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Women's Fund Grants
The Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, now in its fifth full year of operation, has raised more than $1 million and granted $278,000 to organizations helping women and children in Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties and on the Gulf Coast for Hurricane Katrina relief assistance.
2006-2007 Grant Recipients
Catholic Charities, Inc. Legal Assistance Clinic $4,000.00
Center for Violence Prevention $1,706
Chastain Middle School $3,000.00
Christians in Action Emergency Shelter $2,500.00
Daylight Ministries $3,000.00
Dress for Success $3,000.00
Early Start $2,000.00
Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi Camp Caritas $3,000.00
Family Support Center of Metro Jackson $3,500.00
Girl Scout Council of Middle Miss. Fit and Free Day camp $2,800.00
Hinds County Sheriff's Department Art Therapy $3,000.00
Junior Auxiliary of Clinton $1,580.00
Miss. College School of Law Child Advocacy Program $2,120.00
Northwest Middle School Partner in Education $1,000
United Way of the Capital Area, Inc. $4,500.00
The Girl Scout Council of Middle Mississippi Happy & Healthy Day Camp.
2005-2006 Grant Recipients
Catholic Charities Karitas Therapeutic Day Care, $5,000
Catholic Charities Shelter for Battered Families, $2,000
Christians in Action, Inc. Emergency Shelter, $1,500
Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, Inc., $3,000
Daylight Ministries, $3,000
Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, $2,000
Family Support Center of Metro Jackson, $4,000
Girl Scout Council (Wise and Wonderful Day Camps), $2,800
Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, $3,000
Jim Hill High School, $4,052
Junior Auxiliary of Clinton, $2,500
Mississippi 2020 Network, Inc., $3,875
Stork’s Nest, $2,000
Applications should next be accepted again in spring 2007.
In addition, the Women’s Fund was one of five foundations in the region to share in a $500,000 grant to the Women’s Funding Network from the Kellogg Foundation and Ms. Foundation for Women to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The portion received by the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, $130,000, was used to create the Fund for the Women and Children of Katrina, which has made the following grants:
Catholic Charities, Inc. Legal Assistance Clinic, $20,000
Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence $20,000
Jackson Public Schools $4,425
March of Dimes $5,000
Mississippi Center for Justice $20,000
Mississippi Children's Justice Center $20,000
Moore Community House $20,000
Catholic Charities Shelter for Battered Families
2004-2005 Grant Recipients
Catholic Charities Legal Assistance Clinic, $5,000
Catholic Charities Shelter for Battered Families, $4,000
Family Support Center of Metro Jackson, $4,075
Girl Scout Council (Healthy & Happy Day Camps), $2,925
Hinds County Sheriff’s Department, $2,000
Innovative Behavioral Services, Inc., $700
Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault, $5,000
The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, $3,000
Family Support Center of Metro Jackson
2003-2004 Grant Recipients
Catholic Charities Legal Assistance Clinic, $5,000
Dress For Success, $1,000
Family Support Centers of Metro Jackson, $1,800
Girl Scout Council of Middle Mississippi ("Safe and Sassy" Girl Scout Day Camps), $2,375
Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault, $5,000
Mississippi Museum of Art, $3,325
Stewpot Community Services' Flowers House, $5,000
The Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault conducts a mock trial held to help show how evidence in a sexual assault trial is handled.
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