Grant Category: Education
Friends of Matènwa
Matènwa, Haiti
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2016
Grant category: Education
To support the Matenwa Institute of Learning in Haiti.
The mission of Friends of Matènwa is to support initiatives generated from Haiti’s rural communities for the betterment of their education, social justice, health and economic well-being. Funds will be used to support The Matènwa Community Learning Center (MCLC) and its Institute of Learning. The Institute was developed to provide a training model of its successful school model. Its model bans corporal punishment, offers instruction in Creole, incorporates gardening as part of its core curriculum, and puts an emphasis on child-centered learning in an environment of mutual respect, investigation and critical thinking.
buildOn
Stamford, CT
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2016
Grant category: Education
To support building an elementary school in Haiti.
buildOn’s mission is to enhance education and empower youth in the US to make a positive difference in their communities while helping people of developing countries increase their self-reliance through education. Funds will be used to build a three classroom primary school, in partnership with the local Ministry of Education, and improve adult literacy in Southwestern Haiti.
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill
Hyde Park, NY
Amount granted: $12,500
Grant year: 2015
Grant category: Education
To support the Girls Leadership Workshop.
The Children’s Initiative
Vietnam
Amount granted: $6,000
Grant year: 2014
Grant categories: Education, Human Services
To support the Catdung Middle School Summer Programming.
Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY
Amount granted:
Grant year: 2010
Grant category: Education
$2,500 for the clearing of land and providing access for its ARTFARM.
H2H Ride for Vietnamese Children
Amount granted:
Grant year: 2010
Grant category: Education
$5,000 to support several local children’s charities in Vietnam.
Partnership of the Historic Bostons
Boston, MA
Amount granted: $10,000
Grant year: 2009
Grant category: Education
Wizard Music
New York, NY
Amount granted: $10,000
Grant year: 2009
Grant category: Education
To Support the Development of a Music Education, Informal and Formal Program
Ravenswood Elementary School Foundation
Chicago, Il
Amount granted: $20,000
Grant year: 2008
Grant category: Education
To Support the Renovation of An Inner City Multi-Purpose Room
Barton Center for Diabetes
Oxford, MA
Amount granted: $12,500
Grant year: 2002
Grant category: Education
To Support its Capital Campaign