Other Grants
December 2009 Grants Newsletter
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With Trust support, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council provides artists with free use of empty store fronts and office space for rehearsal, studio, and performance. Here, Deborah Lohse performs “Changing Room,” created by Anja Hitzenberger, in a store front on Nassau Street. Photo by Anja Hitzenberger.
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December 2009 Newsletter Index |
In addition to the grants featured in the articles listed in the index, the following grants were approved by The Trust's governing body in October 2009.
CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Hetrick-Martin Institute, $80,000 to expand the hours of an academic program for gay teens to help them prepare for work and college. Programs include tutoring for SATs, Regents, and the GED, workshops in creative writing and performance art, work readiness training, and paid internships.
Literacy Assistance Center, $125,000 to create a Web site for online registration for the high school equivalency exam and information about test prep classes and work readiness programs by zip code.
New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, $150,000 to strengthen and improve the childcare workforce through recruitment and retention of educators, particularly young minority women.
EDUCATION
City University of New York, $100,000 for expansion of Student Success Centers at high schools in the Bronx and Brooklyn to increase the number of poor, minority, and immigrant students who graduate and go to college.
Executive Leadership Institute, $50,000 to train assistant principals to become principals in City schools.
Hunter College of CUNY, $214,000 to train social work students to help clients with financial problems.
Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, $75,000 to help schools develop a better culture for learning, using conflict mediation, cooperative learning, anti-bullying techniques, and supporting guidance counselors.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Citizens Union Foundation of the City of New York, $30,000 for advocacy to reform State government, including restructuring the State Board of Elections, strengthening campaign finance rules, and improving the redistricting process.
New York City Workforce Development Fund, $125,000 for a funder collaborative focused on building the City’s workforce.
Pratt Area Community Council, $30,000 to prevent the loss of affordable rental housing by helping 30 buildings threatened with foreclosure or loss of subsidies.
ENVIRONMENT
American Museum of Natural History, $75,000 to help communities in the Solomon Islands Protect biodiversity.
Center for International Environmental Law, $75,000 to promote chemical safety and protect public health through reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act and other domestic and international chemical regulations.
Environment Northeast, $100,000 to advocate for federal policies that mandate effective and enforceable carbon offset measures and protect forests that absorb carbon emissions.
Green Blue Institute, $75,000 to promote non-toxic products by expanding a catalogue of safe and environmentally friendly consumer goods.
Land Trust Alliance, $75,000 to protect land from development by helping local land trusts gain accreditation.
New Partners for Community Revitalization, $50,000 for a coordinator to accelerate brownfields redevelopment and ensure that the process and results meet the needs of surrounding communities.
One Region Fund, $200,000 to advocate for the inclusion of measures in the federal transportation bill to fund regional public transportation, and for other measures to improve transportation in the tri-state region.
Pace Law School, $50,000 to ensure that funds earmarked for energy efficiency are used to develop effective programs in New York State.
UPROSE, $50,000 to advocate for an environmentally friendly port along the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Wildlife Conservation Society, $75,000 to protect wildlife habitat and migration corridors in the Greater Yellowstone region.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Historic House Trust of New York City, $52,000 to help 23 historic houses improve and coordinate their educational programs.
ARTS
Brooklyn Arts Council, $80,000 to provide visual and performing arts workshops in seven needy Brooklyn elementary and middle schools.
Center for Arts Education, $100,000 to help principals create arts programs in their schools through a fellowship program for principals and parents, and a day-long program for school leaders.
Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, $40,000 to improve arts education on Staten Island.
Dance/USA, $25,000 to refer dancers to jobs, auditions,funding opportunities, and other resources in New York City through improved online communications.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, $50,000 to provide artists and writers with temporary studios and rehearsal space in vacant commercial spaces.
New York Foundation for the Arts, $25,000 to help immigrant artists through tax and grant-writing seminars, an online newsletter, and a mentorship program.
Queens Council on the Arts, $50,000 to provide business training for Queens arts groups and artists.
The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund helps gifted young people with limited financial means who aspire to careers in the arts.The grants that follow will support artists who are beginning their careers.•
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, $60,000 for two-year fellowships for four dancers.
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American Composers Orchestra, $20,000 for one-year fellowships for two musicians.
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Center for Book Arts, $36,000 for one-year fellowships for six artists.
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Ghetto Film School, $60,000 for two-year fellowships for five filmmakers.
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Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, $60,000 for one-year fellowships for six artists.
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Manhattan School of Music, $60,000 for one-year fellowships for six musicians.
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New Dramatists, $60,000 for two-year fellowships for three playwrights.
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Smack Mellon Studios, $60,000 for one-year fellowships for six artists.
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Socrates Sculpture Park, $60,000 for one-year fellowships for six artists.
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Spanish Theatre Repertory, $60,000 for two-year fellowships for three emerging directors.
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Studio Museum in Harlem, $40,000 for one-year fellowships for four artists.
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Whitney Museum of American Art, $40,000 for one-year fellowships for four artists.
HEALTH
Comunilife, $100,000 to bring a program that supports and treats Latina girls who have attempted suicide to Brooklyn.
Community Service Society of New York, $100,000 to help the State simplify the application process for health insurance programs including Medicaid, Child Health Plus,and Family Health Plus.Helen Keller International, $65,000 to screen 12,000 poor and immigrant children for vision problems in 18 middle andhigh schools.
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, $75,000 to strengthen and expand mental health care for Hunter College students.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, $100,000 to reduce costs of palliative care and increase patient and staff satisfaction in City hospitals through a study of similar programs around the country.
New York City AIDS Fund, $50,000 for a group of funders who support AIDS programs.
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, $125,000 to help restructure the City’s public hospital system to improve its financial position.
The Public Health Research Institute at New Jersey Medical School, $95,000 to study a drug-resistant bacterium in four City hospitals.
Public Health Solutions, $100,000 to enable the City’s largest provider of reproductive health services to treat more poor girls and young women.
Special Olympics New York, $60,000 to include children ages three to seven in a non-competitive sports program for disabled youth.
United Hospital Fund of New York, $100,000 to train family caregivers and improve communication between them and health care providers.
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND PHILANTHROPY
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, $50,000 to care for and reduce the number of feral cats in New York City.
MAKING USE OF VOLUNTEERS
New York Cares, $165,000 to train 14 New York Civic Corps members to serve as volunteer coordinators to deal with record numbers of new volunteers. The group will also work with Fiscal Management Associates to match unemployed bankers and accountants with nonprofits in financial trouble.
ReServe Elder Service, $50,000 to place experienced retirees in paid positions at struggling nonprofit agencies.
Taproot Foundation, $100,000 for pro bono consultants to help 15 Civic Corps host organizations attract, manage, and retain volunteers, and create a model for other organizations.