Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Mission Statement

The mission of The Jim Moran Foundation is to improve the quality of life for the youth and families of Florida through the support of innovative programs and opportunities that meet the ever-changing needs of the community.

The Jim Moran Foundation 2005 Grants

NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM
Angels Helping Hands Foundation, Inc.
(407) 862-3434
$50,000 Computers for Communities In Need provides learning technology for teachers and children in schools and education centers in underprivileged communities throughout the state of Florida
Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County
www.bgcpbc.org
$88,646 CARES (Children Achieving and Reaching Academic Success), an after-school and summer academic enhancement program for Delray and Boca Raton units
Brave Kids
www.bravekids.org
$75,000 Bi-lingual internet based state-wide resource directory for children with special needs
Broward Housing Solutions
www.BrowardHousingSolutions.org
$19,504 Housing Solutions for Young Adults providing transitional housing for six SOS Children's Village youth who have aged out of Broward County's child welfare system
Camp Challenge Academy Inc.
www.campchallengeacademy.com
$30,000 Youth Challenge Training after-school program for at-risk youth in Lauderdale Lakes
Center for Urban Leadership and Community Development
www.culcd.org
$10,000 Performing Arts Recreation & Education summer program instills character, enhances academics and provides a safe haven for at-risk youth in Orlando
Children's Home Society Intercoastal Division
www.chsfl.org
$20,000 Help with Homework program at the I. Lorraine Thomas Children's Emergency Home in Broward County
Children's Home Society of Florida South Coastal Division
www.chsfl.org
$25,000 Broadcast journalism program for at-risk teenage girls
Christians Reaching Out to Society, Inc.
www.crosministries.org
$5,000 Supports C.R.O.S. summer camps and expands program into Belle Glade
Daily Bread Food Bank
www.dailybread.org
$10,000 Keep It Simple Snack program for all Broward County Boys & Girls Clubs
Delray Beach Public Library
www.delraylibrary.org
$48,500 Teen Cyber Center offering a separate space for teens to study and receive tutoring at the library
Elizabeth H. Faulk Foundation Inc. Center for Group Counseling
www.groupcounseling.org
$25,000 On-site school counseling intervention program
4-H Florida Foundation, Inc.
www.florida4h.org
$30,000 On My Own: Challenge for Living Simulations provides at-risk youth in Broward and Palm Beach counties with a hands-on and real-life simulation for financial literacy
Florida Resource Center for Women & Children, Inc.
(561) 848-8383
$32,480 RAVE (Response Against Violent Encounters) program in Riviera Beach to intervene and prevent domestic violence
Florida Youth Orchestra
www.floridayouthorchestra.org
$25,000 Non-restricted grant designated by Bob and Myra Weaver as The Jim Moran Foundation Award honorees for 2005
Gateway Community Outreach, Inc.
www.gatecommoutreach.com
$25,000 Economic Crisis Intervention Services to purchase food staples and provide volunteer training
HANDY, Inc. Helping Abused Neglected Dependent Youth
(954) 523-7210
$75,000 Transitional Life Program offers youth who have aged-out of Protective Services or Foster Care in Broward County with life skills training, education and independent living
ICAN Inc.
(850) 253-8088
$9,350 CAN2 Cafe Computer Lab
Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options, Inc., (JAFCO)
www.jafco.org
$30,000 Childrens Emergency Shelter Preschool
Junior Achievement of Florida's First Coast, Inc.
www.jajax.com
$32,511 Sustain and expand JA into elementary schools in Duval County, Jacksonville
Junior Achievement of South Florida, Inc.
www.jasouthflorida.com
$21,000 After-school partnership program at five elementary schools in Broward County
KidVentures, Inc.
www.kidventures.org
$18,014 Art of Business for Kids program for middle school students
Kristi House, Inc.
www.kristihouse.org
$80,000 Comprehensive Assessment Program for child victims of sexual abuse in Dade County
Literacy Coalition of Broward County
www.browardliteracy.com
$40,000 Reach Out and Read program provides literacy tools and book distribution in eight clinics in Broward County
Miami Art Museum
www.miamiartmuseum.org
$20,000 MAM in the Neighborhood, a summer outreach arts program in community centers and parks in Dade County
New Hope Economic Development
(954) 894-8995
$2,000 After-school FCAT tutoring program
Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services, Inc.
www.pemhs.org
$3,500 Classroom Portfolio project to support student achievement and recognition while attending school in a transitional living facility
Renaissance Learning Center
(561) 776-0961
$25,000 Literacy program for children with autism in Broward County
Senior Volunteer Services, Inc.
www.seniorvolunteerservices.org
$68,200 Foster Grandparent Program for children in select Broward County elementary schools
Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center
www.susanbanthonycenter.org
$48,180 Children's Residential Program in Fort Lauderdale for children with mothers recovering from substance abuse and working toward independent living
Tallahassee Museum of History & Natural Science
www.tallahaseemuseum.org
$39,810 After-school science program at five Boys & Girls Clubs in the Big Bend area of Tallahassee
United Cerebral Palsy of Broward County, Inc.
www.ucpsouthflorida.org
$19,575 Adaptive computer technology for the Early Beginnings Academy West Charter School
The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning
www.lastingercenter.com
$50,000 Improving the achievement of Florida's at-risk children in two low performing Duval County elementary schools in Jacksonville.
WXEL TV 42 / PBS Kids
www.WXEL.org
$21,250 Ready To Learn community outreach literacy program
Total 2005 Grants $1,122,520