2006 IMPACT Award recipients and finalists
$10,000 and under
Award Recipient
Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade for its support of GEMS, a club for at-risk girls at North Miami Beach High School.
Finalists
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.
$10,001 -- $25,000
Award Recipient
The Shepard Broad
Foundation and The Elliot Fund for their support The Women’s
Fund’s Women’s Advocacy Project.
Finalists
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.
$25,001 -- $100,000
Award Recipient
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida for its support of The Migrant Association and the Caridad Health Clinic’s Family Diabetes Prevention Project.
Finalists
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.
$100,001 -- $500,000
Award Recipient
Coral Gables Congregational Church for its initial support of ACCION USA Miami office, which gives microloans to low-income entrepreneurs.
Finalists
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.
More than $500,000
Award Recipient
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.
Finalists
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.
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