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Children, Youth & Families Grants 2007:

Recipient Purpose Amount ($)
Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Tim Walter, Executive Director
4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814
General Operating Support 470.00
Behind the Book
c/o Ms. Denise Bell, Director of Development
750 Columbus Ave, 2X
New York, NY 10025
Elementary School Initiative 10,000.00
Bell: Building Educated Leaders for Life
c/o Mr. Earl Martin Phalen, CEO
60 Clayton Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
BELL Boys Initiative 15,000.00
Children's Hospital
c/o Ms. Sara Conahan, Development Officer
1 Autumn Street
Boston, MA 02215-5501
Office of Child Advocacy 10,000.00
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
c/o Ms. Maria Valenti, Program Director
727 Massachusetts Ave, 2nd floor
Cambridge, MA 02139
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit 15,000.00
Legal Momentum
c/o Ms. Ellen K. Goetz, Vice President for Development
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
Project to Oppose Federal Funding for Abstinence-only Sex Education (first installment of a $30,000, two-year grant) 15,000.00
Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director
USM Glickman Family Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301
Family Philanthropy Online 500.00
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Foundation
c/o Ms. Melissa Kogut, Executive Director
15 Court Square, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02108
Prevention First Campaign 15,000.00
New York Presbyterian Hospital
c/o Ms. Takeisha Hall-Ruff, Corporate & Foundation Relations, Manager
654 West 170th Street
New York, NY 10032
Reach Out and Read Program 15,000.00
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
c/o Ms. Sara Anne Meerse, Directing Attorney
88 Federal Street, POB 547
Portland, ME 04112
Kids Legal Medical Partnership (first installment of a $30,000, two-year grant) 15,000.00
Planned Parenthood of New York City
c/o Ms. Joan Malin, President and CEO
26 Bleecher Street
New York, NY 10012
Advocacy Work on the Healthy Teens Act 10,000.00
Queens Library Foundation
c/o Ms. Diana Chapin, Executive Director
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11432
Summer Reading Club for 2007 15,000.00
Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
c/o Ms Traci Lester, Executive Director
32 Broadway, 10th floor
New York, NY 10004
Expansion of ROR in Queens & Brooklyn 15,000.00
Sauti Yeti Center for African Women
c/o Ms. Asmaa Donahue, Program Officer
2417 Third Avenue, STE 607
Bronx, NY 10451
THE FC/FCG Policy & Advocacy Project 15,000.00
Sociedad Latina
c/o Ms. Alexandra Oliver-Davila, Executive Director
1530 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120
MEP Peer Tutors Program (first installment of a $30,000, two-year grant) 15,000.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants/2007: $180,970

Children, Youth & Families Grants 2006:

Recipient Purpose Amount
Agenda for Children

c/o Ms. Lei-Anne Ellis, Literacy Coordinator

119 Windsor Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

Let’s Talk – Literacy Home Visit Program 10,000.00
Bell: Building Educated Leaders for Life

c/o Mr. Earl Martin Phalen, CEO

60 Clayton Street

Dorchester, MA 02122

BELL Boys Initiative 15,000.00
Boston Child Care Alliance

c/o HOPE; Ms. Pat Xavier, Director

165 Brookside Ave Extension

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Greater Boston Leadership Empowerment Project 10,000.00
Cambridge School Volunteers

c/o Ms. Harriet L. Finck, Executive Director

459 Broadway

Cambridge, MA 02138

Elementary Literacy Initiative 10,000.00
Center for Reproductive Rights

c/o Ms. Vivian Lindermayer, Director of Development

120 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005

Project to secure teens’ access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare & information 20,000.00
Generations Incorporated

c/o Ms. Mary Gunn, Executive Director

25 Kingston Street, 4th floor

Boston, MA 02111

Classroom Literacy Coaches (third installment of a $30,000, third-year grant) 10,000.00
LEAP: Learning through an Expanded Arts Program

c/o Ms. Ila Lane Gross, Executive Director

331 West End Avenue, Suite 2G

New York, NY 10024

Active Learning Leads to Literacy project 10,000.00
Maine Philanthropy Center

c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director

USM Glickman Family Library

P.O. Box 9301

Portland, ME 04104-9301

Family Philanthropy Online (first installment of a $1,500, third-year grant) 500.00
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy

c/o Ms. Susan Lovelace, Executive Director

105 Chauncy Street, 8th floor

Boston, MA 02110

Prevention Advocacy Project 10,000.00
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

c/o Ms. Karen Pekow, Grants & Communications Manager

99 Summer Street, 6th floor

Boston, MA 02110

Advocacy & Training Activities 10,000.00
Phillips Brooks House Association

c/o Ms. Gene Corbin, Executive Director

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138

    Summer Urban Program
7,000.00
Physicians for Reproductive Choice & Health

c/o Ms. Ellen Barker, Assistant Director of Development & Membership

55 West 39th Street, 10th floor

New York, NY 10018

Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Project in New York 25,000.00
Planned Parenthood of League of Massachusetts

c/o Ms. Claudia Luck, VP for Development

1055 Massachusetts Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

Advancing Comprehensive Sex Education in Massachusetts 11,000.00
Reach the World

c/o Ms. Heather Halstad, Executive Director

329 East 82nd Street, 2nd floor

New York, NY 10028

Interns Program 10,000.00
Reading Reform Foundation of New York

c/o Ms. Laura Wedeles, Executive Director

333 West 57th Street, Suite 1L

New York, NY 10019

In-School Teacher Training Program 25,000.00
Vermont Law School

F/B/O South Royalton Legal Clinic

c/o Mr. James C. May, Director, SRLC

Chelsea Street

South Royalton, VT 05068

Children First! A Legal Advocacy Project (second installment of a $10,000, two-year grant) 5,000.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants/2006 $ 188,500

Children, Youth & Families Grants 2005:

Recipient

Purpose

Amount

Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Tim Walter, Executive Director
4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814

General Operating Support

400.00

Adolescent Consultation Services
c/o Ms. Rebecca Tries, Executive Director
40 Thorndike Street
Cambridge, MA 02141

Public Sector Advocacy for Massachusetts Juvenile Court Clinics

5,000.00

Boston Partners in Education
c/o Ms. Frances K. Moseley, President & CEO
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02010

Power Lunch Math Initiative

15,000.00

Children's Alliance of New Hampshire
c/o Ms. Ellen Shemitz, President
2 Greenwood Avenue
Concord, NH 03301

NH CAN: The New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network

15,000.00

The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State
c/o Ms. Alisa Costa, Co-Director, Gets the Facts NY
17 Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207

Gets the Facts NY Youth Leadership Project

15,000.00

Generations Incorporated
c/o Ms. Mary Gunn, Executive Director
25 Kingston Street, 4 th floor
Boston, MA 02111

Classroom Literacy Coaches Program (second installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)

10,000.00

Greater Boston Physicians For Social Responsibility
c/o Ms. Maria Valenti, Program Director
727 Massachusetts Avenue, 2 nd floor
Cambridge, MA 02139

Prescriptions for Prevention: Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit & Prenatal Environmental Health Toolkit

20,000.00

Maine Humanities Council
c/o Ms. Dorothy Schwartz, Executive Director
674 Brighton Avenue
Portland, ME 04102

Born to Read

5,000.00

Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director
University of Southern Maine Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301

General Operating Support

500.00

Massachusetts Retired & Senior Volunteer Program Directors Association (c/o Norfolk County RSVP)
c/o Ms. Tammy E. Colbert, President
PO Box 310
Dedham. MA 02027

Certified Seniors, Literate Kids project

15,000.00

Old Colony YMCA
c/o Ms. Catherine A. DeTerra, Vice President, Grants Development
320 Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301

Leaps in Literacy

10,000.00

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
c/o Ms. Nancy Chiquoine, Vice President, Development
183 Talcott Rd, Suite 101
Williston, VT 05495

Justice Fund

10,000.00

Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
c/o Ms. Traci Lester, Executive Director
32 Broadway, 10 th floor
New York, NY 10004

Expansion of Reach Out & Read Programs throughout Queens & Brooklyn

15,000.00

READ: Reading Excellence & Discovery Foundation
c/o Ms. Elizabeth Nystrom, Director of Development
250 West 34 th Street, Suite 3600
New York, NY 10119

After-School, In-School and Summer Reading Programs

10,000.00

Sociedad Latina
c/o Ms. Alexandra Oliver-Davila, Executive Director
1530 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120

Mission Enrichment Program Peer Tutors Initiative

10,000.00

Tri-County Literacy Volunteers
c/o Ms. Cathey Cyrus, Program Coordinator
34 Wing Farm Parkway
Bath, ME 04530

Read With Me: Family Literacy Project

10,000.00

Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
c/o Ms. Lisa Winkler, Development Director
180 Flynn Street
Burlington, VT 05401

The Early Childhood Nutrition Advocacy Project

10,000.00

Vermont Law School
F/B/O South Royalton Legal Clinic
c/o Mr. James C. May, Director, SRLC
Chelsea Street
South Royalton, VT 05068

Children First! A Legal Advocacy Project (first installment of a $10,000, two-year grant)

5,000.00

Total Children, Youth & Families Grants/2005:

$ 180,900

 

Children, Youth & Families Grants 2004:

Recipient

Purpose

Amount

Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Tim Walter, Executive Director
4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814

General Operating Support

400.00

Bell: Building Educated Leaders for Life
c/o Mr. Earl Martin Phalen, CEO
60 Clayton Street
Dorchester, MA 02122

The Massachusetts Expansion Initiative

15,000.00

Center for Reproductive Rights
c/o Ms. Vivian Lindermayer, Director of Development
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005

Litigation Docket – Adolescent Rights

10,000.00

Children's Hospital
c/o Ms. Kathryn Stallings, Corporate & Foundation Relations
1 Autumn Street
Boston, MA 02215-5501

Children's Advocacy Network

10,000.00

Generations Incorporated
c/o Ms. Mary Gunn, Executive Director
59 Temple Place, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02111

Classroom Literacy Coaches Program (first installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)

10,000.00

Massachusetts Advocates for Children
c/o Mr. John Mudd, Project Director
100 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02140

Boston School Reform Project

7,500.00

Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
c/o Ms. Susan Lovelace, Executive Director
105 Chauncey Street, 8 th floor
Boston, MA 02111

Young Families Futures Project

10,000.00

Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director
USM Glickman Family Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301

General Operating Support

500.00

Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
c/o Ms. Ellen Barker, Assistant Director of Development and Membership
55 West 39 th Street, 10 th floor
New York, NY 10018

Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Project in New York

15,000.00

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
c/o Ms. Louise Ambler Osborn, Grants and Foundation Officer
1055 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215-1001

Advancing Comprehensive Sex Education in Massachusetts

10,000.00

Reach Out and Read of Greater New York
c/o Ms Trish Magee, Executive Director
130 West 25 th Street
New York, NY 10001

Coordinator Internship Program

15,000.00

Reading Reform Foundation of New York
c/o Ms. Lauren Wedeles, Executive Director
333 West 57 th Street, Suite IL
New York, NY 10019

In-School Teacher Training Program

10,000.00

ROCA
c/o Ms. Anja Shafer, Grants Manager
101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA 02150

Literacy: Project Victory

10,000.00

Sociedad Latina
c/o Ms. Alexandra Oliver-Davila, Executive Director
1530 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120

MEP Peer Tutors Program

7,500.00

Union Settlement Association
c/o Ms. Ellen P. Simon, Executive Director
237 East 104 th Street
New York, NY 10029

Bridges Pregnancy Prevention Program

15,000.00

Vermont Law School
F/B/O South Royalton Legal Clinic
c/o Mr. James C. May, Director, SRLC
Chelsea Street
South Royalton, VT 05068

Children First! A Legal Advocacy Project (third installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)

10,000.00

Total Children, Youth & Families Grants/2004:

$ 155,900.00


Children, Youth & Families Grants 2003:

Recipient Purpose Amount
Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Tim Walter, Executive Director
4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814
General Operating Support $400.00
Boston Partners in Education
c/o Ms. Ann Noble-Kiley, Executive Director
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02010
Early Reading Volunteer
Initiative
$10,000.00
Boys & Girls Harbor
c/o Ms. Jesse Hergert, Director of Institutional Funding
1 East 104th Street
New York, NY `0019-4495
Harbor Literacy Center $10,000.00
Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire
c/o Ms. Ellen Shemitz, President
2 Greenwood Avenue
Concord, NH 03301
NH CAN: The New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network $15,000.00
Children’s Literacy Foundation
c/o Mr. Duncan McDougall, Executive Director
PO Box 993
Hanover, NH 03755
Rural Library Sponsorships $10,000.00
Family Planning Association of Maine
c/o Mr. George A. Hill, Executive Director
PO Box 597
Augusta, ME 04332
Teen Outreach Project
$10,000.00
Generations Incorporated
c/o Ms. Mary Gunn, Executive Director
59 Temple Place, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02111
Literacy Safety Net
$10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
c/o Ms. Virginia K. Dillon, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6812
Holyoke, MA 01041
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy third installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of New York City
c/o Ms. Mary Beth Guyther, Director of Development
214-216 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10026
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
$10,000.00
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
c/o Dr. Martha Renwanz, Executive Director
815 15th Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, D.C. 20005-2201
General Operating Support
$500.00
Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director
University of Southern Maine Library
P.O. Box 9301Portland, ME 04104-9301
General Operating Support
$250.00
Phillips Brooks House Association
c/o Ms. Ayirini Fonseca-Sabune, President PBHA
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138-6565
After-School Ten: Literacy Project
$5,000.00
Phipps Community Development Corporation
c/o Mr. Stephen Tosh, President
43 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Pregnancy Prevention Program
$5,000.00
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
c/o Ms. Louise Ambler Osborn, Grants and Foundation Officer
1055 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215-1001
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Healthy Choices program
$9,000.00
South Shore Day Care Services
c/o Ms. Sheri Adlin, Executive Director
200 Middle Street
East Weymouth, MA 02189
Project RISE
$6,000.00
Vermont Law School
F/B/O South Royalton Legal Clinic
c/o Mr. James C. May, Director, SRLC
Chelsea Street
South Royalton, VT 05068
Children First! A Legal
Advocacy Project (second
installment of a $30,000,
three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Welfare Law Center
c/o Mr. Henry A. Freedman, Executive Director
275 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1205
New York, NY 10001-7608
Project Fair Play
$20,000.00
Youth Alternatives
c/o Ms. Lucky Hollander, Vice President of Advocacy & Prevention Services
PO Box 596
Portland, ME 04112
Enough is Enough project
$10,000.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants 2003: $ 151,150.00


Children, Youth & Families Grants 2002:

Recipient Purpose Amount
Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Charles Scott, Co-Executive Director
4905 Del Ray Avenue, Suite 308
Bethesda, MD 20814
General Operating Support $300.00
The BELL Foundation
c/o Mr. Earl Martin Phalen, CEO
60 Clayton Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
BASICs - After-school tutorial $15,000.00
Boston Medical Center
Office of Development
c/o Ms. Meredith Benedict, Foundation & Corporate
Relations Officer
P. O. Box 191503
Boston, MA 02118
Sharing Books with Babies: a training and resource project to promote early literacy $15,000.00
Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire
c/o Ms. Ellen Shemitz, President
2 Greenwood Avenue
Concord, NH 03301
NH CAN: The New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network $10,000.00
Children's Hospital
c/o Dr. Joanne E. Cox, Medical Director,
The Young Parents Program
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
The Parenting Project of the Young Parents Program (third installment of a $30,000, three-year grant) $10,000.00
Crittenton Hastings House
c/o Ms. Michelle Trousil, Director of Planning
10 Perthshire Road
Boston, MA 02135
Family Literacy Program (second installment of a $20,000, two-year grant)
$10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of the Berkshires
c/o Ms. Carol A. Bradwell, Executive Director
165 East Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
YES: Youth Empowerment Services - Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
$10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
c/o Ms. Virginia K. Dillon, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6812
Holyoke, MA 01041
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy (second installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
c/o Dr. Martha Renwanz, Executive Director
815 15th Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, D.C. 20005-2201
General Operating Support
$500.00
Literacy Volunteers of America/Greater Bath & Lincoln County
F/B/O Read With Me
c/o Ms. Cathey Cyrus, Program Coordinator (Read With Me)
34 Wing Farm Parkway
Bath, ME 04530
Read With Me: Family Literacy Project
$10,000.00
Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Janet Henry, Director
University of Southern Maine Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301
General Operating Support
$250.00
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
c/o Ms. Julie Farber, Director of Policy & Program Development
399 Bolyston Street, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02116
Children’s Champion Network
$10,000.00
Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council
c/o Mr. Ethan Strimling, Executive Director
181 Brackett Street
Portland, ME 04102
Even Start Family Literacy Program (third installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Reach Out and Read/RI
c/o Ms. Sarah C. Gleason, Coordinator
PO Box 2242
Providence, RI 02906
Books and Reading for Providence’s Youngest Children
$5,000.00
ROCA
c/o Ms. Anisha Chablini, Director, Youth STAR
101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
$15,000.00
Roxbury Comprehensive Health Center
c/o Dr. Diane DerMarderosian, Staff
435 Warren Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
Reading is the Best Medicine Program
$5,000.00
Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
c/o Ms. Lisa Winkler, Development Director
4 Laurel Hill Drive, Suite 9
South Burlington, VT 05403-7378
The School Lunch & Breakfast Act Project
$5,000.00
Vermont Law School
F/B/O South Royalton Legal Clinic
c/o Mr. James C. May, Director, SRLC
Chelsea Street
South Royalton, VT 05068
Children First! A Legal Advocacy Project (first installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Youth Radio Project
c/o Ms. Claire Holman, Director
University of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300 - 96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
National Youth in Radio Training Project: Charlottesville, VA trip
$500.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants 2002: $ 151,550.00


Children, Youth & Families Grants 2001:

Recipient Project Title Amount
The Children's Medical Center Group
F/B/O Children's Hospital
c/o Dr. Joanne E. Cox, Medical Director, The Young Parents Program
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
The Parenting Project of the Young Parents Program
(Second installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Crittenton Hastings House
c/o Ms. Michelle Trousil, Director of Planning
10 Perthshire Road
Boston, MA 02135
Family Literacy Program
(First installment of a $20,000, two-year grant)
$10,000.00
Generations Incorporated
c/o Mr. David B. Crowley, Executive Director
59 Temple Place, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02111
Leaps in Literacy/Experience Corps Program
$10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
c/o Ms. Virginia K. Dillon, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6812
Holyoke, MA 01041
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
(First installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
c/o Dr. Martha Renwanz, Executive Director
815 15th Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, D.C. 20005-2201
General Operating Support
$250.00
Hispanic Counseling Center
c/o Ms. Gladys Serrano, Executive Director
175 Fulton Avenue, Suite 500
Hempstead, NY 11550
Reading Tutor for the After-School Program
$10,000.00
Inwood House
c/o Ms. Gladys Carrion, Executive Director
320 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
Teen Choice
$15,000.00
Planned Parenthood of Niagara County
c/o Ms. Tobi Printz-Platnick, Vice President of Community Development
752 Portage Rd - Haeberle Plaza
Niagara, NY 14301
Free Teen Clinics
$5,000.00
Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council
c/o Mr. Ethan Strimling, Executive Director
181 Brackett Street Portland, ME 04102
Even Start Family Literacy Program
(Second installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Rockingham Community Action
c/o Ms. Karen Moyer, Deputy Director
7 Junkins Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 03801-4511
"Tales to Go" Traveling Literacy Project
$5,000.00
Support for Training and Educational Program Service
c/o Ms. Virginia Kwarta, Executive Director
117 East 188th StreetNew York, NY 10035-3904
Promoting Active Parenting Among At-Risk Parents
(Final installment of a $22,000, two-year grant)
$11,000.00
Welfare Law Centerc/o Mr. Henry A. Freedman, Executive Director275 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1205New York, NY 10001-6708
Project Fair Play
$15,000.00
Youth Alternatives
c/o Ms. Lucky Hollander, Vice President of Advocacy and Prevention Services
P.O. Box 596
Portland, ME 04112
Start Me Right Project
(Final installment of a $40,000, three-year grant)
$10,000.00
Youth Radio Project
c/o Ms. Claire Holman, Director
University of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300 - 96 Falmouth Street Portland, ME 04104-9300
National Youth in Radio Training Project: San Francisco trip
$500.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grats 2002:
$121,750.00

 

Children, Youth & Families Grants 2001

Children, Youth & Families Grants 2000:

Recipient Project Title Amount
Alliance for Young Families
c/o Ms. Jennifer Costa, Development Director
105 Chauncy Street, 8th floor
Boston, MA 02111
Advocacy in Action $8,000.00 
Boston Renaissance Charter School Foundation
c/o Ms. Eileen M. Meny, Director of Development
PO Box 962
Boston, MA 02117
Free, after-school reading tutoring program employing the Orton-Gillingham approach $3,000.00 
Casa Myrna Vazquez
c/o Ms. Sheila Y. Moore, Executive Director
P.O. Box 180019
Boston, MA 02118
STAR - Sisters Teaching About Relationships
( Final installment of a $20,000, two-year grant)
$10,000.00 
Children's Hospital
c/o Dr. Joanne E. Cox, Medical Director, The Young Parents Program
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
The Parenting Project of the Young Parents Program

(First installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)

$10,000.00 
Children's Literacy Foundation
c/o Mr. Duncan McDougall, Executive Director
PO Box 993
Hanover, NH 03755
Library Sponsorships and Literacy Presentations in Rural New Hampshire $5,000.00 
Children's Museum Lowell
c/o Ms. Nancy Stice, Executive Director
11 Kearney Square
Lowell, MA 01852
Made in the Shade $10,000.00 
Council on the Environment of New York City c/o Ms. Lys McLaughlin, Executive Director 51 Chambers Street, Rm 228
New York City, NY 10007
The Training Student Organizers Program $7,000.00 
Crittenton Hastings House
c/o Ms. Laura P. Sherman, Vice President, Planning and Institutional Development
10 Perthshire Road
Boston, MA 02135
The Family Literacy Program $8,000.00 
Equest
c/o Ms. Sarah C. Armentrout, Board President
PO Box 935
Kennebunk, ME 04043
Challenged Rider Program $5,000.00 
Generations Incorporated
c/o Mr. David B. Crowley, Executive Director
59 Temple Place, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02111
After-School Program to Improve Literacy $8,000.00 
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
c/o Dr. Martha Renwanz, Executive Director
815 15th Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington DC 20005-2201
General Operating Support $250.00 
Great Brook Valley Health Center
c/o Mr. John Hess, Associate Director of Grants and Contracts
19 Tacoma Street
Worchester, MA 01605
Teen Awareness: A Peer Leadership Program $5,000.00 
Hour Children
c/o Ms. Betsy Rhame, Development Director
36-11A 12 Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Program to Teach Parenting and Life Skills to Young Incarcerated Women who give birth to a child at the Taconic Correctional Facility $10,000.00 
Hyde Square Task Force
c/o Mr. Claudio Martinez, Executive Director
PO Box 1871
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Youth Literacy Tutors Program $7,000.00 
Just A Start House
c/o Ms. Megan McCabe, Mentor Coordinator
16 Butler Drive
Somerville, MA 02145
Just A Start House Mentor Program $10,000.00 
Looking Glass Theatre
c/o Ms. Diane Postoian, Executive Director
50 Orchard Avenue
Providence, RI 02906
Ask Olga! A performance/lecture theatre piece speaking to young teens about media literacy and culture hype $5,000.00 
Maine Association of Conservation Districts
c/o Ms. Liz Frederic, State Envirothon Coordinator, Education and Envirothon Committee
2 Park Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Maine's Envirothon Current Issue, Wetlands Management, Reference Materials $1,500.00 
Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute
c/o Mr. Ship Bright, Executive Director
PO Box 55
Nobleboro, ME 04555
Mobile Floating Classrooms $5,000.00 
Massachusetts Audubon Society
c/o Ms. Sylvia Charman Guthrie, Acting Manager for Foundation and Corporate Relations
208 South Great Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Coverboard Project: A Professional Development Program for Massachusetts Teachers $10,000.00 
North End Community Center
c/o Ms. Theodora A. Sylvester, Executive Director
471 Plainfield Street
Springfield, MA 01107
Girls' Science Discovery Club Program $3,200.00 
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
c/o Ms. Nancy K. Chiquoine, Director of Development
183 Talcott Road, Suite 101
Williston, VT 05495
GULP! PPNNE's Newsletter for Parents $5,000.00 
Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council
c/o Mr. Ethan Strimling, Executive Director
181 Brackett Street
Portland, ME 04102
Even Start Family Literacy Program

(First installment of a $30,000, three-year grant)

$10,000.00 
Support for Training and Educational Program Services
c/o Ms. Virginia Kwarta, Executive Director
218 East 106th Street - 5th floor
New York, NY 10029-4007
Promoting Active Parenting Among At-Risk Parents

(First installment of a $22,000, two-year grant)

$11,000.00 
The Community School
c/o Ms. Avery Larned, Passages Program Director
PO Box 555 - 79 Washington Street
Camden, ME 04843
Passages Program : a home-based high school diploma program for young parents
(Final installment of a $14,000, two-year grant)
$7,000.00 
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
c/o Mr. Thomas Hark, Executive Director
92 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676
WoRD (Writing, Reading & Discussion) Curriculum Revision $5,000.00 
Youth Alternatives
c/o Ms. Lucky Hollander, Vice President of Advocacy and Prevention Services
PO Box 596
Portland, ME 04112
Start Me Right

(Second installment of a $40,000, three-year grant)

$15,000.00 
Youth Radio Project
c/o Ms. Claire Holman, Director, Youth Radio Project
USM - 96 Falmouth Street
POB 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
New Orleans Travel Group $500.00 
YouthCare-MGH Charlestown
c/o Mr. Michael J. Cauley, Ph.D., Executive Director
73 High Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
Literacy Project in the YouthCare Therapeutic Afterschool Program $3,000.00 
YWCA - Boston
c/o Ms. Janine Grant-Dailey, Director of Development
140 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Generations Learning Together $7,500.00 
Zeiterion Theatre
c/o Ms. Kathy Norris, Director of Development
684 Purchase Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
School-Time Performances and Kidsworks Workshops $5,000.00 
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants 2000: $199,950.00

Children, Youth & Families Grants 1999:

Recipient Purpose Amount
America Scores
F/B/O New England Scores
c/o Ms. Jill Lenhardt, Executive Director 
7 Harris Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Creative Writing Program 7,000.00
Association of Small Foundations
c/o Mr. Charles Scott, Co-Executive Director
733 15th Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
General Operating Support 300.00
The BELL Foundation
c/o Mr. Earl Martin Phalen, Executive Director
1000 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Expansion of the BASICs (BELL Afterschool Instructional Curriculum) Program 8,000.00
Boys and Girls Club of Martha’s Vineyard
c/o Mr. Gregory Rollins, Executive Director
PO Box 654 - 44 Robinson Road
Edgartown, MA 02539
Arts and Crafts Program 5,000.00
Casa Myrna Vasquez
c/o Ms. Shiela Y. Moore, Executive Director
P.O. Box 180019
Boston, MA 02118
S.T.A.R. – Sisters Teaching About Relationships

(First installment of a $20,000, two-year grant)

10,000.00
Children’s Defense Fund
c/o Ms. Jill Boker, Director of Development
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10170
Children’s Health Insurance Immigrant Outreach, Enrollment and Advocacy Project 8,000.00
The Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club of
Rochester
c/o Ms. M. Magara Flanigan, Development
35 Deer Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
Baby Think It Over program 5,000.00
Community Adolescent Resource and Education
Center
c/o Ms. Kathryn Knoll, Executive Director
247 Cabot Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
In-School Group Programs of the Teen Resource Project 7,000.00
The Community School
c/o Mr. Emanuel Pariser, Co-Director
PO Box 555 – 79 Washington Street
Camden, ME 04843
Passages Program

(First installment of a $14,000, two-year grant)

7,000.00
Crittenton Hastings House
c/o Ms. Laura P. Sherman, Development
10 Perthshire Road
Boston, MA 02135
Family Literacy Program 10,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
c/o Ms. Virginia K. Dillon, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6812
Holyoke, MA 01041
Operation S.M.A.R.T.

(Final installment of a $35,000, three-year grant)

10,000.00
Global Habitat Project
c/o Ms. Elizabeth Gilmore, Executive Director
55 Reservoir Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Greenspeak, Greenspeak Jr. and Greenscreen 8,000.00
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
c/o Ms. Carol Hamilton, Interim Director
815 15th Street, NW, Suite 801
Washington, D.C. 20005-2201
General Operating Support 250.00
Hannah House
c/o Mr. Randy Walker, Director
PO Box 591 - 10 Abbott Street
Lebanon, NH 03766
Family Relationship Project 10,000.00
Maine Festival of the Arts
F/B/O Youth Radio Project
c/o Ms. Claire Holman, Director of YRP
University of Southern Maine
PO Box 9300 – 96 Falmouth Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
San Francisco Travel Group 500.00
Maine Grants Information Center
F/B/O Maine Philanthropy Center
c/o Ms. Alexandra W. Fogel, Director
University of Southern Maine Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301
General Operating Support 250.00
Penobscot Theatre Company
c/o Ms. Alicia Nichols, Director
103 Main Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Shakespeare in the Schools 2,000.00
People’s Regional Opportunity Program
F/B/O South Portland Child Development Center
c/o Ms. Ann Fourre, Director of SPCDC
24 Mosher Street
So. Portland, ME 04106
Active Parent Education Program 4,230.00
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County Foundation
c/o Ms. JoAnn Smith, Executive Director
540 Fulton Avenue
Hempstead, NY 11550
PARENTS: Parent Advocates of Responsible Education Networking Together for Support 5,000.00
Portland Museum of Art
c/o Ms. Dana Baldwin, Education Director
Seven Congress Square
Portland, ME 04101
Artastic Afternoons program 5,000.00
ROCA
c/o Ms. Cindy J. Davenport, Development
101 Park Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Youth STAR Health Clinic Project 5,000.00
School Administrative District #58
F/B/O Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties
c/o Ms. Wendy S. Fleming, Director 
PO Box 643 – 11 Broadway
Farmington, ME 04938
Literacy for Life 7,000.00
The Student Conservation Association
c/o Ms. Jean B. Cargill, Development Director
PO Box 550
Charlestown, NH 03603-0550
Hudson River Valley AmeriCorps Project 6,000.00
The Summer Camp
c/o Ms. Tracy St. Onge-May, Development Director
8 Church Street
Bridgton, ME 04009
Literacy Program 2,500.00
Talking Information Center
F/B/O Van Go Radio
c/o Mr. Jeff Loeb, Producer
PO Box 119
Maynard, MA 01754
Interactive Radio 5,000.00
Visiting Nurse Association of Eastern Massachusetts
c/o Ms. Linda Cornell, Executive Director
162 Highland Street
Somerville, MA 02134-1598
Family Home Visiting Program 5,000.00
Windham County Reads
c/o Ms. Ruth Allard, Executive Director
PO Box 2276
Brattleboro, VT 05303
Raise a Reader Project 5,000.00
Youth Alternatives
c/o Ms. Lucky Hollander, Vice President of Advocacy and Prevention Services
PO Box 596
Portland, ME 04112
Start Me Right Project

(First installment of a $40,000, three-year grant)

15,000.00
Total Children, Youth & Family Grants 1999: $163,030.00


Children, Youth & Family Grants 1998:

Recipient Purpose Amount
Berkshire Museum
c/o Ms. Marion Grant, Deputy Director
39 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Community Science 5,000.00
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
c/o Ms. Barbara Whelan, Executive Director
47 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
Single Parent House 10,000.00
Casa Myrna Vasquez
c/o Ms. Shiela Y. Moore, Executive Director
P.O. Box 180019
Boston, MA 02118
S.T.A.R. – Sisters Teaching About Relationships 9,000.00
The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
c/o Ms. Ellen Goetz, Director of Development
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Corporate Responsibility Initiative 7,000.00
Children’s Friend
c/o Ms. Mary Ann Ulevich, Development
21 Cedar Street
Worchester, MA 01609
School Age Mothers Younger Sisters Program 10,000.00
Concilio Hispano de Cambridge
c/o Mr. Nelson Salazar, Development
105 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
AHORA: Youth Advocacy & Enrichment Program 9,000.00
C.U.R.E (Compassion Unlimited – Respecting Everyone
F/B/O Renewable Energy Awareness Project
c/o Ms. Peter Arnold, Director
P. O. Box 640
Damariscotta, ME 04543
General Operating Support 3,000.00
Dragon Farm
F/B/O Mainely Girls
c/o Ms. Mary Orear, Executive Director
P.O. Box 93
Rockport, ME 04856
Expansion Program into Waldo County 7,000.00
The Elizabeth Stone House
c/o Ms. Beth Schultz, for The Stone House
P.O. Box 59
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Parent/Child Center 10,000.00
Family Crisis Center
c/o Ms. Lois Reckitt, Executive Director
P.O. Box 704
Portland, ME 04104
Young Adult Abuse Prevention Project 5,000.00
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke
c/o Ms. Sharon Dolan, Executive Director
P.O. Box 6812
Holyoke, MA 01041
Operation S.M.A.R.T. (Year 2 of a $35,000 three-year grant award.) 10,000.00
Great Bay Stewards
c/o Ms. Rebecca Buzzell, Director
89 Depot Road
Stratham, NH 03885
Great Bay Kids’ Ecology Club 5,000.00
Green Mountain Kids Club
c/o Ms. Janice Garfield, Director
33 Pleasant Street
Springfield, VT 05156
Building Blocks School Summer Sun Program 1,000.00
Health Awareness Services of Central Massachusetts
c/o Mr. Michael Mazloff, Executive Director
405 Grove Street
Worchester, MA 01605
Access Futures 2,000.00
Inwood House
c/o Ms. Kathleen Severin, Director of Public Affairs
320 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
Adolescent Parents in Training 10,000.00
Maine Grants Information Center
c/o Ms. Alexandra W. Fogel, Director
University of Southern Maine Library
P.O. Box 9301
Portland, ME 04104-9301
General Operating Support 250.00
Maine School of Science and Mathematics Foundation
c/o Ms. Deborah McGann, NNN Co-Director
77 High Street
Limestone, ME 04750
Nurturing Nature and Numbers 9,000.00
Portland West Neighborhood Planning Council
Even Start Program
c/o Mr. Ethan Strimling, Executive Director
155 Brackett Street
Portland, ME 04102
After School StoryCamp 10,000.00
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
c/o Ms. Patricia Pierson, Extension Educator
RR #4, Box 4645
Belfast, ME 04915-9627
Parents are Teachers Too Program 7,000.00
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
c/o Mr. Thomas Hark, Executive Director
P.O. Box 482
92 So. Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05676
General Support for Work & Study Expansion Program 7,000.00
Youth Radio Project
c/o Ms. Claire Holman, TRP Coordinator
University of Southern Maine
96 Falmouth Street, P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
DC Trip to Receive Prize 500.00
Zumix
c/o Ms. Madeleine Stecynski, Executive Director
202 Maverick Street
East Boston, MA 02128
Hands-On (Youth Outreach through Music) Program 9,000.00
Total Children, Youth & Families Grants 1998: $145,750.00

Executive Director
Orchard Foundation
P.O. Box 2587
So. Portland, ME 04116
Phone: (207) 799-0686
e-mail: orchard@maine.rr.com
www.orchardfoundation.org