2005 Grant History
December 2005
- $150,000
- Boys Choir of Harlem
New York, NY
Thirty-five years ago Dr. Walter Turnbull started an after-school program focused on learning through the arts. This noble effort has grown into the 600-student Choir Academy of Harlem, which educates students from grade 4 to 12.
- $25,000
- Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum
Compton, CA
The Museum’s main purpose is to make aviation accessible to children who lack the access and opportunity to experience such.
- $25,000
- Fannie Battle Day Home for Children
Nashville, TN
Fannie Battle is unique among childcare centers that serve low-income families, in that tuition is set on a sliding scale according to income. Also, parents are required to be working, in school, or in a job-training program.
- $25,000
- Homes for the Homeless
New York, NY
Homes for the Homeless (HFH) is the nation's largest provider of residential, education and employment training centers—serving over 630 homeless families and over 1,200 homeless children each day at five separate sites across New York City.
June 2005
- $31,000
- Queensborough Community Scholarship
Bayside, NY
The first 10 scholarships were awarded in the summer of 2005. In 2006, those same students were awarded a second year’s scholarship. Ten new students in the summer of 2006 were selected.
February 2005
- $25,000
- Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music
New York, NY
The Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing funding and resources to support free public school music education programs.
October 2005
- $25,000
- Nashville Alliance for Public Education
Nashville, TN
The mission of the Nashville Alliance for Public Education is to raise private support for public education to assist the Metropolitan Nashville Public School system in becoming a top performing school system in the nation, and to help our public schools improve and our public school students be successful.
- $100,000
- Teach For America-Houston
Houston, TX
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.
March 2005
- $100,000
- Compton Music Programs
Compton, CA
- $150,000
- Boys Choir of Harlem
New York, NY
Thirty-five years ago Dr. Walter Turnbull started an after-school program focused on learning through the arts. This noble effort has grown into the 600-student Choir Academy of Harlem, which educates students from grade 4 to 12.
