John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation

Grants Since 1997

2010 GRANTS

2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005  

The Anne Frank House
Permanent supportive housing for chronically mentally ill adults.
$10,000
Archbishop Carroll High School
For its financial aid program.
$45,000
Arlington Street People's Assistance Network
Street outreach and day center for the homeless and supportive housing program.
$15,000
Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs
Emergency rental assistance program.
$15,000
Art Enables
Vocational training and employment for adults with disabilities.
$10,000
Arts for the Aging
Artist-led workshops at senior centers.
$5,000
The Barker Foundation
Counseling and supportive services for pregnant women and girls.
$15,000
Beacon House Community Ministry
Out-of-school-time programs for at-risk children and youth.
$10,000
Bethany House of Northern Virginia
Emergency and transitional housing for abused, homeless women and their children.
$10,000
Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys
Start-up support for Pre-K through 8th grade school for disadvantaged boys.
$25,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Washington Support of the FBR Branch at THEARC.
$75,000
Bucknell University
General support.
$10,000
Building Bridges Across the River
Operating support for THEARC's theater.
$75,000
Byte Back
Free computer training, job training and placement.
$10,000
Capital Area Food Bank
To purchase food for area-wide distribution.
$20,000
Catalogue for Philanthropy
To promote individual giving to small DC area non-profits.
$5,000
Charity Global Inc.
Building wells in Africa.
$20,000
Christian Communities Group Homes
Permanent supportive housing for low- income seniors.
$10,000
Columbia Road Health Services
Comprehensive medical clinic for the poor.
$15,000
Community Lodgings
Supportive transitional housing and its Family Learning Center.
$10,000
Dance Institute of Washington
Free/low cost dance instruction combined with life skills and literacy training.
$10,000
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
Start-up funding for work/study school.
$25,000
Doorways
Safe house shelter, family home and supportive housing for women and families in severe crisis.
$20,000
Downtown Cluster's Geriatric Day Care
Comprehensive care for low income seniors.
$25,000
The Ellington Fund
College prep/arts high school.
$15,000
Emerging Scholars Program
Academic training for disadvantaged 4th graders to prepare them for admission to independent schools.
$15,000
Everybody Wins!
Lunch time reading program pairs volunteers with underserved students.
$10,000
Fair Chance
Capacity building training for agencies serving at-risk children.
$10,000
Faith in the Family International
Faith-based programs that work to build or rebuild strong families.
$25,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
National Capital Region Office "Huddles" in DC high schools.
$30,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
International Project Seed.
$15,000
First Time Computers
Renovated computers provided to low income families and job training.
$10,000
The Fishing School
Out-of-school-time program for grades 3-8.
$10,000
Food & Friends
Nutritious, specialized meals delivered to seriously ill people.
$20,000
For Love of Children
Neighborhood Tutoring Program.
$20,000
The Foundation Center
Support of its DC Library.
$5,000
Freshfarm Markets
Operates nine farmers markets that accept WIC and senior's food stamps and donate fresh food to local non-profits.
$5,000
Growing Together
Tutoring for students in grades K-9.
$20,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project
Provides play spaces for homeless children living in shelters and volunteers to man them.
$5,000
Homestretch
Supportive transitional housing for families with children.
$15,000
Hope and a Home
Supportive transitional housing for families.
$15,000
Hope House
Programs for children to stay connected to their fathers who are incarcerated.
$5,000
Hospice Caring
Non-medical hospice care.
$15,000
Housing Unlimited
Tenant Empowerment Program to facilitate permanent housing for low-income adults who have mental disabilities.
$10,000
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
DC arts education initiative.
$15,000
Koinonia Foundation
Emergency financial assistance, food pantry and clothing closet.
$15,000
Liberty's Promise
Civics and citizenship program for low-income immigrant youth
$5,000
Life Pieces to Masterpieces
Out-of-school-time academic program that utilizes the arts to teach how to meet life's challenges
$10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
Adult literacy classes and tutoring.
$10,000
Maret School
Horizons at Maret summer program for inner-city elementary school students.
$10,000
Mary House
Transitional housing and supportive services for homeless and refugee families.
$25,000
Mi Casa
Develops affordable housing for very low- to-moderate income families in DC.
$10,000
National Symphony Orchestras
For the youth outreach programs.
$5,000
Neediest Kids
Provides clothes, school supplies, health care and other essentials to help keep impoverished students in school.
$10,000
New Futures
Financial aid for high school and GED graduates to attend certification or college vocational programs.
$10,000
Noyes Children's Library Foundation
One of only four children's libraries in USA.
$10,000
Our Daily Bread
Volunteers collect and deliver food to families, teach financial literacy and help run an emergency aid program.
$10,000
Posse Foundation
Prepares high potential, low-income high school juniors for acceptance at a partner university with four year merit scholarship.
$10,000
Providence Health Foundation
For its "geriatric clinic without walls" that provides primary and acute care to home bound seniors.
$15,000
Reach for College
Special curriculum developed to encourage low-income students to aspire to college.
$10,000
Round House Theatre
Intersections literacy outreach for Maryland public school students.
$10,000
Samaritan Inns
Moving homeless adults from addictions to independence.
$20,000
Sarah's Circle
Subsidized senior independent living apartments.
$10,000
St. Aloysius Church
Father McKenna Center day program for homeless men, food pantry and emergency funds.
$20,000
St. Stephen and the Incarnation
Episcopal Church Loaves & Fishes dinner program.
$10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation
Youth enrichment program and counseling activities.
$15,000
UNIQUE Learning Center
After-school and summer program.
$15,000
Washington Area New Automobile
Dealers Community Support Foundation Automotive Apprentice Training Program.
$20,000
The Washington Ballet
Programming at THEARC and city-wide outreach programs .
$40,000
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
Legal services.
$10,000
Washington Jesuit Academy
Tuition-free, intensive middle school for disadvantaged boys.
$25,000
Washington Middle School for Girls
Tuition-free, intensive school for at-risk girls in 4th through 8th grades.
$25,000
We Are Family
Volunteers helping frail, poor seniors age in place.
$5,000
A Wider Circle
Distributes donated household goods to families leaving shelters.
$5,000
Wolf Trap Foundation for the
Performing Arts Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts' classroom residencies at DC inner-city preschools.
$10,000
Young Playwrights' Theater
Arts and literacy instruction for at-risk youth.
$10,000
Youth Leadership Foundation
Academic enrichment and leadership development for disadvantaged youth.
$10,000
77 GRANTS TOTALING $1,205,000