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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 |
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