1994 Community Grants
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | 1994 AWARDS | 1994 PAYMENTS |
| Abraham Fund New York, NY |
To support Ulpan Akiva and the Col. Joe Alon Center for Regional and Folklore Studies. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| AIDS Project Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
For an education program that strives to reach those who are most at risk for HIV infection. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Alpha Project for the Homeless El Cajon, CA |
To support Square One, an integrated job training program for the homeless. | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Washington, DC |
For an award for the best research paper on adolescent suicide and depression. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Washington, DC |
To support a national prevention campaign for children and adolescents with mental disorders. (1993 award: $50,320/2 years) | 25,320 | |
| American Friends of the Israel
Museum New York, NY |
For an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Camille Pissaro. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee New York, NY |
To provide medical equipment for the former Soviet Union. | 40,560 | 40,560 |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue Chicago, IL |
To provide a challenge grant for the 1994 capital fund. (1993 grant). | 10,000 | |
| Anshe Emet Synagogue Chicago, IL |
For general support and the capital fund. | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith San Diego, CA |
To support educational programs to raise awareness about racism and sexism in the San Diego area. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Anytown America Phoenix, AZ |
To support training programs for volunteers enabling youth to develop respect for racial, religious, and cultural differences. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| The Ark Chicago, IL |
For general support of its work helping Chicago's Jewish poor. | 3,750 | 3,750 |
| Blue Gargoyle Youth Service Center Chicago, IL |
For psychological counseling for elementary school children and their families in Chicago. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Boys Choir of Harlem New York, NY |
To support the provision of health care services to choir members and their families. | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Children's Museum of San Diego San Diego, CA |
To support the museum's move to a new downtown location. (1993 award: $100,000/3 years; $70,000 rescinded) | (70,000) | |
| Choice Point Oakland, CA |
To support a television series with spiritual leader Ram Dass. | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| City Year Boston, MA |
For a program of community service and leadership development for young adults from diverse backgrounds. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Commonweal Bolinas, CA |
To support conferences on the uses of art, ritual, movement, and related practices in health and healing. (2 years) | 50,000 | 25,000 |
| Congregation Yeshiva Tomchei
Tmimim Lubovitch Brooklyn, NY |
To teach Judaism and Jewish culture via cable and satellite. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Roxbury, MA |
To develop a community food security plan. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Earth Day Arizona Phoenix, AZ |
For general support. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Earth Island Institute San Francisco, CA |
To support the Sacred Land Film Project, a series of interviews with Native American elders. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Earth Island Institute San Francisco, CA |
To support the Berkeley-Borneo Big Home Project, a model community and rain forest preservation project in Sarawak, Malaysia. | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Endicott College Beverly, MA |
For the restoration of Tupper Hall. | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Foundation for Hearing Research Redwood City, CA |
For a new classroom at the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Friends of the Cultural Center Palm Desert, CA |
To support the McCallum Theatre's student performances and artist-in-residency programs for children in the Coachella Valley. (3 years) | 75,000 | 25,000 |
| Golden Apple Foundation Chicago, IL |
For general support of their work to recognize teachers. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Teton Village, WY |
To support the 33rd season of the Grand Teton Music Festival, which enhances appreciation of classical music through effective outreach and educational programs. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Highland Foundation Oakland, CA |
To build an African Healing Garden adjacent to Highland Hospital, which serves 100,000 minority patients each year. | 9,000 | 9,000 |
| Holocaust Oral History Project San Francisco, CA |
For general support. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Jewish Board of Family and Children's
Services New York, NY |
For general support of this multipurpose family and social service agency. | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Jewish Children's Bureau of Chicago Chicago, IL |
To provide emotional support and a creative outlet for acutely disturbed and developmentally disabled children at the JCB Therapeutic Day School. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Jewish Community Center Chicago, IL |
To support the Ezra Multi-Service Center, an emergency housing-relocation fund for chronically ill, physically dependent, and elderly Jews. | 17,187 | 17,187 |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Chicago, IL |
To support an artist-in-residence program at Camp Chi, a summer camp for children. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Jewish Family Congregation South Salem, NY |
To support the Jewish Parenting Center and Jewish Media Center at the Center for Jewish Life. | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| Jewish Family Congregation South Salem, NY |
To support commissioned works for the temple sanctuary. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Los
Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
To develop a written curriculum for a drug abuse prevention program targeting Jewish youth. | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| Jewish Film Festival Berkeley, CA |
For a program of films devoted to coexistence and cultural sharing between Moslems, Christians, and Jews in North Africa and the Middle East. | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| Jewish Media Fund New York, NY |
For placing a 150-videotape collection of Jewish films at UCLA. | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| Jewish Museum New York, NY |
For "Too Jewish: Reclaiming Jewish Identity in the Age of Multiculturalism," an exhibition of contemporary American artists. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of
America Chicago, IL |
For general support of its mission to provide rabbinical training. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan
Chicago Chicago, IL |
To encourage congregations to develop innovative educational programs to supplement core programs in the schools. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Jewish War Veterans, USA, National
Memorial Washington, DC |
To support the transportation costs of the exhibition "GI's Remember: Liberating the Concentration Camps," at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History. | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| Katonah-Lewisboro School Foundation White Plains, NY |
To support innovative programs and equipment for the school district. | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| KCRW Foundation Santa Monica, CA |
To support "Which Way L.A.," a radio talk show on urban issues in Los Angeles. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation La Jolla, CA |
To support efforts to find new cures for cancer as well as new, less invasive treatments. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Lakefront Single Room Occupancy
Corporation Chicago, IL |
To enhance social services for women living in an SRO building. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Long Island Association for AIDS
Care Huntington, NY |
To support a clinic to provide medical care and counseling to people with AIDS and their families. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Los Angeles Women's Foundation Los Angeles, CA |
To support the Economic Justice Initiative, a five-year multifaceted program to promote women's health in the Greater Los Angeles area. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY |
For general support. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Mama's Kitchen San Diego, CA |
To provide meals and other essential services to people with AIDS throughout San Diego County. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club New York, NY |
For general support of this distinguished regional theatre company and to investigate space alternatives. | $46,500 | $46,500 |
| Marin AIDS Project San Rafael, CA |
To support client services for people with AIDS and a speaker's bureau education program. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Marin Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program San Rafael, CA |
To support Marin's child advocate program. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Marin Housing Center San Rafael, CA |
To support Project Advance, an initiative to provide shelter and services to the homeless. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Marin Suicide Prevention Center San Rafael, CA |
For support of the Youth Suicide Prevention Peer Counseling Project. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Marwen Foundation Chicago, IL |
To expand the studio art program for inner city children. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Mingei International San Diego, CA |
To support the multicultural exhibits and educational programs of the Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Moadon Kol Chadash Chicago, IL |
To enhance Moadon Kol Chadash's programs by bringing in guest speakers and organizing special events. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Mosaic - A Multicultural Foundation Vashon, WA |
To create community forums, leadership training, and a Chicago conference. (2 years) | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage New York, NY |
To produce a book of photographs by Mark Seliger of Holocaust survivors. | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| National Foundation for Jewish
Culture New York, NY |
To support the Annual Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards, which recognize the contributions of artists, scholars, philanthropists, and institutions to the development of Jewish culture. | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| National Yiddish Book Center South Hadley, MA |
For a 13-part radio series featuring translations of modern Jewish literature and American Jewish stories. (2 years) | $25,000 | $5,000 |
| New Israel Fund / Festival of
Women in the Arts Washington, DC |
To support the Festival of Women in the Arts in Israel to mark International Women's Day. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| New School for Social Research New York, NY |
For general support of the New School. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| New York City Opera New York, NY |
For general support of America's second largest opera company. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation Chicago, IL |
To support Friends of Prentice in raising funds for Northwestern Memorial's Prentice Women's Hospital. | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| Off the Street Club Chicago, IL |
To provide social services to disadvantaged communities in Chicago. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Options for People Chicago, IL |
To purchase equipment for its job training program for the unemployed in Chicago. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ |
For general support and an exhibition of Alfred Stieglitz's Camera Notes. | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Phoenix Symphony Association Phoenix, AZ |
To enable the Phoenix Symphony Association to continue its tradition of providing quality programming. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Rainforest Action Network San Francisco, CA |
To support the National Wood Conservation Campaign. | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Rainforest Alliance New York, NY |
To invest in private sector and community-based ventures for creating environmental solutions and building sustainable communities. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Rheedlen Foundation New York, NY |
For general support for this innovative social service organization. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Rural Education Action Project Montpelier, VT |
For general support for this grassroots farm and rural economic development organization. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago, IL |
To establish a ten-bed patient-centered care module as a testing, demonstration, and evaluation site for oncology patients. (1993 award: $424,000/3 years; 1994 award: $171,000/3 years) | $171,000 | $160,000 |
| Safe Future Education Fund Santa Monica, CA |
For general support of its efforts to educate people and develop responsible radioactive waste policies. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Salus International Health Institute Orinda, CA |
To support the Rosen Method Certification Teaching Program in the former Soviet Union. | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| San Diego Regional Cancer Center San Diego, CA |
To support research in gene therapy for ovarian cancer. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| San Diego State University Foundation San Diego, CA |
To support Neighbors United, a neighborhood-based urban revitalization organization that encourages intercultural economic cooperation and offers English language and parenting classes. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association San Diego, CA |
To support programs integrating arts education into the school curriculum. | $40,000 | $40,000 |
| San Dieguito Boys and Girls Club Solana Beach, CA |
To support low-cost activities for the youth of San Dieguito. | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation Scottsdale, AZ |
To supplement the unreimbursed costs of expensive bone marrow transplants. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Southwest Leadership Foundation Phoenix, AZ |
To support the programs of the Herbert K. Cummings Community Center, including job training and placement and health education services for an ethnically diverse population. (3 years) | $90,000 | $30,000 |
| St. John's Military Academy Delafield, WI |
For an additional development office staff member and a new computer program. | $70,000 | $70,000 |
| Symphony Space New York, NY |
For general support of its innovative programming. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Tazama! For the Survival of Nature and Humanity Los Angeles, CA |
For programs to protect wildlife and natural resources. | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Threshold Foundation San Francisco, CA |
For general support. | $9,567 | $9,567 |
| Tides Foundation / Migratory Species Project San Francisco, CA |
For general support. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Tonantzin Land Institute Albuquerque, NM |
To place an intern with the White House Office of Environmental Policy. | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Tony Fitzjohn / George Adamson African Wildlife
Preservation Trust New York, NY |
To support the Mkomazi Rhino Sanctuary. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Trisha Brown Dance Company New York, NY |
For general support of this innovative modern dance company. | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| Tzivos Hashem Brooklyn, NY |
For general support. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| United States Catholic Conference Scottsdale, AZ |
For support of the Franciscan Renewal Center. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| University of Arizona Foundation Tuscon, AZ |
For an educational program to increase cervical and breast cancer screening among Native American women from the Hopi reservation. | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| WBEZ Alliance Chicago, IL |
For general support of Chicago's public radio station. | $3,750 | $3,750 |
| Wildlife of the American West Jackson, WY |
To support the endowment of this wildlife-related art museum. | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Winnarainbow Berkeley, CA |
To enable children from diverse backgrounds to participate in a multicultural arts program. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Womancare San Diego, CA |
To support a prenatal care program for low-income women. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Workshop Unlimited Washington, DC |
For workshops for women leaders of community-based organizations. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Yale University New Haven, CT |
For general support to help rehabilitate Yale's physical plant. | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Zen Hospice Project San Francisco, CA |
For general support of its efforts to provide a safe and loving environment for the terminally ill. | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| TOTALS FOR 1994 | $1,726,314 | $1,640,634 |
Message From The Chair
Message From The President
Board of Trustees
Staff Listing and Notes
Arts Program Essay
1994 Arts Grants
Environment Program Essay
1994 Environment Grants
Health Program Essay
1994 Health Grants
Jewish Life Program Essay
1994 Jewish Life Grants
1994 Interprogram Grants
1994 Community Grants
1994 Presidential Grants
Annual Reports List
Message From The President
Board of Trustees
Staff Listing and Notes
Arts Program Essay
1994 Arts Grants
Environment Program Essay
1994 Environment Grants
Health Program Essay
1994 Health Grants
Jewish Life Program Essay
1994 Jewish Life Grants
1994 Interprogram Grants
1994 Community Grants
1994 Presidential Grants
Annual Reports List
