Grants

Grant Awarded for March 2008

Mott Foundation

Flint, Mich.
(810) 238-5651
www.mott.org

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, $600,000 for the State Fiscal and Low-Income Initiatives Project.

• College of Charleston Foundation, S.C., $450,000 for continued development of the Afterschool and Community Learning Network.

• Food Research and Action Center, Washington, $300,000 to improve and expand nutrition supports in after-school programs.

• Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, $200,000 to facilitate a series of cross-race dialogues between African-American and Latino communities on education issues.

• National Association of Workforce Boards, Arlington, Va., $150,000 to implement the first comprehensive technical assistance and capacity improvement program for work force investment boards across the country.

• Aspen Institute, Washington, $100,000 for the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund.

• Center for Effective Philanthropy, Cambridge, Mass., $200,000 for general purposes.

• VIP Community Services, Bronx, N.Y., $45,000 for the First Jobs Program.

• Boy Scouts of America – Tall Pine Council, Flint, Mich., $388,725 for debt reduction.

• Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., $300,000 to evaluate Mott-funded statewide after-school networks.

• Lansing Community College, Mich., $150,000 for the High School Diploma Completion Initiative.

• Public Interest Projects, New York, $202,500 for the Communities for Public Education Reform Project.

• Independent Sector, Washington, $100,000 for a national panel to study ways of strengthening the nonprofit sector, including philanthropic institutions.

• Philadelphia Youth Network, $300,000 for Philadelphia Youth Transitions Collaborative.

• United Way of Genesee County, Flint, Mich. $2.5 million for the Bridges to the Future Before and Afterschool Program.

• National Council of Nonprofit Associations, Washington, $75,000 for general purposes.

• Center for the Support of Democratic Youth Initiatives, Perm, Russia, $125,000 for volunteerism development in the Privolzhsky Federal District.

• Flint Institute of Music, Mich., $50,000 to support the Tapology Dance Festival for Youth.

• Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, Ann Arbor, Mich., $30,000 to develop a network of states interested in learning about best practices and evidence-based approaches to successfully moving families into employment and out of poverty.

• Wyoming Community Foundation, Laramie, $195,000 for the Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Baltimore’s Safe & Sound Campaign, $225,000 for the Maryland Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Boston Private Industry Council, $250,000 for Boston Youth Transitions Taskforce: Supporting City Partnerships to Address the Dropout Crisis.

• Children of Slovakia Foundation, Bratislava, Slovakia, $240,000 for general purposes.

• City Connect Detroit, $100,000 for improving outcomes for out-of-school youth in Michigan.

• Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Mich., $100,000 for improving outcomes for out-of-school youth in Michigan.

• Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Mich., $100,000 for improving outcomes for out-of-school youth in Michigan.

• Kentucky Child Now!, Frankfort, $225,000 to help ensure that children will have access to the supports they need to succeed.

• Save the Children, Westport, Conn., $300,000 for summer programs in New Orleans.

• Indiana Association of United Ways, Indianapolis, $225,000 to establish an infrastructure of support to mobilize community resources for children and families.

• Michigan Association of United Ways, Lansing, $225,000 to improve quality and access to after-school programs.

• Minnesota Department of Education, Roseville, $225,000 for the Minnesota Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit, Milton, Pa., $225,000 for the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Network.

• National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, $100,000 for informing state legislatures on statewide after-school policy.

• Research for Action, Philadelphia, $15,000 to document information by publishing an academic case study on youth-led education organizing in Philadelphia.

• United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, $225,000 for the Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Blueprint Research & Design, San Francisco, $80,000 for continued support of research that explores emerging issues, as well as promising innovations in the community philanthropy field.

• 4C Child Care Unlimited, Flint, Mich., $100,000 for the Family Child Care Provider Network.

• Foundation Center, New York, $80,000 to publish a third edition of “America’s Nonprofit Sector: A Primer.”

• Asia Society, New York, $200,000 to raise awareness, build capacity and stimulate new initiatives in integrating global literacy into after-school programs.

• Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Lincoln, $225,000 for the Nebraska Statewide Afterschool Network.

• New Jersey Statewide Afterschool Network, Westfield, $225,000 to develop the New Jersey Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Education Sector, Washington, $100,000 to identify and analyze accountability-related innovations being used in after-school and nontraditional educational settings.

• After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, $175,000 for general purposes.

• National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Va., $300,000 to advance school leadership and policy development with respect to the creation of after-school opportunities for all students.

• University of California, Davis, $260,000 for the project Afterschool in California: Fostering Learning Communities.

• MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Alexandria, Va., $200,000 for after-school mentoring.

• National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation, Alexandria, Va., $300,000 to increase principals’ awareness of how after-school complements school-day learning.

• New Visions for Public Schools, New York, $500,000 for effective school-community partnerships.

• Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Austin, Texas, $300,000 to ensure broad access for after-school providers to resources and training that foster the implementation of effective academic enrichment practices.

• BoardSource, Washington, $300,000 for the Building Nonprofit Leadership Initiative.

• Center for Community Change, Washington, $300,000 for general purposes.

• Colorado Statewide Afterschool Network, Denver, $225,000 for the Colorado Statewide Afterschool Network.

• Independent Sector, Washington, $200,000 for general purposes.

• YWCA of Greater Flint, Mich., $33,500 for a new alumni initiative.

• MDRC, New York, $75,000 to conduct an external evaluation of the funding and programmatic activities of the Mott Foundation’s Vulnerable Youth grant-making portfolio.

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France, $48,940 to evaluate the Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme.

• Vera Institute of Justice, New York, $125,000 for evaluation of the Workforce Development Grants Portfolio.


 

Daniels Fund

Denver, Colo.
(303) 393-7220
www.danielsfund.org

 

• Adaptive Adventures, Evergreen, Colo., $20,000 for Adaptive Sports for Kids Program.

• Alternatives for Youth, Longmont, Colo., $30,000 for Celebrando La Familia Program.

• Colorado Parent and Child Foundation, Denver, $120,000 for HIPPY and PAT Programs.

• Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, Westminster, $55,000 for Parent Leadership Teams Program.

• Colorado Youth Corps Association, Denver, $50,000 for general operating support.

• Colorado Youth Tennis Foundation, Denver, $15,000 for youth tennis programs.

• DenverWorks, $35,000 for job preparation and placement programs.

• Family Learning Center, Boulder, Colo., $40,000 for the Ignite Your Potential Program.

• FrontRange Earth Force, Denver, $90,000 for the Youth Engagement Initiative.

• Gold Crown Foundation, Greenwood Village, Colo., $30,000 for Daytime Art and Technology Classes and After-School Computer Clubhouse Program.

• Goodwill Industries of Denver, $200,000 for its Youth Services Programs.

• Kids Pages Cares, Arvada, Colo., $45,000 for Emergency and Enrichment Services.

• Metro Denver Sports Commission, $32,837 for a 2007 Tournament of Champions.

• Parent Pathways, Denver, $40,000 for general operating support.

• The Fund for Colorado’s Future, Denver, $200,000 for High Horizons Project.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of La Plata County, Durango, Colo., $10,000 for general operating support.

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley, Alamosa, Colo., $55,000 for general operating support.

• Colorado League of Charter Schools, Denver, $17,500 for Mark Ross Montessori School.

• Colorado Range Riders Youth Corps, Sterling, $20,000 for general operating support.

• Computers for Kids Foundation, Carbondale, Colo., $15,000 for the Partnering for Success Program.

• Delta Montrose Youth Services, Montrose, Colo., $20,000 for general operating support.

• Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado, Colorado Springs, $20,000 for the elementary school program.

• YouthZone, Glenwood Springs, Colo., $15,000 for Pals Mentoring Program.

• Partnership for a Drug-Free America, New York, $250,000 for the parent resource center.

• Students Against Driving Drunk, Marlborough, Mass., $42,500 for Students Against Destructive Decisions’ membership application platform.

• The Meth Project Foundation, Palo Alto, Calif., $100,000 for general operating support.

• Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter, Carlsbad, N.M., $50,000 for general operating support.

• DreamTree Project, Taos, N.M., $15,000 for transitional living programs.

• Family YMCA of Los Alamos, N.M., $50,000 for the student center.

• Junior Achievement of New Mexico, Albuquerque, $200,000 for the Native American Initiative.

• Las Vegas Youth Soccer League, N.M., $6,675 for program support.

• Little Sisters of the Poor of New Mexico, Gallup, $60,000 for repairs and renovations.

• New Mexico Technet, Albuquerque, $27,500 for the Opportunity Works for Youth Program.

• P B & J Family Services, Albuquerque, N.M., $94,629 for a Focused Portfolio Dual Assessment Curriculum.

• Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, Ranchos de Taos, N.M., $70,000 for general operating support.

• Santa Fe Community Foundation, N.M., $25,000 for Summer Enrichment Camp.

• Service Organization for Youth, Raton, N.M., $124,360 for the juvenile drug court.

• The Mission School of New Mexico, Raton, $124,360 for a full-time counselor.

• VSA Arts of New Mexico, Albuquerque, $15,000 for a respite care program.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah, $35,000 for a community based mentoring program.

• Girl Scouts of Utah, Salt Lake City, $15,000 for an outreach program.

• Youth Garden Project, Moab, Utah, $14,973 for an AmeriCorps apprentice program.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Wyoming, Worland, $53,200 for general operating support.

• Cheyenne Family YMCA, Wyo., $95,000 for the Capital Renovation Project.

• Evanston Child Development Center, Wyo., $48,185 for professional development training.

• Johnson County YMCA, Buffalo, Wyo., $50,000 for summer and after-school programs.

• Mount Carmel Youth Ranch, Powell, Wyo., $175,000 for construction of a sports complex.

• Wyoming Meth Defense, Lander, $48,200 for the Junior Boxing Program.


The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Los Altos, Calif.
(650) 948-7658
www.packard.org

 

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta, $200,000 for technical support to California Boys & Girls Clubs.

• Child and Family Policy Center, Des Moines, Iowa, $50,000 for strategic communications and media outreach to advance health insurance coverage for all children in Iowa.

• California Head Start Association, Sacramento, $88,975 to continue leadership development and engagement on preschool policies and programs, especially within California’s Head Start community.

• After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, $140,000 for technical support and training for new after-school programs serving middle school students.

• Alliance for a Better Community, Los Angeles, $79,990 for after-school advocacy in Los Angeles County.

• Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, $125,000 for general support.

• Children Now, Oakland, Calif., $245,000 for monitoring the expansion of after-school programs in California and identifying policy issues related to blending preschool funding streams.

• Columbia University, New York, $25,000 to study how research findings are integrated into selected preschool classrooms in Los Angeles and to produce a report on preschool practices.

• Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation, Arcata, Calif., $75,235 to develop a consistent, accessible and clearly articulated academic pathway in early childhood education for preschool teachers.

• Los Angeles Universal Preschool, $10,000 for the first annual Preschool Conference and Education Expo in Los Angeles County.

• Moss Beach Homes, South San Francisco, $200,000 for Encore After-School, a pilot project to increase the quantity and quality of the after-school work force by recruiting people over age 55.

• City of San Bernardino, Calif., $75,000 to raise public awareness and support for universal preschool and to plan and implement a city-wide universal preschool program.

• Voices for Ohio’s Children, Cleveland, $50,000 for strategic communications and media outreach to advance health insurance coverage for all children in Ohio.

• Georgetown University, Washington, $1.8 million for the Center for Children and Families to provide technical assistance to Finish Line grantees and continue work on SCHIP reauthorization and strengthening Medicaid.

• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, Los Angeles, $237,653 for policy analysis and public education on public health insurance programs for children in low-income immigrant families.

• Mathematica Policy Research, Cambridge, Mass., $249,939 to design a comprehensive evaluation of the foundation’s work on children’s health insurance.

• University of California, Davis, $200,000 for a leadership mentoring program for after-school professionals.

• Community Catalyst, Boston, $50,000 to support work of the New England Alliance for Children’s Health to expand children’s health care coverage in the region.

• Foundation for California Community Colleges, Sacramento, $250,000 for the After-School Education and Workforce Development Project.

• Gruber & Pereira Associates, San Francisco, $200,000 for after-school work force development efforts at the state and local level.

• Silicon Valley Leadership Group, San Jose, Calif., $45,000 for staff support to the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the California Preschool Business Advisory Council.

• YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Calif., $179,630 for the After School University training model for new after-school programs.

• California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, $905,223 to build and expand a preschool constituency base in Los Angeles.

• National Council of La Raza, Washington, $75,000 for distribution of research and public policy analysis around national issues affecting preschool-age Latino children.

• South Bay Center for Counseling & Human Development, El Segundo, Calif., $175,000 for the Los Angeles After-school/Teacher and Community Pathway Project.

• United Way Silicon Valley, San Jose, Calif., $10,000 for the Santa Clara County School Readiness Partnership.

• Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Little Rock, $225,000 for policy and strategic communications work to ensure that all children in Arkansas have health care coverage by 2010.

• Children’s Alliance, Seattle, $250,000 for policy and communications work to ensure that all children in Washington have comprehensive, affordable health care coverage by 2010.

• Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, $225,000 for policy and strategic communications work to ensure that all children living in Texas have health care coverage.

• Colorado Children’s Campaign, Denver, $125,000 for policy and communications work to ensure that all children living in Colorado have health care coverage and access to care by 2010.

• Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, $124,704 for the development of standards and criteria to assess community readiness for summer enrichment in California.

• Rhode Island Kids Count, Providence, $150,000 for policy and strategic communications work in Rhode Island to ensure that all children have health care coverage.

• Voices for Ohio’s Children, Cleveland, $225,000 for policy and strategic communications to ensure that all children in Ohio have health care coverage and access to appropriate health care.

• Child and Family Policy Center, Des Moines, Iowa, $225,000 for policy and strategic communications work to ensure that all children in Iowa have health care coverage by 2010.

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