The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has handed out 41 grants totaling $1.02 million for its second-quarter Health and Human Services Grant Cycle.
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has handed out 41 grants totaling $1.02 million for its second-quarter Health and Human Services Grant Cycle.
The second-quarter grant cycle is typically the largest of the Foundation's three grant cycles, and last year amounted to $607,000 for 40 projects.
The biggest grant by far is a $415,205 grant over five years to the state Department of Education to help build a support system for all children with visual impairment - including those with cortical visual impairments - their families and service providers.
Founded in 1962, Greater Kanawha is a community foundation with nearly $146 million in assets as of March 31. The foundation's assets are in 421 separate, named funds.
About $4.9 million of the assets - and 89 additional named funds - belong to three recently formed community foundations: $564,000 in the Boone County Community Foundation Fund; $109,000 in the Lincoln County Community Foundation Fund; and $4.14 million in the Greater Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation Fund.
Some Greater Kanawha funds go to donor-designated causes, some to donor-advised causes, some to a donor's general field of interest and some to an all-purpose pool.
Grants awarded in 2007 totaled $5.2 million plus another $850,000 in scholarships. The foundation recently announced its 2008 scholarships in the amount of $975,000.
Greater Kanawha serves the six-county region of Kanawha, Putnam, Clay, Fayette, Lincoln and Boone, aiming to enrich the lives of contributors, beneficiaries and communities by providing philanthropic and charitable services to residents in the region.
Here is the grants list:
A New Clendenin Inc., develop a day-care and after-school program in Clendenin, $17,000.
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association, Southern W.Va. Chapter, buy copier to provide informational literature, $9,695.
The American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc., pay for personnel, Diversity Leadership Academy of West Virginia, $5,000.
Cabell Wayne Association of the Blind Inc., outreach activities, Lincoln and Putnam counties, for early detection, treatment of vision impairments, $19,500.
Capital Resource Agency Inc., support for low-income individuals to buy clothes necessary for getting, performing jobs, $10,000.
Center for Rural Health, West Virginia Adolescent Immunization Project for ages 11 to 21, $12,267.
Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education & Research Institute Inc., train trauma services personnel to work with patients who enter the Level 1 trauma center with addiction problems, $5,000.
Children's Therapy Clinic, free comprehensive therapeutic services (physical, speech, and occupational therapies and autism services) to low-income or uninsured children, $34,375.
Community Access, Transitions to Employment program for residents of Samaritan Inn; expand services to veterans in Kanawha Valley, $17,000.
Community Development Outreach Ministries, support for Avesta Drive Community Center's after-school programming, summer day camp, homework help, other programs, $13,500.
Covenant House, address chronic homelessness by offering outreach program to assist homeless in receiving SSI/SSDI benefits, $15,000.
Daymark, match CURA funds to replace roof for New Connections building, which offers high-risk older adolescents a transitional living program and a GED program, $19,182.
Direct Action Welfare Group, organize low-wage workers and public assistance recipients to create positive change in their lives and their communities, $10,000.
Dollar Energy Fund Inc., provide utility assistance to low-income families, $10,000.
Gabriel Project of West Virginia, provides services for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and young children, $10,000.
Institute Volunteer Fire Department, buy a hand-held foam system to aid firefighters in putting out fires effectively, $630.
Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement, work with Cedar Grove School to improve nutrition, physical activity, $9,700.
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has handed out 41 grants totaling $1.02 million for its second-quarter Health and Human Services Grant Cycle.
The second-quarter grant cycle is typically the largest of the Foundation's three grant cycles, and last year amounted to $607,000 for 40 projects.
The biggest grant by far is a $415,205 grant over five years to the state Department of Education to help build a support system for all children with visual impairment - including those with cortical visual impairments - their families and service providers.
Founded in 1962, Greater Kanawha is a community foundation with nearly $146 million in assets as of March 31. The foundation's assets are in 421 separate, named funds.
About $4.9 million of the assets - and 89 additional named funds - belong to three recently formed community foundations: $564,000 in the Boone County Community Foundation Fund; $109,000 in the Lincoln County Community Foundation Fund; and $4.14 million in the Greater Greenbrier Valley Community Foundation Fund.
Some Greater Kanawha funds go to donor-designated causes, some to donor-advised causes, some to a donor's general field of interest and some to an all-purpose pool.
Grants awarded in 2007 totaled $5.2 million plus another $850,000 in scholarships. The foundation recently announced its 2008 scholarships in the amount of $975,000.
Greater Kanawha serves the six-county region of Kanawha, Putnam, Clay, Fayette, Lincoln and Boone, aiming to enrich the lives of contributors, beneficiaries and communities by providing philanthropic and charitable services to residents in the region.
Here is the grants list:
A New Clendenin Inc., develop a day-care and after-school program in Clendenin, $17,000.
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association, Southern W.Va. Chapter, buy copier to provide informational literature, $9,695.
The American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc., pay for personnel, Diversity Leadership Academy of West Virginia, $5,000.
Cabell Wayne Association of the Blind Inc., outreach activities, Lincoln and Putnam counties, for early detection, treatment of vision impairments, $19,500.
Capital Resource Agency Inc., support for low-income individuals to buy clothes necessary for getting, performing jobs, $10,000.
Center for Rural Health, West Virginia Adolescent Immunization Project for ages 11 to 21, $12,267.
Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education & Research Institute Inc., train trauma services personnel to work with patients who enter the Level 1 trauma center with addiction problems, $5,000.
Children's Therapy Clinic, free comprehensive therapeutic services (physical, speech, and occupational therapies and autism services) to low-income or uninsured children, $34,375.
Community Access, Transitions to Employment program for residents of Samaritan Inn; expand services to veterans in Kanawha Valley, $17,000.
Community Development Outreach Ministries, support for Avesta Drive Community Center's after-school programming, summer day camp, homework help, other programs, $13,500.
Covenant House, address chronic homelessness by offering outreach program to assist homeless in receiving SSI/SSDI benefits, $15,000.
Daymark, match CURA funds to replace roof for New Connections building, which offers high-risk older adolescents a transitional living program and a GED program, $19,182.
Direct Action Welfare Group, organize low-wage workers and public assistance recipients to create positive change in their lives and their communities, $10,000.
Dollar Energy Fund Inc., provide utility assistance to low-income families, $10,000.
Gabriel Project of West Virginia, provides services for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and young children, $10,000.
Institute Volunteer Fire Department, buy a hand-held foam system to aid firefighters in putting out fires effectively, $630.
Kanawha Coalition for Community Health Improvement, work with Cedar Grove School to improve nutrition, physical activity, $9,700.
Kanawha County Dental Health Council, provide three ultrasonic cleaners and a part-time dentist for low-income children in Kanawha County Schools, $15,000.
Kanawha Valley Fellowship Home, provide weekly group and bi-weekly individual counseling services for residents, $15,000.
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center Inc., provide secure computer network to allow for centralized scheduling of clients, $5,765.
Mental Health Association, Greater Kanawha Valley: create and distribute brochures for Mental Health Comprehensive Program, $5,400.
Mountain Heart Foundation, scholarships for children, ages 8 to 18, with cardiovascular disease to attend a one-week camp, $5,850.
National Foundation for Credit Counseling Inc., counseling and education for families facing delinquency or foreclosure on mortgages, $10,000.
Oakhurst Child Development Center, buy heat pump for South Charleston childcare facility, $14,680.
Rea of Hope Inc., provide evening and weekend staff for faith-based nonprofit dedicated to providing a recovery home for women 18 and older recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, $17,500.
Regional Family Resource Network Inc., six-week "Putnam on Wellness" campaign, $2,313.
Religious Coalition for Community Renewal, matches HUD grant to provide services and outreach to homeless men at Samaritan Inn. $25,000.
Roark-Sullivan Lifeway Center, offer health promotion/maintenance programs for homeless men/women who are residents; expand outreach services via health screenings/referrals to health-care providers, $33,000.
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club, After-School Excellence program for children grades K-3, Monday-Thursday weekly through 2008-09 school year, $10,000.
Southern Appalachian Labor School Foundation Inc., buy building to receive and store donated and sale-priced building supplies for fixing up homes of low-income families, $10,000.
TEAM for West Virginia Children, recruit, train and support community volunteers to be voice for abused children in Boone, Lincoln, and Putnam county courts, $28,500.
Tri-County YMCA, summer camp for area youth, exercise equipment for older people, $10,000.
Tyler Mountain Cross Lanes Community Services, Christmas Basket Program provides needy families food baskets so they have balanced meals for holidays, $4,000.
West Side Neighborhood Association, implement goals and objectives of Charleston West Side Main Street project, $13,000.
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Inc., assist with proposals and education of community and policy-makers on feasibility of establishing voluntary and universal retirement accounts for low- and middle-income people, $18,000.
West Virginia Health Right, program mails needed medications to the uninsured and serves as clearing house to assist the impoverished in finding a medical home, $46,090.
West Virginia University Medical Corp. (WVU Eye Institute), The Children's Vision Rehabilitation Project provides children with incurable vision loss the ability to access the visual environment independently, $25,829.
WomenCare, assist low-income, uninsured people with chronic illness to manage their disease better through Self-Management Support and FamilyCare's Chronic Disease Management programs, $10,000.
Women's Health Center, provide Right From the Start in-home pregnancy and infant-care education and support service to high-risk, Medicaid-insured pregnant women and infants, $30,000.
WV Department of Education, build system of support for all children with visual impairment - including those with cortical visual impairments - their families and service providers for five years, $415,205 ($83,041 each year).
YWCA, assist Child Enrichment Center with utility and insurance support; buy Resolve Family Abuse Program a security fence; help Sojourner's Shelter staff the peer-2-peer program and buy needed carpet, $33,000.
Reach Bob Schwarz at bobschw...@wvgazette.com">bobschw...@wvgazette.com or 348-1249.
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