Asian American
LEAD (AALEAD)
1323 Girard St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-884-0322
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to increasing the opportunities and ability of at-risk, low-income
Asian American children to move out of poverty and become successful,
self-sufficient adults.
Project Description:
AALEAD will increase capacity by hiring a training consultant
to administer a needs assessment and design individual training
schedules with the goal of training ten staff members for six
training sessions during the year. AALEAD will also host five
meetings with community representatives to engage community
members in the mission of the organization.
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Assumption-Guadalupe
Catholic School of Omaha
5602 South 22nd St.
Omaha, NE 68107
402-734-4500
Award Amount: $35,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Assumption-Guadalupe Catholic School of Omaha is a small Catholic
parish providing students a quality education in South Omaha,
an area defined by its working class reputation and strong ethnic
heritage.
Project Description:
Assumption-Guadalupe will build capacity through providing training
to teachers with Spanish-language instruction to teach students
who speak English as a second language (ESL). Teachers will
focus on increasing their skills to teach ESL students to read,
write, and comprehend English at or above the students’
current grade-level. The organization will increase capacity
through purchasing needed supplies and software programs.
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AWOL All Walks
of Life, Inc.
164 Parkview Rd.
Savannah, GA 31419
912-704-3812
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
AWOL All Walks of Life, Inc. provides arts-based educational
and youth development services to at-risk children and youth
populations in Savannah, Ga. AWOL’s mission is to promote
and provide self-awareness through the use of different mediums
like poetry, hip-hop, and everyday experiences.
Project Description:
AWOL will build capacity through providing board members with
training in nonprofit management; establishing a financial management
system to contribute to the long term financial health and sustainability
of AWOL; and purchasing financial management software, office
supplies, technology (three computers, office software, laser
printer, fax machine, and copier), and office furniture.
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Beans and Rice,
Inc.
P.O. Box 397
Radford, VA 24143
540-980-4111
Award Amount: $49,986
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Beans and Rice, Inc. operates after-school and youth leadership
programs for low- to moderate-income communities and populations.
Project Description:
Beans and Rice, Inc. will build capacity by expanding prevention
programs; increasing staff and volunteer leadership; offering
professional development to volunteers and staff; increasing
program capacity and quality; and obtaining accreditation from
the National AfterSchool Association.
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Bennie E. Goodwin
After School Academic Program (ASAP)
12400 E. Hoffman Blvd.
Aurora, CO 80011
813-545-6321
Award Amount: $49,135
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The mission of Bennie E. Goodwin After School Academic Program
(ASAP) is to provide academic after-school services for 3rd
to 8th grade students.
Project Description:
Bennie E. Goodwin ASAP will build capacity by implementing a
succession plan for the integration of a new executive director;
providing teacher training in working with Hispanic ESL students
(students for whom English is a second language); developing
a volunteer recruitment and orientation plan; installing a new
communications intercom system; and organizing and packaging
the ASAP program curriculum for effective distribution.
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Bess the Book
Bus, Inc.
2920 W. Averill Ave.
Tampa, FL 33611
813-545-6321
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Bess the Book Bus, Inc. serves the poorest children in East
Tampa and throughout Hillsborough county. Forty-eight percent
of the children served are in Head Start.
Project Description:
Bess the Book Bus will build capacity by funding a resource
specialist and executive director to work toward organization
sustainability and revenue development. The program will also
increase their capacity to serve more clients by purchasing
a van that will enable more outreach.
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Bethel Community
Learning Center, Inc. (BCLC)
1708 Spencer Ave.
Birmingham, AL 35214
205-796-0550
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Bethel Community Learning Center (BCLC) is a faith-based, nonprofit
organization serving at-risk youth who reside in distressed
communities.
Project Description:
BCLC will build capacity by hiring a resource development coordinator
who will work to create a comprehensive revenue development
plan for the agency. BCLC will also hire a consultant to work
with its board to develop a five-year strategic plan for the
organization, assist with the expansion and diversification
of the board, and provide training to board members on their
roles and responsibilities as leaders.
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Big Brothers
and Sisters of Lake County
11 3rd Ave. West, Ste. 3
Polson, MT 59860
406-883-3085
Award Amount: $30,654
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers and Sisters of Lake County is a community organization
dedicated to promoting the personal growth and development of
youth through professionally supervised, one-to-one mentoring
relationships with volunteers.
Project Description:
Big Brothers and Sisters of Lake County will build its capacity
by conducting a strategic planning session with a facilitator,
updating its program and organizational manuals, and training
its current staff in leadership governance and systems management.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters Greater Fairbanks
610 Cushman St., Ste. 300
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907-452-8110
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fairbanks provides one-to-one
mentoring relationships for at-risk youth, primarily in the
Fairbanks North Borough.
Project Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Fairbanks will build its capacity
in the area of revenue development through hiring an associate
to create an annual donor development strategy; purchasing a
donor database and integrating it with new agency software to
help analyze donor giving; and providing training to staff on
program protocols.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Alaska
110 Seward St., Ste. 2
Juneau, AK 99801
907-586-3350
Award Amount: $49,998
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska serves at-risk youth, ages
5–17, in nine communities across Southeast Alaska.
Project Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska will build capacity by hiring
a full-time development assistant to create and manage a complete
Constituent Relationship Management system to track donor data,
increase donations, and recruit volunteers.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Athens, Inc.
10522 State Rte. 682
The Plains, OH 45780
740-594-3395
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens, Inc. incorporates a peer-mentoring
program in six school districts and collaborates with many community
organizations to form mentoring partnerships.
Project Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens will build capacity by creating
a new executive assistant position to increase the organization’s
ability to manage objectives and expand; obtaining training
and technical assistance in financial management; and formulating
a board development plan that will redefine the composition
of the board of directors.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters of North Central Arkansas
1105 Deer St., Ste. 12
Conway, AR 72032
501-336-9505
Award Amount: $49,998
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Central Arkansas provides
quality one-to-one mentoring services in Faulkner, Pope, Yell,
Johnson, and Independence counties.
Project Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Central Arkansas will build
capacity by hiring a chief development officer to create a fund
development plan and establish collaborative relationships with
community leaders, with the overall goal of expanding the program
to serve more youth.
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana, Inc.
1415 Main St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
337-478-5437
Award Amount: $49,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana, Inc. provides
one-on-one mentors to all children who need and want them, regardless
of socioeconomic status.
Project Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana will increase
its capacity by hiring a director of community and donor development.
The director will develop and implement a long-term community
plan and key stakeholder communications plan, develop a donor
development strategy, promote public relations, assess community
needs, and develop grant proposals.
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Big Buddy
Program
4135 Common St.
Lake Charles, LA 70607
225-388-9737
Award Amount: $49,280
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Big Buddy Program serves 8,000 young people per year through
mentoring, tutoring, after school programs, and leadership training.
Project Description:
Big Buddy Program will build its capacity by hiring a project
director to achieve National AfterSchool Association accreditation
and to organize board and development training. The consultant
will conduct an assessment of organizational needs, create a
fundraising strategy, and update the organization’s donor
development software/database.
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Black Christian
Men, Inc.
750 South Orange Blossom Trail, Ste. 25
Orlando, FL 32085
407-290-6583
Award Amount: $48,890
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Black Christian Men, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the
mission of developing future leaders.
Project Description:
Black Christian Men, Inc. will increase its capacity by hiring
a consultant to develop a curriculum to train volunteers to
identify and reduce risk factors among at-risk adolescent African
American males between 12–19 years of age in Orange County,
Fla. As part of the curriculum development process, the organization
will hold focus groups with youth and provide an analysis of
the information gained from these discussions.
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Boat People
SOS, Inc.
7411 Riggs Rd., Ste. 328
Adelphi, MD 20783
301-439-0505
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Boat People SOS, Inc. assists Vietnamese refugees and immigrants
in their search for a life with liberty and dignity.
Project Description:
Boat People SOS will build capacity by formulating a strategy
to establish mentoring services to prevent youth involvement
in gangs; establishing a program with local universities to
recruit volunteer mentors; forming a Vietnamese parent association;
and training volunteer grant writers to develop grant proposals.
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Boys &
Girls Club of Hutchinson/Kids After School, Inc.
600 West 2nd Ave.
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-665-7171
Award Amount: $20,059
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Boys & Girls Club of Hutchinson/Kids After School, Inc.
provides a compelling alternative to youth crime, gang membership,
drugs, and other negative influences.
Project Description:
Boys & Girls Club of Hutchinson will build capacity through
providing staff with training in teamwork and communication
skills. The grantee will hire consultants to facilitate community
meetings to assess community strengths and needs. The organization
will receive training in strategic plan development and hire
consultants to evaluate progress on the strategic plan and program
outcomes.
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Boys &
Girls Club of the Yankton Sioux
104 Sheridan SE
Wagner, SD 57380
605-384-9904
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Boys & Girls Club of the Yankton Sioux’s mission is
to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from
disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential
as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
Project Description:
Boys & Girls Club of the Yankton Sioux will build organizational
capacity through hiring a development coordinator to design
a strategic revenue development and sustainability plan for
the organization’s continued operation and growth. The
development coordinator will also provide leadership training
for staff, board, and volunteers.
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Boys &
Girls Clubs of the Glacial Lakes
5 East Oak St.
Sisseton, SD 57262
605-698-3466
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Glacial Lakes’ mission is
to empower Native American youth to rise above poverty.
Project Description:
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Glacial Lakes will build capacity
through developing plans and procedures for staff training and
employee promotion and evaluation to assist with retaining employees.
The grantee will develop a policies and procedures handbook
as well as a human resource guide for the organization. Funds
will also be used to design a donor development strategy and
receive grant-writing training for staff to assist with organizational
sustainability.
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Buffalo Community
Center Collaborative, Inc.
1081 Broadway
Buffalo, NY 14212
716-893-7222
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Buffalo Community Center Collaborative, Inc.’s mission
is to provide support for a network of twelve community centers
that serve at-risk youth in the city of Buffalo.
Project Description:
Buffalo Community Center Collaborative will enhance capacity
by creating and implementing a centralized program evaluation
system and computer network for use by its partners. The program
will utilize the “Rochester Ready Tool.” The organization
will also develop a Web portal for online program evaluation,
and will train staff to use the system.
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California
Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC)
5250 Aero Dr.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-579-3004
Award Amount: $49,893
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC) aims
to provide educational services to the twenty-two federally
recognized tribes in the organization’s service area.
Their services are targeted at at-risk Native American youth.
Project Description:
CIMCC will build capacity by contracting with a marketing consultant
to assist leadership and staff in developing a strategic marketing
plan. The plan shall describe marketing goals, provide an analysis
of target market sub-groups, describe effective outreach and
communications strategies, highlight potential collaborative
partnerships, and indicate best practices for youth programs
and services.
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Castle Square
Tenants Organization, Inc. (CSTO)
476 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
617-357-0036
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Castle Square Tenants Organization, Inc. (CSTO) brokers relationships
between residents and management of Castle Square Apartments.
They also provide services for at-risk youth including a job
readiness training program; a health, education, and recreation
program for young women; music performance coaching for 10–18
year olds, and Internet access for families living in the apartments.
Project Description:
CSTO will build capacity by training current board members;
recruiting and training at least ten residents to serve as board
members; training staff and board members on program monitoring
and evaluation techniques; developing a youth education curriculum
to meet the needs of high-risk youth in middle or high school;
and implementing a monitoring and evaluation pilot program.
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Center for
Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development Incorporated
1123 Babcock Rd., Ste. C
San Antonio, TX 78201
210-227-8900
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development
Incorporated provides technology training and other job-related
assistance to at-risk youth.
Project Description:
Center for Enterprise Community Initiatives and Development
Incorporated will build capacity by developing closer relationships
with its target donor population; training staff in revenue
development; acquiring computer equipment; and training staff
to track participant information and data on the impact of programs.
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Center for
Lifeskills, Education, Assistance, & Development
904 Bob Wallace Ave., Ste. 226
Huntsville, AL 35801
256-457-5302
Award Amount: $49,924
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Center for Lifeskills, Education, Assistance, & Development
serves at-risk, out-of-school youth, between ages 14–21,
in the Black Belt Region of Alabama in support of academic achievement,
career success, and productive citizenship.
Project Description:
Center for Lifeskills, Education, Assistance, & Development
will build capacity by developing its long-term capacity. The
grantee will create a donor development plan, purchase computer
and networking equipment, and purchase donor tracking software.
The grantee will also secure staff training in donor development,
information systems management, and program monitoring and evaluation.
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Central Community
Ministries (CCM)
P.O. Box 2392
Greenville, SC 29602
864-232-9797
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Central Community Ministries (CCM) seeks to serve residents
of five distressed communities in Greenville, S.C., through
a range of programs, such as after-school programs for at-risk
youth, and the rehabilitation of derelict homes, nursing homes,
and soup kitchens.
Project Description:
CCM will build capacity by training its board of directors in
the areas of leadership, organizational oversight, and developing
and sustaining collaborative relationships. The organization
will also seek leadership training for volunteers, and grant-writing
and donor strategy training for staff.
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Charisma Community
Connection
970 Cordova Ave.
Akron, OH 44320
330-873-9793
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Bridges Program of the Charisma Community Connection targets
youth ages 10–17 who are at risk for gang involvement
and other risky behaviors. The program provides services to
four schools within the Akron Public School District.
Project Description:
Charisma Community Connection will build capacity by hiring
a program coordinator for the youth services; hiring consultants
to create a plan for fund development and train staff on the
new computer system; purchasing computer equipment; and purchasing
a seven-passenger van to enable more youth to access their after-school
programs.
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Child Crisis
Center of El Paso
2100 N. Stevens
El Paso, TX 79930
915-562-7955
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Child Crisis Center of El Paso is a nonprofit organization that
offers shelter services twenty-four hours a day, seven days
a week, to children between infancy and 12 years of age in a
smoke-free environment. The center provides comprehensive referral
services to help parents and children find additional psychosocial
and educational support services to stabilize and alleviate
immediate stressors at home.
Project Description:
Child Crisis Center of El Paso will improve capacity by hiring
a human resources director and purchasing a new computer, laser
printer, photo ID system, and an LCD projector.
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Child Development
Education Alliance (CDEA)
P.O. Box 1491
Orange Park, FL 32067
904-278-9737
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Child Development Education Alliance (CDEA) is a professional
organization for early care educators aimed at improving the
quality of faith-based early childhood programs.
Project Description:
CDEA will build capacity by developing a model for training
childcare workers in the context of collaborative learning communities.
The grantee will also design a model for training teachers who
work with distressed families.
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Children's
Center of the Cumberlands
22537 Alberta St.
Oneida, TN 37841
423-569-8900
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Children's Center of the Cumberlands provides social services
to abused children in a homelike, child-friendly atmosphere
designed to reduce trauma and stress.
Project Description:
Children's Center of the Cumberlands will enhance capacity by
hiring a coordinator to create a management team of representatives
from multiple agencies to ensure continuity of care for those
served. The organization will also upgrade computer equipment,
conduct a legal review of the organization’s services
and policies and procedures, and purchase donor development
software.
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Children's
Nursing Specialties, Inc. (CSN)
9900 SW Greenburg Rd., Ste. 290
Portland, OR 97223
503-968-2401
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The mission of Children's Nursing Specialties (CNS) is to provide
nursing shift care to medically fragile children and young adults
in the home setting, and provide quality-based, family-centered,
comprehensive, and holistic care, allowing the population to
reach the highest level of independence.
Project Description:
CNS will build its capacity by developing a volunteer recruitment,
training, and support plan; hiring an executive director; instituting
community outreach to identify potential board members and nurses;
developing a nurse training program; identifying funding strategies;
and developing a plan for obtaining a diversified funding base
to sustain the organization.
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Choice, Inc.
2730 Colony Park, Ste. 7
Memphis, TN 38118
901.367.7565
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Choice, Inc. is a faith-based organization dedicated to career
and economic empowerment of low income and other financially
impoverished persons.
Project Description:
Choice will build its capacity by conducting an assessment of
its financial systems, funding strategy, and organizational
needs; designing and implementing improved financial management
practices; and developing a program curriculum and model to
expand its services to youth.
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Christian
Activity Center (CAC)
540 N. 6th St.
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618-874-5615
Award Amount: $49,820
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The mission of Christian Activity Center (CAC) is to provide
holistic growth and nurturing opportunities to children, youth,
and families.
Project Description:
CAC will increase capacity by developing a revenue development
policies and procedures manual and training board and staff
on revenue development strategies.
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Chugiak Children's
Services, Inc. (CCS)
403 S. Alaska St., 2nd Floor
Palmer, AK 99645
907-745-4040
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Chugiak Children’s Services (CCS) is the Head Start provider
for the Chugiak/Eagle River area for the entire Matanuska-Susitna
Borough of Alaska.
Project Description:
CCS will improve capacity by training board and leaders to be
more effective in their roles, as well as training/developing
staff for possible promotions within the organization; training
department leaders to ensure programs operate effectively and
efficiently; updating the policies and procedures manual; purchasing
and maintaining donor tracking software; designing a fund development
strategy; identifying potential corporate and individual donors;
training board members and staff on the newly designed fund
development strategy; and purchasing software to manage community
partners.
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City Care,
Inc.
136 NW 10th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
405-609-2401
Award Amount: $49,600
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
City Care, Inc. operates twenty tutoring sites for at–risk
youth in the Oklahoma City metro area.
Project Description:
City Care will build capacity by hiring a gang prevention consultant
to present gang awareness and prevention training to volunteers,
students, and interested parents; hiring a part-time site administrator
to manage the program; hiring an outcome evaluation consultant
to provide data for compliance reports and program improvement;
and purchasing a computer to increase communication and develop
a volunteer database.
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Cobb Community
Collaborative, Inc.
P.O. Box 721
Marietta, GA 30061
770-514-7213
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Cobb Community Collaborative, Inc.’s mission is to bring
together key stakeholders in the community to promote the sharing
of ideas, information, and resources to improve the lives of
Cobb County, Ga., residents. These include faith-based and community-based
organizations working with government, businesses, and individuals
to expedite, share, and refine social services to community
members.
Project Description:
Cobb Community Collaborative will improve capacity by hiring
a capacity building consultant to assist the board in evaluating
its current financial status, teach revenue development strategies,
and be available for additional coaching, training, and evaluation
of progress toward financial and other capacity building goals;
hiring a capacity building assistant on a contractual basis
to provide training in grant writing and performance monitoring
and to provide capacity building support to Cobb Community Collaborative
and its members; evaluating and purchasing computer software
for donor tracking and recognition; and developing and maintaining
a comprehensive demographic profile to be used to establish
needs in distressed target areas.
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College Bound,
Inc.
128 M St. NW, Ste. 220
Washington, DC 20001
202-842-0858
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
College Bound, Inc. prepares public school students in the metropolitan
DC area to enter college, earn a degree, and achieve their personal
and professional goals.
Project Description:
College Bound will improve capacity by hiring a consultant to
provide technical assistance for program and organizational
assessments; developing and implementing a strategic plan; hiring
a Development Associate; and recruiting and training new/current
board members on effective communications strategies.
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Communities
in Schools of Florida, Inc.
c/o Tallahassee Community College
444 Appleyard Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32304
850-201-9750
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Communities in Schools of Florida, Inc.’s mission is to
connect resources to schools to keep youth in school and to
prepare them for life.
Project Description:
Communities in Schools of Florida, Inc. will build capacity
by developing program marketing strategies and a strategic plan;
training the board of directors in risk management and nonprofit
management; and researching public grant opportunities.
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Communities
in Schools of North Carolina, Inc. (CISNC)
222 N. Person St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-832-2700
Award Amount: $48,586
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Community in Schools of North Carolina, Inc. (CISNC) is a national
organization that champions the connection of needed community
resources with schools to help young people successfully learn,
stay in school, and prepare for life.
Project Description:
CISNC will build capacity by providing leadership development
training for new executive directors serving at-risk youth in
distressed communities. As part of leadership training, new
directors will be assigned mentors and attend monthly trainings
together. CISNC will revise existing curriculum to support directors
who face challenges of managing programs in distressed or rural
communities.
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Cookie Cart
1119 West Broadway Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-521-0855
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Cookie Cart provides hands-on employment and training to at-risk
youth in North Minneapolis.
Project Description:
Cookie Cart will increase its capacity by hiring a fundraising
consultant to assist the board and staff in designing a comprehensive
revenue development strategy. Funds will be used to research
potential funding opportunities and research and develop a marketing
plan and materials.
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Council of
Community Organizations of Oktibbeha County, Inc.
1408 Old Highway 82 East
Starkville, MS 39159
662-323-3977
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Council of Community Organizations of Oktibbeha County, Inc.
is a nonprofit organization with a mission of economic development
in Oktibbeha County at all levels of community life.
Project Description:
Council of Community Organizations of Oktibbeha County will
build capacity by hiring a grant coordinator and assistant to
facilitate grant activities, engage civic groups, and recruit
volunteers. To increase the Council’s capacity and ensure
sustainability, program staff will provide training to twenty-five
at-risk youth, families, and volunteers in leadership and teamwork
skills.
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Create Now,
Inc.
2007 Wilshire Blvd., #919
Los Angeles, CA 90057
213-484-8500
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Create Now, Inc.’s mission is to change troubled children's
lives through creative arts mentoring, resources, and opportunities.
The organization serves high-risk and at-risk children and youth
who have been abused, neglected, abandoned, orphaned, left homeless,
as well as runaways, foster children, teen parents, victims
of domestic violence, children of prisoners, substance abusers,
gang members, and the incarcerated.
Project Description:
Create Now, Inc. will build capacity by hiring a development
director to facilitate the creation of a donor development strategy
that will include a donor database, and training board and staff
in donor solicitation, leadership giving, and donor stewardship.
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Cristo Rey
Outreach, Inc.
121 Calle Madero
Mailing: P.O. Box 1072
Sunland Park, NM 88063
505-589-3556
Award Amount: $30,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Cristo Rey Outreach, Inc. encourages educational achievement,
prevents gang involvement, and supports healthy lifestyle choices
for youth.
Project Description:
Cristo Rey Outreach will build its capacity by expanding its
program curriculum to directly confront issues of concern for
at-risk youth (e.g., teen health, conflict); training volunteers
to implement and monitor the new curriculum; developing a comprehensive
revenue strategy and the fiscal procedures necessary to administer
grants; and building staff and board skills in nonprofit management
and financial accounting.
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Cross Ties
Ministries, dba Talitha Koum Institute
1311 Clay Ave.
Waco, TX 76706
254-753-2128
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Cross Ties Ministries, dba Talitha Koum Institute brings hope
and improves outcomes through an intensive care program combining
a therapeutic nursery for children from birth to age six. The
program provides comprehensive support to parents including
parenting classes.
Project Description:
Cross Ties Ministries, dba Talitha Koum Institute will build
capacity by hiring a full-time administrative assistant and
a consultant. The consultant will address board development,
policy and procedures, by-laws, fiscal policy, accounts receivable
and payable, and procedures of control, as well as coach the
administrative assistant and executive director.
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Curtis Park
Community Center
929 Curtis St.
Denver, CO 80205
303-295-2399
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Curtis Park Community Center’s mission is to promote and
enhance independence and to enable self-sufficiency, providing
services for residents ranging in age from infancy to the elderly.
Project Description:
Curtis Park Community Center will build capacity by recruiting
and training board members and a new executive director. They
will develop fiscal systems and a donor development strategy,
including a media campaign. Program development for a new model
of collaboration will also be undertaken.
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Dannon Project,
The
2030 1st Ave. North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-821-0081
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Dannon Project, through the “A Chance for Everyone”
(ACER) Program, aims to reduce recidivism by providing re-entry
services to non-violent ex-offenders.
Project Description:
The Dannon Project will build capacity by: hiring a management
consulting team to provide technical assistance in the areas
of organizational and revenue development; conducting an organizational
assessment; conducting a strategic planning process with board
and staff; diversifying the board and providing leadership development
training to board members; providing professional development
training to staff and volunteers; and purchasing new case management
software.
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Deliverance
Family Worship Center
403 Scott St.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
870-931-5453
Award Amount: $49,754
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Deliverance Family Worship Center provides religious and secular
services to impoverished individuals of Jonesboro, with a priority
focus on providing support for youth of the area through enrichment,
tutoring, and premarital counseling programs.
Project Description:
Deliverance Family Worship Center will build capacity by developing
and implementing a needs assessment and asset mapping of the
community; obtaining skills in grant writing; sharing knowledge
with partners and other community advocates; and developing
partnerships with local organizations and agencies.
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District
of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center, The
300 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-638-2575
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center is a multi-agency
entity, providing a multidisciplinary approach to the problem
of child sexual abuse in the District of Columbia.
Project Description:
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center will build
its capacity by hiring a grant-writing specialist to research
new sources of income, and by hiring a consultant to train the
board of directors in revenue development.
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Dominican
American National Foundation CDC, Inc. (DANF)
2885 NW 36 St.
Miami, FL 33142
305-637-8337
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Dominican American National Foundation CDC, Inc. (DANF) delivers
the following services to Hispanics, immigrants, and minorities:
life skills and literacy training; training in overcoming language
barriers and gaining employment skills; job placement assistance;
and assistance in gaining U.S. citizenship and voter registration.
Youth programs offered include tutoring, Internet access via
a fully equipped computer lab, one-on-one counseling, martial
arts classes, and homework assistance.
Project Description:
DANF will improve capacity by developing a transition plan for
the founding executive director and a succession plan for the
board of directors based on strategic goals established in July
2006; developing a business plan; revising the organization’s
bylaws; reconfiguring the board; conducting a feasibility study
for expanding operations; developing a fundraising plan; and
expanding involvement of non-board members through the creation
of a fundraising committee based on the “Raising More
Money” model.
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Eagle's Nest
Center, Inc.
8968 Deerborn Ave.
Westfield, WI 53964
608-296-4023
Award Amount: $49,887
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Eagle's Nest Center, Inc.’s mission is to answer the community’s
need for intervention and prevention programs through mentoring,
restorative justice, cultural sensitivity, education, life skills
training, and promotion of self-sufficiency in a safe and caring
environment.
Project Description:
Eagle's Nest Center will build capacity by developing a business
plan, a policies and procedures manual, and accounting and reporting
systems; developing marketing materials for public awareness,
including creating a Web site; purchasing technology and related
supplies for a new facility; and recruiting and training new
volunteers.
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East Bay Spanish
Speaking Citizens' Foundation (SSCF)
1470 Fruitvale Ave.
Oakland, CA 94601
510-261-7839
Award Amount: $25,125
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation (SSCF) serves
Latinos in Oakland through youth programs, academic tutoring,
job readiness, and recreational programs.
Project Description:
SSCF will improve capacity by hiring a consultant to evaluate
the needs of the board and to design and implement a board recruitment
process, including training and periodic evaluation; hiring
a consultant to conduct fund development training; and purchasing
donor tracking software.
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Easter Seals
Work Resource Center (ESWRC)
2901 Gilbert Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206
513-281-2316
Award Amount: $47,768
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Easter Seals Work Resource Center (ESWRC) serves youth as they
seek to transition from school to work. ESWRC aspires to solidify
its role as the community leader in transition from school to
work for students with disabilities and other life disadvantages.
Project Description:
ESWRC will improve capacity by assessing its current organizational
capacity using the McKinsey Capacity Assessment grid; developing
an agency strategy that leverages organizational skills to achieve
a shared aspiration that includes incorporating applicable tactics
from best practice models; and aligning organizational structures,
policies, and procedures with the agency strategy.
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Elan Foundation,
Inc.
10041 Wamsley Ct.
White Plains, MD 20695
240-304-7629
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Elan Foundation, Inc. provides prevention and treatment services
for youth who are using and abusing drugs and alcohol and/or
are involved in crime.
Project Description:
Elan Foundation will develop capacity by conducting professional
and career development training in areas like grant writing,
program development, and non-profit management. The grantee
will acquire systems for compliance with government standards
for management, human resources, finances, information technology,
and planning and contract CPA services to develop a system of
fiscal controls.
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Elijah House
Academy
6255 Warwick Rd.
Richmond, VA 23224
804-755-7051
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Elijah House is a kindergarten through eighth grade educational
organization.
Project Description:
Elijah House will build capacity by hiring a development director
to create a donor development plan; purchasing software for
donor data collection; enhancing the organization’s financial
systems; and providing staff development opportunities and training.
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Elijah Network
Family and Community Alliance, Inc.
6843 Beech Daly Rd.
Taylor, MI 48180
305-257-5527
Award Amount: $49,973
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Elijah Network Family and Community Alliance, Inc. targets destructive
behaviors such as, but not limited to, substance abuse, early
pre-martial sexual activity, child abuse, and violence in youth
and families. The organization provides evidence-based prevention
training programs for professionals and community volunteers.
Project Description:
Elijah Network Family and Community Alliance, Inc. will build
capacity by providing twenty-five certification-training scholarships
for faith/community leadership and volunteers in an evidence-based
curriculum developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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Emmanuel Gospel
Center, Inc. (EGC)
2 San Juan St.
Boston, MA 02118
617-262-4567
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Emmanuel Gospel Center, Inc. (EGC) is a para-church organization
that supports the work of hundreds of churches in the immigrant
and ethnic minority communities of Great Boston. EGC operates
the Higher Education Resource Centers (HERC) project, which
provides academic enrichment and support service, college and
career advising, and retention support to under-represented
students (grades 6–12) and their families.
Project Description:
EGC will build the capacity of the HERC project through developing
a financial literacy component to existing program curriculum;
developing a funding strategy and purchasing donor development
software; hiring the Higher Education Information Center to
provide materials and training to staff; attending the National
College Access Network conference; developing a centralized
database to track program services; evaluating HERC’s
collaborative service delivery approach; and developing communication
tools for the project.
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Empowerment
Association
1450 Lost Creek Rd.
Chula Vista, CA 91915
619-987-7770
Award Amount: $49,940
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Empowerment Association helps youth build stable connections
that will help prevent negative outcomes. The organization provides
mentors to youth and conducts enrichment activities onsite at
elementary schools in the community.
Project Description:
Empowerment Association will increase capacity by arranging
community development and nonprofit management training for
the executive director at the Nonprofit Management Institute
and the University of San Diego, and hiring consultants to address
issues of board development, fiscal management, outcomes evaluation,
and fund development.
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Enrichment
Foundation, Inc., The
221 Oak St.
Abilene, TX 79602
325-518-5736
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Enrichment Foundation, Inc. supports young adults on their
way to healthy marriages and lifestyles in the community.
Project Description:
The Enrichment Foundation will build capacity by composing an
advisory board to assist in the development of policies and
procedures, in training and development manuals, and in succession
planning; providing training for staff in grant writing and
donor relations; and hiring a development consultant to provide
technical support for revenue development strategies.
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Faith, Strength
and Power, Inc. (FSP)
P.O. Box 621
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-348-9440
Award Amount: $49,998
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Faith, Strength and Power, Inc. (FSP) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)
faith-based community development organization promoting positive
youth development.
Project Description:
FSP will increase capacity by obtaining training in program
monitoring and evaluation; developing a fundraising and donor
database; and utilizing the Helping America’s Youth toolkit
for community assessment to develop a framework for conducting
a community assessment in Kent County, Md.
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Family Farm
of Northern Nevada
4708 Park Point Court
Reno, NV 89502
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $49,999
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Family Farm of Northern Nevada provides training to empower
parents and guardians of at-risk youth to change negative behaviors
in their children, ultimately reducing/preventing their participation
in destructive behaviors including truancy, alcohol and drug
abuse, gang involvement, running away, violence, and suicide.
Project Description:
Family Farm of Northern Nevada will increase capacity by hiring
and training a Program Director in grant writing, grassroots
fundraising, and donor database development; training board
members in fundraising strategies; and designing and developing
an organizational Web site.
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Family Literacy
Center, Inc. (FLC)
4727 Logan Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64136
816-461-0300
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Family Literacy Center, Inc. (FLC) provides comprehensive services
that respond to the educational and special needs of children,
teens, adults, and their families. FLC works to break the cycle
of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities
for low-income families.
Project Description:
FLC will increase capacity by expanding programming to include
marriage curriculum and ensuring culturally sensitive materials
are provided to clients, including translating materials into
Spanish. The organization will also provide curriculum training
to facilitators programming materials available via their Web
site.
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Federation
of Families of Palm Beach County, Inc., The
3333 Avenue I
Riviera Beach, FL 33415
561-863-9848
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Federation of Families of Palm Beach County, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit, community-based mental health organization with a
mission to educate, advocate, mentor, and counsel youth and
their families deemed at-risk, disadvantaged, underserved, and/or
experiencing emotional disturbance, mental health or behavioral
disorders, or delinquency by providing mental health and human
and social service support.
Project Description:
The Federation will build capacity by hiring a consultant to
design and purchase a user-friendly technology system structure
to support stronger governance; developing a revenue-building
strategy and a social marketing plan; and purchasing technologies
and supplies to support the previously mentioned efforts.
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Fresh Ministries,
Inc.
1131 North Laura St.
Jacksonville, FL 32206
904-355-0000
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Fresh Ministries, a faith-based organization committed to improving
economic and social conditions in urban Jacksonville, Fla.,
launched an initiative that evolved into the “6-Point
Plan” that focuses on improving educational outcomes in
East Jacksonville.
Project Description:
Fresh Ministries will use funds to mobilize various organizations
and individuals within the community to be partners in the innovative
“6-Point Plan” by implementing a needs assessment
that will help clarify goals, objectives, and activities, build
capacity in existing programs, define the need for new programs,
raise awareness, and engage other organizations.
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Friends of
Bethany, Inc.
P.O. Box 11303
Fort Wayne, IN 46857
260-744-9027
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Friends of Bethany, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides
youth a safe haven and an opportunity to academically achieve
through tutoring, leadership development, and recreation services.
Project Description:
Friends of Bethany will increase capacity by contracting with
a consultant to provide board training in revenue development
strategies, and by purchasing, implementing, and using a donor
database system.
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Friends Outside
in Los Angeles County, Inc.
464 East Walnut St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-795-7653
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Friends Outside in Los Angeles County, Inc. is a network of
separately incorporated nonprofit organizations located throughout
California. The organization’s goal is to break the cycle
of incarceration through services that address the special needs
of families affected by incarceration.
Project Description:
Friends Outside in Los Angeles County will increase capacity
by researching curriculum that addresses risk behaviors in youth
and developing new program curriculum that meets the needs of
their target population. The grantee will conduct focus groups
with parents to review the curriculum and evaluate the new curriculum.
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Future Well-Being
of Mankind
514 Fox St.
Paris, MO 65275
626-795-7653
Award Amount: $49,905
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Future Well-Being of Mankind, a nonprofit organization, operates
the Impacting Youth program, a faith-based mentoring program
for 11–17 year olds, in conjunction with other faith-
and community-based organizations, the juvenile justice system,
government agencies, schools, and other youth-serving agencies.
Project Description:
Future Well-Being of Mankind will build capacity by conducting
an assessment of board, staff, volunteer, and partner strengths
and weaknesses, and providing training and technical assistance
as required. They will conduct pre- and post-training assessments
to assess knowledge, skills, and satisfaction with training
and conduct a post-training assessment of knowledge application
and assimilation changes. Activities are directed toward increasing
abilities of staff, board, and volunteers, and toward improving
collaboration, expanding services, and instituting follow-up.
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G.R.A.C.E.
Project
160 Hubbard Way, Ste. E
Reno, NV 89502
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
G.R.A.C.E. Project addresses the needs of distressed communities
and at-risk youth in the Reno-Sparks area through the provision
of social services.
Project Description:
G.R.A.C.E. Project will build capacity by hiring a grant writer;
training board members in fund development strategies; hiring
a full-time program coordinator; providing the new coordinator
with office space and a computer system to implement these activities;
and creating an organizational Web site.
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Harvest Community
Foundation Incorporated
P.O. Box 50489
Billings, MT 59105
406-254-1191
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Harvest Community Foundation Incorporated provides positive
youth development opportunities and programming that are accessible
to all area youth.
Project Description:
Harvest Community Foundation will build capacity by hiring an
executive director and equipping an office for this position;
developing and implementing a financial plan; and collaborating
with the city and regional community organizations to complete
quarterly assessments.
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Heart Reach,
Inc.
211 Redondo Rd.
Youngstown, OH 44501
330-782-2070
Award Amount: $49,929
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Heart Reach, Inc. works with disadvantaged youth and their families
to improve their quality of life and the quality of education.
Project Description:
Heart Reach will increase capacity by hiring an executive director;
recruiting and training three to five board members and thirty
volunteers in agency policies, procedures, and programs; and
developing a funding and market strategy to promote the organizational
image in the community.
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High Expectations,
Inc.
152 Front St.
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-887-8193
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
High Expectations, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a coordinated effort
to mobilize the community with the primary purpose of focusing
on the prevention of troubled youth.
Project Description:
High Expectations will build capacity by recruiting and training
youth and adults to develop a teen center; redesigning and implementing
staff, board, and volunteer training and orientations; developing
policies and procedures for the teen center; creating a communications
and funding strategy; and updating fiscal controls to handle
added staffing.
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Holly Community,
Inc.
408 Coles Circle
Salisbury, MD 21802
443-260-0822
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Holly Community, Inc. provides innovative support to children
and adults of all ages and all disabilities, whether living
independently, with their families, or in community placements.
Project Description:
Holly Community, Inc. will build capacity by recruiting a program
development team to oversee and guide facilitation, implementation,
and evaluation of program activities to improve program outcomes
for at-risk youth with disabilities, and recruiting a fund development
team to oversee and guide a strategic fund development process.
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Hood River
County Commission on Children and Families, Faith Connection
309 State St.
Hood River, OR 97031
541-386-3335
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Faith Connection is a capacity building coalition of the Hood
River County Commission on Children and Families. It develops
best practice youth and increasing individual and community
capacity to implement, grow, and sustain programs through various
methods including volunteerism and fundraising.
Project Description:
Faith Connection will increase capacity by contracting with
a revenue development specialist to provide a series of resource
development workshops and individualized training on five cornerstone
projects. The training will focus on marketing projects, developing
a donor development strategy, reading and writing grants, creating
a budget, researching federal and state grants, and developing
a capital campaign.
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Hope House
614 Cedar Court
Kingsport, TN 37663
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Hope House is a residential facility serving at-risk teenage
mothers and mothers-to-be by providing housing assistance, prenatal
care, counseling, education assistance, and postnatal support.
Project Description:
Hope House will build capacity by providing staff and board
training on grant writing and fundraising; creating a strategic
fundraising plan; conducting a successful audit; and providing
computer equipment for select programs.
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Hyde Square
Task Force, Inc.
375 Centre St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-524-8303
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc. builds the skills of youth so they
are empowered to enhance their own lives and develop a stronger,
more peaceful, and vibrant urban community.
Project Description:
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc. will build capacity by conducting
research and evaluating best practices of faith-based and community
organizations that have developed strategies for long-term revenue
generation and individual donor cultivation; receiving staff
training on individual donor development and fundraising; developing
a detailed strategy to achieve a diversified and sustainable
long-term fundraising stream; and designing a comprehensive
communications and marketing plan.
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In Arms Reach,
Inc. (IAR)
Box #559 Triboro Station
New York, NY 10035
212-650-5894
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
In Arms Reach, Inc. (IAR) is a Harlem-based organization that
targets its services to New York City’s at-risk youth
between the ages of 7–18 who have at least one parent
who is incarcerated.
Project Description:
IAR will build its capacity by hiring a program developer and
a revenue development strategist to develop a new curriculum;
managing data from a point-of-entry evaluation system; and improving
and expanding IAR’s fund development strategy.
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Inner-City
Muslim Action Network (IMAN)
3344 W. 63rd St.
Chicago, IL 60629
773-434-4626
Award Amount: $49,270
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) provides a holistic
series of programs and services for diverse low-income residents
of Chicago Lawn and its neighboring communities.
Project Description:
IMAN will increase capacity by hiring a youth coordinator; conducting
a comprehensive needs assessment of IMAN’s programming
and the community; developing a curriculum and resources for
at-risk youth; developing and systemizing leadership and mentor
training; developing a program evaluation process; and designing
a revenue building strategy to guide fundraising for its youth
program.
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International
Children Assistance Network (ICAN)
1425 Clayton Rd.
San Jose, CA 95127
408-396-6002
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
International Children Assistance Network (ICAN) helps children
realize their potential and become responsible and contributing
members of their family and community.
Project Description:
ICAN will improve capacity by upgrading its software and computer
systems, and by contracting with consultants to develop a strategic
plan and management strategy.
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International
Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA)
400 W. Vananda Ave.
Ajo, AZ 85321
520-387-6823
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA) provides innovative
services and projects that together address Ajo’s fundamental
need for meaningful educational and economic opportunity.
Project Description:
ISDA will build capacity by contracting with a consultant to
evaluate current youth programs and design an updated curriculum;
develop the Las Artes GED and vocational skills program; design
and implement a communications plan; and purchase software and
equipment.
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Jamaica Center
for Arts & Learning, Inc. (JCAL)
161-04 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica, NY 11432
718-658-7400
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is a nonprofit,
multidisciplinary, multicultural organization with the mission
to provide access to innovative and affordable visual and performing
arts, arts and cultural programs, and after-school and summer
activities for youth in Southeast Queens.
Project Description:
JCAL will build capacity by assessing the effectiveness of its
current teen programming; surveying current teen participants,
community members, instructors, parents, and non-participatory
teens; revising and creating written program curriculum based
on community feedback; and creating a staff/teacher training
program.
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Jewish Family
& Children’s Service of Long Beach/West Orange (JFCS)
3801 E. Willow St.
Long Beach, CA 90815
323-761-8159
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Long Beach/West
Orange (JFCS) provides social services such as counseling, case
management, and support services to underserved at-risk youth.
Project Description:
JFCS will build capacity by upgrading computer hardware, software,
and its Web-based data management program; purchasing thirteen
new computers and a server; and training clinical staff on the
new system and in grant writing.
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Jewish Federation
of Greater Los Angeles/Koreh L.A.
6505 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 900
Los Angeles, CA 90049
562-427-7916
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Koreh L.A. is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater
Los Angeles. The program aims to improve children’s reading
skills by facilitating relationships between caring volunteers
and at-risk children from low-income families.
Project Description:
The Jewish Federation will build capacity for its Koreh L.A.
program by recruiting and training new volunteers and current
staff via a literacy conference and a grant writing seminar;
conducting community asset mapping; and implementing a strategy
of evaluating its training materials.
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Johnson Family
Children’s Home (JFCH)
1025 Lees Dr.
Seymour, TN 37865
865-579-1042
Award Amount: $49,062
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Johnson Family Children’s Home (JFCH) serves at-risk children
and youth by providing permanent and temporary homes to disadvantaged
children in the Knox county region of Tennessee.
Project Description:
JFCH will build capacity by arranging training for board members
and staff in strategic planning, program management, computer
skills, fund development, and grant writing via The Center for
Nonprofit Management; purchasing and implementing a computerized
financial accounting system; and hiring a grant development
specialist.
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Kendall Christian
School
8485 Southwest 112 St.
Miami, FL 33156
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $49,360
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Kendall Christian School provides a solid foundation in education,
socialization, and responsibility to area youth.
Project Description:
Kendall Christian School will improve capacity by hiring a staff
member to develop a funding plan; providing training and mentoring
to staff on development processes; providing leadership and
fundraising training to the board; and enhancing the Web site
to provide updated school information to the community.
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Kids' Harbor,
Inc.
5717 Chapel Dr.
Osage Beach, MO 65065
573-348-6886
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Kid’s Harbor, Inc. is the coordinating agency in the multidisciplinary
approach to child abuse that includes the prosecutors, Children’s
Division representatives, mental health and medical professionals,
and law enforcement officers.
Project Description:
Kid’s Harbor will build capacity by improving data management
procedures; increasing volunteer participation through orientation
and training; improving staff and community partners’
knowledge of child abuse and related issues; and contracting
a development consultant for training on donor recruitment strategies
and an annual campaign.
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Kinship, Inc.
3210 Oliver Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55412
952-212-4681
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Kinship, Inc. mentors at-risk children living in low-income,
single-parent homes.
Project Description:
Kinship, Inc. will build capacity by hiring a board development
specialist to assist the executive director in expanding the
board from six to eleven members; improving program monitoring
and best practices; and developing twenty corporate partnerships.
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La Cuna, Inc.
3180 University Ave., Ste. 260
San Diego, CA 92104
619-521-9900
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
La Cuna, Inc.’s mission is to ensure that Latino foster
children grow up happy and healthy, and to develop best practices
that improve the lives of Latino children in foster care across
California.
Project Description:
La Cuna will build capacity by installing a secure computer
network; receiving an independent fiscal audit; contracting
with an evaluator to evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s
foster care placement protocol compared to County’s procedures;
receiving training in grant writing so the organization can
submit at least four grant proposals; and increasing the agency’s
community engagement activities by conducting a community asset
mapping to determine an ideal location for the agency’s
North County annex office.
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Louisiana Office
of the Governor
150 Third St., Ste. 404
Baton Rouge, LA 70801
225-342-5818
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Louisiana Office of the Governor operates the Governor’s
Program on Abstinence (GPA), which provides social services
in the continually distressed community of Louisiana. GPA is
aimed at positive youth development and at reducing the incidences
of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Project Description:
GPA will build capacity by contracting with a fundraising consultant
to provide assistance in developing revenue and donor development
strategies; acquiring donor development software; and hiring
an evaluator to ensure the program has viable statistics on
program effectiveness, which will assist in securing funding.
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Liberty's Promise
1010 Pendleton St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-9950
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Liberty's Promise sustains and supports young immigrants in
need while encouraging them to be active and productive American
citizens.
Project Description:
Liberty's Promise will improve capacity by contracting with
consultants to review and recommend changes to its current curriculum,
assess program development practices, and provide training on
fundraising strategies. Funds will also be used to provide grant-writing
training for staff and to purchase software.
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Lighthouse
Center for Community Healing, Inc., The
12207 Highway Six, Ste. L
Fresno, TX 77545
281-431-6111
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Lighthouse Center for Community Healing, Inc. has been serving
the youth and families of Fort Bend, Tex., for eight years.
Its mentor program is designed to assist and support at-risk
youth within distressed communities served by the Fort Bend
Independent School District.
Project Description:
The Lighthouse Center for Community Healing will build capacity
by hiring and training a director of development and support
staff; developing a Bridge Builder curriculum and a donor development
strategy; providing training for board in staff in program management,
fund development, and mentoring; recruiting and training volunteers;
and purchasing a projector for training purposes.
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Llano Grande
Center for Research and Development
P.O. Box 340
Edcouch, TX 78538
956-262-4474
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Llano Grande Center for Research and Development is a school-based
nonprofit organization located along the Texas/Mexico border
that aims to increase educational opportunities and attainment
for at-risk youth in the region.
Project Description:
The Llano Grande Center will increase capacity by training two
staff members to plan and prepare for a capital campaign. The
organization will also hire a consultant to conduct a feasibility
study to gauge community support, develop a list of potential
donors, and guide staff and board members through a capital
campaign planning process.
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Long Island
Youth for Christ (LIYFC)
1775 New York Ave.
Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-385-8333
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Long Island Youth for Christ (LIYFC), a faith-based organization,
serves at-risk youth through a variety of programs including
the Wyandanch Teen Parent Program that provides support, guidance,
and training opportunities for teen parents, from ages 13 to
21, who reside within the Wyandanch community.
Project Description:
LIYFC will improve capacity by hiring a program coordinator
to facilitate community meetings, host annual planning meetings,
recruit and train volunteers, and coordinate donor and fundraising
strategies.
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Love That Works,
Inc.
18203 Woodingham Dr.
Detroit, MI 48221
248-396-8471
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Love That Works, Inc. is a grassroots faith-based youth development
program serving at-risk female teens and young adults, ages
14 to 24.
Project Description:
Love That Works will increase capacity by conducting board development
training on organization management; updating management strategies
and raising awareness to increase grant support; and improving
financial management and internal fiscal controls through the
use of QuickBooks accounting software and the purchase of a
new computer.
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Maritime Discipleship,
Inc.
P.O. Box 89004
Tampa, FL 33689
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Maritime Discipleship, Inc. encourages the development of character
and leadership skills through the use of boats and sail-training.
Project Description:
Maritime Discipleship will increase its capacity by hiring a
program coordinator; developing a fund development plan; providing
board training in leadership and fundraising; and hiring a consultant
to provide grant-writing training.
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Mental Health
Collective, The
3548 Bryant Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-822-8227
Award Amount: $40,286
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Mental Health Collective is a community-based nonprofit
agency founded to improve the emotional health of the community.
It works in partnership with individuals and organizations by
encouraging clients to participate in life and activities and
by locating accessible mental health services.
Project Description:
The Mental Health Collective will build capacity by hiring an
administrative assistant to develop and implement a marketing
plan, and to develop a donor development plans; providing professional
training for an administrative assistant in nonprofit management;
hiring consultants to provide technical assistance in developing
marketing and fundraising plans; developing and implementing
new human resources procedures and polices; and purchasing a
computer and applicable software.
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Mesquite Youth
Services
P.O. Box 851037
Mesquite, TX 75185
972-329-8346
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Mesquite Youth Services provides a unified effort to educate,
coordinate, and actively involve every segment of the community
in identifying and meeting the needs of all youth in a way that
encourages success, develops life skills, emphasizes a sense
of priority, stresses the worth of the individual, and promotes
community responsibility.
Project Description:
Mesquite Youth Services will improve capacity by training staff
in best practices for working with at-risk youth and hiring
a part-time bilingual education outreach specialist and a part-time
webmaster to maintain the Web site.
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Milwaukee Catalyst,
Inc.
2111 N. Martin Luther King Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
414-264-4010
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Milwaukee Catalyst, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit citywide research
and reform organization established to secure high-achieving,
successful schools for all children in Milwaukee public schools.
Project Description:
Milwaukee Catalyst will enhance capacity by training volunteer
tutors and academic mentors to provide academic support to youth;
hiring an outreach/volunteer coordinator to assist in volunteer
recruitment and training; and hiring two consultants to assist
with curriculum development and the creation of a fundraising
plan.
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Milwaukee
Urban Inclusion Collaborative, Inc. (MUIC)
9550 W. Brown Deer Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53224
414-303-8754
Award Amount: $36,545
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Milwaukee Urban Inclusion Collaborative (MUIC) is a local affiliate
of Risen Savior Lutheran Church and the School of the Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Synod, providing direct special educational
services to area Lutheran schools, teachers, and students.
Project Description:
MUIC will improve capacity by purchasing accounting software
and portable technology items; providing leadership and professional
development opportunities to staff and board members; developing
a fiscal viability plan and reporting structure; and establishing
a separate 501(c)(3) for the collaborative.
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Minnesota
African Women's Association (MAWA)
1201 37th Ave. North
Minneapolis, MN 55412
612-302-3454
Award Amount: $45,053
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Minnesota African Women's Association (MAWA) promotes the health
and well-being of African refugee and immigrant women and their
families.
Project Description:
MAWA will build capacity by hiring an organizational consultant
to provide technical assistance for the further development
of the African Girls Initiative for Leadership and Empowerment
curriculum; creating a fund development plan; receiving training
on fundraising for the executive director; and contracting a
bookkeeper to develop and reconcile monthly financial statements.
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Minorities
Overcoming the Virus through Education, Responsibility, &
Spirituality, Inc. (MOVERS)
7186 NW 14th Pl.
Miami, FL 33147
305-693-8033
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Minorities Overcoming the Virus through Education, Responsibility,
& Spirituality, Inc. (MOVERS) is a nonprofit, faith-based
organization focused on prevention education, care and treatment,
and supportive housing for individuals with HIV/AIDS.
Project Description:
MOVERS will build organizational capacity by paying for staff
to develop the youth AIDS prevention project and using the Teens
for AIDS Prevention curriculum; hiring a consultant to help
develop a program plan for implementing this program with the
homeless population; and training staff to implement the new
curriculum.
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Mt. Olive
Tampa Community Development Center
1745 LaSalle St.
Tampa, FL 33607
813-254-5045
Award Amount: $48,162
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Mt. Olive Community Development Center serves at-risk youth
by addressing the challenge of educating youth about career
choices and helping them make informed choices about their educational
and career options.
Project Description:
Mt. Olive Community Development Center will build capacity by
formulating a business plan; creating a fund development plan;
providing the board the training and tools to implement strategic
plans, conduct development activities, and increase community
awareness; and providing the organization with computers.
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Mt. Zion United
Methodist Church: Involved Parents—Productive Youth
6101 Quantico Rd.
Quantico, MD 21856
410-860-9666
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church’s project, entitled “Involved
Parents—Productive Students” (IPPS), is a faith-based
mentoring program for at-risk youth up to age 18, and an outgrowth
of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church’s youth programming.
Project Description:
IPPS will build capacity by providing leadership training for
board members, staff, and volunteers; developing financial management
systems and a formal communication strategy; filing for nonprofit
status; designing an evaluation plan and tools to institute
a client tracking process; developing a fundraising plan; providing
grant-writing training for board and staff; and conducting community
asset mapping coupled with the establishment of additional collaborative
relationships.
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Muslim American
Society Boston (MAS Boston)
140 Prospect St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-960-7159
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Muslim American Society Boston (MAS Boston) is a faith-based
community organization that seeks to educate, develop, and empower
the Muslim community to be active citizens who will play a significant
role in the improvement of society. Their mission is to inculcate
positive, moderate, and peaceful Islamic values in all members
of our community, particularly the youth.
Project Description:
MAS Boston will build capacity by securing training for the
agency director and board members to enhance their organization
leadership, management, and strategic and financial planning
skills; securing core competency training for youth supervisors
to build skills in program development and staff management;
providing a weekend training program for youth workers that
will specifically address the challenges with working with the
immigrant Muslim youth; hiring a consultant to develop a long-range
marketing strategy; and hiring a consultant to develop a comprehensive
revenue development and grant-writing training program that
will be provided to staff.
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Native American
Coalition of Healthy Alternatives (NACHA)
315B E. St. Patrick St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-209-6741
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Native American Coalition of Healthy Alternatives (NACHA)
builds financial literacy on the Pine Ridge Reservation. NACHA
implements a program called “I Bank”, which helps
American Indian people learn money management life skills through
saving.
Project Description:
NACHA will build capacity by expanding their I Bank project
to maximize youth participation and success. Specifically they
will develop a “How-to Kit” user’s manual
that will also be accessible. This user’s manual will
allow schools and other entities that work with youth access
to I Bank resources. The organization will also evaluate the
benefits of the I Bank program and use the evaluation to leverage
new partners and resources.
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Native American
Pueblo Parent Resources, Inc. (NAPPR)
8330 Washington Pl. NE, Ste. A
Albuquerque, NM 87113
505-345-6289
Award Amount: $45,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Native American Pueblo Parent Resources, Inc. (NAPPR) provides
culturally relevant and responsive support services to Native
American families and children.
Project Description:
NAPPR’s capacity building activities include implementing
nonprofit management training to the Board of Directors and
agency staff, developing a ten-year strategic plan that includes
conducting a community needs assessment, and improving the organization
infrastructure through technology upgrades. Implementing these
capacity building activities will increase the organization’s
sustainability and enable them to serve more children and families.
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New Operation
Cooper Street, Inc.
650 Mary St.
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
941-639-3034
Award Amount: $49,970
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
New Operation Cooper Street, a community center in a distressed
community, is the central resource for providing after-school,
summer, and recreational services to the area’s at-risk
youth in the form of instructional, recreational, and prevention
programming.
Project Description:
New Operation Cooper Street will build capacity by contracting
with Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services to train
board members in governance, roles, and responsibilities; facilitate
development of a long-term strategic plan; train board and staff
in fundraising; and design a revenue development plan for long-term
sustainability of the organization.
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New South
Development & Training (NSTD)
2659 Livingston Rd.
Jackson, MS 39213
601-896-0084
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
New South Development & Training (NSDT) enables under-served
families to address poverty and illiteracy through education,
job preparation, and prevention activities. NSDT prioritizes
services to youth in seventh through eleventh grade who are
at-risk or have special needs.
Project Description:
NSDT will build organizational capacity through program development
activities. Capacity building activities include developing
a new program designed to introduce students to the entrepreneurial
process (interactive, computer-driven, learning system) and
evaluating and monitoring program impact.
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New York City
Coalition Against Hunger
16 Beaver St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10004
212-825-0028
Award Amount: $48,205
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
New York City Coalition Against Hunger provides technical assistance
to kitchens and pantries in the areas of fundraising, financial
management, and board and program development, as well as enabling
them to provide food and nutrition education to at-risk youth.
Project Description:
New York City Coalition Against Hunger will build capacity by
creating in-depth hardcopy and electronic training materials
about the child nutrition program; developing training materials
on volunteer recruitment and management; and hiring two consultants
to conduct a needs assessment for fund development and to upgrade
and maintain an online mapping system of community resources
that address issues related to hunger.
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North Country
Children's Clinic
238 Arsenal St.
Watertown, NY 13601
315-782-9450
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
North Country Children's Clinic is a non-profit organization
that provides pediatric healthcare to children who are from
low-income families.
Project Description:
North Country Children's Clinic will build capacity by conducting
an organization technology needs assessment to determine the
improvements needed to increase staff’s ability to provide
more services to children and families in a timely manner. Funds
will be used to acquire, install, and train staff on a computerized
patient information system, which will increase operational
efficiency and reduce paperwork.
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North Pasadena
Community Outreach
705 1/2 Williams St.
Pasadena, TX 77506
713-473-6300
Award Amount: $49,999
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
North Pasadena Community Outreach is a youth development organization
whose mission is to provide parents and youth with quality childcare
options regardless of ability to pay.
Project Description:
North Pasadena Community Outreach will build capacity by developing
a marketable organization business plan and operations manual;
creating a program manual detailing curricula with goals and
objectives; developing marketing materials reflecting the new
documents; and creating an evaluation guide and tools.
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Northern Ohio
Recovery Association, Incorporated (NORA)
3746 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-391-6672
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Northern Ohio Recovery Association, Incorporated (NORA)
is a faith- and community-based organization that provides prevention,
substance abuse treatment, and recovery support services to
families in a Cuyahoga, Summit, and Lorain Counties.
Project Description:
NORA will build capacity by providing training for staff and
board members, on topics including creating a model organization;
funding strategies; grant funding; revenue-producing activities
of nonprofits; and organizational best practices. NORA will
also develop a comprehensive funding plan, create and implement
a staff-training program, and develop a grants management database.
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Oakland Technology
& Education Center (OTEC)
920 Peralta St.
Oakland, CA 94607
510-839-6812
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Oakland Technology & Education Center (OTEC) is a small
nonprofit organization with an extensive history of providing
youth with after-school programs that focus on literacy, technology,
academic achievement, and cultural enrichment.
Project Description:
OTEC will build capacity by establishing a formal relationship
with Compass Point, a nationally recognized nonprofit technical
assistance provider, to identify and recruit board members;
provide board leadership training; create a strategic plan;
facilitate an organizational assessment; assist with identification
of revenue generating streams; create a revenue development
plan; and provide staff with grant-writing, fundraising, and
volunteer-management training.
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Oasis Charity
27156 Marshall St.
Southfield, MI 48076
248-361-2347
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Oasis Charity provides positive activities and services to children
and teens after school.
Project Description:
Oasis Charity will increase capacity by recruiting four board
members; training board members, staff, and volunteers in capacity
building, leadership development, organizational development,
community engagement, program monitoring, and developing a fund
development plan; purchasing a computerized donor database;
and completing a community needs assessment.
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Opening Doors
of Ohio, Inc.
1689 Hardin Ln.
Powell, OH 43065
614-543-0417
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Opening Doors of Ohio, Inc. develops stronger, healthy family
connections for those impacted by incarceration in Ohio using
a variety of relationship-skills building curriculum interventions
and an experienced family mediator to improve family connectedness.
Project Description:
Opening Doors of Ohio will build capacity by developing a business
plan to guide program goals and objectives; contracting with
a creative team to design and implement a communication package
and fundraising plan to address current and prospective donors;
and providing training for staff and board members in fundraising
strategies.
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Paradox 242
333 Fairhaven Court
Newbury Park, CA 91320
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Paradox 242 provides educational assistance and job training
for at-risk youth, ages 13–19, by refurbishing computers
and donating them to families who do not have a computer.
Project Description:
Paradox 242 will build capacity by providing fundraising and
grant-writing training for staff and board; creating an organizational
Web site; improving fiscal management by implementing a formal
fiscal management system; and securing additional office space
so the program can grow in capacity.
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Partners in
Education of Montgomery, Inc.
207 Montgomery St., Ste. 816
Montgomery, AL 36104
334-262-4743
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Partners in Education of Montgomery, Inc. encourages student
achievement and supports the overall economic health of the
city.
Project Description:
Partners in Education of Montgomery will build capacity by training
staff in financial management, including purchasing new software
and producing written policies; improving capacity for data
management through the use of an online database to manage volunteers
and donors; creating a comprehensive communications strategy;
designing and managing a Web site to reach volunteers and the
community; designing a donor development strategy to create
stable funding sources; educating staff and board members so
they can be more active in fundraising efforts; and creating
a CD-ROM presentation tool.
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Pentecostal
Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, Inc.
1648 Wisconsin Ave.
Beloit, WI 53511
414-202-9470
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, Inc. provides
social services that address the total family unit. They provide
a support system through social advocacy and services for the
disadvantaged and disenfranchised of our community.
Project Description:
Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of God in Christ will build capacity
by contracting with RLB Consulting to train staff and volunteers
in leadership training and development twice monthly; purchasing
eighteen computers, a color copy machine, two laser network
printers, and two fax machines; and hiring a part-time project
coordinator.
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Phantom Projects
Educational Theatre Group
12720 Grayling Ave.
La Mirada, CA 90637
562-902-1119
Award Amount: $49,336
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Phantom Projects Educational Theatre Group educates teens about
current life issues such as abstinence, violence, and substance
abuse.
Project Description:
Phantom Projects Educational Theatre Group will build capacity
by renewing its nonprofit license; arranging training for the
executive director, board members, and staff in strategic planning,
board governance, financial management, marketing and public
relations, volunteer management, fund development, and grant
writing; and purchasing a laptop, a scanner/fax, a fax line,
and a projector.
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Philadelphia
Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (PAAN)
2700 North 17th St., Ste. 200
Philadelphia, PA 19132
215-940-0550
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network (PAAN) serves as
Philadelphia’s primary crisis intervention agency by providing
services citywide. PAAN has expertise in street-based community
outreach and intervention programs aimed at reducing youth violence.
Project Description:
PAAN will build capacity by engaging in full agency strategic
planning to identify and implement short-term and long-term
goals; recruiting additional board members and training the
board in governance, fiscal management, human resources, and
community networking; and identifying and developing an annual
event to engage support from the community.
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Positive Choices
Community Empowerment Corporation
4302 Hollywood Boulevard, #229
Hollywood, FL 33021
954-964-9595/444-3473
Award Amount: $49,994
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Positive Choices Community Empowerment Corporation serves as
a catalyst for building empowered communities in distressed
areas through weekly teen mentoring, speaking at conferences,
co-hosting weekend retreats for teens, and making presentations
at teen and community health seminars about the negative impact
of pre-marital sex, drugs, crime, and violence.
Project Description:
Positive Choices Community Empowerment Corporation will build
capacity by hiring staff to assist with program administration
and fundraising efforts; obtaining staff training in fundraising,
accounting, Web site maintenance, and strategic plan development;
leasing office space; and purchasing computer equipment.
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Pregnancy
Care Center
2020 12th Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
708-720-1123/715-5052
Award Amount: $46,274
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Pregnancy Care Center provides services and resources to men
and women facing pregnancy and sexuality-related issues.
Project Description:
Pregnancy Care Center will build capacity by hiring a consultant
to evaluate and implement new strategies to reach its target
audience; hiring a nurse manager; recruiting a physician and
two nurses trained in sonography; upgrading donor and client
tracking databases; and providing training for staff and volunteers
in current issues surrounding sexually transmitted diseases,
abstinence, and healthy relationships.
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Proactive
Community Services
623 Quail Run
Matteson, IL 60443
208-746-9704
Award Amount: $49,781
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Proactive Community Services, a nonprofit organization, specializes
in the provision of sexually transmittable disease, HIV/AIDS,
and chronic disease prevention services.
Project Description:
Proactive Community Services will build capacity by purchasing
software for community asset mapping; purchasing survey software
package for conducting a community needs assessment: obtaining
ongoing training for board members on software that is purchased;
developing a fund development plan; and developing a volunteer
program with clear objectives.
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Project Garrison,
Inc.
3717 Springdale Ave., 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21216
410-664-4300
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Project Garrison, Inc. is a faith-based nonprofit organization
with the mission to advance public safety and faith-based and
economic development initiatives, and to deliver human development
programs and services.
Project Description:
Project Garrison will build capacity by hiring consultants to
help develop and implement the “Succession Planning System”,
which includes leadership support, strategic planning, performance
evaluation, etc.; to design and guide the process of developing
and implementing the Northwest Baltimore Community Asset Mapping
Project, a database that catalogues a variety of community demographics;
and to provide technical assistance in developing and implementing
a revenue development strategy.
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Pui Tak Center
2216 S. Wentworth Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
312-328-1188
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Pui Tak Center was started by the Chinese Christian Union Church
to expand its social and health services to the new immigrant
population.
Project Description:
Pui Tak Center will build capacity by contracting with a consultant
to provide contact management and communications strategies
for donors and volunteers; designing and managing a Web site;
developing new promotional materials and creating a volunteer
manual; and contracting a consultant firm to provide training
for the board and executive director on fundraising strategies.
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Rapid City
Club for Boys Foundation, Inc.
320 North Fourth St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-343-3500
Award Amount: $49,991
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Rapid City Club for Boys Foundation, Inc. serves boys who
are at risk for substance abuse, gang involvement, and violence
by providing positive alternatives.
Project Description:
The Rapid City Club for Boys Foundation will build capacity
by developing a marketing plan; utilizing the “Moves Management”
strategy to build relationships with community members and potential
donors; training the executive director, board members, and
staff in planned giving principles; and upgrading the Web site
and planned giving software.
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Resource
Room, The
19715 NW 37th Ave.
Miami, FL 33056
305-621-1929
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Resource Room was founded to improve academic performance,
job opportunities, and quality of life for Hispanic, African-,
Haitian-, and Caribbean-American children and adults in Carol
City (now part of Miami Gardens). It provides after-school tutoring
in reading, SAT prep courses, parenting workshops, and adult-education
classes.
Project Description:
The Resource Room will build capacity by establishing and training
a board of directors to develop strategic and fundraising plans;
applying for tax-exempt status; compiling a manual outlining
organizational policies and procedures based on current practices;
purchasing and installing a computer network; creating systems
to manage, measure, and evaluate programs and funding streams;
and securing grant writing training.
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Richland Pregnancy
Services (RPS)
605 S. Trimble Rd., Ste. C
Mansfield, OH 44906
419-522-8863
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Richland Pregnancy Services (RPS) is a nonprofit medical clinic
that serves at-risk youth in Richland County, Ohio.
Project Description:
RPS will build capacity by obtaining leadership development
training for board members; increasing the service director’s
position to full-time; increasing the volunteer base; obtaining
professional development training for staff to support their
roles and responsibilities; updating computer hardware; providing
for internal server backup; developing a Web site; adding a
men’s program to improve services to at-risk youth; designing
a donor development plan; and providing grant-writing training
for staff.
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Roberts Family
Development Center (RFDC)
770 Darina Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95815
916-646-6631
Award Amount: $49,232
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Roberts Family Development Center (RFDC) exists to serve at-risk
youth by working holistically with the whole family, providing
quality childcare programs, safe after-school programs, and
health and nutrition programs for all family members.
Project Description:
RFDC will build capacity by providing up to seventy-two hours
of professional development training for staff, board members,
and volunteers (in team building, child development, communication
skills, etc.), and by developing marketing, outreach, and development
plans.
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Roots and
Wings, Inc.
807 N. Waco St., Ste. 23
Wichita, KS 67203
316-866-2920
Award Amount: $39,450
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Roots and Wings, Inc. operates the Sedgwick County Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA) Program. Its mission is to advocate
in the best interest of children facing foster care placements.
Project Description:
Roots and Wings will build capacity by hiring a fund and donor
development specialist to research funding opportunities, manage
the organization’s grant program, and create a donor development
plan.
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Solid Rock
International Foundation
5095 Robison Rd.
Jackson, MS 39209
601-502-5557
Award Amount: $47,168
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Solid Rock International Foundation is a developing organization
that seeks to provide programming for youth ages 5–18
on contemporary issues. This is done in an effort to prevent
risky behaviors and to prepare youth for adulthood. Its programs
include academic tutoring, juvenile offender prevention education,
and building healthy lifestyles.
Project Description:
Solid Rock International Foundation will build capacity by contracting
with consultants to devise a marketing and communications plan,
reviewing and revising accounting practices, coordinating organizational
planning, and developing evaluation measures. These program
development, organizational development, and revenue development
activities are integral to building the organization’s
infrastructure and ensuring long-term sustainability.
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South Asian
Youth Action, Inc. (SAYA)
54-05 Seabury St.
Elmhurst, NY 11004
718-651-3484
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
South Asian Youth Action, Inc. (SAYA) targets at-risk South
Asian youth within distressed communities, focusing on providing
the supports and opportunities these youth need to graduate
from high school, matriculate to college, and realize their
potential.
Project Description:
SAYA will build capacity by investing in staff training and
coaching and creating opportunities for professional achievement.
SAYA will also hire a consultant with expertise in nonprofit
financial management to upgrade the organization’s financial
system, including cost allocation, reporting, and cash flow
projections.
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South Texas
Adult Training and Resource Center
743 N. Sam Houston Blvd.
San Benito, TX 78586
956-399-7818
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
South Texas Adult Training and Resource Center provides language
and writing skills to the primarily Latino workforce and residents
in Cameron County, Tex., while advocating for a historically
distressed community in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Project Description:
South Texas Adult Training and Resource Center will build capacity
by conducting staff assessments and providing training for the
implementation of a new program currently under development;
providing staff with training on grant writing, donor development,
community engagement, asset mapping, and needs assessment; designing
a donor development strategy; and undertaking a community needs
assessment.
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Sparrows'
Nest Ministries, Inc., The
P.O. Box 2305
Bowie, MD 20718
240-461-5815
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Sparrow’s Nest Ministries, Inc. is an outreach and
prevention ministry established to provide shelter and counseling
to low-income youth who are at-risk due to abandonment, neglect,
and abuse.
Project Description:
The Sparrow’s Nest Ministries will build capacity by contracting
with a CPA for the establishment of a fiscal system and to conduct
an audit; providing board training on board governance, leadership,
strategic planning, and stewardship; designing methods for evaluating
and monitoring programs and tracking funds; and developing new
approaches for revenue development.
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St. Louis
SCORES
4317 Vista Ave., Ste. 153
St. Louis City, MO 63110
314-330-3416
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
St. Louis SCORES is an affiliate of America SCORES, a strong
national program that serves at-risk youth in urban public schools.
St. Louis SCORES implements an after-school program specifically
addressing literacy and academic skills of at-risk youth and
the need to increase civic responsibility and pro-social skills
and behavior in youth.
Project Description:
St. Louis SCORES will build capacity by contracting with a board
development consultant to recruit and train board members on
fundraising, fiscal management, organizational oversight, and
staff evaluation; hiring a part-time volunteer coordinator to
plan and implement a volunteer service program and to recruit
and train volunteers; developing and implementing Web-based
tracking software to track participant outcomes; and training
staff to use the software.
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Starfish,
Inc.
740 E. 52nd St., Ste. 5
Indianapolis, IN 46205
317-925-9416
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Starfish, Inc. cultivates high-achieving, low income, at-risk
youth into college-educated leaders by facilitating faith-based,
private college preparatory high school careers.
Project Description:
Starfish will build capacity by developing a case management
tracking system to track student progress and paperwork by contracting
with a consultant to develop a client tracking system; and receiving
training in the “Raising More Money Model” and incorporating
those principles into the activities of the organization.
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Stepping Out
Ministries, Inc.
1054 Kennedy Circle
Morristown, TN 37815
443-348-0999
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Stepping Out Ministries, Inc. provides educational programs
to clients in economically distressed communities.
Project Description:
Stepping Out Ministries will build capacity by providing training
for staff and board members in volunteer recruitment, training,
management and retention; creating a curriculum and manual for
training employees in donor development strategies; implementing
donor and volunteer management tracking software; and purchasing
a phone system, laptop, and LCD projector for training and community
presentations.
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Success Center
Institute
3232 Ridge Rd.
Lansing, IL 60438
708-474-7601
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Success Center provides social services to youth to battle
growing problems facing community youth.
Project Description:
The Success Center will build capacity by becoming a licensed
youth service provider and after-school program by the Illinois
Department of Children and Family Service and Department of
Human Services; creating clinical, administrative, managerial,
and program management information systems; developing and implementing
a continuous quality-improvement program; and conducting an
organizational needs assessment.
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Sumter Citizens,
Inc.
328 Manning Ave.
Sumter, SC 29150
803-983-1560
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The mission of Sumter Citizens, Inc. is to support children,
youth, and families, and to improve the overall quality of life
in the neighborhoods of the Sumter-Columbia Empowerment Zone.
Project Description:
Sumter Citizens will build capacity by contracting with a consultant
and hiring a part-time development coordinator to help in developing
and implementing a marketing campaign and developing a fundraising
strategy.
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Sun Valley
Youth Center, Inc. (SVYC)
1230 Decatur St.
Denver, CO 80204
303-573-7180
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
The Sun Valley Youth Center, Inc. (SVYC) provides youth tutoring,
educational programs, recreational activities, positive interaction,
and behavior instruction in a safe, welcoming environment.
Project Description:
SVYC will build capacity by contracting with a consulting firm
to conduct an in-depth community asset and needs assessment;
arranging training for staff in curriculum development; purchasing
data and educational software to track, monitor, and analyze
student development; and hiring a contractor to develop an evaluation
system.
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Tabernacle
Community Development Center (TCDC)
1317 E. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO 64106
913-334-4099
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Tabernacle Community Development Center (TCDC), under the leadership
of Boone Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, provides services
that help develop the skills of neighborhood youth so that they
may reach their fullest potential.
Project Description:
TCDC will build capacity by conducting a community assessment
to assess existing youth services and needs; developing a recruitment,
training, and retention strategy for volunteers; contracting
with a consultant to help develop a strategic action plan to
guide organizational and program activities and development;
and establishing a revenue development plan.
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Targeting
Our People's Priorities with Service (TOPPS)
3512 West 2nd Ave.
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
870-850-7377
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Targeting Our People's Priorities with Service (TOPPS) provides
social service programs to youth including after-school tutoring
and mentoring programs.
Project Description:
TOPPS will build capacity by developing and publishing a three-year
strategic program plan; hiring a consultant to provide experiential
training to staff in program evaluation and to develop and analyze
a community needs assessment; and purchasing two computers to
be used for program evaluations.
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Three Rivers
Employment Service, Inc. (TRES)
R.J. Casey Industrial Park
100 Columbus & Preble Ave.
Pittsburg, PA 15233
412-323-0100
Award Amount: $47,639
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Three Rivers Employment Service, Inc. (TRES), is a publicly
and privately funded 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency. The organization,
licensed as a Pennsylvania private school, focuses on work-related
training, employment preparation, job-related activities, and
high school diploma programs for youth and young adults ages
17–25.
Project Description:
TRES will build capacity by pursuing training for the executive
director in effective ways to work with the board, engage community
stakeholders, network, and maximize time and resources; hiring
an administrative assistant to enable the executive director
to focus on expanding and sustaining the organization, including
identifying and networking with stakeholders for youth programs;
conducting a SWOT analysis to develop a strategic framework
for the organization; and developing a plan for donor development
and fundraising.
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Triangle Urban
League, Inc.
150 Fayetteville St. Mall, Ste. 220
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-834-7252
Award Amount: $49,726
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Triangle Urban League, Inc. provides educational, workforce-development,
and cultural-enrichment opportunities.
Project Description:
Triangle Urban League will build capacity by contracting with
a consulting firm to provide technical assistance with designing
and implementing a strategic planning process and document;
contracting with a training center to provide technical assistance
in employability training, gang prevention, intervention programs,
and quality improvement.
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Triedstone
Hope Outreach Center
858 E. Third Ave.
Columbus, OH 43201
614-299-7069
Award Amount: $34,700
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Triedstone Hope Outreach Center provides programs and services
to engage youth and adults in structured activities that will
make a life-changing difference for those living in economically
and educationally disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Project Description:
Triedstone Hope Outreach Center will build capacity by providing
staff with computer equipment, printers, and software for data
storage, organization, and retrieval; strengthening programs
by acquiring software for curriculum development; and upgrading
computers and software for use in the technology lab.
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United Jesus
Outreach Ministries
700 East Oak St.
Canton, IL 61520
309-649-1618
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
United Jesus Outreach Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit,
minority-owned treatment center whose mission is to instill
and enhance motivation towards change in individuals experiencing
life difficulties due to dysfunctional situations.
Project Description:
United Jesus Outreach Ministries will build capacity by researching
and developing an education, counseling, and support group program
called Next Step; contracting with a consultant to provide technical
assistance in designing a resource development plan; and creating
at least three intervention strategies for targeted at-risk
youth using computer technology.
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Urban Family
Development, Inc.
211 Redondo Rd.
Youngstown, OH 44501
330-782-2070
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Urban Family Development, Inc. serves at-risk youth (primarily
African-American) who are in need of academic and/or social
support.
Project Description:
Urban Family Development will build capacity by hiring a new
deputy executive director; establishing and implementing a volunteer
program; updating policies and procedures; reviewing and revising
systems for finances, human resources, technology, etc.; developing
and implementing a communications strategy; researching grant
opportunities; and designing a donor development/tracking system.
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Utah Federation
for Youth
641 West North Temple, Ste. 40
Salt Lake, City UT 84116
801-468-0699
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Utah Federation for Youth is a grassroots organization that
provides initiatives to improve young people’s lives,
the environment, and the community.
Project Description:
Utah Federation for Youth will build capacity by providing professional
career development training for the executive director, staff,
and the board of directors utilizing the Leadership Assessment
and Development Program from Center Point for Leaders; providing
membership and training materials from BoardSource.org; developing
a youth leadership internship program; developing a communications
strategy; and developing a program monitoring system utilizing
Franklin Covey’s four disciplines for superior and sustained
performance.
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Verdugo Community
Church (VCC)
4300 Verdugo Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90065
775-828-5008
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Verdugo Community Church (VCC) developed and implemented an
after-school program that reached out to local children by providing
after-school care and tutoring. The program targets low-income
children, ages 6–12, whose parents may not be able afford
other forms of childcare.
Project Description:
VCC will build capacity by providing fundraising training for
VCC staff and board members; creating a Web site and collateral
materials; creating a fundraising plan; improving fiscal management;
and providing monetary compensation and equipment for the program
manager, who currently works as a volunteer, to develop these
programs.
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Viable Options
in Community Endeavors, Inc. (VOICE)
100 North Main St., Ste. 308
Corsicana, TX 75110
903-872-0180
Award Amount: $49,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Viable Options in Community Endeavors, Inc. (VOICE) provides
programs for at-risk children and adults for the purpose of
empowering them to lead healthy and productive lives.
Project Description:
VOICE will build capacity by establishing a development plan
that will detail methods on how to successfully solicit donations.
Key staff and volunteers will be trained in the plan and effective
fundraising methods, development software will be obtained,
and professional technical support for successful implementation
of the plan will be secured.
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Vietnamese
Hung Vuong Association
930 S. 8th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215-592-6538
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Vietnamese Hung Vuong Association promotes Vietnamese culture
and traditional values and provides recreational activities,
educational classes, and social services, especially to youth
and the elderly.
Project Description:
Vietnamese Hung Vuong Association will build its capacity by
hiring and training part-time staff for financial management;
developing financial management procedures; receiving training
from Boat People SOS in developing a documentation strategy
to track service outcomes and management systems; and training
staff and volunteers in grant writing.
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We Care San
Jacinto Valley, Inc.
129 S. Ramona Blvd.
San Jacinto, CA 92583
619-757-8943
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
We Care San Jacinto Valley, Inc. offers youth who are at-risk
for gang involvement after-school tutoring, character education,
and leadership development training to promote self-development.
Project Description:
We Care San Jacinto Valley will build capacity by hiring and
training an assistant director of development to develop fundraising
programs and to train staff and the executive director in donor
development strategies; and networking its existing computer
lab with five computers by purchasing and installing wireless
network capability and Web-based software to monitor and track
pre- and post-testing.
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West Montgomery
Community Development, Inc.
2013 Luverne St.
Montgomery, AL 36104
334-462-0870
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
West Montgomery Community Development, Inc. promotes and encourages
community empowerment, educational development, and opportunities
for at-risk youth.
Project Description:
West Montgomery Community Development will build capacity by
contracting with a consultant to provide training and technical
assistance with leadership, governance, and capacity building;
enhancing internal systems, focusing on management and financial
systems; and enhancing the Workability and Winners program curriculum
to serve additional youth.
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Wise Steward
Ministries (WSM)
14090 Strathmoor St.
Detroit, MI 48227
313-838-5856
Award Amount:
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Wise Steward Ministries is an independent 501(c)(3) organization
that exists to improve the financial literacy of low to moderate
income youth in underserved and distressed communities.
Project Description:
Wise Steward Ministries (WSM) will build capacity by contracting
with a marketing consultant to provide technical assistance
with packaging its existing financial literacy curriculum into
training modules; recruiting and contracting eight trainers
for the WSM Train the Trainer program; and providing onsite
training and program materials for the trainers so they can
conduct trainings at new sites.
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Worth the
Wait, Inc. (WTW)
7120 West I-40, Ste. 320
Amarillo, TX 79106
806-354-4442
Award Amount: $47,208
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Worth the Wait, Inc. (WTW) contributes to the advancement of
material- and child-health by promoting community-based abstinence-only
health education, targeting teens ages 12–18, their parents,
their schools, and the community at large. The mission of WTW
is to promote abstinence until marriage through partnerships
with parents and the community with a strong emphasis on the
physical, emotional, and social benefits derived from this lifestyle.
Project Description:
WTW will build capacity by hiring an executive director to ensure
financial solvency of the organization, represent the organization
to the community, and institute agency policies and procedures;
providing training to board members on specific roles and responsibilities
of the board and subcommittees; and securing training for staff
and volunteers in revenue development and program development.
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Young Women
on the Move, Inc.
8830 Sunset Dr.
Lenexa, KS 66220
913-744-9139
Award Amount: $49,284
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Young Women on the Move, Inc. empowers young at-risk minority
girls in Kansas City to achieve health and reach their full
potential in life.
Project Description:
Young Women on the Move will build capacity by providing staff
career development in facilitation techniques, personal leadership,
and negotiation skills; utilizing technology to enhance management,
human resources, and financial systems; enhancing existing curriculum
and training activities; establishing donor development strategies;
and purchasing donor tracking software.
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Youth Organizations
United to Rise Community (Y.O.U.R)
4913 Fourteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20011
202-291-3034
Award Amount: $50,000
Award Year: 2006
Organizational Description:
Youth Organizations United to Rise Community (Y.O.U.R.) provides
out-of-school-time academic enrichment programs for at-risk
youth, ages 5–18.
Project Description:
Y.O.U.R. will build capacity by hiring part-time development
and corporate relations directors; revising a strategic plan
for the organization; providing ongoing board development and
training so that it can renew the vision, mission, and program
goals of the organization contained in the strategic plan; and
designing a revenue development plan for the agency including
securing funds from foundations.
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