Following are grants totaling over 2.1 million dollars awarded through the Community Foundation in our fiscal year of January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. The list is a combination of (1) grants awarded through our two discretionary grant cycles and (2) distributions from both designated and agency endowment funds. These grants and distributions reflect the philanthropic spirit and vision of our many donors. The grants and distributions made, and the lives touched by them, serve as a reminder that the Pinellas Community Foundation is Building a Better Future for Pinellas County.

$5,000 Edith B. Green Small Project Grant

Caring & Sharing for Independent Living for 15 heavy-duty and standard wheelchairs not covered by Medicare or Medicaid

$10,000 Edith B. Green Small Project Grant

Homeless Emergency Project for ovens and refrigerators for an apartment facility to be constructed for chronically homeless citizens

Mildred B.Stribling and Theodore & Marion Tonne Special Grants

Brookwood Florida - Central - $16,000 for new kitchen appliances and kitchen related items to better serve “at-risk” girls who live at Brookwood

CASA - $10,000 for two air conditioning units at the agency’s Emergency Shelter for survivors of domestic violence and their children

Kimberly Home - $5,000 for security system required by insurance company and disaster safety equipment

PARC - $7,000 for sports, fitness and recreation equipment for the PARC Bays and Girls Club for developmentally disabled youth

Shepherd’s Village - $6,000 for attic insulation and storm doors which will be both physical improvements to the 12 unit single parent affordable housing building and will reduce rising energy costs

St. Petersburg Free Clinic - $4,000 for roofing repairs at the clinic’s Beacon House – a temporary, transitional shelter for single, homeless men

Willa Carson Health Resource Center - $2,000 for two Vital Sign machines which will record blood pressure and temperature

Glenn and Carol Arthur Field of Interest Grants

ASAP Homeless Center - $10,000 for interior and exterior painting of the agency’s emergency shelter facilities

Family Resources - $7,000 for appliances to be used in the agency’s new transitional facility for youth aging out of foster care

Great Explorations - $3,000 for two portable sinks that will provide general sanitation for children in classrooms with no plumbing

Lighthouse of Pinellas - $1,000 for adaptive aids and devices for individuals who are blind or visually impaired and have diabetes

The Science Center of Pinellas - $4,000 for new planetarium presentations entitled “Oceans in Space” and “MarsQuest”

Congratulations to all recipients!