Grants: Year 1995

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.

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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

Commitment to Philanthropy

Council on Foundations, $34,200; Environmental Grantmakers Association, $3,000; Foundation Center, $5,000; Grantmakers in Health, $5,000; Grantmakers in the Arts, $5,000; Independent Sector, $50,000; Jewish Funders Network, $5,000; New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, $7,700; Social Venture Network, Tides Foundation, $2,500; Women & Philanthropy, $2,000 >, 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

Commitment to Philanthropy

Council on Foundations, $34,200; Environmental Grantmakers Association, $3,000; Foundation Center, $5,000; Grantmakers in Health, $5,000; Grantmakers in the Arts, $5,000; Independent Sector, $50,000; Jewish Funders Network, $5,000; New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, $7,700; Social Venture Network, Tides Foundation, $2,500; Women & Philanthropy, $2,000