, focusing on the Healdsburg Arundo removal project, which decreases fire risk by clearing invasive Arundo donax plants.

The Wonderful Company and its co-owners, Lynda and Stewart Resnick, have a long-standing commitment to investing in the communities where their employees live and work, especially in California’s Central Valley, which is home to 3,000 employees. To learn more about The Wonderful Company and its Wonderful Community Grants, visit wonderfulcommunitygrants.com.

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