1993 Community Grants
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Abraham Fund New York, NY |
For general operating support of Ulpan Akiva Netanya's International Hebrew Studies Center, and for efforts to support Bedouin rights in Israel. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Aleph Society New York, NY |
To support a National Prevention Campaign for children and adolescents with mental disorders. (2 years) | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| American Academy of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry Washington, DC |
To support a National Prevention Campaign for children and adolescents with mental disorders. (2 years) | 50,320 | 25,000 |
| American Friends of the Tel Aviv
University New York, NY |
To support Russian participants at an academic conference in Moscow. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee New York, NY |
To establish a medical equipment loan program in the former Soviet Union. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| American Jewish World Service New York, NY |
For the Jewish Volunteer Corps' projects in developing countries and disaster relief efforts in the United States. (1992 award, $40,00012 years) | 20,000 | |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue Chicago, IL |
To provide a challenge grant for the 1994 capital fund. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Arizona Community Foundation/Maricopa
County Community AIDS Partnership Phoenix, AZ |
For the Jewish Volunteer Corps' projects in developing countries and disaster relief efforts in the United States. (1992 award, $40,00012 years) | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
For general support of Arizona State University. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Arm of the Sea Productions Malden-On-Hudson, NY |
To support Dream Bones and Lightening: Visions of a Justice Land, a performance about community, human rights, and ecology. | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston, MA |
To support summer fellowships for minority students at Tanglewood. | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Bronx Museum Bronx, NY |
To match a National Arts Stabilization Fund grant and for support of its of the Arts programs in visual arts, education, and community development. | 42,500 | 42,500 |
| Casa de Paz y Bien Foundation Scottsdale, AZ |
To support a scholar in residence at the Franciscan Renewal Center. | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Catalyst for Women New York, NY |
To assist in the search for a new director. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Centro Cultural de la Raza San Diego, CA |
For general support of its work to promote and preserve indigenous Mexican and Chicano art and culture in the border region. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Chicago Children's Museum Chicago, IL |
To support the Museum's community partnership and outreach program. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Chicago Historical Society Chicago, IL |
To support the exhibition, Becoming American Women: Clothing and the Jewish Immigrant Experience, 18901920. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Childen's Museum of San Diego San Diego, CA |
To support the Museum's move to a new downtown location. | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| Choice Point Oakland, CA |
To support the completion of Reaching Out, a television series hosted by Ram Dass. | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Chrysalis Shelter for Victims
of Domestic Violence Phoenix, AZ |
To support child therapist at the Chrysalis Shelter. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Community Involvement Center
Foundation San Francisco, CA |
For general support of the volunteer learning service center at San Francisco State University. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Concerts for the Environment Minneapolis, MN |
For general support of its efforts to use music to communicate environmental messages. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Crossroads School for Arts and
Sciences Santa Monica, CA |
For Partners for a Better Future, to introduce an arts curriculum into a public school in Venice, CA. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Earth Island Institute San Francisco, CA |
To support enforcement of the Dolphin Conservation Act. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| En Garde Arts New York, NY |
For general support of En Garde Arts, a theatre production company which provides playwrights with alternative sites for new productions. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Environmental Health Coalition San Diego, CA |
To create a local government model for pollution prevention in the city of Chula Vista. | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
To support an exhibition of the Dead Sea scrolls at the DeYoung Museum. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Friends of the Cultural Center Palm Desert, CA |
To support the Student Performances and Visiting Artists in the Schools Programs in the Coachella Valley. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Global Fund for Women Menlo Park, CA |
To support women's groups in developing countries working on human rights issues. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Golden Apple Foundation Chicago, IL |
For general support of its work to advance the recognition, renewal, and recruitment of teachers in the Chicago area. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Teton Village, WY |
For the Orchestra Seminar program, which offers young musicians an opportunity to study orchestral playing. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Group for the South Fork Bridgehampton, NY |
To support a coastal erosion monitoring project for East Hampton. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Hebrew Association of the Deaf
of Chicago Skokie, IL |
To support a new seminary program at Congregation Bene Shalom for the deaf and hearing impaired students. | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Homeward Bound Phoenix, AZ |
For general support of its efforts to assist homeless families. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Insight Meditation West Woodacre, CA |
To build a kitchen/dining hall at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Installation Gallery San Diego, CA |
To support InSITE94, the first biennial international festival of visual arts in the San Diego/Tijuana region. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Institute for the Musical Arts Bodega, CA |
For general support of its efforts to help women pursue careers in music. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness
Council Ukiah, CA |
For the InterTribal Park, to restore and preserve the northeastern part of Mendocino County. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Jewish Family Congregation South Salem, NY |
To support the Center for Jewish Life and the Jewish Parenting Center. | 26,500 | 26,500 |
| Jewish Film Festival Berkeley, CA |
To support a special program of new films from Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| John J. Hooper Youth Foundation Norwalk, CT |
To support a collaborative program between an inner city teenage residential substance abuse treatment center and a local visual arts center. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| KCRW Foundation Santa Monica, CA |
To support Which Way, L.A., a radio series confronting the issues of urban life in Southern California. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation Santa Monica, CA |
To support community organizations working for social change in the Los Angeles area. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Long Island Association for AIDS
Care Huntington, NY |
For general support of its work to provide services to people with AIDS in Nassau and Suffolk counties. | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Lynn Campbell Memorial Fund Northridge, CA |
To improve literacy and other skills of mothers and their toddlers in a small cooperative nursery school in Equador. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mama's Kitchen San Diego, CA |
To support its services for homebound AIDS patients in San Diego County. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club New York, NY |
For general support of Manhattan Theatre Club, a distinguished regional theatre company. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Marin AIDS Project San Rafael, CA |
To support client services for people with AIDS. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Marin Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program San Rafael, CA |
To support the work of CASA volunteers in giving abused and neglected children a voice in court. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Mill Valley Film Festival Mill Valley, CA |
To support the festival's outreach to senior, youth, and multicultural organizations. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Mingei International La Jolla, CA |
For general support of the Museum of World Folk Art, providing exhibitions that celebrate San Diego's cultural pluralism. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Moadon Kol Chadash Chicago, IL |
To support an arts enrichment program and marketing efforts in an alternative Hebrew School. | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, NY |
For construction of the Nathan Cummings Atrium. (1987 award, $1,800,00017 years) | 200,000 | |
| Mountain Lion Preservation Foundation Sacramento, CA |
For general support of its efforts to protect mountain lions and other wildlife. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| National Women's Law Center Washington, DC |
For support of the Public Opinion Research and Education Project, to determine the degree of public understanding and information about public funding of reproductive health care | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Nesiya Institute Cleveland, OH |
For general support of its work in providing Jewish teens with a focused summer experience in Israel, including exposure to Israeli arts and artists. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| New Israel Fund/Congregation
Kol Haneshama Washington, DC |
To support the completion of sanctuary doors. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| New School for Social Research New York, NY |
For general support of the New School. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Normal Heights Community Development
Corporation San Diego, CA |
To support the reforestation of a community in the San Diego area. | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| One With One Boston, MA |
For general support of the organization's efforts to train immigrants for employment and to place them in jobs. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Options for People Chicago, IL | To support job skills training for people on w elfare and to purchase a new tow motor for industry job training. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ |
For general support and for an exhibition examining the diversity of cultures and peoples of the Southwest. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Phoenix Symphony Association Phoenix, AZ |
To support recordings by the Phoenix Symphony in memory of Herbert Cummings. | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Princeton Center for Leadership
Training Lawrenceville, NJ |
For the Jewish Peer Group Connection, a pilot project to introduce peer counseling in religious school. (1992 award, $70,000/2 years) | 35,000 | |
| Reich Music Foundation New York, NY |
For The Cave, a music, video, and theatre work based on the cave of Abraham in Hebron. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center Chicago, IL |
To establish a ten bed patientcentered care module as a testing, demonstration, and evaluation site for oncology patients. (3 years) | 424,000 | 424,000 |
| Safe Future Education Fund Santa Monica, California |
For general support of its work to educate the public about health and environmental dangers of nuclear waste. | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| San Dieguito Boys and Girls Club Solana Beach, CA |
For general support of its Saturday morning recreation program for developmentally disabled children. | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Association San Diego, CA |
For a music education program in the San Diego City schools. (1993 award, $40,000; canceled) | ||
| San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art San Francisco, CA |
To support the museum's educational endowment fund. (1992 award, $50,000/2 years) | 25,000 | |
| Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation Scottsdale, AZ |
For the endowment of the Bone Marrow Harvesting Room. | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Sculpture Chicago Chicago, IL |
To support weekend sculpture tours of Chicago neighborhoods. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| StreetWise Chicago, IL |
To initiate a social service program for the homeless vendors of Streetwise newspaper. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Suicide Prevention & Community
Counseling Services of Marin County San Rafael, CA |
To support the Youth Suicide Prevention Peer Counseling Program. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Symphony Space New York, NY |
For general support of its diverse arts and cultural programming. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| The Chicago Fund Raising Committee
to Benefit Pediatric AIDS Glencoe, IL |
For general support to promote pediatric AIDS research, education, and public awareness of AIDS throughout the Chicago area. | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| The Marwen Foundation Chicago, IL |
To support its community outreach program which provides art education in lowincome communities in Chicago. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| The Workshop Unlimited Washington, DC |
For its work to encourage and inspire community leadership and vitality through education. | 5,500 | 5,500 |
| Threshold Foundation San Francisco, CA |
For general support of projects in the areas of peace, environment, social justice, arts, and media. | 12,734 | 12,734 |
| Tides Foundation/Forest Island
Project Berkeley, CA |
To support integrated conservation and development projects among rural peoples. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Tony Fitzjohn/George Adamson
African Wildlife Preservation Trust Los Angeles, CA |
To train local people to manage wildlife around the Mkomazi Game Reserve boundaries in Kenya. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Trisha Brown Dance Company New York, NY |
For general support of this innovative dance company. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Union of American Hebrew Congregations Washington, DC |
For a study by the Religious Action Center of the Jewish content of summer camps for children. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| United Jewish Community Centers San Rafael, CA |
To support the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center film festival. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, AZ |
To support the Herbert K. Cummings Foundation for Basic Research in Cancer. | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
To publish a handbook on the Ackland Art Museum's collection. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Waldorf lnstitute Spring Valley, NY |
For a program of summer workshops on Waldorf curriculum and methodology for public school teachers. | 2,000 | 22,000 |
| WBEZ Alliance Chicago, IL |
To support the capital campaign for WBEZ, Chicago's public radio station. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Wildlife of the American West Jackson, WY |
To support the National Wildlife Art Museum's endowment campaign. | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Zen Hospice Project San Francisco, CA |
For general support of its efforts to serve individuals dying of AIDS or cancer in San Francisco. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| TOTALS | $1,685,554 | $1,616,234 |
About the Cover
Message From the Chair
Message From the President
Information on 1993 Grants
Board of Trustees
Staff List and Notes
Arts Program Essay
1993 Arts Grants
Environment Program Essay
1993 Environment Grants
Health Program Essay
1993 Health Program Grants
Jewish Life Program Essay
1993 Jewish Life Grants
Interprogram Essay
1993 Interprogram Grants
Community and Presidential Grants Essay
1993 Community Grants
1993 Presidential Grants
1993 Research, Development & Evaluation Grants
Annual Reports List
Message From the Chair
Message From the President
Information on 1993 Grants
Board of Trustees
Staff List and Notes
Arts Program Essay
1993 Arts Grants
Environment Program Essay
1993 Environment Grants
Health Program Essay
1993 Health Program Grants
Jewish Life Program Essay
1993 Jewish Life Grants
Interprogram Essay
1993 Interprogram Grants
Community and Presidential Grants Essay
1993 Community Grants
1993 Presidential Grants
1993 Research, Development & Evaluation Grants
Annual Reports List
