GRANTS

Grant Distributions: The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation distributes grants to organizations whose applications meet the priorities of the Foundation. Grant applications are accepted at any time, but awards will be made on a quarterly basis. Applicants are encouraged to use the Common Grants Application of the Delaware Valley Grantmakers. The Common Grants Application is found on www.dvg.org. Click on Quick Links and then go to Common Grant Application.

Grants Made in 2008:

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in May of 2008:

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: $30,000 to support the West Oak Lane NORC (naturally occurring retirement community). To learn more about the NORC, click here.

Community Legal Services: $25,000 to support Northwest Philadelphia seniors retain access to medical coverage and remain in their homes. To learn more about Community Legal Services, click here.

Face to Face: $25,000 to support a health center in East Germantown providing nursing care, alternative healing modalities and social services. To learn more about Face to Face, click here.

Inter-faith Housing Alliance: $20,000 general operating support for a homeless continuum and prevention services including, Hope Garden, an eight-unit, transitional housing, apartment building. To learn more about the Inter-faith Housing Alliance, click here.

Little Brothers—Friends of the Elderly: $25,000, first year payment on a three-year grant, to support outreach to the homebound elderly in Northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, click here.

Maternity Care Coalition: $25,000 to develop a Northwest Philadelphia MOMobile to assist pregnant and new moms to connect with health care, services, education and other community resources. To learn more about the Maternity Care Coalition, click here.

Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network: $30,000 for a full-time social worker to support the needs of homeless guests and post-shelter families. To learn more about the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in January of 2008:

Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia: $15,000 for the Student Anti-Violence Education (SAVE) training program for middle school students. To learn more about the Anti-Violence Partnership click here.

BCS Yes! (formerly Baptist Children's Services): $20,000 for the Health, Nutrition and Fitness Program of the School House Lane Group Home for Girls. To learn more about BCS Yes! click here.

Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels: $3,000 for general operating support.

First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG): $15,000 for an after school program for Germantown High School students. To learn more about the FUMCOG after school program click here.

Journey's Way (formerly Intercommunity Action, Inc. or Interac): $31,110 to cover volunteer personnel salaries for aging programs. To learn more about Journey's Way programs click here.

KenCrest Centers: $3,689 to provide communication training to low-income families with young children who have autism spectrum disorder. To learn more about KenCrest click here.

Maternal Wellness Center: $5,000 for general operating support and $5,000 for scholarships for low-income women or parents. To learn more about the Maternal Wellness Center click here.

Philadelphia Flying Phoenix-Healthy Dragons Program: $8,500 for equipment to start the Northwest Philadelphia Middle School Dragon Boat Association to develop a model obesity prevention program that focuses on healthy lifestyle choices, academics, self-esteem, teamwork and conflict resolution. Schools involved in the collaboration are the Lingelbach and Henry public schools, Wissahickon Charter School and the private William Penn Charter School.

Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY or formerly Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth): $25,000 to increase public awareness, issue briefing papers and build support for actions to increase the number of safe, opportunities for children to play and exercise, identify parenting programs for at-risk families and increase children's access to behavioral health supports in communities and schools. To learn more about PCCY click here.

Roxborough Family YMCA: $13,600 for a two-panel, interactive Sports Wall for the youth fitness program and healthy dinners for low-income families enrolled in the Body Rox program to prevent childhood obesity. To learn more about the Y's youth fitness programs click here.

Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse: $10,000 for general operating support. To learn more about Smith Playground and Playhouse click here.

Support Center for Child Advocates: $20,000 for access and treatment to behavioral health services for child victims of abuse and neglect. To learn more about the Support Center click here.

Tabor Children's Services, Inc.: $10,331.34 to expand the Supervised Independent Living Program for Philadelphia youth approaching the age of emancipation. To learn more about Tabor Children's Services click here.

VNA-Community Services, Inc. (Visiting Nurse Association): $50,000 for primary health care and health education to at-risk children and their caregivers in Montgomery County.

Grants made in 2007:

Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in November of 2007:

Keystone Hospice: $35,000 for indigent care for residents in the Foundation’s service area. To learn more about Keystone Hospice, please click here.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): $20,000 to support elder care services programs. To learn more about RSVP, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in August and October of 2007:

BREAKFREE Youth Design: $5,000 to support a design, sewing and entrepreneurship classroom and after-school programs for at-risk youth in Philadelphia. To learn more about BREAKFREE, please click here.

Build-a-Bridge: $10,000 to develop curriculum for caregivers in transitional housing to gain skills to improve the welfare of vulnerable children through parenting education. Additionally, the Foundation will provide the services of its parenting educator to assist. To learn more about Build-a-Bridge, please click here.

Cradles to Crayons: $25,000 to support a warehouse program of collecting/recycling gently-used and donated garments and other items for distribution to children who are homeless and living in poverty. To learn more about Cradles to Crayons, please click here.

Episcopal Community Services (ECS): $15,000 to help low-income, frail elderly persons in Northwest Philadelphia sustain their independence and remain safely in the comfort and dignity of their own homes. To learn more about Episcopal Community Services, please click here.

Family Services of Montgomery County: $50,000 to provide in-home mental health counseling and other support services to homebound frail elderly persons. To learn more about Family Services of Montgomery County, please click here.

The Food Trust: $35,0000 to improve elementary school children's health and literacy through student-written Healthy Times newspapers. To learn more about the Food Trust, please click here.

JEVS Human Services (Formerly Jewish Employment and Vocational Services): $20,000 a year for three years for home abatement and adaptation for homebound elderly. To learn more about JEVS Human Services, please click here.

Jewish Family and Children's Services of Greater Philadelphia (JFCS): $10,000 to support NORC (naturally occurring retirement community) programming to assist elderly adults age with dignity and safety in the comfort of their own homes and in the communities of Elkins Park, Jenkintown and Cheltenham. To learn more about Jewish Family and Children's Services, please click here.

Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $10,000 to provide music, art and dance/movement therapy to at-risk youth. To learn more about the Kardon Institute, please click here.

Legal Aid Society of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP): $15,000 to support legal work in Eastern Montgomery County with frail and vulnerable older adults. To learn more about the Legal Aid Society, please click here.

Penn Asian Senior Services (PASSI): $30,000 for recruitment and training of Asian-speaking home health aides to support the ailing Asian American seniors who are isolated by language barriers. To learn more about Penn Asian Senior Services, please click here.

Pennsylvania Dental Foundation: $20,000 for education around fluoridation of Pennsylvania's water supply and the impact on public health. To learn more about this initiative, please click here and then click on PDA Legislators and PDA Legislative Priorities.

Philadelphia Early Childhood Collaborative: $50,000 for pre-school obesity prevention program to fund exercise equipment that can be used in smaller spaces. To learn more about the Philadelphia Early Childhood Collaborative, please click here.

Women of Faith and Hope: $45,000 to support African American women living in Northwest Philadelphia at risk or living with breast cancer.To learn more about Women of Faith and Hope, please click here.

WON Community Services Center (WCSC): $5,000 for community service programs targeted to non-English speaking immigrants related to the health and wellness of individuals and families. To learn more about the WON Community Center, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in June of 2007:

• Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE): $20,000 for a free telephone and on-site information and counseling service for older adults. To learn more about CARIE, please click here.

• Center in the Park: $50,000 as the first payment of a three-year grant for general operating support. Center in the Park's mission is to promote healthy, positive aging. To learn more about Center in the Park, please click here.

• Chestnut Hill Garden District: $2,100 in support of the "Walk a Healthy Mile" program.

• Chestnut Hill Senior Services Center: $10,000 for general operating support.

• Child Home & Community: $7,200 for prenatal and support groups for adolescent parents at the Maternal Wellness Center in Mt. Airy.

• Dragonfly Forest: $10,000 for seriously ill children to enjoy overnight camp in an environment designed to meet their physical medical needs. To learn more about Dragonfly Forest, please click here.

• Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund: $20,000 to support families dealing with chronically or terminally ill children. To learn more about the Memorial Fund, please click here.

• Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture, a program of Lutheran Children and Family Service of Eastern Pennsylvania: $25,000 to fund case management services for victims of torture. To learn more about Liberty Center, please click here.

• MANNA: $30,000 to increase services in northwest Philadelphia. MANNA provides meals and other services to HIV positive, as well as AIDS patients. For more information, please click here.

• Philadelphia Children's Alliance: $33,000 to fund a forensic interviewing specialist to increase access to services for northwest Philadelphia children and non-offending caregivers during sexual abuse investigations.

• St. Catherine LaBoure Medical Clinic: $50,000 for general operating support for a free clinic in Germantown serving the uninsured.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in February of 2007:

• Awbury Arboretum Association: $30,000 for an afterschool program for Germantown area children who participate in planting gardens, learning about nutrition, and harvesting and then cooking vegetables. To learn more about Awbury Arboretum Association, please click here.

• Dignity Housing: $25,000 for a support program for family reinforcement for the homeless in Germantown. To learn more about Dignity Housing, please click here.

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG): $15,000 to support the afterschool program for students of Germantown High School. To learn more about First United Methodist Church of Germantown, please click here.

• Friends of the Children's Park in Chestnut Hill: $5,000 to repair playground equipment, and another $5,000 challenge grant for lead paint removal on the Jenks School Playground. To learn more about Friends of the Children's Park, please click here.

• Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania: $50,000 to support their Bodyworks program (obesity prevention) among transitional housing families in Ambler. To learn more about Health Promotion Council, please click here.

• North Light Community Center: $50,000 as the first payment in a 3-year grant for general operating purposes for their afterschool program in Manayunk. To learn more about North Light Community Center, please click here.

• Visiting Nurse Association Community Services: $50,000 to support immunization and general health efforts among uninsured children. To learn more about Visiting Nurse Association, please click here.

• YMCA of Roxborough: $13,900 to purchase a climbing wall for children as part of the Y's program in preventing childhood obesity. To learn more about YMCA of Roxborough, please click here.

Grants made in 2006:

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following organizations in December of 2006:

• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: $40,000 to develop a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) in West Oak Lane. To learn more about Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, please click here.

• Breastfeeding Resource Center: $10,000 for general operating support for its promotion and support of breastfeeding in northwest Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about Breastfeeding Resource Center, please click here.

• Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels: $10,000 for general operating support.

• Intercommunity Action, Inc. (Interac): $27,047 to recruit staff to manage their volunteer program. To learn more about Intercommunity Action, Inc., please click here.

• Montgomery County Health Department: $5,000 to support their safe child care seat initiative. To learn more about Montgomery County Health Department, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following organizations in September of 2006:

• Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia: $20,404 for its Student Anti-Violence Education (SAVE) training program. To learn more about Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia, please click here.

• The Center for Women's Reproductive Health: $20,000 to support its program of counseling for un- and under-insured women suffering from postpartum depression.

• Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly of Greater Philadelphia: $25,000 to support its program of friendly visits to homebound elderly. To learn more about Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly, please click here.

• Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network (NPHIN): $20,000 to support its program of providing temporary housing and counseling support services for the homeless. To learn more about Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, please click here.

• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: $50,000 as part of a two-year funding program to support its early childhood program for hearing children. To learn more about Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, please click here.

• Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP): $20,000 to support its program for elder volunteers supporting elders. To learn more about Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, please click here.

• Young Lives Delaware Valley: $10,000 to support its program of supporting teen parents and their children. To learn more about Young Lives Delaware Valley, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in June of 2006:

• Breakfree: $5,000 for nutrition counseling in their teen empowerment workshops. To learn more about Breakfree, please click here.

• Episcopal Community Services: $10,000 to provide home care services to low-income elderly patients in northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Episcopal Community Services, please click here.

• Family Services of Montgomery County: $15,000 to provide in home mental health counseling and other support services to frail homebound seniors in Eastern Montgomery County. To learn more about Family Services of Montgomery County, please click here.

• Jewish Employment and Vocational Services: $17,000 for home abatement and adaptation for homebound elderly in Mount Airy and Germantown. To learn more about Jewish Employment and Vocational Services, please click here.

• Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy: $6,000 to provide music, art, and dance/movement therapy to at-risk youth, ages 10 to 17. To learn more about Kardon Institute for Arts Therapy, please click here.

• Keystone Hospice: $40,000 for a passive monitoring program utilizing homeplaced instruments and web interaction and monitoring for single, elderly, homebound chronically ill patients as well as recent elderly discharges from an inpatient setting. To learn more about Keystone Hospice, please click here.

• PresbyHomes & Services: $25,000 for the purchase of exercise equipment for the community elderly. To learn more about PresbyHomes & Services, click here.

• Penn Asian Senior Services: $30,000 for the recruitment and training of Asian American native speaking home health aides in order to provide home health services to senior Asians living at home who had chronic health conditions and who did not speak English. To learn more about Penn Asian Senior Services, please click here.

• St. Catherine Laboure Medical Clinic: $50,000 for general operating support for a free clinic in Germantown serving the un-insured.

• Support Center for Child Advocates: $35,000 for general operating support specifically geared to advocacy efforts for children in northwest Philadelphia who had serious and chronic medical needs and who are subject to protective proceedings in Family Court. To learn more about Support Center for Child Advocates, please click here.

• Temple University, Center for Intergeneration Learning: $25,000 for a student volunteer program to go into the homes of chronically ill seniors who are living with and dependent on constant care from their families, and provide periods of respite for the family. To learn more about Temple University, Center for Intergeneration Learning, please click here. Click here for an article on Temple University’s Time Out Respite Program.

• Unitarian Universalist House: $21,153 for a home-based physical exercise program led by social workers trained in senior exercise for residents of northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Unitarian Universalist House, please click here.

The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in March of 2006:

• Aid for Friends: $6,580 to home safety abatement (installation of grab bars, bath tub seats, window installation, and more) to client residents in northwest Philadelphia. To learn more about Aid for Friends, click here

• Carson Valley School: $10,000 to provide a Benefits Bank for low income families to access their entitlements through Medicaid, CHIP. WIC, tax credits, etc. To learn more about Carson Valley School, click here. To read the news article:click here.

• Center in the Park: $30,000 to provide health and wellness services and screenings to its Germantown population. To learn more about Center in the Park, click here

• Chestnut Hill Garden District: $5,000 to develop the "Walk a Healthy Mile" program in conjunction with other Chestnut Hill businesses and agencies. To see related news article, click here.

• Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund: $20,000 to support families dealing with chronically or terminally ill children. To learn more about the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund, click here

• Maternity Care Coalition: $15,000 to provide cribs to northwest Philadelphia low income families in an effort to reduce SIDS-related deaths. To learn more about the Maternity Care Coalition, click here

• North Light Community Center: $12,500 to provide support for KidZone after school program for northwest Philadelphia children, providing exercise, nutrition, and social counseling. To learn more about North Light, click here

• Springfield Ambulance Association: $645 to provide water and fans for needy elderly community members during the summer months in an effort to prevent heat stroke and related deaths. To learn more about Springfield Ambulance Association, click here. To see news article, click here.

• YMCA of Roxborough: $15,500 to provide exercise equipment and scholarship funds for their childhood obesity prevention program. To learn more about the YMCA of Roxoborough, click here.

Grants made in 2005: The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation was pleased to make grants to the following community organizations in December of 2005:

• Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels: $2500 to assist with the cost of meals. To see news article, click here.

• Chestnut Hill Senior Center: $10,000 to further outreach efforts. To see news article, click here. To see related news article, click here.

• First United Methodist Church of Germantown: $15,000 for their after school program with Germantown High School. See www.fumcog.org. To see news article, click here.

• Neighborhood Interfaith Movement: $30,000 for the program to counter childhood obesity. To learn more about NIM, click here. To see press release, click here. To see news article, click here.

• Women of Faith and Hope: $20,000 for outreach to minority women for breast cancer screening. To learn more about Women of Faith and Hope, click here. To see news article, click here.

Grantmaking Priorities: The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation's priorities for funding for the year 2005 through 2006 relate to the outcomes of its community assessment. The identified needs, then, are for community services in support of:

• The frail elderly
  
• Reducing premature death caused by cancer and heart disease
  
• Children and families
  
• Education about health care, health care and health insurance options.
  

Geographic Area Served: The Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation's geographic area extends from Northwest Philadelphia (Germantown, Roxborough, Manayunk, Mt. Airy, Wadsworth, Chestnut Hill) through Eastern Montgomery County. For a specific list of zip codes, click here for zip codes served.


Other Special Grants: Some of the charitable dollars for which the Foundation assumes responsibility have donor-specified purposes and therefore fall out of the four categories listed above. Some of those funds are for scholarships. Others are for special music programs.