grants & agency services: recent community grants (2008)

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Community Grant Listing - September 2008
Community Service
Aleph-Bet Child Life Enrichment Program
Furniture, toys and equipment
$20,000
Alpha House Project
Facility upgrades
$5,012
Archdiocese Of Winnipeg, Micah House
Mental health resource development
$15,000
Association for Community Living, Winnipeg
To conduct a major campaign to diversify the revenue base to become a more financially sustainable organization.
$20,000
Bethlehem Aboriginal Fellowship/Bethlehem Ministries
Young & Teen Moms Program
$5,000
Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders Media Awards
$7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg
Outreach support workers
$35,000
Care-A-Lot Nursery
Facility upgrades
$12,436
Charleswood United Church
Multipurpose room for community
$10,000
Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation
Website upgrades
$26,890
Christmas Cheer Board of Greater Winnipeg
Community Creation Contest for Santa Claus Parade
$20,000
Circle of Life Thunderbird House/Whaka Pimadiziiwii Pinaysiiwigam
Elder's Supporting Our Community project
$25,000
Cornish Child Care Centre
Commercial dishwasher
$5,150
Deliverance Centre
Treatment for Aboriginal men
$15,000
Den 205
Facility upgrades and workshop subsidies
$23,600
Hellenic Greek Orthodox Church of Winnipeg
Audio equipment
$5,000
Holy Names House of Peace
Feasibility study on expanding transitional housing for immigrant women
$22,000
Islamic Social Services Association
Education and training program
$25,000
Islamic Social Services Association
Women's Sewing Enterprise outreach project
$45,000
John Black Memorial United Church
Facility upgrades
$10,000
Ka Ni Kanichihk
Circle of Courage: Reclaiming Youth at Risk initiative
$25,000
Kekinan Centre
Housing for at-risk Aboriginal seniors with disabilities
$50,000
Knowles Centre
Coordinator for life skills training program
$36,632
L'Entre-temps des Franco-Manitobaines
Strategic and operational plan
$15,000
Manitoba Association For Childbirth And Family Education
Teaching resources and office equipment
$11,263
Manitoba Families For Effective Autism Treatment
Summer Day Camp program for children
$25,000
Mediation Services
Marketing materials and training packages
$25,000
Norshel Residential
Vehicle for disabled residents
$5,000
North Kildonan Little Thinkers
Passenger van
$10,000
North Point Douglas Women's Centre
Staff positions
$87,994
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Centre Manitoba
Volunteer Mentoring Project
$25,000
Osborne House
Facility upgrades and awareness activities
$60,000
Park Manor Personal Care Home
Furniture
$15,000
Post-Polio Network, Manitoba
Beyond Post-Polio Living a Healthier Lifestyle conference
$7,500
Premier Personnel Corp
Training, events and supplies
$10,000
The Prendergast Centre Association
Facility upgrades
$35,000
Resource Assistance for Youth
Odd Jobs work program for street youth
$25,000
Rainbow Resource Centre
Workshops and training for service providers
$40,000
Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre
GROW in Winnipeg program for teaching and life skill development
$25,000
Rossbrook House
Fundraising strategy
$25,000
SEED Winnipeg
Economic development projects
$15,000
Siloam Mission Church of Nazarene
Database system
$15,000
St. John's Cathedral
Facility upgrades
$10,000
St. Norbert Children's Centre
Facility upgrades
$20,000
Taking Charge!
Facility upgrades
$10,000
Trinity United Church
Facility upgrades
$15,000
Winnipeg Children's Access Agency
Expansion of visitation services
$50,000
Winnserv
Project coordinator
$20,000
Education
Community Education Development  Association
Workshop series
$5,000
D'Arcy's A.R.C.
Staff position
$3,000
Equitas International Centre of Human Rights Education
Anti-racism program for youth
$27,465
Frontier College Foundation
Volunteer literacy tutor recruitment and training
$12,000
Manitoba Academy of Chinese Studies
35th anniversary celebrations
$5,500
Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre
Aboriginal Circle of Educators interim operating support
$20,000
Manitoba Parents For Ukrainian Education
Website development
$5,000
Manitoba School Improvement Program
Many Voices, One World intercultural storytelling project
$20,000
Providence College and Seminary
Vans to transport student volunteers
$10,000
West Central Community Program
Training and support for after-school program
$30,000
Winnipeg School Division, Champlain School
Parent room
$5,611
Winnipeg School Division, Grant Park High School
SMART Boards for special education resource rooms
$10,000
Winnipeg School Division, Laverndrye School
Centennial project
$10,000
Health
Association For Manitoba Archives
Needs analysis of at-risk archives
$15,000
Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Division
Audio visual equipment
$15,000
Canadian Liver Foundation, Manitoba Chapter
Staff for education and support initiative
$15,600
Mount Carmel Clinic
Violence prevention and sexual education programs for newcomers
$28,870
Seven Oaks General Hospital, Wellness Institute
Active Living Coalition of Older Adults
$25,000
Environment
Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society
Aboriginal Boreal Conservation Leaders program
$15,000
Resource Conservation Manitoba
Fund development plan
$25,000
Heritage
Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
Book publication
$7,500
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Interactive historical exhibit
$15,000
Manitoba Historical Society
Membership development and sustainability program
$10,000
The Manitoba Museum
Capital/endowment campaign strategy
$75,000
Arts & Culture
Artbeat Studio
Consultation on coordination of volunteer resources
$25,000
Camerata Nova
Authentic 1620 Baroque Christmas Mass
$5,000
Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts
Marketing position
$15,000
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Audio enhancement system
$15,000
Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
Staff and board mentorship
$5,000
Musical Offering
2008-2009 concert season
$3,000
Prairie Fire Press
Special issue
$10,000
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Production of The Fisher's Companion
$10,000
St. Matthews Maryland Community Ministry
Art from the Heart annual exhibit
$5,000
The Little Opera Company
Marketing consultant and materials
$14,000
Theatre Projects Manitoba
Translation and production of a play
$8,000
The Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Centre
New facility development
$25,000
The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
25th Anniversary Concert series
$2,500
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
2008-2009 season
$7,000
Recreation
Winnipeg School Division, R.B.Russell School
Downtown Y Program for students
$10,000
Winnipeg Soccer Foundation
Score clocks
$18,000
Community Grant Listing - May 2008
Community Service
Adoption Options Manitoba
Project administration and print materials
$20,000
Agape Table
Interim operating support
$45,000
Aulneau Renewal Centre
First Nations and Métis family attachment program
$50,000
Better Fathers
Conference on fatherhood
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg
Empowering Our Little Sisters
$50,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg
Purchase of 20-passenger bus
$30,000
Brooklands Pioneer Senior Citizens Club
Director position
$36,000
Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
Wishnic 2008.
$2,000
Elmwood Community Resource Centre and Area Association
Kennlyside Resource Centre
$35,000
Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre
Strategic fund development plan
$30,000
Fort Rouge Child Care Programs Board
Facility upgrades
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg
Software and organizational study
$30,000
Helping Hands Resource Centre for Immigrants
Programming for Afro-Manitoban youth and families
$19,794
Heritage Park Children's Programs
Toddler play structure
$24,364
The Laurel Centre
Coordinator position
$10,000
Learning Disabilities Association of Manitoba
Project or programming support
$10,000
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
PACE program
$36,100
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre
Aboriginal Visioning for the North End project
$65,000
Manidoo Gi-Miinigonaan/R.B. Russell Infant Centre
Early learning and childcare centre at Lord Selkirk Park
$75,000
Manitoba Rural Search & Rescue Association
Program service public relations dog
$5,000
Native Women's Transition Centre
Community Learning Centre
$35,000
Native Women's Transition Centre
Transitional housing
$100,000
Niigaanaki Daycare Centre
Renovations
$10,000
Nor'West Co-op Community Health Centre
Blake Gardens Involved in Action project
$35,000
North End Community Renewal Corporation
Aboriginal youth housing renovation project
$22,136
Northend Community Ministry
Two Paths One Journey program
$20,000
River East Transcona School Division
Prince Edward Birth to Four Caregivers program
$10,000
Sierra Leone Refugee Resettlement
Summer learning project
$23,000
Simaril
Down payment on a house
$25,000
St. James-Assiniboia Senior Centre
Learning the Way Across Generations project
$20,000
Winnipeg Harvest
Canstruction project
$30,000
YM - YWCA of Winnipeg
Women of Distinction Awards
$5,000
Education
Actua
Inner-city school camps
$17,000
Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge, Manitoba Division
Lighthouses Implementation Initiative
$30,000
Junior Achievement of Manitoba
Volunteer management and stewardship program
$25,000
Learning Partnership of Greater Toronto
Welcome to Kindergarten program in Winnipeg inner-city schools
$15,000
The Lieutenant Governor's Youth Experience Program
Incentives for participants
$10,000
Literacy Partners of Manitoba
Research analysis
$25,000
Manitoba Metis Federation/Louis Riel Institute
Standing Tall project
$25,000
Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre
Capital campaign for facility renovations
$100,000
Manitoba Science Academy
Bursaries for Winnipeg high school students
$4,000
Norwood Nursery School
American Sign Language training for staff
$6,282
Order of St. Luke, Winnipeg Chapter
Professional development for staff
$1,000
The Seven Oaks School Division
Pathways program
$50,000
St. Paul's College
Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival
$10,000
University of Manitoba
Aboriginal Student Centre and bursaries
$300,000
The University of Winnipeg Foundation
Coordinator for Experiential Learning Program
$7,000
Versatech Industries
Equipment upgrades
$35,000
Wahbung Abinoonjiiag
Aboriginal Child Support Helper program
$30,000
Winnipeg School Division
Science laboratory
$15,000
Health
Alzheimer Society of Manitoba
Healthy Brain public education initiative
$30,000
Andrews Street Family Centre
Addictions program for William Whyte community
$75,000
The Behavioural Health Foundation
Van
$29,120
Klinic Community Health Centre
Man to Man project
$30,000
Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Families First program
$20,000
The Osteoporosis Society of Canada, Manitoba Chapter
Bones for Life project
$24,000
St. John Ambulance
Capital campaign support
$100,000
Youville Centre
Capital campaign support
$50,000
Environment
Fort Whyte Alive
Greenhouse Training and Education Coordinator
$25,000
The Friends of the Assiniboine Park Conservatory
Abilities Garden project for children
$10,000
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Workshop for teachers
$10,900
Polar Bears International, Canada
Adventure Learning Program Leadership Camp
$10,000
Heritage
Canada's National History Society
Website
$40,000
College De Saint-Boniface
Commemorative publication
$15,000
The Dominion Institute
Memory Project digital archive
$20,000
La Maison Gabrielle-Roy
Gabrielle Roy literary walking tour
$30,000
Mennonite Heritage Village, Canada
Costumes
$3,500
The Vintage Locomotive Society
Railway track rehabilitation
$50,000
Western Canada Aviation Museum
Business plan
$7,500
Arts & Culture
Contemporary Verse 2
Translation
$10,000
Graffiti Art Programming
Strategic plan and symposium
$15,000
GroundSwell
Young Composers and New Music concert
$3,000
Le Cercle Moliere
Capital campaign support
$25,000
Manitoba Arts Network (Manitoba Association of Community Arts Councils)
Rural and Northern Art Show
$2,500
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Commission of new music and to support a film collaboration
$20,000
Manitoba Printmakers' Association
Community outreach
$15,000
Manitoba Theatre for Young People
Aboriginal Arts Training and mentorship programs
$20,000
Manitoba Writers' Guild
On the Same Page project
$6,000
The Musical Offering
Marketing initiatives
$5,000
National Screen Institute
Furniture, equipment and renovations
$15,851
Plug In
Feasibility study for capital campaign
$35,000
Sarasvàti Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
Production of play
$15,000
St. Norbert Arts Centre
Signage and public relations materials
$5,000
Storyline FX/Freeze Frame
Staffing
$30,000
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Retrospective exhibitions of Manitoba artists
$20,000
Winnipeg Arts Council
Youth Arts Initiative Collaborative Grant Program
$15,000
Winnipeg School Division
ARTCLASS project at Strathcona School
$5,000
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Educational outreach at inner city schools
$20,000
Recreation
Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability
Manitoba Adaptive Golf Initiative Coalition
$10,000
B'nai Brith Jewish Community Camp
Motor boat and camperships
$25,000
Bird River Camping
Facility upgrades
$15,000
Camp Massad
Camperships for newcomer children and sports equipment
$20,000
Camp Quality Manitoba
Programming
$10,000
Canadian Diabetes Association, Manitoba Division
Camperships for children with diabetes
$15,000
Chess Federation of Canada/Manitoba Chess Association
6th Annual Abe Yanofsky Memorial Chess Tournament
$2,000
Gimli Bible Camp (Canadian Sunday School Mission)
Maintenance garage
$5,000
Manitoba Pioneer Camp and Wild-Wise Wilderness Adventures
Camperships
$6,500
Louis Riel Institute
To support local athletes in the North American Indigenous Games
$40,000
Manitoba Camping Association
Camperships and publicity
$32,500
Manitoba Recreational Trails Association
Trail development
$25,000
Manitoba Riding for the Disabled Association
Rental of riding arena
$25,000
Rossbrook House
Summer programming for youth
$8,100
Winnipeg Inner City Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
Summer programming for youth at Flora House
$8,500
Zoological Society of Manitoba
Educational Interpretive Program at the Assiniboine Park Zoo
$6,000
Community Grant Listing - January 2008
Community Service
A Port in the Storm
Capital campaign
$20,000
Aboriginal Seniors Resources Centre
Van purchase
$30,000
Arcane Horizon
Web-based database
$25,000
Association for Community Living, Manitoba
Programming
$75,000
Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
Action plan for visitable housing
$10,000
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Telling our Story: From the Holocaust to the UN Disability Rights Convention
$4,000
DASCH Foundation
Down payment on a home
$20,000
Day Nursery Centre
100th Anniversary project and facility upgrades
$11,000
Dreams Take Flight
Disney World trip
$10,000
E-Quality Communication Centre of Excellence
Video interpretation equipment
$20,000
Eyaa-Keen Centre
Data-base client management system
$20,000
Family Support Centre of Winnipeg
Educational display
$6,000
Freight House Early Learning and Care
Renovations and equipment
$30,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba
Community Resource Program
$30,000
K.E.E.P. Child Care
Renovations and furniture
$30,000
L'Arche Winnipeg
Public awareness campaign
$6,000
Luxton Playcentre
Equipment and supplies
$4,735
Manidoo Gi-Miinigonaan/R.B. Russell Infant Centre
Turtle Island Parent and Tot Program
$31,725
Manitoba Rural Search & Rescue Association
Programming in Island Lake communities
$60,000
New Direction for Life Ministries
House of Hesed
$13,500
North End Community Renewal Corporation
Tenant Landlord Cooperation program
$30,000
The Rainbow Society
Volunteer coordinator and marketing materials
$25,000
River Avenue Cooperative Day Nursery
Relocation costs
$15,000
Siloam Mission Church of Nazarene
Dental Program Coordinator
$10,000
St. Matthews Kids Korner
Summer camp and after school program
$30,660
Villa Cabrini Senior Citizens Residence
Supportive living project
$20,000
Volunteer Manitoba
On-line volunteer referral program
$40,000
Westminster Housing Society
Facility amenities
$8,000
Wolseley Family Place
New Realities program
$50,000
Youth for Christ, Winnipeg
Youth employment program
$25,000
Education
African Canadian Disability Community Association
University course development
$20,000
Canadian Council of the Blind
Computers and training
$14,000
Creative Retirement Manitoba
Volunteer coordinator position
$20,000
French for the Future/le Francais pour L'Avenir
French for the Future conference
$3,000
Manitoba WorkinfoNET
Web-based video tutorials
$10,000
Reaching E-Quality Employment Services
Celebrating the Stars Event
$5,000
Royal Conservatory of Music
Youth Empowerment program
$50,000
Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education
Aboriginal Schools Improvement Grants Program
$20,000
Spence Neighbourhood Association
First Jobs for Youth
$20,000
White Buffalo Spiritual Society
Youth employment program
$18,000
Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education
Website upgrades for Gray Academy
$2,500
Winnipeg School Division
Inner City Soccer League
$5,000
Health
Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Division
Renovations
$40,000
Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
Facility upgrades
$20,000
Mount Carmel Clinic
Research project on long term impact of torture on refugees
$18,500
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Medical Service Foundation
$25,000
Environment
Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
Capacity building
$10,000
Community Foundations of Canada
Foundations in the Lake Winnipeg Watershed strategy
$25,000
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Wetland Centre of Excellence Program
$10,000
Manitoba Eco-Network
Children's Environmental Health Project
$33,120
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Manitoba Region
Field trips for inner-city students
$20,000
Resource Conservation Manitoba
Active and Safe Routes to School Program
$9,376
Sustainability Network
Boreal Learning Network
$15,000
West Broadway Development Corporation
Volunteer coordinator for greening project
$19,270
Zoological Society of Manitoba
Educational Interpretive Program at Assiniboine Park Zoo
$10,000
Heritage
Association of Manitoba Museums
Professional Development Program
$10,000
Heritage Winnipeg
Educational Outreach Program
$10,000
Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
Memorial wall
$5,000
St. Boniface Museum (Le Musee de Saint-Boniface)
Strategic plan
$20,000
Westminster United Church
Facility upgrades
$15,000
Arts & Culture
Agassiz Music/Agassiz Summer Chamber Music Festival
Summer Chamber Music Festival
$4,000
Alliance Francaise Du Manitoba
Fête de la Musique
$10,000
Art City
Celebration Artist Series and anniversary activities
$30,000
Assiniboine Park Bandshell (Lyric Theatre)
Summer programming
$10,000
Camerata Nova
Part-time position and website redesign
$7,000
Canzona
Performance of Handel's Messiah and CD production
$10,000
Chai Folk Arts Council
Marketing and communications
$15,000
Dry Cold Productions
Website
$2,900
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg
Electric piano
$3,200
Manitoba Band Association
Optimist Band Festival
$2,500
Manitoba Japanese Canadian Culture Centre
Signage
$21,565
Manitoba Opera Association
Capacity building
$15,000
Manitoba Writers' Guild
Capacity building
$15,000
The Musical Offering
2007/08 season
$3,000
Oleg and Friends
2007/08 concert series
$2,000
Platform: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts
Prairiescape Project
$10,000
Prairie Fire Press
Home Place 2: the Creative Non-Fiction Writers of Winnipeg
$10,000
The Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Centre
Facility upgrades
$6,447
University of Winnipeg Foundation
Virtuosi Concerts annual spring festival
$15,000
West End Cultural Centre
Capital campaign
$25,000
The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
Concert season
$3,000
Winnipeg Film Group
Presentation equipment
$15,000
Winnipeg International Children's Festival
C.A.M.P. program
$25,000
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
Multi-media concert production
$3,000
Winnipeg Scottish Festival
Winnipeg Scottish Festival
$3,000
The Winnipeg Singers
Administrative support initiative
$5,000
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
Dance production
$10,000
Recreation
Brandon University
Mini University subsidies
$10,000
City of Winnipeg
Recreation program subsidies
$30,000
Friends of Sherbrook Pool
Kidswim program
$10,000
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