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2007 Grants

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Bivona Child Advocacy Center
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Daystar
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Memorial Art Gallery - Family Days
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Nature Conservancy
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Sojourner House
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Garth Fagan Dance Guy Thorne, Instructor/Company dancer, with 8-12 yr. old class
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Memorial Art Gallery - Family Fun Days
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The Center for Youth/Teen Court
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Boys and Girls Club

October 2007: Rochester Small Grants issued $416,500 in Grants

 

Alternatives for Battered Women                                           $15,000
Rochester, NY
Support for transitional services provided to over 900 victims of domestic violence or at risk of domestic violence.

 

Bivona Child Advocacy Center                                              $10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Advocacy Center that provides multi-agency collaborative services for children suffering from sexual or physical abuse.

 

Borinquen Dance Theater

Rochester, NY                                   $5,000
Support for dance theater program for Hispanic girls and women.

 

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester

Rochester, NY                                 $10,000
Support for Alternative Reading program.

                                             

Center for Teen Empowerment

Rochester, NY                                 $10,000
Support for Youth Organizing project.

                                            
Center for Youth Services, Inc.

Rochester, NY                                 $20,000
Support for transitional living program.

 

Center for Youth Services, Inc.-Teen Court Program 

Rochester, NY                                 $15,000

Support for Teen Court Program 

                                                 
Charles Settlement House

Rochester, NY                                  $7,500
Support for after-school program.

                                                 
Children Awaiting Parents

Rochester, NY                                  $2,500
Support for adoption program.

 

Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Rochester, NY                                  $5,000
Support for “Test at Two” program.

                         
The Colleen Hendrick                     $2,500

Dance Theater, Inc.

Rochester, NY                                

Support for Teen Apprentice Program (TAP).

 

Crisis Nursery of Greater

Rochester                                      $10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for temporary housing program.

 

Daystar                                         $10,000
Pittsford, NY
Support for a day care and foster care home for medically fragile infants.

 

Eastman Dental Center,

University of Rochester                 $5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for the Smile Mobile program.

 

The EquiCenter                             $5,000
Fishers, NY
Support for therapeutic riding program for at-risk youth and
adults with disabilities.

 

The Friendly Home                                           $5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for staff training and program operations.

 

Garth Fagan Dance                                           $5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for dance school program.

 

Genesee Center for

Arts and Education                        $10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for after-school program.

 

Greater Rochester

Enterprise Foundation                     $25,000
Rochester, NY
Support to promote and foster economic development
program in our area.

 

Highland Hospital Breast Imaging Center            $15,000       

Support for diagnostic services provided to uninsured women.

 

House of Mercy                                                    $ 3,000
Rochester, NY
Support for program that provides 24-hour shelter, 7 days a
week, to Rochester’s homeless.


Legal Aid Society of Rochester                              $5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for staff and operations.

 

InterVol, Inc.                                                            $ 5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Friends Across Borders program.

 

Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center         $ 5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for My Life Counts program.

 

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, NY                              $ 2,500
Rochester, NY
Support for training volunteers to work one-on-one with adult
learners.

 

Memorial Art Gallery                                                        $10,000
Rochester, NY
Support to co-sponsor three cultural Family Days at the gallery.

 

Mental Health Association of Rochester/Monroe County  $ 7,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Call for Help program.
 
Metro Council for Teen Potential                                     $ 5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Youth Health on Camera project.

 

Moonbeam 2 Earth                                                           $ 5,000
East Rochester, NY
Support for after-school musical theater programs for
at-risk elementary school children.

 

Mt. Hope Family Center                                                   $15,000
Rochester, NY
Support for summer camp that provides at-risk children the
opportunity to benefit from a specialized program.

 

Museum of Kids Art                                                          $10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for neighborhood based after-school arts program
for middle school children.

 

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children        $ 7,000
Rochester, NY
Support for real world and internet safety program.

 

The Nature Conservancy                                                $ 15,000
Rochester, NY
Support for serving as a catalyst for watershed protection
of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes.

 

Neighborhood Housing Services                                     $ 5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for NeighborWorks program.

 

North East Area Development, Inc.                                $ 10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for literacy program.

 

Partners in Community Development                            $  2,500
Perinton, NY
Support for on-site programs at Pines of Perinton.

 

Progressive Neighborhood Federal Credit Union          $  2,000
Rochester, NY
Support for services provided to low-income families.

 

Project U.N.I.Q.U.E., Inc.                                               $  2,500
Rochester, NY
Support for arts-in- education program provided to school age
children.

 

Rochester City Ballet                                                    $  5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for inner-city youth to attend ballet performances.

 

Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network              $  7,500
Rochester, NY
Support for Homeless Family Emergency Housing program.

 

Rochester Children’s Theatre, Inc.                               $  2,500
Rochester, NY
Support for traveling performances to Elementary schools including
 inner-city and rural districts.

 

Rochester Education Foundation                                 $  2,500
Rochester, NY
Support for Give Books, Give Back program.

 

Rochester Landscape Technicians Program                $  5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for horticulture career training program.

 

Sisters of Mercy – Andrew Center                                $  5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for foster care program to children with special needs.

 

Sojourner House                                                          $  7,500
Rochester, NY
Support for Henrietta Hammond Institute for Life Skills program.

 

South West Area Neighborhood Association, Inc.        $  5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Healthy Home project.

 

Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach, Inc.                           $ 10,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Nielsen House, a residential program for
homeless men.

 

St. Martin’s Place                                                         $  2,000
Rochester, NY
Support for part-time social worker.

 

Veterans Outreach Center                                            $ 20,000
Rochester, NY
Support for case management services provided to homeless veterans.

 

Wilson Commencement Park                                      $ 20,000
Rochester, NY
Support for staff and operations.

 

Wilson Commencement Park                                       $ 2,500
Rochester, NY
Sponsorship of “Jazz for the Park” event on October 28th.

 

Women’s Foundation of Genesee Valley                    $  5,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Girl’s Initiative program.

 

WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, Inc.                     $  8,000
Rochester, NY
Support for Raising 100,000 Voices project.






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