Spring 2008 grants from Community Funds
Alabama Ballet, $36,600 to expand the number of complimentary performances for students, including a full-story ballet performed professional dancers.
Alabama CASA Network, $6,790 to support operations director to promote CASA as a vital component of overall efforts to address the problem of child abuse and neglect.
Alabama Child Caring Foundation, $4,590 in matching funds to provide all children with a "medical home," an ongoing relationship with a pediatrician or family doctor.
Alabama Dance Council, $8,560 to help fund performances, training and community outreach through the Alabama Dance Festival.
Alabama Moving Image Association, $8,470 to support hiring a fundraising administrator for this organization that supports films and filmmaking in Alabama.
Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project, $6,080 to support art classes at Donaldson Correctional Facility (Bessemer), Birmingham Work Release, St. Clair Correctional Facility and Lovelady Transitional Facility (East Lake).
Alabama Roadrunner Basketball Association,* $16,700 to help fund recreational activities that will provide life lessons for girls in the City of Birmingham and lead to opportunities for college.
Arc of Walker County, $7,770 to replace the existing roof of the facility which serves people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
Auntie Litter, $6,410 to support the Take Pride Statewide environmental education program, including materials to promote a clean and healthy Alabama.
Bell Center, $41,800 to build a new facility to improve therapeutic services for children ages birth to three, including playrooms, rooms for infants and office space.
Big Brothers Big Sisters, $12,400 to support mentoring programs and increasing public awareness of its mission of providing positive adult role models to children, especially in Shelby County.
Birmingham AIDS Outreach, $16,700 to support the AIDING Alabama program which protects and promotes the legal rights of Alabamians living with HIV/AIDS.
Birmingham Children's Theatre, $17,100 to implement Study Guide Live in Birmingham City Schools, including hands-on classroom sessions with BCT actors and attendance at a BCT show.
Birmingham Museum of Art, $59,700 to support development and architectural planning in preparation for an expansion campaign, including hiring of a development director.
Birmingham Public Library, $17,300 to purchase 20 Early Computer Literacy Computer Stations, stand-alone units designed for toddlers through second graders, for neighborhood libraries.
Cawaco Resource Conservation and Development Council, $25,700 to support a marketing program directed primarily to ages 16-24, statistically shown as the most frequent litterers. The program is a collaboration with Jefferson County Department of Health.
Children's Hospital of Alabama, $700,000 over five years to support new construction and reuse of existing facility to address critical continuing needs as well as research and education.
Community Entrepreneurship Institute,* $9,730 toward Teen Entrepreneurs 3.0 Program, a business-based curriculum that helps 10th and 11th graders stay in school. This includes in-school programming and Summer Camp with a chance to develop a virtual enterprise.
Fairfield Incubator for Entrepreneurs,* $12,500 to support Alabama Culinary Incubator Project, providing floor space and technical assistance for people who dream of owning their own food business.
Fairfield Main Street,* $11,900 toward consultant to survey and document Fairfield buildings over 50 years old, plus provide historic preservation training for local organizations and citizens involved in this work.
Family Connection, $12,500 to support Project Hope, the state's first street outreach program with survival aid items and counseling support for runaway and homeless youth.
Gateway, $20,900 to upgrade technology to make client files available via computer and allow social workers to submit reports from the field and provide broader service options to youth and family clients in their homes.
Grace House Ministries, $12,500 to support individual educational programs that help each child achieve success.
Greater Birmingham Friend's Chapter of AMBUCS,* $8,250 to provide disabled children with customized therapeutic tricycles to help establish habits of physical activity.
Greater Birmingham Ministries, $6,190 toward technology enhancements that will make outreach and programs more effective.
Holy Family Elementary School,* $12,400 toward Giving Tree, for library tools and resources that will eventually support tutoring and literacy programs in the community.
Jefferson County Schools Public Education Foundation, $50,100 over three years toward Principal Leadership Academy, a training and learning community for assistant principals, new principals and teacher leaders alongside senior principals in a train-the-trainer model.
Kids First Awareness Coalition Program,* $2,510 toward Ready for Success! for children performing below grade level at Alabaster Head Start, Linda Nolen Special Needs School, Creekview and Meadowview elementary schools and Thompson Intermediate, Middle and High schools.
Leading Edge Institute, $5,970 over two years toward Community Councils, offering life-long support for women's professional and social change efforts.
Leeds Arts Council, $4,060 toward executive director salary to assist in development and general oversight.
Legal Services Alabama, $18,300 toward hiring a part-time paralegal for Project Hope, which provides legal education, advice and representation in resolving housing issues faced by at-risk homeowners, renters and people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Lovelady Center, $30,100 over two years for Teen Zone for older children who need a safe haven after school and during the summer, including intervention classes for teens and their mothers.
Mattie C. Stewart Foundation,* $19,400 toward a development director to promote work with educators and community leaders to reduce the dropout rate through programs for students in grades 3-12.
Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging, $15,100 to support a networks coordinator position to help Shelby County seniors stay safely in their homes as they age.
Miles Service Foundation Corporation,* $5,440 toward the McKinstry Movement in Fairfield, offering educational and training opportunities for youth without college degrees.
Ministerial Brotherhood Ministries, $20,600 toward the Community Training Institute for at-risk students in Ensley, high school diploma program, counseling services, occupational therapy, job skill development training and mentoring.
Need A Chance, $8,250 to support staff serving youth in after-school and summer programs and working with Resident Advisory Councils in Jefferson County Housing Authority public housing units in Fultondale, Warrior, Brookside, Trafford, Bradford, Tarrant and Bessemer.
New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church Community Support Corp.,* $13,600 toward executive director and camp director running programs for students at Barrett, Gate City, Oliver and Robinson elementary schools and Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School.
Operation New Birmingham, $29,900 for a study to assess the cost, feasibility and timing of reconfiguring Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham, including the below-grade highway alignment recommended in the 2005 City Center Master Plan Update.
P.E.E.R, Inc.,* $12,400 toward the position of part-time assistant market director, coordinating a program to provide low-income senior citizens with weekly baskets of fresh produce .
Salvation Army, $9,020 toward Youth Services day program in Crestwood by updating software and supporting Summer Enrichment Program.
Shelby County Schools, $25,100 toward a literacy program for Latino families, including adult education, parenting skills and children's education. (See partnership with YMCA below for pre-school program.)
Southern Environmental Center, $17,100 toward Rails to Trails EcoScape in Fultondale, Village Creek Wellness Trail and Regional Parknership map showing Red Mountain and Railroad parks, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center and 11 community Ecoscapes.
Southern Environmental Law Center, $34,200 to support Healthy Air for Birmingham and Its Citizens, with a comprehensive report on air problems and their impact, and Clean Water for Birmingham and Its Citizens, with recommended reforms in water management laws and policies for consideration in the 2009.
St. Clair Children's Advocacy Center, $8,360 toward salaries of parent educators for the Bear Facts for Families, a monthly home visitation program for pre-schoolers which focuses on child abuse prevention and services for families in poverty and health.
St. Clair County D.A.Y. Program, $8,250 toward a counselor/prevention specialist position for adolescents.
St. Martin's in-the-Pines, $100,000 over two years toward construction of The Cottages, the state's first residential-style nursing home in the Green House model, where assistance and care are not the focus of the elders' existence.
Tarrant Redevelopment Authority,* $37,100 to provide an off-site restaurant as an educational opportunity for high school students at Jefferson State Community College.
UAB, $250,000 over five years to build a Women's and Infants Center to meet the growing demand for specialized services.
Very Special Arts Alabama, $28,900 to support the Arts in Healthcare and Community Arts Education programs for individuals with chronic medical conditions that require frequent hospitalization and medical intervention.
Workshops, Inc., $12,500 to purchase a 14-passenger bus for people with disabilities participating in work adjustment training programs at its Shelby county facility.
YMCA of Birmingham, $15,100 to expand the Family Literacy Program in Shelby County Schools, focusing on a growing Hispanic population and providing help to parents as well as pre-school children through learning centers at the Greystone and Alabaster YMCA branches.
*Asterisks mark organizations receiving a grant from the Community Foundation for the first time.
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