Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Grants Awarded for September 2003

The George Gund Foundation
1845 Guildhall Building
45 Prospect Ave. West
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 241-3114
www.gundfdn.org

• El Barrio Inc., Cleveland, $40,000 for the Creando Posibilidades/Creating Possibilities project.
• Alliance for Children & Families, Milwaukee, $7,500 for the Faces of Change project.
• Children’s Defense Fund, Columbus, Ohio, $75,000 for the Covering Kids matching grant and Early Childhood Education program.
• East End Neighborhood House Association, Cleveland, $37,500 for developmental support.
• Glenville Community Youth Center, Cleveland, $10,000 for summer programs for kids.
• Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Covington, Ky., $110,000 to begin the Justice Cut Short study.
• Ohio Association of Free Clinics, Columbus, $55,000 for operational support.
• City of Cleveland, $7,850 for the Cudell Summer Basketball League.
• Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, $125,000 for the Initiative for Cultural Arts in Education.

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300
200 South Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 908-2600
http://www.knightfdn.org%20

• Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, Washington, $2.5 million for increased electronic journalism education in high schools.
• Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., $220,000 to develop, coordinate and research materials for high school journalism programs.
• Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla., $2.8 million to create News University, equipped with an e-learning journalist program.
• Educational Broadcasting Corp., New York, $150,000 to add media literacy components to NewsHour Extra website.

Kresge Foundation
P.O. Box 3151
Troy, MI 48007
(248) 643-9630
www.kresge.org

• Avance, San Antonio, Texas, $350,000 for renovations.
• Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center, Cleveland, $500,000 to build a day care center.
• Jewish Family Service of Colorado, Denver, $125,000 for renovations.
• Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, Wichita, $250,000 to buy and renovate state headquarters.
• National Aquarium in Baltimore, $800,000 to renovate and expand its Pier 3 building.
• Preble Street Resource Center, Portland, Maine, $300,000 to purchase a youth center.
• St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, R.I., $600,000 for arts center construction and library renovations.
• Valley of the Sun YMCA, Phoenix, Ariz., $800,000 to build a Southwest Valley branch.
• Walker Home and School, Needham, Mass., $750,000 for construction and renovations.
• YMCA of Greater Springfield, Mass., $500,000 to purchase and renovate the North End Youth Center.

The Duke Endowment
100 North Tyron St.
Suite 3500
Charlottesville, NC 28202
(704) 376-0291
www.dukeendowment.org

(All organizations are based in North Carolina unless noted.)
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Piedmont, High Point, $10,000 to mentor children while working with Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
• Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Raleigh, $32,000 to start an outreach program within Lutheran congregations.
• Methodist Home for Children, Raleigh, $150,000 to boost the partnership between the Lucy Daniels Center and the Jordan Child and Family Enrichment Center to help children with serious emotional and behavioral needs.
• South Carolina Association of Children’s Homes and Family Services, Lexington, $16,470 to test an evaluation based on outcomes of residential child care services.
• American Children’s Home, Lexington, N.C., $57,650 to hire a development director.
• Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina, Thomasville, $200,000 to help upgrade technology.
• BIABH Study Center, Morganton, $25,000 to create a child focus respite as a form of intervention for children with severe attachment disorders.

Lilly Endowment
28109 North Meridian St.
P.O. Box 88068
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(317) 924-5471
www.lilly.com

• Indiana-World Skating Academy, Indianapolis, $340,000 for general operating support, upkeep and equipment.
• Madame Walker Urban Life Center, Indianapolis, $500,000 for general support.
• Young Audiences of Indiana, Indianapolis, $200,000 for general support.
• Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Indianapolis, $4,500 for the WorldWise Summer Program.
• Catholic Youth Organization, Indianapolis, $6,500 for the CYO Camp Rancho Framasa Inclusive Residential Summer Camp.
• Indiana Youth Institute, Indianapolis, $4,758,763 for general support and $2.5 million for the Career and Counseling Project.
• Indianapolis Private Industry Council, $3.75 million for the Youth Employment Services Initiative.
• Police Athletic League of Indianapolis, $80,000 for general support.
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, Indianapolis, $400,000 for partial transitional operating and general support.
• Save the Youth, Indianapolis, $5,000, for the Youth Summer Camp.
• Youth Job Preparedness Program, Indianapolis, $7,500 for the YJPP Summer Program.

FEDERAL

Corporation for National and Community Service
1201 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20525
(202) 606-5000
www.nationalservice.org

CNCS’s Learn and Serve America division awarded grants for the 2003-2004 school year to educational agencies, schools, higher education institutions, faith-based and community groups.

• CNCS awarded $10.5 million to the following colleges, statewide and national consortia to develop courses, extracurricular programs and faculty research focusing on the surrounding communities:
• Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, $16,669.
• Maricopa County Community College, Mesa, Ariz., $399,460.
• California State University, Long Beach, $400,000.
• The University Corp., Northridge, Calif., $125,000.
• California State University, Sacramento Foundation, $123,987.
• San Francisco State University, $389,345.
• Rancho Santiago Community College, Santa Ana, Calif., $125,000.
• University of Denver, $116,882.
• Georgetown University, Washington, $400,000.
• Howard University, Washington, $125,000.
• American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, $400,000.
• Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, $400,000.
• University of Hawaii, Honolulu, $400,000.
• Columbia College, Chicago, $125,000.
• University of Illinois, Chicago, $125,000.
• Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, $113,438.
• Tulane University, New Orleans, $315,083.
• Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, $399,873.
• Jumpstart for Young Children–National Direct, Boston, $367,882.
• Middlesex Community College, Lowell, Mass., $111,009.
• Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass., $98,371.
• School of Information Arts and Technologies, University of Baltimore, $122,418.
• College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, $400,000.
• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, $75,447.
• Hibbing Community College, Minn., $57,656.
• University of Minnesota, Morris, $95,160.
• Minnesota Higher Education Services Office, St. Paul, $379,335.
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, $124,999.
• University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, $398,820.
• Mars Hill College, N.C., $125,000.
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln, $368,619.
• Campus Compact for New Hampshire, Concord, $194,031.
• Middlesex County College, Edison, N.J., $372,504.
• Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, N.M., $69,339.
• Research Foundation of the State University of New York at Buffalo State College, $108,999.
• Research Foundation of the Ohio State University, Columbus, $124,924.
• Oberlin College, Ohio, $90,808.
• Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, $124,943.
• Portland State University, Ore., $399,982.
• Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., $124,984.
• Temple University, Philadelphia, $400,000.
• University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan, Puerto Rico, $78,068.
• Brown University, Providence, R.I., $400,000.
• Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, $115,786.
• United Negro College Fund Special Programs, Fairfax, Va., $315,252.
• Middlebury College, Vt., $400,000.
• CNCS awarded $4 million to develop two school-based program models: Linking History, Civics and Service; and Community, Higher Education, School Partnerships (CHESP). Both are designed to enhance academic standards while fostering civic responsibility.

“Linking” model grantees:
• The GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif., $350,000.
• Colorado Department of Education, Denver, $350,000.
• Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, $91,682.
• National Council for the Social Studies, Silver Spring, Md., $349,007.
• Maine Department of Education, Augusta, $339,745.
• KIDS Consortium, Lewiston, Maine, $297,500.
• Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Okla., $300,584.
• Earth Force, Alexandria, Va., $236,786.
• Washington Department of Education, Olympia, $350,000.
CHESP model grantees:
• Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, $350,000.
• Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden, $350,000.
• Michigan Department of Education, Lansing, $180,500.
• South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, $200,000.
• Texas Education Agency, Austin, $350,000.
• CNCS awarded nearly $4.8 million to the following agencies to support local service-learning programs:
• California Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism, Sacramento, $310,549.
• Colorado Governor’s Commission on
National and Community Service, Denver, $336,716.
• District of Columbia Commission on Community Service, Washington, $336,900.
• Points of Light Foundation, Washington, $336,477.
• YMCA of the USA, Chicago, $336,900.
• Illinois Department of Human Services, Springfield, $336,900.
• Kansas Commission on National and Community Service, Topeka, $199,900.
• Massachusetts Service Alliance, Boston, $336,900.
• Community Technology Centers’ Network, Cambridge, Mass., $295,700.
• Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service, Jackson, $330,355.
• HMCUC/North Carolina Central University Foundation, Durham, $334,500.
• The Christian Neighborhood Center of Norwich, N.Y., $200,106.
• Sojourner’s Care Network, MacArthur, Ohio, $303,825.
• Oklahoma Community Service Commission, Oklahoma City, $336,900.
• South Carolina Commission for National and Community Service, Columbia, $130,000.
• Educational Service District 112, Vancouver, Wash., $336,900.
• CNCS awarded $700,000 to seven Indian Tribe programs and to Guam for school-based service-learning programs:
• Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium, Gakona, Alaska, $98,902.
• Sitka Tribe of Alaska, $99,064.
• Guam Department of Education, Hagatna, $99,920.
• Hannahville Indian Community, Wilson, Mich., $68,145.
• Bug O Nay Ge Shig School, Bena, Minn., $100,000.
• Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Nev., $55,418.
• Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, $63,801.
• Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing, Ethete, Wyo., $100,000.

Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20201
(866) 487-2365
www.dol.gov

The department awarded nearly $387,000 to faith-based and community-based organizations to help smaller organizations assist their communities while expanding the work force.

• African and American Friendship Association, St. Paul, Minn., $25,000.
• American Computer Foundation, Waltham, Mass., $25,000.
• Brand New Beginnings, Chicago, $24,757.
• Chinese Culture & Community Service Center, Gaithersburg, Md., $25,000.
• Cornerstone Assembly of God, Hampton, Va., $25,000.
• Gate City Community, Greensboro, N.C., $25,000.
• Housing Development Corp. of Northwest Oregon, Hillsboro, $22,563.
• Lydia’s Place, Pittsburgh, $20,000.
• Schenectady Inner City Ministry, N.Y., $25,000.
• SOURCES for Community Independent Living Services, Fayetteville, Ark., $24,653.
• The Intersection, Columbia, Mo., $25,000.
• The Somerville Haitian Coalition, Mass., $25,000.
• Topeka Youth Project, Kan., $25,000.
• Welcome Home Ministries, Oceanside, Calif., $25,000.
• Worcester East Side CDC, Mass., $25,000.
• Work Initiative Network for St. Tammany, Covington, La., $20,000.

The following organizations received grants totaling $3.7 million to serve as intermediaries, connecting workers from small faith and community-based organizations to training and career services. These organizations will donate portions of their grants to other organizations within the community:

• Appalachian Center for Economic Network, Athens, Ohio, $447,938.
• Capitol Region Education Counsel, Hartford, Conn. $500,000.
• East Harlem Employment Services, New York, $500,000.
• Experience Works, Cottonport, La., $413,824.
• Good Samaritan Ministries, Holland, Mich., $493,777.
• Hope Community Development Corp., Charleston, W.Va., $350,000.
• Labor’s Community Service Agency, San Diego, $500,000.
• Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles, $477,807.

Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
(202) 619-0257
www.hhs.gov

The following 28 grants, totaling more than $15 million, were awarded to help implement abstinence education programs for youths ages 12 to 18:

• University of South Alabama, Mobile, $797,240.
• Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, $762,072.
• Bethany Crisis Pregnancy Services, Colorado Springs, Colo., $631,873.
• Network Connecticut, New Britain, $652,606.
• Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, $436,000.
• Rockdale Hospital and Health System, Conyers, Ga., $177,809.
• Metro Atlanta Youth for Christ, Decatur, Ga., $363,936.
• Catholic Charities of Honolulu, $735,032.
• Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, $461,278.
• Rend Lake College, Ina, Ill., $298,080.
• Confederation of Spanish American Workers, Melrose Park, Ill., $703,895.
• Council for the Advancement of Social Services and Education, Shreveport, La., $798,122.
• A Woman’s Concern, Boston, $488,434.
• Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Mass., $124,918.
• Life Choices, Joplin, Mo., $800,000.
• Future Leaders Outreach Network, Kansas City, Mo., $735,708.
• Sparrow Community Development Group, Kansas City, Mo., $235,170.
• Rockingham Pregnancy Care Center, Eden, N.C., $46,250.
• Omaha/Council Bluffs Metropolitan YMCA, Neb., $599,743.
• ATM Education, Sunbury, Ohio, $686,278.
• Northwest Family Services, Portland, Ore., $789,839.
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environment, Columbia, $800,000.
• Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center, Dyersburg, Tenn., $534,339.
• Hope Resource Center, Knoxville, Tenn., $317,282.
• Fisher County Hospital District, Roton, Texas, $361,517.
• Families Under Urban and Social Attack, Houston, $318,011.
• Shannon Health System, San Angelo, Texas, $800,000.
• Opportunities Industrialization Center of Greater Milwaukee, $798,309.

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