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2007 Annual Report - Long Island Community Foundation

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GRANTS FROM COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND SPECIAL PURPOSE FUNDS cont.<br />

Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee $15,000<br />

To establish a bi-county legal assistance project that would seek to<br />

prevent debt collectors from using illegal and deceptive practices<br />

to collect from low-income people, the elderly and disabled, and<br />

military personnel on active duty and their families.<br />

Special Purpose Grants for Environmental Issues<br />

Group for the East End $21,200<br />

To develop and implement a Southold Conservation Agenda<br />

designed to achieve local community and government action<br />

that will improve the protection of Southold's undeveloped land<br />

and groundwater.<br />

Nature Conservancy New York, <strong>Long</strong> <strong>Island</strong> Chapter $60,000<br />

To promote land and water preservation initiatives connected to<br />

the "<strong>Long</strong> <strong>Island</strong>'s Last Stand" campaign and to support lobbying<br />

efforts to pass the Brookhaven <strong>Community</strong> Preservation Fund in<br />

the <strong>2007</strong> general election.<br />

Neighborhood Network Research Center $24,000<br />

To support the Local Action on Global Climate Change project that<br />

works with towns to pass clean energy action plans and endorse<br />

Energy Star home standards.<br />

New York Institute of Technology $5,000<br />

To support NYIT students’ participation in the <strong>2007</strong> Solar Decathlon,<br />

a national competition in which students design, build, and operate<br />

a solar home.<br />

New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund $20,000<br />

To support a “Sustainability/Climate Action Agenda” that includes<br />

energy policy, smart growth, transportation, environmental funding,<br />

and protection of the ocean and bays.<br />

One Region Fund $45,000<br />

To support a tri-state collaboration focused on key projects to<br />

improve the transportation systems of the New York metropolitan<br />

region, including affordable transit-centered housing.<br />

Other Special Purpose Grants<br />

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rockville Centre $10,000<br />

To support a Senior Response Initiative that will train volunteers to<br />

recognize the needs of frail, homebound seniors and refer them to<br />

services that will help them remain in their homes.<br />

East End Arts & Humanities Council $4,000<br />

To provide full or partial scholarships for school-aged musicians in<br />

an area with the lowest median income on <strong>Long</strong> <strong>Island</strong>.<br />

Federation Employment and Guidance Service (FEGS) $11,175<br />

To support Prison Families Anonymous, a program helping the<br />

families of incarcerated people.<br />

<strong>Island</strong> Harvest $14,000<br />

To support food rescue and emergency food distribution for the<br />

hungry and needy in Freeport.<br />

Westbury Even Start Family Literacy Program $6,700<br />

To purchase a comprehensive software program for English<br />

language learners and to help pay for instructors.<br />

Shinnecock Indian Nation<br />

Photo by Vanessa Greene<br />

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