2007 IMPACT Award finalists, recipients and judges
$10,000 and under
JL Cares at Jonathon’s Landing for its grant to Stroke of Hope Club, Inc. for the creation of the organization’s website; purchase of computers for a computer training program; and development of an outreach program.
Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund for its grant to FuturePoint for the I Am Connecting program,
which matches high school mentors with second grade students.
Outstanding Grant: Volunteer Florida Foundation, Inc./Florida Hurricane Relief Fund for its grant to Volunteer Broward for seed money for Neighbors to the Rescue (NTTR) to match donors with persons who lost possessions in Hurricane Wilma through a unique, grassroots, virtual warehouse.
$10,001 -- $25,000
American Express for its grant to Arts & Business Council of Miami for the National Arts Marketing Project, a national audience development program in 12 cities nationwide including Miami.
Ethel & W. George Kennedy Family Foundation for its grant to Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County for seed money for the Women’s Advocacy Project (WAP), which builds and strengthens a network around issues impacting marginalized women and girls.
Outstanding Grant: Allegany Franciscan Ministries for its grant to Human Services Coalition for the Access through Action Project (A2) to increase community engagement and civic participation around healthcare access.
$25,001 -- $100,000
Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Miami-Dade for its grant to Farmworker Association of Florida for the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health project that provided training to farmworkers about pesticide exposure and related health effects.
Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund for its grant to YMCA of Greater Miami for scholarships to approximately 52 children each funded year, ages two to five, from extremely low income families to attend the Allapattah Y’s nationally accredited preschool program.
Outstanding Grant: The Jim Moran Foundation for its grant to Women In Distress of Broward County for the expansion of the It’s Not OK program to three Broward County Schools.
$100,001 -- $500,000
Health Foundation of South Florida for its grant to Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-One) for the Initiative for Organizational Effectiveness to improve management and operational effectiveness of health-related nonprofits selected; facilitate submission of high-quality grant applications for capacity-building projects; and Develop C-One’s capacity to deliver other foundation-sponsored capacity-building initiatives for funder grantees.
Ocean Bank for its grant to The Education Fund to relocate and move the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials (OBCEM), a warehouse of free supplies available to classroom teachers.
Outstanding Grant: Quantum Foundation and Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County for their grant to American Red Cross Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter for the Learn-To-Swim program in low-income “rural areas of critical concern” communities.
More than $500,000
The Children’s Trust for its grant to Hands On Miami for the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC), which creates, manages, and leads volunteer projects for youth ages 13 to 17 after school and on weekends, and hosts four one-week Community Service Summer Camp sessions where youth participate in educational workshops and volunteer service projects.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its grant to Dade Community Foundation for the Miami Fellows Initiative, a leadership program that develops new leaders who represent Miami-Dade’s multicultural community.
Outstanding Grant: Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Community Foundation of Broward, Jim Moran Foundation, Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, and United Way of Broward County for their grant to the Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Initiative focusing on services for youth transitioning from the foster care system to living independently.
Our panel of judges:
Ira Barbell is a Senior Associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, one of the country’s largest private foundations. He oversees the foundation's initiative to engage the philanthropic sector in ongoing learning and sharing around effective philanthropic practices.
Catherine Brozowski is Vice President of Programs at the Santa Barbara Foundation and oversees more than $16 million in grantmaking annually. Previously, she was the Corporate Giving Manager for Washington Mutual in the Southeast, which includes South Florida.
Ann Cramer is the Director for IBM Corporate Community Relations in North America. She also chairs the Council on Foundations Corporate Committee and represents IBM on the United Way of America’s National Corporate Leaders Council.
Janine Lee is a founder and former board chair of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. She has held leadership positions at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Currently, she is President of the consulting firm, Jlee Advisors.
Susan Price is the managing director of the Family Foundation Services Department at the Council on Foundations. She is the author of The Giving Family: Raising Our Children To Help Others and is a frequent national speaker to groups on the subject of instilling philanthropic values in children.
Dianna Smiley is Vice President of the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP). Dianna oversees all programs for NCFP, ensuring effective dissemination of knowledge about family giving nationally and internationally.
Judith Ranger Smith is the Executive Director of Singing for Change, Jimmy Buffet’s foundation, which offers grants to progressive, community-based nonprofit organizations that address the root causes of social and environmental problems.
Daria Teutonico is the Director of New Ventures in Philanthropy, an initiative of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers that works to grow philanthropic giving.
Pamela Tyler serves as the National Outreach Director for Grantmakers In Aging (GIA). Pam is responsible for working with regional associations of grantmakers such as Donors Forum to bring national resources around aging to the local level.
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