2006 grants awarded Arts and Humanities >> Total: $4,224,051 Typified by introspection and emotion, the Arts and Humanities focus on understanding and interpreting the human experience. Our donors believe that culture and expression are the products of society, and that healthy cultural and economic communities need to support a diverse artistic atmosphere. Through grants in this area, our donors are supporting cultural opportunities.

Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge $198,350 Louisiana Preservation Alliance $6,250

Arts Council of New Orleans $2,000 Louisiana Public Broadcasting $43,500 Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Inc. $500 Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation $3,500

Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs $2,500 LSU Foundation—CCT Lab for Creative Arts and Technologies $7,500 Baton Rouge Gallery $250 LSU Foundation—LSU Museum of Art $13,350 Baton Rouge Little Theater $5,000 LSU Foundation—Patrons of LSU Opera $7,000 Baton Rouge Opera Guild, Inc. $7,218 Manship Theatre $5,000 Baton Rouge Symphony $40,216 Douglas Manship Sr. Theatre Complex, LLC $37,000 Buddy Stewart Memorial Music Foundation $3,000 Mid-City Dance Project Inc. $1,250 Capital City Kid’s Museum $50 Julien Poydras Museum and Arts Council $10,970 Community Fund for the Arts $54,750 Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico $100,000 Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Inc. $45,782 National D-Day Museum Foundation Inc. $1,200 Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting $9,800 New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Inc. $25,000 Friends of Magnolia Mound Plantation $7,250 New Orleans Opera Association $6,500 Friends of Rosedown Inc. $25,000 Of Moving Colors Productions $1,500 Friends of the Rural Life Museum $1,047,480 Outdoor Advertising Association Higher Ground Relief Fund $2,081,070 Education Fund $2,000

Highlands Chamber Music Festival $250 Playmakers of Baton Rouge Inc. $10,000

International Friendship Center $500 Pointe Coupée Historical Society Inc. $6,500 Katrina’s Piano Fund Inc. $2,539 Restoration, Maintenance & Enhancement of Outdoor Sculpture $15,672 Louisiana Arts & Science Museum $171,534 Rice Capital Broadcasting Inc. $16,816 Louisiana Arts & Science Museum/ Louisiana Challenger Center $32,454 Shaw Center for the Arts $103,900

Louisiana Children’s Museum $250 Productions $55,900

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities $1,500 Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts $1,000

Louisiana Naval War Memorial Foundation $2,500 Woodville Civic Club $1,000 2006 grants awarded Community Development >> Total: $5,816,733 In order to maintain community-wide access to crucial facilities and services, our donors support programs that both supplement and complement existing infrastructures. Designed to fill community needs, our donors have sponsored projects to improve the quality of urban life, promote private phi- lanthropy, and increase the responsiveness of nonprofit agencies. Grants issued in this area contribute to the region’s ability to sustain its people.

ACORN Housing Corporation Inc. $150,000 L’Hoste Citrus $2,500

Association of Fundraising Professionals— The Lifeline Foundation $2,500 Greater Baton Rouge Area Chapter $500 Little Zion Baptist Church $2,000 Barnstable Land Trust Inc. $20,000 LRA Support Foundation $150,000 Baton Rouge Area Foundation $117,664 The Resource Foundation Inc. $559,360 BREADA $147,819 Robert Martin Maillet Memorial Fund $500 Cap’s Flower & Vegetable Farm $1,500 Richard and Susan Meaux Fishers $5,000 Center for Planning Excellence Inc. $258,500 Mel Barrois Citrus Farm $2,500 Center for the New Economy $100,000 Melrose East Interfaith Corporation $250 City Year Inc. $20,000 Mid City Redevelopment Alliance $31,000 Double Angel Foundation Inc. $100 National Trust for Historic Preservation $5,000 Downtown Development District $2,500 New Horizons Community Fletcher Farms $2,000 Development Corporation $2,000

Forum 35 $19,000 Nicholas Usner Organic Farm $2,000

Foundation for A Better Louisiana $9,500 North Baton Rouge Learning Center $2,000

Foundation for the Mid South $10,000 The Philadelphia Foundation $2,000

The Gables Foundation $1,000 Pinnur Foods/Nur Pendaz $2,000

George Barisich Fisher $7,500 Public Affairs Research Council $46,150

Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors $3,000 Save A Gato Incorporated $10,000

Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership Inc. $82,283 Southeastern Council of Foundations $300

Greater Hattiesburg Community Foundation $5,000 Sunflower Hill Farm $2,000

Greater New Orleans Foundation $3,767,207 Terrebone Economic Development Authority $25,000

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc. $222,100

Independent Sector $12,500

Leah Chase, Dooky Chase Restaurant $3,000 2006 grants awarded education >> Total: $7,492,878 Dedicated to the ideals of equality and opportunity, our donors continue to underscore the importance of quality education, well-furnished learning facilities, and opportunities for continued scholarship. Through the development of strategic partnerships, our donors are raising public awareness, encourag- ing greater community involvement, and supporting systemic changes in this area. By improving access to quality education, our programs are enhancing individual lives across the community.

Academic Distinction Fund $370,285 The Dunham School $36,910 Adult Literacy Advocates of Greater Baton Rouge $5,000 Dyslexia Association of Greater Baton Rouge $2,650 Ann Maxwell Greer Education Initiative Fund $20,200 Eaglebrook School $100

Archdiocese of New Orleans $25,000 East Baton Rouge Parish School System $51,000

Ascension Catholic Inter-Parochial Schools $45,000 Elan Vitale Montessori School $1,000

Ascension Fund $53,986 The Episcopal Ministry to Medical Education $500

Ave Maria School of Law $75,000 Episcopal School $285,821

Baton Rouge Community College Foundation $10,000 Fondo Cordoba Educational Fund $5,000

Baton Rouge Marine Institute $250 Fundacion Flamboyan $50,000

Belaire High School $25,365 The Future of Newcomb College $1,000

Buchanan Elementary School $25,212 Gehlen Catholic School $200

Career Compass of Louisiana $50,000 Glasgow Middle School $595

Catholic High School $13,460 Green T. Lindon Elementary School $10,000

Catholic School of Pointe Coupee $3,950 Harvard University $10,000

Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School $25,941 Iberville Foundation for Academic Excellence $24,486

Centre College $3,500 Institute for Student Achievement $2,500

Chi Omega House $4,000 Isidore Newman School $60,000

Christchurch School Foundation $500 Jesuit High School $2,500

City-As-School $2,500 Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans $10,095

City of Baker School System $60,000 KIPP Academy $2,500

Crestworth Elementary School $4,800 La Belle Aire Elementary School $23,367

Culver Academies $1,000 The Lawrenceville Fund $1,000

Cumberland College Inc. $250 LeMars Community School District Foundation $200

Desire Street Ministries $25,500 Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana Inc. $2,500 Livonia High School $1,000 Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Conference Center Endowment Fund $116 Louisiana Independent College Foundation $2,000 McKinley High School $27,919 Louisiana Library Foundation $7,000 McKinley High School Alumni Association $2,500 Louisiana Resource Center for Educators $156,000 Merrydale Elementary School $13,610 Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation $15,000 Middle School Advocates Inc. $1,500 Louisiana State University Agricultural Center $31,600 Milton Academy $1,700,000 Louisiana State University Alumni Association $4,100 National Ataxia Foundation $1,000 Louisiana State University Foundation $1,106,000 Newcomb Alumnae Association $200 Louisiana State University Press $1,000 Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theater Louisiana Technical College $3,000 Foundation—Ason Memorial Golf Outing $5,000

Loyola University/College of Northdale Magnet Academy $1,500 Business Administration $26,000 Opportunity Charter School $2,500 LSU AgCenter and the Consumer Sciences Department $15,000 The Original Richland Library Restoration Society Inc. $3,335 LSU College of Arts and Sciences $300 Oxford Academy $30,000 LSU College of Design $1,000 Paideia School $80,000 LSU College of Engineering $500 Patrons of the Public Library $26,760 LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration $2,000 Phillips Exeter Academy $2,000

LSU-Eunice School of Nursing $1,000 Prescott Middle School $29,728

LSU Friends of French Studies $100 Progress Elementary School $24,738

LSU Libraries $5,000 $905

LSU Libraries Special Collections $250 Reverend Monsignor John A. Weber Seminarian Scholarship Fund $771 LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Excellence Fund $1,241,600 Rhode Island School of Design $10,000

LSU School of Coast and Environment $100 Sapientis Inc. $50,000

LSU School of Music $20,000 South Cameron School System $10,000

LSU Shreveport $2,000 Southeastern Louisiana University $2,525

LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation $10,000 and A&M College $18,900

Lynn Meadows Discovery Center $5,000 Southern University Law Center $3,000

Marcia Kaplan Kantrow Community Spring Hill College $22,000 Lecture Series Fund $826 St. Aloysius School $2,650 St. Andrew the Apostle School $2,500 The Woman’s Exchange $1,000

St. Andrew’s—Sewanee School $600 WRKF Public Radio Inc. $6,375

St. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School $1,500 Xavier University $10,000

St. Elizabeth School $10,000 Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge Inc. $16,000

St. George’s School $11,200

St. James Episcopal Day School $36,167

St. Joseph’s Academy $3,595

St. Labre Indian School $400

St. Matthew’s Episcopal School $7,000

St. Paul Community Outreach Foundation Inc. $25,000

St. Stanislaus College $36,000

Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) $5,000

State Education Technology Directors Association $160,000

Tabor Academy $100

Tara High School $17,277

Teach for America—South Louisiana $127,500

The Cyril Ann Heroman McBride Scholarship Fund $100

Tiger Athletic Foundation $26,380

Trinity Episcopal Day School $250

Tulane Law School $20,000

Tulane University $600

University Lab School Foundation $691,922

University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill $5,000

Vanderbilt University $20,000

Volunteers In Public Schools $1,350

Wedgewood Elementary School $ 27,919

Wellesley College $10,000

West Baton Rouge Foundation for Academic Excellence $26,853

Westdale Middle School $20,134 2006 grants awarded environment >> Total: $106,212 Realizing that the balance between our environment and human life is delicate, our fund donors are seeking ways to maintain our air, water, and wildlife for future generations.

Audubon Nature Institute Inc. $1,000

Baton Rouge Green $2,312

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana $10,250

Coastal Conservation Association $1,000

Duke University/Nicholas School of the Environment $1,500

Friends of Hilltop Arboretum $12,600

Jackson Hole Land Trust $5,000

Keep America Beautiful in Baton Rouge $500

Keep Louisiana Beautiful $1,000

Louisiana Wildlife Federation $50

The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana $63,000

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Incorporated $1,000

Plymouth County 4-H and Agriculture Society $2,000

The Tanzania Wildlife Fund Inc. $5,000 2006 grants awarded human services >> Total: $10,351,477 To ensure that our population never feels overlooked or un-empowered, our donors are constantly appraising social conditions and looking for ways to prevent gaps in important public and private services. Our donors are cultivating self-worth, building community-esteem, and embracing their civic duty by promoting public responsibility for unfulfilled human needs in our area.

18th Judicial District Court $975 Brave Heart-Children in Need $300

100 Black Men of Metropolitan BR Ltd. $11,775 BREC Foundation $52,500

ACCEDES $799 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS $6,500

Advance Baton Rouge $31,771 Bureau of Governmental Research $10,000

Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area $76,650 Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch $2,000

American Heart Association, Calcasieu Women’s Shelter $24,983 Southeast Affiliate Inc. $25,750 Camp Fire USA, Big River Council $3,000 American Red Cross, Louisiana Capital Area Chapter $160,546 Camp Fire USA, Towazi Council $5,000

Angels’ Place Inc. $10,000 Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc. $101,317

Arthritis Alliance of Louisiana $350 Cane’s Cares Disaster Fund $9,300

Ascension 4-H Foundation $200 Capital Area Animal Welfare Society $3,846

Associated Marine Institute $5,000 Capital Area CASA Association $8,500

Audubon Girl Scout Council $25,000 Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council $60,000

Autistic & Related Disability Service Center Inc. $8,000 Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center $151,700 Baton Rouge Alliance for Transitional Living $18,000 Capital Area Human Services District $145,254 Baton Rouge Audubon Society $250 Capital Area United Way $400,193 Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank $23,500 Care Lodge Domestic Violence Shelter Inc. $20,000 Baton Rouge Soccer Association $1,500 Caring to Love Ministries $5,000 Baton Rouge Speech & Hearing Foundation $6,675 The Carol Employee Relief Fund $147,556 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana $3,000 Casa de Ninos Manuel Fernandez Juncos $13,000 Big Buddy Program $89,924 Casa la Providencia $7,600 Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council $25,300 Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $25,000 Boys and Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge $52,800 Catholic Charities Diocese of Jackson, Miss. $20,000 Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Mississippi $2,500 Catholic Charities USA $1,000 Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baton Rouge $33,000 Catholic Community Services $171,950 Catholic Social Services $500 Federation of Churches & Synagogues $1,000

Cenikor Foundation Inc. $21,000 Feed My Sheep $5,000

The Center Inc. $155,000 Fellowship of Christian Athletes $1,200

Center for the Study of the Presidency $5,000 FINCA International Inc. $250

Child Advocacy Services $93,780 Foundation Industries Inc. $9,248

Child Advocates Inc. $2,500 Fundacion RISA $12,000

Children’s Cup $2,000 Girls First Inc. $10,000

Children’s Dream Fund $500 Glen Oaks High School Security Dads $3,000

Children’s Hope $500 Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank $60,700

City at Peace $25,000 Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition $75,500

City of Bay St. Louis Katrina Relief Fund $4,000 Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Nonviolence $20,000

City of Port Allen $60,000 H.O.P.E. Ministry of Pointe Coupée $15,752

City Year Louisiana $369,020 Healing Hearts Ministries Inc. $500

Community Against Drugs and Violence Inc. $3,000 Heritage Ranch $6,000

Community Care Outreach Center $1,000 Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc. $2,500

Community Children’s Project $2,500 Home Vestors $3,800

Community Foundation of New Jersey $684 Hurricane Katrina Displaced Residents Fund $5,000

The Congressional Award $1,000 Idyllwild Arts Foundation $46,980

Covenant House New Orleans $1,000 International Center for Journalists Inc. $47,500

DC Capital Hospice $500 International Hospitality Foundation $2,480

Duck Club Disaster Relief Fund $30,500 International Rescue Committee $26,000

Duck Club Relief Fund $3,500 Mrs. W. Carruth Jones Foundation for Blind & Physically Handicapped $6,100 East Baton Rouge Parish Library $8,000 KEZM Radio $976 El Hogar del Nino $2,400 Kids & Families Foundation $64,430 Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Louisiana $2,500 Kripalu Center $1,000 Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre $1,200 Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Faith House Inc. $24,000 Organizations $96,200

Family Foundation of Southwest Louisiana $1,000 The LRA Fund/Support Foundation $510,000

Family Road of Baton Rouge $137,368 Leah Hipple McKay Memorial Fund $1,000

Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge $84,250 Lee Michaels Disaster Relief Fund $3,392 Links Inc. La Capitale Chapter $250 Northshore Community Foundation Displaced Residents $1,000,000 Lions Club of Baton Rouge Inc. $8,000 O’Brien House $11,500 Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network $75,000 Odyssey Healthcare Foundation $500 Louisiana Family Recovery Corps $27,500 Opening Doors $3,000 Louisiana Hemophilia Foundation $1,500 Operation Reindeer $5,000 Louisiana Industries for the Disabled $7,500 Options Foundation Inc. $73,000 Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation $2,500 Oreck Employee Relief Fund $946,900 Louisiana SPCA $21,500 Oxfam-America Inc. $100 Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services Inc. $100 Planned Giving Council $69,958

LSU Livestock Youth Development Foundation $20,000 Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta Inc. $32,500 LSUSM New Orleans Employee Disaster Relief Fund $2,000 Pointe Coupée 4-H $2,230

Make A Wish Foundation $1,700 Pointe Coupée Animal Shelter $1,000

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Pointe Coupée Council on Aging Inc. $1,000 South Louisiana Chapter $15,000 Prevent Child Abuse McIlhenny Avery Relief Fund $48,398 Louisiana Inc. $183,500

Mercy Medical Center—Sioux City $1,000 Project Lazarus $5,000

Metropolitan Battered Women’s Program $25,000 Project Orbis International Inc. $1,000

Metropolitan Crime Commission $4,500 Purple Songs Can Fly $1,000

Lisa Metternich $10,000 RAINBOWS $500

The Millennium Fund $10,000 Raven’s Outreach Center Inc. $2,500

Hyma Moore Jr. $500 Red Shoes Inc. $10,400

Mothers Against Drunk Driving $10,000 Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation $10,000

National Society of the Colonial Dames Safe Harbor Inc. $10,870 of America, Baton Rouge Chapter $10,000 St. Aloysius Childcare Center $500 New Beginnings Sexual Assault Center Inc. $2,000 St. Bernard Battered Women’s Program Inc. $25,000 New Horizons Ranch and Center Inc. $5,000 St. Elizabeth Foundation $3,500 New Life Youth Development Outreach Center $38,000 St. Tammany Children’s Advocacy Center $3,000 The New Orleans Restaurant Renewal Fund Inc. $25,000 St. Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy Inc. $2,000 New Start Center $25,000 Salvation Army $10,500 New World Broadcasting $16,782 Share Our Strength $15,000 Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal Inc. $500

Sister Dulce Foundation $100

Sisters of Saint Joseph/St. Paul Adult Learning Center $14,500

Small Business Disaster Relief Fund $1,199,006

Society of St. Vincent de Paul $117,725

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $13,500

Southern Poverty Law Center $250

Spay Baton Rouge $15,000

Special Olympics Louisiana Inc. $7,700

The Sunshine Foundation $1,000

Synergos Institute Inc. $2,500

Tourette Syndrome Association Inc. $12,420

Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation $116,600

U.S. Fund for UNICEF $2,500

Volunteer Ascension $50,000

Volunteer Baton Rouge! $65,050

Volunteers of America $185,018

Waveland Citizens Fund $4,000

The Wendy Elliott Foundation $1,000

Whitney Employees Disaster Assistance Fund $1,142,431

Women Aware $2,847

WWOZ-FM $9,804

Yes, I Can!, Inc. $500

Young Men’s Christian Association $50,450

Young Men’s Christian Association —Paula G.Manship Branch $1,000

Young Women’s Christian Association $280,100

Youth Services Bureau CASA $5,000

YWCA of Northwest Louisiana $5,000

Emeril Lagasse Employee Disaster Relief Fund $111,814 2006 grants awarded medical/health >> Total: $3,681,658 Our donors believe that physical and mental health care is neither a luxury nor a privilege, and are supporting programs to ensure that each of our citizens has access to adequate health services. To them, compassion means ensuring that people in need receive the help they seek.

Alzheimer’s Association—Chicago, Illinois $250 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center $116,450

Baton Rouge General Foundation $193,480 McMains Children’s Developmental Center $11,656

Better Access Community Health $23,000 M.D. Anderson Cancer Center $1,000

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $1,100 Muscular Dystrophy Association $1,000

Digestive Health Foundation of Louisiana $5,000 National Alopecia Areata Foundation $1,000

The Eyes Have It Inc. $32,113 Ollie Steele Burden Manor $1,462

Family Life Federation $10,000 Our Lady of the Lake Foundation $127,513

Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic $8,000 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Inc. $1,000

Greater New Orleans Medical Foundation $1,000 Partners in Health $10,000

Health Care Centers In Schools $302,500 Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation $67,975

Helen Keller Research Foundation $1,000 Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation $1,000

Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge $21,300 Pointe Coupée Better Access Community Health $163,430 Hospital del Nino $15,000 Primary Care Providers for a Healthy Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Capitol Chapter $1,000 Feliciana Inc. $19,000

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $2,750 /Baton Rouge Branch $250 Volunteer Health Corps of Baton Rouge $120,000 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation /LA Chapter $1,000 Woman’s Hospital Foundation $1,393,329

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society $500

LIFTD—Women’s Community Rehabilitation Center $100

Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency $500

Louisiana Primary Care Association Inc. $235,000

LSMS Physician Hurricane Relief Fund $729,000

LSU Health Sciences Center Foundation $47,000

LSU Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana $15,000 2006 grants awarded religion >> Total: $2,010,490 By addressing basic spiritual and physical needs, local religious institutions are working to al- leviate human suffering and celebrate the sacredness of human life in our region. Our donors recognize that the religious community is uniquely positioned to affect human rights, ethics, race relations, health, and other social justice issues.

Beth Shalom Synagogue $9,100 The Greater Baton Rouge Federation of Churches and Synagogues Inc $500 Bethany World Prayer Center $1,500 Healing Place Church $40,000 Bishop Ott Works of Mercy Trust— Catholic Diocese $805 Highland Baptist Church $5,000

B’Nai Israel Foundation $250,000 Holy Family Catholic Church $5,920

Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans $5,000 Institute for Southern Jewish Life $5,000

Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge/ Jehovah Jireh Ministries $3,000 Bishop’s Annual Appeal $37,960 Jewish Endowment Foundation $10,000 Chinese Christian Church of Baton Rouge $1,279 Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge $20,000 Christian Broadcasting Network Inc. $1,000 Louisiana Interchurch Conference $500 Christian Ministry Foundation—Safe House $24,000 Louisiana Prison Chapel Foundation, Inc. $11,000 Church of the Good Shepherd $2,000 Manresa Jesuit Retreat House $10,750 Closer Walk Ministries Inc. $250 Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers $350 Congregation B’Nai Israel $11,250 Maryknoll Sisters $350 Cross Roads Church $4,250 Milldale Baptist Church $10,000 CrossRoads Church of God $1,000 Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church $5,000 Diocese of Lake Charles $16,533 Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church $2,500 Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion $6,500 Ochsner Clinic Foundation $1,000 Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana $86,500 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church $200 First Baptist Church $100 Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church $4,800 First Emmanuel Baptist Church $250 Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge $421,815 First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge $15,600 St. Albans Episcopal Chapel $5,000 First United Methodist Church $128,140 St. Aloysius Church $261,000 Fourth District Baptist Association $300 St. Francis Cabrini Church $143,900 Franciscan Missions $350 St. Gerard Majella Church $10,500 Gideon’s International $500 St. Henry Catholic Church $1,200

St. James Episcopal Church $51,456

St. Joseph Abbey $1,000

St. Joseph Cathedral $80,852

St. Luke Family Christian Center Ministries $67,400

St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal Church $450

St. Mary Baptist Church $3,000

St. Michael the Archangel Church $7,000

St. Paul Adult Learning Center $5,000

St. Paul’s/Holy Trinity Episcopal Church $5,000

Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille $2,000

Sisters of St. Joseph—St. Joseph Spirituality $4,000

Sisters Servants of Mary $130,000

Southern Dominican Province $1,000

Springs of Grace Baptist Church $600

Trinity Episcopal Church $24,400

Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge $22,000

University Baptist Church $1,000

University Presbyterian Church $7,200

University United Methodist Church $12,680

Zion Traveler’s Baptist Church $1,000 2006 grants awarded scholarship >> Total: $152,600 Rising tuition costs at Colleges and Universities across the country have made higher educa- tion inaccessible to many qualified, aspiring students. Through scholarships, our fund donors are furnishing deserving applicants with opportunities for success. Scholarships are primarily awarded based on financial need, academic achievement, and good citizenship.

Arizona State University, Jason Lowell A. Daniel Sanchez $1,500 David Miller John Pugh Arkansas Tech University, Marie Schexnaydre Brandon T. Wright $1,000 Gerry Stanford William Taylor Albany State University, Derek Tillman Jonathan M. White $1,000 Cory Trahan Chris Tran Baton Rouge Community College, Adrius Wheeler Carmeka R. Randall $1,500 Louisiana State University, Stephen W. Cavanaugh Cody L. Allen $1,000 Scholarship Fund $100 Elizabeth A. Archer $2,000 Tyler C. Aucoin $500 Cornell University, Stephen G. Barbier $1,500 Mary E. DePalma $1,500 Jillian H. Briggs $2,000 Patrick J. Doucet $1,000 Delgado Community College, Joshua J. Doguet $1,000 Kyron Thompson $1,000 Sara B. Doguet $2,000 Jacqueline A. Evans $500 East Mississippi Community College, Leigh A. Galatas $1,000 William L. Edwards III $1,000 Rhonda Sue Hollen $750 Malarie A. Jenkins $1,000 Jones County Junior College, Joseph A. Kelly $500 Sommer D. McCardle $1,000 Jamie M. Landry $2,000 Michael G. Sowden $1,000 Delyana Lazarova $1,500 Brittney N. LeBlanc $1,000 Louisiana Culinary Institute, Edward B. McKowen $1,000 $1,000 apiece for each of the following: Andreea S. Nedelea $2,500 C. Cameron Achee James W. O’Neal IV $1,000 Corey Achord Keturah Reed $750 Derrick Anderson Jordan M. St. Amant $3,000 James D. Boerma Jr. Corey M. Schneider $2,000 Samuel Brunson Megan E. Settoon $2,000 Kellie Burch Kimberly M. Stagnitta $1,500 Eugene Cain David E. Talbot $1,000 Jeffrey Chatterton Roger D. Traylor $2,000 Margaret Colleps Violeta Vancica $3,000 Maryana Crawford Kevin A. Wilson $4,000 T. Joshua Crenshaw Shelly Elieson Loyola University, Ginger Elver Jessica N. Magee $1,000 Michael Gilmore Thomas Good MedVance Institute of Baton Rouge, Hassan Griffin Tasia R. Bolding $1,000 Christopher Gunn Levi Johnson Millsaps College, Grayson Kirkindoll James D. Iverson $1,000 Mississippi State University, University of Louisiana Monroe, Joslin P. Chandler $1,000 Austin R. McNeely $1,000 Thomas A. Freeman $1,000 Lindsey S. Robin $2,000

Nicholls State University, University of Minnesota, Joshua P. Adams $2,000 Matthew D. Olson $1,500 Patty M. Aucoin $1,000 Erica Breaux $1,000 University of Mississippi, Mandy Knight $1,000 James W. Delancy Jr. $1,000 Kenneth P. Washington $1,000 Steven C. McGehee $1,000

Remington College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Jovania Roberts-Hawthorne $1,000 Karla L. Baumert $3,000

River Parishes Community College, University of New Orleans, Summer Rodrigue $1,000 Casey M. McGann $ 1,000 Asharria L. McKinley $ 1,000 St. Joseph’s University, Lauren M. Kovach $3,000 University of Southern Mississippi, Kaitlyn B. Murphy $1,500 Lindsay E. White $1,000 Dana F. Pikunas $3,000 Western Michigan University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Jacob K. DeVries $1,500 Jerry G. Dillon Jr. $2,000 Amanda J. Lerette $3,000 Michael S. Duplechin $1,000 Kristi L. Stephens $3,000 Gregory W. Fontenot Jr. $1,000 Katherine Hopper $2,000 Kelli L. James $1,000 LaVondra A. McKinley $1,000 A’Tia C. Moore $1,000 Cynthia Neal $3,000 Lori Nelson $1,000 Taleisha Rideau $1,000 Vicki L. Welch $1,000

Southern University, Chassidy N. Baloney $1,500 Kyron R. Cola $1,000 Tomorrow Colston $1,500 Digohn T. Felton $1,000 Danielle V. Taylor $1,000

Southern University at New Orleans, Willie J. Bolling, Jr. $1,000

Students Talent Initiating Results Scholarship $500

Tougaloo College, Rodderick McDowell $1,000

Tulane University, Kendall K. Plain $1,000 Ciara M. Sutherland $1,000

University of Louisiana Lafayette, Christina A. Marks $1,000 Allie C. Richard $1,000