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Grants for Libraries & Information Services Ford—NEW YORK
1288. IPRO, Lake Success, NY. $465,000, 2010. For WhyNotTheBest.org: A
Web Resource for Quality Improvement, Year 3.
1289. IPRO, Lake Success, NY. $407,752, 2010. For Innovative
Measurement and Performance Improvement Resources for
WhyNotTheBest.org.
1290. National Association of Health Data Organizations, Salt Lake City, UT.
$49,999, 2010. For Advancing State Health Care Data Reporting
Initiatives: Hospital Readmissions Reporting and All Payer Claims
Database Applications.
1291. Pear Tree Communications, Cleveland Heights, OH. $165,000, 2010.
For WhyNotTheBest.org: A Web Resource for Quality Improvement, Year
3.
1292. Rockefeller Archive Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY. $90,000, 2010. For
Transfer and Maintenance of The Commonwealth Fund’s Archives, Year
14.
1293. University of California, Oakland, CA. $259,756, 2010. For Assessing
Models for Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers.
1294. Velir Studios, Somerville, MA. $140,250, 2010. For Creating State and
International Data Centers for The Commonwealth Fund Web Site.
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Limitations: Giving primarily in the U.S. No support for specific diseases,
general support for Jewish education, Holocaust-related projects,
foreign-based organizations, or local synagogues or organizations with
local projects. No grants to individuals, scholarships, sponsorships,
projects with no plans for replication, endowments or capital campaigns.
1295. Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC. $75,000, 2010. For Phase II
of the Arts and Social Change Mapping Initiative. Initiative maps and
highlights the ways arts and culture are being activated to engage and
make change creating related online resource that centralizes
information, heightens the visibility of the work, and helps those engaged
connect with one another. Overarching goal is to stimulate and advance
field knowledge and policy development related to the role of the arts in
community, social, and civic change.
1296. Foundation Center, New York, NY. $10,000, 2010. For general support.
1297. Global Philanthropy Partnership, Chicago, IL. $150,000, 2010. For
Integrating Climate Action into Critical Quality of Life Action and Programs
initiative, which aims to create integrated model that will demonstrate
how federal programs and funds can be effectively and efficiently used
to sustainably achieve objectives in housing, jobs and public health.
1298. New York University, Margaret Sanger Papers Project, New York, NY.
$10,000, 2010. For research for Volume IV of the Selected Papers of
Margaret Sanger. Mission of the project is to locate, collect, catalog, edit,
and publish the papers of America’s best known and most influential
birth control activist in microfilm, book and electronic formats in order to
aid scholars and students and increase the public’s understanding of
the current reproductive rights and population control movements.
1299. Provisions Learning Project, Washington, DC. $50,000, 2010. For
general support.
The Charles A. Dana Foundation, Inc.
(doing business as The Dana Foundation)
Limitations: Giving on a national basis. No grants to individuals, or for annual
operating costs, deficit reduction, capital campaigns, or individual
sabbaticals.
1300. Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Simi Valley, CA. $25,000,
2009. For general support.
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
(formerly BT Foundation)
Limitations: Giving on a national basis in areas of company operations with
emphasis on NY, Canada, and Latin America. No support for political
parties or candidates, veterans’, military, or fraternal organizations,
United Way agencies not providing a fundraising waiver, professional or
trade associations, or discriminatory organizations. No grants to
individuals, or for endowments, capital campaigns, legal advocacy, or
religious purposes.
1301. Charities Aid Foundation America, Alexandria, VA. $85,352, 2009. For
DB Donor Advised Fund.
1302. Charities Aid Foundation America, Alexandria, VA. $60,000, 2009. For
Donor Advised Fund, Canada.
1303. City Futures, City Limits, New York, NY. $25,000, 2009. For general
operating support.
1304. Free Library of Philadelphia, Film Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
$15,000, 2009. For One Film Program.
1305. Microfinance Information Exchange, Washington, DC. $75,000, 2009.
For general operating support.
Irene Diamond Fund
Limitations: Giving primarily in NY. No grants to individuals.
1306. New York Public Library, New York, NY. $45,000, 2009. For Master of
Library Science Scholarship Program.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Limitations: Giving on a national basis. No support for toxic issues, litigation,
the visual arts, museums or galleries, or arts programs for rehabilitative
or therapeutic purposes. No grants to individuals (except through special
foundation programs), or for conferences or publications.
1307. Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, IL. $275,000, 2010. For
the development and pilot of online tool for homeowners to assess
energy efficiency upgrades.
1308. Foundation Center, New York, NY. $15,000, 2010. For core operations
and services.
1309. Fractured Atlas, New York, NY. $150,000, 2010. 1.50-year grant. For
the next phase of ATHENA Tix, open source ticketing platform.
1310. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY. $50,000, 2010. For the
9th International Conference on Urban Health.
1311. New York Public Library, New York, NY. $198,612, 2010. 2-year grant.
To provide improved digital access to the NYPLs audio-visual dance
collections.
1312. Parents Anonymous, Claremont, CA. $80,000, 2010. To operate a
national parent helpline to prevent child abuse and neglect.
1313. University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. $30,000, 2010. For
Beyond the PDF, a workshop to develop a new infrastructure for open
access dissemination of scientific research.
Dyson Foundation
Limitations: Giving primarily in Dutchess County, NY, and organizations
providing services in Dutchess County; limited grants to other
Mid-Hudson Valley counties (Columbia, Greene, Orange, Putnam and
Ulster counties). National and other grants on a solicited basis. No
support for international organizations. No grants to individuals, or for
debt reduction, direct mail campaign or fundraising events.
1314. GuideStar USA, Williamsburg, VA. $25,000, 2010. For general
operating support.
The Charles Engelhard Foundation
Limitations: Giving on a national basis. No support for political organizations.
No grants to individuals.
1315. Frick Collection, New York, NY. $10,000, 2009.
1316. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY. $91,000, 2009.
1317. Teton County Library Foundation, Jackson, WY. $21,000, 2009.
Ford Foundation
Limitations: Giving in the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin
America and the Caribbean, and also on a global basis, with a focus on
nine core issues. No support for programs for which substantial support
from government or other sources is readily available, or for religious
sectarian activities. No grants for construction or maintenance of
buildings, undergraduate scholarships, or for purely personal or local
needs. The vast majority of foundation grants go to organizations.
Historically, the foundation has provided a very limited number of
fellowship opportunities for individuals, focusing on advanced degrees
in areas of interest to the foundation. When available, recipients are
selected by universities and other organizations that receive grants from
the foundation to support fellowships.
1318. Africa 2000 Network-Uganda, Kampala, Uganda. $120,000, 2010.
2-year grant. To analyze, document and disseminate lessons learned
from applying participatory market development methodologies to
increase the incomes of poor rural households in Africa.
1319. Arab Network of NGOs for Development, Beirut, Lebanon. $270,000,
2010. 2-year grant. For final support to enhance research-based
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