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Grants That Make a Difference
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
 L. Austin Weeks, a retired petroleum geologist and business owner, has made a $10 million gift to the South Miami
Hospital Foundation, the largest donation ever received by Baptist Health South Florida, the Miami Herald reports.
The donation will fund a new clinical area equipped with electrophysiology and angiography equipment; an outpatient
cardiac-rhythm-management clinic for the diagnosis and management of heart rhythm problems; and physician and public
education resources dealing with heart rhythm disturbances and their treatment. Construction of the area is part of the
current renovation and expansion of the hospital's heart center.
In announcing the gift, Weeks cited Dr. John R. Dylewski, a specialist in cardiac electrophysiology at the hospital who
treated him for an abnormal heart rhythm. Weeks and his wife are longtime benefactors of the University of Miami and other
philanthropic causes in the South Florida area.
Recipient Contact Information:
Recipient Name:South Miami Hospital Heart Center,
Baptist Health South Florida
Address: 6200 SW 73 Street, South Miami, Florida 33143
Phone: 786-662-4000
URL: http://www.baptisthealth.net
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to
atweb@foundationcenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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