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2007 Grants Awarded

Organization    Grant      
Project Description Amount      
     
Social and Community Services  
Potter League for Animals     $500,000
  to support the Honoring Their Trust Capital Campaign - to build a new shelter      
Women & Infants Hospital of RI     $250,000
  to support the "Onward" Campaign -  for an expanded neonatal intensive care unit and additional adult inpatient rooms.      
       
Child and Family Services of Newport County     $200,000
  for the construction of a new facility in Middletown and for renovations to residential care facilities      
Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County, Inc.     $75,000
  for general operating purposes and improvements to the O'Connell Lodge at Camp Grosvenor      
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center     $50,000
  for general operating support for MLKCC's food programs - the Breakfast Mealsite and Feed A Friend Pantry.      
       
Family Service of Rhode Island     $50,000
  to purchase and renovate a counseling center in Newport, RI      
Star Kids Scholarship Program     $35,000
  for the Scholarship Endowment Fund      
Rhode Island Community Food Bank     $32,000
  for improvements to the receiving docks      
James L. Maher Center     $30,000
  for a 14 passenger vehicle      
All Saints Academy     $25,000
  for classroom and library expansion      
American Red Cross of Rhode Island     $25,000
  for the improvement of shelter operations and community disaster education on Aquidneck Island      
Caritas, Inc.     $25,000
  for general operations of the Aquidneck Island office      
East Bay Community Action Program     $25,000
  for the East Bay Smiles Program      
Newport International Film Festival     $25,000
  to hire independent contractors for marketing and development purposes      
Norman Bird Sanctuary     $25,000
  for education outreach      
Newport Public Schools - Sullivan Elementary School     $25,000
  for the Sullivan School Community Learning Center Program      
St. Joseph of Cluny School     $25,000
  to upgrade computer equipment      
Visiting Nurse Health Services of Newport & Bristol Counties     $25,000
  for general operating purposes      
Lucy's Hearth     $20,000
  for general operating purposes      
Newport Public Education Foundation     $20,000
  for the 2008 Reading Reaps Rewards R3 summer literacy initiative      
Bradley Hospital Foundation     $15,000
  for general operating purposes      
Newport Music Festival     $15,000
  for general operating purposes      
Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership     $15,000
  for the Newport Mentoring Program      
Newport Community School     $13,000
  for general operating purposes      
Dorcas Place Parent Literacy Center, Inc.     $10,000
  to support the Newport Bridge to College Preparatory Program      
Shake-A-Leg, Inc.     $10,000
  for general operating purposes      
Women's Resource Center     $10,000
  for general operating support      
Calvary United Methodist Church     $6,500
  for mandated fire safety upgrades in the Church Sanctuary      
Butler Hospital     $5,000
  for equipment for multi-sensory modulation rooms      
Big Sisters of Rhode Island     $5,000
  for general operating purposes - Newport County Mentoring Program      
Rhode Island Meals on Wheels     $5,000
  for general operating purposes of the Newport County Program      
Volunteers In Newport Education (V.I.N.E.)     $5,000
  for general operating purposes      
Samaritans of Rhode Island     $2,000
  for general operating support      
Total Social and Community Services     $1,603,500
(33 items)      
         
 Historic Preservation      
Newport Art Museum     $200,000
  to first address the completion of urgent repairs and construction requirements needed for the Griswold House with remaining funds, if available, added to the Newport Art Museum Major Maintenance Endowment Fund.      
       
       
Salve Regina University     $150,000
  for the restoration and rehabilitation of the Ochre Court Carriage House      
St. George's School     $150,000
  for the restoration and preservation of the Church of St. George - chapel roof replacement project      
Portsmouth Abbey School     $100,000
  for the restoration of the Church of St. Gregory the Great      
Preservation Society of Newport County