1996 Presidential Grants

The grants listed here show the total amount of awards made in 1996, whether one year or multiyear, and the 1996 payments of multiyear grants awarded in an earlier year.


Subsidized housing for the homeless mentally ill, Access Development Fund, New York, NY, $10,000

Stop Crime: Give Kids a Chance campaign, Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund, Washington, DC, $15,000

Elat Chayyim, a Jewish spiritual retreat center, Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia, PA, $15,000

National Prison Project, to remedy unconstitutional conditions of confinement, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, $10,000

Outreach and support programs for troubled young men and women on the Lower East Side, Andrew Glover Youth Program, New York, NY, $5,000

Assessment of abstinence-based sex education in California schools, Applied Research Center, Oakland, CA, $15,000

Medical Confidentiality project, to protect personal medical records from the information industry, Boston AIDS Consortium, Boston, MA, $15,000

High-wire act for New Year's Eve Celebration, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, $5,000

Strengthening of free speech, privacy, and democratic values on the Internet, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC, $5,000

Legal services for the poor, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC, $10,000

Public education, leadership training, and program activities for children, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC, $15,000

Poetry in Performance, a commemorative book, City College Fund, New York, NY, $5,000

Dean's Discretionary Fund, City University of New York Law School, Flushing, NY, $25,000

Inward Bound, contemplative wilderness workshops for at-risk youth, Empty Sky Zendo, Albuquerque, NM, $15,000

Conference on Visual Art and the Environment, Esalen Institute, Mill Valley, CA, $5,000

Guide to mind/body alternative health care, Families USA Foundation, Concord, MA, $35,000

Conference on Faith and Lawyering, bringing together lawyers, legal academics, theologians, and clergy, Fordham University, New York, NY, $15,000

Good Medicine, Good Society, research for Daniel Callahan's book, The Hastings Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY, $5,000

Meditation classes and retreat programs, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA, $5,000

Television film of the Winter Solstice Celebration with Paul Winter at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, International Cultural Programming, Inc., New York, NY, $5,000

General support of the dance division, The Juilliard School, New York, NY, $5,000

Public education for the inclusion of diverse Americans in schools and the workplace, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, $20,000

Second Founding Gathering conference in February 1996, National Organizers Alliance, Washington, DC, $2,500

General support for a program of role models for young African American and Latino males and activities to increase critical thinking skills, New York City Brotherhood, New York, NY, $20,000

Jobs and Economy Roundtable, exploring the potential for a national founders' collaborative in support of locally based progressive coalitions, Northeast Citizen Action Resource Center, Cambridge, MA, $5,000

Media campaign for Alan Turning's book This Place on Earth, Northwest Environment Watch, Seattle, WA, $5,000

Organizing conference for a new Jewish Studies Department at the Central European University, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, $15,000

Scientific research and public education to protect Appalachian rivers, Pine Cabin Run Ecological Laboratory, High View, WV, $5,000

Curriculum development on meditative traditions in Medieval and Renaissance literature, Sea Foundation, MA, $7,500

Re-integration of the sacred into our individual and collective lives, Interfaith Center of New York, Temple of Understanding, New York, NY, $10,000

DR. Fund's efforts to advance the value of equality, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $10,000

General support, Vivant Theater, New York, NY, $5,000

Health care activists in residence, Windfall Institute, Berkeley, CA, $5,000

Vice Presidential Grants

General support for community-based organizations providing social welfare services to a variety of Asian populations, Asian American Federation of New York, NY, $5,000

Return Home Project, to provide support for people living with AIDS in New York City to travel home to die, Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York, NY, $5,000

Columbus Circle Forum, a symposium to discuss the redevelopment of Columbus Circle, Municipal Art Society of New York, NY, $5,000

Development of plays by playwrights of color for the Public Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, NY, $10,000 ort of the dance division, The Juilliard School, New York, NY, $5,000

Public education for the inclusion of diverse Americans in schools and the workplace, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, $20,000

Second Founding Gathering conference in February 1996, National Organizers Alliance, Washington, DC, $2,500

General support for a program of role models for young African American and Latino males and activities to increase critical thinking skills, New York City Brotherhood, New York, NY, $20,000

Jobs and Economy Roundtable, exploring the potential for a national founders' collaborative in support of locally based progressive coalitions, Northeast Citizen Action Resource Center, Cambridge, MA, $5,000

Media campaign for Alan Turning's book This Place on Earth, Northwest Environment Watch, Seattle, WA, $5,000

Organizing conference for a new Jewish Studies Department at the Central European University, Open Society Institute, New York, NY, $15,000

Scientific research and public education to protect Appalachian rivers, Pine Cabin Run Ecological Laboratory, High View, WV, $5,000

Curriculum development on meditative traditions in Medieval and Renaissance literature, Sea Foundation, MA, $7,500

Re-integration of the sacred into our individual and collective lives, Interfaith Center of New York, Temple of Understanding, New York, NY, $10,000

DR. Fund's efforts to advance the value of equality, Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $10,000

General support, Vivant Theater, New York, NY, $5,000

Health care activists in residence, Windfall Institute, Berkeley, CA, $5,000

Vice Presidential Grants

General support for community-based organizations providing social welfare services to a variety of Asian populations, Asian American Federation of New York, NY, $5,000

Return Home Project, to provide support for people living with AIDS in New York City to travel home to die, Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York, NY, $5,000

Columbus Circle Forum, a symposium to discuss the redevelopment of Columbus Circle, Municipal Art Society of New York, NY, $5,000

Development of plays by playwrights of color for the Public Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, NY, $10,000