Recent Recipients

Education

Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County, Inc.
for staff development associated with the quality improvement initiative ($18,000) and facility improvements ($17,000)
$35,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County, Inc.
to support Newport County Partnership for Families – for the 2011 Reading Reaps Rewards Program
$18,000
Brown University
to support the College Advising Corps at Roger’s High School in Newport
$20,000
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital
to purchase two mobile computer labs for the Bradley Schools in Portsmouth and South Kingstown
$17,606
East Bay Community Action Program
to support the Newport Family & Child Opportunity Zone program – RI Quality Improvement Plan
$25,000
International Yacht Restoration School
for the General Scholarship Fund
$200,000
Naval War College Foundation
to establish the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia Pacific Studies
$750,000
United Way of Rhode Island
to support the Newport County Afterschool Core Competencies Pilot Project of the RI Afterschool Plus Alliance
$48,000
Volunteers In Newport Education (V.I.N.E.)
for general operating support
$5,000
Total Education (9 items) $1,118,606

Health

East Bay Community Action Program
to purchase health care data management software
$79,000
Meals on Wheels of RI, Inc.
for general operating support of the Home Delivered Program in Newport County
$10,000
Newport Hospital
for support of the Lactation Coordinator position
$83,500
Newport County YMCA
to support Adapted Physical Activity Programs
$28,000
The Poverty Institute
to establish a web-based resource guide entitled “Guide to Government Assistance Programs”
$15,000
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
for three Newport County food and nutrition programs: Neighborhood Pantry Express ($21,750), Raising the Bar on Nutrition ($10,250), and Aquidneck Island food pantries ($50,000)
$82,000
Southside Community Land Trust
to support the first year of a Rhode Island Food Council initiative
$100,000
United Way of Rhode Island
for the Rhode Island Flood Recovery Fund
$30,000
University of Rhode Island Foundation
to support the development of a Tick Encounter Risk Calculator as part of the Tick-bite and Tick-borne Disease Prevention Program
$19,500
Visiting Nurse Health Services of Newport & Bristol Counties
for general support of the Maternal Child Health and Hospice Services Programs
$25,000
Women’s Resource Center
for general operating purposes of the counseling program
$20,000
Total Education (11 items) $492,000

Historic Preservation

Emmanuel Church
for an emergency roof repair of the Cram-designed church
$50,000
International Tennis Hall of Fame
to restore and repair structural damage to the Executive Porch of the Casino
$25,000
Newport Art Museum
to support the Operations Manager position
$50,000
Preservation Society of Newport County
to produce an Historic Structures Report and Detailed Study of the Hunter House
$100,000
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
to support a national executive director search
$20,000
Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation
to support Phase II of the Fort Hamilton Restoration Project
$100,000
Salve Regina University
for the restoration and installation of John La Farge windows in the new Chapel
$50,000
Stanford White Casino Theatre Corporation
to support the restoration of the Stanford White Casino Theater
$250,000
United Baptist Church
for repairs and improvements needed in connection with the sanctuary ceiling failure
$37,000
Total Historic Preservation (9 items) $682,000

Land Use and Conservation

Aquidneck Island Planning Commission
for support of the Aquidneck Island Open Space Mapping Project ($43,000) and for second year support of the Energy Program ($30,000)
$73,000
Aquidneck Land Trust
for the purchase of a conservation easement on the Wicks Farm Property
$300,000
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
for expanding the Market Mobile program in Newport
$22,000
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
to the annual fund
$1,000
Grow Smart Rhode Island
for renewed operating support ($35,000) and transportation planning activities ($15,000)
$50,000
Middletown Tree Association
to support the Tree Maintenance Program and Resident Tree Planting Incentive Program
$7,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation
to the annual fund
$2,000
The Newport Tree Society
toward the development of the Newport Arboretum maps and map enhancements
$15,000
Portsmouth United Methodist Church
for the Community Gardens Project – to purchase a greenhouse and sign
$3,500
Salve Regina University
to support “The History of Planning and Its Implications for the Future… A Study of Aquidneck Island”
$49,060
Save the Bay
to support two Aquidneck Island Community Initiatives: Aquidneck Island Regional Wastewater Management, and technical assistance in reviewing the proposed LNG Environmental Impact Statement
$35,000
Third Sector New England
to support the RI Land Trust Council – Agriculture Sustainability and Land Conservation initiatives
$20,000
University of Rhode Island Foundation
for Newport Harbor Walk improvements
$35,000
Total Land Use and Conservation (13 items) $612,560

Non-Categorical

Best Buddies Rhode Island
to support the Community Building Project
$14,000
Big Sisters of Rhode Island
to support the Newport mentoring program
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders USA, Inc.
for support of emergency relief efforts in Haiti
$10,000
International Medical Corps.
to support disaster relief efforts in Haiti
$20,000
Lucy’s Hearth
to support Self Sufficiency programs
$40,000
Newport Music Festival
to support the 2010 festival
$15,000
newportFILM
for technical assistance related to the organization’s startup – strategic planning and marketing
$44,000
Oxfam-America, Inc.
for support of emergency relief efforts in Haiti
$10,000
Partners In Health A Nonprofit Corporation
for support of emergency relief efforts in Haiti
$20,000
Rhode Island Public Radio
to establish the Newport Bureau
$50,000
Robert Potter League for Animals, Inc.
for general operating support
$25,000
Shake-A-Leg, Inc.
to support the Adaptive Sailing Program
$25,000
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
to expand Social Venture Partners RI/Social Enterprise RI to Newport County
$52,500
Total Non-Categorical (13 items) $328,000
Grand Total (55 items) $3,233,166