Nokomis Foundation
Grants List
2000-2001

Advocating for Change

Afghan Women's Mission
Pasadena, CA
RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)
2001
$2,000

Communities for Equity
Ada, MI
Public relations campaign
2001
$20,000
General support
2001
$5,000

MARAL Foundation
Lansing, MI
Awareness campaign
2001
$12,356

Michigan Women's Foundation
Livonia, MI
A Hero for Daisy - Title IX event
2001
$5,000

Celebrating Our Progress

Gerald R. Ford Museum
Grand Rapids, MI
Style & Substance: America's First Ladies exhibit and educational programming
2000, 2001
$33,500

Wealthy Street Theatre
Grand Rapids, MI
Harlem Girls Choir
2000
$2,000
Truth: The Testimonial of Sojourner Truth
2001
$1,000

YWCA
Grand Rapids, MI
Tribute! celebration
2000,2001
$2,100

Grand Rapids Women's Chorus
Grand Rapids, MI
Sister Singers Network Festival
2001
$1,000
Concert and reception
2001
$2,000

Grand Valley State University Women's Center
Allendale, MI
The Vagina Monologues
2001
$2,500

Women's Studies Council of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Nokomis Lecture Series
2001 - 2003
$120,000 over 3 years

WomenQuest
Lansing, MI
Polar Trek 2001
2001
$5,000

Taking Flight: Grants for Girls

Center for Women in Transition
Holland, MI
Girls on the Run
2001
$25,000

Family Planning & Women's Health
of Allegan County

Allegan, MI
Horizon Club
2001
$6,500

Family Talk, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
Girl Talk
2001
$10,000

Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails
Grand Rapids, MI
PAVE Initiative (Project Anti-Violence Education)
2001
$17,500

Godfrey-Lee Alternative High School
Vision Quest High School

Wyoming, MI
New Directions
2001
$5,500

Planned Parenthood Centers of
West Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI
Safe Girls project

2001
$7,790

Restorers, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
Young Women United
2001
$12,000

United Methodist Community House
Grand Rapids, MI
ISEE (Individual Support, Encouragement, and Empowerment)
2001
$$20,500

Becoming Self-suffcient

Inner City Christian Federation
Grand Rapids, MI
HOPE program
2000
$15,200

Michigan Small Business Development Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Child Care is a Business project
2000
$5,000

Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Mujeres Unidas Sin Fronteras (Women United Without Borders)
2001
$16,155

Legal Services of Southern Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Farmworker Legal Services
2001
$5,000

New York Women's Foundation
New York, NY
Women's Disaster Relief Fund
2001
$10,000

Women for Women International
Washington, DC
General support
2001

$5,000

Women's Resource Center
Grand Rapids, MI
The Workplace Initiative
2001-2002
$45,500 over 2 years

Women's Technology Consortium

Center for Women in Transition
Holland, MI
Web page design
2000
$2,600
Technology plan implementation
2001
$5,570

Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails
Grand Rapids, MI
Web page design
2000
$4,900
Technology plan implementation
2001
$5,000

Greater Grand Rapids Women's History Council
Grand Rapids, MI
Office computer and software
2000
$3,350
Technology plan implementation
2001
$2,350

GROW
Grand Rapids, MI
Technology plan implementation
2001
$2,550

Michigan Women's Foundation
Livonia, MI
Virtual private network and equipment
2000
$5,500
Technology plan implementation
2001
$5,365

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Wide Area Network
2000
$8,084
Technology plan implementation
2001
$4,000

Safe Haven Ministries
Grand Rapids, MI
Computer hardware and Internet access tools
2000
$4,889
Technology plan implementation
2001
$7,450

Volunteers in Service
Grand Rapids, MI
Software and equipment
2000
$5,125
Technology plan implementation
2001
$7,450

WITNESS
Grand Rapids, MI
Computer equipment and web sitedevelopment
2000
$3,500
Technology plan implementation
2001
$4,975

WITNESS/GROW/Women Matter
Grand Rapids, MI
Custom database development
2000
$6,750

Women's Resource Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Computer hardware, software, and Internet access tools
2000
$6,180
Technology plan implementation
2001
$7,250

Women's Resource Center of
Northern Michigan

Petoskey, MI
Computer hardware, software, and Internet access tools
2000
$7,500
Technology plan implementation
2001
$7,000

YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Computer hardware
2000
$5,993
Technology plan implementation
2001
$6,000

 



Growing Up Strong

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Project SASSY
2000 - 2002
$74,397 over 3 years

Godfrey-Lee Alternative High School
Vision Quest High School

Wyoming, MI
Lifeskills workshop program
2000
$4,464

YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Project planning
2000
$12,400
Girl Power program
2001-2003
$95,000 over 3 years

Academia de Espanol
Grand Rapids, MI
5th/6th grade girls science fair
2001
$100

Community Media Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Young Women's Media Project
2001
$3,000

Henry Paideia Academy
Grand Rapids, MI
Girls programming
2001
$2,500

Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
High school girls dance project
2001
$2,000

Kenowa Hills Public Schools
Grand Rapids, MI
Girls Only Leadership Development program (GOLD)
2001
$980

Michigan State University Extension/4H
Grand Rapids, MI
Girls quilt program
2001
$500

West Michigan Academy of Music for Girls
Grand Rapids, MI
General support
2001
$1,500

Taking Care of Our Selves

Genesis House
Chicago, IL
General support
2000
$1,000

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Educational programming
2000
$2,000

Rock for a Cure
Arlington, VA
Breast cancer campus awareness program for Michigan colleges
2000
$750

Spectrum Health/Grand Rapids Coalition for Breast Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Community education program
2000
$2,600

Creston Neighborhood Association
Grand Rapids, MI
What About Me? health care program
2001
$10,400

Center for Women in Transition
Holland, MI
Lakeshore Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program (SANE)
2000-2002
$60,000 over 3 years

Grand Rapids REACH, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
HIV/AIDS community awareness program
2001
$4,500

Grand Valley State University - Department of Social Work
Grand Rapids, MI
Support for the SWAPP program (grantwriting)
2001
$1,400

Michigan AIDS Fund
Southfield, MI
Statewide, pooled funding resource
2001
$2,000

Migrant Health Promotion
Saline, MI
Migrant Farmworker Doula program
2001-2003
$50,000 over 3 years

Weed & Seed
Grand Rapids, MI
Westside Women in Transition
2001
$4,000

Learning to Give Wisely

Association of Small Foundations
Bethesda, MD
General program support
2001
$5,000

Council of Michigan Foundations
Grand Haven, MI
General program support
2000 and 2001
$2,800 over two years

Council on Foundations
Washington, DC
General program support
2001
$1,000

Women’s Funding Network
San Francisco, CA
General program support
2000 and 2001
$9,000 over 2 years

National Network of Grantmakers
San Diego, CA
General program support
2000 and 2001
$2,000 over 2 years

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO)
Washington, DC
General program support
2001
$1,000

Building Better Organizations

Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW)
Grand Rapids, MI
Technology support
2000
$4,000
Capacity building/organizational support
2001-2003
$101,500 over 3 years

Communities for Equity
Grand Rapids, MI
Strategic planning
2000
$6,000

WITNESS
Grand Rapids, MI
Board development and strategic planning
2001
$14,900

Dwelling Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Organizational capacity building; fund development support
2000
$10,000

Michigan Women's Foundation
Livonia, MI
Consultation services
2000
$10,000

Safe Haven Ministries
Grand Rapids, MI
Fund development support
2000
$15,000
Fund development and grant writing support
2001
$12,000

West Michigan Academy of Music for Girls
Grand Rapids, MI
Organizational capacity building
2000-2002
$45,000 over 3 years
Fund development support

2001-2002
$45,000 over 2 years

Women for Women International
Washington, DC
Organizational capacity building
2000-2001
$20,000 over 2 years

Women Matter
Grand Rapids, MI
Membership support
2000
$2,000

Freedom House Ministries
Grand Rapids, MI
Technology support
2001
$4,000

Developing Leaders

GRACE
Grand Rapids, MI
Summit on Racism
2000-2002
$2,500 over 3 years
Racial Expressions - Youth in Action

2001

$500

Grand Valley State University Women's Center
Allendale, MI
General support
2001
$500

WITNESS
Grand Rapids, MI
Women's Leadership Institute
2000-2001
$22,500 over 2 years
General support

2001

$3,050

 

   
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