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2009 GRANTEES

 

This list includes all grants made to benefit charities in the Hartford region, throughout the United States and in Israel.  Grants from unrestricted community funds, donor advised funds and designated funds are reported here.  Unless otherwise noted, grants are for general charitable purposes.

Arts, Culture and Humanities    $248,495

 

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.

   Harlem Stage

 

American Beethoven Society

 

American Society for Yad Vashem

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra

 

The Bushnell

 

Charter Oak Cultural Center

   Celebration of Jewish Arts and Culture

   Learning to Repair the World

 

The Connecticut Forum

   God. BIG Questions....BIGGER Questions program

 

Connecticut Historical Society

 

Connecticut Public Broadcasting

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

Goodspeed Opera House

 

Greater Hartford Arts Council

 

Florence Griswold Museum

 

Hartford Public Library

 

Hartford Stage Company

   Annual fund and endowment

 

Hartford Symphony Orchestra

   Annual fund and endowment

 

The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center

 

Hill-Stead Museum

 

Intercultural Journeys

   African-American, Arab and Jewish Cultures in Perfect Harmony

 

Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

   Hebrew Tillers of the Soil

   Preserving Our Community’s Voices

   CSB rent subsidy

   Jewish Communities Around the World

   Recalling and Institution: Mt. Sinai Hospital

   Digital recording equipment

   Emergency operating support

 

Jewish Museum

 

Mandell Jewish Community Center

   Cultural arts

   Hartford Stage program

   Jewish Book Festival

   Jewish Book Festival – Teen program

   Jewish Film Festival

   Jewish Film Festival – Teen program

 

Metropolitan Opera Association

 

Museum of Jewish Heritage

 

National Yiddish Book Center

 

Real Art Ways

 

TheaterWorks

 

Solomon Schechter Day School

   Music programs

 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

 

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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Community Building    $1,292,565

 

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford   

   The Foundation Fund

   Leave a Jewish Legacy/Endowment Leadership Institute

   Professional development

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

   Annual Campaign

   Community Services Building

   Donor Acquisition and Retention Program

   Emergency operating support

   Energy saving occupancy sensors

   Bernard Gottleib Young Leadership Award

   Professional development

   Voices

 

Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation

 

Temple B’nai Abraham/Meriden Jewish Federation

 

United Way Capital Area

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Education    $903,264

 

Achievement First

 

American School for the Deaf

 

Brandeis University

 

Brown University

 

College Scholarships (various universities)

   Financial need and merit based scholarships

 

Commission on Jewish Education

   Hartford Institute of Jewish Studies

   Scribner Library

   Teacher training and professional development

   La'atid Cohort III

 

Connecticut Institute for the Blind

   Oak Hill School

 

Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools

   Extracurricular activities for teachers

 

Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies

   Archeological dig in Israel

   Emergency operating support

 

Hadassah Hartford Chapter

   Jewish education

 

Hartford Hillel Foundation

   Operating reserve

   Passover holiday meals

   Renovations for new Hartford Hillel House

   Emergency operating support

 

Hebrew High School of New England

   Emergency operating support

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

   Purchase of land for new high school

   Scholarships

   Scribner Library

 

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

 

Hillel Foundation at University of Connecticut        

   Emergency operating support

   High Holiday activities

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania

 

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford

   PJ Library Fund

 

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires

   PJ Library

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford/Jewish Community Relations Council

   Hartford Jewish Coalition for Literacy

 

The Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania

 

Kingswood-Oxford School

 

Loomis Institute

   Scholarship

 

Mandell Jewish Community Center

   PJ Library

 

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy

   Capital needs and repair

   Emergency operating support

   Girls' athletic activities and music, art and Jewish cultural programs

   Hot water tank replacement

   Scholarships

 

Solomon Schechter Day School

   Emergency operating support

   Judaic education enrichment

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund for Solomon Schechter Day School

   Kosher cafe

   Literature Awards

   Mathematics and science program enrichment  

   Middle school curriculum development

   Scholarships

   Science and technology enrichment  

   Temple B’nai Israel memorial plaques

   Zelda Cramer Ungar Technology Prize   

 

St. Joseph College

 

Temple B’nai Abraham

   Scholarships

 

Tilton School   

 

Trinity College

   Alumni fund

   Hillel Endowment Fund

   Watkinson Library

 

Trinity College Hillel   

   Alternative Spring Break

   Emergency operating support

   Passover holiday meals

 

UConn Center for Judaic Studies and Jewish Contemporary Life

   Emergency operating support

 

UConn Foundation

   Mentor Connection Program

   Susan Hope Sherman Scholarships

 

University of Hartford

   Hartford Art School Dean’s Discretionary Fund

   Judith and Henry Zachs Endowment in Judaic Studies

 

University of Pennsylvania

   Annual fund

   The Wharton Fund

 

University of Pittsburgh

 

University of Vermont

 

Watkinson School

   Ribicoff/Head Scholar Award  

 

The Westchester Jewish Center

   Nursery school library

 

Williston Northampton School

 

Yachad Greater Hartford Jewish Community High School

   Emergency operating support

 

Yale University

 

Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury  

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Health    $237,351

 

ALYN - American Friends of ALYN Hospital

 

Alzheimer’s Association

 

American Cancer Society – New England Division

 

American Red Cross – Charter Oak Chapter

 

American Heart Association

 

American Lung Association

 

Arthritis Foundation

 

Bloomfield Volunteer Ambulance Fund, Inc.

 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

   Cancer Center for Sarcoma

   Jimmy Fund

 

Daniel Heumann Fund for Spinal Cord Research

 

Doctors Without Borders

 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

 

God's Love We Deliver

 

Hartford Hospital

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

Hebrew Home and Hospital, Inc.

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

   Senior adult needs in New Britain

 

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

 

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital

   Program for Women Faculty Affairs – career development

 

Mental Health Association of Connecticut

 

Middlesex Hospital

 

NARAL Pro-Choice America

 

National Kidney Foundation, Inc.

 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

 

National Research Center for Women & Families

 

NYU Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine

   Steven D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

 

Old Lyme Fire Department

 

Operation Smile

 

St. Francis Hospital Medical Center Foundation

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

VNA Healthcare

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Human Services    $611,302

 

92nd Street Y

 

Boys and Girls Club of Hartford

 

Connecticut Food Bank

 

Federation Homes, Inc.

   CD player

   Exercise and men's programs

   Large print library books

   Music to Your Ears project

 

Foodshare, Inc.

   Farmer's Market coupon program

   Fresh Place

 

HARC

   Annual fund and endowment

 

Hebrew Home and Hospital

   Amenities for residents  

   Art framing

   Capital needs and repair

   Education programs for residents

   Programs and services for elderly

   Emergency operating support

   Fresh Canvas Project

   Hebrew Community Services Outreach Program  

   Helping Our Neighbors project

   Hi/lo beds

   Internal signage

   Pet Therapy Project

   Social and recreational activities

 

House of Bread

 

Jewish Association for Community Living

   Computers and fax machines  

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation 

   Emergency operating support

   Fun on the Run

   Transportation expenses

   Vinyl siding for West Normandy Drive group home

 

Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford

   Basic human needs

   Chronic needs program

   Computer hardware upgrade

   Emergency operating support

   Family Friendly Clinic Hours

   Heating fuel assistance

   CSB rent subsidy

   Benet A. Rothstein Child Services Program 

   Services and programs for senior clients

   Support group for children with divorced parents

   Support for parents of children with disabilities

 

Jewish Guild for the Blind

 

Mandell Jewish Community Center

   Annual parenting conference

   Capital needs and repairs

   Programs to benefit the elderly

   Senior adult exercise programs

 

Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut

 

MAZON

   Home delivered kosher meals

 

Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

   Hartford Courant/Fox 61 Children’s Holiday Fund

 

Operation Fuel

 

Siskin Children’s Institute

 

YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford

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Israel and International    $153,602

 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

   Eshet Chayil Employment Program

 

Birthright Israel Foundation

 

Center for Women's Justice

   Legal  Advocacy Program

 

Etgarim military preparation program

 

Hadassah Hartford Chapter

 

Hadassah New York

 

Haifa Rape Crisis Center

 

The Israel Fund

   Collective giving circle at the Jewish Community Foundation 

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

   Medical funds for Israel

   Operation Promise

 

MAZON

   Israel-based hunger projects

 

Mercaz USA

 

Seeds of Peace

 

Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy

   8th grade Israel trip scholarships

 

Solomon Schechter Day School

   8th grade Israel trip scholarships

 

Southern New England Consortium/Partnership 2000

   Co-existence program in Afula

 

WIZO USA   

   Warm Homes

 

World ORT

   Supporting students in need project

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Social Justice    $80,719

 

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation    

 

Anti-Defamation League Connecticut Regional Office

 

Commission on Jewish Education and Leadership

   Teen Mitzvah Day

 

Connecticut Freemasons Foundation

 

Hebrew High School of New England

   New Orleans Senior Class Service Project

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

   House of Abraham II

   Jewish Community Relations Council

   JCPA Plenum

 

JFACT Fund, Inc.

   Connecticut Jewish community relations

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

   Echoes and Reflections Holocaust training workshops

   Elders Project for Bloomfield schools

 

Lambda Legal

 

MADD Connecticut

 

Riverfront Recapture

 

Urban League of Greater Hartford

 

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 

The Lenny Zakim Fund

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Synagogues/Spiritual Development    $236,496

 

Beth David Synagogue

 

Beth El Temple of West Hartford

   Doris and Simon Konover Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

Beth Hillel Synagogue of Bloomfield

 

Congregation Beth Israel

   Cantor and music programs

   Deborah Library

   Leave a Jewish Legacy Fund

   Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

   Special Needs Education Program

   Sunday School prizes and SAGE Program

 

Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek

   Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation

 

Congregation Kol HaNeshama of Sarasota

 

Congregation Kol Haverim

   Circle of Hope

   Sound system

 

Congregation P’nai Or

 

Congregation Tephereth Israel

 

The Emanuel Synagogue

   Touro synagogue tour

   Lag B’Omer picnic

 

Esalen Institute

   Abrahamic Family Reunion project

 

Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation

   Endowment wall display

 

Hebrew Home and Hospital

   Rabbi Gary Lavit Chaplin Endowment Fund

 

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford

   Willie Berkowitz Memorial Fund

 

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford

   Association of Jewish Cemeteries

 

Temple Beth Shalom of Sarasota

 

Temple Beth Sholom of Manchester   

   Hineini Fund

 

Temple B'nai Abraham

   Cemetery maintenance

 

Temple Sinai

   Youth activities

 

United Synagogues of Greater Hartford

   Hebrew school scholarship fund

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Youth Development    $126,460

 

Camp Ramah in New England

 

Girl Scouts of Connecticut

 

Mandell Jewish Community Center

   Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund

   Emergency operating support

   Family “do it yourself” children’s playsets

   Jonathan’s Dream playground maintenance

   Staff mediator/educator at Camp Shalom

 

Osher Marin Jewish Community Center

   College Bound Program

   Teen Program



 
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