2006 Annual Report
for the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Children & Youth - 2006
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
Baden Street Settlement
To help support "Family Talk," a collaboration of Metro Council for Teen Potential and Family Resource Centers of Crestwood Children's Center to deliver a workshop series to 225 parents, grandparents, guardians and teen parents
  $16,900   $16,900   $0
Bivona Child Advocacy Center
To provide comprehensive, quality services to victims of child sexual and physical abuse
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Center for Youth Services, Inc.
To help support the Alternative to Suspension Program at the Mary McLeod Bethume Elementary School No. 45
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Children's Agenda Inc.
To help support the Nurse Family Partnership: Strategy to Prevent Child Abuse and Promote Positive Parenting in the Greater Rochester Community program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Community Child Care Center of the Third Ward, Inc.
To help fund the replacement of all the windows in the building
  $25,900   $25,900   $0
Compeer Rochester, 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
Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester Inc.
To help provide temporary housing for children whose families are embroiled in a variety of crisis situations
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Equicenter Inc.
To help develop a community-wide center that uses equine therapeutic activities for people with disabilities and at-risk youth
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support the continuation of the History Bus Program, construction of the new Museum Education Center and the Artifact Conservancy Project for a new transportation exhibit
  $265,000   $265,000   $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 Children's Center Foundation
To help support the renovation of Sunnyside and Lang Cottages at Hillside Children's Center's Monroe Avenue Campus
  $35,000   $35,000   $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
  $50,000   $50,000   $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
  $52,000   $52,000   $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
National Council of Jewish Women
To provide 6th grade students at Rochester City School No. 17 academic and career counseling support for seven years to give them the tools they need to achieve economic security
  $7,000   $7,000   $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
  $12,900   $12,900   $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
  $17,000   $17,000   $0
Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc.
To help support the Early Childhood Development Initiative (ECDI)/Ad Council of Rochester Community Impact Project, a media/grassroots campaign to educate parents and caregivers of children, birth to age three, the importance of brain development
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rochester Landscape Technicians Program, Inc.
To help support RLTP's at-risk youth programs and The Flower Shop, RLTP's entrepreneurial microenterprise
  $45,000   $45,000   $0
Rochester Rotary Charitable Trusts, Inc.
To increase the safety at the Rotary Sunshine Campus through roadway and grounds improvement
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rundel Library Foundation, Inc.
To help support the construction of the Mayor Thomas P. Ryan, Jr. Community Center and Library
  $100,000   $0   $100,000
Seneca Park Zoo Society
Payment of a 2005 commitment
To help support the Ngorongoro Crater Exhibit, which will include an elephant exhibit, lion and baboon habitats, educational programming, Crater Lodge and Crater Camp
  $0   $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 support Team Youth & Family Services, a collaboration with Nazareth College Weider Center of Service Learning to provide services to HIV/AIDS infected and affected youth and their families
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Susan B. Anthony House, Inc.
To support "Inspiration Express," a collaboration with the Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Two Doors Community Resource Center
To help support the After-school and Cultural Arts Program for at-risk youth in grades 2-5
  $8,000   $8,000   $0
University of Rochester Medical Center
To help expand the Eastman Dental Center's SMILEmobile Program to address oral health care needs of children in Rochester's inner-city schools
  $90,000   $90,000   $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
To provide greater awareness of the importance of the appropriate uses of media for families to positively impact children's learning
  $25,000   $0   $25,000
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To support the Child Health Awareness Initiative to produce an educational campaign to empower children and families regarding child health
  $10,000   $0   $10,000
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
  $25,000   $0   $25,000
Children & Youth Totals:   $1,040,700   $980,700   $160,000
Community Development - 2006
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Action for a Better Community, Inc.
To help support "Group Workcamps 2006," a project to provide repairs to 60-70 homes of low-income home owners in Sectors 9 & 10 of the City of Rochester
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
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
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
To help support the Rochester Community Development Collaborative (RCDC)
  $75,000   $75,000   $0
Flower City Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
To support the construction of 43 Madison Street in the historic Susan B. Anthony Square
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Ibero-American Development Corporation
To help support phase 3 of the Buena Vista Project for the New Arrivals and Emergency Assistance Program at 200 Clifford Avenue
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Keuka Housing Council, Inc.
To match a grant from the NYS Affordable Housing Corporation to assist low-income homeowners with repairs they cannot afford
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
South Wedge Planning Committee, Inc.
To help SWPC acquire 608 South Clinton Avenue (Real Estate deal canceled money returned to the Foundation 4/9/2007)
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Community Development Totals:   $248,000   $248,000   $0
Health - 2006
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Lakeside Foundation, Inc.
To help support the Baby & Me Smoke Free Program at the Daisy Marquis Jones Family Wellness Center at Lakeside Memorial Hospital
  $6,000   $6,000   $0
Health Totals:   $6,000   $6,000   $0
Public Affairs - 2006
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Association of Fundraising Professionals
To support National Philanthropy Day 2006
  $750   $750   $0
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Council on Foundations
To increase the public's understanding of private philanthropy
  $5,400   $5,400   $0
Dundee Library
To help support the library's technology project
  $6,000   $6,000   $0
Flower City Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Emergency Fund for Bay Street home
  $750   $750   $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 Grantmakers Forum dues according to the prescribed schedule
  $4,400   $4,400   $0
Greater Rochester Community of Churches
To help support "Each Child's Sacred Worth"
  $300   $300   $0
Grove Mount Cemetery Association
To help support the cemetery where Nelson Jones, Daisy's husband, is buried
  $750   $750   $0
Henderson Historical Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Henderson Historical Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Himrod Fire Department
To provide protective equipment for the volunteer firefighters
  $33,616   $33,616   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Little Theatre Film Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
National Council of Jewish Women
To produce a web-based GRAPE Professional's Guide to Elder Services, a web-based Consumer's Guide to Elder Services and hard copies of the Consumer's Guide to Elder Services
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Seneca Park Zoo Society
To support the Butterfly Beltway Program and the Butterfly Experience Exhibit located at the Zoo
  $31,267   $31,267   $0
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, Inc.
For the purchase of a new copier and related office supplies at St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center
  $750   $750   $0
South Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
South Wedge Planning Committee, Inc.
To help support "Wedgestock", a South Wedge community event
  $500   $500   $0
Thompson Park Conservancy
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
United Way Services Corporation
To help support the Creating Assets, Savings and Hope Project , a community initiative to help build economic security for low-income working families
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,500   $1,500   $0
VVA Chapter #20 Emergency Relief Foundation Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To provide support for the 2007 WXXI Auction
  $4,000   $0   $4,000
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
General Program Fund to provide local underwriting to programs within the Foundation's expressed areas of interest
  $21,000   $0   $21,000
Public Affairs Totals:   $167,983   $142,983   $25,000
Senior Citizens - 2006
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
George Eastman House
To support the Senior Citizens Matinee Series at the Dryden Theatre
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester
To help support "Project Enterprise," a project to expand services and locations
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rochester Presbyterian Home
To help support the Growing the Eden Alternative Program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Senior Citizens Totals:   $50,000   $50,000   $0
Women - 2006
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Ausangate Creations
To help the Women's Coffee Connection purchase a commercial coffee roaster for the W.O.W. Program, a program to provide job training for women in drug and alcohol recovery
  $9,000   $9,000   $0
DePaul Community Services
To help support a scholarship fund for uninsured women at Sage House
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
DePaul Community Services
To help support Sage House, which provides a safe, supportive environment for women recovering from eating disorders
  $30,000   $30,000   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
To help support the Transitional Housing Program and to continue to help build capacity for planning and operations
  $94,900   $94,900   $0
Women's Foundation of Genesee Valley, Inc.
Payment of a 2005 commitment
To support the Client Driven Planning project to help working-poor women through their journey to self-sufficiency
  $0   $128,798   $0
Women Totals:   $149,900   $278,698   $0
Report Totals:   $1,662,583   $1,706,381   $185,000

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