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Third Quarter 2008


September 01, 2008

TROY, Mich. – At its third-quarter board meeting in September 2008, the trustees of The Kresge Foundation awarded 96 grants to organizations in 25 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and South Africa.

Here is a complete list of grants approved in the third quarter 2008:

(The list includes current and future planned grants.)

Alabama
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa $200,000
California
Boys & Girls Clubs of Brea-Placentia-Yorba Linda Placentia $260,000
Clinica Msr. Oscar A. Romero Los Angeles $650,000
Humboldt Senior Resource Center Eureka $200,000
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Oakland $625,000
Laguna College of Art & Design Laguna Beach $80,000
Media & Policy Center Foundation Santa Monica $500,000
PolicyLink Oakland $2,000,000
Tides Foundation San Francisco $1,000,000
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara $500,000
West End YMCA Upland $1,000,000
Women's Funding Network San Francisco $750,000
Youth Radio Oakland $750,000
Colorado
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Denver $800,000
St. Francis Center Denver $165,000
District of Columbia
Center for Clean Air Policy Washington $500,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation Washington $870,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation Washington $130,000
Smart Growth America Washington $500,000
Florida
Funders' Network for Smart Growth ⁄ Livable Communities Coral Gables $250,000
Hope Haven Children's Clinic and Family Center Jacksonville $500,000
Jewish Family & Children's Service Sarasota $600,000
The Wellness Community Sarasota $650,000
Georgia
Agnes Scott College Decatur $80,000
CHRIS Kids Atlanta $60,000
Illinois
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago $2,000,000
Iowa
Central College Pella $850,000
Kentucky
Council of State Governments Lexington $500,000
The Louisville Zoological Garden Louisville $900,000
Project Women Louisville $550,000
Louisiana
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation Baton Rouge $1,000,000
United Way of the Greater New Orleans Area New Orleans $1,260,000
Maine
Sisters of Charity Health System Lewiston $500,000
Maryland
Alice Ferguson Foundation Accokeek $75,000
CASA of Maryland Takoma Park $1,000,000
Humanim Columbia $700,000
Joseph Richey House Baltimore $400,000
Providence Center Glen Burnie $500,000
Massachusetts
Ceres Boston $1,200,000
Clean Air Task Force Boston $1,900,000
ROCA Chelsea $1,500,000
Second Nature Boston $20,000
ZUMIX Boston $200,000
Michigan
Adult Well-Being Services Detroit $200,000
ArtServe Michigan (Artists Professional Development) Wixom $160,000
Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant $800,000
City Connect Detroit Detroit $925,000
City Mission Detroit $375,000
Council of Michigan Foundations Grand Haven $130,000
Detroit Economic Growth Association Detroit $500,000
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice Detroit $260,000
Downtown Detroit Partnership Detroit $350,000
Ecology Center Ann Arbor $500,000
Grass River Natural Area Bellaire $60,000
Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength Detroit $100,000
Michigan Public Health Institute Okemos $1,375,000
Northwest Detroit Neighborhood Development Detroit $50,000
Olivet College Olivet $1,200,000
Shorebank Enterprise Detroit Detroit $1,000,000
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Detroit $500,000
United Way for Southeastern Michigan Detroit $600,000
WARM Training Center Detroit $130,000
Minnesota
Artspace Projects Minneapolis $1,500,000
Duluth Heritage Sports Center Duluth $500,000
New Hampshire
Cross Roads House Portsmouth $300,000
New Hampshire Public Radio Concord $250,000
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico University Portales $65,000
New York
Boys & Girls Clubs of Geneva Geneva $350,000
Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown $200,000
Fountain House New York $75,000
Good Shepherd Services New York $750,000
Queens Museum of Art Queens $500,000
Rockefeller Family Fund New York $2,100,000
WE ACT for Environmental Justice New York $500,000
William J. Clinton Foundation New York $500,000
North Carolina
Duke University Durham $350,000
Ohio
Lincoln Theatre Association Columbus $500,000
Trillium Family Solutions Canton $400,000
Oregon
Cascadia Region Green Building Council Portland $250,000
La Clínica del Valle Family Health Care Center Medford $450,000
Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls $1,000,000
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette Portland $750,000
Serendipity Center Portland $300,000
Pennsylvania
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarion $400,000
North Side Christian Health Center Pittsburgh $100,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pennsylvania Hershey $250,000
Settlement Music School Philadelphia $1,250,000
Texas
Daughters of Charity Services of San Antonio San Antonio $100,000
Neighborhood Centers Houston $800,000
Virginia
Southern Environmental Law Center Charlottesville $1,050,000
United Negro College Fund Fairfax $1,432,950
Washington
Arts Council of Snohomish County Everett $400,000
Wisconsin
Ways to Work Milwaukee $3,000,000
Canada
Cambrian College Sudbury $25,000
South Africa
Rhodes University Grahamstown $50,000
University of Cape Town Rodenbosch $1,005,000
 

 

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