GRANTS 2007
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| General Fund | |
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| AERO of the School of Living Roslyn Heights, NY | |
| general support | $77,500.00 |
| general emergency support for Sri Aurobindo Ashram | $10,000.00 |
| The Albany Free School Albany, NY | $8,000.00 |
| Internship support program | |
| All Nations Indian Church Minneapolis, MN | $10,000.00 |
| scholarship funds for Native American Families at the All Nations Child Development Center | |
| American Indian Business Leaders Missoula, MT | $30,000.00 |
| general support for the Montana Entrepreneurial Youth Enrichment Initiative | |
| American Indian Institute Bozeman, MT | $30,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Arlee Community Development Corporation Arlee, MT | $14,920.00 |
| salary support for an administrative assistant to focus on youth program support, salary support for the art program director, assistance with liability insurance for the youth programs and continuing education for art program staff. | |
| Association of Small Foundations Underhill, VT | $2,500.00 |
| general operating support to allow ASF to design, produce, deliver and evaluate new ASF member programs and resources like the Evaluation Initiative | |
| Baby’s Space Minneapolis, MN | |
| Scholarship funds for Native American children | $20,000.00 |
| supplement for child care scholarship funds for Native American children | $10,000.00 |
| Beartooth Hospital and Health Center Foundation Red Lodge, MT | $5,000.00 |
| Day care scholarships for Beartooth Children’s Center | |
| Beartooth Nature Center Red Lodge, MT | $1,000.00 |
| DD grant general support after PNW conference | |
| Big Sky Institute Helena, MT | |
| general support for the Indian Philanthropy and Nonprofit Group | $30,000.00 |
| in support of BSI's Montana Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking (OEG) Program | $30,000.00 |
| to cover expenses relating to the initiative. “Building the Future of Indian Philanthropy”. | $5,000.00 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Carbon County Red Lodge, MT | $25,000.00 |
| to help support two part-time program coordinators | |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fort Peck Wolf Point, MT | $30,000.00 |
| general support | |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Arapaho Tribe St. Stephen, WY | |
| general operating expenses and staff salaries | $30,000.00 |
| emergency grant to cover travel expenses related to attendance at the required Tribal Justice & Safety workshop | $1,433.00 |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation Lame Deer, MT | |
| General operating support | $70,000.00 |
| general summer support and support of two junior staff positions | $10,000.00 |
| assist in hiring and training a new Chief Professional Officer | $25,000.00 |
| general support for operations and program services in the Lame Deer and Ashland Units | $66,000.00 |
| The Brooklyn Free School Brooklyn, NY | $45,000.00 |
| to provide scholarships for low income students, help decrease the schools dependence on tuition, provide stipends for support staff who presently volunteer and allow for some teachers to visit Harmony Free school. | |
| Carbon County Historical Society Red Lodge, MT | $1,000.00 |
| DD grant general support after PNW conference | |
| Center for Creative Education Kingston, NY | $60,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Centro Educativo Ixtliyollotl, A.C. San Andres Cholula, Puebla | |
| to cover food, lodging and local transportation for intern | $10,000.00 |
| general support | $50,000.00 |
| Church World Service Denver, CO | $19,050.00 |
| to complete the renovations on the dilapidated and non-functional classrooms at Wangu Primary School in Kenya | |
| City Stage Boston, MA | $35,000.00 |
| For their performing arts education programs for urban youth from preschool through high school age | |
| Community Action Brattleboro Area Brattleboro, VT | $17,500.00 |
| general support for Evening child care program | |
| Community Center for Youth Walla Walla ,WA | $20,000.00 |
| General support of teen center | |
| The Community School Camden, ME | $65,000.00 |
| Annual general support of this comprehensive program helping dropouts complete high school. | |
| Denver Indian Family Resource Center Lakewood, CO | $20,000.00 |
| To help cover the development coordinator for an additional year and leverage funding from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Gaming Grant Program | |
| The Dome Project New York, NY | |
| help increase organizational support for the Juvenile Justice, Academic Tutoring and College Prep Program programs | $140,000.00 |
| Comprehensive youth program, which includes components focused on juvenile justice, truancy, after school tutoring and recreation, community issues, and others. | $90,000.00 |
| DSVS of Carbon County Red Lodge, MT | |
| to implement a comprehensive, long-term violence education strategy for children and young people in Carbon County second year | $30,000.00 |
| DD grant general support after PNW conference | $1,000.00 |
| to implement a comprehensive, long-term violence education strategy for children and young people in Carbon County third year | $30,000.00 |
| El Faro de los Animales Punta Santiago, PR | $58,220.00 |
| general support of Creating Compassion II: Becoming a Voice for the Voiceless, youth program | |
| Farmworker Housing Development Corporation Woodburn, OR | $30,000.00 |
| support to maintain, enhance, and replicate existing youth educational and leadership development programs | |
| Food Works Montpelier, VT | $50,000.00 |
| general support for the Gardens for Learning program | |
| Foundation Center New York, NY | $3,500.00 |
| DD grant for annual general support | |
| Friends of Children of Walla Walla Walla Walla, WA | $25,000.00 |
| General support for mentoring program | |
| Friends of Green Chimneys Brewster, NY | $35,000.00 |
| In support of the Farm and Wildlife Program of this comprehensive youth services program | |
| Friendship House Billings, MT | |
| Multi year grant to help support the Friendship House, Orchard Elementary and Garfield Elementary after-school program and summer program for disadvantaged youth. | $70,000.00 |
| matching grant for the Community Technology & Learning Center | $20,000.00 |
| Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Silver Spring, MD | $1,000.00 |
| to support their Annual Conference | |
| Harmony Project Denver, CO | $50,000.00 |
| Work with schools in the Denver area so that students and teachers may benefit from the expertise of artists and musicians. | |
| Harmony School Education Center Bloomington, IN | $80,000.00 |
| for scholarships support so that economically disadvantaged youth ages 6-18 can attend this democratically run school | |
| Hays Community Economic Development Corporation Hays, MT | $30,000.00 |
| general support for the start-up of the Little Rockies Boys & Girls Club | |
| The Healing Tree Lame Deer, MT | $50,000.00 |
| Northern Plains Native Youth Project for general support of the program to strengthen and sustain the Native American Boys and Girls Clubs in MT and WY. | |
| Hopa Mountian Bozeman, MT | $25,000.00 |
| $10,000 in support for their StoryMakers program $5000 in support to the Climbing Toward program $10,000 for general operating expenses in the Rocky Boy and Havre communities. | |
| Kwanzaa Community Church Minneapolis, MN | $40,000.00 |
| Support for the Freedom School for summer 2008 | |
| Life on Lens, Inc. South Londonderry, VT | |
| start-up grant to support your Connecting Youth Around the World program | $50,000.00 |
| matching grant for CYAG program | $50,000.00 |
| The Lineage Project New York, NY | $45,000.00 |
| General support of their program which teaches yoga and meditation to incarcerated and at-risk youth in the New York area. | |
| Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Minneapolis, MN | |
| child care scholarship funds for Native American children for Cherish the Children Development Center | $20,000.00 |
| for purchase of a day care software system for a total comprehensive child care management package. | $5,000.00 |
| The Montana Family Advocacy Program Billings, MT | $25,000.00 |
| Support for legal advocates in local health centers serving disadvantaged families | |
| Montana Nonprofit Association Helena, MT | $2,000.00 |
| Gold Sponsorship of their 7th Annual Conference | |
| Native Americans in Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN | $1,000.00 |
| DD grant towards scholarships for the attendance of the Third Annual National Gathering of Native Americans in Philanthropy | |
| Our Family Tucson, AZ | $40,000.00 |
| Support for teen drop-in and intervention center, Skrappy's | |
| P.E.C.E.S. Punta Santiago, PR | $119,108.00 |
| general support of Dolphins in the Daylight 2008 - 2011 Daring, Dedicated, Dynamic, Designers of the Future. | |
| The People’s Partners for Community Development Lame Deer, MT | $5,000.00 |
| DD grant for general support of the Youth Respect Camp | |
| Philanthropy Northwest Seattle, WA | |
| presenting sponsor for Best Practices in Grantmaking seminar | $4,000.00 |
| payment for 2008 sustaining membership and copper sponsor of the 2008 annual conference | $3,000.00 |
| Planned Parenthood of Montana Billings, MT | $67,000.00 |
| general funding to help support their Native American Initiative | |
| Portland YouthBuilders Portland, OR | $40,000.00 |
| General support for low-income housing built by Youth | |
| The POSSE Foundation New York, NY | $25,000.00 |
| general support | |
| Red Lodge Area Community Foundation Red Lodge, MT | $15,000.00 |
| Nonprofit development program to nurture a local nonprofit network enabling nonprofits to develop and share resources | |
| Reuben Lindh Minneapolis, MN | $20,000.00 |
| scholarship funds for Native American children at Four Directions Center | |
| Sage Hill Camp Jamaica, VT | $12,700.00 |
| Annual general support of this therapeutic summer camping and year round program working with disadvantaged children who have lost a care giver to AIDS. | |
| Society for Art Publication of the Americas San Francisco, CA | |
| further enrich and strengthen your service through the Meridian Interns Program | $40,000.00 |
| DD grant as an emergency supplement | $5,000.00 |
| Southside Family Nurturing Center Minneapolis, MN | $40,000.00 |
| support for their program of intensive, therapeutic, early childhood education and supportive services for families | |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Portland, OR | $25,000.00 |
| Portland education advocacy and Oregon coalition | |
| STARS Nashville, TN | $75,000.00 |
| Partners, Inc project supporting conflict resolution education in Rutherford County, Tenn. public schools. | |
| Thrive Bozeman, MT | $20,000.00 |
| childcare scholarship support for families in their Partnership Program to Strengthen Families | |
| United Movement to End Child Soldiering Washington D.C. | $85,000.00 |
| General support | |
| VAMOS! Weston, VT | $15,000.00 |
| Annual support to help in funding the classes and training sessions around Cuernavaca, Mexico | |
| Vermont Arts Exchange North Bennigton, VT | $67,000.00 |
| to continue to maintain and grow their capacity to provide ongoing, long-term arts outreach work and services to youth, elders and low-income families. | |
| Vermont Community Foundation Middlebury, VT | |
| Edwards Child Care Scholarship Fund | $35,000.00 |
| Child Care Fund of Vermont fund of VT-STARS program which will be continued under Building Bright Futures | $45,000.00 |
| Vermont Community Loan Fund Montpelier, VT | $30,000.00 |
| Equity fund for financing program to improve child care facilities | |
| VIVA Network Kirkland, WA | $25,000.00 |
| Funding for the Adopt-A-Project model program for developing sustainability for grassroots programs in the Dominican Republic which work with children at risk. | |
| Wind River Alliance Ethete, WY | $30,000.00 |
| to pursue a more sustainable youth education program | |
| Windham Child Care Association Brattleboro, VT | $15,000.00 |
| General support to help with basic administrative expenses | |
| Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY | $12,000.00 |
| support for the Women’s Studio Workshop Hands-On-Art project in the Kingston Schools | |
| Yellowstone Park Foundation Bozeman, MT | $9,518.00 |
| to support Yellowstone National Park ethnographers to work with tribal leaders, write the Cross-Cultural Exchange itinerary and lead the Shoshone-Bannock group during their experiential learning | |
| YWCA of Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN | $20,000.00 |
| Childcare scholarship funds for Native American children | |
| Total | $2,884,949.00 |
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| Astronomy Fund | |
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| Earth & Sky Radio Program Austin, T | $50,000.00 |
| support of the Tonight’s Sky & Skywatching Initiative in 2008 | |
| Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ | $12,000.00 |
| for the Lowell Observatory Navajo and Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program | |
| SDSU Astronomy Dept. San Diego, CA | $13,900.00 |
| Project ASTRO San Diego and its innovative and effective program to improve science education. | |
| Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, D.C. | $50,000.00 |
| in support of a one-year postdoctoral fellowship to develop a planet-finding instrument for the Magellan Telescopes in Chile. | |
| Total | $125,900.00 |
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| Environmental Fund | |
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| Beartooth Nature Center Red Lodge, MT | $10,000.00 |
| to support the educational component of the Beartooth Nature Center | |
| Total | $10,000.00 |
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| Arts Fund | |
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| CEPA Gallery | $10,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Dance Continuum, Inc. New York, NY | $10,000.00 |
| Susan Marshall & Co. grant | |
| Deep Listening Institute | $15,000.00 |
| general support | |
| GRACE Hardwick, VT | $4,000.00 |
| General support | |
| The Field | $6,000.00 |
| Annabella Lenzu/ DanceDrama dance projects | |
| Harmonic Presence Foundation | $10,500.00 |
| General support | |
| Harvestworks | $10,000.00 |
| support of ISSUE Project Rooms relocation | |
| In-Sight Photography Brattleboro, VT | $7,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Krannert Art Museum | $5,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Long Trail School Dorset, VT | $13,900.00 |
| Arts and Music Enrichment | |
| Roulette Intermedium | $15,000.00 |
| third of three year grant | |
| Vanguard Visions Stockholm, Sweden | $10,000.00 |
| General Support | |
| Women’s Studio Workshop Rosendale, NY | $10,000.00 |
| General support | |
| Total | $126,400.00 |
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| W. E. Edwards Fund – Testamentary Contributions | |
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| American Bible Society New York, NY | $13,200.00 |
| Religious and charitable work. | |
| Asbury College Wilmore, KY | $132,100.00 |
| General support. | |
| Boy Scouts of America Findlay, | $13,200.00 |
| General support – Put-Han-Sen Council | |
| Board of Education Leipsic, OH | $66,050.00 |
| Music programs, library, playground, science department | |
| Leipsic United Methodist Church Leipsic, OH | |
| Christian education and music programs | $132,100.00 |
| Scholarship and missionaries | $66,050.00 |
| Pacific Garden Mission Chicago, IL | $13,200.00 |
| General religious and charitable work. | |
| Piney Woods School Piney Woods, MS | $66,050.00 |
| General support. | |
| Putnam Acres Care Center Ottawa, OH | $13,200.00 |
| For the comfort and enjoyment of residents. | |
| Salvation Army Cincinnati, OH | $66,050.00 |
| General charitable work. | |
| Starr Commonwealth Schools Van Wert, OH | $66,050.00 |
| General support of school. | |
| Life Enriching Communities Foundation | $132,100.00 |
| General support retirement home | |
| Village of Leipsic Leipsic, OH | $13,200.00 |
| Maintain and support the library, parks and swimming pool program. | |
| Wesley Services Organization Cincinnati, OH | $132,100.00 |
| General support of elder care services. | |
| West Ohio Conference, United Methodist Church Columbus, OH | $132,100.00 |
| Pension fund for retired ministers. | |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Santa Anna, CA | $13,200.00 |
| For missionary work. (David Mason) | |
| Total | $1,069,950.00 |
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| Total grants paid all funds | $4,217,199.00 |
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