2006 IMPACT Award finalists, recipients and judges
$10,000 and under
Banco Popular for its grant to the Hope Center for the purchase
of a big screen TV, beanbag chairs, and other equipment used
for family movie nights.
Kiwanis Club of Miami’s Youth Foundation for its funding
of scholarships for children from low-income families to participate
in YMCA of Greater Miami’s sports leagues.
Outstanding Grant: Women’s
Fund of Miami-Dade for its support of GEMS, a club for at-risk
girls at North Miami Beach High School.
$10,001 -- $25,000
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and
Martin Counties for its grant to Alzheimer’s Community Care’s
to replicate its successful Prescription Drug Program for seniors.
Publix Super Markets Charities for its pass-through shopper
support of Broward Meals On Wheels.
Outstanding Grant: The Sheppard Broad
Foundation and The Elliot Fund for their support The Women’s
Fund’s Women’s Advocacy Project.
$25,001 -- $100,000
George Fussell for his gift to the Kids In Distress capital
campaign to build its new campus.
Junior League of Boca Raton for its support of In The Pines
to provide quality rental housing for farm workers.
Outstanding Grant: The Blue Foundation
for a Healthy Florida for its support of The Migrant Association
and the Caridad Health Clinic’s Family Diabetes Prevention
Project.
$100,001 -- $500,000
Health Foundation of South Florida for
its support of The Beach House, The Starting Place’s
residential treatment program for adolescents with co-occurring
substance abuse and mental health disorders.
Funding collaborative of Allegany Franciscan
Ministries, Health Foundation of South Florida, Women’s Fund of Miami Dade
for its support of the Collins Center for Public Policy’s
work on the Community Health Workers Project involving training
and standardized curriculum development for this profession.
Outstanding Grant: Coral
Gables Congregational Church for its initial support of ACCION
USA Miami office, which gives microloans to low-income entrepreneurs.
More than $500,000
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida
for its support of Generation RN, a program to ease Florida’s
nursing shortage.
Rodel Charitable Foundation for its challenge grant to the Community
Foundation of the Florida Keys.
Palm Beach County Hurricane Relief & Recovery Coalition
consisting of Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Children’s
Services Council of Palm Beach County, Community Foundation for
Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Lost Tree Village Foundation,
Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach United Way, Palm Healthcare Foundation,
Widower Foundation, Quantum Foundation, Sun-Sentinel, United
Way of Palm Beach County, Washington Mutual for its support of
various nonprofits for the provision of emergency shelter, food
and other services following the hurricanes that hit this area.
Outstanding Grant: Dr.
John T. Macdonald Foundation for its support of the University
of Miami Miller School of Medicine in offering health care
services to all 8,000 students in the North Miami Beach High
feeder pattern.
Our panel of judges:
Ellen Barclay is president
of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, a national
network of 31 regional associations (Including Donors Forum
of South Florida) that represent almost 4,000 funders. Previously
she was the deputy executive directorship of the Council for
International Exchange of Scholars, which administers the Fulbright
Scholar Program.
Patricia Boero is Director
of International Corporate Social Responsibility for Starbucks
Coffee Company in Seattle. Patricia was formerly with Hispanics In Philanthropy
and Levi Strauss & Co. in South Florida.
Kathleen P. Enright is
Executive Director of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations,
an international coalition of grantmakers aimed at maximizing
philanthropy's impact by advancing the effectiveness of grantmakers
and their grantees. Previously,
Kathleen served as the group director of marketing and communications
for Board Source (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit
Boards). She serves on the advisory board of The Center
for Effective Philanthropy.
Carol A. Farquhar is the Executive
Director for Grantmakers in Aging, an educational nonprofit membership
organization for grantmakers active in the field of aging. Previously,
she was Program Officer at the Kettering Foundation in Dayton,
Ohio. She serves on the NCOA Leadership Council, and
on the boards of National Issues Forums Institute, Dade Fund,
and Global Village Communications, Inc.
Penelope McPhee is president
and trustee of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in Atlanta,
Georgia. Penny
was formerly vice president and chief program officer at the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Penny has also
had a distinguished career as an author and television producer,
winning five Emmys, and an American Library Association honor. She
serves on the boards of the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation,
the Council on Foundations, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
and Voices for Georgia's Children, and the Southern Business
Leadership Council.
Perla Ni is the Founder
and Publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, a magazine
dedicated to ideas, strategies and tools for nonprofit management,
philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. Previously,
she was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Grassroots. COM,
an award-winning news and political activism website. She is
on the advisory board of the San Francisco Nonprofit Finance
Fund.
Susan Crites Price is
the managing director of the Family Foundation Services Department
at the Council on Foundations. Before joining the COF, Susan
had an 18-year career as a freelance writer for businesses,
associations and the mass media. During that time, she authored
or co-authored five books including a Parent’s Choice
Award winner.
Thomas Reis is a program director
in the Philanthropy and Volunteerism program area at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
in Battle Creek, Michigan. Prior to joining the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, Tom worked in Indonesia as a senior program
officer with the Academy for Educational Development.
Tim Walter is the CEO
of the Association of Small Foundations, which serves donors
and trustees of foundations that have fewer than five staff members. He
is active in national political coalitions and is ASF’s
lead representative on Capitol Hill.
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