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2009 Grants List

Updated January 2010

 

ARTS AND CULTURE

Concord Community Music School

Concord, NH
Peggy Senter, President/CEO

Operating support in the amount of $150,000.00 payable over two years for a stabilization fund, including a challenge grant.

Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
Saint Johnsbury, VT
Charles C. Browne, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $225,000.00 payable over two years for the Community of Observers project.


Northern Stage Company
White River Junction, VT
Perry Allison, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $50,111.62 over one year for expended arts education programs for underserved communities.


Portland Ovations
Portland, ME
Aimee M. Petrin, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for Ovations Offstage.


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EDUCATION

America SCORES New England
Dorchester, MA
Caryl Lattof, Deputy Director

Project support in the amount of $150,000.00 payable over two years for middle school expansion.


Boston Children's Museum

Boston, MA
Neil Gordon, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over one year for Countdown to Kindergarten programming.


Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
Robert Clark, Chief Professional Officer

Project support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over two years for programming in public housing developments.

Cobscook Community Learning Center
Trescott, ME
Alan Furth, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for the construction of a dormitory, including a challenge grant.


Educare Central Maine
Waterville, ME
Kathryn Colfer, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $350,000.00 payable over two years for construction and staffing of the Educare Center.


EdVestors
Boston, MA
Laura Perille, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over one year for the Arts Expansion Fund.


Gifft Hill School

St. John, VI
Benjamin Biddle, Headmaster

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $225,000.00 payable over three years for operations and programming, including a challenge grant.


Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich, MA
Scott T. Swank, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $25,000.00 payable over one year for the Hidden Hollow Family Discovery Garden.

Jewish Vocational Service
Boston, MA
Jerry Rubin, President/CEO

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for Transitions to Career and College.


MATCH Charter Public High School
Boston, MA
Michael Goldstein, Founder and CEO

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over one year for the Teaching Training Program.

 

Monshire Museum of Science
Norwich, VT
David Goudy, Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for a new dinosaur exhibit and subsidized entrance fees.

 

New England College
Henniker, NH
Hilton Hallock, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Engagement

Project support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for the Community College Honors Consortium.

 

New England Literacy Resource Center
Boston, MA
Silja Kallenbach, Director

Project support in the amount of $220,000.00 payable over two years for Managing Stress to Improve Learning.

 

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
Richmond, VT
Thomas Hark, President

Project support in the amount of $120,000.00 payable over two years for the addition of a sustainable agriculture program to VermontFutures.

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ENVIRONMENT

Clean Air-Cool Planet
Portsmouth, NH
Adam Markham, CEO

Project support in the amount of $150,000.00 payable over two years for the New Hampshire Communities Project.

 

The Coalition for Buzzards Bay
New Bedford, MA
Mark Rasmussen, President

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for the Campaign for Buzzards Bay's Engage People Initiative, including a challenge grant.

 

Environmental Funders Network
Portland, ME
Ellen Pope, Chief Operating Officer, Maine Community Foundation

Project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for a pooled fund, From Vision to Action: A Commitment to Quality of Place, including a challenge grant.

 

The Jordan Institute
Concord, NH
D. Dickinson Henry, Jr., Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $175,000.00 payable over two years for promoting energy efficiency in multi-family, affordable housing in New Hampshire.

 

ReNew Building Materials & Salvage, Inc.
Brattleboro, VT
Erich Kruger, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $75,000.00 payable over one year for the expansion of its retail store.

 

Smart Growth Vermont
Burlington, VT
Noelle MacKay, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for support for direct work with communities.

 

Toxics Action Center
Boston, MA
Meredith Small, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $160,000.00 payable over two years for a partnership with Vermont Law School to provide legal and organizing support for local community groups.

 

The Trustees of Reservations
Sharon, MA
Andrew W. Kendall, President

Project support in the amount of $160,000.00 payable over two years for startup of a new reservation, Land of Providence, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

 

University of Maine Center on Aging
Bangor, ME
Lenard W. Kaye, Director

Project support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for the Encore Environmental Leadership Corps.

 

University of New England, Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center
Biddeford, ME
Keith Matassa, Marine Animal Rehabilitation Project Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for capital support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for equipment to assist with endangered sea turtle rehabilitation.

 

Wildlife Trust
New York, NY
Peter Daszak, Ph.D., President

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for monitoring Florida's endangered manatees and for conservation planning.

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HEALTH AND WELFARE

American Cancer Society, New England Division, Inc.
Framingham, MA
Chris Thomas, Senior Vice President for Leadership Giving

Operating support in the amount of $300,000.00 payable over one year for the Patient Navigator Program in northern New England.

 

Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation, Inc.
Boca Grande, FL
Mary Anne Dominao, Managing Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over two years for an electronic medical records conversion project.

 

The Boston Foundation
Boston, MA
Kate Guedj, Vice President for Philanthropic and Donor Services

Project support in the amount of $319,000.00 payable over one year for StreetSafe Boston.

 

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc.
Burlington, VT
Peggy Treanor, Community Services Director

Project support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for heating, utilities and home repair services for low income residents.

 

Children's Hospital at Dartmouth
Lebanon, NH
John F. Modlin, M.D., Co-Medical Director of CHaD

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for research projects related to brain development under the leadership of Ann-Christine Duhaime, M.D.

 

Community on Temporary Shelter
Burlington, VT
Rita Markley, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for operating support for direct shelter and prevention services.

 

Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.
Boston, MA
Robert J. Master, M.D., President/CEO

Project support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for the expansion of the Palliative Care Program.

 

Community Coalition on Homelessness Corporation
Brandeton, FL
Adell Erozer, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over two years for a new operations manager for the One Stop Resource Center.

 

COVER Home Repair Program
White River Junction, VT
Rob Schultz, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $110,000.00 payable over two years for the Educational Outreach Project.

 

Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Ira R. Byock, M.D., Director of Palliative Medicine

Project support in the amount of $245,000.00 payable over two years for the Northern New England Peer Observership Program in Palliative Care.

 

The Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA
Catherine D'Amato, President/CEO

Capital support in the amount of $245,000.00 payable over one year for the the new food bank facility.

 

Greater Boston Legal Services
Boston, MA
Jack Ward, Associate Director

Project support in the amount of $225,000.00 payable over two years for Health Care Access for People with Disabilities Project.

 

HowardCenter
Burlington, VT
Todd Centybear, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $75,000.00 payable over one year for elder mental health and mentoring programs and to implement an electronic health records system.

 

Jewish Family & Children's Service of Sarasota-Manatee, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Rose Chapman, President/CEO

Operating support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for the Building Strong Families Program.

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for the Building Strong Families Program.

 

Lund Family Center
Burlington, VT
Barbara Rachelson, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for programs and services for women, children and families.

 

Maine Migrant Health Program, Inc.
Augusta, ME
Barbara L. Ginley, MPH, Executive Director

Capital support in the amount of $75,000.00 payable over one year for a new mobile medical unit.

 

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Jamaica Plain, MA
Carter Luke, President

Project support in the amount of $50,000.00 payable over one year for the Pet Care Assistance Program.

 

Medical-Legal Partnership/Boston at Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Samantha Morton, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $200,000.00 payable over two years for expanded services and to achieve sustainability, including a challenge grant.

 

NAMI Maine
Augusta, ME
Carol Carothers, Executive Director

Project support in the amount of $90,000.00 payable over one year for a pilot project to build capacity in Maine's public schools to improve mental health services for students.

 

New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
Concord, NH
Juliana Eades, President

Trustee Discretionary grant for capital support in the amount of $250,000.00 payable over three years for the Campaign for Permanent Capital.

 

New Hampshire Food Bank
Manchester, NH
Melanie Gosselin, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for capital support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over one year for the purchase of food to distribute to local food pantries and for renovation of the new and expanded food bank facility.

 

NFI Vermont
South Burlington, VT
Chuck Myers, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $75,000.00 payable over two years for staff training and certification in Neurosequential Method of Therapeutics (NMT) treatment methods.

 

Pine Street Inn
Boston, MA
Lyndia Downie, President and Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $319,000.00 payable over one year for emergency shelter services and planning for sustainability.

 

Preble Street
Portland, ME
Mark R. Swann, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $350,000.00 payable over one year for Florence House and for capacity building for homelessness prevention services.

 

Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Richard Martin, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $100,000.00 payable over two years for homelessness prevention in Manatee and Sarasota counties.

 

United Way of Chittenden County
South Burlington, VT
Gretchen B. Morse, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for project support in the amount of $75,000.00 payable over one year for the Working Bridges Project.

 

Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
Colchester, VT
J. Churchill Hindes, Ph.D., President/CEO

Project support in the amount of $150,000.00 payable over one year for End-of-Life Care Services and planning support for future expansion of hospice care in the region.

 

Vital Communities
White River Junction, VT
Leonard K. Cadwallader, Executive Director

Trustee Discretionary grant for operating support in the amount of $25,000.00 payable over one year for expanded community health and environmental initiatives.

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MEMBERSHIPS

Associated Grant Makers
Boston, MA
Miki Akimoto, Acting President

Operating support in the amount of $8,200.00 payable over one year for membership.

 

Grantmakers in the Arts
Seattle, WA
Janet Brown, Executive Director

Operating support in the amount of $750.00 payable over one year for membership.

 

The Maine Philanthropic Center
Portland, ME
Janet Henry, President

Operating support in the amount of $3,000.00 payable over one year for membership.

 

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