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Community Assistance Grants
Grants Review Committee Approved as of May 22, 2008
| Organization Name |
Purpose |
Commitment Amount |
| Alexandria Seaport Foundation |
To support the year-round boat building apprenticeship program for under served youth |
$25,000 |
| A Greater Washington (Fields of Dreams) |
To support the implementation of the year-round Fields of Dreams program |
$25,000 |
| American Poetry Museum |
To provide seed funding for an after school literature appreciation, and Youth Writing and Dialogue Outreach workshops |
$5,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Frederick County |
To support the after school, school-based mentoring program |
$15,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maryland |
To support the during and after school CASASTART program in Lexington Park. |
$25,000 |
| Byte Back |
To support the new year-round Office Track for youth program |
$10,000 |
| Capitol Hill Arts Workshop |
To support an after school creative writing and extracurricular arts based program |
$10,100 |
| Capitol Hill Computer Corner |
To support the after school and summer youth programs |
$25,000 |
| Dancemakers |
To support the One Step Forward after school tutorial program |
$15,000 |
| DC Creative Writing |
To support the expansion of the after school Writer's Club Program to Ballou High School |
$20,000 |
| DC Scores |
To support the after school Lliteracy in Action program |
$15,000 |
| Escuela Bolivia |
To support the after school Emerging Leaders and Saturday School programs |
$15,000 |
| Friends of the National Arboretum |
To support the after school and summer Washington Youth Garden program |
$15,000 |
| HIP Services, Inc. (Housing Intiative Partnership, Inc.) |
To support the expansion of an existing after school and summer reading literacy program |
$25,000 |
| Hope House |
To support a year-round Father-to-Child literacy program |
$20,000 |
| Horton's Kids |
General operating support for the after school tutoring and mentoring programs |
$25,000 |
| IMPACT Silver Spring |
To support the academic achievement of immigrant children and youth by expanding the after school IMPACT in the Schools Parent Training Institute |
$25,000 |
| Interages |
To support the after school Global Wizards, Grandreaders, and Intergenerational Bridges programs |
$20,000 |
| Learning, Inc. |
To support the after school Creative Minds program |
$25,000 |
| Liberty's Promise |
To support internships and after school interactive civic education programs for low-income immigrant youth |
$25,000 |
| Live It! Learn It! |
To support year-round, school-based experiential learning opportunities for the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students attending DC public schools |
$20,000 |
| Lorton Community Action Center |
To support an after school and summer homework assistance and one-on-one tutoring program |
$10,000 |
| Mentoring ToDay |
To support a year-round one-on-one mentoring program for youth transitioning from the Oak Hill Juvenile detention center |
$25,000 |
| My Sister's Circle |
To support an after school and summer mentoring and tutoring program for 5th-8th grade girls |
$25,000 |
| PEN/Faulkner Foundation |
To support in-school Writers in Schools program |
$10,000 |
| Pimlico Road Youth Program |
To support an after school and summer academic assistance and extracurricular activities program |
$25,000 |
| Professional Development and Training Center, Inc. |
To support the 2008 Summer Law Links Internship Education program |
$22,200 |
| Project Create |
To support after school arts programs for children living in emergency, transitional, and long-term affordable family housing |
$10,000 |
| ReSET (Retired Scientists, Engineers & Technicians) |
To support a school based science program for elementary students |
$10,000 |
| The Task Force on Mentoring of Montgomery County, Inc. |
To support the salary of the staff providing technical assistance to new and existing after school TFM mentoring programs |
$12,000 |
| Turning the Page |
To enhance the academic achievement of students by supporting the after school and school-based Families Learning Together program |
$25,000 |
| The Young Women's Project |
To support the Teen Women in Action program |
$15,000 |
| Washington Architectural Foundation |
To support the Architecture in the Schools program in 35 schools |
$10,000 |
Grants Review Committee Approved as of November 6, 2007
Organization Name |
Purpose |
Commitment Amount |
Bailey’s Elementary School PTA |
To support an after school arts and science based program. |
$10,000 |
Boys and Girls Club of Cecil County, MD |
To support an after school and summer tutoring, mentoring, and recreation program. |
$14,700 |
Capitol Hill Group Ministry |
To support the Mission Possible after school homework assistance and tutoring program. |
$5,000 |
First Time Computers |
To support the Computers for Low Income Kids (CLIK) program. |
$10,000 |
Urban Family Development |
To support an after school tutoring, homework support and life skills program. |
$15,000 |
Visitors’ Services Center |
To support an early literacy development program for the children of incarcerated adults. |
$15,000 |
World Arts Focus |
To support Club Joes, an after school academic tutoring, homework support, youth development, and arts education program. |
$10,000 |
City at Peace, Inc. |
To support an after school violence prevention and conflict resolution program |
$25,000 |
Fishing School, Inc |
To support an after school and summer mentoring and tutoring program. |
$25,000 |
Greater Baltimore Women’s Basketball and Education Coalition |
To support an after school tutoring, recreation, and enrichment services program. |
$25,000 |
Healthy Babies Project |
To support the Teen Parent Empowerment Program (T-PEP). |
$25,000 |
Ingenuity Project, Inc. |
To support the after school Learning Club that provides academic tutoring in science, mathematics, and study skills. |
$25,000 |
KidPower DC |
To support the Citizenship Project, a literacy development and civic engagement program. |
$16,000 |
Little Lights Urban Ministries |
To support the Reading and Math Heroes and Homework Club programs. |
$20,000 |
People Animals Love (PAL) |
To support the PAL Club and PAL Summer Camp science/environmental and literacy development programs. |
$20,000 |
Washington Youth Choir
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To support an after school college preparation and music enrichment program. |
$25,000 |
Brainfood |
To support the Brainfood After School and Summer Institutes Programs. |
$25,000 |
John F. Kennedy High School |
To support the participation of low-income students in Advanced Placement and provide scholarships for low-income students to participate in Advanced Placement tests and the African American Males Aiming Toward Excellence (AMATE) Program. |
$25,000 |
Urban Ed. Inc |
To support an after school program that provides technical certification training, academic proficiency training, and Microsoft Office Specialist training. |
$25,000 |
Youth Leadership Foundation |
To support the implementation of enhanced assessment tools for the Tenley Achievement Program (TAP) and the Program for Academic and Leadership Skills (PALS). |
$20,000 |
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