Community Foundation Grants 

October 2007


It is our belief that community is more than geographic locale; that it is an idea that exists in the minds of people sharing common goals and concerns. Based on that belief, the Foundation's Grantmaking Programs seek to develop a shared vision of building a sense of community.

The grants listed below were made possible thanks to donors who established unrestricted and field of interest funds and donors who partnered with us through their donor advised funds.

Grants made from unrestricted funds enable the organizations to address pressing needs and enhance the quality of life for countless citizens. (unless otherwise noted, grants are funded from the Marie Graber Martens Fund or the General Unrestricted Fund of the Community Foundation)

 

Grants Approved October 2007

Arts & Culture
 

Aequalis, Inc. dba Core Ensemble
For the Core Ensemble Teen Time Harvest of Glades Voices Summer School Program. (Alfred and Elizabeth Kay Memorial Fund)
 

$10,000

Lighthouse Center for the Arts
For the Arts and Culture Education for Diversity program (ACED).  (Kathryn Fox Fund)

 

$21,000

Street Beat, Inc.
To contract with artists to expand the Professional Artists Program providing artistic training for middle and high school students in the Glades.  (General Unrestricted Fund)

 

$27,500

TOTAL Arts & Culture

$58,500

 

Economic & Community Development
 

Consumer Credit Counseling Services
For a Hispanic Financial Crisis and Housing Counseling Program.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$27,500

Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc.
For the Predatory Lending Education and Outreach Project.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$25,000

Martin County Public Guardian, Inc.
To provide guardianship services to incapacitated persons with limited funds.  (Susan R. & John W. Sullivan Fund for Martin County, General Unrestricted Fund)

 

$25,000

People Engaged in Active Community Efforts
For an affordable housing issues campaign.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$26,957

WXEL
For the production of four television specials on Alzheimer's Disease and the issue of future voters to be aired on South Florida Today(General Unrestricted Fund)
 

$25,000

TOTAL Economic & Community Development

$129,457

 

Education
 

Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group, Inc.
For the Youth Summer Empowerment Experience.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$26,625

 Renaissance Learning Center                                                                                                            
To fund a Certified Behavior Analyst to work with autistic children at the charter school.  (Early Childhood Education Fund, Herbert Weber Unrestricted Fund, Fred P. and Sophia D. Weissman Unrestricted Fund, General Unrestricted Fund)
 

 $27,500

 

TOTAL EDUCATION

$54,125

Environmental 


Florida Oceanographic Society
To fund the Education/Deputy Director position used to expand environmental education programs.  (Kathryn Fox Fund)
 

$25,000

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL

$25,000

Health & Human Services
 

211 Palm Beach and Tresure Coast, Inc.
For the Teen Awareness Project to promote knowledge and use of the 211 Helpline by young people.  (Mary Jane Grant Fund, General Unrestricted Fund)

 

$27,500

Alzheimer's Community Care, Inc. of PB/Martin Counties
For Phase Two of the Prescription Drug Program for the Elderly.  (Sheldon B. Ackerman Fund, Alfred and Elizabeth Kay Memorial Fund, Betty S. Price Fund)

 

$20,000

The ARC of Martin County
For an employment consultant to help persons with disabilities to secure and retain employment.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$25,000

Area Agency on Aging of PB/Treasure Coast
For the Hispanic outreach portion of the Volunteers Strengthening Communities program.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$27,500

Coalition for Independent Living Options
For second-year support of project DINE (Disability Inclusion & Nutritional Education), which delivers meals to adults with disabilities in Martin County.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$27,498

Gratitude House
For the Mothers and Infants in Treatment Together Program.  (Daniel J. Mahoney, Jr. Unrestricted Fund, Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$20,000

Gulfstream Goodwill Industries Foundation, Inc.
For the Offender Reentry Training Program.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$24,409

The Haven
For a life-skills program for teens in long-term residential foster care.  (Robert A. Butler Estate and Dr. Richard H. Butler Fund, Ilse Klassen Fund, Marie Graber Martens Fund, Joyce Lanier Milner Fund, Fred P. and Sophia D. Weissman Unrestricted Fund)

 

$27,500

Horses and the Handicapped of South Florida
For the expansion of the Therapeutic Riding Program.  (Perry-Belle and Phillip D. O'Connell Pioneer Fund, General Unrestricted Fund)

$23,430

 

The Lord's Place, Inc.
For the Homeless Engagement Center.  (General Unrestricted Fund)

 

 

$27,500

St. George's Episcopal Church
For the position of Kitchen Coordinator.  (General Unrestricted Fund)
 

$13,617

TOTAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

$263,954

 

Human & Race Relations
 

Toward a More Perfect Union
For the Cultural Competency Training Program  (General Unrestricted Fund)
 

$27,500

TOTAL HUMAN & RACE RELATIONS

$27,500

 

Intergenerational
 

Area Agency on Aging of PB/Treasure Coast
For the Opening Doors - Intergenerational Literacy Project (Literacy Tutoring).  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)

 

$27,500

Florida Arts & Dance Company
For the Music Together Intergenerational Program.  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)

 

$4,444

Grassy Waters Preserve, Inc.
For the Intergenerational Aquatic Connections Water Awareness Program.  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)

 

$27,500

Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
For the Flagler Museum Mentor Program.  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)

 

$11,105

Kids In Distress
For the Grandmentor project that matches children in foster care with senior mentors.  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)

 

$27,500

Renaissance Village
For the Vita Nova Work/Study Mentoring Project.  (The Hans and Mary Stratmann Intergenerational Fund)
 

$27,500

TOTAL INTERGENERATIONAL

$125,549

 
Initiatives
 

Legal Aid Society of PBC, Inc.
For the Non-Profit Legal Assistance Project/Non-Profit Disaster Recovery project.  (Marie Graber Martens Fund)

 

$27,500

Pine Jog Environmental Education Center of FAU
For the development of a green school competition for schools in Palm Beach County.  (Thomas Ladue McGinty Memorial Environmental Fund, The Environmental Fund) 

$25,935

TOTAL INITIATIVES                                                                                                             $53,435

GRAND TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED
                                                                                 $737,520

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