Between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, the Ross Foundation made 38 grants totaling $ 666,791.Our average grant size in 2007 was $ 17,547.
2007 Grant Denominations AwardedNumber of Grants Awarded Up to- $5,0006
$5,001 - $ 10,0004
$ 10,001 - $ 15,0007
$ 15,001 - $ 20,0007
$ 20,001 - $ 25,0007
$ 25,001 - $ 30,0003
$ 30,001 - $ 35,0002
$ 35,001 - $ 40,0001
$ 40,001 - $ 45,0000
$ 45,001 - $ 50,0001
Total Number of Grants in 2007:38
GRANTS CATEGORIZED BY CHILDREN’S PROBLEMS
January 1 – December 31, 2007
I. PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
♥Al Sigl Center - Rochester, NY $ 25,000
To support the children’s programs of the Al Sigl Center.
♥Clear Path International – Dorset, VT
$ 11,000
To purchase rehabilitation equipment and to train new staff in order to double the number of children served at the Dong Ha Children’s Rehabilitation Center, located in Dong Ha, Vietnam.
♥The Diocese of Nakuru Special Mission – Canastota, NY
$ 22,902
To renovate Likuyani Home for Crippled Children and purchase beds, bedding, chairs, and other items for this Home located in Kenya.
♥Healing Hands, Inc. – Grand Rapids, MI
$ 15,666
To establish one rehabilitation center benefiting handicapped, orphaned children in the town of Hunedoara, Romania.
♥HUGS (Help Us Give Smiles) Foundation, Inc. – Rochester, NY
$ 14,400
To purchase three refurbished anesthesia monitors to benefit children undergoing surgery at The Fundacion Terra Nueva, a 17-bed hospital located in Quito, Ecuador.
♥Project Healthy Children – Dedham, MA
$ 33,830
To support a health initiative designed to prevent birth defects in newborn children in Honduras by educating women about the importance of folic acid.
II. SERIOUSLY ILL/INJURED
♥The Brackett Refugee Education Fund – Hamilton, NY
$ 20,449
To support three boarding houses and a school for one year where refugee children are living near the Thai-Burma border in Thailand.
♥Chernobyl Children Project, USA – Dedham, MA
$ 20,000
To purchase various medical equipment for Children’s Hospital, located in Klintsy, Russia.
♥International Rescue Committee – New York, NY
$ 20,000
To pay for obstetric care for women and their babies living at the Mae Hong Son refugee camp, located near the Thai-Burma border.
♥InterVol – Rochester, NY
$ 22,737
To purchase telemedicine equipment for Southern Regional Hospital, located in Belize, which will allow medical volunteers in Rochester to provide pediatric consultations with the Belize medical staff.
♥Kalimoni Mission Hospital – Kenya, East Africa
(funded through Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus – Houston, TX)
$ 21,922
To construct a pediatric ward at the Kalimoni Mission Hospital, located in Kenya.
♥LifeCorps International – Ontario, Canada
(funded through Vine International – Knoxville, TN)
$ 23,400
To purchase equipment and supplies for the new 10-bed infant nursery at Hospital Shalom, located in the Peten region of Guatemala.
♥Manhattan Institute for Policy Research – New York, NY
$ 30,000
To purchase a van that will be used as a mobile dental clinic to benefit children living in Colina, Chile.
♥St. Mary’s Mission Hospital – Kenya, East Africa
(funded through Maryknoll Brothers – Maryknoll, NY)
$ 18,336
To pay for the construction of the neonatal intensive care unit, and to purchase three pieces of pediatric equipment at the new St. Mary’s-Rift Valley Mission Hospital, located in Kenya.
♥Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Buffalo, NY
$ 5,000
To support a mobile medical clinic operating on the Island of Mindanao, Philippines.
♥Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International – Goleta, CA
$ 5,330
To support a medical mission in Bhavnagar, India, where 50 children who have strabismus will undergo surgery.
III. LEARNING DISABLED
♥Hope Hall – Rochester, NY
$ 15,000
To partially fund the annual Phil Chamberlain Memorial Art and Music Program.
IV. RAISED POOR/DISADVANTAGED
♥Bernardine Franciscan Sisters – Reading, PA
$ 7,610
To purchase the needed equipment and supplies for the new library at the Mission Center, located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ♥Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children – Philadelphia, PA
$ 12,241
To construct and equip a pediatric health clinic located in Las Delicias, El Salvador.
♥The Good Shepherd’s Society – Charlotte, NC
$ 15,815
To construct four classrooms and repair a security wall at The Academy of Santa Maria, located in Diriamba, Nicaragua.
♥The Good Shepherd’s Society – Charlotte, NC
$ 17,103
To complete the repairs of a security wall and to construct a multi-purpose building at The Academy of Santa Maria, located in Diriamba, Nicaragua.
♥Help the Afghan Children – Fairfax, VA
$ 13,800
To establish and maintain one computer lab for girls attending high school in Kabul, Afghanistan.
♥The Marianists Province of the U.S. – St. Louis, MO
$ 23,888
To purchase equipment in order to add three new training classes at The Deepahalli Skills Training Center, located in Bangalore, India.
♥Mercy Ships – Garden Valley, TX
$ 32,016
To construct two classrooms and bathrooms for the “Kids Alive School”, located in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic.
♥One H.E.A.R.T. – Salt Lake City, UT
$ 13,450
To support the development of reading materials in several languages that will be used to train those in Tibet working with One H.E.A.R.T. to save the lives of mothers and their newborn babies.
♥Outreach Asia, Inc. – Edina, MN
$ 5,000
To help pay for the construction of a dormitory that will allow 100 children to attend school living in Suailoro village, East Timor.
♥Safe Passage – Yarmouth, ME
$ 20,000
To support the educational facility in Guatemala City which benefits “dump children”, by equipping an 8-room expansion project and paying one year of telephone, internet, and computer expenses.
♥St. George’s Sinendet School – Kenya, East Africa
(funded through Divine Word Missionaries – Techny, IL)
$ 35,242
To purchase and install a water system to benefit the children and their families at St. George’s Sinendet School, located in Kenya. ♥St. Mary-Corwin Health Foundation – Pueblo, CO
$ 10,000
To fully equip and to provide one year of consumable supplies for a pediatric exam room at the newly constructed Clinique Gratuit, located in Gonaives, Haiti.
♥Save the Children – Westport, CT
$ 50,000
To support an Early Childhood Educational Program in Guatemala.
♥Vincentian Solidarity Office – Philadelphia, PA
$ 1,000
To repair the dilapidating walls of the Modio Kindergarten, located in Ethiopia.
♥Visualiza – Guatemala City, Guatemala
(funded through VOSH/PA – Erie, PA)
$ 30,000
To cover the pediatric operating expenses of The Vincent Pescatore Eye Clinic, located in the Peten region of Guatemala.
V. ABANDONED/NEGLECTED
♥Christo Development Trust – Tamil Nadu, South India
(funded through Silent Voices – Chula Vista, CA)
$ 4,430
To purchase a washing machine, a refrigerator, games, and a used van to benefit 32 girls living at an orphanage, located in Srivilliputtur, South India.
♥Generous Hearts – Toronto, Canada
(funded through Divine Word Missionaries – Techny, IL)
$ 26,246
To pay for the renovations desperately needed at Casa de Apoio, an orphanage located in the northeast region of Brazil.
♥School Sisters of St. Francis – Milawaukee, WI
$ 1,088
To purchase books for the children living at Guadalupe Homes Orphanage, located in Santa Apolonia, Guatemala.
♥Hope for the World Albania – Stockbridge, GA
$ 8,500
To construct an indoor playroom benefiting 55 children living at an orphanage, located in Shkoder, Albania.
♥Miracle Garden Tsunami Children’s Home – Tamil Nadu, South India
(funded through Jesus India Christian Schools – Bloomington, MN)
$ 1,540
An emergency grant to pay for the medical needs of nine injured children who reside at Miracle Garden, located in Tamil Nadu, South India.
♥Suba Children’s Orphanage – Kenya, East Africa
(funded through Divine Word Missionaries – Techny, IL)
$ 12,850
To construct two nursery school classrooms, as well as provide the furniture, learning materials, and salaries of two teachers at Suba Children’s Orphanage, located near Lake Victoria, Kenya.
TYPES OF CHILDREN’S PROJECTS FUNDED
Category
Number of Projects
$ Amount
Physically Handicapped
6
122,798
Seriously Ill/Injured
10
187,174
Learning Disabled
1
15,000
Raised Poor/Disadvantaged
15
287,165
Abandoned/Neglected
6
54,654
TOTAL
38
$ 666,791
MULTI-YEAR COMPARISON OF TYPES OF SUPPORT AWARDED
2007
2006
2005
Project Support
11
12
9
Operating Support
2
0
4
Construction
9
5
5
Renovation
3
1
0
Equipment/Supplies
11
15
12
Medical Research
0
0
0
Emergency
1
2
2
Publicity
0
0
0
Publications or Films
1
0
0
Scholarships
0
1
0
TOTAL
38
36
32
GLOBAL FUNDING BREAKDOWN
All grants are made payable to an American Charity, but often the funds actually help children in a foreign country. These figures show where the money is actually spent.
National 0% International 95% Rochester, NY area (and surrounding counties) 5%
