2004 Grants
Last Updated: November 15, 2006
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Health and Human Services
A Greater Washington, DC
to strengthen the Field of Dreams Program for DC elementary and middle
school students, $20,000
Academy of Hope, DC
for new classroom and office furniture designed for adult learners
at a new site, $25,000
Arlington Pediatric Center, VA
to add a bilingual Early Hours Advice Nurse, $7,000
Arlington
Public Schools, VA
to cover a one-time shortfall in the salaries of bilingual teachers
in the Even
Start Family Literacy Program, $20,000
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for
the Homeless, VA
to upgrade the communications and computer-networking infrastructure,
$15,000
Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs, VA
to purchase a new or slightly used truck for its Furniture
Bank,
$30,000
Asian American LEAD, DC
to fund stipends for high school students serving as summer
teaching assistants, $6,000
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, DC
to purchase two laptop computers and necessary software for
a domestic violence project assisting the local Korean American community,
$2,000
Best Friends Foundation, DC
to expand the Best Friends and Best Men youth
development programs to a total of 1,900 students in 18 DC public schools,
$35,000
Black Leadership and Christ’s Kingdom Society
(B.L.A.C.K.S.), DC
to support a residential program for the mentally disabled, $10,000
Boarder Baby Project, dba The Little Blue House, DC
to pilot an initiative that combines a residential drug treatment
program for mothers with a residential child development program for
abused/neglected infants and toddlers (payment of a contingent pledge
made in 2002), $50,000
Bowie Crofton Pregnancy Center and Medical Clinic,
MD
towards the purchase of a 3D/4D Sonogram Machine, $20,000
Boys & Girls
Clubs of Greater Washington, MD
for a merger with the Metropolitan Police Boys & Girls Clubs
(second payment of a three-year pledge made in 2003 totaling $250,000),
$75,000
Bread for the City, DC
for general operating support of the Northwest and Southeast
Centers,
$25,000
Bringing Wellness and Healthcare to Communities, MD
to purchase a leased Wellness Van, an integral part
of the HIV Counseling,
Testing, and Referral Program in Prince George’s County,
$12,000
Capital Area Food Bank, DC
to acquire a larger food distribution and warehouse center (first
and second payments of a three-year pledge made in 2004 totaling $500,000),
$200,000
Carpenter’s Shelter, VA
for the expansion of services provided by David’s
Place,
a daytime shelter for homeless adults, $15,000
Center for Multicultural
Human Services (VPP), VA
for organizational capacity building in collaboration with Venture
Philanthropy Partners (third and final payment of a three-year pledge
made in 2002 totaling $65,000), $20,000
The Children’s Inn at NIH,
MD
to support the capital campaign to add 22 resident rooms and
new public spaces, $60,000
Community Family Life Services, DC
to support the Summer Youth Work/Achievement Program for
teens (ages 14-18), $13,875
Community Ministry of Montgomery County, MD
for laptop computers and case management software for caseworkers,
$20,000
Covenant House Washington, DC
to support the Street and Community Outreach Program,
designed to encourage homeless teens to come in off the streets, $40,000
DC
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, DC
for continuing efforts to reduce the DC teen pregnancy rate
by 50% by 2005 (second payment of a three-year pledge made in 2003 totaling
$150,000), $50,000
DC Central Kitchen, DC
to purchase a new industrial kitchen freezer, $20,000
DC Rape
Crisis Center, DC
to purchase and install specialized software designed for fundraising,
$15,000
DC Scores, DC
to upgrade the technology and equipment supporting its after-school
youth development program, $20,000
Educational Video in Spanish, dba EVS
Communications, DC
for additional equipment needed to produce Spanish-language
public education programs for Linea Directa outside of the studio,
$9,000
Fair Chance, DC
to support in-depth capacity building for seven community-based
organizations in Ward 8 serving youth and families, $25,000
Food & Friends,
DC
to help complete construction of a new facility for an organization
that prepares and delivers meals to critically-ill people at home, $50,000
Food
for Others, VA
to replace a van used to provide emergency food services, $30,000
For
Love of Children, DC
to underwrite the salaries of teens participating in the Teaching
Teens to Teach summer project, $5,125
Friends for Neighborhood Progress,
dba Frederick Community Action Agency, MD
to acquire a larger facility that will house both the food warehouse
and a food bank, $50,000
Friendship House Association, DC
to fund summer interns in the Youth Opportunity Initiative,
$8,000
The Homeless Children’s Tutorial Project,
dba Project Northstar, DC
to maintain and expand one-on-one tutoring and supportive services
for homeless and other at-risk children, $20,000
Housing Unlimited, MD
for rental housing and related services for chronically mentally-ill
adults in Montgomery County over the next two years, $70,000
Identity,
MD
to expand the parent component of an intensive after-school
program for Latino youth, $30,000
JHP, DC
to upgrade computer labs and administrative computers to better
prepare clients for jobs, $15,000
L’Arche DC, DC
to expand services to the developmentally disabled by purchasing
and renovating two homes in Arlington, VA, $50,000
Latin American Youth
Center, DC
for start-up expenses of the transitional home for homeless
girls and teen mothers, $25,000
Lutheran Social Services of the National
Capital Area, DC
to renovate its primary facility to expand treatment capacity
and be fully handicapped accessible, $50,000
Mentors of Minorities in
Education, dba M.O.M.I.E’s TLC, DC
to renovate space in an existing building to house the after-school
program for young children, $25,000
Metropolitan Center for Assault Prevention, MD
for the technology equipment, software, and training needed
to implement an updated youth violence prevention program, $25,000
Miriam’s
House, DC
for a new fundraising database system designed to increase support
from individual donors, $10,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless, MD
for a new server, hardware, software, and training needed to
more effectively serve its clients, $20,000
The National Center for Children
and Families, MD
for computer equipment and software that will be used to assist
homeless adults residing in the Greentree Shelter, $30,000
National
Center for Therapeutic Riding, MD
to purchase a tractor for general maintenance, $10,000
National
Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area, DC
to expand Project Prevention and follow-up services
to improve treatment outcomes, $15,000
New Neighbors Education Center
of Northern Virginia, VA
for development of the adult English as a Second Language
Program with
childcare, child development, and family literacy components, $20,000
Northern
Virginia Community College Educational Foundation, VA
to provide local matching funds for two years of a three-year Robert
Woods Johnson Foundation grant to expand medical training opportunities
and services for low-income residents of Northern Virginia (first payment
of a two-year pledge made in 2004 totaling $70,000), $35,000
Our
Place DC, DC
to purchase a 12-passenger van for the Our Kids program, $25,000
Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington, DC
for full implementation of new digital telephone and electronic
medical record systems at all clinics, $50,000
Reaching Inside for Self
Esteem, DC
for a 15-passenger van to transport out-of-school time participants
to tutoring sessions, dance class, sporting and cultural events, $30,000
Safe Haven Outreach Ministry, DC
to renovate four adjacent apartment buildings in Anacostia to
provide 58 units of affordable housing for individuals who have overcome
multiple disabilities, $50,000
Shaw Eco Village, DC
for high school, out-of-school, and collegiate youth working during the
summer in the Chain Reaction and EcoDesign Corps programs,
$9,000
Sign of the Times Cultural Workshop and Gallery, DC
to support student interns participating in the summer Mural and Creative
Writing Workshops, $8,000
STRIVE DC, DC
to update and expand the computing capacity and operating
efficiency of staff, $30,000
V.W. Associates,
DC
to purchase highly-discounted vans, trucks
and equipment that will be used by graduates of
the Cable Installation and Computer Training
Program,
$20,000
Vanguard Services Unlimited, VA
towards the replacement of the septic system at Deep Run
Lodge,
a residential substance abuse treatment program for adolescents, $30,000
Washington
Area Consortium on HIV Infection in Youth, dba Metro TeenAIDs, DC
for a new van used to support Outreach & Education programs
for low-income youth (ages 13-24), $25,000
Washington Hospital Center
Foundation, DC
for equipment and furnishings for a full-service office for
the Teen Alliance
for Prepared Parenting program at the Upper Cardozo Health Center,
$5,000
Washington Redskins Leadership Council, VA
as a matching grant to cover the maintenance costs for the football
fields at Cardozo and Central
High Schools over the next two years, $30,000
Wellspring Ministries,
VA
for a 7-passenger van to transport developmentally disabled
residents to medical, vocational, and recreational activities, $10,000
Woodley
House, DC
for capital improvements to residential facilities for adults suffering
from chronic and acute mental illness, $50,000
Y.O.U.R. Community Center, DC
to renovate the third floor of its facility to provide a library,
counseling space, and a lavatory for teens, $20,000
Youth Professional
Development, MD
to upgrade equipment, software, technical support, and training for a
program serving at-risk adolescent parents in Prince George’s County,
$10,000
Emergency Assistance Grants, $300,000
ACTS of Prince William County, VA
ALIVE!, VA
Allen Community Outreach Center, DC
The Arlington Community Temporary Shelter, VA
Arlington Food Assistance Center, VA
Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network, VA
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless, VA
Bethany House of Northern Virginia, VA
Bread for the City, DC
Calvary Women’s Services, DC
Capital Area Food Bank, DC
Capitol Hill Group Ministries, DC
Carpenter’s Shelter, VA
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of
Washington, DC
Central Union Mission, DC
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, dba Volunteer Assistance Co
Christ House, DC
Coalition for the Homeless, DC
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, DC
Community Crisis Services, MD
Community Family Life Services, DC
Community Ministry of Montgomery County, MD
Community Ministry of Prince George’s County, MD
DC Central Kitchen, DC
Dinner Program for Homeless Women, DC
Downtown Cluster of Congregations, DC
Fairfax Area Christian Emergency & Transitional Services, dba FACETS,
VA
Father McKenna Center, DC
Food for Others, VA
Friends for Neighborhood Progress, dba Frederick Community Action Agency,
MD
Friends of Falls Church Winter Emergency Homeless Shelter, VA
Friendship House Association, DC
Georgetown Ministry Center, DC
Gospel Rescue Ministries, DC
Hannah House, DC
Manna Food Center, MD
Martha’s Table, DC
Mary House, DC
Miriam’s House, DC
Miriam’s Kitchen, DC
Mount Carmel House, DC
My Sister’s Place, DC
N Street Village, DC
The National Center for Children and Families, MD
Neighbors’ Consejo, DC
New Hope Housing, VA
Rachael’s Women’s Center, DC
The Salvation Army, DC
Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington, DC
Shepherd’s Table, MD
So Others Might Eat, DC
Southwest Community House, DC
St. Luke’s Shelter, DC
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, DC
St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, DC
Zacchaeus Soup Kitchen, DC