Nokomis Foundation
Grants List
2004

Advocating for Change

ACLU of Michigan
Detroit, MI
Education campaigns and community outreach targeting low-wage and immigrant women
$25,000

Farmworker Legal Services
Ann Arbor, MI
Bi-lingual attorney
$50,000 (2004 and 2005)

Institute for Women's Policy Research
Washington, DC
Status of Women in Michigan report
$75,000 (2003 and 2004)

Michigan United
Lansing, MI
Affirmative Action education campaign
$20,000

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Visibility and outreach campaign
$133,000 (2002, 2003 and 2004)

FOCUS and general operating support
$3,000

Celebrating Our Progress

Actors' Theatre
Grand Rapids, MI
Boy Gets Girl
$5,000

Community Media Center
Grand Rapids, MI
The Conduct of LIfe
$1,500

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre
Grand Rapids, MI
Blood Relations
$5,000

Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, MI
Tres Vidas
$5,000

GVSU Women's Center
Allendale, MI
Vagina Monologues
$9,700 (2004 and 2005)
Women's Tea Party
$1,000
Jackson Katz event
$1,000
Paula Gunn event
$1,000

Grandville Center for the Arts
Grand Rapids, MI
Juana's Wishes/Las Esperanzas de Juana
$8,000

Aquinas College/Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Fall speaker and general operating support
$2,200

Michigan Women's Studies Association
Lansing, MI
Women's Hall of Fame induction
$1,000

West Michigan Women's Studies Council
Grand Rapids, MI
Nokomis Lecture Series
$100,000 (2004 and 2005)

YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
TRIBUTE!
$1,500


Becoming Self-suffcient

Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI
Flip the Script program
$12,800

Dwelling Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Aftercare program
$12,000

Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW)
Grand Rapids, MI
Nurturing a New Start planning grant
$1,000

Life Guidance Services
Grand Rapids, MI
Women's Sober LIving Unit - Kent County Correctional Facility
$25,112

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Nurturing a New Start planning grant
$1,000

Nurturing a New Start program
$14,530

Women's Resource Center
Grand Rapids, MI
Nurturing a New Start planning grant
$1,000


YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Nurturing a New Start planning grant
$1,000




 



 

Growing Up Strong

First United Methodist Church
Grand Rapids, MI
River City Jumpropers
$5,000 (2004 and 2005

Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails
Grand Rapids, MI
My Life program
$5,000

Saint John's Home
Grand Rapids, MI
Therapeutic Residential Program
$25,000

SME Education Foundation
Dearborn, MI
STEPS - Science, Technology & Engineering Preview Camp for Girls
$60,000 (2002, 2003 and 2004)

YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Girls, Inc. program
$30,000


Taking Care of Our Selves

Family Planning & Women's Health Center
Allegan, MI
General program support
$12,000

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Project Safe & SASSY
$90,000 (2004, 2005 and 2006)

Safe Haven Ministries
Grand Rapids, MI
Kent County Domestic Violence Coordinated County Response Team programs
$46,750 (2004, 2005 and 2006)

Saint Mary's Health Services
Grand Rapids, MI
Programming for Hispanic women
$13,000

West Michigan Legal Services
Grand Rapids, MI
General program support in area of domestic violence
$20,000

 

Learning to Give Wisely

Council of Michigan Foundations
Grand Haven, MI
$3,000

Council on Foundations
Washington, DC
$1,820.00

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC
$1,250

Women & Philanthropy
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000

Women’s Funding Network
San Francisco, CA
$2,500


Building Stronger Organizations

Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI
Nonprofit Technical Assistance Pooled Fund
$15,000

Women's Resource Center
Grand Rapids, MI
General operating support and capacity building
$50,000


Taking Flight: Grants for Girls

15 Pearls and a Promise
Grand Rapids, MI
Your Money! Your Choice! Your Life!
$6,250

Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake
Kalamazoo, MI
Girls in the Wild (Allegan County)
$15,000

Arbor Circle
Grand Rapids, MI
Leadership Development/Homeless Youth Services
$3,000
North County Teen Parenting Services

Community Media Center (GRIID)
Grand Rapids, MI
Grassroots Journalism Project
$4,250

Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth
Grand Rapids, MI
GRYC Girls' Club
$25,000

 

Women's Technology Consortium

Center for Women in Transition
Holland, MI
$7,000

Girl Scouts of Michigan Trails
Grand Rapids, MI
$7,000

GROW
Grand Rapids, MI
$6,000

Michigan Women’s Foundation
Livonia, MI
$4,300

Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
$8,500

Safe Haven Ministries
Grand Rapids, MI
$5,500

WITNESS
Holland, MI
$5,000

Women’s Resource Center
Grand Rapids, MI
$7,200

Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan
Petoskey, MI
$7,000

YWCA of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
$7,500

 


 

   
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