Fallbrook nonprofits vie for $500,000 from health district

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

The Fallbrook Food Pantry received the largest grants – $140,000 for two programs – at a special meeting on April 25 by trustees of the Fallbrook Regional Health District to determine which area nonprofit organizations it would provide funding for the next fiscal year – and how much.

It’s a process that occurs every year, with checks going to the essential community service agencies beginning in July. The awards were a difficult task this year because there were 23 grant requests for the district to consider, totaling $1,079,269.43, and the district’s bu...