The Herb Block Foundation
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Programs

Grantees

2012

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $15,000
American Humanist Association $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) $20,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Disability Rights Legal Center $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $15,000
Equal Rights Center $15,000
Farm Labor Research Project $15,000
Greater Boston Legal Services $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $20,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $15,000
National Women's Health Network $20,000
Physicians for Human Rights $20,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) $15,000
Restaurant Opportunites Centers United (ROC United) $15,000
Southern Center for Human rights $20,000
Student Press Law Center $5,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
The Constitution Project $10,000
The Fund for Global Human Rights $15,000
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press $10,000
TrueChild $10,000
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $15,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Bright Beginnings $15,000
Byte Back $20,000
Centreville Immigration Forum $15,000
City Year Washington DC $20,000
Columbia Heights and Shaw Family Support Collaborative $5,000
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place $10,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Fair Chance $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Growing Together $5,000
Higher Achievement Program $15,000
Horton's Kids $15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $10,000
Language ETC $15,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD, Inc. $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Marian Koshland Science Museum $10,000
Mentoring to Manhood $10,000
Mentoring Today $10,000
MetroTeenAIDS $10,000
Miriam's Kitchen $5,000
My Sister's Place $10,000
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $15,000
New Leaders $10,000
One World Education $10,000
StreetWise Partners $10,000
Teach for America $15,000
The Foundation Schools $10,000
The News Literacy Project $10,000
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation $10,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
U.S. Vets $10,000

2011

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advocates for Youth $20,000
American Humanist Association $15,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Cartooning for Peace - U.S. $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $20,000
Center for Democracy & Technology $25,000
Detention Watch Network $20,000
Disability Rights Advocates $25,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation $25,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Health Law Program $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $20,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
Tahirih Justice Center $20,000
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid $15,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $20,000
Women for Women International $15,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $10,000
City Year for Washington D.C. $10,000
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $15,000
D.C. Public Education Fund $15,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso $15,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
Goodwill of Greater Washington $15,000
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection $15,000
Homeless Children's Playtime Project $5,000
Hope House $10,000
Horton's Kids $10,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Language ETC $15,000
Levine School of Music $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentors for Minorities (M.O.M.I.E.S.) $7,500
Mentors, Inc. $10,000
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy $15,000
N Street Village $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Service $15,000
Perry School Community Services Center $10,000
Sasha Bruce Youthwork $25,000
So Others Might Eat $10,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $15,000
STRIVE DC $10,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Reading Connection $10,000
Transitional Housing Corporation $15,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitors' Services Center $10,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $10,000
YWCA National Capital Area $15,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $15,000
American University $15,000
CASA de Maryland $15,000
Civitas Associates $10,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Vote $20,000
Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action $15,000
FAIR Elections Legal Network $10,000
Illinois Coaltion for Immigrant and Refugee Rights $25,000
Intercambio de Comunidades $15,000
Justice at Stake $15,000
Kid-Power DC $10,000
League of Women Voters of Maryland $2,000
Liberty's Promise $10,000
MinKwon Center for Community Action $15,000
National Housing Law Project $10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America $25,000
Radio Rootz (People's Production House) $10,000
Social. Environmental. Economic (SEE) Inovation $15,000
Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership $15,000
The Student Conservation Association $15,000
Turning the Page $15,000
Young D.C. $5,000

2010

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Humanist Association $16,000
Brady Center of Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Brennan Center for Justice $15,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $10,000
Children's Rights $15,000
Council for Court Excellence $10,000
Disability Rights Advocates $15,000
Drug Policy Alliance $15,000
Equal Justice Initiative $15,000
Institute for Policy Studies $15,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry $15,000
League of Women Voters $15,000
National Fair Housing Alliance $25,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Housing Law Project $15,000
National Law Center Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $10,000
National Whistleblowers Center $15,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Southern Center for Human Rights $25,000
The Center for Victims of Torture $15,000
VERA $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee $25,000
Women's Refugee Commission $10,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank $10,000
D.C Scores $15,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $25,000
D.C. Public Education Fund $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY) $10,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoasa $15,000
For Love of Children $10,000
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $15,000
Latin American Youth Center $15,000
Life Pieces to Master Pieces $15,000
Literacy Council for Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County $10,000
Live It Learn It $20,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
Mentors Inc. $15,000
New Neighbors Education Center $ 7,500
Northern Virginia Family Services $15,000
Our Place DC $15,000
Reach for College $10,000
Resource for Inner City Children (RICH) $ 6,000
SCAN of Northern Virginia $20,000
Scholarship Academy $10,000
So Others Might Eat $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $20,000
Visitors' Services Center $10,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $15,000
Washington Literacy Council $10,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Civitas Associates $5,000
Community Foundation of the National Capital Region $25,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Vote $15,000
Democracy North Carolina $15,000
Facing History and Ourselves $10,000
Family & Children Services $15,000
HeadCount $15,000
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights $25,000
Intercambio de Comunidados $15,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $20,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $10,000
Project Vote $10,000
Teach Our Children $15,000
Tenants and Workers United $15,000
The Sentencing Project $20,000
The Student Conservation Association $15,000
Turning Anger into Change $15,000
Washington Peace Center $5,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $15,000

2009

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $15,000
AYUDA $15,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $15,000
Cartoonist's Rights Network International $15,000
Center for National Security Studies $25,000
Children's Rights $25,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
D.C. Language Access Coalition $10,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Federation of American Scientists $10,000
Impact Silver Spring $15,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Health Law Program $15,000
National Housing Law Project $15,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
The Fund for Global Human Rights $25,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Academy of Hope $10,000
Beacon House $10,000
Beyond Talent $10,000
Bright Beginnings $15,000
Byte Back $5,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $20,000
Doorways for Women and Families $10,000
Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso $7,500
Hope House $5,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $15,000
Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc. $16,500
Literacy Council of Montgomery County $5,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $5,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD $10,000
Live It Learn It $15,000
Martha's Table $10,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
N Street Village $10,000
New Leaders for New Schools $20,000
Reach for College $15,000
Resources for Inner City Children $5,000
SOME $20,000
Southeast Ministry $15,000
Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Community Services $15,000
STRIVE DC $10,000
The Child and Family Network Center $10,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Lab School of Washington $15,000
The Scholarship Academy $5,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc. $15,000
Visitors' Services Center $5,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $15,000
Words Beats and Life $5,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $5,000
YWCA National Capital Area $10,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
9 to 5, National Association of Working Women $10,000
American University: Marshall-Brennan Project $10,000
Critical Exposure $15,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
Democracy North Carolina $15,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Green Map System $7,500
Impact Silver Spring $10,000
Justice at Stake $20,000
Kid Power - DC $10,000
Liberty's Promise $15,000
New Mexico Environmental Law Center $10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America $15,000
Progressive Maryland $10,000
Project Vote $10,000
Tenants and Workers United $15,000
The Sentencing Project $15,000
Turning Anger Into Change $10,000
Turning the Page $10,000
Washington Peace Center $3,500
Wider Opportunities for Women $15,000

2008

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Advocates for Youth $25,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund $25,000
AYUDA, Inc. $25,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Brennan Center for Justice $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition $25,000
Center for Campus Free Speech $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for National Security Studies $25,000
Children's Rights $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
D.C. Language Access Coalition $10,000
Detention Watch Network $25,000
Disability Rights Advocates $25,000
DREDF $20,000
Drug Policy Alliance $25,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation $25,000
Equal Justice Initiative $25,000
Federation of American Scientists $25,000
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition $15,000
HALSA Inc. $20,000
Howard University School of Law $15,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Institute for Policy Studies $25,000
Just Neighbors Immigrant Ministry, Inc. $25,000
Latino Union of Chicago $15,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $25,000
National Health Law Program $25,000
National Housing Law Project $25,000
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty $25,000
National Network of Abortion Funds $25,000
National Whistleblower Center $25,000
National Women's Health Network $25,000
Peace Brigades International $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility $30,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States $10,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
The National Security Archive Fund $15,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Virginia Justice Center for Farm and Immigrant Workers $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $20,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington $25,000
Academy of Hope $25,000
Beacon House $10,000
Beyond Talent $25,000
Bright Beginnings $25,000
Capital Area Food Bank $15,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $15,000
CASA of Maryland, Inc. $25,000
Center for Inspired Teaching $25,000
College Summit, Inc. $25,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
D.C. Central Kitchen $25,000
DC SCORES $25,000
Doorways for Women and Families $20,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $15,000
Heads Up $15,000
HOMESTRETCH $15,000
House of Ruth $25,000
Interages $15,000
Jubilee Jobs, Inc. $20,000
Levine School of Music $22,500
Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc. $10,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Council of Prince George's County, MD, Inc. $20,000
Live It Learn It $25,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
Mentoring Today $15,000
Mentors, Inc. $20,000
N Street Village $10,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $25,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $10,000
Reach for College $25,000
Resources for Inner City Children $6,000
SOME $25,000
Southeast Ministry $25,000
Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Community Services $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $20,000
STRIVE DC $25,000
Teach For America $25,000
The Black Student Fund $15,000
The Child and Family Network Center $15,000
The Foundation Schools $15,000
The Lab School of Washington $25,000
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship $10,000
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $20,000
The Scholarship Academy $15,000
The Skill Source Group, Inc. $25,000
The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc. $20,000
The Washington Literacy Council $25,000
Visitors' Services Center $15,000
Washington Jesuit Academy $25,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $20,000
Wider Opportunities for Women $25,000
Young Playwrights' Theater $15,000
YWCA National Capital Area $25,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
9 to 5, Nat'l Association of Working Women $20,000
American University; Center for Democracy and Election Management $25,000
CASA of Maryland $25,000
Chi Town Daily News $25,000
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice $15,000
Children's Pressline $25,000
Close Up Foundation $25,000
Community Housing Partnership $10,000
Community Voters Project $25,000
D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
D.C. Vote $25,000
District of Columbia Alliance of Youth Advocates $15,000
Family & Children Service $25,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Giraffe Heroes Project $25,000
Green Map System $10,000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $25,000
Liberty's Promise $25,000
Low Country Earth Force $17,500
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations $15,000
Men Can Stop Rape $25,000
Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League $20,000
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition $25,000
People's Production House/Radio Rootz $10,000
Project Vote $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Tenants' & Workers' Support Committee $25,000
Young D.C. $10,000

2007

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Advocates for Youth $25,000
American Civil Liberties Union - Safe and Free Program $25,000
American Judicature Society $25,000
Ayuda $20,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition (CAIR) $20,000
Cartoonists Rights Network $15,000
Center for Campus Free Speech $7,500
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
Drug Policy Alliance $25,000
Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence $25,000
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition $15,000
Howard University Law School $25,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Institute for Policy Studies $25,000
Legal Aid Justice Center $25,000
National Women's Law Center $25,000
Physicians for Human Rights $25,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000
The Sentencing Project $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington - Field of Dreams $25,000
Academy of Hope $25,000
Asian American LEAD $15,000
Beacon House $15,000
Beyond Talent $25,000
Bright Beginnings for Homeless Children $25,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates $15,000
College Summit $25,000
DC Bar Pro Bono Program $10,000
Facilitation Leadership in Youth (FLY) $25,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club $10,000
Hannah House $10,000
Hope House $15,000
Jubilee Jobs $20,000
Lab School of Washington $25,000
Levine School of Music $21,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Live It Learn It 15,000
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care $20,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless $25,000
N Street Village $10,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Northern Virginia Family Services $25,000
Prince George's Child Resource Center $25,000
Reach for College $25,000
Resources for Inner City Children $5,000
Spanish Catholic Center $25,000
Spanish Education Development Center $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity House $20,000
STRIVE DC $15,000
Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts $10,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitor's Service Center $10,000
Washington Literacy Council $25,000
Washington Tennis & Education Fund $20,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University College of Law - We the Students $25,000
CASA of Maryland - New Citizens Voter Registration $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $20,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Close Up Foundation $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
DC VOICE $25,000
DC Vote $25,000
District of Columbia Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA) $15,000
FairVote $25,000
Friends of the Earth $10,000
Impact Silver Spring $15,000
Iowas Citizens for Community Improvement $25,000
Liberty's Promise $20,000
Organizing Neighborhood Equity $25,000
People's Production House $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Turning the Page $25,000
West End House Boys & Girls Club of Allston-Brighton $15,000
Youth Action Research Group $15,000
Youth Education Alliance $25,000

2006

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation $25,000
American Judicature Society $25,000
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $25,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project $10,000
Education Fund to Stop Gun Violence $25,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) Foundation $25,000
Farm Labor Organizing Committee $25,000
Human Rights First $25,000
National Women's Law Center $25,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) $20,000
Tahirih Justice Center $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Beacon House $10,000
Capital Area Food Bank - Kid's Cafe $10,000
CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children $25,000
CASA of Maryland - Employment and Training $25,000
Center for Youth & Family Investment $25,000
D.C. Creative Writing Workshop $15,000
DC SCORES $15,000
Discovery Creek $25,000
For Love of Children $20,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $10,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Horton's Kids $25,000
Jubilee Jobs - Move Up Program $13,000
Latin American Youth Center $25,000
Life Skills Workshop $15,000
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia $10,000
Literacy Volunteers of the National Capital Area $15,000
Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care $15,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Northern Virginia Family Services - Training Futures Program $25,000
Pathways to Housing DC $25,000
So Others Might Eat (SOME) Center for Employment Training $25,000
Spanish Catholic Center for Catholic Community Services $25,000
St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home $15,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $15,000
Visitor's Service Center $5,000
Washington Literacy Council $10,000
YWCA National Capital Area $25,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University College of Law - We the Students $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $10,000
DC Vote $25,000
Impact Silver Spring $10,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund $24,720
Liberty's Promise $25,000
Men Can Stop Rape $15,000
National Coalition for the Homeless - Voting Campaign $15,000
National Security Archive Fund $25,000
National Whistleblower Center $25,000
Organizing Neighborhood Equity (ONE) $10,000
Planned Parenthood - Youth Peer Leadership Program $20,000
POGO/GAP/PEER Collaboration $30,000
Spanish Education Development Center $12,500
Student Conservation Association $10,000
Teaching for Change/Tellin' Stories Project $25,000
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) $25,000
Turning the Page $25,000
Young D.C. $10,000

2005

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition $25,000
Center for Multicultural Human Services $25,000
Center for Victims of Torture $25,000
D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project $10,000
Human Rights First $25,000
Museum of Tolerance $20,000
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform $25,000
Sexual Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SEICUS) $25,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
A Greater Washington - Field of Dreams $25,000
CASA de Maryland - Center for Employment and Training $25,000
College Summit $25,000
Corcoran Gallery of Art - ArtReach $20,000
For Love of Children $15,000
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop $20,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Horton's Kids $25,000
Jubilee Jobs - Move Up Program $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington $25,000
So Others May Eat $25,000
St. Ann's Infant & Maternity Home $25,000
The Green Door $15,000
The Skill Source Group $25,000
Urban Alliance Foundation $25,000
Visitor's Service Center $5,000
Young Playwright's Theater $15,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University School of Law - We the Students $25,000
Catholic Legal Immigration Network $20,000
Council for Court Excellence $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $15,000
DC Vote $25,000
GAP/POGO/PEER Collaboration $40,000
Men Can Stop Rape $20,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
U.S. PIRG Education Fund - Ballot Access Program $10,000
Young D.C. $10,000

2004

Defending Basic Freedoms

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Advancement Project $25,000
Americans United for Separation of Church and State $25,000
Asian Pacific ALRC $5,000
Ayuda $10,000
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition $25,000
Carter Center $25,000
Cartoonists Rights Network International $25,000
Center for Constitutional Rights $25,000
Center for Democracy and Technology $25,000
Center for Multi-Cultural Human Services $25,000
Committee to Protect Journalists $25,000
D.C. Prisoners Legal Service Project $10,000
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center $10,000
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) $20,000
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council $10,000
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights $25,000
National Civil Rights Museum $25,000
National Coalition for the Homeless $10,000
National Conference for Community and Justice $15,000
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund $25,000
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) $10,000
Violence Policy Center $25,000

Pathways Out of Poverty

Grantee Name Grant Amount
Black Student Fund $25,000
Capital Area Food Bank $25,000
Capital Children's Museum $25,000
CASA de Maryland $25,000
Class Acts Arts $15,000
College Summit $20,000
DC Creative Writing Worskshop $25,000
Discovery Creek Children's Museum of Washington $25,000
Experience Corps $25,000
George Washington University - Neighbors Project $25,000
Higher Achievement Program $25,000
Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund $25,000
Jobs for Homeless People $25,000
Jubilee Jobs $10,000
Life Pieces to Masterpieces $10,000
Mentors Inc. $25,000
Multicultural Career Intern Program at Bell Multicutural High School $25,000
New Leaders for New Schools $25,000
Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts $20,000
Shirlington Employment and Education Center $25,000
Skills Source Group $25,000
Student Conservation Association $10,000
urban Alliance Foundation $25,000
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs $24,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation $20,000

Encouraging Citizen Involvement

Grantee Name Grant Amount
American University Washington College of Law - We the Students Program $25,000
Bill of Rights Institute $19,000
Center for Voting and Democracy $25,000
Central American Resource Center $25,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice $25,000
DC Vote $25,000
George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs - DC Student Voices $25,000
Justice at Stake $25,000
Justice at Stake - 2004 Voter Guide $25,000
Latin American Youth Center $25,000
Our Nation's Capital $20,000
Public Citizen Foundation $25,000
Street Law $25,000
Tenants and Workers' Support Committee $20,000
The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region $25,000
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse $25,000
U.S. PIRG Educational Fund $10,000
University of Virginia Center of Politics $25,000
Young D.C. $13,000