The following grants were reported in 2008:
$10,000 to Burlington College, Burlington, VT. To work with women of varied ethnicity in Burlington’s Old North End on a community photography project, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Burlington RU12 Community Center, Burlington, VT. For Vermont Diversity Health Project improving health outcomes for LGBTQ Vermonters, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Barre, VT. To create sustainable models of energy conservation and efficiency, resource reduction, and parallel outreach to residents and the community as financially and socially sound practices, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Committee on Temporary Shelter, Burlington, VT. For crisis response in two areas: to prevent low-income households at imminent risk of becoming homeless from entering emergency shelter by covering back rent; and to increase COTS capacity to provide overflow emergency shelter this winter, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Food Works-Two Rivers Center for Sustainability, Montpelier, VT. For food security projects connecting local farmers with low-income housing project residents, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Green Mountain CarShare, Burlington, VT. For outreach activities essential to the successful launch and ongoing development of a community autoshare program, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Mentor Connector, Rutland, VT. To increase mentoring capacity in Rutland County, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Post Oil Solutions, Athens, VT. For Regional Food Sustainability Project, which strives to enhance the self-sufficiency of the Southeastern Vermont region specifically in relation to food, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Shoreham Elementary School, Shoreham, VT. To start school lunch program, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Smart Growth Vermont, Burlington, VT. To develop indicators of Downtown Health as a holistic framework for assessing the health of our downtowns and village centers, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Vermont Independent Media, Brattleboro, VT. To publish citizen newspaper, The Commons, and offering writing workshops, payable over 1 year.
$9,887 to Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, Richmond, VT. To increase access to nutritious and organic food through pilot program allowing consumers to use food stamps at Vermont Farmers’ Markets, payable over 1 year.
$5,500 to Pownal Pre-School, Pownal, VT. For professional development activities for teachers to move towards national accreditation, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to ALANA Community Organization, Brattleboro, VT. For emergency funding to build coalition momentum of Keep It Cool, Hate No Home Here after several racist incidents at Brattleboro High School, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to George D. Aiken Resource Conservation and Development Council, Randolph, VT. To obtain engineered design of streambank stabilization for south branch of Deerfield River to prevent the river from eroding into the historic South Hill Cemetery, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Lamoille Area Recreational Center, Morrisville, VT. For emergency repairs to handicap ramp that is unUSble and in violation, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Preservation Trust of Vermont, Burlington, VT. To help build permanent roof on the recently fire devastated Putney General Store to save this 1769 historic building and key community gather place, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Windham Art Gallery, Brattleboro, VT. To participate in a collaboration to create 24 painted panels that will be attached to residents’ doors at the Vermont Veteran’s Home in Bennington to serve as visual cues for those suffering from dementia, payable over 1 year.
$4,950 to Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Burlington, VT. For general support, payable over 1 year.
$4,500 to Rochester Community Care Home, Rochester, VT. For emergency repair of water damage in the basement caused by melting snow, payable over 1 year.