Grants July 2005 - June 2006

Aesthetic Education Institute -- $15,000 to transfer the Wolf Trap program from AEI to Nazareth College

Catholic Charities, Providence Housing -- $2,000 for playground expenses

Community Child Care Center -- $10,000 for playground renovation

The Children's Agenda -- $30,000 to support a local children's advocacy organization

Eastern Service Workers Association -- $20,000 for a capital campaign

Early Childhood Development Initiative/ Rochester's Child -- $20,000 for a media campaign on nurturing child development

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $169,370 for Preventive Care Program for Young Urban Children with Asthma

Legal Aid Society -- $10,000 for the Health, Education, and Law Partnership

Mary Cariola Children's Center -- $20,000 for telemedicine for preschool children

Mt. Hope Family Center -- $30,000 to study brain development in children of depressed mothers

Rochester Museum and Science Center -- $100,000 for preschool exhibits

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra -- $20,000 for the Tiny Tots Concerts series

Sojourner House -- $5,000 for parenting education classes

Stepping Stones Learning Center -- $25,000 for expansion and renovation

United Way Services Corporation -- $10,000 for Crating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH)

Volunteers of America of Western NY -- $12,000 for fire safety improvements in the child care center

Grants: July 2004 - June 2005

Children's Institute -- $28,173 for Primary Project for pre-school

Crestwood Children's Foundation -- $5,346 for early literacy program

CURE Childhood Cancer Association -- $7,500 for educational liaison program

The Children's Agenda -- $30,000 for a local children's advocacy organization

Eastern Service Worker's Association -- $20,000 for capital campaign

Early Childhood Development Initiative -- $20,000 for media campaign on nurturing child development

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $25,000 for a tele-health program linking city child care centers with medical care

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $169,370 for Preventive Care Program for Young Urban Children with Asthma

Humane Society at Lollypop Farm -- $10,000 for educational exhibit

Mt. Hope Family Center -- $42,000 for study on brain development of children with depressed, low-income mothers

Pirate Toy Fund -- $7,000 for building renovation

Rochester Children's Theater -- $2,500 for RCT Plays to Learn

Rochester Parent Network -- $30,000 for a communications network to support parents and caregivers

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra -- $20,000 for the Tiny Tots Concerts series

Saint's Place/St. Louis Church -- $10,000 for Refugee Child Care Center

Seneca Park Zoo Society -- $25,000 for pre-school education exhibits

Sojourner House -- $10,000 for parenting education classes

Strategies for Children, Inc. -- $25,000 for advocacy, public policy and constituency building for early childhood education in Massachusetts

United Way Services Corporation -- $10,000 for Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH)

Westside Health Services -- $10,000 for dental equipment

YMCA of Greater Rochester -- $10,000 for tele-health support for two childcare centers

Grants July 2003 - June 2004

Charles Settlement House -- $5,000 for general support

Center for Youth Services -- $5,000 for infant and children's supplies in the Transitional Living Program

Child Care Council, Inc. -- $6,062 for Staffing Solutions

The Children's Agenda -- $50,000 for a local children's advocacy organization

Court Appointed Special Advocates -- $10,000 for volunteer recruitment and training

Crestwood Children's Center -- $8,000 for the capital campaign

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $25,000 for Health e-Access, a tele-health program linking city day care centers with medical care

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $169,370 for Preventive Care Program for Young Urban Children with Asthma

Hochstein School of Music -- $12,500 for Suzuki studio renovation

Mental Health Association -- $20,000 for implementation of The Incredible Years parenting program

Monroe Community College and Rochester Parent Network -- $30,000 for professional development for early childhood practitioners

Partners in Community Development -- $2,500 for the Tot's Time program at the Pines of Perinton

Rochester Children's Theater -- $2,500 for RCT Plays to Learn

Rochester Hearing and Speech -- $19,500 for treatment program for young children with mild to moderate speech delays

Rochester Institute of Technology -- $10,000 for a study of lead paint hazards in a northeast city neighborhood

Rochester Parent Network -- $30,000 for a communications network to support parents and caregivers

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra -- $10,000 for the Tiny Tots Concerts series

Safe Crib Coalition -- $1,750 for the Safe Cribs/Car Seats Project

Sojourner House -- $10,000 for parenting education classes

Strategies for Children, Inc. -- $25,000 for advocacy, public policy and constituency building for early childhood education in Massachusetts

The Growing Place -- $15,000 for an education coordinator

United Way Services Corporation -- $10,000 for Creating Assets, Savings and Hope (CASH)

Westside Health Services -- $10,000 for dental equipment

Grants July 2002 - June 2003

Children's Institute -- $15,000 for the Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership

Cool Kids in the Park -- $2,000 for arts performances for Brockport families

CURE Childhood Cancer Association -- $9,600 for the Hematology/Oncology Educational Liaison Program (HELP)

Family Resource Centers of Rochester -- $51,680 for capital costs to renovate Lyell Avenue site

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $25,000 for Health e-Access, a telehealth project linking city day care centers with medical care

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $167,000 for Rochester Children's Asthma Project

Mt. Hope Family Center -- $30,000 for the capital campaign

Partners in Community Development -- $4,000 for the Tot's Time program at the Pines of Perinton

Rochester Children's Nursery -- $30,000 for the capital campaign

Rochester Children's Theater -- $2,000 for the Outreach and School Touring Program

Safe Crib Coalition -- $2,500 for the Safe Cribs/Car Seats Project

Daystar -- $7,500 for a medical daycare/respite program for infants

St. Michael's Church/Generations Child Care -- $10,000 for a new child care center

The Children's Agenda -- $5,000 for an analysis of the proposed 2003 Monroe County budget

Volunteers of America of Western NY, Inc -- $10,000 for roof renovation for the child care center

Grants July 2001 - June 2002

Aesthetic Education Institute -- $7,500 for a regional Wolf Trap conference to support the arts in preschool settings

Cancer Action/Gilda's Club -- $4,000 for Camp Open Arms for cancer survivors and their siblings

Child Care Council of Western NY -- $10,000 for a substitute teacher service for local child care centers

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) -- $4,000 for the Healthy Child Initiative

Early Childhood Education Quality Council -- $5,000 for the coordinator's position

Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong -- $167,000, part two of a 3 year grant, to provide asthma treatment in school and childcare settings

Livingston/Wyoming County ARC -- $5,500 to support new technology for speech development

Mt. Hope Family Center -- $15,000 for their capital campaign

Oregon-Leopold Day Care Center -- $3,600 for relocation expenses

Partners in Community Development -- $4,000 for a preschool program at the Pines of Perinton

Rochester Children's Theater -- $3,000 for Outreach and School Touring program

Rochester Early Enhancement Program (REEP) -- $5,000 for consolidated support for early childhood programs in NW Rochester

Rochester Effectiveness Partnership -- $1,500 for evaluation training for local agencies and funders

Rochester Reach Out and Read -- $108,000, part two of a 2 year grant to assist pediatricians in promoting reading

Rochester Public Library -- $50,000 memorial gift to the George R. Parsons, Jr. Fund for Branch Libraries

Sojourner House & Development Corp. -- $1,200 to support the annual meeting

YMCA of Greater Rochester -- $5,000 for day care center expansion and renovation

York Central School -- $8,349 for a summer program for disadvantaged students entering kindergarten