2003 Annual Report
for the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Children & Youth - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
American Red Cross, Yates County Chapter
To help support a swim program supervisor's position in Yates County
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
Baden Street Settlement
To help support the Parents as Primary Sexuality Educators workshops, a collaboration of Metro Council for Teen Potential and Family Resource Centers of Rochester to help parents improve their communication with children about values, sexuality, and substance abuse
  $11,050   $11,050   $0
Center for Youth Services, Inc.
To help purchase a multi-purpose vehicle to provide services to youths living on the streets of Rochester
  $17,500   $17,500   $0
Child Care Council, Inc.
To help fund Child Care Staffing Solutions, a staffing and training resource for child care centers
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Children's Institute, Inc.
To help support the Rochester Early Enhancement Project (REEP), a collaborative of agencies who provide services to women, children and families in Sector 3, Northwest Rochester
  $200,000   $200,000   $0
Community Partners for Youth, Inc.
To help support the Big Brothers Big Sisters project, "Urban Mentoring Initiative"
  $30,000   $30,000   $0
Compeer, Inc.
To help support Compeer for Kids, a mentoring program designed to help disadvantaged and disabled youth with mental illness
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Do The Right Thing of Rochester Inc.
To help support the "Do The Right Thing" Program, a public recognition program for Rochester city youth
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Dundee Area Youth Center Inc.
To match the Girl's Grantmaking Committee of the Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley's grant for the program, "Surviving Adolescence and Self-Sufficient Young Women"
  $1,175   $1,175   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support Hands On History, History Bus, and Summer Enrichment Program Scholarships for economically disadvantaged RCSD students
  $75,000   $75,000   $0
Harvard Law School
Grant to the current use financial aid fund for a scholarship in honor of the memory of Sydney R. Rubin, 1942 class
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester
To help support the Early Literacy Project, an educational/training program for adults who interact with children birth to age 6 years
  $30,000   $0   $30,000
Hillside Work Scholarship Connection, Inc.
To help fund a school-based intervention program to help youth at risk of dropping out of school complete their education
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Junior Achievement of Rochester, New York Area, Inc.
To provide business and economic education programming for area youth
  $12,000   $12,000   $0
Rochester Children's Nursery
To help fund classroom renovations and facility improvements
  $100,000   $100,000   $0
South Jefferson Central School District
An annual college scholarship fund in honor of the memory of Helen G. Whitney and Donald W. Whitney
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
St. Joseph's Villa of Rochester
To help fund renovations at St. James Cottage
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
TGP Inc. (The Growing Place)
Relocation and moving expenses to move the childcare center to 90 Webster Avenue
  $8,777   $8,777   $0
TGP Inc. (The Growing Place)
To help support an Education Director to ensure an educationally sound early childhood program for low-income families
  $17,000   $17,000   $0
Watertown City School District
An annual college scholarship fund in honor of the memory of Helen G. Whitney and Donald W. Whitney
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Homework Hotline grant to assist students with homework questions and problems in science, math, English, and other subjects
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
"Ready To Learn" grant for children's television programming to help build learning skills
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
YMCA of Greater Rochester
To support the Early Childhood Education Quality Council's Family Lending Library project
  $23,744   $23,744   $0
YMCA of Greater Rochester
To help support the construction of Camp Northpoint
  $75,000   $75,000   $0
Children & Youth Totals:   $757,246   $727,246   $30,000
Community Development - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Enterprise Foundation
4th of 4 installments on 2000 commitment of $300,000
To provide support for the Rochester Community Development Collaborative
  $0   $75,000   $0
Flower City Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
To help sponsor the construction of a single family home on Fulton Avenue
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Ibero-American Development Corporation
To help fund pre-development expenses for the Buena Vista Centro de Oro Project, which will provide services to the elderly
  $65,000   $65,000   $0
United Way Services Corporation
To help support the Creating, Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH) project, a community initiative to help build economic security for low-income working families
  $25,000   $0   $25,000
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To continue the Foundation's Broadcast Trainee Program
  $11,000   $11,000   $0
Community Development Totals:   $141,000   $191,000   $25,000
Health - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
AIDS Community Health Center
To help relocate CHN into a larger, upgraded facility
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
AIDS Rochester, Inc.
To help support the Supportive Services for Family Stability Program
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
University of Rochester Medical Center
2nd of 2 installments on 2002 commitment of $100,000
To help support Health-e-Access (formerly Telehealth Access Network), which provides high quality medical examinations among children in childcare centers
  $0   $50,000   $0
Health Totals:   $70,000   $120,000   $0
Justice - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Church Women United
To help support Task Force on Courts, a program that promotes a user-friendly court system
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
Justice Totals:   $3,000   $3,000   $0
Men - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Child & Family Resource Center of Ontario & Yates Counties
To help support The Incarcerated Fathers Program at the Yates County Jail
  $6,000   $6,000   $0
Rochester Rehabilitation Center
To help fund the Men's Education for Non Violence Workshop
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Men Totals:   $26,000   $26,000   $0
Public Affairs - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Adams United Methodist Church
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Advertising Council of Rochester
To help support the Ad Council Academy - Enhancing Professional Know How, an educational program for nonprofits
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Council on Foundations
To increase the public's understanding of private philanthropy
  $5,540   $5,540   $0
East House Corporation
To help support the Learning Center, which provides educational services to clients
  $12,000   $12,000   $0
Foundation Center
To contribute to the improvement of both the grantseeking process and the public's understanding of the purpose of private grantmaking
  $500   $500   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $750   $750   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Huntington Meadows Stampede 4-H Club
Cornell Cooperative Extension program
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc.
To support LIFESPAN's Celebration of Aging Luncheon featuring George Plimpton
  $500   $500   $0
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Monroe County Office for the Aging
To help sponsor the "2003 Miles for Meals Walkathon"
  $750   $750   $0
Nazareth College of Rochester
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Pittsford Carriage Association, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Rochester Area Community Foundation
2003 Philanthropy Awards and Annual Report to the Community
  $350   $350   $0
Rochester Grantmakers Forum
3rd of 3 installments on 2001 commitment of $45,000
To help fund Phase III of the Rochester Effectiveness Partnership, a program designed to strengthen the work of funders and nonprofit agencies in the Rochester region
  $0   $15,000   $0
Rochester Grantmakers Forum
Renewal of Rochester Grantmakers Forum membership dues
  $4,400   $4,400   $0
Seneca Park Zoo Society
To support the Butterfly Beltway program, which will include educational programs for underprivileged children and stimulating activities for nursing home residents
  $12,696   $12,696   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
A special Trustee designated grant in honor of Nancy Watson Dean
  $500   $500   $0
South Wedge Planning Committee
To support the 7th Annual Rochester River Challenge & City Living Celebration
  $500   $500   $0
Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.
A special Trustee designated grant in honor of Eric Fairchild
  $500   $500   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To provide support for the 2004 WXXI Auction
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
General Program Fund grant to provide local underwriting to programs within the Foundation's expressed areas of interest
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Membership Development grant to help generate additional funds for WXXI
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Public Affairs Totals:   $95,986   $110,986   $0
Senior Citizens - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc.
To help fund an emergency home repair grant program for very low-income senior citizens
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities
To help fund the Episcopal Church Home North Hall renovations as part of the Eden Alternative program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
George Eastman House
To support the Senior Citizens Matinee Series at the Dryden Theatre
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc.
To help support Future Care Planning Services for aging caregivers of older adults with disabilities, a joint venture relationship between LIFESPAN and the Al Sigl Center
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc.
3rd of 3 installments on 2001 commitment of $314,037
To help support the Geriatric Addictions Program
  $0   $106,153   $0
Presbyterian Residence Center Corporation
To help support the Gold Club adult day program for Rochester area seniors
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rochester Presbyterian Home
To help support the Growing the Eden Alternative Program, which promotes close, continuing contact with pets, plants and children
  $11,600   $11,600   $0
St. John's Home Foundation, Inc.
To help support the model railroad club for seniors
  $500   $500   $0
St. John's Home Foundation, Inc.
To help fund the construction of an enclosed pedestrian walkway that will connect two existing buildings at St. John's Meadows, a senior residential living community
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Senior Citizens Totals:   $122,100   $228,253   $0
Women - 2003
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
To fund the position of outreach coordinator, which oversees the provision of counseling and support services to former residents and their families
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Women Totals:   $35,000   $35,000   $0
Report Totals:   $1,250,332   $1,441,485   $55,000

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