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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 |
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American Cave Conservation Association |
General support for conservation of caves in Appalachian Kentucky. |
$5,000 |
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Appalachian Citizen's Law Center |
Support partial salary for two public interest attorneys, staff support and related expenses. |
$40,000 |
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Berea Independent Schools |
Provide wellness coordinator to sustain volunteer initiatives. |
$25,000 |
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Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources (B.E.A.R.) (MT) |
Support experiential-based mentoring program for high-risk 10 -17 year olds |
$25,000 |
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Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program, Inc. |
Support for Green Dot Kentucky, a program in public high schools to reduce teen dating violence. |
$35,000 |
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Camp Ground School (Laurel Co. District) |
Purchase library books in a variety of genres for all grade levels |
$35,000 |
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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 |
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Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky |
Hire a robotics coordinator to provide support to volunteers who coach robotics teams |
$47,500 |
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Child Care Resources (MT) |
Mentor and train isolated childcare providers in 4 rural counties to improve early childhood education |
$13,000 |
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Children's Law Center |
Hire an attorney to assist with legal issues relating to children in Appalachia |
$50,000 |
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Christian Care Communities |
Provide volunteer coordinator to implement the Best Friends Care program for Alzheimer's patients in Corbin. |
$25,000 |
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Christian Help, Inc. of Mingo County |
To provide utility and transportation assistance to low-income families in Martin County, Ky. |
$10,000 |
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Corbin Independent Schools |
Continue successful mathematics intervention program for Corbin Elementary students. |
$45,000 |
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Cowan Community Action Group |
General operating support for community center. |
$25,000 |
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Cumberland Elementary (Harlan County District) |
Support enrichment program for reading for children in grades K-3. |
$35,000 |
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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 |
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Domestic and Sexual Violence Services (MT) |
Support direct domestic and sexual violence clien tservices in a rural 2-county area |
$20,000 |
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East Bernstadt Independent |
Purchase textbooks in reading, math and science to help school meet Common Core Standards. |
$46,000 |
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East Helena Public Schools (MT) |
Support a summer program to increase academic levels & class participation, decrease absenteeism & disciplinary issues |
$30,000 |
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Eastern Kentucky Public Health, Inc. |
Provide assessment and interventions for children in low-income homes who suffer from asthma. |
$35,000 |
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Eastern Kentucky University Foundation |
Continuing support for Coal Country Beeworks, including bee trapping, identification of bees and data analysis. |
$45,000 |
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First Book-Carter County |
Purchase new books for children who live in homes in Carter County were reading materials are not available. |
$5,000 |
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Five Valleys Land Trust (MT) |
Support river corridor protection, restored habitat,and increased public recreation opportunities |
$30,000 |
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Foy's to Blacktail Trails (MT) |
Support expanding a regional park and trail corridor, habitat conservation, and public access |
$30,000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gateway Community Services |
Provide support to assist victims of domestic violence in attaining financial stability and independence. |
$30,000 |
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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 |
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Hand-In-Hand Ministries, Inc. |
Support home repair program sponsored by The Auxier Center in Floyd County. |
$25,000 |
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Harlan County Boys and Girls Club |
Provide after school enrichment programs to children in Harlan County. |
$35,000 |
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Heritage Hospice, Inc. |
Provide laptop computers to assist with documentation of patient encounters in four Appalachian counties. |
$16,000 |
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Highland Elementary (Johnson County District) |
Purchase the i-Ready Diagnostic and Instruction set, which includes online reading and math materials and assessment. |
$43,000 |
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Hopa Mountain Foundation (MT) |
increase the number of Native American students who are recruited to, retained at, and graduated from college |
$25,000 |
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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 |
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Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc.dba Planned Parenthood of Montana (MT) |
Provide general support to help expand and protect access to health care |
$35,000 |
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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 |
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Kentucky Pink Connection, Inc. |
Provide salary support for health navigators to encourage cancer screenings and to provide screening and diagnostic supplies. |
$30,000 |
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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 |
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Lemhi County dba Gibbonsville Improvement Association (ID) |
Support well, plumbing and wastewater system installation at an historic rural community center |
$23,000 |
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Lemhi County Historical Society, Inc. (ID) |
Support remodeling of an historic building to expand museum services in a rural county |
$35,000 |
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Lemhi Regional Land Trust (ID) |
Support conservation of ranch land and wildlife habitat in 2 rural counties |
$30,000 |
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Letcher County Public Library |
Establish a public-use computer center at the new Fleming-Neon Library. |
$30,000 |
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Library Consortium of Eastern Idaho (ID) |
Support purchase of library operating systemsoftware for a rural multi-county region |
$9,000 |
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Madison County Schools |
Support creative writing/mentoring and enrichment programs for middle school girls. |
$19,000 |
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Meade Memorial Elementary (Johnson County District) |
Purchase Reading Street English/Language Arts and enVision math textbooks for grades k-6. |
$31,000 |
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Messengers for Health (MT: Crow Nation) |
Improve Native American health through culturally appropriate designed community-based projects |
$20,000 |
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Missoula County (MT) |
Support low-to-no cost replacement of inefficient woodstoves and education to improve air quality in a rural area |
$25,000 |
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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 |
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Montana Natural History Center (MT) |
Support purchase of classroom video conferencing equipment to provide teacher trainng & content to rural schools |
$25,000 |
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Montana Office of Public Instruction (MT) |
Support program of local school-community-business partnerships to increase high school graduation |
$30,000 |
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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 |
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Nurturing Center (MT) |
Support tailored comprehensive family resource programs to prevent child abuse in 4 rural counties |
$25,000 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pikeville Elementary School |
Provide instructional materials for primary teachers who are working in Reading Recovery or literacy group in primary grades. |
$11,000 |
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Poverello Center, Inc. (MT) |
Support construction of a new regional homless shelter, soup kitchen, and expanded emergency and veterans services building |
$35,000 |
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Reading Camp, Episcopal Diocese of Lexington |
Support summer reading camp in Bell County. |
$10,000 |
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Rural Dynamics Inc. (ID & MT) |
Support a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and finacial services program in rural ID & MT communities |
$20,000 |
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Salmon Arts Council (ID) |
Provide general operating support as the organization builds local capacity to fund staff positions and programs |
$16,000 |
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Salmon Middle School- District 291 (ID) |
Increase student academic success through classroom sets of iPads in a rural middle school |
$30,000 |
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Salmon Valley Stewardship (ID) |
Support forestry, local foods, and community resilience programs in a rural region |
$25,000 |
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Science Fun |
Summer enrichment programs for Appalachian school children. |
$5,000 |
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Sons of the American Revolution |
Provide support for history programs for school children in Appalachia. |
$3,500 |
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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 |
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Supporters of Abuse Free Environments (SAFE), Inc. (MT) |
Support expansion of program to prevent intimate partner violence in a rural county |
$30,000 |
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Tamarack Grief Resource Center (MT) |
Support grief consultations and counseling, bereavement camps and comprehensive grief support for adults and children |
$25,000 |
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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 |
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Upper Carmen Public Charter School (ID) |
Purchase early reading and math computer-based programs for a high achieving rural charter school |
$19,000 |
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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 |
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Western Sustainability Exchange (MT) |
Support a program that promotes rural ecomonies, stewardship practices, & protects wildlife habitat |
$30,000 |
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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 |
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Yaak Valley Forest Council (ID & MT) |
Provide support for conservation, restoration, community devlopment and education programs in a 2-state rural region |
$20,000 |
