1995 Community Grants

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 an earlier year.


PROGRAMS to preserve, interpret, and disseminate the cultural heritage of Latin America, Amigos del Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, $3,000

AUDIENCE development in low-income communities, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, $2,500

CHILDHOOD depression study focusing on molecular genetics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, DC, $10,000

INTERACTIVE display at the new cardiovascular education center, American Heart Association, Tempe, AZ, $10,810

LEADERSHIP development scholarships for students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, American Pardes Foundation, Avon, CT, $65,000 over 2 years

COMMUNITY work and the monitoring of Arab-Israeli relations in neighborhoods of Jerusalem, Ir Shalem, Americans for Peace Now, New York, NY, $20,000

GENERAL SUPPORT, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, IL, $20,000

JUNIOR HIGH school student conference on hatred and bigotry, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, San Diego, CA, $5,000

BIRTH parent counseling services in the Infant Adoption Program, Arizona Children's Home Foundation, Tucson, AZ, $10,000

CANCER Research Institute's work on new anti-cancer drugs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, $10,000

WORLD'S WOMEN On-Line, a global art gallery on the Internet, Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ, $5,000

PUBLIC entrepreneurs, a program providing resources and assistance to individuals seeking social change throughout the world, Ashoka, Arlington, VA, $5,000

"THE FIFTH LINE," a documentary film about Soviet Jews, Association of Soviet Jewish Emigres, Los Angeles, CA, $10,000

CAMERI theatre of Tel Aviv's three plays about contemporary Jewish issues, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, $20,000

SUMMER CAMP within the context of Jewish tradition, Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, Chicago, IL, $4,500

SOCIAL SERVICE programs, Canal Community Alliance, San Rafael, CA, $10,000

AFTERSCHOOL and summer enrichment programs, Catholic Social Service of Central and Northern Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, $20,000

VIDEO documentary "Just a Narrow Bridge," about individuals working for Middle East peace, Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, Los Angeles, CA, $5,500

TECHNOLOGICAL support for its leadership role among community-based art programs, Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA, $10,000

TAYLOR Project Parent Network, bringing museum programs to the projects, Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL, $30,000 over 2 years

CITY FRONT Performing Arts Theater, a permanent home for over 12 performing arts groups, Chicago Music and Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL, $100,000

SCHOLARSHIP fund and concerto competition, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL, $10,000

ART as a Healing Force, conferences on art, ritual, movement, and health, Commonweal, Bolinas, CA, $25,000 (1995 payment)

MODEL CLASSROOMS in Jewish education, Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, $75,000 over 3 years

REFURBISHMENT of the Nathan Cummings Chapel, Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Westmount, PQ, Canada, $25,000

LEADERSHIP training and networking, Congregations Building Community, Windsor, CO, $15,000

CONCERT for the 25th Anniversary National Earth Day, Concerts for the Environment, Minneapolis, MN, $25,000

SUPPORT for the work of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre Foundation, New York, NY, $20,000

TECHNICAL SKILLS programs, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Smithtown, NY, $2,000

PRENATAL and pregnancy peer support program for low-income African-American women, Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital Foundation, San Diego, CA, $10,000

INTERNATIONAL Marine Mammal Project to promote sustainable fishing practices and protect marine wildlife, Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, CA, $20,000

EYES of the Earth Campaign to provide cameras to environmental NGOs around the world, EarthKind USA, Washington, DC, $5,000

HEALING gardens for a residence for people with AIDS, East New York Youth Corps Housing Development Fund, Brooklyn, NY, $10,000

TRAINING project for creating authentic furniture for the African Healing Garden of Highland Hospital, 80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA, $11,500

RESTORATION of Tupper Hall, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, $25,000

OUTDOOR environmental learning lab, Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego, CA, $7,000

CONFERENCE for educators on teaching children to think critically about what they see on TV, Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Chicago, IL, $19,000

RESEARCH on modern and contemporary art, Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Boca Raton, FL, $10,000

COUNSELING services and educational programs for men and women returning to New York City from prison, Fortune Society, New York, NY, $2,000

STUDENT performances for children in the Coachella Valley, McCallum Theatre, Friends of the Cultural Center, Palm Desert, CA, $25,000 (1995 payment)

NETWORK of groups committed to women's full participation in society, Global Fund for Women, Palo Alto, CA, $10,000

STATE of the World Forum on international priorities and problems, Gorbachev Foundation USA, San Francisco, CA, $10,000

EROSION monitoring project in East Hampton, Group for the South Fork, Bridgehampton, NY, $7,500

PROGRAM to help at-risk adolescent girls become responsible, independent adults, Harbour, Inc., Park Ridge, IL, $5,000

SUPPORT for the first deaf student to attend the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf, Skokie, IL, $10,000

MEDITATION instruction for prisoners, Human Kindness Foundation, Durham, NC, $5,000

"THE WOLF AT THE DOOR," a musical comedy about critical environmental, social, and cultural issues, Human Nature, Petrolia, CA, $23,120

MEDITATION CENTER center, Insight Meditation West, Woodacre, CA, $15,000

MULTICULTURAL teaching, performing, and recording facility dedicated to women in music, Institute for the Musical Arts, Bodega, CA, $7,500

"CHOICE OF A LIFETIME," documentary film about overcoming suicidal feelings, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Sausilito, CA, $5,000

ESTABLISHMENT of a park to be operated by a consortium of ten Native SUMMER institute to teach holistic healthcare methods to nurses, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Dana Point, CA, $10,000

"FINDING Family Stories" arts project, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA, $10,000

TRANSPORTATION of "The Cave" theatre/music production to Jerusalem for the Israel Festival, Jerusalem Foundation, New York, NY $10,000

SCHOLARSHIPS to Israel for two at-risk Jewish children, Jewish Children's Bureau of Chicago, IL, $10,000

EARLY childhood Center, Jewish Family Congregation of South Salem, NY, $15,000

"TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL" installation, Jewish Family Congregation of South Salem, NY, $5,000

FILMS about the contemporary Russian Jewish experience, Jewish Film Festival, Berkeley, CA, $7,500

VIDEO library exploring American Jewish heritage for the Jewish Family Congregation in South Salem, Jewish Media Fund, New York, NY, $12,500

RABBINICAL training, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Chicago, IL, $20,000

GENERAL SUPPORT, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL, $15,000

SCHOLARSHIP program for academically exceptional students, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, $15,000

SCHOOL organ donor program, Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Chicago, IL, $5,810

ENVIRONMENTAL Justice and Sustainable Economy Fund's support for efforts to eliminate toxic pollutants in neighborhoods, Liberty Hill Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, $10,000

MUSEUM about immigrant experiences, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, NY, $20,000

JUDEO-CHRISTIAN Lecture Series, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD, $5,000

MODERN dance company, Lubovitch Dance Foundation, New York, NY, $7,500

MEALS home-delivered to people living with HIV/AIDS, Mama's Kitchen, San Diego, CA, $20,000

GENERAL SUPPORT, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY, $19,000

PLAY development program, to assist more writers in writing for the stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY, $22,000

PUBLIC RADIO station kbaq, to expand its broadcast range, Maricopa County Community College District Foundation, Mesa, AZ, $5,000

AIDS education and prevention services, Marin AIDS Project, San Rafael, CA, $5,000

EARTH DAY Bus Project, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL, $15,000

FOLK ART exhibitions in urban settings, Mingei Inter-national Museum of World Folk Art, San Diego, CA, $15,000

COMMUNITY forums, leadership training, and a multicultural conference, Mosaic-A Multicultural Foundation, Vashon, WA, $25,000 (1995 payment)

ANTI-POACHING public service announcements, Mountain Lion Preservation Foundation, Sacramento, CA, $15,000

SEARCH for a new education director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, $30,000

THE JEW IN THE LOTUS, a documentary film about the historic meeting between Jewish delegates and the Dalai Lama, Nama Rupa Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $52,620 over 2 years

RENOVATION of a new wing, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, $3,000

LEADERSHIP programs for high school and university students in Israel, Nesiya Institute, Cleveland, OH, $10,000

RIGHTS IN ISRAEL, to provide legal assistance for the Bedouin, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $5,000

MULTIMEDIA sculpture/ video installation by Shuli Nachson in Israel about her breast cancer, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $7,000

GENERAL SUPPORT, New School for Social Research, New York, NY, $18,000

SELF-ESTEEM program for girls, Off the Street Club, Chicago, IL, $2,000

JOB TRAINING for immigrants, One With One, Boston, MA, $20,000

JOB TRAINING for the unemployed, Options for People, Chicago, IL, $2,000

PROJECT coordinator for older adults with developmental disabilities, Orchard Association for the Retarded, Skokie, IL, $20,000

INTERNATIONAL "call to action" conference of Jewish college students, PEF Israel Endowment Funds, New York, NY, $2,500

MAJOR DONOR recruitment campaign, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, $15,000

CONSTRUCTION of a senior center, Pioneer Homestead Senior Services, Jackson, WY, $5,000

GESHER L'KESHER program, for training 11th and 12th graders as peer leaders for younger students, Princeton Center for Leader-ship Training, Princeton, NJ, $10,000

GOLF program for inner city kids, Pro Kids Golf Academy, San Diego, CA, $10,000

HEALTH CARE services for children with long-term illnesses and disabilities and victims of child abuse, La Rabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, Chicago, IL, $2,500

INTERNATIONAL conference on low back pain, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, $15,000

TOURING version of "The Cave," a multimedia theatre and music video production about Arab-Jewish relations, Reich Music Foundation, New York, NY, $15,000

PREVENTIVE social services for children, families, and their neighborhoods, Rheedlen Foundation, New York, NY, $30,000

PRESERVATION of the Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, $15,000

PATIENT-CENTERED care demonstration module, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, $155,000 (1995 payment)

RESPONSIBLE radioactive waste policy development, Safe Future Education Fund, Santa Monica, CA, $20,000

ROSEN METHOD training in Moscow, combining counseling skills with muscular relaxation, Salus International Health Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, $5,000

RESEARCH on gene therapy as a treatment for ovarian cancer, San Diego Regional Cancer Center, San Diego, CA, $20,000

EDUCATION director, San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association, San Diego, CA, $5,000

AFTERSCHOOL arts program for children with special needs, San Dieguito Boys and Girls Club, Solana Beach, CA, $2,000

ASSISTANCE for fundraising activities, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, $6,000

VIDEO OPERA presentation by Laurie Anderson, Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale, AZ, $10,000

TRAUMA Center Indigent Care Endowment Fund, Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ, $35,120

HEALTH education, job training, and other programs of the Herbert K. Cummings Community Center, Southwest Leadership Foundation, Phoenix, AZ, $30,000 (1995 payment)

GENERAL SUPPORT, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, WI, $49,000

CULTURAL center's innovative programming, Symphony Space, New York, NY, $30,000

PROTECTION of wildlife areas in Tanzania, Tazama! For the Survival of Nature and Humanity, Los Angeles, CA, $10,000

MUSICAL theatre performed by children, TADA! Theatre and Dance Alliance, New York, NY, $5,000

THERAPEUTIC arts programs for people facing life-threatening illnesses, Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA, $40,000 over 2 years

MULTICULTURAL education programs about the natural environment, Terwilliger Nature Education Center, San Rafael, CA, $5,000

SUPPORT for organizations working on peace, the environment, social justice, and arts and media, Threshold Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $10,620

INSTITUTE for Deep Ecology, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

CLEAN UP of the Ganges River in India, Friends of the Ganges USA, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $5,000

INTERNATIONAL TOUR, Trisha Brown Dance Company, New York, NY, $15,000

"CONVERSATIONS 1995" lecture series at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, United Jewish Community Centers, San Rafael, CA, $5,000

COUNSELING supervisor at the Malta Center for people with HIV/AIDS, United States Catholic Conference, Phoenix, AZ, $8,000

RESEARCH on the prevention of smoking among children, University of Arizona Foundation, Tucson, AZ, $15,000

PHOENIX Art Museum's major donor program, Valley of the Sun United Way, Phoenix, AZ, $10,000

WORKSHOPS for public school teachers and outreach to parents and community, Waldorf Institute of Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge, NY, $30,000

TIBET Child Nutrition and Collaborative Health Project, Western Consortium for Public Health, Berkeley, CA, $7,500

NATIONAL Museum of Wildlife Art, Wildlife of the American West, Jackson, WY, $5,000

NETWORK for nonprofit leaders, Workshop Unlimited, Santa Cruz, CA, $2,000 Rafael, CA, $5,000