Recent Foundation Grants
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June 2010
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Casa Pacifica | Southern California |
$87,500.00 | For a transitional youth clinician to expand mental health services for emancipating residents and emancipated alumni of center in Camarillo, California. |
|
Center for Enriched |
Northern Illinois | $10,000.00 |
To improve and expand organization's healthy lifestyles services for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities in Northern Illinois. |
| Conejo Free Clinic | Southern California |
$80,000.00 over 2 years ($40,000/year) |
To expand clinic services through the addition of an Operations Manager in Ventura County, California. |
| McHenry County Cooperative Dental Clinic |
Northern Illinois | $25,000.00 | To expand the dental clinic to evening hours through the addition of a threequarter time dentist to improve access to dental treatment for the working poor in McHenry County, Illinois. |
| University of South Florida Foundation-Bridge Clinic | Largo, Florida | $16,000.00 |
To increase number of patients and expand outreach and patient health education in the Largo - Tampa, Florida area. |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind |
Ontario Canada | $65,795.00 | To expand outreach efforts to diverse communities in Mississauga and greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada by adding a Coordinator of Volunteer and Outreach Services. |
| Safe Passage/Camino Seguro |
Guatemala | $18,200.00 | To increase health education for children and parents and train local women to be health promoters in their community living around the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. |
| VZW Kinderkankerfonds |
Belgium | $70,224.00 | To increase in-home curative and palliative support for children suffering from lifethreatening and serious chronic diseases and their families in Belgium. |
Disaster Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| CARE | Haiti | $100,000.00 | To provide transitional assistance and rehabilitation through the establishment of twenty reproductive health posts for services, training, and the re-establishment of health facilities in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. |
| Project Hope | Haiti | $100,000.00 | To help disabled victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti to optimize their clinical outcomes and quality of life by establishing a comprehensive rehabilitation center. |
April 2010
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Broward Partnership for the Homeless | Fort Lauderdale Florida |
$30,000.00 | To add a dental hygienist to improve and expand dental services for the homeless in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. |
|
The Children's Dental Center of Greater Los Angeles |
Southern California | $36,000.00 |
To support salary of additional dental professionals to increase services to children in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Ravenswood Family Health Center | Northern California | $60,000.00 | For a dentist in a new safety-net dental clinic in San Mateo, CA. |
| Venice Family Clinic |
Southern California | $55,128.00 |
To expand dental services in newly renovated, larger dental clinic in Los Angeles, California. |
| University of South Florida Foundation-Bridge Clinic | Largo, Florida | $16,000.00 |
To increase number of patients and expand outreach and patient health education in the Largo - Tampa, Florida area. |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County | Canada | $40,750.00 | To add a mental health worker to provide crisis and counseling services for residents of a women's shelter in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. |
| Protegeles | Madrid, Spain | $50,000.00 | To expand eating disorders prevention and counseling services in schools, through the internet and at a center in Madrid, Spain. |
| Spinal Injuries Ireland | Western Ireland | $25,000.00 | To support a new outreach officer to extend psychological support services to people with spinal cord injuries and their families in western Ireland. |
December 2009
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Center for Independence through Conductive Education | Northern Illinois | $31,429.00 | To expand the motor therapy program for children and teens in Lake County, Illinois |
| Equestrian Connection | Northern Illinois | $60,000.00 over 2 years | To expand multi-faceted therapy program for adults with physical, developmental and mental disabilities in Lake County, Illinois. |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group-Schweitzer Fellows | Northern Illinois | $65,000.00 | For the 2010-2011 Schweitzer Fellows program providing service learning opportunities to graduate level health professions students in community-based organizations for the disadvantaged and underserved throughout Metropolitan Chicago and the Fellows for Life program for alumni fellows. |
| Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County | Southern California | $47,782.00 | To increase availability of higher level dental services (requiring IV/sedation) for children with complex medical or developmental needs in Orange County, California. |
| Howard Area Community Center | Northern Illinois | $25,000.00 | To expand dental clinic serving low-income, uninsured, underinsured and special populations in metropolitan Chicago. |
| School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County | Northern California | $28,600.00 | To further expand mental health services for low income uninsured/underinsured children in Santa Clara County, California. |
| Tri-City Health Center | Northern California | $60,486.00 | To increase outreach and expand pediatric dental services in Hayward/Alameda County, California. |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Associacion Asilo de la Vejez de Cartago | Costa Rica | $34,920.00 over 3 years | For a geriatric psychologist to increase cognitive functioning and improve participation in physical and other therapy for elderly living in a nursing facility in Cartago, Costa Rica. |
| Centro Margarita | Puerto Rico | $55,120.00 | To increase and improve speech and occupational therapy in early intervention program for young children with physical and developmental disabilities in Cidra and Aibonito, Puerto Rico. |
| Hogar Cuna San Cristobal | Puerto Rico | $27,851.00 over 2 years | To provide psychological counseling services to abused children in Puerto Rico. |
| Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children | County Mayo, Ireland | $153,649.00 over 2 years | To expand counseling services to teens and their families in County Mayo, Ireland. |
| New Life Counseling | Northern Ireland | $166,270.00 over 2 years | To expand mental health counseling services in Northern Ireland through the use of volunteer trained professional counselors. |
September 2009
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Abraham Low Self-Help Systems | Chicago, IL | $70,000.00 over 2 years | For staff to initiate veterans’ mental health support groups at the North Chicago VA facility. |
| HealthReach Inc. | Waukegan, IL | $96,000 over 2 years | To increase acute and urgent care services capacity by adding a nurse practitioner and related staff in Lake County, Illinois. |
| Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center | Glenview, IL | $65,000 | To increase and streamline access to hospice and palliative care services in Northern Illinois by adding a nurse liaison |
| Young Parents Network | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | $40,000.00 | To increase pre-natal counseling services to very young, high-risk mothers in Cedar Rapids/Linn County, Iowa. |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Arrastao Movimento de Promocao Humana | Brazil | $40,267.00 | To improve health practices and increase dental services in the Campo Limpo region of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| The Carers Association | Tullamore Co. Ireland |
$173,380.00 over 2 years | To establish family carers support and training services in County Mayo, Ireland |
| Orden Hospitalaria De San Juan De Dios | Columbia | $81,996.00 | To expand and improve maternal and child health services in Soacha, Bogota, Columbia |
July 2009
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) | Chicago, IL | $40,000.00 | To train and place community health promoters in five immigrant communities in metropolitan Chicago. |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc. | Chicago, IL | $20,000.00 | To support development of a second volunteer staffed children's health clinic and obesity intervention program by adding an on-call physician and public health nurse. |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Northern Illinois | $20,000.00 | For a part-time bilingual therapist to increase services to Spanish speaking children who have been sexually abused in Chicago, Illinois. |
| The Children's Place Association | Chicago, IL | $30,000.00 | To increase availability of 24 hour nursing care to infants, children, and youth with complex medical conditions by adding a community placement nurse in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Ohio University-Audiology Clinic | Athens, Ohio | $27,307.00 | To expand community outreach, screenings and basic hearing services in Southeast Ohio. |
| Operation Access | Hayward, California | $34,700.00 | To expand ophthalmologic services, donated surgeries, specialty care and diagnostic screenings in Hayward & Fremont area, Southern Alameda County, California. |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $85,032.00 over 2 years | For the Community Health and Mobility Partnership to improve balance and mobility, and reduce the incidence of falls and injuries, McDowell County, North Carolina. |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Fundacao Julita | Sao Paulo, Brazil | $51,742.00 | To expand and stabilize mental health services to highly disadvantaged children, youth and families in Jardim Sao Luis neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Stiftung Mutterhilfe | Zurich, Switzerland | $70,574.00 | To conduct community outreach to increase access of psychological services for expectant parents and those with very young children in Zurich, Switzerland. |
April 2009
Domestic Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center | Harvard, IL | $80,000.00 over 2 years | To increase therapeutic riding and related programs for veterans with disabilities and PTSD from Lake, McHenry and Cook counties, Illinois |
| Cambodian Association of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $53,000.00 | To expand Health Outreach Programs to provide culturally-informed health education to families and intensive support services to those identified as high-risk for disease-related complications in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties, Illinois. |
| Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $23,000.00 | To expand services to include multi-sensory programming in occupational therapy at the Autism Therapeutic School in Waukegan, Illinois. |
| Light Center Foundation Inc. | Union, IL | $34,000.00 | To expand therapeutic riding program for mentally, behaviorally and physically challenged children and youth in Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties, Illinois. |
| Sigma Theta Tau Inc. | Indianapolis, IN | $15,000.00 | For the 2009 biannual Episteme Award acknowledging a major breakthrough in nursing knowledge development resulting in a significant and recognizable benefit to the public. |
| Volunteers in Medicine of Monroe County | Bloomington, IN | $71,050.00 over 2 years | To increase services by adding a part-time nurse practitioner to staff peak walk-in clinic hours in Bloomington, Indiana. |
| Women’s Health & Counseling Center (WHCC) | Somerville, NJ | $16,386.00 | To expand services to low-income, uninsured men by opening a men’s clinic in Somerset County, New Jersey. |
| YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $24,360.00 | To provide training to health and social service professionals in Metropolitan Chicago on how to address the psychological effects of elder sexual assault |
International Grants
| Organization | Location | Amount | Purpose |
| Changing Faces | London UK | $43,076.00 | To support the expansion of outreach, professional training and psychological support services in the East and Southeast of England, near Compton and Thetford. |
| Charities Aid Foundation for the Chronic Care Foundation`-CAF | New Delhi, India | $240,000.00 over 2 years | To expand programs to prevent non-communicable chronic diseases in India. |
December 2008
Domestic Grants
|
Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Barrington Youth & Family Service | Northern Illinois | $20,800.00 | To expand bilingual adult, family youth, and grief counseling to the Hispanic population in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties. |
| Family Service of South Lake County | Northern Illinois | $100,00.00 over 2 years | To increase outreach and access to health care services for seniors in the Round Lake, IL and surrounding communities. |
| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group-Schweitzer Fellows | Northern Illinois | $65,000.00 | For the 2009-2010 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program providing service learning to graduate level health professional students in community-based organizations throughout Metropolitan Chicago, and the Fellows for Life program. |
| HRET-Foster McGaw Award | National | $210,000.00 | To support the 2009 and 2010 Foster G. McGaw award honoring outstanding commitment to community service by a health care institution. |
| Teen Living Programs | Northern Illinois | $35,000.00 | For the health and nutrition program for at-risk homeless youth in Metropolitan Chicago. |
| Thresholds | Northern Illinois | $30,000.00 | To increase outreach and usage of integrated health clinic services in Metropolitan Chicago, through the addition of a Clinical Care Coordinator. |
International Grants
|
Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Canadian Mental Health Association | Simcoe County, Canada | $80,600.00 over 2 years | For a youth outreach worker To expand education and understanding of mental health needs and promote self-identification of youth in Alliston and Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada |
| Caritas Malta-Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers | Floriana, Malta | $98,000.00 over 2 years | To increase counseling for substance abuse and mental health services, prevention of sexually transmitted infections and related professional training in Malta. |
| Casa Hogar Amor | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | $19,200.00 | To increase basic healthcare services and psychological care for homeless and abandoned children in Cuernavaca, Mexico. |
| CONTACT | Alliston, Ontario, Canada | $101,400.00 over 2 years | For a registered dietician to increase nutrition, manage health conditions, and prevent health problems for at-risk children in Alliston and Simcoe County, Canada. |
| Projeto Quixote | Sao Paulo, Brazil | $65,908.00 | To increase health and nutrition services to at-risk street children in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Sauvez Mon Enfant (Save My Child) | Brussels, Belgium | $44,540.00 | To provide psychological support to families and children in intensive care in Brussels, Belgium. |
| Stockholms Stadsmission | Stockholm, Sweden | $70,000.00 | To expand psychotherapy services to youth in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Project Hope | Millwood, VA | $175,000.00 over 2 years | To build long-term capacity in rehabilitation services for victims of the earthquake in Sichuan, China. |
September 2008
Domestic Grants
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Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| California Dental Association Foundation | Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange Counties, California | $56,338 | To train dentists from safety net dental clinics to provide care to infants and young children. |
| Chicago Urban League | Northern Illinois | $117,094 over 2 years | To expand mental health services to youth and their families participating in the African-American Male Adolescent in Chicago, Illinois |
| March of Dimes Foundation-Illinois Chapter | Northern Illinois | $60,000 | To provide direct support services and information to families who experience hospitalization of their babies in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at one of the premier Level III hospitals in Chicago. |
| Pinellas County Urban League | Pinellas County, Florida | $112,600 over 2 years | To increase screening, education, and primary health services for the African-American community in Pinellas County, Florida. |
International Grants
|
Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Casa del Peregrino Aguadilla | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | $30,000 over 2 years | To increase nursing services to provide skin and wound care to high risk individuals in Northwest Puerto Rico. |
| Centro Educativo El Carmelo | San Jose, Costa Rica | $33,600 | To increase psychological services to at risk children and their families in San Jose, Costa Rica. |
| Corporacion La Fondita de Jesus | San Juan, Puerto Rico | $64,420 | To increase mental health services to homeless individuals in Puerto Rico. |
June 2008
Domestic Grants
|
Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
|
AUPHA-Association of University Programs in Health Administration (Graham Award) |
Arlington, VA |
$267,000.00 over three years |
For the 2009-2011 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research recognizing unusually significant worldwide contributions to the improved health of the public through innovative research. |
|
Camden Eye Center (New Jersey) |
Camden, NJ |
$35,000.00 over two years |
To establish specialized services for persons with low or impaired vision in a vocational training and employment program and surrounding community in Camden, New Jersey |
|
Glendale Healthy Kids (California) |
Glendale, CA |
$25,000.00 |
For an Orthodontic Treatment Program for uninsured or underinsured low income children in Glendale, CA |
|
The Raise Foundation (California) |
Irvine, CA |
$90,192.00 over two years |
To expand services and deepen collaboration with community partner agencies to reduce child abuse and neglect on Orange County, California. |
|
Tuesday’s Child (Northern Illinois) |
Chicago, IL |
$12,000.00 |
For support of a part time bilingual clinical psychologist and Spanish translator to expand and improve early intervention and child mental health services to Spanish speaking families in Chicago and suburbs. |
International Grants
|
Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Associacao Obra do Berco (Brazil) | Sao Paulo/SP Brazil | $33,381.00 | For a specialized nurse to train staff in basic health services, hygiene and emergency care in Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
|
Best Start Health Coalition in Peel (Canada) |
Brampton, Ontario Canada |
$82,944.00 over three years |
To expand group and individual prenatal nutrition counseling to prevent low birth weight at eleven program sites in Mississauga/Peel area of Ontario, Canada |
|
Canbus no Kai (Japan) |
Miyakonojo City, Japan |
$28,000.00 over two years |
Training for staff working with people with disabilities to upgrade rehabilitation services to prepare them to live independently in the Miyazaki area of Japan. |
|
Compania de Danza Mobile Association (Spain) |
Seville, Spain |
$46,792.00 |
To expand psychomotor rehabilitation services for young children with developmental disabilities through dance and music in Spain. |
|
Fundacao Julita (Brazil) |
Sao Paulo, SP Brazil |
$57,402.00 |
To increase the availability of mental health services through a Center for Psychological Care for children, youth, and adults from the low income Jardim Sao Luis community of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| The Irish Hospice Foundation (Ireland) | Dublin, Ireland | $109,390.00 over two years | For a pilot program to train healthcare specialists in palliative care to expand access to non-cancer patients in Dublin, Ireland. |
| Puerto Rico Down Syndrome Foundation (Puerto Rico) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | $57,689.00 over two years | To bring motor oral therapy training to health professionals working with people with Down Syndrome in Puerto Rico. |
| Shanghai Angel Charity Foundation | Pudong, Shanghai, China | $86,342.00 over two years | To expand the Medical Program for Disabled Children providing a charity medical card and health services program to children in an additional school for disabled children in Shanghai, China. |
April 2008
Domestic Grants
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Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
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BJP Youth Ranch
|
Gainesville, MO |
$24,450.00 |
To expand the Therapeutic Equestrian Program with the addition of two certified therapeutic handicapped instructors in the Gainesville/Mountain Home, AR area. |
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The Bridge Youth & Family Services
|
Northern Illinois |
$25,000.00 |
To expand the early childhood mental health program for children and their families in Palatine Township, Illinois. |
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ChildServ
|
Northern Illinois |
$20,000.00 |
For the Healthy Fit program supporting the salary for a bilingual coordinator to increase health services to low-income minority populations in Northern Lake County, Illinois. |
|
Community Health |
Northern Illinois |
$65,313 over 2 years |
To expand health services to low-income, uninsured new Polish immigrants in Chicago through the addition of a bilingual Polish Patient Care Coordinator. |
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Dubnoff Center |
Los Angeles, CA |
$22,282.00 |
To support the expansion of a therapeutic visual and performing arts program for children with serious emotional disturbances and developmental disabilities in Los Angeles, California. |
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Emergency Shelter Program |
Hayward, CA |
$25,000.00 |
To expand mental health and substance abuse counseling for homeless women in Hayward, California. |
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Family Alliance |
Woodstock, Illinois |
$20,000.00 |
To expand dementia services program in McHenry County, Illinois by adding a licensed social worker. |
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Harrisonburg Rockinham Free Clinic |
Harrisonburg, VA |
$35,000.00 |
For start-up of new dental clinic in Harrisonburg-Rockingham, VA for low-income and uninsured patients. |
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Heartland Alliance |
Northern Illinois |
$120,000.00 over 2 years |
To increase mental health services by adding a clinical social worker to the Families Building Community - a permanent housing program for homeless families in Chicago, Illinois. |
|
Middle Way House |
Bloomington, IN. |
$60,000.00 over 2 years |
To expand the medical advocacy program providing training and assistance to improve the quality of care received by victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from healthcare providers in Bloomington, Indiana. |
International Grants
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Organization |
Location |
Amount |
Purpose |
|
Beat |
Norwich, Norfolk, UK |
$36,360.00 |
To increase services to migrant families addressing eating disorders in Thetford, UK. |
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Hope House |
Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland |
$120,000 over 2 years |
To improve and expand substance abuse counseling services by supporting the addition and training of a new addictions counselor in County Mayo, Ireland. |
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Medicos del Mundo |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
$31,820.00 |
To train 60 health promoters in 16 neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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YWCA of Vancouver |
Vancouver, Canada |
$28,451.00 |
To increase access to healthcare services by special needs children and their families by supporting a Senior Child Care Supervisor in Vancouver, Canada. |
