2005
92nd Street Y, New York, NY Scholarships $30,000 Summer camp scholarships for children with special needs Animal Care and Control, New York, NY TLC Summer Program $16,000 Animal shelter based program for youth ages 14-17 providing training in animal husbandry, medical procedures and exploration of career options Artists for Humanity, Boston, MA Arts and Entrepreurship Program $25,000 Youth run micro-enterprise program for inner-city teens to develop business and career skills and provide a commercial outlet for their talents and products. Asperger's Association of New England, Boston, MA Coordinator of Clinical Services $25,000 Support for a half-time Clinical Coordinator of Children's Services to provide families of children with Asperger's Syndrome with I & R services, monthly support groups and serve as a resource for educators and other professionals working with children with AS Assaf Harofeh, Israel Neonatology Equipment $50,000 Equipment for neonatology unit Associated Grant Makers, Boston, MA Summer Fund $20,000 Support for camping programs throughout Boston Barrier Free Living, New York, NY Freedom House for People with Disabilities $100,000 Support for first completely accessible domestic violence shelter in the United States Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC, Oceanside, NY The Ezra Center for Special Services $30,000 Social and recreational programs for adults and children with special needs Blythedale Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY Child Protection Program $50,000 Interdisciplinary program to provide intensive staff training and centralization and coordination of services to identify medically fragile children at risk of abuse and neglect including outreach and support services to their families Board of Jewish Education, New York, NY Child Advocacy $60,000 Educational guidance, consultations, support for parents and families of children with special needs and information and referral services for professionals and educators. Project Sir II $60,000 First year of 2-year initiative to expand Project Sir (Success in Reading), a literacy program, to grades 2, 3 and 4 in Jewish Day Schools and public schools Special Education Center $135,000 Support of new program development and graduate education for Jewish special educators Camp Starfish, Boston, MA Scholarships $25,000 Summer camp scholarships for children ages 5-15 with emotional, behavioral and learning problems Chai Lifeline, New York, NY Camp Simcha Special $50,000 Summer camping for youth with severe chronic illness Healing and Respite Program $40,000 Social worker for winter respite program for children and families with life threatening or chronic illnesses Children's Health Fund, New York, NY Operation Assist $100,000 Mental heath support in Biloxi, Miss for survivors of Hurricane Katrina Citizen Schools, Boston, MA A Team Approach Among Caring Adults $25,000 After school program pairing adults with at risk youth for educational support and mentoring Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Youth Depression and Suicide Program $30,000 Suicide prevention educator to work with community and professionals Citizens' Committee for Children, New York, NY YouthAction $10,000 After school advocacy training for high school students City Parks Foundation, New York, NY Summer Stage $2,500 Summer arts programming in city parks D.A.R.E, New York, NY D.A.R.E. Dance $50,000 After school dance program in public schools in Boston, New York and New Jersey and scholarship support for selected students attending local dance programs Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD),
Lebanon, NHChild Advocacy and Protection Program (CAPP) $75,000 Expansion of educational outreach program to include pilot telemedicine project to provide optimal medical evaluations and treatment referrals to hospitals and professionals seeing abuse and/or neglected children in rural Vermont and New Hampshire Dorot, New York, NY $50,000 University Without Walls Teleconference programs for home bound and disabled seniors and their caregivers Earthen Vessels, Cambridge, MA $10,000 After School Tutoring Program After school tutoring, mentoring and family advocacy program pairing Harvard student-volunteers with inner city youth in Dorchester, Roxbury and South Boston FEGS/SLI, New York, NY Family Advocacy & Information Referral $60,000 Professional training, information and referral, advocacy and family support services for people living or working with individuals with special need Chavarim $12,500 Socialization and life skills program for high functioning adults ages 20-55 with developmental, learning, physical, emotional or neurological disabilities VIP Youth: Violence Intervention Project $60,000 Program to break the intergenerational cycle of family violence and provide counseling and supportive services children and non-offending parent Adopt a Family $50,000 Social worker to coordinate case management, emergency assistance and volunteers working with families in crisis Girls' Coalition of Boston, Boston, MA $35,000 Strength to Strength Year long education and training project focusing on ableism and xenophobia working to create greater awareness of the issues involved, improved programming and inclusion opportunities in mainstream programs
Global Action Project, New York, NY $20,000 SummerYouth Media Training Institute Advanced training in media and professional internship summer program for youth 15-19 Greater 5 Towns YM-YWHA, Syosset, NY Disabled Singles Program $39,000 Social and recreational program for physically and developmentally disabled singles ages 25-65 TBI Day Program $25,000 Pilot socialization and recreation day program for people with traumas brain injury Hacienda, Phoenix, AZ Climber Cribs $15,750 Specially designed equipment for children with disabilities Shower Trolleys $13,260 Specially designed equipment for children with disabilities General Support $10,000 Annual Support for multifaceted programming for children with severe disabilities Handi Kids, Boston, MA Scholarships $25,000 Scholarships for year round after school and camping programs for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities Harlem Children Society, New York, NY Science Internships $45,000 Intensive educational and mentoring program for minority high school youth to increase their awareness of science and technology and introduce them to possible careers in the sciences Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Cambridge, MA Women with Disabilities Symposium $6,500 Support for conference on women with disabilities Hebrew Educational Society (HES), Brooklyn, NY Special Needs Family Center $45,000 Preschool, after school, summer day camp and parenting groups children and families with special needs Hebrew Home for the Aged, New York, NY Project HOPE: Companion Program $50,000 Pilot nursing home based, full day program for special education students providing schooling, community service and job skills training Home Base Youth Services, Phoenix, AZ Transitional Living Program $25,000 Transitional housing and life skills training for homeless youth ages 18-21 Home for Little Wanders, Boston, MA My Life, My Choice $25,000 Outreach program to work with girls at risk of prostitution along with workshops and trainings for educators working with girls involved in prostitution Hyde Square Task Force, Jamaica Plains, MA Ritmo en Accion Youth Dance Troupe $15,000 After school Latin dance program for teens who then teach elementary and middle school students Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (JBFCS), Brooklyn, NY Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Project $55,000 Russian speaking social worker to work with orthodox immigrants in Boro Park on issues of child abuse along with consultation and technical assistance to yeshivas and Jewish Day Schools focusing on abuse and neglect Neighborhood Youth Alliance $60,000 Program to improve relations between Russian, African American, Hispanic, Arab- American and other minority youth in 3 Brooklyn high schools Project Genesis: Single Parent Program $25,000 Single parent program to provide recreational, social, educational and mental health support for single parents and their families JCC of Hudson, Tarrytown, NY Special Needs Training Institute $17,000 Training and internship program for high school students working with children with disabilities Westchester Network for Physically Disabled $26,500 Social and recreational programming for physically disabled adults Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), New York, NY Compass Program $15,000 Social worker to provide educational and vocational guidance for Jewish learning disabled college students at C.W. Post Bukharian Day Care $60,000 Russian speaking social worker to work with family day care programs in Bukharian community serving over 650 children with special focus on early identification of children with special needs JCH Bensonhurst, Bensonhurst, NY Special Needs Center $30,000 Summer camp and after school educational enrichment, socialization and recreation services for children 5-12 with special needs Butler Center for Educational Advancement $95,000 Comprehensive educational support services for émigré families facing the challenges of adjusting to the American educational system Jewish Community Center of Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY Senior Transportation $50,000 Transportation for elderly Jewish Home and Hospital, New York, NY Intergenerational Program $100,000 Intergenerational program providing community service, work experience, educational support and career and college guidance for at risk youth working with the elderly Jewish Museum, New York, NY Project Access $25,000 Expansion of programs and services for people with disabilities Juvenile Diabetes, New York, NY John Altman Sponsorship $10,000 Support for diabetes research Kings Bay YM-YWHA, Brooklyn, NY Special Services for Learning Disabled $40,000 Capacity building grant to hire part-time special education professional to build program, increase outreach and provide staff development and supervision Adolescent Émigré Program $42,000 Social, recreational and group counseling for Russian émigré adolescents Legal Outreach, New York, NY College Bound Program $50,000 Expansion of the College Bound Program in Harlem and Brooklyn Summer Law Institute Expansion to Queens $30,000 New initiative to expand the Summer Law Institute for students entering high school to Queens Lesley University, Cambridge, MA EXTRA ART $15,000 Summer and Saturday program for artistically talented youth from Boston's inner-city high schools McGill University, Montreal, Canada Zella Bronfman Scholarship Fund $10,000 Scholarships for college students Met Council, New York, NY Cash Assistance $100,00 Emergency cash assistance Mid Island Y JCC, Plainview, NY KISS - Kids in Special Services $40,000 Capacity building grant to hire part-time social worker and specialists to create a special needs center to address the social, recreational and educational needs of preschooler through young adults Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Bronx Holocaust Survivors $37,500 Social worker for Holocaust survivors in Co-op City J.E. & Z.B. Butler Children Advocacy Center $150,000 Social worker and general support for Child Advocacy Center Endowment: Center for Aging and Independence $100,000 Endowment support for Center for Aging and Independence Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, Bronx, NY Family Choice Project $55,000 Program to identify and explore educational options with middle/high school student and their families Pioneer Summer Camp $100,000 Second year of pilot educational summer camping and after school enrichment program for 1st and 2nd graders at risk of failure Mount Sinai Hospital, Montreal, Canada Palliative Care $100,000 One time gift to capital campaign to support expansion of palliative care services Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY High School Museum Studies Program $10,000 After school program for public high school students introducing them to careers in museums New Alternatives for Children, New York, NY Expansion - Education Services $50,000 Support for social worker to expand educational advocacy services for children with severe disabilities Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY Climate Center Team $25,000 Annual support for environment projects NY Services for the Handicapped, New York, NY Camp Oakhurst: Respite and Adult Vacation Program $30,000 Respite and summer camping scholarships for adults with physical disabilities NYLAG, New York, NY Child Advocacy $80,000 Free legal services for low income children with physical, developmental and learning disabilities Family Law $100,000 Free consultation and legal representation to low-income individuals LegalHealth $75,000 Legal assistance for low-income patients and advocacy training for health care professionals in NYC hospitals Publicolor, New York, NY Color Club and Next Steps $65,000 After school apprenticeship/ educational enrichment program for at risk middle and high school youth Ramapo for Children, Rhinebeck, NY Ramapo Training Solution $65,000 Support for professional training and staff development at community based organizations serving high-risk youth and children with special needs Rocking the Boat, Bronx, NY Summer Stipends for Boatbuilding and On Water Program $35,000 Summer stipends and apprenticeship support for boatbuilding program for teens in the Bronx Ruby Films, New York, NY Praying with Lior $25,000 Support for the production of a documentary about a developmentally disabled young man preparing for his bar mitzvah S.A.F.E. Studio, Boston, MA Expressive Arts $10,000 After school expressive arts program for children exposed to domestic violence and abuse and neglect Samuel Field Y, Little Neck, NY Beaconworks- Select $40,000 School to work program for at risk, underachieving middle and high school students imcluding tutoring and homework assistance and 6 hours of work at Samuel Field’s NORC-WOW program to develop job skills CLASSP $44,000 Training and internships for high school students working with people with disabilities at five community centers in Westchester and Long Island Jewish Education for Persons with Disabilities $15,000 Jewish educational programming for individuals with disabilities Partner Abuse $30,000 Social worker to provide individual and group counseling for individuals involved in abusive relationship and to increase community awareness of domestic violence Project Child $10,000 After school program for severely learning disabled and autistic children ages 5-13 . Scholarship Assistance $27,000 Scholarship assistance for children with disabilities attending after school, day camp, preschool programming Single Parent $30,000 Social/recreational and counseling programs for single parents including bereavement groups Teen Services $38,000 Social, recreational, educational and community service programs for teens Shorefront YM-YWHA, Brooklyn, NY Project Bridge $45,000 Social, recreational and educational program for developmentally disabled émigrés ages 21-40 and their families Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY Camp Kehilla and Special Needs Center $67,500 Summer camping program for children 6-12 with special needs SquashBusters, Boston, MA Out of School Programs $20,000 After school enrichment program combining athletics and academics for middle and high school youth in Boston Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center, New York, NY Legacy: Rite to Passage $30,000 After school youth development and leadership program StreetSquash, New York, NY College Bound Program $25,000 After school enrichment program combining athletics and academics for middle and high school youth in Harlem Suffolk Y JCC, Commack, NY Butler Special Needs Center 30,000 After school, vacation, camping and recreational and socialization programs for people with special needs ages 4-15 Center for Teen Empowerment, Boston, MA Youth Organizing Initiative $25,000 After school program to train youth to organize and develop initiatives to address identified issues. UJA-Federation, New York, NY Autism Study $25,000 Study to identify successful after school programs for children with autism and to develop strategies to implement new programs to serve this population throughout the UJA-Federation Network Day Camp Scholarships $55,000 Summer camp scholarships for children with special needs Zella Awards $24,400 Annual awards to recognize individuals in UJA-Federation agencies who have made significant contributions in the field of disabilities Urban Park Rangers, New York, NY Alley Pond Adventure/Family Camping $61,500 Summer youth employment program for college students and an outdoor environmental and camping program for inner city children along with summer family camping at Alley Pond on the weekends Junior Ranger Program $49,500 Summer camping and environmental studies program for inner city youth at Inwood Hill, Marine and Orchard Beach parks Counselor in Training Program $35,000 Expansion of Ranger Conservation Corp to provide winter participants with paid summer employment working in the Junior Ranger Program along with a falconry course Ranger Conservation Corps $29,000 Urban environmental after school program for high school students Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, Burlington, VT Summer Food Program $15,000 Summer food and recreational programs for school age children in rural Vermont communities Visiting Nurse of New York, New York, NY General Support $5,000 Support for in home services West End Boys and Girls Club, Boston, MA Visual Arts Program $10,000 After school programming in the arts for at-risk youth ages 7-18 Westchester Jewish Community Services,
White Plains, NYFamily Advocacy Program $37,000 Socialization/life skills programs for individuals with disabilities, advocacy training and I & R for families and professional training for staffs of programs serving people with disabilities Havorah $35,000 Educational, religious, social and cultural programming for developmentally disabled children, teens and adults Partner Abuse Intervention Program $100,000 Intensive counseling program for women and children involved in abusive relationships $4,611,410
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