2003 Fall Grants
To celebrate its One Millionth Dollar in grants to the community, the Foundation made 10 special awards to the Stuart-Hobson Middle School, one of the Capitol Hill Cluster Schools, to strengthen its Museum Program with the Smithsonian Institution and its project based learning curriculum.
Stuart-Hobson Middle School, for improvements to the cafeteria
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for Builders Club oral history project with Kiwanis Club
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for hallway and auditorium improvements
Stuart-Hobson Middle School Music Department for partnership with Arena Stage
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for purchase of supplemental history books
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for books of world culture
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for after school music club
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for locker repair and purchase
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for 8th grade New Zealand project
Stuart-Hobson Middle School for literature study group materials
Watkins Elementary School for physical education activities
Watkins Elementary School for workshops in connection with Japanese arts
Peabody School for ongoing work on the playground
Capitol Hill Cluster Schools for dictionaries for 3rd graders
Capitol Hill Cluster Schools for 100 year celebration of the Wright brothers
Watkins Elementary School for history books
Watkins Elementary School for sports program
Watkins Living Schoolyard Project for ongoing garden project
Trees for Capitol Hill, a special Barbara Held Award, for planting of a significant tree in a triangle park and necessary maintenance of local triangle parks
Hill Preschool for the scholarship fund
Crime Stoppers Club for underwriting programs in local elementary schools
KidSafe, a CHAMPS Grant for dance, art, and music lessons for Tyler School KidSafe Center
Near Northeast Citizens Against Crime and Drugs for projects with J.O. Wilson School
Capitol Hill Youth Chorus for expenses of program
Maury Elementary School for reading program
Higher Achievement Academy, a Lehner Grant for curriculum development
Two Rivers Public Charter School for printing expenses
Friends of Tyler School support for computer learning center
Eastern Senior High School for World Language Festival at Hine Jr. High School
The Corner Store, a CHAMPS Grant for completion of YuMe Tree mural
Friends of the Old Naval Hospital for historical research
Residents of 12th Place, NE, to support neighborhood landscaping projects
Anya Zmudzka Sattler for the Sculpture Hill Project, an outdoor sculpture project
Karine Bouis-Towe for support of Community Gardens at 11th and L SE
Friends of Sherwood volunteers, for senior activities
Capitol Hill Computer Corner, a CHAMPS Grant for afterschool and community Programs
Sasha Bruce Youthwork for the Zocalo family support services
Oye Palaver Hut for cultural enrichment programs
Food & Friends for meals and groceries for community residents with AIDS and other illness
Catalyst Theater Company at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop for scholarship program
Hope Center for social service program
Capitol Hill Group Ministry for Emergency Assistance services
Momentum Dance Theatre for underwriting the Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker
Capitol Hill Chorale for the jazz quarter for the March concert
Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C. for operating expenses
Folger Shakespeare Library for the Shakespeare Steps Out program for local elementary school