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The Benwood Foundation Grants Awarded

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Grants Awarded
2009 Grants  
   
A Better Tomorrow, Inc. $25,000
Creative Hearts Child Enrichment after school program  
   
Allied Arts $200,000
Operating Support for Cultural Partners  
   
Chattanooga Community Kitchen $30,000
Program expansion to meet challenges of increased demand  
   
Chattanooga Police Department $18,700
Child Identification Program  
   
Church of the Firstborn $10,000
M.V.P. After School Tutoring Program  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $257,000
Challenges and Opportunities Fund  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $1,500
Non-Profit Effectiveness Seminar  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $49,700
Normal Park Elementary School  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $75,000
Web Education Rock Summit  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $16,500
Calvin Donaldson School/Alton Park Community Building  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $100,000
RiverRocks Festival  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $15,000
Pro Walk/ Pro Bike 2010 Conference  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $60,000
Grow Healthy Together Chattanooga Partnership  
   
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee $50,000
State Collaborative on Reforming Education  
   
Community Impact $500,000
Neighborhood Revitalization  
   
CreateHere $100,000
STAND - a Visioning Process  
   
The Food Trust $1,500
General Operating Support  
   
Habitat for Humanity $50,000
Capital Campaign for LEED Certified Renovation of ReStore  
   
Land Trust for Tennessee $225,000
Operating support for land protection in the Southeast and South Cumberland regions
   
Land Trust for Tennessee $100,000
Conservation easement on Moore Family Farm/Rattlesnake Springs Farm in Cleveland, TN  
   
Legal Aid of East Tennessee, Chattanooga $20,000
Unemployment Transition Project  
   
Metropolitan Ministries $20,000
Direct Client Assistance  
   
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance $10,000
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance Conference  
   
Mid-South Sculpture Alliance $10,000
Sculpture Symposium and Exhibition on the Chattanooga River Walk  
   
Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies $70,000
Research and Facilitation  
   
Open Arms Care Foundation $9,600
Sensory equipment/materials
 
   
Public Education Foundation $127,600
Calvin Donaldson Elementary School
 
   
Public Education Foundation $85,000
Planning Grant for Teacher Residency Program  
   
RiverCity Company $50,000
Chattanooga Downtown Partnership  
   
Salvation Army $5,000
2nd phase of Feasibility Study  
   
Scenic Land School $50,000
Capacity Building  
   
Signal Centers $20,000
A Therapeutic Playground for the Arts Capital Campaign  
   
Southeast Watershed Forum
$5,000
Southeastern Water Trails Symposium  
   
Southern Environmental Law Center
$300,000
General Operating Support  
   
Southern Sustainable Agricultural Working Group
$10,000
Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference
 
   
St. Andrew's Center $30,000
Establish a branch of the Church Koinonia Credit Union at the St. Andrew's Center  
   
TN Chapter of the American Planning Association $1,500
TAPA Fall Conference, to provide a Food Economy track  
   
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga $1,500
Establish a sustainable practices/Slow Food on Campus Program  
   
Volunteers in Medicine $32,000
Program expansion to serve the increased demand for services  
   
TOTAL $2,760,100
   
   

2008 Grants  
   
American Cancer Society of Chattanooga $14,300
Transportation Assistance Programs  
   
A Better Tomorrow, Inc. $23,000
In-School Life Skill Development & Mentoring Program  
   
Chattanooga Cares $17,000
Electronic Medical Records  
   
Chattanooga Chamber Foundation $75,000
Targeted Downtown Recruitment Initiative  
   
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation $15,400
The Oak Project  
   
Chattanooga Community Kitchen $50,000
Capital Campaign for Day Center, Worker's Shelter and Respite Space  
   
Children's Advocacy Center $17,500
Prevention Education and Awareness Program  
   
College Access Center $20,000
Camp College Program  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $38,000
Normal Park Museum Magnet Education Fund  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $100,000
Take Root Project  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $150,000
MakeWork Initiative  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $10,000
Consultant services for UTC Library for LEEDs certification  
   
Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga, Inc. $35,000
Chattanooga Area Foodshed Assessment  
   
Friends of the Zoo Inc. $50,000
Argentine Jaguar Acquisition Matching Grant  
   
Humane Educational Society $35,000
Getting to Zero Capital Campaign  
   
Hunter Museum of American Art $1,200,000
Purchase museum quality sculptures to be installed permanently in public spaces in the downtown area  
   
Interfaith Homeless Network $100,000
Capital Campaign for Family Day Center  
   
Nature Conservancy - Tennessee Chapter $20,000
Phase II of the Nature Viewing Trail  
   
Open Arms Care Foundation $5,000

Client Computer Lab at Day Program

 
   
Orange Grove Center $250,000
Capital Campaign for Campus Renovation  
   
Public Education Foundation $100,000
Urban Teacher Residency Institute  
   
Public Education Foundation $100,000
Research Data Analyst for the Hamilton County Schools  
   
Reflection Riding $14,250
Wetlands Restoration Plan  
   
RiverCity Company $75,000
Moveable Furniture for Downtown Public Parks  
   
RiverCity Company $15,000
Student Urban Design & Sustainability Projects for Downtown Chattanooga  
   
RiverCity Company $750,000
Development of Parcel 10
 
   
Salvation Army $75,000
Renovation of East Lake Community Swimming Pool
 
   
Salvation Army $5,000
Feasibility Study  
   
Society for Conservation Biology $50,000
Sponsorship of the Society of Conservation Biology Annual Meeting in Chattanooga  
   
Southern Adventist University $50,000
Capital Campaign for new Nursing Building  
   
Southern Sustainable Agricultural Working Group $10,000
Sponsorship of the 18th Annual Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference  
   
Stop I-3 Coalition $35,000
Stop the construction of Corridor K  
   
Tennessee Aquarium
$150,000
Jellies Capital Campaign  
   
Tennessee Arts Foundation
$25,000
Sponsorship of the Tennessee Arts Commission's National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) in Chattanooga  
   
Tennessee River Gorge Trust
$250,000
Purchase a conservation easement on 308 acres in the Tennessee River Gorge
 
   
Trust for Public Land  $300,000
Purchase property and conservation easement on Stringer's Ridge
 
   
United Way of Greater Chattanooga $50,000
Annual Campaign  
   
University of PA/CPRE $392,478
Benwood Initiative Evaluation  
   
University of Tennessee Department of Art $5,000
UTC Art Department conference and speaker travel  
   
University of Tennessee Hamilton County Extension Service $3,900
Adventures in Agriculture Field Day through 4-H Program  
   
Volunteers in Medicine $31,000
Capacity Building  
   
Wally's Friends $20,000
Ending Pet Overpopulation Program  
   
WTCI - TV 45 $15,000
Ready to Learn Program  
   
TOTAL $4,756,828
   
   

2007 Grants  
   
Association for Visual Artists $50,000
Capital Campaign for New Media Center  
   
Chattanooga Chamber Foundation $25,000
Chattanooga CANDO Capital Campaign  
   
Chattanooga Endeavors $25,000
Program Support for CEI Works  
   
Chattanooga Nature Center $35,000
Environmental Education Program  
   
Chattanooga State $50,000
Health Science Center Capital Campaign  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $222,000
Art in Public Spaces in collaboration with the City of Chattanooga
Parks and Recreation Department
 
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $50,000
A fund to provide consulting for the development of the National Center of Computation Engineering  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $132,000
Education component of the GreenSpaces Initiative  
   
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga $250,000
Signal Mountain Founders' Fund: International Baccalaureate Program  
   
Community Research Council $175,000
Research Paper "Better Teachers, Smarter Students"  
   
Fellowship of Southern Writers $10,000
Establish a permanent headquarters in Chattanooga  
   
Fortwood Center $200,000
Capital Campaign for Children's Center  
   
Hospice of Chattanooga $50,000
Capital Campaign for Community Bereavement and Palliative Center  
   
Ladies of Charity of Chattanooga $50,000
Resale Store Renovation Capital Campaign  
   
Little Miss Mag Child Care Center $100,000
New Daycare Center Capital Campaign  
   
Lula Lake Land Trust $50,000
Conservation Corridor Trail System  
   
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions $50,000
Establish an IDA Program at the Church of Koinonia  
   
Nature Conservancy of Alabama $250,000

To expand land conservation activities in the South Cumberlands,Southern Ridge and Valley Ecosystem as well as the headwaters of the Little River

 
   
Nature Conservancy - Tennessee Chapter $250,000
To expand land protection in the South Cumberlands Mountain region  
   
Open Space Conservancy, Inc. $250,000
Northwest Georgia Land Protection Fund  
   
Public Education Foundation $7,289,210
Benwood Initiative Phase II (over 5 years)  
   
Public Education Foundation $270,000
Orchard Knob and East Lake Elementary Schools  
   
RiverCity Company $605,000
Downtown Retail Initiative  
   
RiverCity Company $61,500
Renaissance Park Environmental Quality and Education  
   
SimCenter $5,000,000
Commitment to development the SimCenter into a National Center for Computational Engineering  
   
Siskin Children's Institute $100,000
Capital Campaign for new Developmental Pediatric Clinic  
   
Teen Challenge $50,000
Teen Challenge Capital Campaign  
   
Tennessee Aquarium $100,000
Penguins' Rock Capital Campaign  
   
Trust for Public Land $250,000
South Chickamauga Creek Greenway  
   
University of Tennessee Department of Art
$75,000
Salary for an adjunct profession to develop curriculum in Web-Media and Photography  
   
Why kNOw Abstinence Education, Inc.
$10,000
CORE Abstinence Education Program  
   
2007 Program Related Investments
   
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
$100,000
Program Related Investment  
   
TOTAL $16,184,710
   
   

2006 Grants  
   
AIM Center $200,000
Capital Campaign  
   
Allied Arts $500,000
Capital Campaign (over 3 years)  
   
Allied Arts $250,000
Public Art Program  
   
Amercan Institute of Graphic Arts- $5,000
Chattanooga Chapter  
2007 Ten Show  
   
Animal Care Trust $100,000
Capital Campaign  
   
Center for Nonprofits $40,000
Volunteer Coordinator for three local land trusts (over 3 years)  
   
Chattanooga Community Kitchen $29,150
Update Sprinkler System  
   
Chattanooga Drum & Bugle Corps $14,450
Color Guard Unit  
   
Chattanooga-Hamilton County $20,000
Regional Planning Agency  
Safe Routes to Schools Program  
   
Children's Advocacy Center $17,500
Prevention Education & Awareness Program  
   
College Access Center $25,000
College Advisor Program  
   
Community Impact $500,000
Neighborhood Revitalization
(over 2 years)
 
   
Community Research Council $150,000
State of Chattanooga Region Report
(over 3 years)
 
   
Friends of Moccasin Bend Nt'l Park $45,000
Property Purchase  
   
Friends of the Zoo $85,000
Capital Campaign  
   
Habitat for Humanity $75,000
House for Hurricane Katrina Victims  
   
Land Trust Alliance $20,000
2006 Rally Conference  
   
Land Trust for Tennessee $180,000
Land conservation efforts in Sequatchie Valley and North Hamilton County (over 2 years)  
   
Learning Matters, Inc $50,000
Benwood Initiative Documentary  
   
Public Education Foundation $1,000,000
Schools for a New Society  
local matching grant for Carnegie Grant  
   
Public Education Foundation $500,000
Benwood Initiative Year 5  
   
Public Education Foundation $725,000
Benwood Initiative Year 6  
   
RiverCity Company $15,000
Angelou Economics Study for the Central Business District  
   
Ronald McDonald House Charities $50,000
Ronald McDonald Care Mobile  
   
Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation $200,000
Capital Campaign  
   
Southern Environmental Law Center $225,000
General Operating Support
(over 3 years)
 
   
United Way of Greater Chattanooga $375,000
Capital Campaign and Planned Giving Program (over 3 years)  
   
University of Cincinnati $110,000
Scholarships  
   
Volunteers in Medicine $33,500
Capacity Building  
   
TOTAL $5,539,600