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Jane Silva, Director of Programs
Fort Wayne Community Foundation 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 20, 2004

The Paul Clarke Foundation awards grants totaling $522,773 to local agencies in fourth quarter, the largest amount ever awarded in the history of the Foundation during a single quarter

Fort Wayne, IN: At their December 2, 2004, meeting, the Directors of The Paul Clarke Foundation approved twenty-one grants totaling $522,773.

A grant of $25,000 was awarded to the East Wayne Street Center for the Project Solve Program, a GED preparation and adult basic education program. The program targets high school dropouts and adults who need to improve their reading, writing, and math skills in order to obtain employment and reach self-sufficiency. Additionally, the agency offers childcare and transportation to program participants.

Additional Paul Clarke Foundation grants awarded include:

  • AIDS Task Force, Inc.: $21,092 in salary support and payroll taxes for the Youth Empowerment Program, which provides youth with accurate information about HIV/STDs and the skills needed to navigate through those dangers.
  • Arthur J. Blaising Community Center, Inc.: $13,940 in salary support and payroll taxes for the Preschool Program Expansion. The agency provides a year-round program giving children opportunities to learn through motor, educational, and social development activities.
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne: $28,062 for the Art Explosion Program, an arts enrichment program that includes music, photography, poetry/drama, and murals for club members between the ages of 6 and 18.
  • Euell A. Wilson Center, Inc.: $30,000 in salary support for the Closing the Gap program, an after school program for at-risk youth that promotes positive youth development by providing educational assistance, personal and social development, and a positive means of expression through the performing arts.
  • Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Inc.: $20,000 for the Three Rivers Jenbe Ensemble Recruitment and Retention Project. The Jenbe Ensemble seeks to strengthen children’s cultural identity and self-esteem through the study and performance of traditional Malinke music and dance.
  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc.: $10,000 for the Preschool Music Program, an interactive program consisting of teacher and musician training, specialized classroom curriculum, and two ensemble performances.
  • Foundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education, Inc. (FAME): $10,000 for the International Visiting Artists Program, which aims to teach the value of diversity and multiculturalism through the interaction of at-risk students with visiting international artists.
  • Friends of Bethany, Inc.: $54,500 in salary support for the Executive Director and the Program Manager. An additional $3,000 was awarded for a financial audit. The agency provides mentoring, homework assistance, and leadership and goal letting training for youth in the Hanna-Creighton area.
  • Girl Scouts of Limberlost Council, Inc.: $33,000 for the Helping Girls Grow Strong Program, which teaches life skills to disadvantaged, inner city girls ages 11 to 17 by providing outreach programs at 27 different sites.
  • Hope House, Inc.: $7,665 to make repairs to existing facilities and to purchase a new copier. Hope House provides state-certified transitional residential housing for homeless, chemically dependent women.
  • Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Fort Wayne: $20,000 in general operating support to help provide emergency shelter services to homeless families. The program consists of 16 host congregations who have committed their facilities and volunteers to house and feed up to 14 homeless guests for a one-week period, a minimum of three times a year.
  • The Literacy Alliance: $22,382 in salary support and payroll taxes and an additional $16,667 to purchase children’s books for the Read to Me Program, which encourages parents to read to their children everyday so that they will be prepared to start school.
  • Lutheran Social Services: $35,000 for Education Creates Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) Program, a home and school-based case management program designed to help pregnant and parenting teens remain in school and secure their diplomas.
  • Margaret Alexander CHILD Center d.b.a. Second Chance Shelter: $20,000 in salary support for Case Management Services to homeless women with children and single homeless women to allow them to transition back to self-sufficiency.
  • One Church-One Offender, Inc.: $47,933 to cover salary expenses and payroll taxes for the Preparing Offenders With Employment Resources (POWER) Program, an employment readiness-training program for ex-offenders.
  • Power House Youth Center, Inc.: $15,000 in salary support for the Director of Programming, who will be responsible for focus groups with teens, parents, and volunteers; program evaluations; new ideas; new collaborations; and adapting all programs to be more effective.
  • Science Central, Inc.: $22,800 for SciTech (TeamTV) to provide media arts instruction to at-risk youth by providing activities utilizing television and computer technologies and projects to build personal competence and creativity, usefulness, a sense of belonging, and empowerment.
  • Trinity House of Hope, Inc.: $16,640 in salary support for a Resident Program Manager who is responsible for arranging counseling sessions, coordinating group meetings and the responsibilities of the volunteer staff, as well as case management at the shelter for homeless men recovering from substance abuse.
  • United Hispanic-Americans, Inc. d.b.a. Benito Juarez Cultural Center: $35,092 in salary expenses for the Adelante! Padres! Program, a parent program aimed at strengthening Latino parental involvement in their children’s education.
  • Villages of Indiana, Inc.: $15,000 for Bridges to Success to cover 30 additional months of housing for former foster youth who are transitioning from the foster care system to being self-sufficient.

(For more specific information on the above, please contact the organizations.)

The Paul Clarke Foundation was incorporated in 1992 to manage a major gift from Paul Clarke who served as the Fort Wayne Community Foundation’s Executive Director from 1972-1984. Funds from The Paul Clarke Foundation are to help disadvantaged youth and their families, with a primary focus on the inner-city of Fort Wayne. Assets of The Paul Clarke Foundation currently total more than $11,500,000.

Quarterly applications can be obtained for The Paul Clarke Foundation by contacting the Fort Wayne Community Foundation at 426-4083, or visit our website at www.fwcf.org and click on the resources for nonprofits grant opportunities link. The next due date for applications is February 1, 2005.

 

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