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Fall 2003 Newsletter
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New Grants
Unrestricted & Field-of-Interest
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American Red Cross of Southeastern Virginia, $85.000
to link computer and telephone technology between the Norfolk
and Portsmouth offices. The two offices recently merged into
one Bed Cross chapter.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Hampton Roads,
$11,315 to improve computer and telephone systems at the
Chesapeake headquarters of the organization that matches
adult volunteers with area youths needing mentors.
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Building Excellence Grants, $45,000 to 11 area
nonprofits for board development, program evaluation or
strategic planning. Recipients are Catholic Charities of
Hampton Roads, Community Resource Network, Dispute Settlement
Center, Elizabeth River Project, Places and Programs for
Children, REACH Foundation, Seton House. Tidewater Pastoral
Counseling Service. USD of Hampton Roods. Virginia Zoological
Society and Youth Entertainment Studios.
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Business Consortium for Arts Support, $11,000 to
perform a feasibility study on a shared services bureau for
area arts organizations.
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Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, $40.000
to improve the roof and chimneys at Kerr Place, a 19-century
Onancock home that is open for tours.
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The Endependence Center, $190,000 to renovate a new
Norfolk head-quarters for the organization that provides
services for area individuals with disabilities.
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Festevents, $34,516 to purchase a two-way
communications system to improve security at festivals and
other public events at Town Point Park and Ocean View Beach
Park in Norfolk.
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Friends of the Northampton Free Library, $40,000 to
help build a new library in Nassawadox on the Eastern Shore.
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Piano grants, $214,173 in piano grants from the E.K.
Sloane Fund to eight organizations to purchase or repair
pianos used for public performances. Recipients include the
Academy of Music, Chesapeake Bay Academy, Hermitage
Foundation Museum, Larchmont United Methodist Church, Norfolk
State University Foundation, Smithfield Little Theatre,
Tidewater Community College Educational Foundation and
Virginia Stage Company.
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Seton House, $39.039 for furniture and equipment for
its girls' and boys' shelters in Virginia Beach.
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St. Mary's Home for the Disabled, $400.000 to help
build a new $16 million home in Norfolk to care for 88
children with severe disabilities.
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A $9,180 Norfolk Foundation grant is providing area
non-profit groups with access to two national foundation
research databases.
Virginia Beach Public Library spearheaded the effort
to make Grant Select and The Foundation Center Directory
available to the public in south-eastern Virginia. Grant
Select is available from a home or office computer through
the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk or Portsmouth public
library web-sites. The Foundation Center Directory is
available by visiting a library branch.
Web sites for area libraries are as follows:
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