Grants Approved 2009

Architecture for Humanity $25,000
www.architectureforhumanity.org
San Francisco, CA

General support of organization that works to bring design solutions to communities in need.
Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment $500
www.toursoflubecandcobscook.com
Lubec, ME

For a beach clean-up program.
Boys Hope Girls Hope $25,000
www.boyshopegirlshope.org
Bridgeton, MO

For college scholarship program of organization that provides education and homes to academically capable and motivated children in need.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington $63,853
www.CatholicCharitiesDC.org
Washington, DC

For support of a Development Coordinator for the Archdiocesan Legal Network.
Environmental Learning Center, Inc. $50,000
www.discoverELC.org
Vero Beach, FL

For purchase and installation of solar equipment systems and signage.
Foundation Center $10,000
www.foundationcenter.org
Cleveland, OH

Operating support of the Foundation Center - Cleveland.
Green Vale School $25,000
www.greenvaleschool.org
Old Brookville, NY

For operating support of independent elementary and middle school.
Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence $25,000
www.nonviolenceinstitute.org
Providence, RI

For support of a jobs program for youth.
Maine Island Trail Association $20,000
www.mita.org
Portland, ME

For a program using volunteers to monitor the islands of the Maine Island Trail.
MetroHealth Foundation Inc. $25,000
www.metrohealth.org
Cleveland, OH

To support MetroHealth Medical Center’s BREAST program (BRinging Education, Advocacy, and Support Together) serving uninsured and underinsured women in Cleveland.
Poets House Inc. $50,000
www.poetshouse.org
New York, NY

For construction of a new facility for national poetry library and literacy center.
Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc. $50,000
www.rifreeclinic.org
Providence, RI

For expansion of the Free Clinic's services.
Riverside Theatre, Inc. $25,000
www.riversidetheatre.com
Vero Beach, FL

For support of Riverside Children's Theatre.
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association $25,000
www.sheepscot.org
Newcastle, ME

To monitor water quality and stream habitat of the Sheepscot River.
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League $50,000
www.coastalconservationleague.org
Charleston, SC

Operating support for efforts to protect the natural resources of South Carolina’s coastal plain.
Syracuse University $50,000
www.syr.edu
Syracuse, NY

For support of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans.
Teach For America $50,000
www.teachforamerica.org
Washington, DC

For operating support of Teach for America's DC Region.
University Hospitals of Cleveland $50,000
www.uhhospitals.org
Cleveland, OH

For accreditation of Chest Pain Center at Geauga Medical Center.
Washington Jesuit Academy $35,000
www.wjacademy.org
Washington, DC

For general operating support of independent, tuition-free middle school for boys.
Western Reserve Historical Society $1,000
www.wrhs.org
Cleveland, OH

For support of the Philanthropic Archives.
Wings for Kids, Inc. $30,000
www.wingsforkids.org
Charleston, SC

For operating support of after school program developing social and emotional learning.
Total Grants 2009 $685,353

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