2006
Women
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Alice Paul House To support a collaboration with the Child Advocacy Center to break cycles of domestic violence in families reporting child abuse |
$36,000 |
| Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) To support the development of two parallel online interdisciplinary educational curricula that will improve health care for women with disabilities – a self management program for patients and a training program for health professionals |
$100,000 over two years |
| Blackburn Center General operating support for services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence |
$25,000 |
| Genesis of Pittsburgh, Inc. For board development and fundraising consultation |
$5,000 |
| HAVIN, Inc. General operating support for shelter and counseling services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence |
$15,000 |
| The Midwife Center for Birth and Women’s Health To expand services so that a greater number of marginalized women will have access to quality health care, education and support |
$30,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society To screen women with Multiple Sclerosis for domestic violence and increase victims’ access to services by providing emergency assistance |
$60,000 over two years |
| National Network to End Domestic Violence To support domestic violence programs and individual victims in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita |
$10,000 |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalition To support an educational event in Washington County for survivors of ovarian cancer and their families |
$3,000 |
| Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (P.O.W.E.R.) General operating support for this agency that provides gender-specialized drug and alcohol treatment services to recovering women |
$45,000 |
| PERSAD Center, Inc. To raise awareness about domestic violence in the lesbian community |
$38,920 over two years |
| Relief Fund for Sexual Assault Victims To support sexual assault victims and rape crisis programs affected by Hurricane Katrina |
$10,000 |
| Sisters Place, Inc. To sponsor a challenge appeal to increase the number of donors to this agency that provides housing for homeless women and their children |
$30,000 |
| Victim Outreach Intervention Center (VOICe) To improve response to victims of domestic violence who are involved with the child welfare system |
$14,837 |
| The Washington County Community Foundation To support publication of a report and conference in conjunction with the Women of Philanthropy Education and Development Campaign |
$10,000 |
| Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh 2005 Jefferson Award |
$1,000 |
| Working Hearts To support the 2006 Working Hearts Day and May Community Challenge |
$1,500 |
Girls
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| Circle C Youth and Family Services For renovations and facility improvements at the Oasis Group Home for adolescent females |
$20,000 |
| Community Foundation of Greene County For expansion to Greene County of the Echo (Educating Children for Healthy Outcomes) Program, an intensive one-on-one early intervention program for young girls at risk for early child bearing |
$31,356 |
| Derry Area School District Foundation To support Club Ophelia, an after school program where adolescent girls learn positive communication skills and assertiveness |
$7,525 |
| Girl Scouts – Trillium Council To support the Pulse Program, after school discussion groups for girls ages 11 to 13 focusing on empowerment and safety |
$38,870 |
| Girl Scounts – Trillium Council To support two presentations on the study, The New Normal? What Girls Say About Healthy Living, which documents girl’s perceptions about their emotional and physical health |
$2,000 |
| Ivy Charitable Endowment of Pittsburgh, Inc./Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Continuing support for On Track and Camp AKA, providing mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment activities for girls in Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh |
$9,000 |
| Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sponsorship for the 2006 Girls on the Run 5K event |
$2,500 |
| Mars Home for Youth To support an agency initiative to improve the gender responsiveness of residential services for girls |
$15,000 |
| Sarah Heinz House To support girls’ after school and summer programming |
$10,000 |
| Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. To expand an after-school mentoring and skill-building program that pairs college-age women with elementary school girls to promote empowerment and self-esteem |
$40,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing To support a pregnancy prevention pilot for mothers and their teenage daughters |
$8,800 |
| Ward Home, Inc. To support the start-up of a new Supervised Independent Living facility for teen mothers |
$20,000 |
| Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania For costs incurred by the Girlcott |
$4,000 |
| Women’s Funding Network To support a girls grantmaking workshop at the 22nd Annual Conference in Pittsburgh on May 4-6, 2006 |
$2,500 |
People with Disabilities
| Grant Description | Amount |
|---|---|
| ACTION-Housing, Inc. Administrative support for the Accessibility Modification Program providing free accessibility improvements to the homes of low-income persons with disabilities |
$28,500 |
| Adagio Health To purchase accessible examination tables and provide disability training for the medical staff at 12 sites with the goal of improving access to health care for women with disabilities |
$110,204 |
| Allegheny East Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center, Inc. To support renovation and marketing of the EveryOne an Artist Gallery featuring the work of artists with disabilities |
$19,300 |
| AHEDD To teach benefits management skills to youth with disabilities with the goal of improving career planning and employment outcomes |
$80,000 |
| Arc Human Services, Inc. Support for Camp Laughalot and Club Arc providing structured programming for children with mental retardation in Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny counties |
$12,500 |
| The ARC of Indiana County To expand and enhance parent involvement in transition planning for youth with disabilities |
$55,000 |
| Blind and Visual Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh Employment training for youth and young adults with vision impairments |
$55,365 |
| Blueroof Technologies To purchase a display screen to showcase their Model Cottage at the White House Conference on Aging December 12-14, 2005 |
$2,000 |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh For equipment and renovations at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to help with the transition from analog audiocassettes to digital talking books |
$62,500 |
| Center for Creative Play To promote socialization and play and increase access to respite services for families of children with disabilities by providing scholarships for those with limited incomes |
$25,000 |
| The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime To improve access to services for people who become disabled as a result of victimization |
$24,170 |
| Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America To produce an instructional DVD to empower families to maximize speech potential in children with speech apraxia by incorporating speech practice into everyday life |
$35,000 |
| The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh Capital campaign to build a new facility offering services to families of children with disabilities |
$50,000 |
| The Children’s Institute Support for the Capital Campaign for an Amazing Future, to create an Activities of Daily Living Apartment to ease the transition from rehabilitation to home Mary Anderson Sheehan Memorial Grant |
$94,469 |
| The Children’s Institute 2006 Phyllis Reymer Totten Fund Award |
$5,000 |
| City Theatre To promote disability awareness through the production of Pyretown, that featured a lead actor with a physical disability |
$15,400 |
| Cornerstone Care To purchase accessible medical and dental equipment for clinical sites in Greene, Fayette and Washington Counties to improve healthcare for patients with disabilities |
$29,068 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Allegheny County (CASA) To provide advocacy for children with disabilities who have been abused or neglected |
$10,000 |
| Disability Funders Network To support the Rapid Response Fund which provides direct assistance to people with disabilities as it is needed by agencies and individuals |
$30,000 |
| Down Syndrome Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Speaker honorarium |
$200 |
| Duquesne University Nonprofit Leadership Institute (NLI) To support planning for an initiative to place individuals with disabilities on nonprofit boards of directors |
$2,000 |
| Heritage Health Foundation, Inc. Support for Team Educators for Child Safety, a coalition of agencies focused on disability prevention through the use of appropriate car seats |
$10,000 |
| Life’s Work of Western PA To support the Transitional Employment Program in Washington, Fayette, and Westmoreland counties for people with disabilities who are unable to engage in traditional employment |
$45,000 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Foundation For enhancement of the Medical Home Project, educating southwestern Pennsylvania physician practices about how to coordinate health care and human services for patients with disabilities transitioning from pediatric to adult care |
$25,000 |
| PA Connecting Communities For board capacity building, strategic planning, and operating support for life-enhancing community activities that reduce isolation for people with disabilities |
$39,000 |
| Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects, Inc. Operating support for the Pennsylvania Elks Home Service Program, providing free in-home support and advocacy services to people with disabilities |
$25,000 |
| Pennsylvania Health Law Project To educate consumers with disabilities and the professionals who work with them about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Program |
$50,000 |
| Pittsburgh Chapter #1 of SHHH (Self Help for Hard of Hearing People) To support Working Together, a conference to promote employment for people with hearing impairments |
$1,000 |
| The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Towards replacement of the infrared hearing system at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts to provide access for patrons with hearing and visual impairments |
$35,000 |
| Pittsburgh Foundation For the Host Committee for the Council on Foundation’s 2006 Annual Conference, May 6-9, 2006 |
$1,000 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy For an accessible chariot on the carousel in the plaza at the new entrance to Schenley Park |
$20,000 |
| Pressley Ridge Foundation For training and clinical supervision to introduce trauma sensitive and coercive free care to the staff at Pressley Ridge School for the Deaf, as part of a best practices model to significantly reduce the use of restraints |
$35,000 |
| Slippery Rock University Foundation, inc. Support for community service learning programs that provide physical activity to individuals with disabilities as part of the Adaptive Physical Education Program |
$116,471 |
| The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation For sponsorship of the 2006 Race for the Cure for planning women with disabilities outreach program |
$5,000 |
| United Cerebral Palsy of SW PA Support for capital campaign for renovations of a building to house the pediatric extended care facility, creative play center and early intervention program |
$40,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh/Center for Research on Health Care To improve the recognition and accessibility of Mental Health services for deaf and hard of hearing people in Allegheny County |
$12,407 |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine To develop a training curriculum in order to expand the number of psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists and special education teachers who are able to work successfully with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families |
$43,925 |
| Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children To update equipment used to teach young people with vision impairments to prepare food independently |
$10,000 |