2013 Grantees |
Description |
Grant Amount |
A VOICE - Art Vision & Outreach In Community Education (MT) | Support a Native American middle and high school program to explore and document community,culture and history | $7,500 |
American Cave Conservation Association | General support for conservation of caves in Appalachian Kentucky. | $5,000 |
Appalachian Citizen's Law Center | Support partial salary for two public interest attorneys, staff support and related expenses. | $40,000 |
Berea Independent Schools | Provide wellness coordinator to sustain volunteer initiatives. | $25,000 |
Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources (B.E.A.R.) (MT) | Support experiential-based mentoring program for high-risk 10 -17 year olds | $25,000 |
Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program, Inc. | Support for Green Dot Kentucky, a program in public high schools to reduce teen dating violence. | $35,000 |
Camp Ground School (Laurel Co. District) | Purchase library books in a variety of genres for all grade levels | $35,000 |
Casa Front Range Guardians Ad Litem dbaFront Range CASA/GAL Inc. (MT) | Support Court Appointed Guardian Advocate program in a rural 4-county area serving abused or neglected children | $18,000 |
Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky | Hire a robotics coordinator to provide support to volunteers who coach robotics teams | $47,500 |
Child Care Resources (MT) | Mentor and train isolated childcare providers in 4 rural counties to improve early childhood education | $13,000 |
Children's Law Center | Hire an attorney to assist with legal issues relating to children in Appalachia | $50,000 |
Christian Care Communities | Provide volunteer coordinator to implement the Best Friends Care program for Alzheimer's patients in Corbin. | $25,000 |
Christian Help, Inc. of Mingo County | To provide utility and transportation assistance to low-income families in Martin County, Ky. | $10,000 |
Corbin Independent Schools | Continue successful mathematics intervention program for Corbin Elementary students. | $45,000 |
Cowan Community Action Group | General operating support for community center. | $25,000 |
Cumberland Elementary (Harlan County District) | Support enrichment program for reading for children in grades K-3. | $35,000 |
Defenders of Wildlife (MT, Fort Peck Reservation, Fort Belknap Reservation) | Support and expand wild bison restoration on tribal lands and relocation of quarantined Yellowstone bison | $20,000 |
Domestic and Sexual Violence Services (MT) | Support direct domestic and sexual violence clien tservices in a rural 2-county area | $20,000 |
East Bernstadt Independent | Purchase textbooks in reading, math and science to help school meet Common Core Standards. | $46,000 |
East Helena Public Schools (MT) | Support a summer program to increase academic levels & class participation, decrease absenteeism & disciplinary issues | $30,000 |
Eastern Kentucky Public Health, Inc. | Provide assessment and interventions for children in low-income homes who suffer from asthma. | $35,000 |
Eastern Kentucky University Foundation | Continuing support for Coal Country Beeworks, including bee trapping, identification of bees and data analysis. | $45,000 |
First Book-Carter County | Purchase new books for children who live in homes in Carter County were reading materials are not available. | $5,000 |
Five Valleys Land Trust (MT) | Support river corridor protection, restored habitat,and increased public recreation opportunities | $30,000 |
Foy's to Blacktail Trails (MT) | Support expanding a regional park and trail corridor, habitat conservation, and public access | $30,000 |
Friends Forever Mentoring (formerly BBBS of Lake Cty & Flathead Res) (MT: Salish & Kootenai Reservation) | Increase the number of Native American youth mentored by high school and adult Native American volunteers. | $20,000 |
Friends of Bell County Animal Shelter, Inc. | Provide three free spay/neuter clinics in cooperation with three local veterinarians to spay/neuter approximately 75 animals. | $7,000 |
Gateway Community Services | Provide support to assist victims of domestic violence in attaining financial stability and independence. | $30,000 |
God's Pantry | Purchase food for a group of 10 bood bank sites in Eastern Kentucky and offset delivery costs to those sites. | $15,000 |
Hand-In-Hand Ministries, Inc. | Support home repair program sponsored by The Auxier Center in Floyd County. | $25,000 |
Harlan County Boys and Girls Club | Provide after school enrichment programs to children in Harlan County. | $35,000 |
Heritage Hospice, Inc. | Provide laptop computers to assist with documentation of patient encounters in four Appalachian counties. | $16,000 |
Highland Elementary (Johnson County District) | Purchase the i-Ready Diagnostic and Instruction set, which includes online reading and math materials and assessment. | $43,000 |
Hopa Mountain Foundation (MT) | increase the number of Native American students who are recruited to, retained at, and graduated from college | $25,000 |
Inter-Mountain Deaconess Home for Children (MT) | Support construction of a therapeutic youth group home for children with complex emotional disturbances from a rural region | $40,000 |
Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc.dba Planned Parenthood of Montana (MT) | Provide general support to help expand and protect access to health care | $35,000 |
Judi's Place for Kids, Inc. | Remodel Judi's Place to create additional space for handicap access, separate office for forensic interviewer and create observation team meeting room. | $44,000 |
Kentucky Pink Connection, Inc. | Provide salary support for health navigators to encourage cancer screenings and to provide screening and diagnostic supplies. | $30,000 |
Lemhi County Crisis Intervention dba The Mahoney Family Safety Center (ID) | Support shelter and advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence & prevention youth education in 2 rural counties | $25,000 |
Lemhi County dba Gibbonsville Improvement Association (ID) | Support well, plumbing and wastewater system installation at an historic rural community center | $23,000 |
Lemhi County Historical Society, Inc. (ID) | Support remodeling of an historic building to expand museum services in a rural county | $35,000 |
Lemhi Regional Land Trust (ID) | Support conservation of ranch land and wildlife habitat in 2 rural counties | $30,000 |
Letcher County Public Library | Establish a public-use computer center at the new Fleming-Neon Library. | $30,000 |
Library Consortium of Eastern Idaho (ID) | Support purchase of library operating systemsoftware for a rural multi-county region | $9,000 |
Madison County Schools | Support creative writing/mentoring and enrichment programs for middle school girls. | $19,000 |
Meade Memorial Elementary (Johnson County District) | Purchase Reading Street English/Language Arts and enVision math textbooks for grades k-6. | $31,000 |
Messengers for Health (MT: Crow Nation) | Improve Native American health through culturally appropriate designed community-based projects | $20,000 |
Missoula County (MT) | Support low-to-no cost replacement of inefficient woodstoves and education to improve air quality in a rural area | $25,000 |
Montana HomeOwnership Network, dba, NeighborWorks Montana (MT) | Support a matched-savings program for low income participants' homeownership, higher education or small business startup | $30,000 |
Montana Natural History Center (MT) | Support purchase of classroom video conferencing equipment to provide teacher trainng & content to rural schools | $25,000 |
Montana Office of Public Instruction (MT) | Support program of local school-community-business partnerships to increase high school graduation | $30,000 |
Northwest Montana Human Resources, Inc. DBA Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (MT) | Support an integrated education & advocacy program for rural low-income individuals and families to promote economic literacy | $30,000 |
Nurturing Center (MT) | Support tailored comprehensive family resource programs to prevent child abuse in 4 rural counties | $25,000 |
Pantry Partners Food Bank Inc. (MT) | Support operations and food purchases in a rural food pantry | $10,000 in 2013, $10,000 in 2014, $10,000 in 2015 |
Park County Community Foundation (MT) | Support coordination, documentation and implementation of comprehnesive early childhood programs in a rural county | $10,000 in 2013, $10,000 in 2014 |
Pikeville Elementary School | Provide instructional materials for primary teachers who are working in Reading Recovery or literacy group in primary grades. | $11,000 |
Poverello Center, Inc. (MT) | Support construction of a new regional homless shelter, soup kitchen, and expanded emergency and veterans services building | $35,000 |
Reading Camp, Episcopal Diocese of Lexington | Support summer reading camp in Bell County. | $10,000 |
Rural Dynamics Inc. (ID & MT) | Support a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and finacial services program in rural ID & MT communities | $20,000 |
Salmon Arts Council (ID) | Provide general operating support as the organization builds local capacity to fund staff positions and programs | $16,000 |
Salmon Middle School- District 291 (ID) | Increase student academic success through classroom sets of iPads in a rural middle school | $30,000 |
Salmon Valley Stewardship (ID) | Support forestry, local foods, and community resilience programs in a rural region | $25,000 |
Science Fun | Summer enrichment programs for Appalachian school children. | $5,000 |
Sons of the American Revolution | Provide support for history programs for school children in Appalachia. | $3,500 |
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky | Support a program coordinator's salary and additional expenses to increase awareness of importance of folic acid and other issues related to spina bifida prevention in Appalachia. | $20,000 |
Supporters of Abuse Free Environments (SAFE), Inc. (MT) | Support expansion of program to prevent intimate partner violence in a rural county | $30,000 |
Tamarack Grief Resource Center (MT) | Support grief consultations and counseling, bereavement camps and comprehensive grief support for adults and children | $25,000 |
Teach for America | Provide general operating support for Teach for America Appalachia, assisting the program in hiring at least 30 new teachers committed to working with Appalachian Kentucky children. | $50,000 |
Upper Carmen Public Charter School (ID) | Purchase early reading and math computer-based programs for a high achieving rural charter school | $19,000 |
Warfield Middle School (Martin County District) | Provide supplemental materials for the Warfield school library, specifically library books, insructional DVDs, five desktop computers and a printer. | $10,000 |
Western Sustainability Exchange (MT) | Support a program that promotes rural ecomonies, stewardship practices, & protects wildlife habitat | $30,000 |
Whitesburg Rotary Foundation, Inc. | Provide books for the Rotary's Dolly Parton's Imagination Library early literacy program by providing an age-appropriate book each month to children from birth until their fifth birthday. | $10,000 |
Yaak Valley Forest Council (ID & MT) | Provide support for conservation, restoration, community devlopment and education programs in a 2-state rural region | $20,000 |