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Organization Name Amount Term Months Date City Project Description
SELF RELIANCE: Education
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership $397,169.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide assistance for financially needy Crosby Scholars
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership $154,000.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide assistance for financially needy Crosby Scholars attending post-secondary education institutions
El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services $27,610.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to expand the Family Life Program, a program targeting low-income Latino students and families to facilitate school success
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $38,920.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide financial education and training for low-income individuals enrolled in the New Century Individual Development Account program
The Winston-Salem Foundation $25,000.00 over one year Fall 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to establish the "Richard and Becky Davis Fund for Education" to benefit low-income youth within the field of interest of education
The Winston-Salem Foundation $346,864.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide post-secondary scholarships for needy Forsyth County residents
The Winston-Salem Foundation $128,000.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide post-secondary scholarships for needy Forsyth County residents
United Way of Forsyth County, Inc. $2,006,367.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for fiscal year 2009-10 for partner agencies whose missions fall within the objectives of the Trust
United Way of Forsyth County, Inc. $740,391.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for fiscal year 2008-09 for partner agencies whose missions fall within the objectives of the Trust
Winston-Salem State University Foundation, Inc. $25,000.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to establish the Nigel and Sarah Alston Scholarship Fund to provide support for low-income Forsyth County students, in honor of Nigel Alston''s service on the Poor and Needy Division advisory board
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education $92,030.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to refine and extend CareerStart, a life and career preparation curriculum, in the Equity-Plus middle schools serving low-income children and develop and implement CareerStart in the ninth grade
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education $65,520.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Capital funds to purchase sustainable classroom tools to help improve the academic performance of low-income students at Forest Park Elementary School
SELF RELIANCE: Job Training
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, Inc. $250,374.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to implement a career assessment, education, and job training and placement program for prospective and current homeowners
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. $121,000.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide additional staff for the Triad Community Kitchen which will increase food production and enhance job training
The Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice $44,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to assist ex-offenders to re-enter society productively with employment assistance, housing, counseling and intensive case management
SELF RELIANCE: Supportive Housing
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $11,000.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for chronically homeless individuals with mental disabilities
Fellowship Home of Winston-Salem, NC, Inc. $198,000.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide supportive housing for residents who have completed the residential substance abuse recovery program and are in after care
North Carolina Housing Foundation Inc. $75,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Capital funds for furnishings and house wares for Veterans Helping Veterans Heal, a transitional supportive housing project for homeless veterans
North Carolina Housing Foundation Inc. $66,181.00 over one year Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Capital funds for construction of the Hunters Hill apartment complex which will provide permanent supportive housing for low-income individuals with mental and/or physical disabilities
United Way of Forsyth County, Inc. $49,500.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
SELF RELIANCE: Not in areas of emphasis
Bethesda Center for the Homeless, Inc. $248,430.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide case management services for homeless individuals served at the day shelter
Bethesda Center for the Homeless, Inc. $91,675.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide case management services for the homeless individuals served at the day shelter
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $367,203.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for homeless individuals and families in the Transitional Housing Program
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $264,384.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for working poor individuals in the Self-Sufficiency Program
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $135,505.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for homeless individuals being served in the Transitional Housing program
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $97,563.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for working poor individuals being served in the Self-Sufficiency program
Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries $25,000.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Plan to Prosper program to reduce inmate recidivism in Forsyth County, in honor of Brenda Diggs'' service on the Poor and Needy Division advisory board
Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. $44,000.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to expand a volunteer-led transportation program for older adults
The Advocacy for the Poor $38,500.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support an advocacy organization working to reduce the number of individuals who are low-income in Forsyth County
The Enrichment Center - An Affiliated Chapter of the Arc $33,000.00 over one year Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Capital funds for facility upgrades and equipment purchases to provide a safer and healthier environment for financially needy adults with developmental, physical, and mental disabilities
The Salvation Army $200,000.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Capital funds to build an addition to the International Corps Community Center/Boys and Girls Club
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission $236,500.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Transformers Program, which provides services to help homeless men become more self-reliant
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education $119,880.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to hire a community outreach worker to serve low-income, minority pregnant and parenting teen mothers
BASIC NEEDS: Health Care
AIDS Care Service, Inc. $108,405.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Holly Haven Family Care Home for HIV+ adults
Cancer Services, Inc. $445,805.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide medications, medical supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency assistance for financially needy cancer patients
Cancer Services, Inc. $164,512.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide medications, medical supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency assistance for financially needy cancer patients
Cancer Services, Inc. $74,987.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to increase access to medications for low-income cancer patients
Community Care Center for Forsyth County $49,449.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to expand hours of operation by increasing a nurse family practitioner''s hours from part time to full time
Forsyth HealthCare, Inc. $30,000.00 over one year Fall 2009 Winston-Salem Expanding the capacity to screen medically uninsured for pro bono medical services in Forsyth County
Hospice & Palliative CareCenter $25,000.00 over one year Fall 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for care for individuals living with a life-limiting illness and their families in honor of John Burress' service on the Executive Advisory Council of KBR
Prodigals Community, Inc. $24,200.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to implement a comprehensive organizational development process
Senior Services, Inc. $501,680.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Home Care program to provide homemaker/home health services to indigent elderly clients with chronic health problems
Senior Services, Inc. $185,130.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Home Care program to provide homemaker/home health services to indigent elderly clients with chronic health problems
Southside United Health Center $110,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for start-up of a primary care clinic in the Waughtown area
Wake Forest University Health Sciences $273,075.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to expand health care services to HIV+ individuals in Forsyth County
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education $246,441.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County for a mental health group therapy program benefiting low-income children in school-based health centers
BASIC NEEDS: Not in areas of emphasis
Bethesda Center for the Homeless, Inc. $218,672.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide emergency night shelter for homeless men and women on a year-round basis
Bethesda Center for the Homeless, Inc. $14,248.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Capital funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Bethesda Center for the Homeless, Inc. $80,695.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide emergency night shelter for homeless men and women on a year-round basis
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Forsyth County, Inc. $41,800.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for a second full-time bilingual counselor to help meet the growing need for foreclosure prevention and counseling
Crisis Control Ministry, Inc. $1,201,698.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for direct program costs to respond to the emergency needs of people in financial crisis
Crisis Control Ministry, Inc. $467,500.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for direct program costs to respond to the emergency needs of people in financial crisis
Forsyth County Department of Social Services $387,513.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for individuals whose needs cannot be met by other resources
Forsyth County Department of Social Services $143,000.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client assistance for individuals whose needs cannot be met by other resources
Moravian Church in America, Southern Province $417,321.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for Sunnyside Ministry to provide direct client emergency financial assistance for low-income individuals living in southeastern Forsyth County
Moravian Church in America, Southern Province $10,778.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Capital funds to support increased capacity building efforts at Sunnyside Ministry
Moravian Church in America, Southern Province $154,000.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for Sunnyside Ministry to provide direct client emergency financial assistance for low-income individuals living in southeastern Forsyth County
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. $150,000.00 over one year Fall 2009 Winston-Salem operating funds to help meet the gap in emergency food needs
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. $33,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to expand the Food Purchase program in Forsyth County
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. $112,750.00 over two years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for a program to coordinate efforts to help alleviate childhood hunger in Forsyth and surrounding counties
Senior Services, Inc. $923,718.00 over three years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Meals-on-Wheels program to provide daily meals for indigent elderly clients
Senior Services, Inc. $354,662.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Meals-on-Wheels program to provide daily meals for indigent elderly clients
Senior Services, Inc. $25,000.00 over one year Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to subsidize care for low-income Forsyth County individuals attending the Elizabeth and Tab Williams Adult Day Center, in honor of David Burr''s service on the Executive Advisory Council
The Salvation Army $700,370.00 over three years Fall 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client emergency financial assistance
The Salvation Army $264,000.00 over one year Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds to provide direct client emergency financial assistance
The Shalom Project, Inc. $30,800.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for establishment of a program director position for neighborhood organization
The Winston-Salem Foundation $330,000.00 over two years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Community Development Support Collaborative which brings public and private funds into partnership with communities to rebuild neighborhoods and grow the community-development industry and provide housing for low-income individuals
OTHER: Not in areas of emphasis
Children''s Law Center of Central North Carolina $55,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to serve as 1 year bridge funding to increase the capacity to serve more children until the WFU Law Child Advocacy Clinic is established
Forsyth Futures $220,000.00 over two years Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Community collaborative that will identify community goals and measurable markers of progress, and help bring about their achievement
Nonprofit and Volunteer Connections $55,000.00 over one year Spring 2009 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support capacity building initiatives of local non-profits within a five county area that would enhance their ability to efficiently and effectively address its missions
North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Inc. $41,732.00 over one year Spring 2008 Raleigh Operating funds to assist in providing services to Forsyth County members who are grantees of the Trust and serve financially needy individuals
INITIATIVES: Capacity Building
Cancer Services, Inc. $5,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Crisis Control Ministry, Inc. $15,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership $7,500.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Disability Advocates of Northwest North Carolina $5,300.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. $7,500.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Fellowship Home of Winston-Salem, NC, Inc. $15,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Forsyth Futures $4,200.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries $8,500.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, Inc. $14,776.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Samaritan Ministries $15,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. $15,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. $6,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
The Children's Center for the Physically Disabled, Inc. $10,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
The Enrichment Center - An Affiliated Chapter of the Arc $7,500.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
The Salvation Army $2,500.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education $15,000.00 over one year Summer 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds to support increased capacity building efforts
INITIATIVES: Childhood Obesity II
Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina $330,000.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the second phase of a demonstration project to help reduce obesity in low-income children and young adults in Forsyth County
Young Women's Christian Association of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County $330,000.00 over three years Fall 2007 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the second phase of a demonstration project to help reduce obesity in low-income children and young adults in Forsyth County
INITIATIVES: Reclaiming Futures
Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, Inc. $90,000.00 over two years Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for the Reclaiming Futures initiative to provide integrated, community-based systems for delivering substance abuse interventions in the juvenile justice system
Portland State University $229,198.00 over three years Spring 2008 Portland Operating funds for assessment/technical assistance for the Reclaiming Futures initiative, an integrated, community-based system for delivering substance abuse interventions in the juvenile justice system
University of Chicago $35,178.00 over three years Spring 2008 Chicago Operating funds for assessment/technical assistance for the Reclaiming Futures initiative, an integrated, community-based system for delivering substance abuse interventions in the juvenile justice system
Wake Forest University Health Sciences $28,527.00 over four years Spring 2008 Winston-Salem Operating funds for assessment of the Reclaiming Futures initiative, an integrated, community-based system for delivering substance abuse interventions in the juvenile justice system