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| The Boston Full Service Schools Roundtable (FA: Boston Educational Development Foundation) c/o Unified Student Services Boston Public Schools 443 Warren Street Dorchester, MA 02121 617/635-6537 Marta Gredler, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| Boston Full Service Schools Roundtable, a collaborative effort to converge the objectives of schools, community organizations and government agencies to promote the healthy development and learning of all children. Grant total to date: $40,000 of $80,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Center for Collaborative Education 1135 Tremont Street, Suite 490 Boston, MA 02120 617/421-0134 Dan French, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| To build community support/advocacy campaigns for the establishment of small, highly autonomous schools, and to promote effective models of parent/community engagement in Worcester and Providence. Final total: $80,000. | |
| The Center for Educational Services P.O. Box 620 Auburn, ME 04212-0620 207/783-0833 Robert Shafto, Executive Director |
$70,000 |
| For the Maine Assessment Cooperative, a statewide network of school districts committed to implementation of Maine's Learning Results. Grant total to date: $70,000 of $200,000 provisionally committed. | |
| The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. 48 Rutland Street Boston, MA 02118 617/536-4266 Stanley Pollack, Executive Director |
$37,000 |
| Technical Assistance for School Transitions Project, to enable all school constituencies to have a voice in West Roxbury High School's transition into a small school model. Grant total to date: $37,000 of $74,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Citizens Voice Project (FA: Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) 2 Greenwood Street Concord, NH 03301 603/225-2264 Ellen Shemitz, President, NHCA |
$40,000 |
| Citizens' Voice Project, a collaboration among five advocacy and school groups to engage New Hampshire citizens in discussion of quality public education in New Hampshire. Final total: $40,000. | |
| Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. P.O. Box 1016 Concord, NH 03302-1016 603/225-3295 Peg Downing, Director, New Hampshire Reads AmeriCorps Program |
$27,308 |
| Support for New Hampshire Reads (NH Reads) and to create partnerships between
NH Reads and local organizations and businesses to provide financial infrastructure
for statewide program helping children become good readers. Final total: $27,308. |
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| Connecticut Center for School Change 151 New Park Avenue, Suite 203 Hartford, CT 06106 860/586-2340 Andrew Lachman, Executive Director |
$45,000 |
| To scale up leadership development programs and technical assistance to school districts, to create a culture of effective school leadership in Connecticut schools. Grant total to date: $90,000 of $135,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Educators for Social Responsibility, Inc. ESR National Center 23 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617/492-1764 Larry Dieringer, Executive Director |
$32,808 |
| To counter bullying and harassment in New England middle schools. Final total: $32,808. | |
| EdVestors EdVestors c/o The Boston Foundation 75 Arlington Street, 10th floor Boston, MA 02116 617/338-1700 Laura Perille, Executive Director, EdVestors |
$25,000 |
| For operating support, evaluation, and planning to build a sustainable base for the newly-merged EdVestors and Fund for Nonprofit Partnerships. Final total: $48,500 | |
| Fitchburg Art Museum 185 Elm Street Fitchburg, MA 01420 978/345-4207 Peter Timms, Director |
$50,000 |
| To plan, develop and implement a new public arts-magnet high school to complement the operating middle school on its campus. Final total: $150,000. | |
| Grantmakers for Education 720 SW Washington Street, Ste 605 Portland, OR 97205 503/595-2100 William Porter, Executive Director |
$1,000 |
| Membership in this national organization for funders
interested in education. D.F. Final total: $1,000. |
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| Hampshire Educational Collaborative 97 Hawley Street Northampton, MA 01060 413/586-4900 Joan Schuman, Executive Director |
$50,000 |
| Provide a cooperative technology and distance learning resource for public schools in western Massachusetts to increase the depth and variety of courses offered in isolated rural schools. Grant total to date: $50,000 of $85,000 provisionally committed. | |
| +Hitchcock Center for the Environment Larch Hill Conservation Area 525 South Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 413/256-6006 Julie Johnson, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| Develop and implement a comprehensive place-based education program using the Connecticut River watershed as main theme for study in grades K-8 at seven elementary schools in Holyoke. Grant total to date: $90,000 of $130,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Indian Hill Music Center P.O. Box 1484 Littleton, MA 01460 978/486-9524 Carol Antak, Program Coordinator |
$35,000 |
| Collaboration with Fitchburg State College and the Lowell Public Schools to support AIDE (Arts Integration Designed to Enhance) the Curriculum. Final total: $75,000. | |
| +Island Institute P.O. Box 648 Rockland, ME 04841-0648 207/594-9209 Michael Felton, Aspirations Project Manager |
$35,000 |
| Development of an Aspirations Learning Community to become a model for students and educators to integrate ongoing coastal place-based education projects with GIS technology and website development technology. Final total: $35,000. | |
| Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute P.O. Box 55 Nobleboro, ME 04555 207/563-5253 E. Shippen Bright, Executive Director |
$30,000 |
| Expand the role and time of the director of education, in partnership with the University of Maine, to grow delivery of science education programs endorsed by the Maine Department of Education. Grant total to date: $30,000 of $75,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance P.O. Box 5359 Augusta, ME 04332-5359 207/287-5881 Francis Eberle, Executive Director |
$60,000 |
| For the SuperEd Network, an informal alliance of Maine educational nonprofits, and its School Learning Laboratory project, to develop a collaborative model for delivering external services to schools that produce high quality instruction for all students. Grant total to date: $120,000 of $180,000 provisionally committed. | |
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MassPartners for Public Schools 231 Butler Road Monson, MA 01057 413/267-3200 Patricia Sweitzer, Administrator |
$25,000 |
| Implementation by collaboration of union leaders, school administrators, parents and school committee members of collaborative approach to revise the way teacher performance is assessed in four to six Massachusetts school districts. Final total: $25,000. | |
| ONE Lowell Coalition 9 Central Street, Suite 402 Lowell, MA 01852 978/654-6957 Victoria Fahlberg, Executive Director |
$45,000 |
| For the School Success for Newcomer Students and their Parents' Initiative, to increase school success for underperforming bicultural students by increasing attendance rates and parental involvement with the Lowell Public Schools. Grant total to date: $45,000 of $90,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Pioneer Valley Project 235 Eastern Avenue Springfield, MA 01109 413/827-0781 Fred Rose, Staff Director |
$36,000 |
| Improve educational success for inner city students through parent involvement at the Washington Elementary School in Springfield this year, and then expanding citywide using lessons learned. Grant total to date: $36,000 of $100,000 provisionally committed. | |
| +Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC) c/o Upper Valley Community Foundation P.O. Box 995 Hanover, NH 03755-0995 603/653-0387 Kevin Peterson, Executive Director, Upper Valley Community Foundation |
$1,646 |
| Expenses associated with a briefing held for interested Boston funders to
learn more about the work and outcomes of the PEEC collaborative evaluation. D.F. Final total: $1,646. |
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| The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC 18 Tremont Street, Suite 1120 Boston, MA 02108 617/742-6800 S. Paul Reville, Executive Director |
$50,000 |
| Initiative to transform district-level professional collaboration between teacher unions, superintendents, and school committees to advance student learning. Grant total to date: $50,000 of $100,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Vermont Arts Council 136 State Street, Drawer 33 Montpelier, VT 05633-6001 802/828-3291 Alexander Aldrich, Executive Director |
$30,000 |
| New Perspectives in Arts Education, a project to articulate the processes by which three different arts education programs affect schools, teachers and students, to examine the empirical links between each program and the achievements of students. Grant total to date: $30,000 of $110,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Watertown Public Schools (FA: Boston College) Office for Sponsored Programs 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617/552-3061 Susan Hoban, BC Coordinator, Project OPEN |
$15,000 |
| Project OPEN, a school university partnership in Watertown to redesign teacher education and model a professional development district using data driven assessment of intern and novice teachers and lifelong professional development. Final total: $55,000. | |
ENVIRONMENT |
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| *Alternatives for Community and Environment, Inc. (ACE) f/b/o On the Move Coalition 2343 Washington Street, 2nd Floor Roxbury, MA 02119 617/442-3343 Penn S. Loh, Executive Director |
$25,000 |
| On the Move Coalition, a collaboration of transportation, environmental justice, community development, and environmental organizations working to improve transportation and public health, reduce air pollution, and promote smart growth in communities of color in Boston and regionally. Final total: $52,500. | |
| Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Inc. P.O. Box 398 Barnstable, MA 02630-0398 508/362-4226 Margaret Geist, Executive Director |
$20,000 |
| Implementation, in collaboration with the Cape Cod Business Roundtable, of growth management action plan on Cape Cod to promote local bylaw changes, reform local zoning and evaluate wastewater infrastructure options. Final total: $45,000. | |
| The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc. P.O. Box 443 Barnstable, MA 02630 508/362-2565 Mark Robinson, Executive Director |
$25,000 |
| To identify priority parcels of perceived open space on Cape Cod, and to conduct education and outreach to promote land conservation. Grant total to date: $25,000 of $50,000 provisionally committed. | |
| *Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ) P.O. Box 2022 Hartford, CT 06145-2022 860/548-1133 Mark Mitchell, President |
$20,000 |
| Education, outreach and organizing in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport focused on public health and environmental justice impacts of diesel emissions, air pollution, and asthma. Final total: $60,000. | |
| Downeast Lakes Land Trust P.O. Box 75 Grand Lake Stream, ME 04637 207/796-2100 Stephen Keith, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| To support education, research and stewardship of the Farm Cove Community Forest. Final total: $40,000. | |
| Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities 1500 San Remo Avenue, Ste 177 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305/667-6350 L. Benjamin Starrett, Executive Director |
$1,000 |
| Membership in a network of foundations working to promote the field
of smart growth, livable communities and regional equity on a
national and regional basis. D.F. Final total: $1,000. |
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| GrowSmart Maine Sparhawk Mill Building 81 Bridge Street Yarmouth, ME 04096 207/847-9275 Alan Caron, President |
$1,000 |
| Staff discretionary grant for travel and lodging expenses for a meeting of the leaders of smart growth organizations in New England, in conjunction with the Maine Summit on Sprawl, Smart Growth and Maine's Future. Final total: $1,000. | |
| GrowSmart Maine Sparhawk Mill Building 81 Bridge Street Yarmouth, ME 04096 207/847-9275 Alan Caron, President |
$50,000 |
| The Smart Growth Model Towns project, to assist towns in southern Maine in developing smart growth plans and ordinances. Grant total to date: $50,000 of $90,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Grow Smart Rhode Island 345 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903 401/273-5711 Scott Wolf, Executive Director |
$50,000 |
| Policy reform activities, focused on promoting local/state growth management, economic development, and innovative land use, affordable housing, and brownfields redevelopment policies at the state and local level. Final total: $100,000. | |
| Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Inc. P.O. Box 7162 Lowell, MA 01852 978/934-0030 Jane Calvin, Executive Director |
$20,000 |
| Concord River Ecological Neighborhood Restoration Project, to expand programs, promote awareness and engage a diverse urban and suburban constituency in protection of and access to the Concord River. Final total: $40,000. | |
| Maine Rivers 3 Wade Street Augusta, ME 04330 207/622-3101 Naomi Schalit, Executive Director |
$20,000 |
| To conduct community organizing, education and advocacy for river clean up and protection in communities along the Androscoggin River in Maine. Final total: $20,000. | |
| Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance (FA: Citizens' Housing and Planning Association) c/o CHAPA 18 Tremont Street, Suite 401 Boston, MA 02108 617/263-1257 Kristina Egan, Director |
$50,000 |
| For the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, a partnership of six housing, conservation, and planning organizations working to advance smart growth policy and practice through advocacy, education, research and outreach. Final total: $110,000. | |
| Mass Energy Consumers Alliance 670 Centre Street Boston, MA 02130 617/524-3950 Larry Chretien, Executive Director |
$20,000 |
| For public education activities and consulting to citizens and town officials in Massachusetts and Rhode Island around renewable energy. Grant total to date: $20,000 of $40,000 provisionally committed. | |
| New Ecology, Inc. 130 Bishop Allen Drive, 5th floor Cambridge, MA 02139 617/354-4099 William Shutkin, President |
$30,000 |
| "Green CDCs" initiative, to engage and support the commuity development corporations that have a development vision that integrates environmentally responsible development with economic development and healthy affordable housing. Final total: $64,938. | |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) P.O. Box 1057 Montpelier, VT 05601 802-223-4622 Cheryl Fischer, Executive Director |
$45,000 |
| To support NEGEF's small grant pool, to expand training and grantee services and to increase collaborative work with statewide environmental organizations. Grant total to date: $45,000 of $105,000 provisionally committed. | |
| New England Science Center Collaborative New England Science Center 46 Oak Ridge Road Bethlehem, NH 03574 603/444-0949 Mary Lou Krambeer, Project Coordinator |
$40,000 |
| Support for a collaboration among scientists, museum educators, research institutions, and conservation organizations to educate the public about climate change in New England. Final total: $145,000. | |
| New Hampshire Charitable Foundation 37 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301-4005 603/225-6641 Racheal Stuart, Vice President of Programs |
$37,500 |
| Livable New Hampshire Project, an initiative to promote smart growth in New Hampshire, focused on public policy and grassroots activity in public health, affordable housing, conservation and business sectors. Final total: $75,000. | |
| Penobscot Partners Project c/o Natural Resources Council of Maine 3 Wade Street Augusta, ME 04330-6351 207/622-3101 Laura Day, Project Director |
$25,000 |
| To restore migratory fisheries on the Penobscot River and conduct ecological, social, tribal and
economic restoration. Final total: $48,500. |
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| Portland Trails One India Street Portland, ME 04101 207/775-2411 Nan Cumming, Executive Director |
$35,000 |
| For the Greening School Grounds project, to transform school grounds in greater Portland into environmental and educational resources. Final total: $35,000. | |
| Saltwater Network c/o Cobscook Bay Resource Center 4 Favor Street Eastport, ME 04631 207/853-6607 Arthur Bull, Executive Director, Saltwater Network |
$45,000 |
| To support and strengthen community-based marine conservation and management throughout
the Gulf of Maine. Final total: $90,000. |
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| Save the Bay 434 Smith Street Providence, RI 02908-3770 401/272-3540 H. Curtis Spaulding, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| For an education, outreach and advocacy initiative to influence emerging guidelines and ensure public access for waterfront redevelopment along Narragansett Bay. Grant total to date: $40,000 of $80,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Urban Ecology Institute, Inc. 355 Higgins Hall 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3811 617/552-0928 Charles Lord, Executive Director |
$60,000 |
| Lawrence Natural Cities Program, a partnership with Arlington Communidad Trabajando and Groundwork Lawrence, to launch an urban ecosystem restoration program in Lawrence. Grant total to date: $60,000 of $120,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Vermont Smart Growth Collaborative 110 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401-8451 802/864-6310 Elizabeth Humstone, Executive Director |
$45,000 |
| To advance policy, education and community strategies to reduce sprawl and
achieve smart growth in Vermont. Final total: $45,000. |
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| The Woods Hole Research Center P.O. Box 296 Woods Hole, MA 02543 508/540-9900 Tom Stone, Senior Research Associate |
$30,000 |
| To produce an educational poster and map to highlight land use changes in southeastern Massachusetts and to forecast future land use scenarios. Grant total to date: $30,000 of $50,000 provisionally committed. | |
HEALTH |
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| BioDiversity Research Institute 19 Flaggy Meadow Road Gorham, ME 04038 207/839-7600 David Evers, Executive Director |
$50,000 |
| For dissemination, educational and outreach activities focused on the ecological, human, and animal health impacts from mercury pollution in the northeast. Final total: $50,000. | |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Landmark Center 401 Park Drive Boston, MA 02215 617/246-3744 Andrew Dreyfus, Executive Director |
$2,000 |
| Support for a Maine journalist to participate in the Health Coverage
Fellowship program that aims to improve the media's understanding of
complex health access issues. D.F. Final total: $2,000. |
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| Children's Alliance of New Hampshire 2 Greenwood Avenue Concord, NH 03301 603/225-2264 Ellen Shemitz, President |
$60,000 |
| Strengthen New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network, and empower advocates through creation and dissemination of issue briefs focused on health and education needs in the state. Final total: $60,000. | |
| Children's Friend 48 Bridge Street Salem, MA 01970-4199 978/744-7905 Stephen Schaffer, Executive Director |
$35,000 |
| Next Steps for Children's Mental Health Centers, a plan to involve
the stakeholders, families, payors, referrers and providers in the
design of a new system to make better use of resources in mental
health treatment for all children. frFinal total: $35,000. |
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| Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation P.O. Box 2490 Augusta, ME 04338-2490 207/622-7083 Joseph Ditre, Executive Director |
$5,000 |
| Analysis and technical assistance to build capacity for a cohesive response
from health access groups to address the inaccuracies of negative reports
about Dirigo Health and state medicaid by out-of-state groups and others. D.F. Final total: $5,000. |
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| Family Advocacy Program, Boston Medical Center One Boston Medical Center Place, Gambro-3 Boston, MA 02118 617/638-8978 Suzanne Lewis Ship, Senior Foundation Relations Officer |
$70,000 |
| For the New England Medical-Legal Replication Project, a planning project to build capacity for six collaborations designed to combine the skills of health providers who serve poor children in four states with those of attorneys who can help solve civil legal issues that impact child health. Final total: $70,000. | |
| Health Law Advocates, Inc. 30 Winter Street, Suite 940 Boston, MA 02108 617/338-5241 Laurie Martinelli, Executive Director |
$25,000 |
| Improve health care justice for Massachusetts health care consumers by strengthening the capacity, operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Legal Network program. Final total: $150,000. | |
| Health Law Advocates f/b/o Divorce Judgment and Health Insurance Project c/o Health Law Advocates 30 Winter Street, Suite 940 Boston, MA 02108 617/338-5241 Laurie Martinelli, Executive Director |
$55,000 |
| Technical assistance and planning grant to create a regional public
education and law reform campaign to address the health insurance
issues that many, particularly low-income women and men, face when
confronted with divorce. Final total: $55,000. |
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| Healthy Community Coalition 20 Church Street Wilton, ME 04294 207/645-3136 Leah Binder, Executive Director |
$25,000 |
| For continued support for health improvement of marginalized people by means of comprehensive, coordinated efforts by the local communities. Final total: $25,000. | |
| Grantmakers In Health 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036 202/452-8331 Lauren LeRoy, President and CEO |
$2,500 |
| Membership in a national organization and health affinity
group of the Council on Foundations. D.F. Final total: $2,500. |
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| Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project c/o Boston College Law School 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459 617/552-4382 Francine Sherman, Director, Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project |
$63,292 |
| Improve mental and physical health care access for girls in the juvenile
justice system in Massachusetts. Final total: $63,292. |
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| Lynn Health Task Force 37 Friend Street Lynn, MA 01902 781/599-7730 Ross Dolloff, Executive Director, Neighborhood Legal Services |
$45,000 |
| Build grassroots capacity to change the health care system in Lynn, and improve access to health services for poor people throughout Massachusetts. Grant total to date: $45,000 of $90,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Maine Collaborative on Health c/o Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation 39 Green Street P.O. Box 2490 Augusta, ME 04338-2490 207/622-7083 Joseph Ditre, Executive Director |
$45,000 |
| For outreach/education and advocacy collaboration to ensure comprehensive health coverage
through Maine's new Dirigo Health Plan that aims to provide health care for all Maine residents
who are currently unisured or underinsured. Final total: $90,000. |
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| MassCOSH 12 Southern Avenue Dorchester, MA 02124-2012 617/825-7233 Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Executive Director |
$30,000 |
| Grassroots organizing, advocacy, policy development and research to
achieve workplace environmental justice for immigrants and low wage workers. Final total: $60,000. |
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| Massachusetts Emergency Contraception Network c/o Pro-Choice Massachusetts Foundation 41 Winter Street, Suite 65 Boston, MA 02108-4722 617/556-8800 Melissa Kogut, Executive Director, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts |
$45,000 |
| For the Massachusetts Emergency Contraception Network, in collaboration with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, to increase access to emergency contraception in Massachusetts. Final total: $90,000. | |
| Massachusetts Public Health Association 434 Jamaicaway Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617/524-6696 Geoffrey Wilkinson, Executive Director |
$39,806 |
| For the School-based Childhood Health Campaign in greater Springfield, Worcester and Merrimack Valley, to strengthen public school nutrition and physical activity policies and programs and to advocate for a state ban on the sale of junk food in public schools. Final total: $39,806. | |
| Massachusetts Senior Action Council, Inc. 565 Warren Street Boston, MA 02121 617/442-3330 John Boesen, Executive Director |
$35,000 |
| Senior Empowerment and Organizing Project, to increase the civic involvement of seniors throughout the Commonwealth on health issues. Final total: $70,000. | |
| The Medical Foundation f/b/o Asthma Regional Council, Asthma Regional Council c/o The Medical Foundation 622 Washington Street, 2nd flr Dorchester, MA 02124 617/451-0049 Laurie Stillman, Executive Director |
$50,000 |
| To hire a project director to implement three projects focused on health-related environmental investments, asthma surveillance and healthy schools. Grant total to date: $120,000 of $160,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Metrowest Community Healthcare Coalition c/o South Middlesex Legal Services 354 Waverly Street Framingham, MA 01702 508/620-1830 Nancy King, Coalition Coordinator |
$45,000 |
| Advocate for health care delivery system and policy changes to address racial, cultural and economic disparities in health care, locally and statewide. Grant total to date: $45,000 of $90,000 provisionally committed. | |
| National Center for Healthy Housing 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 100 Columbia, MD 21044 410/992-0172 Rebecca Morley, Executive Director |
$4,000 |
| Staff discretionary grant to help leaders understand the extent of respiratory problems experienced by low income people living in homes treated under the Maine weatherization program and to explore ways to leverage weatherization efforts that encourage health improvements. Final total: $4,000. | |
| The Public Policy Institute 30 Winter Street, 10th Floor Boston, MA 02108 617/338-0954 Judy Meredith, Executive Director |
$2,000 |
| Coordinated Campaign for Immigrant Health, to administer two focus groups of teens to test assumptions about how to recruit, train and engage teens in activities designed to improve health policy affecting immigrants and their communities. Final total: $2,000. | |
| United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) 10 Kirk Street Lowell, MA 01852 978/441-9949 Gregg Croteau, Executive Director |
$35,000 |
| Create the Youth Health Care Organizing Project, to increase access to health care for immigrants and young people, through youth-led health access organizing campaigns. Grant total to date: $35,000 of $ 75,000 provisionally committed. | |
| The Urban Medical Group, Inc. 545A Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 617/522-5464 Dawn Osborne, Executive Director |
$40,000 |
| To expand the House Calls program health access model by adding capacity and financial sustainability to the program in order to enable frail elderly residents to obtain health care and maintain their independence at home. Final total: $80,000. | |
DEVELOPMENT OF PHILANTHROPY |
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| Associated Grant Makers 55 Court Street, Suite 520 Boston, MA 02108 617/426-2606 Ron Ancrum, President rancrum@agmconnect.org |
$10,500 |
| Annual membership at the Plus level to support responsible and
effective philanthropy in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. D.F. Final total: $10,500. |
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| Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation 271 Main Street, Suite 3 Great Barrington, MA 01230-1606 860/435-2483 Jennifer Dowley, President |
$36,000 |
| Challenge grant to build educational endowments in 12
public school districts in Berkshire County, which will result in local
private support for educational enrichment community by community. Grant total to date: $146,000 of $200,000 provisionally committed. |
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| Boston Education Funders Group c/o Grants Management Associates 77 Summer Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02110 617/426-7080 Mary Phillips, Administrator |
$1,500 |
| A group of corporate and foundation trustees and staff interested in the
Boston Public Schools, who meet regularly to learn more about education
issues and needs in the schools. D.F. Final total: $1,500. |
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| Catalogue for Philanthropy 53 Walpole Street Dover, MA 02030 508/785-1935 George McCully, President |
$40,000 |
| To continue the Massachusetts Catalogue without interruption during transitional period for development of national program that will provide earned income to support the project in future years. Grant total to date: $40,000 of $80,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Community Foundation of Northeast Connecticut 720 Main Street, 3rd floor Willimantic, CT 06226 860/465-8603 Karen Hoke, Executive Director |
$60,000 |
| A challenge grant to create endowment to become a major source of support for nonprofit organizations in northeastern Connecticut, building on a collaborative relationship with the Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut. Grant total to date: $60,000 of $180,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Connecticut Council for Philanthropy 221 Main Street Hartford, CT 06106 860/525-5585 Nancy Roberts, President |
$1,200 |
| Membership in professional association of grantmakers, providing programs to
promote informed and effective philanthropy. D.F. Final total: $1,200. |
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| Council on Foundations 1828 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5168 202/466-6512 Dorothy Ridings, President and CEO |
$3,120 |
| Membership to improve philanthropy at the national level. An additional
$400 was paid in 2004 as an administrative expense for total yearly dues of $3,520. D.F. Final total: $3,120. |
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| Environmental Grantmakers Association 437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor New York, NY 10022-7001 212/812-4260 Sarah Hansen, Executive Director |
$1,050 |
| Membership to support the growth and effectiveness of environmental grantmaking
nationally. An additional $50 was paid as an administrative expense for
total yearly dues of $1,100. D.F. Final total: $1,050. |
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| Maine Initiatives Inc. P.O. Box 2248 Augusta, ME 04338 207/622-6294 Deborah Felder, Executive Director |
$25,000 |
| To build a permanent endowment, using challenge grant to leverage and
preserve new philanthropic dollars and to grow the overall asset base of Maine's
institutional philanthropic community. Grant total to date: $155,000 of $180,000 provisionally committed. |
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| Maine Philanthropy Center USM Library P.O. Box 9301 Portland, ME 04104-9301 207/780-5039 Janet Henry, President |
$1,000 |
| Membership in regional association of Maine grantmakers. D.F. Final total: $1,000. |
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FAMILY |
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| Each year the Trust allocates a portion of the total grant dollars to support projects of interest to the trustees who are members of Jessie Cox's family. These grants are not subject to the Trust's guidelines, and unsolicited applications for this program are not considered. | |
| Educating Children for Parenting The Belmont Building 211 North 13th Street, Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215/496-9780 Charlotte Hummel, Vice President for Development |
$25,000 |
| To expand the Pregnant and Parenting Teen Parenting Education classes to four additional high schools in Philadelphia as part of a city-wide program. J. Hill family grant. Grant total to date: $25,000 of $75,000 provisionally committed. | |
| Forest Hills Educational Trust 95 Forest Hills Avenue Boston, MA 02130 617/524-0128 Cecily Miller, Executive Director |
$30,000 |
| For a comprehensive master planning process addressing the landscape of Forest Hills Cemetery, a 275 acre historic urban green space. H. Cox family grant. Final total: $30,000. | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Development Office 100 Charles River Plaza, Suite 600 Boston, MA 02114-2792 617/724-0474 Denis Bustin, Senior Development Officer, Associate Director of Development |
$25,000 |
| For construction of the Healing Garden in the new Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care. H. Cox family grant. Final total: $25,000. | |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 13 Nantucket, MA 02554-0013 508/228-2884 Gage Dobbins, Director of Development |
$25,000 |
| The Land Fund Reserve, to acquire critical open space and to support scientific
research, land management, and education. Heidi Cox family grant. Final total: $150,000. |
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| New England Aquarium Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110-3399 617/973-0296 Susan Dowds, Director of Foundation and Government Relations |
$50,000 |
| WOW Explorers Program, hands-on science and volunteer training for young teens (13-15), and Eco Sound Project, to promote sustainable fisheries/marine conservation through sustainable purchasing in New England and beyond. Heidi Cox family grant. Final total: $150,000. | |
| The Pennington School 112 West Delaware Avenue Pennington, NJ 08534 609/737-6103 Tim Mathiason, Director of Alumni and Development |
$20,000 |
| Campus Center Campaign, to provide state-of-the art facility for the art department and student center. Heidi Cox family grant. Final total: $20,000. | |
| Springside School 8000 Cherokee Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215/248-7449 Caroline Von Stade, Director of Major Gifts |
$25,000 |
| Capital campaign for the construction of new facilities.
Jessie Hill family grant. Total Grant: $225,000 of $225,000 provisionally committed. |
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| The Wilderness Society P.O. 10 W. Charleston, VT 05872-0010 802/895-2882 Spencer Phillips, Resource Economist |
$50,000 |
| Coordination of a planning and development project focused on value-added wood products manufacturing and nature and cultural heritage-based tourism in the Millinocket region of Maine. Jessie Hill family grant. Grant total to date: $50,000 of $150,000 provisionally committed. | |
* = environmental health
+ = environmental education
D.F. = discretionary fund