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GRANTS AWARDED - JUNE 2005
ALIVE
-sustain their Child Development Center, providing affordable, quality childcare. $5,000
-American Chestnut Land Trust
-ongoing efforts to preserve and maintain environmentally sensitive land $30,000
Angels and Associates
-improve the health and wellness of DC prostitutes. $5,000
Black Student Fund
-crisis support to students and their families $5,000
Brainfood
-gen sppt for youth development org using food to build life skills $2,500
Calvary Women's Services
-gen sppt for programs for homeless women in DC $5,000
Campagna Center
-gen sppt for tutoring, daycare, afterschool pgm and volunteering $10,000
Capital Region Earth Force
-watershed studies program providing materials, training & sppt to teachers $10,000
City at Peace
-gen sppt for youth devel. pgm teaching conflict resolution thru performance. $5,000
D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence
-services to victims of domestic violence and trainings for cops, 911 ops, etc $5,000
Downtown Cluster of Congregations
-Homeless Services Unit, bilingual, multiracial team serving homeless $7,500
Earth Sangha
-on-going improvements to Wild Plant Nursury $15,000
Emmaus Services for the Aging
-gen sppt to serve the districts aging poor $5,000
Environmental Fund for Maryland
-gen sppt to increase member org. participation in workplace giving campaigns $5,000
Experience Corps
-mentoring and tutoring low-income elementary school students in DC $5,000
Fishing School
-after-school and summer enrichment pgms for at-risk youth in NE DC $5,000
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop
-reading and writing pgm for juveniles charged as adults in the DC Jail $10,000
Friends of Tyler School
-afterschool program $10,000
Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services
enable high-risk people to stabilize their housing, credit and financial literacy $10,000
Good Shepherd Ministries
-provide after-school pgms for kids grades Prek-2 fm Columbia Heights area $5,000
Inner City-Inner Child
-gen sppt to increase childrens literacy and improve early childhood education. $5,000
Lands and Waters
-provide a watershed protection program in Kimball Elem School in Anacostia $15,000
L'Arche Washington D.C.
-offer home and services to persons with devel. disabilities in Arl.Va $7,500
Live It Learn It
-inspire academic achievement of disadvantaged through educ. field trips $7,500
Multi-Media Training Institute
-summer pgm in computers and video for 40 youth fm Ward 7 & 8 $5,000
National Coalition for the Homeless
-expand and support homeless speakers bureau $5,000
National Parks Conservation Association
-engage Anacostia Community in protecting/enjoying Kenilworth Aquatic Garden $15,000
New Endeavors By Women
-gen sppt to provide comprehensive services to homeless women $5,000
Northern Virginia Family Service
-provide home-visiting services to 1st-time parents to prevent abuse & neglect $10,000
Patuxent Riverkeeper
-develop volunteer pgm to protect and restore Patuxent River and watershed. $5,000
Perry School Community Service Center, Inc.
-gen op sppt incl: youth development, econ empowerment & social services. $25,000
Potomac Riverkeeper
-protect water quality in Potomac and tributaries thru action and enforcement. $15,000
Potomac Valley Audubon Society
-gen. sppt for environmental ed pgms in Yankauer Preserve in WVa. $10,000
Project Northstar
-tutoring and mentoring program serving homeless and at-risk children in DC $10,000
Safe Haven Outreach Ministry, Inc.
-educational services to homeless adults reading below 5th grade level $10,000
Senior Services of Alexandria
-sppt Senior Taxi, providing transport to med. appts, grocery, senior centers. $5,000
STRIVE dc
-gen sppt for job training and placement and post-placement sppt for DC res. $5,000
Suited for Change
-personal and professional dev pgm incl budgetting, nutrition & etiquette $5,000
TEAM After-School Program
-afterschool pgm & camp with tutoring and arts for DC children $5,000
Tenants and Workers Support Committee
-sppt for Arlandria Community Center offering tutoring, affordable housing, etc $10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation
-youth counselling and enrichment services in transitional housing bldgs. $5,000
Turning the Page
-empower DC parents fo be more effective educators of and advocates for kids $5,000
Urban Alliance Foundation
-gen sppt for youth employment program $5,000
Washington AIDS Partnership
-strategic grantmaking and technical assistance or orgs helping people w/AIDS $10,000
Washington Interfaith Network
-grassroots organizing in Ward 7 incl development of neighborhood plans $5,000
Washington Jesuit Academy
-food and education re nutrition at school for econmically disadvant. boys. $10,000
Washington Middle School for Girls
-help expand their school to include grades 4-8 in two locations in Anacostia $10,000
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries
-gen sppt to serve the poor in Western Fairfax, VA $10,000
TOTAL $400,000
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