Environment

ARTS AND CULTURE

Boston Ballet

Boston MA
Valerie Wilder, Executive Director

Project and operating support in the amount of $200,000 payable over two years for working capital and a challenge grant to support education and outreach programs.

Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Brookline MA
Simone Auster, President

Capital support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year to restore a historic gatehouse on the Emerald Necklace to create a visitor center and administrative offices.

Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle WA
Anne Focke, Executive Director

Staff discretionary grant in the amount of $5,000 payable over one year to support its national arts funder conference, being held in Boston in November 2006.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Vergennes VT
Arthur Cohn, Executive Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for the Champlain Longboats program, to work with at-risk youth on boat building, and the Lake Champlain Sloop project, to conduct underwater archaeology on shipwrecks in Lake Champlain.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Boston MA
Wendy Nicholas, Director, Northeast Office

Project support in the amount of $230,000 payable over two years for the start-up of the New Hampshire Field Services program, in collaboration with the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.

Preservation Trust of Vermont

Burlington VT
Paul Bruhn, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $200,000 payable over two years for a regranting program to support historic preservation projects in Vermont communities.

Raw Art Works, Inc.

Lynn MA
Kit Jenkins, Executive Director

Capital and operating support in the amount of $175,000 payable over two years for the acquisition and renovation of a building in downtown Lynn, and for expansion of arts programs serving at-risk youth.

St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center

Portland ME
Deirdre Nice, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $250,000 payable over two years for the planning and design phase of the rehabilitation of the former church sanctuary into a community-based arts venue.

TheatreZone

Chelsea MA
Danielle Jacques, Artistic Director

Capital support in the amount of $300,000 payable over three years to install an elevator to provide handicap access to its headquarters in downtown Chelsea.

Vermont Arts Exchange (VAE)

North Bennington, VT
Patricia Pedreira, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $125,000 payable over two years to provide participatory arts experiences for chronically ill adults and elders in Massachusetts and Vermont.

Vermont Council on Rural Development

Montpelier VT
Paul Costell, Director

Project support in the amount of $228,000 payable over two years to design and implement creative economy projects in collaboration with individual Vermont communities.

The Vermont Folklife Center

Middlebury VT
Jane Beck, Executive Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year to support a three year capacity building and financial stabilization initiative.

EDUCATION

BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life)

Dorchester MA
Earl Martin Phalen, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $350,000 payable over two years to open two new program sites to expand the six-week BELL summer academic and social enrichment program from serving 200 children to 750 children.

Bottom Line

Jamaica Plain MA
Gregory Johnson, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $100,000 payable over two years to assist in the expansion of a personalized college access and retention counseling program for at-risk urban students.

Crossroads Academy

Lyme NH
Jean Behnke, Head of School

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $900,000 payable over three years for an outright grant and a challenge grant to support the construction of the new Campus Center and the North Campus project.

Education Development Center, Inc.

Newton MA
Janet Whitla, President and Chief Executive Officer

Project support in the amount of $300,000 payable over two years for expansion of the SmART Schools initiative, enhancing arts as a core academic subject in three rural school districts in Vermont.

Florida Immigrant Coalition

Miami FL
Maria Rodriguez, Director

Project support in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year to increase college access for immigrant youth by informing students, counselors and communities about resources and advocating for potential opportunities.

Girl Scouts of Kennebec Council

South Portland ME
Joan MacDonald, Chief Executive Officer

Project support in the amount of $150,000 payable over three years for A Place For Girls, a resiliency-building program for primarily immigrant girls living in four public housing communities in Portland and Lewiston.

Girls Incorporated of Lynn

Lynn MA
Patricia Driscoll, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $150,000 payable over one year to acquire and renovate a new building to serve an increased number of at-risk girls with after school programming.

The Island School

Boca Grande FL
Peter Sieglaff, Vice President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year to construct a new school building.

Montshire Museum of Science

Norwich VT
David Goudy, Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for operating support.

Newton-Beijing Jingshan School Exchange Program

Newton Centre MA
Aaron Washburn, Chair

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for endowment funds to provide scholarship support for two low income students to participate in the Newton-Beijing Jingshan School Exchange program.

People Acting for Community Together, Inc. (PACT)

Miami FL
Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for the Education Reform Project that uses community organizing tools to improve the quality of public education in Miami-Dade County.

The Posse Foundation, Inc.

New York NY
Deborah Bial, President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for endowment funds to help meet a challenge grant and to support the "Making the Posse Promise Permanent" fund.

Women Express, Inc.

Boston MA
Jenny Amory, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $200,000 payable over two years for the Technology Initiative to train Boston teen girls to utilize interactive media and to build the long term capacity of the organization.

ENVIRONMENT

Clean Energy Group, Inc.

Montpelier VT
Mark Sinclair, Vice President

Project support in the amount of $155,000 payable over two years to work with state officials in the research, design and implemention of a clean energy funding program in Vermont.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Boothbay ME
Maureen Heffernan, Executive Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for construction of a Visitor Education Center and display gardens, and maintenance of facilities.

Conservation Law Foundation

Boston MA
Philip Warberg, President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for a regional initiative to curtail air pollution from acid rain.

Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education

Beals ME
Mary Anne Clancy, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $103,000 payable over two years for salary support for an executive director, as the Institute develops its marine research field station.

Environmental League of Massachusetts

Boston MA
James Gomes, President and CEO

Operating support in the amount of $150,000 payable over two years to support the Massachusetts Environmental Collaborative, including a challenge grant to build an individual donor base for long-term support.

Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, Inc.

Boca Grande FL
Misty Nabers, President and CEO
Executive Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for the maintenance of the Island's bike path.

Hubbard Brook Research Foundation

Hanover NH
David Sleeper, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for the Campaign for Mirror Lake, to protect shoreline property important for ecological research at the Hubbard Brook Forest.

Land Trust Alliance, Northeast Program

Saratoga Springs NY
Ezra Milchman, Director, Northeast Program

Project support in the amount of $240,000 payable over two years for the Maine Coast Protection Initiative, to implement land trust capacity building projects.

Local Motion Inc.

Burlington VT
Chapin Spencer, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $136,000 payable over two years for the Island Line Trail Initiative, to expand a multi-use trail along the Lake Champlain lakeshore and islands.

Maine Environmental Funders Network

Portland ME
Janet Henry, Co-Chair

Staff discretionary grant in the amount of $1,000 payable over one year to support a collaboration of Maine environmental funders.

Mt. Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative

York Harbor ME
Beverly Shadley, Campaign Director

Endowment support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for a stewardship endowment to support the York Land Trust, Kittery Land Trust and Great Works Land Trust to care for newly protected lands in the project area.

New Hampshire Community Loan Fund

Concord NH
Juliana Eades, President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year to help homeowners solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and promote their ability to manage future environmental concerns.

Open Space Institute Inc.

New York NY
Peter Howell, Director of Conservation Finance

Staff discretionary grant in the amount of $5,000 payable over one year to convene conservation planners, land trusts, public officials and other leaders in the Northern Forest to review conservation successes, future priorities and gaps in funding and capacity.

Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc.

Ipswich MA
Martha Lyman, Director, Community Forest Program

Project support in the amount of $165,000 payable over two years to assist rural communities in acquiring, managing and owning forest land as a community asset, in collaboration with the Northern Forest Center and the Trust for Public Land.

Shelburne Farms

Shelburne VT
Alec Webb, President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for the design phase of the renovations of the Old Dairy Barn into a Residential Learning Center.

Vermont Commons School

South Burlington VT
Robert Skiff, Head of School

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year to support ongoing organizational development.

Vermont Land Trust

Montpelier VT
Darby Bradley, President

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for operating support to complete land conservation projects, steward conservation easements, support community conservation planning and address land policy issues.

Vermont Public Interest Research and Education Fund (VPIREF)

Montpelier VT
Paul Burns, Executive Director

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for the Vermont Clean Energy Future program, to support efforts to address climate change and advance a statewide clean energy agenda.

HEALTH AND WELFARE

American Red Cross

Washington DC
Judith Gillespie, Senior Officer, Development

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for the National Disaster Relief Fund and the International Response Fund, to assist in relief efforts and to help with the impact of recent natural disasters.

Big Apple Circus, Ltd.

New York NY
Gary Dunning, Executive Director

Program support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for the Clown Care program, a collaboration of medical professionals and Big Apple Circus performers at children's hospitals in Boston and Miami.

Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation, Inc.

Boca Grande FL
Richard Nielsen, Board Chair

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $50,000 payable over one year for operating support for the Boca Grande Health Clinic.

The Carsey Institute for Families and Children

Durham NH
Cynthia Mildred Duncan, Director

Project support in the amount of $650,000 payable over three years for the Policy Leadership for a Changing Region Initiative, to strengthen nonprofits working to improve health, housing and social services for vulnerable families and communities in Northern New England.

College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont

Burlington VT
Betty Rambur, Dean and Professor of Nursing

Endowment support in the amount of $350,000 payable over two years for an endowed faculty position focused on end-of-life/palliative care to direct college-wide curriculum development, student education, research and community-based initiatives.

Direct Care Alliance

Washington DC
Patsy Harris, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $200,000 payable over two years to improve professional development, recruitment, retention and education for direct care workers working with elders and people living with chronic illness and disability.

The Humane Society of the United States

Washington DC
Steve Putnam,Vice President of Business Development & Corporate Relations

Trustee discretionary grant in the amount of $76,811.62 payable over one year for the reconstruction fund to rebuild animal shelters damaged or destroyed by seasonal hurricanes from Texas to Florida.

Senior Resource Alliance

Orlando FL
E. Douglas Beach, Chief Executive Officer

Project support in the amount of $125,000 payable over one year to develop and implement a strategy for a system of integrated health and social services for older adults living in Central Florida.

Silent Spring Institute, Inc.

Newton MA
Julia Brody, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $100,000 payable over one year for a challenge grant to build an individual donor base for long-term support, and to increase capacity for disease prevention, research, outreach and education on the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer.

United Way of Sarasota County, Inc.

Sarasota FL
Katie Knight, Vice President of Community Impact

Project support in the amount of $150,000 payable over one year for the Elder Continuum of Care for Sarasota County initiative, a collaboration to improve health and social service delivery and promote independence for older adults.

Jane's Trust

2005 Grants List

Updated December 2005