2007 Annual Report
for the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Children & Youth - 2007
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
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
  $17,000   $17,000   $0
Bivona Child Advocacy Center
To help provide program evaluation services to the Center
  $26,000   $26,000   $0
Cameron Community Ministries, Inc.
To help support the After School and Summer Youth Program, which provides stimulating educational activities to help children succeed in school and develop positive life skills
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Camp Good Days & Special Times, Inc.
To help support the "Kids Adjusting Through Support Program," which is a support group for children and families dealing with a serious illness
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.
To support the Teen Empowerment's Rochester Youth Organizing Project by adding an Administrative Coordinator's position to implement plans to create long-term stability to the Center
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Center for Youth Services, Inc.
To help support the Alternative to Suspension Program at the Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School #45, Clara Barton School #2 and James P. B. Duffy School #12
  $150,000   $150,000   $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
Children's Institute, Inc.
To support the Rochester Early Enhancement Project (REEP), a collaborative of agencies who provide services to women, children and families, and to include a retrospective study of REEP participants
  $121,469   $121,469   $0
Children's Institute, Inc.
To help support the Center-wide Coaching Project, a joint effort with the Early Childhood Quality Council to address the needs of center-based child care providers
  $32,000   $32,000   $0
Community Partners for Youth, Inc.
To help support the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, "School Based Mentoring Services to Rochester City Schools"
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Compeer Rochester, Inc.
To provide one-to-one mentors to disadvantaged youth who have emotional problems, multiple risk factors and/or parents in prison
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Continuing Developmental Services, Inc.
To help support the "Life Transitions Center," to provide services for individuals with developmental disabilities between the time they age out of the school system and the time they become eligible for adult services
  $85,000   $85,000   $0
Crestwood Children's Foundation
To help furnish and equip the Family Resource Center Parent Education Program's children's area
  $12,000   $12,000   $0
Equicenter Inc.
To help support a community-wide center that uses equine therapeutic activities for people with disabilities and at-risk youth
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Equicenter Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Inc.
To help respond to the needs of the homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth
  $2,500   $2,500   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support the visit to the museum by Case Middle School
  $910   $910   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support The History Bus, Focused Field Studies, Museum Education, and Summer Sampler & Earth Camp Scholarships for economically disadvantaged RCSD students
  $151,900   $151,900   $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
  $60,000   $60,000   $0
Junior Achievement of Rochester, New York Area, Inc.
To provide business and economic education programming to students in the Rochester School District
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Monroe Community College Foundation
To support the Greater Rochester Early Educator's Network, which will promote professional development and be a resource for all early childhood educators in the ECE community
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
Monroe Community College Foundation
To help support the construction of the PAC Center at MCC
  $200,000   $25,000   $175,000
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children/NY Branch
To help support the Abduction Prevention & Sexual Exploitation Education & Internet Safety Program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
North Country Children's Clinic, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Pirate Toy Fund
To help support "Continuing to Grow to Meet More Children's Needs," a project which provides a toy for every child in need in our community
  $34,000   $34,000   $0
Rochester Community TV Inc.
To help support the "Songs of Freedom" project, an educational project to introduce young people to the history, meaning, significance, and legacy of the Underground Railroad
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Rundel Library Foundation, Inc.
Payment of a 2006 Commitment
To help support the construction of the Mayor Thomas P. Ryan, Jr. Community Center and Library
  $0   $100,000   $0
South Jefferson Central School District
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" (FACES) program, which focuses on the relationships between young people, ages 12-17, and their families
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Tony and Dee Spirit Fund/RACF
To help kids reach their goals
  $750   $750   $0
Watertown City School District
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
Payment of a 2006 commitment
To provide greater awareness of the importance of the appropriate uses of media for families to positively impact children's learning
  $0   $25,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2006 commitment
To support the Child Health Awareness Initiative to produce an educational campaign to empower children and families regarding child health
  $0   $10,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2006 commitment
To support "Ready to Learn," which provides children's programming and community outreach efforts to help build young children's learning skills
  $0   $25,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
"Ready to Learn" grant to continue to combine children's television with community outreach efforts to help build young children's learning skills
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Children & Youth Totals:   $1,191,529   $1,176,529   $175,000
Community Development - 2007
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
Catholic Family Center
To help support the "Healthy Sisters Soup and Bean Works," a program which provides employment training, experience and supportive services to women in recovery to help them on the path to self sufficiency
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
To help support the Rochester Community Development Collaborative (RCDC)
  $85,000   $85,000   $0
Flower City Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
To fund the cost of refurbishing four Habitat houses
  $60,000   $60,000   $0
North East Area Development, Inc.
To help renovate a vacant building to be used as a home for the NEAD/CDF Freedom School program and multi-use community center
  $45,000   $45,000   $0
Rochester General Hospital Foundation
To help support the "School to Work Health Care Youth Apprenticeship Program," a partnership with the hospital and the Rochester City School District high schools - primarily Benjamin Franklin High School
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Rochester Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
To support the "Job Seeker Resource Center for People with Disabilities" project
  $20,000   $20,000   $0
South Wedge Planning Committee, Inc.
To help build Marie Daley Park
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
St. Mary's Church
To help the Eastern Service Workers Association expand services to low-income working families in Rochester
  $75,000   $75,000   $0
Community Development Totals:   $385,000   $385,000   $0
Health - 2007
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
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester
To help support the Head Start Speech Program and Pre-School Summer Outreach Program
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Mercy Outreach Center
To provide necessary repairs to the rear entrance and egress of the center
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Child Health Awareness Initiative to produce an educational campaign to empower children and families regarding child health
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Health Totals:   $70,000   $70,000   $0
Justice - 2007
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
Foundation of the Monroe County Bar
To help support the Center for Justice Education in memory of Syd and Pearl Rubin
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Justice Totals:   $53,200   $53,200   $0
Public Affairs - 2007
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
American Red Cross, Yates County Chapter
To help support the dry goods pantry, which provides basic hygiene items to low-income families in Yates County
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Arc of Monroe County
To help support "The Institute for Social Inclusion," a facility designed to promote inclusion and social capital for people with disabilities
  $45,000   $45,000   $0
Association of Fundraising Professionals
To support National Philanthropy Day 2007
  $750   $750   $0
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Foundation Center
To contribute to the improvement of both the grantseeking process and public's understanding of the purpose of private grantmaking
  $750   $750   $0
Genesee Country Museum
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
Grantmakers Forum of New York
To help support a project to create a strategic plan, development plan and member campaign for the Forum
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Greater Rochester Community of Churches
To help support The Progressive Neighborhood Federal Credit Union, which serves the City of Rochester's lowest income neighborhoods
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Henderson Free Library
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Henderson Historical Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $500   $500   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Mercy Flight Central, Inc.
To help match a grant for the purchase of a new helicopter
  $30,000   $30,000   $0
Rochester School for the Deaf
In honor of Stewart Davis
  $750   $750   $0
Seneca Park Zoo Society
To support the Butterfly Beltway Program and the Butterfly Experience Exhibit located at the Zoo
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.
To help support the Veterans Reintegration Assistance Program
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
General Program Fund grant to provide local underwriting to programs and or series within the Foundation's expressed areas of interest
  $21,000   $21,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To provide support for the WXXI Auction
  $4,000   $4,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2006 commitment
To provide support for the 2007 WXXI Auction
  $0   $4,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
Payment of a 2006 commitment
To the General Program Fund to provide local underwriting to programs within the Foundation's expressed areas of interest
  $0   $21,000   $0
Public Affairs Totals:   $219,250   $244,250   $0
Senior Citizens - 2007
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Family Service of Rochester, Inc.
To help support the Enriched Housing Therapeutic Recreation Program for low-income seniors
  $30,000   $30,000   $0
Genesee Region Home Care Association
To help support Lifetime Care's construction of the Elizabeth G. and Jennifer J. Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center and the Center for Compassion and Healing
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County PCA, Inc.
To help support Lollypop Farm's Pet Assisted Therapy program, a program of the grantee that visits nursing homes, retirement homes, living centers and agencies for the developmentally disabled
  $9,834   $9,834   $0
Keuka Comfort Care Home, Inc.
To help support a "Comfort Care Home" for the terminally ill of Yates County
  $79,200   $79,200   $0
Rochester Friendly Home
To help meet the growing and changing needs of older adults in our community
  $100,000   $100,000   $0
Senior Citizens Totals:   $269,034   $269,034   $0
Women - 2007
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
To help with strategic planning ($20,905 returned in 2008))
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Women Totals:   $50,000   $50,000   $0
Report Totals:   $2,238,013   $2,248,013   $175,000

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