The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1995, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1995 payments of multiyear grants awarded in a previous year. The grants reflect the program priorities in effect in 1995.

Contemplative Practive

SURVEY examining the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of individuals and groups that engage in contemplative practice, Community Dialogues, Chestnut Ridge, NY, $25,000

EXPLORATION and encouragement of contemplative practice in American life, Project on the Contemplative Mind in Society, Seva Foundation, Williamsburg, MA, $100,000

PEACEMAKING conference with the Dalai Lama using contemplative practice, Tibet House, New York, NY, $30,000

MEDITATIVE practices to help the terminally ill and their caregivers cope with death, Project on Being with Dying, Upaya Chapter of the Teip Hien Order, Santa Fe, NM, $40,000

Democratic Values

PUBLIC EDUCATION about how arts censorship affects women, Feminists for Free Expression, Alternative Media Information Center, New York, NY, $20,000

LEADERSHIP training for librarians to combat censorship, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, $52,000

CONGREGATIONS and communities working for social, economic, and political democracy, Center for New Community, Oak Park, IL, $25,000

PACIFIC NORTHWEST groups working to understand and respond to the religious right, Coalition for Human Dignity, Portland, OR, $35,000

MONITORING of attacks on arts and culture, Culturewatch, DataCenter, Oakland, CA, $35,000

"WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE," a television series on the history of the religious right in America, ETV Endowment of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC, $50,000

MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY Congress for journalists, activists, and researchers, Institute for Alternative Journalism, San Francisco, CA, $35,000

BUILDING of the capacity of progressive leaders to articulate and promote democratic values, Institute for Public Policy Advocacy, Washington, DC, $50,000

FORUM on "Jews and the Religious Right," Jewish Fund for Justice, New York, NY, $5,000

EFFORTS to counter racism, bigotry, and intolerance, Montana Human Rights Network, Helena, MT, $30,000

PROTECTION of freedom of expression against arts censor hip, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Seattle, WA, $50,000

ADVOCACY for artistic free expression within the nonprofit arts community, Artsave, People For the American Way, Washington, DC, $50,000

INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE to help activists, journalists, and academics to understand and respond to anti-democratic threats, Political Research Associates, Cambridge, MA, $40,000

FAITH communities and grassroots movements working to raise moral and spiritual issues in public discourse, Call to Renewal, Sojourners, Washington, DC, $50,000

Arts / Jewish Life

DOCUMENTARY video on the relationship between Blacks and Jews, Snitow/Kaufman Productions, Berkeley, CA, $15,000 (1995 payment)

Environment / Health

INNER-CITY efforts to protect children from lead poisoning, Akansas Institute for Social Justice, Brooklyn, NY, $75,000 (1995 payment)

ASSISTANCE to state and local environmental health organizations, Environmental Support Center, Washington, DC, $20,000 (1995 payment)

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE to struggling low-budget organizations dealing with issues of poverty, health, and environment, Management Assistance Group, Washington, DC, $25,000

TELEVISION programming to educate the public about the serious health hazards of air pollution, On-Air Productions, Boulder, CO, $20,000

Environment / Jewish Life

EMPOWERMENT of Israeli communities to respond to environmental concerns, American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Great Neck, NY, $100,000 over 2 years

ASSISTANCE to Israeli community organizations for advocacy on environmental issues, Shatil, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $70,000 over 2 years

PRESERVATION of Israel's open spaces through environmental planning and legal action, Israel Union for Environmental Defense, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $100,000 over 2 years

PARTNERSHIP between Shomrei Adamah, which focuses on Judaism and the environment, and the Surprise Lake Camp/ Jewish Retreat Center, Shomrei Adamah, Philadelphia, PA, $20,000