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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jane M. Silva, Director of
Programs
Fort Wayne Community Foundation
260.426.4083
$842,373 GRANTED TO LOCAL AGENCIES
Fort Wayne,
IN: The Fort Wayne Community Foundation, in its second quarter
of 2003, granted a total of $842,373 to nonprofit agencies in Allen
County. The Board of Directors of the Fort
Wayne Community Foundation met on May 8, 2003 and selected grants are
listed below:
Grants
awarded from the Community Grant Making Fund include:
Cedars Hope, Inc.: $10,000 for operating support and
$4,323 for computer equipment.
Cedars Hope provides permanent supportive housing to women who are
homeless and living with a serious mental illness.
East Wayne Street
Center: $20,182 for
the Head Start Summer Literacy/Ready for School Program for children going
to Kindergarten in the fall.
Edwards Production,
Inc.: $3,000 for the
Stage Directions Program which educates and entertains
audiences.
Fort
Wayne Children’s Choir: $4,000 for the Choral Music Community
Outreach and Education Program for children from all backgrounds that
exemplifies artistic and educational excellence.
Fort Wayne Park
Foundation: $34,044
for the Community Center’s Computer Lab
Fort Wayne Zoological
Society: $7,910 for
computer software for the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
Harold W. McMillen Center for
Health Education, Inc.: $45,350 for technology upgrades and
$10,000 for operating support.
Martin Luther King Montessori
School: $14,000 for
the Scholarship Assistance Program
Grants
awarded from the Clarke Endowment Fund include:
Fort Wayne Jewish Federation:
$14,000 for the Anne
Frank: A History for Today Program
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission
Ministries: $9,690 for
computer upgrades
Goodwill Industries of Northeast
Indiana, Inc.: $50,000
for the Rebuilding Goodwill Program
Headwaters Park Alliance,
Inc.: $50,000 for the
Headwaters Park Ice Skating Rink
Lifeline Youth & Family
Services, Inc.:
$50,000 for the Fast Track Independent Living Program
Stop the Madness,
Inc.: $50,000 for the
Parents & Children Excelling (P.A.C.E.) Program
United Hispanic Americans,
Inc./Benito Juarez Cultural Center: $26,410 for the Chartering New
Paths/For Our Youth Program
YMCA of Greater Fort
Wayne: $20,000 for the
Old Fort YMCA Summer Day Camp Program
Grants
awarded from the Restricted Opportunities Fund include:
Audiences Unlimited,
Inc.: $7,500 for the
Musicians in Nursing Home Rooms Program
(For more specific
information on the above, please contact the organizations.)
The Fort Wayne Community Foundation has
recently changed its grant making procedures. Please call the Foundation
office at 426-4083 to request the new grant guidelines.
Established in 1956,
the Fort Wayne Community Foundation is a public, charitable foundation
serving Allen County. The Community Foundation had assets of over $68
million at December 31, 2002, and awarded over $7.4 million in charitable
grants and scholarships in that year. These dollars support programs and
projects for arts and culture, community development, education, health
and human services, and other charitable purposes.
Fort Wayne Community Foundation
701 South
Clinton Street, Suite 210 Fort Wayne, Indiana
46802
Phone: 260-426-4083 Fax: 260-424-0114
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