ROBLEE FOUNDATION PAST GIVING


Below are the Roblee Foundation's grants from 2009, in alphabetical order.

Organization, Location   Project   Grant
Accion USA
Miami, FL
  salary, outreach and lending-related expense for the Miami-Dade County microlending program.   $12,000
         
Aim High - St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  To support participation of promising, at-risk middle school students in a four year, academic summer and monthly school-year program   $10,000
         
American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri
St. Louis, MO
  Outreach and education for protecting and defending civil liberties in Muslim communities    $10,000
         
ArtSpring
Homestead, FL
  Focusing on Youth-ArtSpring's Expansion of Programming for Juvenile Offenders and for general operations   $8,000
         
Big Brothers Big Sister of Eastern Missouri
St. Louis, MO
  the ABC Education Initiative providing Big Brothers/Big Sisters for 70 elementary school students in the St. Louis Public Schools, to focus on educational achievement   $2,500
         
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest
Marlborough, MA
  "Prevention First" a comprehensive health, prevention, wellness and leadership program for members ages 6-18 in the Marlborough Clubhouse   $10,000
         
The Bridge for Youth
Minneapolis, MN
  the Homeless Youth Program   $15,000
         
Center for Women in Transition
St. Louis, MO
  the Restorative Re-entry Program for Female Non-Violent Ex-Offenders   $10,000
         
Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness
Miami, FL
  operating and program support for training designed to help nonprofit leaders address targeted leadership challenges most relevant to today's current economic environment.   $10,000
         
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY
  2009 Abrahamic Program for Young Adults   $17,000
         
Child and Parent Support Services
Durham, NC
  enhancement of services to at-risk parents who are Spanish-speaking   $7,500
         
Christian Activity Center
East St. Louis, IL
  the Bridging the Gap Program, providing tutoring and learning programs for children during out-of-school hours   $10,000
         
Citizens for Missouri's Children
St. Louis, MO
  the Child Protection Program to create a stronger comprehensive system to serve foster children and adoptive families   $11,000
         
Civitas Associates
St. Louis, MO
  the middle school Model United Nations program in disadvantaged St. Louis area schools   $3,000
         
Communities in Schools of Miami
Miami, FL
  the Americorps Miami Reads program   $11,000
         
Court Appointed Special Advocates of St. Louis County
St. Louis, MO
  partial funding of salary of a Case Advocacy Supervisor   $10,000
         
Doorways
St. Louis, MO
  expansion of services for residents of Doorways Family Residential Complex, serving families affected by HIV/AIDS   $7,000
         
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis, MO
  Washington University Brown School of Social Work/Eden Theological Seminary Dual Degree Program: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century.                         $10,000
         
Equality Florida
St. Petersburg, FL
  Young Voices for Equality to conduct leadership training, build and support GSAs, strengthen reporting mechanisms and insure that conferences are inclusive   $11,000
         
Faith Aloud
St. Louis, MO
  Providing religious support to women who choose abortion   $7,500
         
Family Resource Center
St. Louis, MO
  operating funds   $15,000
         
Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Miami Lakes, FL
  operating funds   $3,000
         
Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
St. Louis, MO
  Extreme Recruitment program   $15,000
         
Foster Care Review
Miami, FL
  partial funding of the salary of the Independent Living Project Manager   $15,000
         
Gable Stage, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
  production costs of the educational programs for Miami-Dade County students   $2,000
         
Gateway Greening
St. Louis, MO
  Neighborhood Greening, a capacity and community building effort that supports new and expanded community gardens in the inner core of St Louis   $10,000
         
Girls Incorporated of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  transportation operating funds   $10,000
         
Girls Write Now Inc
New York, NY
  2009-2010 genre-based group writing workshops   $2,000
         
Haven of Grace
St. Louis, MO
  supportive services for young, homeless mothers and their children transitioning from the shelter to supportive apartments   $10,000
         
Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  the SMART Girls Program   $10,000
         
Human Services Coalition of Dade County
Miami, FL
  stipends for 2 Public Allies and for  seed money for community projects for the Neighborhood Leadership Program.   $12,000
         
Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc.
Immokalee, FL
  Faith for Fair Food to create an effective faith-based call on the supermarket and food service industry to improve wages and conditions for Florida farmworkers harvesting tomatoes   $9,000
         
Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls
St. Louis, MO
  general operations for work with congregations and faith communities to promote peace, understanding and respect among people of all faiths and within the greater St. Louis metro area.   $9,000
         
L.A. Works, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
  print media advertising and outreach and online media advertising and outreach to recruit volunteers for community nonprofits   $10,000
         
League of Women Voters Information Service
St. Louis, MO
  Voter Service Project   $3,500
         
Missouri Budget Project
St. Louis, MO
  operating funds for the 2009 workplan and goals   $7,500
         
Missouri NARAL Foundation
St. Louis, MO
  Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies project to increase rape survivors access to emergency contraception in emergency-care facilities   $10,000
         
Mothers' Voices South Florida
Miami, FL
  operating funds   $10,000
         
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse St. Louis Area
St. Louis, MO
  Peaceful Schools Program at Gibson Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District   $15,000
         
Neighborhood Houses
St. Louis, MO
  Early Childhood Education Enhancement Project   $8,750
         
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - South Florida
South Miami, FL
  Expanding youth entrepreneurship programs in Miami-Dade County Public Schools schools serving low-income communities   $7,000
         
New Theater, Inc
Coral Gables, FL
  operating funds   $2,000
         
Parents as Teachers National Center
St. Louis, MO
  translation of Three Years to Kindergarten Entry Curriculum from English to Spanish   $7,500
         
AmeriCorps St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  Learn to Read-Read to Learn program in the City of St. Louis Public School District   $10,000
         
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region
St. Louis, MO
  Capital Campaign, specifically for Real Life/Real Talk, a community based social change effort to educate parents about sex and  sexual health, and how to teach their children to keep them healthy and safe.    $30,000
         
Pridelines Youth Services
Miami, FL
  programs to support LGBTQ youth   $15,000
         
Redevelopment Opportunities for Women
St. Louis, MO
  the Multilingual Access Project for non- English speaking battered women and their children   $10,000
         
Safe Schools South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL
  operations and expansion of project in Miami/Dade County, to promote respect and safety of all students with an emphasis on LGBTQ youth   $10,000
         
St. Louis Public Schools Foundation
St. Louis, MO
  College Access and Leadership Project-Year 2   $17,820
         
The Sundari Foundation, Inc.
Key Biscayne, FL
  Lotus House Women's Shelter operating funds   $4,000
         
Switchboard of Miami
Miami, FL
  the LGBTQ Suicide Awareness Initiative/Helpline   $10,000
         
Teach for America, Inc.
Miami, FL
  Teach for America Miami operating funds   $13,500
         
Teach for America, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
  Teach for America St. Louis operating funds   $12,000
         
Teacher Home Visit Program
St. Louis, MO
  Teacher Home Visit Programs in at-risk public schools   $12,000
         
Tigertail Productions
Miami, FL
  operating funds   $1,000
         
Trauma Resolution Center
Miami, FL
  operating funds   $3,000
         
Treatment Advocacy Center
Arlington, VA
  operating funds   $2,000
         
Unity Project
Lunenburg, MA
  Phase I of the Unity Project: "Reach UP! In the Middle East"   $10,000
         
University of Miami Support Network for Novice Teachers
Coral Gables, FL
  stipends for mentors   $7,500
         
Urban Arts Academy
Minneapolis, MN
  operating funds   $10,000
         
Vision for Children at Risk
St. Louis, MO
  St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda   $10,000
         
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
  Brown School of Social Work/Eden Theological Seminary Dual Degree Program: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century.                                $10,000
         
Women's Emergency Network
Coral Gables, FL
  subsidies for indigent and low-income women   $12,000
         
Women's Fund of Miami-Dade
Miami, FL
  salary support for the Women's Advocacy Project Director to manage collaborative advocacy efforts based on the "Protrait of Women and Girls in Miami-Dade" study and by engaging diverse groups & individual women to shape public policy recommendations & advocate for change.
  $10,000
         
YWCA Metro St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  YW-Teens program   $5,000
         
Young Women's Leadership Network
New York, NY
  College Bound Initiative at The Young Women's Leadership School   $5,000


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Below are the Roblee Foundation's grants from 2008, in alphabetical order.

Organization, Location   Project   Grant
ACCION U.S.A.
Miami, FL
  Program, outreach and lending related expenses of the Miami-Dade program providing micro-loans to economically disadvantaged individuals   $12,000
         
Aim High St. Louis
St. Louis
  To support participation of promising, at-risk middle school students in a four year, academic summer and monthly school-year program   $10,000
         
ALIVE
St. Louis, MO
  Treatment program for children who have experienced domestic violence but are not in the shelter system   $5,000
         
AmeriCorps St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  Learn to Read - Read to Learn program providing intensive one-on-one tutoring for children in grades K-3 in St. Louis Public Schools   $10,000
         
Beyond Housing
St. Louis, MO
  After School and Freedom School components of the Community Building program in Pagedale   $10,000
         
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
St. Louis, MO
  Protecting Children of Prisoners Program   $10,000
         
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Miami
Miami, FL
  REACH for Success, a teen pregnancy prevention program for 10 - 12 year old boys   $15,000
         
Big Brother/Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois
Belleville, IL
  Expansion of Community Based Mentoring Program   $10,000
         
Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest
Marlborough, MA
  "Prevention First" program at Marlborough Clubhouse   $15,000
         
Bridge for Runaway Youth, Inc
Minneapolis, MN
  The Homeless Youth Program   $15,000
         
Casa Valentina, Inc.
Miami, FL
  The housing and life skills program for young women who have aged out of the foster care system   $10,000
         
Center for Character & Citizenship
College of Education
University of Missouri, St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  Youth Empowerment in Action! Giving Our Girls Inspiration and Resiliency for Lasting Self-Esteem, to help young girls develop healthy body image and positive self perceptions   $15,000
         
Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness
Miami, FL
  Program to help nonprofit organizations plan strategies to better cope with the economic downturn   $4,000
         
Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY
  Abrahamic Program for Young Adults, an educational and outreach program for high school and college age young people that promotes understanding, tolerance and cooperation between Christians, Jews and Muslims   $15,000
         
Christian Activity Center
East St. Louis, IL
  Bridging the Gap holistic tutoring services for very low-income children   $10,000
         
Citizens for Missouri's Children
St. Louis, MO
  Child Protection program   $10,000
         
Civitas Associates
St. Louis, MO
  Middle School Model United Nations Program   $5,000
         
Coconut Grove Cares, Inc.
Miami, FL
  Individualized tutoring for the Barnyard Homework Assistance Program   $12,000
         
Communities in Schools of Miami, Inc.
Miami, FL
  2008-2009 Bridges to Graduation program   $10,000
         
DOORWAYS
St. Louis, MO
  DOORWAYS Learning Center's afterschool program and summer enrichment program for children whose parents have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS   $10,000
         
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis, MO
  Washington University Brown School of Social Work/Eden Theological Seminary Dual Degree Program: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century.   $10,000
         
The Education Fund
North Miami, FL
  The Superintendent's Urban Principal Initiative   $15,000
         
Epworth Children and Family Services
St. Louis, MO
  Community Living Program providing housing, life skills training and support for youth who have aged out of the foster care system   $15,000
         
Equality Florida, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL
  Young Voices for Equality, Year Three   $17,500
         
Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations (FANO)
Miami Lakes, FL
  Operating expenses   $3,000
         
Food Outreach, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
  Integrated prepared meal program for people with HIV/AIDS or cancer   $10,000
         
Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
St. Louis, MO
  Recruitment, training and support for foster parents, and systemic advocacy programs   $15,000
         
Foster Care Review, Inc.
Miami, FL
  The SAIL Initiative - System Accountability for Independent Living providing special reviews for foster youth aging out of the system.   $12,500
         
GableStage, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
  2008-2009 educational programs for high schools and middle school students   $2,000
         
Gateway Greening
St. Louis, MO
  New and expanded urban community gardens   $12,000
         
Grace Contrino Abrams Peace Education Foundation
Miami, FL
  Training for child care providers on the emotional and social development of children 0-5   $3,000
         
Haven of Grace
St. Louis, MO
  Residential program for pregnant and parenting single mothers, providing housing, parenting and lifeskills training and support   $10,000
         
Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club
St. Louis, MO
  SMART Girls, a comprehensive prevention program designed to help girls ages 6 to 8 develop healthy lifestyles   $10,000
         
Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc.
Immokalee, FL
  Faith for Fair Food to improve sub-poverty wages and working conditions for farmworkers   $7,500
         
Inter-Faith Council for Social Services
Carrboro, NC
  To help meet The Steward's Fund challenge grant to support crisis intervention services   $7,500
         
League of Women Voters
St. Louis, MO
  Voter Service Project 2008   $10,000
         
Lemay Child & Family Services
St. Louis, MO
  Strengthening Families through Support and Education   $10,000
         
Missouri NARAL Foundation
St. Louis, MO
  Show Me Prevention First   $15,000
         
NAMI of Miami
Miami, FL
  General support for FY 2008-2009   $1,000
         
National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill
Miami, FL
  General support for FY 2008-2009   $1,000
         
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  Peaceful Schools, a comprehensive drug and violence prevention program for elementary school children   $15,000
         
New Theater, Inc.
Coral Gables, FL
  General operating support   $2,000
         
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
  Promoting Policies that Strengthen Families   $14,541
         
Pridelines Youth Services, Inc.
Miami, FL
  Between Here & Somewhere Else, to improve the lives and support the needs of transgender and gender variant youth ages 13-20 that are transitioning, thinking about transitioning, or dealing with the discontinuity between their physical appearance and internal perception of themselves.   $15,000
         
Safe Schools South Florida
Fort Lauderdale, FL
  Student Leadership and Empowerment Project    
         
Southern California Center Nonprofit Management
Los Angeles, CA
  Scholarships for nonprofit staff to participate in training and workshops   $2,500
         
St. Louis Public Schools Foundation
St. Louis, MO
  The College Access and Leadership Project to significantly increase the number of African American males who complete high school and enroll in an undergraduate college program   $15,000
         
Teach for America
Miami, FL
  Teach for America Miami-Dade   $15,000
         
Teach For America
St. Louis, MO
  Teach for America St. Louis   $12,000
         
The Treatment Advocacy Center
Arlington, VA
  General support   $3,000
         
Tigertail Productions
Miami, FL
  General support   $1,000
         
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
  Support Network for Novice Teachers providing professional development and mentoring for beginning teachers in their first three years of teaching   $11,000
         
Vision for Children at Risk, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
  St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda   $10,000
         
Voices for Children
St. Louis, MO
  Operating expenses for program providing advocacy for children in foster care   $10,000
         
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
  Brown School of Social Work/Eden Theological Seminary Dual Degree Program: Creating Leaders for the 21st Century   $10,000
         
Women's Emergency Network,
Coral Gables, FL
  subsidies for indigent and low-income women   $10,000
         
Women's Fund of Miami-Dade
Miami, FL
  The Women's Advocacy Project including The Portrait of Women and Girls in Miami-Dade County, a comprehensive study of issues affecting women and girls, and support for women led collaborative efforts to improve the status of Miami-Dade County women and girls   $10,000
         
Writer's Guild Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
  The Writer's Guild Foundation Library and the High School Screenwriting Workshop Scholarship Program   $10,000
         
YES Institute
Miami, FL
  To support the development and presentation of two new courses on gender and orientation.   $12,500
         
YMCA of Greater Miami
Miami, FL
  Homestead Family YMCA Girls on the Run   $16,000
         
YWCA Metro St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
  the Young Women's Leadership Conference Series   $10,000
         
Young Women's Leadership Foundation
New York, NY
  the College Bound program at The Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem   $10,000