2008 grants awarded Arts and Humanities >> Total: $2,650,137 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.

Alley Theatre—$500 Julius Freyhan Foundation—$21,500

Ars Lyrica—$1,000 Louisiana Art & Science Museum/Louisiana Challenger Center—$7,811 Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge Inc.—$163,000 Louisiana Art and Science Museum—$125,835 Ascension Community Theatre—$5,000 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities—$1,000 Atlantic Theater Company—$5,000 Louisiana Governor’s Mansion Foundation, Inc.—$165,280 Bascom-Louise Gallery—$10,000 Louisiana Partnership for the Arts—$2,500 Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, Inc.—$1,000 Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra—$2,000 Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs, Inc.—$250 Louisiana Public Broadcasting—$11,000 Baton Rouge Gallery—$250 Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation—$600 Baton Rouge Opera Guild, Inc.—$7,466 LSU Museum of Art—$6,950 Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra—$50,653 LSUF—LSU Museum of Art—$5,000 Community Fund for the Arts—$66,000 LSUF—Patrons of LSU Opera—$3,500 Culture Candy—$5,000 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.—$125 Douglas Manship Sr. Theater Complex Holding, Inc.— $648,980 Mid-City Dance Project, Inc.—$39,400

Eastern Shore Art Association—$30,000 Musical Arts Society of New Orleans—$200

Echad Awakening—$5,000 National World War II Museum, Inc.—$26,150

Foundation for Historical Louisiana, Inc.—$624,222 New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee, Inc.— $72,000 Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting Inc.—$9,100 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Institute—$10,000 Friends of Magnolia Mound—$4,000 New Orleans Museum of Art—$20,125 Friends of NCPTT Inc.—$12,015 New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.—$4,000 Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo—$1,200 Nottingham Playhouse—$20,000 Highlands Chamber Music Festival—$250 Of Moving Colors Productions—$500 Houston Symphony Society—$500 Opening Doors—$1,060 International Women’s Media Foundation—$500 Opera Louisiane—$19,800 Jazz Foundation of America—$250,000 Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, Inc.—$1,000

Piatigorsky Foundation—$100

Playmakers of Baton Rouge, Inc.—$5,600

Plymouth County Fair Board—$250

Pointe Coupee Historical Society, Inc.—$2,500

Pro Bono Publico Foundation—$1,000

River City Jazz Coalition—$1,000

River Road African American Museum and Gallery—$10,000

Shaw Center for the Arts—$3,000

Siouxland Heritage Foundation—$2,500

St. Tammany Parish Art Association—$20,000

Swine Palace Productions, Inc.—$29,500

Tennessee State Museum Foundation—$8,500

The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Inc.—$1,500

The Congressional Award—$1,000

The Cotuit Library—$1,000

The Foundation for Outdoor Advertising Research and Education—$3,500

The Friends of the Rural Life Museum, Inc.—$27,140

The Mercury Baroque Ensemble—$500

The Public Theater—$9,000

US Biennial, Inc.—$52,000

WRKF Public Radio, Inc.—$1,125

WYES-TV—$1,200 2008 grants awarded Community improvement >> Total: $1,206,714 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.

Baton Rouge Area Foundation Fund—$122,500 Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, Inc.—$20,000 BREADA (Big River Economic & Agricultural Development Alliance)—$96,140 Northshore Community Foundation—$355,500

Center for Planning Excellence, Inc.—$146,667 Old South Baton Rouge Partnership, Inc.—$15,000

Center for the New Economy—$25,000 Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Inc.—$72,800 Community Foundation of Western North Carolina—$1,000 Rebuilding Together— Calcasieu—$34,000

Community Initiatives Foundation—$3,543 Save A Gato, Inc.—$5,000

CREATE Foundation—$36,000 St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation—$500

Double Angel, Inc.—$100 Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation—$5,000

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office—$10,000

Fondo Cordoba, A.C.—$2,500

Forum 35—$5,000

Foundation for a Better Louisiana—$14,050

Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership, Inc.—$50,000

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Inc.—$83,333

Habitat for Humanity—Washington Parish—$33,000

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. East St. Tammany—$15,528

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge—$8,500

Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County—$15,000

International Hospitality Foundation—$2,803

John and Betty Chenier Family Farm—$2,000

Livingston Parish Government—$12,000

Make It Right Foundation—$1,000

Mid City Redevelopment Alliance—$13,250 2008 grants awarded education >> Total: $3,965,839 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—$214,551 DOC-DHL, Inc.—$25,000

AFS-USA, Inc.—$200 East Baton Rouge Parish School Board—$45

Alfred State College—$2,500 Easter Seal Society of Louisiana—$100

Annunciation Orthodox School—$3,000 EBRPSS—Broadmoor Middle Magnet School—$1,850

Ascension Catholic Diocesan Regional School—$18,500 Episcopal School—$503,430

Associacao Brasil—America—$5,662 Esalen Institute—$100

Associated Marine Institutes, Inc.—$165,000 Gehlen Catholic School—$350

Baton Rouge Community College Foundation—$10,000 Green T. Lindon Elementary School—$22,000

Baton Rouge Green Association, Inc.—$4,800 Hampden-Sydney College—$11,000

Benilde—St. Margaret’s School—$3,000 Harvard University—$160,000

Bosque School—$1,000 Iberville Foundation for Academic Excellence—$21,797

Boston College/Center for Corporate Citizenship—$25,000 Isidore Newman School—$15,000

Brandeis University—$5,000 Jesuit High School—$2,500

C.E. Byrd High School Alumni Association—$100 Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge—$20,107

Cabrini High School—$10,000 LeMars Community School District Foundation—$350

Career Builders of Louisiana—$11,266 Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana, Inc.—$4,995

Career Compass of Louisiana—$20,000 Louisiana Children’s Education Alliance—$10,000

Catholic High School—$16,221 Louisiana Culinary Institute—$6,000

Catholic High School Foundation—$10,000 Louisiana Independent College Foundation, Inc.—$1,000

Centre College—$5,000 Louisiana Resource Center for Educators—$153,660

City Year, Inc.—$15,000 Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Foundation—$750 Communities in Schools of New Orleans, Inc.—$1,000 Louisiana Success—$25,000 Crossover House, Inc.—$5,000 Loyola University—$5,000 Cypress Heights Academy—$2,000 LSU Alumni Association—$14,350 Desire Street Ministries and Academy—$236,000 LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business—$25,000 Redemptorist High School—$3,600

LSU Foundation—$408,890 Reverend Monsignor John A. Weber Seminarian Scholarship Fund—$671 LSU Press—$3,800 Rhode Island School of Design—$10,000 LSU School of Art—$25,000 Rice University—$8,000 LSU School of Art Graphic Design Student Office—$7,500 Saint Thomas Academy—$3,000

LSU School of Medicine—New Orleans Medical Sapientis, Inc.—$25,000 Alumni Association—$550 Southern University Law Center—$30,000 LSUF—College of Art & Design—$5,000 Spring Hill College—$100,000 LSUF—College of Education—$75,000 St. Aloysius School—$2,000 LSUF—E.J. Ourso College of Business—$1,000 St. Andrews Episcopal School—$250 LSUF—Friends of French Studies—$100 St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School—$10,000 LSUF—LSU Libraries—$1,000 St. Augustine High School—$25,000 LSUF—Manship School of Mass Communication Excellence Fund—$283,600 St. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School—$1,100

LSUF—Readers and Writers—$2,500 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School—$10,565

LSUF—School of Art Gallery Support Fund—$20,000 St. Elizabeth School—$15,300

LSUF—School of Music—$2,250 St. James Episcopal Day School—$3,000

LSUF—Shreveport—$1,000 St. Joseph’s Academy—$31,402

LSUF—T. Harry Williams Center for Oral St. Joseph’s Academy Foundation—$500 History—$250 St. Labre Indian School—$500 Maumee Valley Country Day School—$200 St. Mary’s Academy—$25,000 Middle School Advocates, Inc.—$6,000 St. Mary’s Dominican High School—$2,500 Milton Academy—$25,000 St. Michael Special School—$1,000 National Ataxia Foundation—$1,000 Stephenson Disaster Management Institute—$2,500 One H.E.A.R.T.—$1,000 Stuart Hall School—$15,000 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School—$10,000 Summit School, Inc.—$20,000 Oxford Academy—$30,000 Sweet Briar College—$3,000 Paideia School—$40,000 Teach for America - South Louisiana—$170,021 Parkview Baptist School, Inc.—$500 The Ascension Fund—$51,948 Pointe Coupee Community Foundation—$36,000 The Children’s Charter School—$3,000 Public Action For Change In Education—$2,250 The Dunham School—$164,174 The Future of Newcomb College, Inc.—$1,000

The Kent School—$500

The Original Richland Library Restoration Society, Inc.— $2,650

The PEPY Ride—$1,500

Trinity Episcopal Day School—$118

University Lab School Foundation—$85,630

University of Houston—$900

University of South Alabama—$50,000

University of West Florida Foundation—$65,000

University School—$500

Vanderbilt University—$25,000

Vassar College—$250

Volunteers In Public Schools, Inc.—$11,800

Washington & Lee University—$25,000

Washington University in St. Louis—$1,000

West Baton Rouge Foundation for Academic Excellence—$23,879

West Feliciana Parish School Board—$10,000

Woodberry Forest School—$25,000

WRKF Public Radio, Inc.—$57,007

Xavier University Preparatory School—$30,000

Young Leaders’ Academy of Baton Rouge, Inc.—$2,500 2008 grants awarded environment >> Total: $117,892 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.

Baton Rouge Green Association, Inc.—$12,980

Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation, Inc.—$1,000

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana—$250

Coastal Conservation Association—$250

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.—$262

Friends of Hilltop Arboretum, Inc.—$5,450

Greenpeace Fund, Inc.—$250

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation—$3,000

Louisiana Wildlife Federation—$100

National Wildlife Federation—$200

Sierra Fund Foundation—$3,500

Southern Garden Symposium—$500

The Cultural Landscape Foundation—$5,000

The Nature Conservancy—$22,650

The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana—$62,500 2008 grants awarded human services >> Total: $4,174,258 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.

100 Black Men of Metropolitan BR Ltd.—$11,857 Baton Rouge Speech & Hearing Foundation—$22,780

Aaron Bernard Murray and Fay Tyler Murray Education Baton Rouge Wheelchair Tennis Association—$1,060 Encouragement Fund—$500 Bayou Grace Community Services, Inc.—$1,000 ADAPT, Inc./Washington Parish Sexual Assault Center—$9,564 Be the Change, Inc.—$50,000

Advance Baton Rouge—$200,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Louisiana—$10,000

ALS Association, Louisiana Chapter—$4,600 Big Buddy Program—$43,900

Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area—$92,750 Big River Council of Camp Fire, Inc.—$10,000

American Cancer Society—$1,600 Boy Scouts of America, Istrouma Area Council—$43,300

American Diabetes Association—$100 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.—$5,728

American Heart Association Greater Southeast Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baton Rouge—$16,100 Affiliate—$18,040 BREADA Small Farm Survival Fund—$32,180 American Muslim Mission—$1,000 BREC Foundation—$15,400 American Red Cross in Southeast Louisiana—$16,372 Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS Inc.—$12,000 American Red Cross, International Response Fund— $5,000 Build Your Own Opportunities Unlimited, Inc.—$50,000

Angels’ Place, Inc.—$10,000 Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch—$3,000

Appleseed Foundation, Inc.—$19,640 Cameron Community Action Agency—$50,000

Arc of Louisiana—$160,000 Camp Fire USA, Towazi Council—$10,000

Association of Fundraising Professionals—Greater Baton Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.—$148,700 Rouge—$1,100 Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless—$15,000 Baton Rouge Alliance for Transitional Living—$24,400 Capital Area Animal Welfare Society—$1,142 Baton Rouge Amateur Athletic Association—$5,000 Capital Area CASA Association—$49,800 Baton Rouge Area Alcohol and Drug Center, Inc.—$15,000 Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center—$5,000 Center—$138,800

Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers—$11,300 Capital Area Legal Services Corporation—$2,000

Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank, Inc.—$1,250 Capital Area United Way—$230,000

Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation—$200 Cat Haven, Inc.—$8,382 Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans—$130,000 Fellowship of Christian Athletes—$1,000

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of FINCA International, Inc.—$250 Baton Rouge, Inc.—$103,500 First Baptist Church of Westlake—$1,000 Catholic Relief Services, Inc.—$500 Foster’s Home Foundation—$3,000 Cenikor Foundation, Inc.—$16,000 Friends for Life—$5,000 Center for the Study of the Presidency—$6,500 Friends of Caritas Cubana—$5,000 Charles W. Lamar Jr. YMCA—$1,250 Friends of New Orleans—$50,000 Child Advocacy Services—$18,900 Friends of the Park Abita Springs—$20,000 Childrens Cup—$2,500 Girl Scouts-Audubon Council, Inc.—$250 Christmas Buddies Foundation—$1,000 Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank—$277,000 Cinderella Project of Baton Rouge—$2,062 Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition, Inc.—$70,000 City at Peace—$250 Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church Community City Year, Inc.—$181,000 Development Foundation—$5,000

City Year Louisiana—$55,010 Greater Starlight Baptist Church—$6,434

Community Care Outreach Center—$1,000 Grief Recovery Center—$5,000

Connections for Life, Inc.—$1,000 Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.—$500

Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Hands On Network—$20,000 Violence—$10,300 Heritage Ranch—$11,100 Covenant House New Orleans—$1,500 Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, Inc.—$2,500 Crisis Center Foundation—$100 Humble Hearts—$1,000 Crittenton Center—$500 Innocence Project New Orleans—$5,000 Dream Day Foundation—$2,500 International Center for Journalists, Inc.—$38,750 Duel Under the Oaks Hurricane Relief and Recovery Fund—$3,000 International Hospitality Foundation—$5,000

Echad Awakening—$5,000 International Rescue Committee, Inc.—$1,250

East Baton Rouge First Responders Fund—$20,000 Junior League of Baton Rouge, Inc.—$1,470

East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging—$25,000 K-Bar-B Youth Ranch—$1,000

Easter Seal Society of Louisiana—$100 Lighthouse Ministries, Inc.—$500

EMCO Disaster Relief Fund—$4,500 Links Foundation, Inc.—$250

Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Louisiana—$9,000 Literacy Works, Inc.—$9,500

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre—$1,850 Living Services, Inc.—$3,000

Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge—$28,750 Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Presbyterian Home for Children—$1,000 Cross—$42,604 Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana, Inc.—$165,000 Louisiana Conference of the UMC Disaster Recovery, Inc.—$30,000 Project Lazarus—$3,500

Louisiana Family Forum—$5,000 Purple Songs Can Fly—$1,000

Louisiana Industries for the Disabled—$5,000 Red Shoes, Inc.—$1,300

Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation—$100 Refined By Fire Ministries, Inc.—$10,000

Louisiana SPCA—$5,000 Regina Coeli Child Development Center—$15,050

Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services, Restoration Pregnancy Resource Center, Inc.—$500 Inc.—$100 Robin Hood Foundation—$1,000 LSMS Physician Hurricane Relief Fund—$1,500 Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation—$1,000 Mercy Corps—$110,000 Salvation Army—$3,400 Methodist Home for Children—$1,000 Save the Children—$1,000 Metropolitan Crime Commission—$1,000 SCORE Association—$25,000 Missionaries of Charity, Inc.—$50,000 Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Muscular Dystrophy Association—$1,000 Acadiana—$50,300

National Federation of the Blind—$1,000 Set Free Indeed Ministry—$10,000

National Multiple Sclerosis Society—$5,000 Shepherd Center Foundation—$1,000

New Heights Therapy Center, Inc.—$11,250 Sinclair World Ministries—$1,000

New Horizons Ranch and Center, Inc.—$3,000 Slidell Bantam Baseball Association—$10,000

Nick Farone Music Ministries, Inc.—$5,000 Society of St. Vincent de Paul Baton Rouge Council—$105,700 Northern Star Council—Boy Scouts of America—$1,300 Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc.—$250 Northshore Community Foundation—$50 Special Olympics Louisiana, Inc.—$300 O’Brien House—$26,850 St. Aloysius Childcare Center—$500 Operation Reindeer—$5,000 St. Elizabeth Foundation—$1,000 Oxfam-America, Inc.—$100 St. Luke Simpson United Methodist Church—Manna Paralyzed Veterans of America—$100 Ministry—$1,000

Parkview Baptist Church—$1,000 St. Nicholas Center for Early Intervention—$18,358

Planned Giving Council—$15,000 St. Tammany Association for Retarded Citizens—$1,000

Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta, St. Tammany Children’s Advocacy Center—$50 Inc.—$17,300 Star of the Sea, Inc.—$50 PRC Compassion—$1,000 STARC—$10,000 Sunshine Foundation, Inc.—$750 YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge—$500

Sunshine Village Housing Corporation of Slidell, Inc.— $10,000

Sweet Lake United Methodist Church—$1,000

Tangi Daily Bread—$20,000

The Arc of the Gulf Coast—$500

The Compassionate Friends, Inc.—$200

The JL Foundation—$65,000

The PEPY Ride—$2,000

The Samaritan Center, Inc.—$10,000

The State of Louisiana—$200,000

Threads of Love Foundation—$400

Tiger Athletic Foundation—$173,000

United Methodist Hope Ministries—$20,000

United States Fund for UNICEF—$2,750

United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area—$10,000

United Way of Southwest Louisiana—$25,000

Unlocking Autism—$500

Upward Community Services—$200

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States—$100

Volleyball Baton Rouge—$2,000

Volunteer Baton Rouge—$17,750

Volunteers of America—$15,350

Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans—$5,000

Whitney Employees Disaster Assistance Fund—$5,000

Working Interfaith Network—$250

YMCA of the Capital Area—$2,125

Young Women’s Christian Association—$2,500

Youth Service America—$10,000

Youth Services Bureau CASA—$1,000

Youth Truth, Inc.—$20,000 2008 grants awarded health CARE >> Total: $904,282 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 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International—$5,000 American Cancer Society—$2,000 Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health—$1,000 American Cancer Society, Bike-a-thon—$200 Liberty Restoration Community Development American Lung Association of Louisiana—$100 Corporation—$20,000

Arc of Louisiana—$13,556 LIFTD—Women’s Community Rehabilitation Center—$250 Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, Inc.—$250 Louisiana Branch of the International Dyslexia Association—$2,500 Baton Rouge Eye Bank Auxiliary—$1,000 Louisiana Pediatric Cardiology Foundation—$21,000 Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.—$10,000 Louisiana Public Health Institute—$12,000 Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.— $68,000 LSUHS Foundation/Levy—$2,000

Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.— March of Dimes National Foundation—$100 $5,800 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center—$171,569 Challenge Aspen—$250 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation—$32,200 Children’s Hospital—$5,000 Mental Health Association of Greater Baton Cleveland Clinic Foundation—$2,000 Rouge—$6,760

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America—$1,000 National Alopecia Areata Foundation—$500

Doctors Without Borders USA—$1,000 Ochsner Health System—$1,000

Dyslexia Association of Greater Baton Rouge—$2,569 Odyssey Healthcare Foundation—Jackson, Miss.—$2,000

Foundation Fighting Blindness—$1,000 Ollie Steele Burden Manor—$1,146

General Health Foundation—$48,000 Our Lady of the Lake Foundation—$200

Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic—$10,900 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, Inc.—$1,000

Health Care Centers In Schools—$16,575 Pennington Biomedical Research Center—$100

Healthy Lifestyle Choices—$10,000 Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation—$140,469

Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge—$48,950 Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation—$1,000

Infante Sano, Inc.—$100,000 Project HOPE—$1,000

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Capitol Chapter—$1,000 Rexanna’s Foundation for Fighting Lung Cancer—$200

Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation—$5,355

Smile Train—$250

Southern University Foundation - School of Nursing—$300

St Tammany Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Inc., AMI of St. Tammany—$7,000

St. Catherine’s Village, Inc.—$2,000

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital—$5,450

St. Tammany Hospital Foundation—$5,000

St. Tammany Outreach for the Prevention of Suicide, Inc.—$4,800

Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research—$1,100

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.—$100

Texas Children’s Hospital—$2,500

Texas Medical Association Foundation—$15,000

The Blood Center Foundation—$5,000

The Cleveland Clinic—$100

The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine—$10,000

Tulane Cancer Center—$2,500

Volunteer Health Corps of Baton Rouge—$60,000

Woman’s Hospital Foundation—$5,433 2008 grants awarded religion >> Total: $1,254,620 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.

American Bible Society—$100 First Baptist Church of Denham Springs—$1,000

Beth Shalom Synagogue—$700 First Baptist Church of New Roads—$1,000

Bethany World Prayer Center—$25,000 First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge—$6,200

Bishop Ott Works of Mercy Trust/Catholic Diocese—$751 First United Methodist Church—$56,407

Broadmoor United Methodist Church—$4,000 First United Methodist Church—Gonzales—$2,500

Campus Crusade for Christ—$100 First United Methodist Church—Nederland, Texas—$200

Catholic Charities USA—$800 Friends of St. Alphonsus—$100

Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge /Bishop’s Annual Gideon’s International—$500 Appeal—$45,500 Grace Episcopal Church—$100 Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Charlotte, N.C., Inc.—$200 Healing Place Church—$100,000

Catholic Youth Organization of Baton Rouge—$100 Holy Family Catholic Church—$49,735

Chinese Christian Church of Baton Rouge—$1,192 Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Inc.—$500

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church—$1,500 International Teams—$100

Church of the King—$100 Jesuit Seminary and Mission Fund—$25,000

Closer Walk Ministries, Inc.—$2,250 Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge—$30,000

Congregation B’nai Israel—$21,031 Lake Harriet United Methodist Church—$3,000

Congregation B’nai Israel of Baton Rouge Louisiana Annual Conference of United Methodist Foundation—$100 Church—$18,900

CrossRoads Church of God—$3,250 Louisiana Interchurch Conference—$500

Diocese of Lake Charles—$40,000 Maplewood First Baptist Church—$1,000

Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion—$6,750 Mt. Olive Lutheran Church—$4,000

Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana—$1,100 Northshore Bible Church—$100

Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers—$600 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church—$10,300

First Baptist Church—$100 Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church—$4,000

First Baptist Church Covington—$8,000 Pastoral Center—$49,842 Red Oak Baptist Church—$915

Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge—$371,336

Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary—$838

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

Sisters Servants of Mary—$25,000

Society of Saint John the Evangelist—$1,000

Springs of Grace Baptist Church—$838

St. Aloysius Church—$60,600

St. Anne’s Mission—$3,000

St. Augustine Church—$3,399

St. Gerard Majella Church—$42,000

St. James Episcopal Church—$21,600

St. Joseph the Worker Church—$20,003

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church—$500

St. Paul Adult Learning Center—$250

St. Paul’s Holy Trinity Episcopal Church—$15,021

St. Philip Parish—$6,412

St. Timothy’s On The Northshore United Methodist Church—$250

The Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge—$5,200

Trinity Baptist Church—$4,500

Trinity Episcopal Church—$40,000

Trinity Lutheran Church—$7,000

Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge—$17,000

United Pentecostal Church—$250

University Presbyterian Church—$67,500

University United Methodist Church—$2,900

Woodlawn Foundation—$5,000

Zachary United Methodist Church—$100 2008 grants awarded scholarship >> Total: $164,250 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.

Albany State University Louisiana College Jonathan M. White—$500 Tiffany Raymond—$1,500

Aveda Institute Louisiana State University Tessa Rideau—$500 Elizabeth A. Archer—$2,000 Elise Aucoin—$500 Baton Rouge Halie Ballard—$2,000 Community College Stephen G. Barbier—$1,000 Caleb Atwell—$500 Raveen Coon—$1,500 Justin Delatte—$500 Michelle Cross—$1,000 Casey M. McGann—$1,000 Jacklyn David—$1,500 Cynthia Neal—$1,500 Patrick J. Doucet—$1,000 Joshua J. Doguet—$1,000 Bevill State Community College Trevor Godbolt—$6,000 Tanya Colburn—$500 Brandi Guarino—$500 Patrick Ryan Gann—$500 Kevin Hale—$1,000 Lauren Hernandez—$500 California State University—Fullerton Whitney Hughes—$2,000 Nicole Bonilla—$1,500 Alyssa Kling—$500 Jamie M. Landry—$1,000 Centenary College of Louisiana Melissa Landry—$3,000 Anh Dao Tran—$2,000 Delyana Lazarova—$1,500 Brittney N. LeBlanc—$3,000 Copiah-Lincoln Community College Hayden LeJeune—$1,000 Valerie McDowell—$500 Raimy Living—$1,000 Delgado Community College Kathryn Manning—$5,000 Kyron A. Thompson—$1,000 Angelique Marcantel—$2,000 Lane Moran—$500 East Central Community College Theresa Pevey—$1,000 Hannah Benton—$500 David Schexnayder—$1,000 Cortni Smeltzer—$3,000 East Mississippi Community College Folasade Soetan—$3,000 James Andrews—$1,000 Jordan M. St. Amant—$6,000 Heather Cantrell—$500 David E. Talbot—$2,000 John Richardson—$500 Roger D. Traylor—$1,000 Kevin A. Wilson—$2,000 Henderson State University Kathryn Young—$3,000 Elizabeth Buffkin—$500 Ryan Waguespack—$500 Quinten St. Clair—$500 Mason Westmoreland—$2,000

Hinds Community College Louisiana Tech University Collin Hughes—$500 Dylan Cortez—$2,000 Tramika Tureaud—$1,000 Jones County Junior College Samantha Bisnette—$500 McNeese State University Lakan Broadhead—$500 Brandie Kerbow—$1,500 Joshua Smith—$500 Chance M. Perry—$1,000 Michael G. Sowden—$1,000 Marcus Tucker—$500 Michigan State University University of Louisiana at Lafayette Paul Windemuller—$1,500 Ebony Faulk—$1,000 Brock Hulin—$1,500 Millsaps College Maria Irving—$3,000 James D. Iverson—$1,500 Paul Bradley Rachal Jr.—$1,500 Allie C. Richard—$1,000 Mississippi College Lauren Robin—$1,000 Stephen Frye—$500 University of Louisiana at Monroe Mississippi University for Women Kate Boothe—$1,000 William Edwards III—$2,000 Jennifer Shields—$500 University of Michigan Paul Windemuller—$1,500 Nicholls State University Brad LeBoeuf—$500 University of Mississippi Portia Washington—$500 Amanda Delancey—$3,500 James W. Delancey Jr.—$2,000 Pacific University Mary Landauer—$3,000 University of Missouri Pearl River Gregory Kistner—$2,000 Community College Victoria Schnieders—$2,000 William Russell Oswalt—$500 Eric Stonner—$2,000

Peru State College University of New Orleans Kelly Schubauer—$3,000 Paige Chauvin—$500 Cara McCall-Hurd—$500 Southeastern Louisiana University Wayne Albert—$500 University of North Alabama Jillian Briggs—$2,000 Catherine Chandler—$500 Shandenasia Cooper—$500 Joslin Chandler—$500 Michael S. Duplechin—$1,000 Katherine Hopper—$4,000 University of Southern Mississippi Macy Martin—$500 Alvin Hinton—$1,000 LaVondra A. McKinley—$1,000 Ashlynn Martin—$500 A’Tia C. Moore—$500 Michael Brian Regan—$500 Taleisha Rideau—$500 Michael Sowden—$1,000 Lindsay E. White—$2,000 Southern University Jennifer Wilson—$1,500 Chassidy N. Baloney—$1,500 Lahairoi Collins—$1,500 University of Tennessee at Martin Sarah Harrell—$1,250 Brandon Whaley—$3,000 Carlton Jones, Jr.—$500 Danielle V. Taylor—$1,000 Western Michigan University Jessica Thompson—$500 Ashleigh Verdier—$1,500

Southwest Mississippi Community College Xavier University Crystal Newton—$500 Amber Spurlock—$500 Chasity Taylor—$500

St. Joseph’s University Kaitlyn B. Murphy—$1,500 Bret Parsons—$3,000

Stillman College Jillian Graves—$500

Tulane University Lea Lambert—$2,000 Ciara M. Sutherland—$500