2019 Athens Federal Foundation Grant Recipients |
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Organization |
Amount |
Funding Purpose |
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Homeless Management of Monroe County |
$2,000 |
Assistance for homeless and individuals/families or those at risk of loosing their homes |
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McMinn United Methodist Ministries - Helping Hands Ministry |
$10,000 |
Materials and supplies for home repairs for homeowners who are disabled and those below poverty line |
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church - The Grace House in Athens |
$10,000 |
Homeless shelter services in Athens |
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Family Promise of Bradley County |
$5,000 |
Project Home for rental and mortgage assistance program |
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Niota United Methodist Church (Christian Co-Workers Children's Aid) |
$3,000 |
Purchase food to be distributed to needy children of Niota Elementary School for weekend meals during the school year. |
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Habitat for Humanity of McMinn County |
$5,000 |
Home construction/materials costs |
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Coordinated Charities, Inc. |
$3,660 |
Assistance for homeless with rent and utilities deposits |
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Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland |
$5,000 |
Home construction/materials costs |
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Etowah Community Food Pantry Wesley Memorial UMC Helping Hand |
$5,000 |
Purchase food to be distributed through the Etowah Community Food Pantry |
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Lift & Redemption Ministries (DBA The Caring Place) |
$5,000 |
Food purchase for food pantry serving the food-insecure of the Bradley County area |
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Grace & Mercy Ministries |
$10,000 |
Purchase of food |
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Englewood Goodwill Workers |
$2,500 |
Liability insurance and Purchase food for distribution of low income individuals and families in Englewood |
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Love Thy Neighbor Project (of Tennessee Wesleyan University) |
$10,000 |
To provide Back Sacks to 77 McMinn County School students with weekend meals during school year |
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Nourish One Child - Outreach of Keith Memorial UMC |
$3,000 |
To purchase food/supplies for weekly food bags for needy children in Athens City Schools |
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CASA Monroe |
$5,000 |
Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program |
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CASA of Bradley County |
$5,000 |
Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program |
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CASA Corridor of East Tennessee |
$5,000 |
Recruiting, training and support of volunteer advocate program |
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The H.O.P.E. Center, Inc. |
$4,000 |
Partial funding of Darkness to Light community based child sex abuse prevention initiative program |
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McMinn County Senior Citizens, Inc. |
$2,000 |
Funding to expand current Senior Advocate Program |
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Etowah Area Senior Center |
$2,000 |
Breakfast First nutrition program for seniors in the McMinn County area |
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Straightway Ministry Inc. |
$5,000 |
Insurance and transportation costs for rehabilitation work program |
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Family Promise of Bradley County |
$5,000 |
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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Miracle Lake |
$7,500 |
To assist in feeding students in the addition treatment program |
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Good Faith Clinic, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Assistance with cost of the community health fair. |
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New Hope Pregnancy Care Center |
$3,000 |
Assistance in Medical Program Costs |
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McMinn County Emergency Rescue Squad |
$2,075 |
Rescue Equipment |
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Full Circle Medical Center for Women |
$2,000 |
Pregnancy to Parenthood program, which covers early pregnancy until one year of age covering topics that promote healthy early childhood development |
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Sweetwater Education Foundation |
$1,500 |
Imagination Library |
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Tri-County Center |
$3,000 |
Purchase of AED Defibrillators for supported living homes |
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Women at the Well |
$3,000 |
Sponsorship of Rehabilitation Program |
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McMinn County Educational and Community Foundation |
$4,000 |
Imagination Library |
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United Way of the Ocoee Region - Imagination Library of Bradley County |
$4,000 |
Imagination Library |
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Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region |
$2,000 |
Out of School Time academic enrichment programs |
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Let's Read 20 - Initiative under the umbrella |
$4,000 |
Books and supplies for program |
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Lee University (English Language Center) |
$3,000 |
Cost of Adult and youth English as second language program costs |
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Athens-McMinn Family YMCA |
$5,000 |
Funding of Y-Cap/Camp Niota program |
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Y-CAP Bradley County (YMCA Community Action Project) |
$4,000 |
Funding of Cleveland Y-Cap program |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | $100,000 | Special projects |
TOTAL Grant Distribution
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$260,235 |
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