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John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation

Grants Since 1997

1997 GRANTS

2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003

2002   2001   2000   1999   1998   1997

Alive! Inc.
For its shelter and programs to help homeless mothers and their children achieve independence.
$5,000
Arts for the Aging
For its arts workshops at senior day care centers.
5,000
AYUDA/Clinica Legal Latina
For legal and social services for immigrant women and their children who are victims of domestic violence.
10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
For its inner city clubs that provide programs and services for at-risk youth.
70,000
Bread for the City and Zacchaeus Free Clinic
For its five core programs that assist the poor.
20,000
Building Bridges Across the River
To help build the Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation Center in Anacostia.
50,000
Challenge pledge to be matched 1:1. 50,000
Capital Interfaith Hospitality Network
To help recruit churches to host homeless families while volunteers guide them to independence.
5,000
Capitol Hill Group Ministry
For its programs that help families and individuals achieve independence.
10,000
Carlos Rosario International Career Center, Inc.
For its ESL classes and training programs for adult immigrants.
10,000
Carpenter's Shelter
For its hypothermia emergency shelter that serves individuals and families during the winter months.
5,000
Center City Community Corporation
For its Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY).
5,000
College Bound
To provide mentors, tutors and college prep training for inner city youth.
5,000
Columbia Heights Youth Club
For its after school program for at- risk youth.
10,000
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place
A challenge grant pledge to help raise the first year goal of its five-year $600,000 capital campaign.
20,000
Community of Hope
For a Children's Development Center at Savannah Gardens, a transitional housing program for families.
15,000
The Company, Inc.
For its summer theater program for at-risk youth.
2,000
D.C. Central Kitchen
To help purchase an additional refrigerated truck so it can collect and redistribute more food.
20,000
DC Scores
For its after school soccer and literacy workshops at 10 inner city elementary schools.
5,000
DCWorks
For its summer and school-year college prep program.
5,000
Dinner Program for Homeless Women
To provide dinners and serve as an outreach site for homeless women.
15,000
Downtown Cluster of Congregations
To help fund its Homeless Services Unit that works with difficult to reach homeless people.
10,000
Dumbarton Concerts/Inner City- Inner Child
For its program that utilizes the arts to upgrade the quality of child care centers in DC's low income communities.
7,500
The Ellington Fund
For the expenses of its college prep and arts education curriculum not funded by the public school system.
10,000
Emmaus Services for the Aging, Inc.
For outreach and services to poor, frail, mostly home-bound seniors.
10,000
Faith in the Family/USA
For a three-day family strengthening conference.
15,000
Family Respite Center
To subsidize day care for low income Alzheimer's patients.
5,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
For additional staff for the Northern Virginia and D.C. chapters.
40,000
The Fishing School
For its after-school and summer day program for at-risk children.
5,000
Food & Friends
To help complete the capital campaign for its new kitchen that provides home meals to AIDS/HIV patients.
10,000
The Foundation Center
Unrestricted.
1,000
Friends of the Fillmore Arts Center
For the expenses of its arts and creative writing programs not funded by the public school system.
5,000
Georgetown University Medical Center
For the Pediatric Mobile Clinic that provides medical care for at-risk children in Wards 7 and 8.
20,000
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
For its capital campaign to construct a physical education complex.
50,000
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
For the Summer Day Program, urban camps in low-income D.C. neighborhoods.
15,000
Growing Together
For its after school and summer tutoring program for at-risk youngsters who are failing or falling behind in school.
10,000
Hannah House
For its transitional housing and social services programs for single women and mothers reuniting with their children.
15,000
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
For its outreach programs for D.C.'s inner city children.
5,000
Joseph's House
For Miriam's House, a permanent home for women living with AIDS and their children.
15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc.
For its job placement program that works with people who have long been unemployed or never employed.
10,000
Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area
Sponsorship of its Elementary Economic Literacy Program in Prince George's County Public School.
35,000
Martha's Table
For its food program that is integral to its programs serving children and their parents and for McKenna's Wagon.
10,000
Mary House
To help expand its housing programs to include the elderly and teen mothers.
20,000
Mentors, Inc.
To provide mentors for inner city high school youth to set goals and plan for college or careers.
10,000
Metropolitan Washington Airports Interfaith Chapels, Inc.
To help start chaplaincies at National and Dulles airports.
25,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society/National Capital Area Chapter
For its Emergency Fund to assist MS families who are facing financial emergencies.
15,000
One Ministries' Unique Learning Center
For its after school and summer programs for inner city youngsters.
10,000
Population Reference Bureau
For workshops to train local teachers on population issues that affect the community for incorporation into their curricula.
15,000
Rachael's Women's Center
For its day shelter for homeless women that provides for their daily needs combined with case management.
10,000
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
For Project Outreach, that works with faculty to identify and provide recorded books for inner city elementary and middle school dyslexic students.
10,000
Round House Theatre
Scholarships for poor, at-risk youngsters to attend the Arts Day Program at Takoma Park Elementary School.
3,000
Route One Corridor Housing
For its programs that transitions individuals and families from its emergency shelter to permanent housing.
5,000
Sarah's Circle
To help replace the heating system in its apartment building for low- income seniors.
11,000
See Forever
To help start an academic and employment training program for juvenile offenders.
10,000
Sojourners Neighborhood Center
For its Summer Freedom School.
5,000
St. Mark Presbyterian Church
For its capital campaign to enlarge its educational facilities and community meeting hall.
50,000
Treatment and Learning Centers
Scholarships for learning disabled children to attend its Thomas School.
5,000
Washington Area Community Investment Fund
For its Faith to Faith project that helps African American churches create affordable housing in their neighborhoods.
5,000
The Washington Ballet
For its Education and Community Outreach Program.
10,000
Washington Community Fellowship Church
For the Neighborhood Learning Center's Junior/Senior High Summer Program.
6,000
Washington Episcopal School
For its financial aid fund.
5,000
Wider Opportunities for Women
For its Work Skills Program to train unemployed single mothers for non- traditional jobs.
10,000
61 GRANTS TOTALING $825,500