Our Current Grantees

Utilities

National Association of Mothers Centers, Inc (NAMC): http://www.motherscenter.org; $55,000 in general support to continue to develop an informed and engaged membership and to motivate women and other caregivers to advocate on a local, state and national level for public policies that value the work of care giving.; Date Approved: November 23, 2009

Child Care Council of Suffolk County: http://www.childcaresuffolk.org; $65,000. Second year grant of $65,000, per year for two years, in continued support of a full-time director to strengthen and expand the Parent Leadership Initiative (PLI) program.; Date Approved: November 9, 2009

Build Initiative: $50,000 per year for three years to support the BUILD initiative in NYS to help build a coordinated system of programs, policies and services for children (zero to five years old) and their families.; Date Approved: November 9, 2009

Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center: http://www.friedbergjcc.org; $115,000. Second payment of $115,000, per year for two years, $65,000 in general support for the Parenting Resource Network and $50,000 to hire two community outreach workers.; Date Approved: November 9, 2009

Adelphi University: http://www.adelphi.edu; $70,000. Second payment of two year grant:$70,000, per year for two years, to support the Institute for Parenting’s Raising a Thinking Child program (RATC).; Date Approved: November 6, 2009

Research and Education Project of Long Island: http://www.lipc.org; $50,000 in renewed support for leadership and advocacy training on Long Island.; Date Approved: November 3, 2009

Middle Country Library Foundation: http://www.mcpl.lib.ny.us; $70,000 for two years to help support the implementation of Family Place Centers in Wyandanch and Riverhead Public Libraries.; Date Approved: November 1, 2009

Center for Law and Social Policy: $50,000 to support Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity (SPO), a funder driven initiative in its efforts to fight poverty and increase opportunities for economic mobility; increase the number of webcast interviews and recognition for the website as the one-stop resource for information on poverty; and add 5 – 10 new funders to the initiative.; Date Approved: September 29, 2009

Family Service League of Suffolk County (FSL): http://www.fsl-li.org; $60,000 to underwrite a project to collect and analyze data for an in-depth portrait of Suffolk County’s children and families that will provide the basis for a strategic “system of care.; Date Approved: August 24, 2009

Early Care and Learning Council: $45,000 in general support for Winning Beginnings New York’s (WBNY) public and political will building campaign on behalf of children aged zero to five, with particular emphasis on the period from birth through three years; Date Approved: July 22, 2009

Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy: http://www.scaany.org; Two year grant to continue to develop and advocate for a state wide universal screening and home visiting system for new parents - Second payment of $75,000.; Date Approved: June 18, 2009

Fight Crime: Invest In Kids (FCIK): http://www.fightcrime.org; $75,000 a year for two years to build a membership base in the Long Island business community, and to recruit 10 new business leaders from Long Island; to help business members advocate at local and state levels; and to develop and produce reports and briefs to advance the children’s advocacy movement in Long Island and New York State.; Date Approved: May 12, 2009

Early Years Institute: http://www.earlyyearsinstitute.org; $150,000 to establish a board of directors, staff structure, organizational policies, and develop a broad based fundraising plan; Develop a marketing and communications plan, to include written materials, and publish a report on the state of child care on LI; and to build a community advisory committee and conduct an asset map of one, or possibly two communities on LI.; Date Approved: April 29, 2009

National Women’s Law Center: http://www.nwlc.org; $50,000 a year for two years to convene state and national early child care and education advocates to formulate new strategies to help advance the benefits of making early child care and education a national priority; and to research, develop and implement a communications strategy to educate and build support for early child care and education.; Date Approved: April 13, 2009

Public Policy and Education Fund of New York: http://www.citizenactionny.org/ppef; $60,000 in support for the Long Island Education Organizing Project to educate and train parents and students across Long Island to be leaders on local and state education issues; to organize and mobilize parents and students in at least three low-income, working class school districts to advocate for better schools on a local and state level; and to build a broader network of parent and student activists across school districts on Long Island.; Date Approved: March 23, 2009

Every Child Matters Education Fund: http://www.everychildmatters.org; Continuing support for the Every Child Matters campaign on Long Island for an ECM coordinator to work on the LI advocacy and educational campaign; build a broad network of coalitions, organizations, community groups, and individuals; and to educate and influence Nassau and Suffolk policy makers on issues that affect children.; Date Approved: March 23, 2009