Grants Recipient List

2005 -- 2006

July 2005 -- June 2006

BARBARA CHAMBERS CHILDREN'S CENTER
Support for the early learning program that provides extracurricular and multi-disciplinary activities to pre-school children

$5,000
THE BARKER FOUNDATION
Continued support for the pregnancy services program, which provides birth mothers with sound decisions about parenting or adoption for their newborn infants

$5,000
BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION
To support the work of agencies serving displaced children of Hurricane Katrina

$10,000
BEACON HOUSE
Funding for FOCUS, a one-to-one tutoring program for students in grades 3-8 and RSR, Ready, Set, Read literacy classes for children in grades K-2, in Ward 5

$7,500
BIENVENDIOS, INC.
Funding for the expansion of Building Better Futures: A Tutoring/Mentoring Program for Latino Youth at TC William High School in Alexandria, VA

$8,000
BREAK THE CYCLE, WASHINGTON
Operational support for the Education and Outreach Program which seeks to prevent dating and domestic violence among youth in the District of Columbia

$3,000
CAPITOL HILL COMPUTER CENTER
General support for the After School, Summer Technology Program and the Teen Programs

$8,000
CASA, PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, INC.
Continued support to recruit and train volunteers who advocate for abused and neglected children in the foster care system

$5,000
DCWRITERSCORP, INC.
General support for the literacy outreach programs in the District of Columbia Public Schools

$5,000
DIAMOND SPORTS ACADEMY, INC.
Support for the sports and tutoring program for youth, ages 8-18 living in Prince Georges's County

$4,000
DISCOVERY CREEK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF WASHINGTON
To further the expansion of the Anacostia Initiative, a science education program for underserved early learners in the District of Columbia Public Schools

$8,000
FACILITATING LEADERSHIP IN YOUTH
Support for the after school youth development program in the Barry Farms Community

$7,000
FIHANKRA AKOMA NTOASO (FAN)
Startup funds for a summer youth program for pre-teen youth in the foster care system

$3,000
FRIENDS OF TYLER SCHOOL
Program support for this multifaceted after school program for youth residing in two public housing neighborhoods in SE Washington

$5,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Grants to students majoring in German Language Studies through the Anne Bartsch-Dunne Scholarship Program

$5,000
GREENBRIER LEARNING CENTER
Program support for the after school Learning Center for children from Carlin Springs School in South Arlington, VA

$8,000
THE HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
To aid in the distribution of books and related activities to underserved schools in the Metropolitan Washington area

$5,000
HOPE HOUSE
Support for the various programs that encourage relationships between incarcerated fathers and their children

$7,000
KIDSAFE
Funding for the four out-of-school programs in Wards 6 and 8 in the District of Columbia

$7,000
LAUREL YOUTH BETTERMENT, INC.
Support for the Firefighter Mentor Program that combines mentoring, First Aid training and league basketball programs for youth in conjunction with the Laurel Boys and Girls Club

$6,000
LATINO STUDENT FUND
Support for the Saturday tutoring program for underprivileged Latino students

$5,000
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY, INC
Operational support for this after school and summer program for children in the Ward 8 Shipley Terrace area

$10,000
MENTORS OF MINORITIES IN EDUCATION, INC.
General support for the M.O.M.I.E.'s TLC academic After School Program for children in the Columbia Heights section of DC

$3,000
PARKMONT SCHOOL
Funds to match a Foundation's challenge grant that will aid six students in need of financial aid

$3,000
PEOPLE ANIMALS LOVE (PAL)
Support for the After School Club/Camp operating at Beacon House in the Edgewood Terrace Housing Complex in Northeast Washington

$5,000
PROJECT CREATE
To support after school Arts programs at the Community of Hope

$4,000
PROJECT NORTHSTAR
To expand the core tutoring and mentoring services to homeless and at-risk children in Ward 8 and Ward 7

$7,500
ReSET
Support to sustain and grow the intergenerational volunteer program that encourages retired scientists to teach in underserved elementary schools

$8,000
SHAW COMMUNITY MINISTRY, INC.
To continue support for the comprehensive Youth Development Project in the Shaw community

$8,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
Grants to students majoring in German Language Studies through the Anne Bartsch-Dunne
 Scholarship Program

$5,000

The Children's Fund of Metropolitan Washington
P.O. Box 4590, Silver Spring, MD 20914-4590
Phone: (301) 384-4118
Fax: (301) 384-5329
Email: ChildrensFund-DC@ChildrensFund-DC.org

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