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Clowes Fund Grants $2.1 Million in 2008
The Clowes Fund awarded approximately $2.1 million to 83 non-profit organizations in six states. New grants approved include $1,274,200 in New England (primarily greater Boston), $851,000 to Indianapolis area organizations, and $53,000 in greater Seattle. A comprehensive list of grant partners for each area follows.
Massachusetts and Northern New England
| Organization |
Purpose |
Grant |
| Agencia ALPHA (Boston, MA) |
U.S.Citizenship: A Move Forward |
$7,000 |
| AmericaSCORES New England (Dorchester, MA) |
Poetry In Motion program expansion |
$10,000 |
| American Friends Service Committee, Inc. (Concord, NH) |
Economic Justice Project |
$45,000 |
| Artists for Humanity (Boston, MA) |
Sculpture Studio: youth-run arts micro-enterprise |
$15,000 |
| Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (Boston, MA) |
Artist's Professional Toolbox |
$20,000 |
| Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (Boston, MA) |
Legal Advocacy Services |
$40,000 |
| Associated Grant Makers, Inc. (AGM) (Boston, MA) |
2008 Summer Fund |
$25,000 |
| Bellesini Academy (Lawrence, MA) |
Alumni Support program |
$30,000 |
| Boston Arts Academy Foundation (Boston, MA) |
Design Artists Residency |
$10,000 |
| Boston Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition (Boston, MA) |
Ambassador Program |
$30,000 |
| Boston Learning Center (Dorchester, MA) |
Building Inspiration to Fight Failure (BIFF) program expansion |
$30,000 |
| Boston Medical Center (Boston, MA) |
Providing holistic care for refugees and torture survivors |
$20,000 |
| Centro Latino de Chelsea (Chelsea, MA) |
Immigration & citizenship services |
$20,000 |
| Community Work Services (CWS) (Boston, MA) |
Case management software |
$16,000 |
| Compass School (Westminster Station, VT) |
Scholarships |
$60,000 |
| COMPASS/Holden School, Inc. (Boston, MA) |
School-to-Work Apprenticeship program |
$20,000 |
| Emmanuel Gospel Center (Boston, MA) |
Higher Education Resource Centers |
$10,000 |
| Esperanza Academy – School of Hope (Lawrence, MA) |
Graduate support program |
$20,000 |
| Executive Service Corps of New England (Boston, MA) |
Project P.R.I.M.E. |
$20,000 |
| The Food Project (Lincoln, MA) |
Youth development program |
$20,000 |
| Franklin Park Coalition (Boston, MA) |
Youth Conservation program |
$15,000 |
| Friends of Young Achievers (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
Surround Care project |
$15,000 |
| Generation Excel (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
Do the Write Thing program expansion |
$25,000 |
| Greenwood Music Camp (Easthampton, MA) |
The Fund for Greenwood |
$25,000 |
| Hyde SquareTask Force (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
JP Unidos / Jamaica Plain United |
$20,000
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| Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (Portland, ME) |
Legal services |
$20,000 |
| Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (Boston, MA) |
Pathway Technology Campus at Villa Victoria |
$40,000 |
| International Institute of Boston, Inc. (Boston, MA) |
Clinical and community services |
$60,000 |
| Interseminarian Project Place (Boston, MA) |
Workforce development |
$15,000 |
| Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
Jobs: Under Construction program |
$20,000 |
| Legal Advice and Referral Center (Concord, NH) |
Education and outreach |
$10,000 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) (Dorchester, MA) |
Immigrants’ legal representation and advocacy Initiative |
$20,000 |
| Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition (Boston, MA) |
Civic education for New Americans Initiative |
$20,000 |
| Medicine Wheel Productions, Inc. (Boston, MA) |
Medicine Wheel internship program |
$20,000 |
| New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (Lowell, MA) |
Food System Engagement for New Residents of Greater Boston |
$18,200 |
| ODWIN Learning Center (Dorchester, MA) |
Capacity building - classroom renovations |
$18,000 |
| The Putney School (Putney, VT) |
Putney School Field House |
$150,000 |
| Raw Art Works (Lynn, MA) |
RARE Artists |
$20,000 |
| ReadBoston (Boston, MA) |
Family Literacy Project |
$20,000 |
| Rediscovery, Inc. (Waltham, MA) |
Financial Literacy Program expansion |
$15,000 |
| Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
Community outreach and educational counseling |
$25,000 |
| Roca, Inc. (Chelsea, MA) |
Alumni Project |
$20,000 |
| Sandglass Center for Puppetry & Theater Research (Putney, VT) |
Ballad and Puppets in the Green Mountain Festival |
$20,000 |
| Somali Development Center (Jamaica Plain, MA) |
First Step Program |
$10,000 |
| Somerville Community Corporation, Inc. (Somerville, MA) |
Somerville Against Financial Exclusion (SAFE) |
$20,000 |
| South End/Lower Roxbury Youth Workers’ Alliance (Boston, MA) |
Building youth worker alliances |
$20,000 |
| Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT) |
Capacity building Initiative |
$100,000 |
| Windham County Reads (W. Brattleboro, VT) |
Windham County Reads Bookmobile |
$10,000 |
| Women United in Action / Mujeres Unidas en Accion (Dorchester, MA) |
Capacity building – equipment |
$15,000 |
| Total for MA & Northern NE 2008 Awards |
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$1,274,200 |
Indianapolis, Indiana
| Organization |
Purpose |
Grant |
| Academy of Greater Works |
Business Leadership In the Next Generation (B.L.I.N.G.) program expansion |
$16,000 |
| Asian Services of Indiana, Inc. |
Capacity building support |
$20,000 |
| College Mentors for Kids, Inc. |
Capacity building support |
$45,000 |
| Connect2Help |
Hispanic services and outreach |
$20,000 |
| Domestic Violence Network of Greater Indianapolis |
Domestic Violence Navigation Hub |
$5,000 |
| Dress for Success Indianapolis, Inc. |
Success is Working program |
$60,000 |
| Exodus Refugee Immigration |
Language and Culture Orientation program |
$20,000 |
| Forest Manor Multi-Service Center, Inc. |
Workforce development program |
$20,000 |
| Fresh Start of Indiana |
Employment program
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$10,000 |
| The Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. |
Software upgrade |
$40,000 |
| Herron High School |
Graduation Coach |
$20,000 |
| Immigrant Welcome Center |
Program and capacity building |
$20,000 |
| Indiana Center for Family, School & Community Partnerships |
Voices in Action Latino parent gatherings |
$60,000 |
| Indiana Latino Institute |
Careers for the Future - Carreras para el Futuro |
$10,000 |
| Indiana University Foundation |
Nonprofit Solutions Initiative |
$20,000 |
| Indiana Youth Institute, Inc. |
Youth Service Toolkit |
$45,000 |
| The Indianapolis Foundation |
2009 Summer Youth Program Fund |
$52,500 |
| Indy Reads |
Volunteer Tutor Training Program |
$20,000 |
| John H. Boner Community Center |
Eastside Scholars |
$30,000 |
| La Plaza |
Operating support |
$5,000 |
| Lutheran Child & Family Services |
Computer hardware for Credit Recovery program |
$15,000 |
| Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center |
Foundations for the Future |
$17,500 |
| Net Literacy |
Computer Connects Initiative |
$20,000 |
| New Light Christian Church |
M-Power Youth Mentoring Program |
$15,000 |
| Paws and Think, Inc. |
Capacity building |
$20,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. |
Annual operating support |
$125,000 |
| Reading Improvement Center |
Sound Effects program |
$15,000 |
| Shepherd Community Center |
Adult employment program |
$10,000 |
| Southeast Community Services |
Employment services |
$15,000 |
| Starfish Initiative |
Capacity building |
$20,000 |
| Workforce, Inc. |
Work, Responsibility and Reward program |
$40,000 |
| Total for Indiana 2008 Awards |
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$851,000 |
Seattle, Washington
| Organization |
Purpose |
Grant |
| A Contemporary Theatre, Inc. |
Young Playwrights Program, 2008-2009 |
$10,000 |
| Pratt Fine Arts Center |
Kids and Youth Art Works |
$13,000 |
| Seattle Arts & Lectures, Inc. |
Writers in the Schools |
$10,000 |
| Total for Washington 2008 Awards |
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$53,000 |
| GRAND TOTAL 2008 AWARDS |
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$2,178,200 |
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