2005 Annual Report
for the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Children & Youth - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
American Red Cross, Yates County Chapter
To help support a Youth Program Coordinator to ensure that as many children as possible have access to quality swimming instruction in Yates County
  $13,000   $13,000   $0
Center for Youth Services, Inc.
To help support the Emergency Shelter for Runaway and Homeless Youth Program
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Children Awaiting Parents, Inc.
To help support the "One Child at a Time - A Monroe County Initiative" project
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Children's Institute, Inc.
To conduct an evaluation of the Rochester Drug Treatment Court
  $25,885   $25,885   $0
Children's Institute, Inc.
To support the Rochester Early Enhancement Project (REEP), a collaborative of agencies who provide services to women, children and families in Sector 3, Northwest Rochester
  $150,000   $150,000   $0
Community Partners for Youth, Inc.
To help support the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, which will provide mentoring activities for youth in grades 3-5 in the City of Rochester
  $20,000   $20,000   $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
Crestwood Children's Foundation
To help fund the renovation of Sleepy Hollow Residential Cottage, which will ensure the children are provided a residence that meets suicide prevention and environmental needs
  $27,494   $27,494   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support Hands On History, History Bus, and Summer Enrichment Program Scholarships for economically disadvantaged RCSD students
  $113,050   $113,050   $0
Harvard Law School
To the current use financial aid fund for a scholarship in honor of the memory of Sydney R. Rubin, class of 1942
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
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 to students in the Rochester City School District
  $12,000   $12,000   $0
North East Area Development, Inc.
To help purchase operating equipment for the Caring and Sharing Child Care Center at 90 Webster Avenue
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Otetiana Council, Inc. Boy Scouts of America
To help support Scoutreach at School #17, which provides programs that impact the lives of young people in high-risk low-income neighborhoods
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Pirate Toy Fund
To help support "Expanding to Meet More Children's Needs," a project which provides a toy for every child in need in our community
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Rochester Museum & Science Center
To help support Science Linkages' "Co-Explorers Everyday" program, designed to engage childcare providers and children in fun, high-quality, inquiry-based science, math and technology activities
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Scott Spino Foundation Inc.
To help support the literacy program for second grade students at school #22 in memory of Scott Spino
  $500   $500   $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 support the Families Achieving Change and Experiencing Success program which focuses on the relationships between young people and their families
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Threshold Center for Alternative Youth Services
To help support Threshold's Learning Center Program
  $14,830   $14,830   $0
University of Rochester
To help support the Mt. Hope Family Center's Therapeutic Intervention Summer Program, giving 50 seriously at-risk children the opportunity to benefit from a specialized therapeutic and social-emotional focused program
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
University of Rochester Medical Center
To help support the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester, a community-based program to help keep kids safe from injury
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Volunteers of America
To fund the construction of a permanent wood pavilion to provide shade for the outdoor playground at the Children's Center
  $15,568   $15,568   $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
To support "Ready to Learn," which provides children's programming and community outreach efforts to help build young children's learning skills
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
General Program Fund grant to purchase children's programming
  $21,000   $21,000   $0
YMCA of Greater Rochester
To help fund the construction of a handicapped accessible Alpine Climbing Tower and Low Ropes Course at Camp Northpoint
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Children & Youth Totals:   $774,327   $774,327   $0
Community Development - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Catholic Family Center
To help support the Healthy Sisters Soup and Bean Works, a program of the grantee's Restart Substance Abuse Services for women recovering from drug addiction and women moving from Welfare to Work
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Dimitri House Inc.
To help support the homeless shelter for men and community food cupboard
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
To provide support for the Rochester Community Development Collaborative
  $100,000   $100,000   $0
Flower City Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
To help support the rehabilitation of 732 Bay Street
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Friends Helping Friends, Inc.
To help support the Second Life Bikes Youth Mentor Program, a program which distributes free bikes to low-income children and mentors disadvantaged youth through bike repair
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Himrod Fire Department
To help purchase a new Emergency One Walk In Rescue Truck on a Freightliner chassis
  $100,000   $100,000   $0
NCS Community Development Corp.
To help purchase and renovate a vacant bank to help stabilize the neighborhood
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Rochester Landscape Technicians Program, Inc.
To help support RLTP's at-risk youth programs, with funding focus on The Flower Shop, RLTP's social entrepreneurial micro enterprise
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
To help support the Career Ladder Program, a program designed to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of health care paraprofessionals
  $55,000   $55,000   $0
Community Development Totals:   $410,000   $410,000   $0
Health - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
AIDS Rochester, Inc.
To help support the Supportive Services for Family Stability Program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Baden Street Settlement
To help support Family Talk, a collaboration of Metro Council for Teen Potential and Family Resource Centers of Rochester to help parents improve their communications with children about values, sexuality and substance abuse
  $12,000   $12,000   $0
Medical Motor Service of Rochester & Monroe County
To upgrade the technology of the call center and scheduling and dispatch center, which will increase the efficiency, quality and quantity of services
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Oak Orchard Community Health Center
To help support the Partner's in Health and Wellness Program designed to prevent obesity and to assist those who are at risk for obesity and related diseases
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Health Totals:   $57,000   $57,000   $0
Justice - 2005
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
  $3,200   $3,200   $0
Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
To support the Rochester Criminal Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Project to provide GED/education, research and evaluation, training and technical assistance to the court
  $68,100   $68,100   $0
Hope for Kids
To help identify and purchase supportive services for juveniles who are respondents in the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court of Monroe County Family Court
  $93,908   $93,908   $0
Justice Totals:   $165,208   $165,208   $0
Public Affairs - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Association of Fundraising Professionals
To help support National Philanthropy Day 2005
  $500   $500   $0
Association of Fundraising Professionals
To support the National Philanthropy Day 2005 luncheon
  $400   $400   $0
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Corpus Christi Church
To help install a new phone system for the community food cupboard
  $750   $750   $0
Council on Foundations
To increase the public's understanding of private philanthropy
  $5,260   $5,260   $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
Genesee Country Museum
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
Grantmakers Forum of New York
Renewal of Rochester Grantmakers Forum membership dues
  $4,400   $4,400   $0
LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc.
To support Lifespan's "Celebration of Aging" Luncheon featuring Hugh Downs
  $500   $500   $0
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester
To increase tutor and volunteer retention to meet the demand for services
  $7,500   $7,500   $0
Little Theatre Film Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Monroe Community College Foundation
To help support the Rochester Parent Network's Professional Development for Early Childhood Practitioners program
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rural Cemetery Association
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Seneca Park Zoo Society
To help support the Ngorongoro Crater Exhibit, which will include an elephant exhibit, lion and baboon habitats, educational programming, Crater Lodge and Crater Camp
  $100,000   $0   $100,000
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, Inc.
To help support the Eleventh Annual Tasting Event in memory of John "JJ" O'Connell
  $750   $750   $0
South Wedge Planning Committee
To support the 9th Annual Rochester River Challenge Celebration
  $500   $500   $0
Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.
To help support Campaign for Veterans: "Serving Those Who Serve U.S.," to expand and renovate program services space
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $2,000   $2,000   $0
VVA Chapter #20 Emergency Relief Foundation Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2004 commitment
Membership Development grant to help generate additional funds for WXXI
  $0   $20,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2004 commitment
General Program Fund grant to provide local underwriting to programs within the Foundation's expressed areas of interest
  $0   $20,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To provide support for the 2006 WXXI Auction
  $4,000   $4,000   $0
Public Affairs Totals:   $199,060   $139,060   $100,000
Senior Citizens - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Rochester Presbyterian Home
To help support the Growing the Eden Alternative Program
  $21,000   $21,000   $0
Rochester Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
To help support the Senior Connection Program, a continuing day treatment program for older adults 55 and older
  $10,000   $10,000   $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
  $18,075   $18,075   $0
St. Ann's Home Foundation Inc.
To help support Family Style Dining, a project to improve the quality of life and health for the residents through a homelike dining experience
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Senior Citizens Totals:   $69,075   $69,075   $0
Women - 2005
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Ausangate Creations
To help support the Women's Coffee Connection Program, a program to provide job training for women in drug and alcohol recovery
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
To help support the Supportive Housing and Outreach Program for women and their children, and continued support of the Director of Planning and Operations
  $58,700   $58,700   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley, Inc.
To support the Client Driven Planning project to help working poor women through their journey to self-sufficiency
  $153,798   $25,000   $128,798
Women Totals:   $226,498   $97,700   $128,798
Report Totals:   $1,901,168   $1,712,370   $228,798

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