2007 Annual Report - Long Island Community Foundation

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Funds in the Long Island Community Foundation 2007 cont. Betty & Richard Schlein Fund (1997) Schneidman Family Fund (2000) Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund (1999) John S. Schrader Memorial Fund (2004) Schwartz Family Fund (1991) Selig Fund (1991) Samuel & Stella Seligsohn Memorial Fund (1996) Jerry & Cecile Shore Fund (1995) Meredyth H. Smith Charitable Fund (1997) Colonel William Smith Foundation (1984) E. & R. Smits Fund (2001) Song of Songs Fund (2002) Erwin P. & Pearl F. Staller Charitable Fund (1992) Staller Scholarship Fund (1987) Adam E. Stark Memorial Scholarship Fund (2001) Nancy Steinman Fund (2003) Helen, Emily & Margaret Stevens Fund (2004) SuNiDa Fund (1998) Carol & Jim Swiggett Fund (1997) Taca Family Fund (1996) Ruth Saltzman Taishoff Fund (1996) Gail Talent Memorial Fund (2003) Brian and Danielle Tane Charitable Fund (2007) Stuart & Jill Tane Charitable Fund (1997) James & Marie Taormina Fund (1999) Tealison Fund (1998) Tealison Two Fund (2001) United Way of Long Island's Human Care Fund (1992) Joseph Vigilante Fund for the Adelphi School of Social Work (2000) Phyllis S. Vineyard Fund (1996) Vishnick Family Charitable Fund (2001) Voices from the Heart Fund (1997) Amah Vought Memorial Health Fund (2005) WAC Lighting Fund (2004) Elizabeth & Eugene Wadsworth Charitable Fund (1999) Hilda S. & Theodore T. Weiser Memorial Fund (1998) Charles J. Williams Fund (1986) Work Long Island Fund (2003) Yang Family Fund (2006) Photo by: Jason Selss New York Institute of Technology Solar Home 3
Grants From Community Response And Special Purpose Funds: $837,075 The grants listed below were made by the LICF Advisory Board in response to proposals received from Long Island nonprofit organizations addressing critical issues affecting our community. Funding for these grants is drawn from community response and field-of-interest funds established by donors who have allocated all or a portion of their fund income to support LICF grantmaking, including the Greentree Foundation Fund. Grants to Strengthen Critical Organizations Adelphi University Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership $20,000 To support the Center’s efforts to enhance the capacity of selected nonprofit organizations through targeted consulting services. Central Bellport Civic Association $20,000 To advocate for community participation in the South Country School District to enhance community dialogue and foster cohesiveness among all sectors of the community and develop a comprehensive approach to community revitalization and the creation of affordable housing. Centro Cultural Hispano de Oyster Bay East Norwich y Vecinidades $15,000 To support capacity building and develop a more efficient organization through leadership development. Community Training and Assistance Center $180,000 To support a technical assistance effort providing intensive services to a limited number of small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations, especially those led by and working on behalf of people in communities of color. ERASE Racism, Inc. $25,000 To increase the number and diversity of organizational partners and deepen their understanding of institutional and structural racism so they can advocate and promote racial equity. First Baptist Church of Riverhead $20,000 To support capacity building activities for an organization serving a population disproportionately affected by poverty and racism. Long Island Fund for Women and Girls $20,000 To strengthen the Fund’s capacity to promote social change that moves society toward full gender equity. Roosevelt Public Library $20,000 To support staff and board development and organizational restructuring for an important public library in an underresourced community. SEPA Mujer $20,000 To support organizational development for an organization that provides education, advocacy and training services for Latinas suffering from domestic violence. Sustainable Long Island $20,000 To build the capacity of Sustainable Long Island's community partners through a retreat, a newsletter, and an online information center. The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island $20,000 To support a strategic planning process following the departure of the organization's long-term executive director. Grants to Address Critical Issues Educational Inequity Alliance for Quality Education $20,000 To ensure that the new school aid formula will be implemented in a truly equitable manner based on need. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids $20,000 To support an advocacy campaign directed at increasing policymaker understanding and investment in early childhood and after-school programs that have been demonstrated to help prevent youth violence and crime. Institute for Student Achievement $18,000 To improve academic performance of under-served minority students at Hempstead High School through a Small Learning Communities model. La Fuente, A Tri-State Worker & Community Fund $20,000 To enable organized labor to better understand immigrant rights through a series of educational programs and advocacy in an effort to unite immigrant and non-immigrant labor on policy issues relevant to both. Project GRAD Long Island $25,000 To support an educational reform model that helps prepare students in the Westbury School District to go on to 4-year colleges with scholarship assistance. Lack of Affordable Housing Long Island Housing Partnership $5,000 To research and produce a report on the impact of multi-family and attached housing developments on school districts in Nassau County. Vision Long Island $15,000 To promote smart growth solutions to gentrification and displacement while advancing quality affordable housing on Long Island. Differential Access to Quality Healthcare The New York Immigration Coalition $50,000 For Phase II of the Immigrant Health Access "Portal" Project, to improve immigrants’ access to affordable preventive and primary care through expansion to a third hospital in Nassau County. Planned Parenthood of Nassau County $10,000 To improve and expand outreach and health services to Latinas in Glen Cove. Stony Brook University SUNY $18,000 To develop a Suffolk County Minority Health Action Coalition to examine, address and reduce health disparities affecting minority and underserved populations in Suffolk County. Economic Injustice ACORN $20,000 To support the "Financial Justice Service Project” to enable working families to overcome the consequences of the growing mortgage crisis and remain on Long Island. 4
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