2009 Annual Report
for the Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Children & Youth - 2009
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Blue Sky Project Inc.
To help support Songs of Freedom, a multi-media education project about the Underground Railroad for elementary and middle school age children
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.
To help support Teen Empowerment's neighborhood-based presence in Rochester's Southwest neighborhood
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Center for Youth Services, Inc.
To help support the Alternative to Suspension Program at Elementary School No. 45, No. 2, No. 12 and wrap-around Prevention Education Services at school No. 2 and No. 12
  $120,000   $120,000   $0
Children's Agenda Inc.
To help drive measurable improvement for the well-being of children
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
To help support the Youth Services Quality Council's 16th Annual Breakfast featuring Dr. Ross W. Greene
  $1,000   $1,000   $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
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
Equicenter Inc.
To help support a community-wide center that uses equine therapeutic activities for people with disabilities and at-risk youth
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
Genesee Country Museum
To help support the Youth for Focused Field Studies Program at the museum for Case Middle School students
  $2,254   $2,254   $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
  $153,625   $153,625   $0
Greater Rochester Community of Churches
To help support the Progressive Neighborhood Federal Credit Union Youth Program at Edison Technical and Occupational Education Center
  $19,375   $19,375   $0
Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Mary Cariola Children's Center
Payment of a 2008 commitment
To support a new respite home, which will provide support and a break for families that are caring for children with significant behavioral disorders at home
  $0   $100,000   $0
Monroe Community College Foundation
To support the Greater Rochester Early Educators' Network, which will promote professional development and be a resource for all early childhood educators in the ECE community
  $45,000   $45,000   $0
Monroe Community College Foundation
To help support the Summer Youth Sports Program for at risk inner-city youth and local reservists' children
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Penn Yan Area Council of Churches Community Action Program, Inc.
To support the Back Pack Program, Summer Kids' Café and Homework Huddle, a program to provide needy children with nutritious food to reduce hunger over the weekend and weeks when school is not in session
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Pirate Toy Fund
To help support "Meeting the Needs of Adolescents", a project to provide age-appropriate toys for adolescents and to support the School #45 holiday program
  $7,000   $7,000   $0
Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives Inc.
To help support Quad A for Kids Neighborhood After-school Program at schools #34, #30 and #4
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Rochester Institute of Technology
To help fund an educational deaf history book
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Rochester Institute of Technology
To create a website to provide information for parents, teachers and professionals on raising and educating deaf children
  $30,000   $30,000   $0
Seneca Park Zoo Society
To support the Butterfly Beltway Program and the Butterfly Experience Exhibit located at the Zoo
  $25,000   $25,000   $0
Seneca Waterways 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
  $12,956   $12,956   $0
South Jefferson Central School District
Annual college scholarship fund in honor of the memory of Helen G. Whitney and Donald W. Whitney
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
Watertown City School District
Annual college scholarship fund in honor of the memory of Helen G. Whitney and Donald W. Whitney
  $5,000   $5,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To continue to combine children's television with community outreach efforts to help build young children's learning skills
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
2008 Grant
Ready to Learn - 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:   $713,210   $813,210   $0
Community Development - 2009
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Action for a Better Community, Inc.
To help support Micrecycle: Computers for Education project
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
North East Area Development, Inc.
To support a revolving loan fund to enable NEAD to purchase and rehabilitate homes surrounding the Freedom School
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Community Development Totals:   $45,000   $45,000   $0
Health - 2009
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Hearing and Speech Center of Rochester
To help establish a Central Auditory Processing and Childhood Apraxia of Speech Specialty Clinics
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rochester, Inc.
To help support St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center's Advocacy and Referral Coordinator's position
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
Unity Health System Foundation
To help support the Culture of Change Staff Training Project for the Park Ridge Living Center Staff
  $40,000   $40,000   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
To help support the Home Health Aide Life Skills Support Program
  $35,000   $35,000   $0
Health Totals:   $100,000   $100,000   $0
Justice - 2009
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
  $3,500   $3,500   $0
Justice Totals:   $3,500   $3,500   $0
Public Affairs - 2009
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Association of Fundraising Professionals
To support National Philanthropy Day 2009
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Dimitri House Inc.
Security system
  $2,700   $2,700   $0
Dimitri House Inc.
To sponsor a fundraising dinner to support the homeless and poor of Rochester
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Foundation Center
To contribute to the improvement of both the grantseeking process and the public's understanding of the purpose of private grantmaking
  $750   $750   $0
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
To promote organizational effectiveness in the nonprofit sector
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Historical Association of South Jefferson
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
Jefferson County Historical Society
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
LIFESPAN of Greater Rochester, Inc.
To help support LIFESPAN's "Celebration of Aging" luncheon featuring Dr. Ruth Westheimer
  $500   $500   $0
Pittsford Carriage Association, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $3,000   $3,000   $0
Thompson Park Conservancy
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,500   $1,500   $0
Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc.
Trustee Special Discretionary Grant
  $1,000   $1,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
To provide support for the WXXI Auction
  $4,000   $4,000   $0
WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
2008 Grant
To provide support for the WXXI Auction
  $4,000   $4,000   $0
Public Affairs Totals:   $23,450   $23,450   $0
Senior Citizens - 2009
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
  $10,000   $10,000   $0
George Eastman House
To support the Senior Citizens Matinee Series at the Dryden Theatre
  $15,000   $15,000   $0
Rochester Presbyterian Home
To help support the Growing the Eden Alternative Program with the development of The Memory Care Residences at Cottage Grove
  $50,000   $50,000   $0
St. Ann's Home Foundation Inc.
Third installment
Third installment on the "Nurses as Leaders in Long-Term Care: Building Competencies and Commitment" project grant from the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    $62,500   $0
St. Ann's Home Foundation Inc.
Second installment
Second installment on the "Nurses as Leaders in Long-Term Care: Building Competencies and Commitment" project grant from the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    $62,500   $0
St. John's Home Foundation, Inc.
To help support the construction of the first two "Green House" homes, a revolutionary approach to culture change in long-term care
  $100,000   $100,000   $0
Senior Citizens Totals:   $175,000   $300,000   $0
Women - 2009
Grantee and Purpose   Commitments   Paid
1/1 - 12/31
  Payable in
following year
Life Listening Resources
To help support Project Empower to empower women to live into their full potential
  $500   $500   $0
Sojourner Hall for Women, Inc.
To help support the Transitional Housing Program
  $45,000   $45,000   $0
Women Totals:   $45,500   $45,500   $0
Report Totals:   $1,105,660   $1,330,660   $0

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