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Family Place, Inc.
410 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY 11216
917-972-0877
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
A Family Place, located in Brooklyn, New York, was founded in 2000. Staffed
solely by eight volunteers, it provides a wide variety of services
to families, offering the support and tools necessary to achieving
success in education, health, family life, finance, community development,
personal and professional growth, and personal safety.
Project Description:
With its Targeted Capacity Building
grant, A Family Place will develop a brochure and Web site, create a
comprehensive communications strategy, and develop a curriculum for
its supplemental education services program. Additionally, A Family
Place will work to strengthen its financial policies and controls, and
it will offer grant-writing training to its board and staff.
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The Academy for Career Development, Inc.
1349 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
585-244-1430
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Academy for Career Development (the Academy), located in Rochester,
New York, offers educational programs to children, youth, and adults
who are disabled, disadvantaged, or displaced.
Project Description:
The Academy will use CCF funds to provide
staff with professional development in several subject areas; upgrade
existing computer systems and assistive technology software; develop
curricula that accommodate diverse learning styles; and hire an external
evaluator to design and implement a program evaluation strategy.
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AGAPE Child & Family Services, Inc.
111 Racine Street
Memphis, TN 38111
901-323-3600
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
AGAPE Child & Family Services, founded in 1970, provides
the following services: family foster care, family preservation,
adoption, pregnancy and parenting services; marriage and
family counseling; and marriage and family enrichment
and educational services. AGAPE serves Arkansas, Mississippi,
and West Tennessee through two offices in Jackson and
Memphis, Tennessee.
Project Description:
AGAPE will use CCF funds to begin an
accreditation process for its child and family services through the
Council on Accreditation. It will develop and implement an organizational
communications strategy, develop a strategic revenue development plan,
train its board and staff in revenue development strategies, and purchase
donor management software.
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Alternatives, Inc. Chicago
4730 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60640
773-506-7474
Award Amount: $32,750
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Alternatives is a nonprofit agency dedicated to meeting the needs
of at-risk youth aged 7-24 through positive, youth-driven programs
within the northeastern region of Chicago. These programs focus
on leadership, education, and recreational opportunities that facilitate
personal development, enhance community well-being, and strengthen
family relationships.
Project Description:
Alternatives will use CCF dollars to
assist in developing the resources necessary to produce a solid business
plan for its Social Enterprise project. The Social Enterprise project
will have a task force comprised of 20 individuals that will work on
vital project responsibilities, such as: conducting feasibility market
research and financial feasibility studies.
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Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic
Violence
310 Monument Avenue
Dayton, OH 45402
937-461-5091
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ACADV),
located in Dayton, Ohio, was founded in 1985 and serves nonsheltered
victims of domestic violence, as well as children who witness domestic
violence.
Project Description:
The ACADV will use CCF funds to implement
its Technology Improvement Project, which will significantly improve
the agency's capability to reach and recruit individual donors and volunteers.
This infrastructure will also enable staff members to accurately collect
data and reports.
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Arts EmPOWERment Project, Inc.
180 Merrill Road
Highland Mills, NY 10930
845-534-2899
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Arts EmPOWERment Project, located in Newburgh, New York, uses
the arts of handweaving and batik to conduct violence prevention
and substance abuse prevention programs for youth. The agency also
provides intergenerational programs that connect youth with their
parents, school, and community.
Project Description:
The Arts EmPOWERment Project will use
CCF funds to purchase equipment to create an effective office environment,
increase its capacity to develop programs, recruit new members for its
board of directors, and develop effective outreach and fundraising strategies.
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Bethany for Children & Families
1830 6th Avenue
Moline, IL 61265
309-736-6649
Award Amount: $49,900
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Bethany for Children & Families is a nonsectarian, nonprofit
agency that has provided services to children and families in western
Illinois and eastern Iowa since 1899. Over the past thirty years,
Bethany has moved beyond the provision of child welfare and adoption
services to address problems and situations that impact children,
youth, and families. Bethany is both a licensed child welfare and
a child-placing agency.
Project Description:
The agency will use CCF funds to purchase
computer equipment, a human resource information system, and accounting
software. It will also conduct a brand audit, a ten-week process that
engages the board and key management in identifying the organization's
core values. After the brand audit, Bethany will evaluate its marketing
and strategic plans as to how they align with the organization's values.
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Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Park County
120 E. Park Street
Livingston, MT 59047
406-222-1930
Award Amoun: $45,618
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Big Brothers and Big Sisters (BBBS) of Park County is a one-to-one
youth mentoring organization that provides positive-outcome services
to distressed populations. Since 1978, BBBS of Park County, Montana,
has been providing mentoring programs to low income and at-risk
youth aged 5-18 in Park County. Programs include: Connections to
a Meth-Free Future; Mentoring Children in the Foster Care System;
School-based Mentoring; and Mentoring Children of Prisoners.
Project Description:
BBBS will use CCF funds for: leadership development; organizational
development; and revenue development. The organization
will also increase its capacity sufficient to both sustain
its current level of service and increase the number of
children served in the future.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County
4318 W. Crystal Lake Road
Unit B
McHenry, IL 60050
15-385-3855
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of McHenry County has been providing
mentoring services to at-risk youth in distressed areas of Kane
and McHenry counties, located in northern Illinois, for 22 years.
Project Description:
BBBS of McHenry County will use CCF
funds to establish a presence in neighboring Kane County in order to
serve a population that no longer has access to a mentoring program.
To that end, BBBS of McHenry County will start a citizens' advisory
committee; develop partnerships with local schools, businesses, and
churches; and create a fundraising strategy.
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Boys & Girls Club of Missoula County
617 S. Higgins
Missoula, MT 59801
406-542-3116
Award Amount: $30,500
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Boys and Girls Club (BGC) of Missoula County, Montana, was established
11 years ago to provide a safe haven where teens can congregate
after school, on weekends, and during the summer, at no charge.
For all youth, but especially for those at risk, the Club provides
tools and programs in a healthy, drug-free, and socially stimulating
atmosphere. The Club's goal is to build self-esteem and assist
in breaking the cycle of poverty, school failure, and youth crime.
Project Description:
BGC of Missoula County will undergo
strategic planning, develop procedures to recruit and train new board
members, recruit and train a new base of volunteers, and establish collaborative
relationships with educational and youth-serving agencies.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee
Valley
John D. Lee Administrative Building
220 Carrick Street
Suite 318
Knoxville, TN 37921
865-544-3825
Award Amount: $43,011
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Blount County
(BGCBC) is to inspire and enable all young people, especially
those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their
full potential as productive, responsible, and caring
citizens. Although BGCBC is its own entity, it is under
the umbrella organization of Boys & Girls Clubs of
the Tennessee Valley, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Project Description:
BGCBC will use CCF funds in the areas of leadership development,
organizational development, revenue development and community
engagement. The grantee will hire a college student researcher
to assist in completing a community needs assessment;
the board will recruit five new board members; four computers
will be purchased; and seven new collaborative partnerships
will be formed to assist in new program development.
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BRYDGES, Inc.
3600 Edmond Way
Bowie, MD 20716
301-928-0861
Award Amount: $25,051
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 2001, BRYDGES is a faith-based nonprofit youth-serving
organization that provides structured youth enrichment services
and social services to children, youth, and young adults in needy
communities. BRYDGES has five chapters, located in New York, Maryland,
and North Carolina.
Project Description:
BRYDGES will use CCF funds to develop capacity in leadership
development, organizational development, and revenue development
strategies. The specific needs in the three areas are:
board composition and function, board governance and fiscal
controls, and grant-writing training and donor tracking
software.
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CASA of Jackson County, Inc.
613 Market Street
Medford, OR 97504
541-734-2272
Award Amount: $46,500
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
CASA of Jackson County, Oregon, is a community-based service
that recruits, trains, and supervises a corps of volunteers
who advocate for abused and/or neglected children from
birth to 18 years of age, who are wards of the court.
Project Description:
CASA of Jackson County will support
the expansion and training of its professional staff so that it can
recruit, train, and supervise new volunteers. CASA will accomplish this
goal through an extensive outreach and marketing plan, as well as through
comprehensive IT upgrades.
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CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services,
Inc.
1300 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
352-334-3800
Award Amount: $49,554
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services (CDS) provides social
services in an 11-county area in North Central Florida. While CDS's
programs serve a wide variety of community needs, the CCF project
will be used in build capacity for its Interface Youth Program,
which provides shelter services to at-risk youth ages 10-17. The
goal of this program is to help children before they enter the juvenile
justice system.
Project Description:
CDS will use CCF funds to increase
capacity in organizational, program, and revenue development. It will
purchase training equipment to improve distance learning, implement
a comprehensive human resources system and donor management system,
and obtain training support for its accreditation process. Training
will be provided to key staff on new software and hardware to support
these activities.
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Center for Black Women's Wellness,
Inc.
477 Windsor Street, SW
Suite 309
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-688-9202
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Center for Black Women's Wellness (The Center), located
in Atlanta, Georgia, was established in 1988 under the National
Black Women's Health Project. The Center provides services to
women, youth, and families through four programs: preventive health
care and health promotion; micro-enterprise training and assistance;
health education related to pregnancy and postpartum; and adolescent
health and youth development activities.
Project Description:
The Center will implement a capacity-building program
that includes: board training and strategic planning;
hiring a communications firm to help The Center develop
a communications and marketing plan; revamping its marketing
materials and Web site; and engaging a consultant to help
create a fund development plan that includes grant management,
donor development, and corporate funding.
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The Center for Youth and Community Development,
dba Collaborating for Youth
225 West High Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
717-338-0300
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Established in 2001, The Center for Youth and Community Development
(dba Collaborating for Youth [CFY]) is a countywide collaboration
of schools, parents, youth, youth-serving organizations, businesses,
media, law enforcement, religious, civic and fraternal groups, and
county agencies that serve rural Adams County, Pennsylvania. Members
of CFY pool their resources to build healthy, safe communities and
jointly share responsibility to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies
and programs that achieve common goals.
Project Description:
With CCF funds, CFY will strengthen
its capacity by developing policies, procedures, and system supports
that meet federal requirements; developing and implementing a communications
strategy; establishing a revenue development strategic plan; and recruiting
and training new volunteers.
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Children's Mental Health Coalition
of Western New York, Inc.
814 Kenmore Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
716-871-8997
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Children's Mental Health Coalition of Western New York (Coalition)
provides support services to children and at-risk youth who have
emotional, behavioral, and social disabilities. Serving 19 New York
counties, the Coalition assists more than 4,000 families each year.
Project Description:
The Coalition will focus on leadership
development as it implements its Targeted Capacity Building grant. Activities
will include: developing its board, offering training to its staff,
recruiting and training volunteers, and creating a succession plan.
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Coalition for Youth Safety, Education,
and Empowerment
3123 Central
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-260-6531
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Coalition for Youth Safety, Education, and Empowerment serves
at-risk youth aged 12-21 in the greater Kansas City area with a
special focus on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.
It is a new organization, assuming the functions of the Gay, Lesbian,
and Straight Education Network of Kansas City (GLSEN-KC), which
was the lead organization in the creation of the Coalition. GLSEN
has been serving the community's needs for over 10 years.
Project Description:
The Coalition will use CCF funds to attain the tangible
and intangible tools necessary to more effectively provide
the unique programs and services developed by GLSEN-KC
and funded through the Communities Empowering Youth Program,
as well as to strengthen the work being done by all Coalition
partners.
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COMIZIA Care
3013 Rainbow Drive
Suite 112-e
Decatur, GA 3034
404-806-9174
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
COMIZIA Care (CCI) was founded in 1999 in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Its mission is to encourage, empower, and educate single mothers,
including teen mothers and their families.
Project Description:
CCI's objectives for its CCF project
are to build capacity in leadership, organizational development, and
revenue development. Specific activities include: executive coaching
to prepare for organizational growth; Web site improvements to strengthen
partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders; and grant-writing
training for staff.
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Communities in Schools of High Point, Inc.
503 Ferndale Boulevard
High Point, NC 2726
336-883-6434 x21
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1988, Communities in Schools of High Point (CIS-HP) connects
community resources (personnel, programs, resources, and funding)
in Guilford County, North Carolina, with students and their families
at school sites to ensure that youth stay in school, learn needed
skills, and are prepared to enter the workforce or post-secondary
education upon graduation. CIS-HP coordinates the delivery of resources
directly into the public schools.
Project Description:
CIS-HP will use CCF funds to increase
its revenue development capacity to better serve the needs of at-risk
youth. Capacity building activities include: hiring a consultant to
help CIS-HP develop a strategic plan and train staff on fund development;
purchase computer and donor tracking software; and hire staff. The goal
is to build capacity to efficiently secure and manage community, corporate,
and donor financial support and grant funding to increase the organization's
stability.
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Community Development Foundation
2 Coral Circle
Monterey Park, CA 91755
323-890-7217
Award Amount: $47,240
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Los Angeles County Community Development Foundation (CDF)
was established in 1997 to build public/private partnerships
that would improve the quality of life for families living
in County of Los Angeles housing communities. CDF provides
an array of prevention and early intervention activities
for at-risk youth and offers them a safe and supportive
after-school environment.
Project Description:
CDF will train board members on their roles, commitments,
and responsibilities. The executive director and board
members will attend workshops on nonprofit leadership
development and board development. The board and executive
staff will also have a facilitated retreat. CDF will send
key staff and board members to development training, preparing
them for roles in fund development and resource acquisition.
CDF will also purchase donor and volunteer tracking software,
and a foundation research subscription.
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Community Drop-in Outreach Center
1492 Cherry Avenue S.E.
Canton, OH 44707
330-456-7692
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Community Drop-in Center (CDIC) is a faith-based community
organization, located in Canton, Ohio, providing services
to at-risk youth and their families. Since 1999, CDIC
has worked toward eliminating poverty and hunger, social
injustices, and gang violence.
Project Description:
CDIC will use CCF funds to establish a Web site and upgrade
Internet service; purchase new computer workstations,
a copier, and fax machine; and hire an office manager
to help strengthen the organization's fiscal management
reporting system.
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Concerned Ecumenical Ministry to the Upper
West Side of Buffalo
286 Lafayette Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14213
716-882-2442
Award Amount: $49,922
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Concerned Ecumenical Ministry (CEM), founded in 1967 in Buffalo,
New York, serves families, seniors, and youth on the city's
Upper West Side. Its mission is to improve the quality of life in
this neighborhood by meeting basic human needs, encouraging personal
growth, effecting social and economic justice, and celebrating common
life.
Project Description:
With its Targeted Capacity Building
grant, CEM will implement activities that position the organization
to expand its youth program to also serve high school students. CEM
will hire a development associate, expand its outreach to the community,
and strengthen its evaluation capabilities.
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Cuatro Puertas
P.O. Box 26824
Albuquerque, NM 87125
505-620-5692
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Cuatro Puertas, a community development corporation based in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, focuses on implementing initiatives that enable low-
and moderate-income individuals to build local assets and, over
time, economic self-sufficiency.
Project Description:
Cuatro Puertas focuses on at-risk youth
with training in social entrepreneurship. Specifically, it offers small
business agricultural training and assists in developing business plans.
It also conducts literacy classes.
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DC SCORES
1224 M Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-393-6999
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1995, DC SCORES currently provides reading, writing,
and physical education programming for more than 675 students, ages
8-14, at 23 Washington, DC, public schools in the city's lowest
income communities.
Project Description:
DC SCORES will use its CCF Targeted
Capacity Building grant to hire a development associate; create a long-term
development strategy and short-term development plan; develop a comprehensive
communications strategy and annual communications plan; and provide
training for staff in the areas of donor development, grant writing,
public relations, and communications technology.
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The Dear Little Foundation
11100 Lorwind Court
Charlotte, NC 28262
704-625-7818
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Dear Little Foundation (DLF) has been providing services and
outreach awareness regarding sexual abuse prevention and sexual
violence prevention to youth service providers in Charlotte, North
Carolina, since 2003.
Project Description:
DLF will provide professional development
training and workshops for staff and volunteers, hire a funds development
director who will lead efforts to raise funds, apply for 501(c)(3) status,
develop staff position descriptions, and set up an evaluation system.
DLF will also contract with a local firm to develop its Web site and
offer training to its board and staff.
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Demoiselle 2 Femme, NFP
7158 S. Peoria
Chicago, IL 60621
773-406-4120
Award Amount: $48,880
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
French for "Young Ladies to Women," Demoiselle 2 Femme
(D2F) was founded in 1994 as a community-based organization committed
to serving adolescent girls aged 13-19 in their transition to womanhood.
The organization provides young ladies in the Englewood community
and throughout Chicagoland with positive instruction and role models
to make the right choices in developing acedemic, social, and career
goals.
Project Description:
D2F will provide training and development
for the board of directors in board development, fiscal policy and development,
strategic planning, and fund development. It will also develop a marketing
plan document that includes client success stories.
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DreamTree Project Inc.
128 La Posta
Taos, NM 87571505-758-9595
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The DreamTree Project (DTP) is a nonprofit organization
located in Taos County, New Mexico. DTP serves runaway
and homeless youth with a comprehensive transitional living
program that includes housing, counseling, and life skills
instruction. Since 2000 it has served Taos County and
the five surrounding counties.
Project Description:
With CCF funds, DTP will hire a consultant
to evaluate current programs, identify gaps and problems in program
structure, and assist DTP in restructuring its programs. The consultant
will also design measurement tools to evaluate DTP's programs, as well
as arrange for training in a wide variety of areas pertinent to serving
at-risk youth.
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Educational Advancement Alliance
4601 Market Street
Suite 310
Philadelphia, PA 19139
215-472-2500
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Educational Advancement Alliance (EAA), located in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, was founded in 1990. EAA's mission is to provide
educational information and opportunities to members of underrepresented
and underserved communities in the Philadelphia area.
Project Description:
EAA will use CCF funds to design and
use evaluation systems and measurement tools to improve program effectiveness.
A program monitor and evaluator will examine services and coordinate
and implement the evaluation efforts. Finally, the organization will
form eight strategic partnerships or collaborations.
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Erie Neighborhood House
1701 W. Superior
Chicago, IL 60622
312-563-5813
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Erie Neighborhood House was founded in 1870 as an urban mission
to immigrants in Chicago, Illinois. It has offered a wide variety
of services to families, children, and youth during these years;
today, it serves some 4,500 individuals annually.
Project Description:
Erie Neighborhood House will use CCF
funds to build capacity in its Youth Options Unlimited (YOU) program,
working to develop a centralized database as an effective and efficient
means of documenting successes and challenges. Near the end of the project
period, when the database has been implemented, Erie will begin monitoring
and evaluating its programs for at-risk youth.
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Erise Williams and Associates, Inc.
3618 North Spring Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63107
314-531-2284
Award Amount: $48,538
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Erise Williams and Associates, located in St. Louis, Missouri,
is a nonprofit organizaton servicing the needs of at-risk
youth for five years. The organization also targets minority
health disparities through preventive health services.
It works primarily with African-American youth, teaching
and promoting healthy lifestyles.
Project Description:
With CCF funding, Erise Williams and
Associates will conduct a capacity-building program focused on leadership
development. The project proposes to initiate a youth advisory board;
conduct a leadership retreat for board members, key staff, and youth
advisory board members; and offer training workshops for board members,
key staff, and the youth advisory board.
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Ezra Nehemiah Solomon, Inc.
3904 Lansing Court
Dumfries, VA 22026
703-221-6600
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Ezra Nehemiah Solomon (ENS) serves at-risk youth from low-income,
minority, and single-parent homes, as well as children of incarcerated
parents, in the Dumfries, Virginia, area. Its programs include mentoring,
a Youth Education Character Awareness program, and after-school
tutoring.
Project Description:
ENS will use CCF funds to expand and
improve programming by increasing the number of certified staff, raising
the level of service ENS offers by improving training curricula, and
enhancing the quality of its programs by training staff with improved
equipment.
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Faith Temple Christian Center
836 Ferndale Avenue
Rockledge, FL 32955
321-863-7448
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Faith Temple Christian Center serves the needs of low-income residents
in the distressed Rockledge and Cocoa, Florida, communities through
programs addressing: child abuse and neglect; juvenile substance
abuse; juvenile crime; teen pregnancy; and academic performance.
Project Description:
Faith Temple Christian Center will use CCF funds to train
staff in grant writing and grant administration, to improve
donor management, and for community outreach activities
including Web site development. In addition, funds will
be used for subscriptions to key grant-making resources
such as the Foundation Center and Grantstation. The goal
of the CCF project is to increase and diversify revenue
streams by enhancing the organization's development
activities.
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Faith's Hope Foundation
2271 W. Malvern Avenue
#382
Fullerton, CA 92833
714-871-4673
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Faith's Hope Foundation serves at-risk youth from infants to
age 12 and their families in Los Angeles and Orange counties. It
targets those who are in crisis due to a child's serious illness,
injury, or long-term hospitalization. The program is open to children
whose families have a demonstrated financial need.
Project Description:
Faith's Hope Foundation will implement
a variety of capacity-building activities in revenue development strategies
and organizational development. These will include: grant-writing training,
installation of new computer equipment and software, training for the
board and volunteers, development of a strategic plan, and creation
of fiscal controls.
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The Family Center of Columbus, Inc.
1350 15th Avenue
P.O. Box 1825
Columbus, GA 31902
706-327-3238
Award Amount: $38,677
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Family Center of Columbus (FCOC) provides social and mental
health services to children at risk and families in crisis. FCOC
serves the eight counties that encompass the west-central Georgia
and east-central Alabama region known as the Chattahoochee Valley.
Specifically, FCOC provides individual, family, and group counseling,
support groups, domestic violence intervention programs, and parent
education classes, among other services.
Project Description:
FCOC will enhance information technology
systems by upgrading existing equipment. In addition, it will purchase
and implement a comprehensive treatment planning and clinical record
management software program and provide training to staff.
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First Chance/Y-CHOW
466 Orange Street
Suite 338
Redlands, CA 92374
909-881-9800
Award Amount: $34,713
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
First Chance/Y-CHOW is a nonprofit organization that since 1988
has provided successful outreach education focusing on the youth
communities of San Bernardino and Riverside counties in California.
The organization provides targeted HIV/AIDS prevention services,
along with other youth education services.
Project Description:
First Chance/Y-CHOW will provide training to its staff
on fund development, donor development, special events,
and grant writing. The organization will conduct board
training on fund development, create a fund development
plan, and establish a development office. It will purchase
computers, printers, word processing, accounting, and
donor tracking software.
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First Choice Clinic
1351 Page Drive, Suite 205
Fargo, ND 58103
701-237-5902
Award Amount: $49,462
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Established in 1984, First Choice Clinic (FCC) is a nonprofit faith-based
pregnancy help clinic that provides life-affirming health services
and abstinence until marriage educational programs to youth and
families. It has served over 30,000 women and their families. FCC
programs include relationship and marriage education, abstinence
education, life skills training, and healthy-parenting skills. Since
2003, over 1,000 students in the Devil Lakes, North Dakota, area
have been served by the Make a Sound Choice abstinence until marriage
and life-skills program.
Project Description:
FCC will build revenue development strategies by implementing
a donor tracking management system and a grant development
program. It will identify new prospective donors, provide
grant-writing training to staff and board members, and
design a grant-seeking strategy that will be integrated
into overall fundraising plans.
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The Fortune Society
53 West 23rd Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-691-7554
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1967, The Fortune Society offers a variety of programs
to at-risk youth and former prisoners in New York City. These programs
include: education, career development, substance abuse treatment,
housing assistance, alternatives-to-incarceration (ATI), counseling,
and HIV/AIDS-related health services.
Project Description:
The Fortune Society will use CCF funds
to implement, evaluate, and document the management training course
it has developed. The course will develop the leadership skills of its
30 junior and senior managers.
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Friends 4 Teens Foundation
3937 Pines Road
Suite H
Shreveport, LA 71119
225-931-0065
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1983, Friends 4 Teens seeks to reduce the incidence of
teen pregnancy and teen sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by
providing abstinence education for youth aged 12-19. The Friends
4 Teens Abstinence Education program is a formal curriculum taught
by a teacher-training team for teachers of junior high, high school,
and college-aged youth throughout Louisiana.
Project Description:
Friends 4 Teens Foundation will complete
training in fundraising and donor development strategies and will make
presentations in the community to recruit volunteers to help with a
revenue development strategy. The organization will establish a donor
development board that includes a cross section of leaders in business,
community, church, elected officials, education, health, and volunteerism.
Finally, Friends 4 Teens will increase awareness of its mission and
needs by promoting success stories and program activities.
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Future Hope Center Corporation
12459 Cool Springs Street
Mira Loma, CA 91752
562-965-7066
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Future Hope Center (FHC) provides transitional housing, job
training, employment assistance, and a Living Skills program for
emotionally disturbed homeless youth aged 18-24 who have been emancipated
from the foster care system and reside in the Compton, Watts, and
Willowbrook neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California.
Project Description:
FHC will develop an evidence-based
research curriculum. It will train staff in the new curriculum and hire
a part-time program and evaluation manager to monitor program effectiveness
and use of the new cirriculum. The director will also work with a consultant
to design and develop evaluation tools, and staff will be trained on
evaluation methods and tools.
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Gardener Yates Ministries
100 Valleybrook Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-382-8113
Award Amount: $41,374
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Since its inception in 2004, Gardener Yates Ministries
(GYM) has counseled and mentored more than 100 youth in
Frankfort, Kentucky. GYM runs "Slice of Life,"
an in-depth program that includes crisis management, mentoring,
and group counseling for young people.
Project Description:
GYM will use CCF funds for the following activities: developing
a strategic fund development plan including grant-writing
training; board training; upgrading the Web site; creating
a computerized accounting system and policies manual;
and developing volunteer training and corresponding volunteer
curricula and a corresponding volunteer manual.
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Greater New Orleans Afterschool Partnership
1600 Constance Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-304-8265
Award Amount: $49,540
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Greater New Orleans Afterschool Partnership (GNOASP) was established
in 2001 as a collaborative of nonprofit, community, faith-based,
and school-based organizations providing after school services to
at-risk youth in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. Prior to Hurricane
Katrina, GNOASP worked with over 200 school programs, nonprofit
organizations, community centers, housing developments, recreation
centers, and churches. GNOASP provided its partners with funding
assistance, technical assistance, training and professional development,
data collection/research, program evaluation, public policy advocacy,
resource and information sharing, and networking.
Project Description:
GNOASP will use CCF funds to increase awareness that quality
after-school programs are a positive alternative for at-risk
youth. Also, GNOASP will create a strategic plan for expanded
revenue development.
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Hamilton Hill Drop-in Arts and Crafts Association
409 Schenectady Street
Schenectady, NY 12307
518-346-1262
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Hamilton Hill Drop-in Arts and Crafts Association, founded in 1969,
is a nonprofit multi-arts and cultural center located in Schenectady,
New York. Hamilton Hill uses the arts to promote positive development
for at-risk youth.
Project Description:
Because of exceptional growth in its programming during
past years, Hamilton Hill plans to use CCF funds to strengthen
a variety of capacity building activities. These will
include developing a strategic plan, a fund development
plan, and fundraising training.
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The Healing Species, Inc.
P.O. Box 1202
Orangeburg, SC 29116
803-535-6543
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Formed in 2000, The Healing Species is a character-education and
violence intervention program for redirecting antisocial, criminal,
and violent behavior among at-risk youth. The program incorporates
participation of rescued dogs to teach lessons of responsibility,
compassion, empathy, and forgiveness to 270 elementary and middle
school students in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Healing Species
has satellite chapters in Denver, Colorado, Seattle, Washington,
and Miami, Florida.
Project Description:
The Healing Species will use CCF funds
to: create a fund development plan, conduct board training in fundraising,
and purchase donor management software; conduct a communications assessment
and create a year-round communications plan; update its Web site, purchase
a computer and projector for use in presentations, and design new public
relations materials; and conduct training in outcome evaluation, hire
a consultant to complete a comprehensive evaluation, and update its
policy and procedures manual.
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Healthy Visions
9990 Zig Zag Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
513-793-7268
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Healthy Visions, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a nonprofit organization
offering behavioral health education programs to schools, social
service agency clients, and health providers. Its mission is to
equip individuals to lead healthy, successful lives and, to that
end, help program participants acquire the skills and knowledge
needed to form and sustain healthy relationships.
Project Description:
Healthy Visions will implement various
revenue development strategies, such as recruiting and training a fund
development committee, and writing a donor development strategy. Additionally,
Healthy Visions will focus on capacity building in community engagement,
work to produce public awareness through marketing materials, and provide
liaison with the media.
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HighRise Services Company, Inc.
593 Infirmary Road
Dayton, OH 4547
937-268-6602
Award Amount: $49,971
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
HighRise Services Company is a community-based organization serving
low-income families in Montgomery County, Ohio. HighRise operates
two programs, the after-school tutoring program and the Child Development
Center, which targets at-risk children and youth aged 3-15.
Project Description:
HighRise will use CCF funds to engage
a third-party evaluator, develop a Web site, and create a brochure.
It will also hire a part-time development director to provide content
for the Web site, publish the annual report, and document the progress
and achievements of its programs.
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HIRED
1200 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-287-1364
Award Amount: $41,789
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
HIRED is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation serving the
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area. Since
1968, HIRED has provided personalized, innovative, community-based
work solutions for adults and youth facing economic transition
and quality of life challenges.
Project Description:
HIRED will upgrade its donor tracking
software and provide ongoing training for managers and board members
on mission-based fundraising, including workshops on how to implement
the model.
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HOPE Worldwide-Pennsylvania
353 W. Lancaster Avenue
Suite 200
Wayne, PA 19087
610-254-8800 Ext. 4532
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
HOPE Worldwide-Pennsylvania has served Philadelphia for more than
15 years, operating a free-care health clinic serving 2,000 residents
annually. In 2004, HOPE redirected its focus to youth programming.
Project Description:
HOPE will use CCF funds to recruit
and train new volunteers to support its expanding programs. New staff
will be offered grant-writing training, and the organization will design
a donor development strategy. A third-party evaluator will assist in
developing standards for performance measurement and data collection,
including a database. Finally, the program will purchase computers for
its youth programs.
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Identity, Inc.
414 E. Diamond Street
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-963-5900
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Identity is a community organization that serves at-risk Latino
youth in Montgomery County, Maryland. Identity's mission is
to empower Latino youth to reach their full potential through culturally
and linguistically competent youth and family-based initiatives.
Project Description:
Because of the pressing needs of its
client population and consequent demand for services, Identity has undergone
a period of unanticipated and precipitous growth. CCF funds will engage
Identity stakeholders in a comprehensive, inclusive, and well-informed
process of issue-oriented strategic planning to better respond to critical
needs of the population served. This grant will allow Identity to develop
a three- to five-year strategic plan for capacity building in organizational
development.
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III Cord Foundation
1310 West Hadley
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-252-1105
Award Amount: $35,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
III Cord Foundation, based in the Phoenix, Arizona, area, works
to promote the empowerment of at-risk, low- and moderate-income
youth and families. The Foundation impacts the community through
community development, social development, and empowerment services.
Project Description:
III Cord Foundation will focus its
capacity building efforts in several areas, including: business plan
development, leadership training, board expansion and visioning, and
development of a long-term fundraising plan.
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Indiantown Community Outreach, Inc.
14971 SW Indian Avenue
Indiantown, FL 34956
772-214-5512
Award Amount: $28,557
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Incorporated in 2001, Indiantown Community Outreach (ICORI) primarily
serves male and female at-risk youth aged 7-24 in the distressed
region of Indiantown, Florida. ICORI provides monthly health education
to Indiantown Non-Profit Housing residents, performs street outreach,
and collaborates with other agencies to recruit residents for health
screenings through the year.
Project Description:
ICORI will use CCF funding for several
capacity-building activities, including: board training; establishing
bylaws and agency policies; donor development software; a donor newsletter;
a community assessment; grant-writing training; and reviewing and implementing
model federal programs for HIV, STD, and substance abuse prevention
among youth. Finally, ICORI will develop grant templates and a grant
prospect list.
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Inner City Movement, Inc.
2059 Hagert Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125
215-275-9733
Award Amount: $39,803
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Established in 2000, Inner City Movement (ICM) is a Christian performing
arts organization in Philadelphia that uses the creative arts of
drama, dance, music, visual arts, and creative technology to transform
lives. ICM's vision is to use the creative arts for positive
development through social, educational, and recreational outlets
that will keep youth off the streets.
Project Description:
ICM will use CCF funds to create a
revenue development strategic plan and provide training to its staff
on grant writing and donor development. It will also implement a computerized
accounting system. Finally, volunteers will earn certifications as instructors
in ICM's performing arts programs, and the executive director will attend
a conference for professionals in the performing arts and entertainment
industries.
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Inside Out
501 S. Wittenberg Avenue
Springfield, OH 45506
937-525-9953
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Inside Out (IO), founded in 1998, was created to meet the spiritual
and physical needs of at-risk youth and their families in Springfield,
Ohio. IO provides safe activities as an alternative to the streets;
it also provides food, clothing, shoes, school supplies, and shelter
to at-risk and troubled youth.
Project Description:
IO will use CCF funds to engage a CPA
firm to conduct an audit, automate fiscal procedures, improve fiscal
controls, and enhance fiscal reporting systems. IO will also create
a five-year revenue development strategy and train its staff in grant
writing and grant management. They will work with a consultant to collect
and analyze program data and evaluate program effectiveness. Finally,
IO plans to build collaborations with other community organizations
to enhance existing programs and share costs and will develop a plan
to regularly engage the community through events, newsletters, e-mail,
and personal visits.
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JCTOD Outreach, Inc.
26 Johnson Park
P.O. Box 160
Utica, NY 13503
315-269-6708
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
JCTOD Outreach helps the homeless in Utica's poorest neighborhood,
Cornhill, by providing ongoing advocacy, mentoring and life coaching,
support groups, and pre-employment services.
Project Description:
JCTOD Outreach will focus its Targeted
Capacity Building Program activities on revenue development strategies,
allowing it to strengthen its ability to provide programming for at-risk
youth. JCTOD will create a fund development plan, research new funding
opportunities, design a capital fund for renovation of its youth center,
and provide staff training in these areas. Ultimately, program activities
will enable JCTOD to hire new staff to raise funds and run its youth
program.
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JSM Development Corporation
510 Wilmot Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 6607
203-331-0038
Award Amount: $33,637
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
JSM Development Corporation, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut,
is dedicated to helping people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds
achieve self-sufficiency. JSM provides the following services: educational
development, job training, a youth development center, youth workshops,
drug prevention programs, and field trips/activities for youth.
Project Description:
JSM will use CCF funds to: recruit
a strong and diverse board of directors; develop written policies for
the board, personnel, and volunteers; train board members in basic nonprofit
management; develop measurable objectives and assessment instruments
for youth programs; and develop a five-year strategic plan for the agency.
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Kaleidoscope Place
2504 Columbus Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-871-9268
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Kaleidoscope Place (KP) serves at-risk youth and families in the
Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to provide a creative,
educational, and nuturing environmnet for children and youth to
learn and grow in character and service to the community. Thirty-six
years ago, two church congregations started The Kaleidoscope Program,
which over time evolved into the nonprofit organization, Kaleidoscope
Place.
Project Description:
KP will used CCF funds for: organizational
development; program development; and revenue development strategies.
Also, KP will purchase fifteen new computers for its computer lab and
five new computers with accounting and fundraising software for its
office staff. KP will also purchase new equipment and furniture for
use by clients and staff, including desks, chairs, file cabinets, rugs,
and cots. Finally, KP will learn about and implement program evaluation
tools.
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Keren Emrich Foundation dba Road of Life
35 East Gay Street
Suite 509
Columbus, OH 43215
614-221-1235
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Road of Life is a nonprofit organization based in Columbus, Ohio,
dedicated to eliminating preventable cancer and chronic disease
through health education. Its programs have served more than 1,600
children in Franklin County and other parts of Ohio. In particular,
Road of Life developed a health education curriculum that is now
used in 63 Ohio classrooms which serve nearly 1,500 children.
Project Description:
Road of Life will use CCF funds to
leverage the value of its services to create a sustainable fee-for-service
funding source, which in turn will subsidize the free use of its health
curriculum by school districts and community groups in low-income and
distressed areas. This project will also enable Road of Life to create
a cohesive corporate image and marketing goals, and then to execute
a communications strategy based on a long-term marketing plan.
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Kiddies Kastle, Inc.
2464 Rosen Avenue
Macon, GA 31206
478-788-0553
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Kiddies Kastle was organized in June 2004 with a mission to enrich
the lives of children, families, and community with a quality learning
environment. The child care program runs from August to June and
serves children from ages three to five years in an effort to increase
school readiness and encourage healthy development. Kiddies Kastle
also offers education, parent involvement opportunities, and programming
to meet the needs of children with disabilities.
Project Description:
Kiddies Kastle will create a board
recruitment, orientation, and training program. The organization will
assess its board member needs, develop outreach strategies, create orientation
plans and materials, and create an ongoing training program for board
members. A board trainer will be hired to facilitate these activities
as well as the development of a comprehensive strategic plan. Part of
the board development activities will involve a board retreat. In addition,
Kiddies Kastle will develop processes for receiving input and feedback
from staff, key parent leaders, volunteers, and other key stakeholders.
Finally, capacity building funds will be used to develop a fundraising/development
plan.
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Kinship of Greater Minneapolis
3210 Oliver Avenue N.
Minneapolis, MN 55412
612-588-4655
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Kinship of Greater Minneapolis, an affiliate of Kinship, supports
at-risk youth by creating and sustaining long-term mentoring relationships
that help them reach their potential. Kinship currently has 320
children in mentoring relationships.
Project Description:
Kinship of Greater Minneapolis will
use CCF funds to build its capacity to provide mentoring services to
young people. Capacity building activities will include creating a staff
position to lead an effort toward building community partnerships, and
enhancing Kinship's work in measuring outcomes of mentoring and collaborative
community relationships.
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Lake Avenue Community Foundation, Inc.
712 East Villa Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-4960
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Lake Avenue Community Foundation (LACF), located in northwest
Pasadena, California, was created in 2001. LACF runs several programs
for at-risk students in its community, serving some 1,000 young
people each year. Its programs include the STARS (Students and Tutors
Achieving Real Success) tutoring initiative, mentoring for college-bound
students aged 14-22, and peer mentoring.
Project Description:
LACF will expand its STARS after-school program by: training
the staff and board in fundraising; developing a Web
site for the program; providing organizational management
training; and providing salary and equipment.
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LaSalle Education Network
1949 W. 48th Street
Chicago, IL 60609
773-890-0233
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
LaSalle Education Network (LEN) is an education management organization
dedicated to overseeing and consolidating the strategic operations
and back-office needs of two educational enterprises--a charter
and a contract school. LEN's service area and target population
are at-risk youth who are economically disadvantaged, educationally
underserved, and living in communities located in Chicago, Illinois.
Project Description:
LEN will use CCF funds to support the
executive director and executive assistant in their work to strengthen
its systems of human resources and orientation, finances, information
technology, and management. These improvements will benefit approximately
80 employees of San Miguel School Chicago and Catalyst Schools.
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Liberty Community Development Corporation
5 South Main Street
Liberty, NY 12754
845-292-8202
Award Amount: $47,620
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Liberty Community Development Corporation (LCDC) was
established in 2005 to serve as the central vehicle for
housing, economic, and youth development efforts in Liberty,
New York.
Project Description:
LCDC will use CCF funding to develop
a formalized volunteer program with a paid volunteer coordinator who
will develop policies and procedures for volunteer service, training
programs for volunteers, and evaluate and improve the volunteer program
for greater recruitment and retention.
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Life Options Academy
3409 Pan American Freeway NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505-841-4874
Award Amount: $41,700
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Life Options Academy (LOA) is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
LOA is a nonprofit that collaborates with state agencies to operate
a residential home and provide services for at-risk teen mothers
and their babies. Since 2004, it has received clients from throughout
the state.
Project Description:
LOA will complete capacity building
activities in three areas: program development, organizational development,
and community engagement. It will develop a case management program,
produce an organizational handbook, establish fiscal policies and procedures,
and create and conduct a needs assessment survey with teen mothers and
service providers throughout New Mexico. Finally, it will summarize
its findings.
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Life Source International, Inc.
600 S. School
Suite 2
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-521-4000
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Life Source International was established in 2001 to serve at-risk
youth and families in Northwest Arkansas. Life Source provides social
services free of charge in the following six categories: Kid's
Life, counseling, food pantry and outreach, adult education, medical
clinic, and senior citizens programs.
Project Description:
CCF funding will assist in building
leadership and revenue development capacities that will prepare the
organization's board to take a more active role in planning and implementing
expansion of services to at-risk youth, along with increasing its ability
to raise funds for program services.
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Lighthouse, Inc.
28885 Center Ridge Road
Suite 202
Westlake, OH 44145
440-221-7716
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Lighthouse has been serving central Cleveland, Ohio, since 1981.
Its inital focus was on African-American children and youth living
in Cleveland's public housing; however, its reach has extended
to multiple cultures and ages as well as to the blind, the physically
handicapped, and the mentally challenged.
Project Description:
Lighthouse will use CCF funds to acquire
the hardware, software, and training necessary to track program outcomes;
develop program evaluation tools; write a multi-tiered fund development
strategy; train staff, board, and volunteers in grant writing and donor
development; and purchase donor-tracking software.
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Linking Learning to Life
52 Institute Road
Burlington, VT 5408
802-951-8850
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Linking Learning to Life (LLL), based in Burlington, Vermont,
was established 10 years ago to provide a variety of services
to at-risk youth. LLL benefits some 6,000 young people
each year with its mentoring program, life skills training,
college preparation services, and other offerings.
Project Description:
LLL will use CCF funds to create a
revenue development plan, complete a program database, create an evaluation
plan, and produce a new brochure that communicates the organization's
success.
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Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans
c/o Lindy Boggs Center
1700 Calhoun Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-864-7042
Award Amount: $49,944
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans (the Alliance) was
established in 2002 as the result of a community planning study
led by the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy at
Loyola University. Its mission is to increase adult literacy by
ensuring that effective and innovative approaches to literacy are
available to all and supported by a committed community.
The Alliance also supports the work of the Neighborhood Story Project with
at-risk youth in New Orleans. This program works with New Orleans
teenagers to create a body of literature about the New Orleans community,
which allows teenagers to see themselves represented in literature.
Project Description:
The Alliance will hire a development
coordinator to develop a strategic plan for revenue development for
the Neighborhood Story Project, begun by two former New Orleans high
school teachers. It works with youth to create a body of literature
about New Orleans that allows other New Orleans youth to see themselves
represented in books.
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Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.
209 North 4th Street
Hugo, OK 74743
580-298-2921
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Little Dixie Community Action Agency (LDCAA) was formed in 1968
and runs numerous programs for children, youth, and adults. In addition,
LDCAA provides training and technical assistance through three economic
development programs.
Project Description:
LDCAA will use CCF funds to develop
leadership within the LDCAA mentoring program. Specifically, it will
hire a part-time volunteer coordinator, and the organization will improve
its mentor and staff training.
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Living Water Full Gospel Baptist Church
4882 Germantown Pike
Dayton, OH 45418
937-263-5289
Award Amount: $48,386
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1997, Living Water Full Gospel Baptist Church serves
at-risk youth in Dayton, Ohio, and provides free tutoring services
to primary and secondary education students needing assistance with
academics.
Project Description:
The Church will use CCF funds to provide
professional development for its staff; create an organizational Web
site; train staff members in grant writing; and purchase computers,
printers, and a copier.
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L.O.V.E, Inc.
14036 Sardis Road
Little Rock, AR 72103
501-847-6244
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
L.O.V.E. (Let Our Violence End) serves at-risk children, both male
and female, in low income neighborhoods of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Student and adult sponsors complete peer and outreach development
training, and then begin to reach out to other students. Students
involved in L.O.V.E. teams develop a variety of service-learning
projects. Currently, 35 L.O.V.E. teams with over 6,000 students
are established in areas where gangs and drugs are prevalent.
Project Description:
This project will allow L.O.V.E. to
produce an expanded and clearly defined model for reaching at-risk youth
in order to prevent their ultimate involvement in gangs and drugs. It
will also allow the organization to recruit and train volunteers, along
with building the capacity of L.O.V.E. to secure broad-based funding.
These functions are vital to meet the growing demand for L.O.V.E. programs.
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Lower Lights Ministries, Inc.
1066 Bellows Avenue
Columbus, OH 43223
614-228-1262
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Lower Lights Ministries (LLM) is a faith-based nonprofit organization
located in Columbus, Ohio. It was established in response to the
social needs of children in west Columbus. LLM has 15 years of experience
in working with low-income populations in its community. Its programs
promote self-sufficiency, strengthen families, and provide growth
for at-risk youth.
Project Description:
LLM will use CCF funds to provide career
development for its staff; train and manage volunteers, including hiring
a volunteer coodinator; and hire an outside consultant to assist in
evaluating current processes.
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Lydia Home Association
4300 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60641
847-533-9729
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Lydia Home Association (LHA) was founded in 1916 as an orphanage.
Today, LHA serves more than 1,600 at-risk youth in Chicago, Illinois,
through a variety of programs. Its mission is to strengthen families
to care for children and caring for children when families cannot.
Project Description:
LHA will enhance its capacity by providing
a variety of staff trainings, including training on fund development
strategies; updating its computer and phone systems; installing a statistical
software program for use in its Continuous Quality Improvement work;
and reorganizing its donor database.
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MBCH Foundation
11300 St. Charles Rock Road
Bridgeton, MO 63044
800-264-6224
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The MBCH Foundation is a community organization that has been meeting
the needs of at-risk children and youth aged 0-21 throughout Missouri
for over 121 years. The program-services arm of MBCH is licensed
by the state both as a child-caring (residential-based) and child-placing
(foster care and adoption) organization and is accredited by the
Council on Accreditation for Children and Families. Through both
residential-based and community-based programs, at-risk children
and youth receive services designed to help them overcome issues
they are facing and move toward permanency with a family.
Project Description:
MBCH will use CCF funds to restructure
its fundraising efforts in order to increase productivity, strengthen
donor tracking capabilities, and diversify funding sources. To this
end, it will customize and implement a new donor tracking software system
and increase prospect research and donor cultivation.
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Morgan County System of Services, Inc.
2531 Highway 20 West
Decatur, AL 35601
256-350-8434
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Established in 2002 to reduce the number of juveniles committed
to state institutions, the mission of Morgan County System of Services
is to rehabilitate at-risk and delinquent youth by providing them
an array of individualized services and support networks.
Project Description:
Morgan County System of Services will
hire a human resources development director, who will assume several
responsibilities in expanding the organization's capacity: mapping community
assets; conducting a community needs assessment among families, school
officials, and other agencies; building collaborative relationships
with other community organizations; and locating steady, integrated
funding streams.
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National Farm Workers Service Center, Inc.
634 South Spring Street
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213-362-0261
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
National Farm Workers Service Center (NFWSC) was founded in 1966
by Cesar Chavez and other supporters of the Farm Workers Movement.
Originally established in California, the organization has grown
into a multistate operation.
Project Description:
NFWSC will use CCF funds to develop
curricula for and evaluate the ĄSi Se Puede! Learning Centers in the
geographic areas of Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Mirage, Arizona; Fresno,
California; Gilroy, California; Hollister, California; Phoenix, Arizona;
San Antonio, Texas; San Francisco, California; and Somerton, Arizona.
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Near North Development Corporation
1251 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL 60610
312-337-5666
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
For 40 years, Near North Development Corporation (NNDC) has pursued
its mission to invest in people and property through the development,
maintenance, and improvement of quality mixed-income housing and
related support services. Partnering with Chicago public schools
and libraries, its Talent Search program provides informational
workshops and tutoring along with an intensive drop out/college
attendance program for sixth to twelfth graders.
Project Description:
To meet the increased demand for the
NNDC Talent Search program from schools, agencies, and students, NNDC
will use the CCF grant create a growth and development plan, recruit
and train its board in organizational best practices, and develop a
fundraising plan with implementable strategies.
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Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.
1918 W. Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85009
602-252-5225
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Neighborhood Ministries serves Phoenix, Arizona, area youth and
young adults, 80 percent of whom are Latino and all of whom are
at-risk of using illegal drugs, becoming involved in violent activity,
and/or dropping out of school.
Project Description:
Neighborhood Ministries will use CCF
funds to: develop written policies and job descriptions; implement liability
coverage for volunteers; provide further supervision and communication
with volunteers; offer training and professional development for volunteers;
provide training for paid staff working with volunteers; establish a
system for screening and matching volunteers to jobs; complete regular
data collection; and measure the annual impact of volunteer involvement.
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The Neighborhood Technology Resource Center
1170 W. Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60622
312-745-2630
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Neighborhood Technology Resource Center (NTRC) serves
at-risk youth with quality after-school and summer programming
at Community Technology Centers (CTCs) in three Chicago
neighborhoods. NTRC's mission is to create public
spaces where technology can be experienced and serve as
a catalyst for individual and community capacity development.
Project Description:
NTRC will use CCF funds to: train staff
in youth development outcomes, tailoring curriculum design to achieve
specific outcomes, program evaluation, and data collection; implement
an evaluation and data tracking system; and diversify revenue streams.
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Newburgh Performing Arts Academy, Inc.
62 Grand Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-562-5650
Award Amount: $49,960
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Newburgh Performing Arts Academy (NPAA) provides instruction
in the visual and performing arts to more than 600 youth each year.
NPAA serves male and female at-risk youth aged 3-18.
Project Description:
NPAA will focus on program development,
organizational development, and revenue development strategies. It will
purchase program management software and train staff to use it; build
a secure and reliable computer network by purchasing new equipment,
such as a laptop computer, to support the new software; and develop
a comprehensive fundraising plan, offering training to staff and contracting
to develop new marketing materials.
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Nogales Community Development Corporation
124 B N. Terrace Avenue
Nogales, AZ 85621
520-397-9219
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Nogales Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a nonprofit organization
formed 10 years ago by local business and government leaders. Nogales
CDC expanded its mission in 2003 to offer economic and community
development services to low-income youth and adults in the Nogales,
Arizona, area. It provides financial literacy, micro-enterprise,
housing counseling, and complimentary asset development services
for youth and adults.
Project Description:
Nogales CDC will use CFF funds to improve
its planning systems, information technology systems, curriculum, internship
program, and evaluation of youth programs.
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North Baton Rouge Learning Center &
CDC
1570 Curtis Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70807
225-774-7526
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
North Baton Rouge Learning Center & CDC is a secular organization
targeting the African-American/Black community of East Baton Rouge
Parish. Its services focus on at-risk youth.
Project Description:
North Baton Rouge Learning Center and
CDC will use CCF funds to establish itself as an entity separate from
its parent organization. It will expand its Partners in Prevention Coalition,
a forum for community stakeholders; obtain 501(c)(3) status; contract
with an organization systems consultant to develop management, human
resources, information technology, and financial systems; and recruit
and train a board of directors.
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Operation Exodus Inner City
612 West 188th Street
Suite B
New York, NY 10040
212-543-3305
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Operation Exodus Inner City (OEIC) is a faith-based charity targeting
at-risk youth in the New York City communities of Inwood and Washington
Heights. OEIC runs an after-school program, health and nutrition
services, and other programming for school-aged youth.
Project Description:
OEIC will implement activities including:
hiring individuals to input data into its recently purchased database
system, retaining the services of a consultant who will assist it in
customizing the database, and offering training to staff members in
several subjects.
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Oxford Circle Christian Community Development
Association
P.O. Box 28340
Philadelphia, PA 19149
215-288-5330
Award Amount: $25,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association (OCCCDA)
provides programming to the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia.
OCCCDA focuses on youth development and education, family and parenting
support related to social concerns, and economic development to
improve community living.
Project Description:
OCCCDA will use CCF funds to strengthen
its capacity by hiring a director, developing a five-year strategic
plan, recruiting a permanent board of directors, developing a policy
handbook for staff and volunteers, creating a revenue development strategic
plan, and building partnerships.
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Partners in Care Foundation--Antelope
Valley Partners for Health
732 Mott Street
San Fernando, CA 91340
661-942-4719 x313
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Antelope Valley Partners for Health (AVPH), established in 2004,
is a community collaborative addressing the diverse needs of the
most vulnerable residents in Antelope Valley, California. The Partners
in Care Foundation (PICF) serves as the fiscal agent for AVPH and
provides the foundation in which AVPH builds community capacity,
enhances community health and wellness, and improves the quality
of life of individuals and families in Antelope Valley.
Project Description:
AVPH will hire a full-time development
director to lead the organization in creating a fund development plan,
provide grant writing and donor development training to staff and volunteers,
and purchase donor development software.
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Pennsylvania Prison Society
245 N. Broad Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-564-6005
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1787, the Pennsylvania Prison Society is the nation's
oldest prison reform organization. Its mission is to advocate for
the humane treatment of prisoners and a just and restorative correctional
system. The Prison Society also provides direct program services
such as re-entry services for former offenders, family visitation
and transportation to state prisons, and programming to incarcerated
men and women throughout the state in county jails and state correctional
facilities.
Project Description:
The Prison Society will, with CCF funds,
enhance its ability to increase community awareness and provide community
education; evaluate its existing services, refine program objectives
and measurable outcomes, and develop reporting systems; build relationships
with key stakeholders; and develop and manage human and financial resources.
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People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
140 East Hanover Street
Trenton, NJ 8608
609-393-3230
Award Amount: $49,830
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos has a 35-year history
of conducting eight- to 10-week literature reading, discussion,
and writing programs with at-risk and disadvantaged young
adult and adult audiences in the Trenton, New Jersey,
area. Offered in English or Spanish, the program has grown
to include participants at alternative education programs,
high schools, youth facilities, treatment facilities,
homeless shelters, prisons, offender re-entry programs,
and other community centers.
Project Description:
People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos
will use CCF funds to strengthen its capacity to: recruit and train
new program coordinators; improve financial controls and systems; develop
new curricula; redesign its current evaluation tools; create a fundraising
plan; purchase donor management software; and form collaborations with
other youth-serving organizations in its area.
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People Development Center
6748 Grasselli Road
Fairfield, AL 35064
205-780-5097
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
The People Development Center (PDC) is a nonprofit organization
that grew out of Fairfield, Alabama's Missonary Baptist Church.
Established in 1997, PDC provides programs and services that meet
the social and educational needs of at-risk youth.
Project Description:
PDC will use a training and technical
assistance consultant group to build capacity in three areas: resource
development strategies, organizational development, and program development.
Activities include developing a comprehensive funding plan, a three-year
strategic plan, and a communications strategy. In addition, PDC will
implement improved fiscal controls, written program policies, and an
evaluation plan.
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Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation
100 Ross Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-281-3752
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Established in 1978, the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation (PLF)
is a nonprofit organization that brings positive adult mentors into
the lives of children of prisoners in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
PLF provides children and youth who live in distressed neighborhoods
with one-on-one mentoring.
Project Description:
PLF will use CCF funds to increase
its organizational capacity by increasing the efficiency of its information
technology systems, converting its paper-based system of information
management to a Web base, and establishing collaborative relationships
with key stakeholders in the community.
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Positive Life Choices
1760 Lafayette Street
Denver, CO 80218
303-837-0229
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2007
Organization Description:
Positive Life Choices was founded in 1994, and in 2000 it began
doing business as the BrainWise Organization. Its mission is to
help youth and families make positive life choices and responsible
decisions by teaching them about the brain and how to use a set
of critical thinking skills called the "Wise Ways."
Project Description:
Positive Live Choices will use CCF
funds to: develop a private donor development infrastructure;
and gain grant-writing and administrative skills. Also, along
with eight other community partners, staff will access training in public
and private fundraising, develop fundraising portfolios, and implement
technological tools and sources.
