More Than $241,000 Awarded to Nonprofits to Promote Civic
Engagement; Diversity and Equity; and Education
MIDDLEBURY, VT
- $241,959 was awarded to 31 organizations across the state as part of the
Vermont Community Foundation’s Successful Communities grant round, which
makes awards to organizations that support civic engagement; diversity and equity;
and education.
The following
organizations received grants:
Statewide
Brattleboro
Community Justice Center
was awarded $6,200 to support its Returning Prisoner Simulation workshops.
Chittenden
Community Television
was awarded $10,000 to support the Center for Media & Democracy’s
skill-building workshops and events for nonprofits.
Common
Ground Center was
awarded $3,750 to host the second annual Camp Kaleidoscope, a retreat for
families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Friends of Burlington
Gardens, Inc. was
awarded $10,000 to support a mini-grant and technical assistance program that
will help establish 10 new community garden sites across Vermont.
Outright
Vermont was awarded
$10,000 to support the statewide Vermont Youth StandOUT Campaign.
Peace and
Justice Center was
awarded $10,000 to support its initiative to analyze and build awareness about
the intersections between racial bias and economic justice in Vermont.
R.U.1.2.?
Community Center was
awarded $10,000 to support its Vermont Diversity Health Project.
Reach Out
and Read Vermont was
awarded $3,000 to support a literacy program that reaches children through
pediatric practices.
Snelling
Center for Government
was awarded $10,000 to help strengthen its Vermont School Leadership Project.
Special
Olympics Vermont was
awarded $10,000 to support its multi-year initiative to shift the statewide
structure to a regional, community-based model and provide year-round training
and competitive events.
The DREAM
Program, Inc. was awarded
$8,863 to provide 20 summer DREAM camp scholarships for children of refugee and
immigrant families.
Toxics
Action Center was
awarded $10,000 to support the Building Vibrant Communities Campaign to
increase the capacity of three ad-hoc citizens groups to address environmental
issues associated with gravel quarries in Moretown, Rochester, and
Chester.
Vermont
Freedom to Marry Task Force
was awarded $10,000 to support public education activities about the issues surrounding
the freedom to marry for all Vermonters.
Vermont
Humanities Council was
awarded $10,000 to purchase books and hire facilitators for six new community
book and discussion groups that emphasize historical and modern perspectives on
social and racial equity, community identity, and war.
Vermont
Women's History Project
was awarded $1,000 for operational support.
Bennington
County
Oak Hill
Children's Center was
awarded $5,500 to support professional development for staff leading to full
accreditation of the Center.
Chittenden
County
Center for
Community and Neighborhoods
was awarded $10,000 to support its new Inclusive Community Initiative.
Children's
Literacy Foundation was
awarded $4,750 to provide new, high-quality children's books to the library at
the Burlington King Street Youth Center and the children in the program.
Fletcher
Free Library was
awarded $4,000 to support the establishment of two book clubs for teens that
will include speakers and the purchase of
books.
Joseph's
House was awarded
$2,800 to bring together new American refugees and immigrants with their
neighbors.
Mobius, The
Mentoring Movement was
awarded $9,000 to establish community-based mentoring programs through the Sara
Holbrook Center and the Boys and Girls Club in Burlington's North End.
Lamoille
County
Lamoille
Area Recreation Center
was awarded $6,000 to help create a new computer learning lab, which will
provide education opportunities for all ages.
Orange
County
White River
Craft Center was
awarded $10,000 to hire a part-time program and community outreach coordinator.
Rutland
County
Kids on the
Move was awarded $6,096
to offer a summer camp style program with intense physical, occupational, and
speech therapy to five special needs children ages four to five.
The Mentor
Connector was awarded
$10,000 to support its mission to increase adult-youth mentoring matches.
Washington
County
Center for
Whole Communities was
awarded $10,000 to support ValleyFutures.net, a network for civic engagement
around land development and conservation issues in Vermont’s Mad River
Valley.
Central
Vermont Adult Basic Education
was awarded $10,000 to provide community-based basic education and literacy
instruction to students aged 50 years and older in Washington, Orange, and
Lamoille Counties.
Food Works was awarded $10,000 to support its Good
Food-Good Medicine program that connects local farms with underserved
communities.
Windham
County
Vermont
Independent Media was
awarded $10,000 to support The Commons, a monthly community newspaper
and the Media Mentoring Project, a participatory journalism program.
Windsor
County
Upper Valley
Trails Alliance was
awarded $10,000 in operational support to strengthen and expand community
engagement and financial support in the service area between Ryegate and
Springfield.
Vermont
Institute of Natural Science
was awarded $1,000 for operational support.
The Vermont Community Foundation helps Vermont-focused
philanthropists, organizations, and businesses cultivate their love of giving
to the community. The VCF is a statewide public charity with more than
500 individual funds, each of which contributes to building healthy and
vital Vermont communities. It also offers planned giving, nonprofit endowment
management, and other services that help charitable partners achieve their
missions. For more information about the Foundation, visit www.vermontcf.org
or call 802-388-3355.
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