2017 Athens Federal Foundation Grant Recipients |
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Organization |
Amount |
Funding Purpose |
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Homeless Management of Monroe County |
$2,000 |
To assist homeless families in Monroe County in obtaining permanent housing |
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Coordinated Charities, Inc. |
$2,400 |
To provide rent and utility deposit assistance for homeless families |
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Helping Hands Ministry |
$7,500 |
To fund home repairs for seniors and low-income homeowners to ensure improved quality of life and safe living environment |
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Straightway Ministry Inc. |
$2,000 |
To support daily operations and assist with program participant enrollment costs. |
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The Grace House in Athens |
$5,000 |
To benefit Homeless Shelter Programs of The Grace House in Athens |
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Wesley Memorial UMC Helping Hand |
$3,000 |
To fund a food pantry program |
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Niota United Methodist Church (Christian Co-Workers Children's Aid) |
$3,000 |
To purchase healthy, nutritious non-perishable food items for needy children in Niota Elementary School throughout the 2017-18 school year |
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Lift & Redemption Ministries (DBA The Caring Place) |
$4,000 |
To fund a food pantry program |
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Grace & Mercy Ministries |
$3,600 |
To purchase food for weekly meals for the homeless and underserved |
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Englewood Goodwill Workers - Daily Bread Food Ministry |
$2,500 |
To purchase food for Thanksgiving and Christmas boxes |
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Miracle Lake |
$3,000 |
To provide assistance with food purchase for program participants |
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Love Thy Neighbor Project (of Tennessee Wesleyan University) |
$3,000 |
To benefit the weekend meal program for students in McMinn County School system |
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Better Living Center |
$2,500 |
To fund a food pantry program |
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Nourish One Child - Outreach of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church |
$3,000 |
To fund a weekend meal program for students in Athens City school system |
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New Bethany Missionary Baptist Church |
$3,000 |
To fund a food pantry program |
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Good Faith Clinic, Inc. |
$5,000 |
To provide assistance with expenses related to operation of the clinic and community health fair |
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Love Nancy, Inc. |
$1,530 |
To support Alzheimer's caregiver support projects and packages |
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Full Circle Medical Center for Women |
$1,500 |
To purchase updated evidence and research based curriculum for the On TRAC high school program |
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Etowah Rescue Squad |
$1,000 |
To purchase updated equipment |
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Monroe Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department |
$1,000 |
To purchase updated equipment |
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Englewood Rural Fire Department |
$1,000 |
To purchase updated equipment |
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Monroe County Rescue Squad |
$1,000 |
To purchase updated equipment |
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McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad |
$1,000 |
To purchase updated equipment |
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Family Promise of Bradley County |
$3,000 |
To fund the HUMI Program for rental assistance, housing arrears, moving expenses and security deposits for families with children facing eviction |
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Morning Star Ministries, Inc. |
$2,000 |
To expand the "Life Skills" program by purchasing kitchen equipment to teach basic cooking skills to residents |
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Family Cornerstones, Inc. |
$2,000 |
To fund Project Starfish, a program that benefits parents and children and offers steady support by emphasizing the importance of early education to break the cycle of poverty for at-risk families |
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Women at the Well |
$3,000 |
To sponsor a 15-month program of education, life skills, job skills and emotional healing to break cycle of drug abuse |
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McMinn County Educational and Community Foundation |
$4,000 |
To partially fund the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the Teacher Mini-Grant Programs |
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Boys & Girls Club of the Monroe Area |
$2,500 |
To benefit the General Fund and support programs for children served (70% of whom are from economically disadvantaged families and 50% below the poverty line) |
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Let's Read 20 - Initiative under the umbrella of the McMinn County Education Foundation |
$4,000 |
To fund the program in conjunction with United Way, Athens City Schools, Etowah City Schools, McMinn County Schools to encourage families to read together 20 minutes per day |
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Lee University (English Language Center) |
$3,000 |
To assist with funding language curriculum for parents and high school students |
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Athens-McMinn Family YMCA |
$4,000 |
To fund operations of the Y-CAP program, an intensive intervention and prevention program for kids ages 10-15 referred through the juvenile court or school system aimed at turning self-destructive behavior into positive, healthy activities |
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Monroe County Imagination Library |
$2,500 |
To purchase books and other materials to support the Imagination Library program |
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The House that Mercy Built |
$1,000 |
To fund projects for the faith based residential program for women with life controlling issues, including drug and alcohol addiction |
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Child Advocacy Center of the 9th Judicial District |
$1,000 |
To fund the SCAN Body Safety Program designed to teach children to identify and report abuse |
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The HOPE Center, Inc. |
$4,000 |
To partially fund the Darkness to Light program, a community based child sex abuse prevention initiative that includes information geared to the general public or specific target groups about the issue of child sex abuse and sex abuse prevention techniques |
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CASA Monroe |
$4,000 |
To fund recruitment, screening and training of volunteer advocates |
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CASA of Bradley County |
$4,000 |
To fund recruitment, screening and training of volunteer advocates |
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CASA Corridor of East Tennessee |
$4,000 |
To fund recruitment, screening and training of volunteer advocates |
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Women United in Community Service |
$1,000 |
To fund CAMP Alaska (Camp Advancing Learning and Service for Kids of Athens) to serve underprivileged children who may not be financially able to experience summer camp |
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McMinn County Senior Citizens, Inc. |
$2,000 |
To assist with funding the MCSC's Lunch with Friends Nutrition Program |
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Benton United Methodist Church |
$3,000 |
To assist with funding school backpacks and supplies, clothing, Christmas breakfast and Parents Night Out for Chilhowee Middle School students |
TOTAL Grant Distribution
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$116,530 |
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