Education
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County, Inc. to support the Reading Reaps Rewards program |
$11,000 |
| Institute on the Study and Practice of NonViolence for the Peaceable Schools program at Thompson Middle School |
$25,000 |
| Jamestown Art Center to pilot the Youth Design Studio |
$25,000 |
| Jamestown Education Foundation to support the extension of the Science and Math Scholars Program into the fifth grade |
$68,750 |
| Martin Luther King Center, Inc. to pilot the Move Up Math program |
$25,000 |
| Naval War College Foundation to establish the John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia Pacific Studies |
$1,250,000 |
| Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust to develop the Maidford River Watershed education programs |
$22,000 |
| Tiverton Library Foundation toward the Children’s Wing in the new Tiverton Library |
$250,000 |
| Undersea Science and Engineering Foundation, Inc. to support the Undersea Technology Apprentice Program for Summer 2012 |
$21,400 |
| Total Education (9 items) | $1,698,150 |
Health
| Butler Hospital to expand and reorganize the emergency room |
$200,000 |
| Farm Fresh Rhode Island to pilot the Veggie Box program with low income families in Newport |
$50,000 |
| Healing Co-Operative to expand the Mind/Body Medicine program |
$17,000 |
| Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island for the Palliative Care Consult program at Newport Hospital |
$25,000 |
| Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island, Inc. for general operating support of the Home Delivered Program in Newport County |
$10,000 |
| East Bay Community Action Program to support a new Health Center |
$50,000 |
| Newport County Community Mental Health Center for the purchase of new service vehicles |
$66,000 |
| Newport County YMCA to replace the pool’s wheelchair lift |
$12,400 |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank to support the Newport Neighborhood Pantry Express program, transportation related costs to Newport County food pantries, and support of Aquidneck Island emergency food pantries |
$85,000 |
| Riverwood Mental Health Services to pilot Housing First in Newport |
$30,000 |
| Southside Community Land Trust to support the Rhode Island Food Policy Council |
$41,025 |
| Visiting Nurse Services of Newport & Bristol Counties for the Hospice Program and new computers |
$81,903 |
| Women & Infants Hospital of RI for support of the Middletown Center for Health and Well Being |
$25,000 |
| Women’s Resource Center to support counseling for underinsured victims of domestic violence and their children |
$25,000 |
| Total Health (14 items) | $718,328 |
Historic Preservation
| AIA/Rhode Island Architectural Forum to support the Peter Harrison AIA Gold Medal nomination |
$5,000 |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame to restore the historic tile floor at the entry vestibule |
$11,000 |
| Newport Art Museum for support of the Operations Manager and enclosing the Griswold House porte cochere |
$73,000 |
| Newport Historical Society for Lost & Found: Phase II |
$50,000 |
| Preservation Society of Newport County for The Elms Carriage House renovation drawings |
$65,000 |
| Preserve Rhode Island for the Preservation Easement Program focus study in Newport County |
$20,000 |
| Rhode Island School of Design for an Adaptive Reuse Studio in Newport |
$60,000 |
| Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport for the exterior masonry and window restoration project |
$12,820 |
| University of Rhode Island Foundation for the Pell Senatorial Papers Preservation project |
$10,000 |
| Total Historic Preservation (9 items) | $306,820 |
Land Use and Conservation
| American Farmland Trust to develop baseline data for measuring food system progress in Rhode Island and New England |
$17,500 |
| Aquidneck Island Planning Commission for initial staff support of the Regional Transportation Improvement Committee and for Board and strategic planning |
$49,300 |
| Aquidneck Land Trust for the conservation of the Young and Gibbs properties |
$300,000 |
| Aquidneck Land Trust toward completion of the Sakonnet Greenway Trail |
$50,000 |
| Doris Duke Monument Foundation for artistic and landscape improvements to Queen Anne Square |
$350,000 |
| Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities to the annual fund |
$2,000 |
| Grow Smart Rhode Island for general operating support and support of statewide transportation initiatives |
$50,000 |
| Grow Smart Rhode Island to support the Aquidneck Island Smart Growth Forum |
$5,000 |
| Middletown Tree Association to support the tree maintenance and tree planting incentive programs |
$7,000 |
| newportFILM for the Green Screen Documentary Series |
$35,100 |
| newportFILM to support the speaker fee for the Gasland Screening |
$2,000 |
| Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust for the Strategic Financial Planning Project |
$15,000 |
| Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts for RI Agricultural Partnership staffing and pilot projects |
$100,000 |
| Rhode Island Natural History Survey for botany work related to the Rhody Native project |
$37,626 |
| Rhode Island Rural Development Council to support the Sustainable Fisheries Marketing and Education Collaborative |
$30,000 |
| Save the Bay to support two Aquidneck Island Community adaptive land use demonstration projects and education/outreach for the Rhode Island Rivers project |
$50,000 |
| Third Sector New England to support the RI Land Trust Council’s Farm Conservation Initiative |
$20,000 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the Rhode Island River Study |
$124,000 |
| Total Land Use and Conservation (18 items) | $1,244,526 |
Non-Categorical
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State for the Traditional Mentoring Program in Newport County |
$2,500 |
| Council on Foundations to support the annual fund |
$500 |
| Lucy’s Hearth for general operating support |
$40,000 |
| Newport Music Festival to support the 2011 festival |
$15,000 |
| Robert Potter League for Animals, Inc. for requested support of staff positions and support of the Animal Care and Behavior program |
$30,000 |
| Shake-A-Leg, Inc. to purchase a sailboat for the Adaptive Sailing Program |
$25,000 |
| Total Non-Categorical (6 items) | $113,000 |
| Grand Total (56 items) | $4,080,824 |