The following grants were reported in 2008:
$500,000 to Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, NJ. For Genetic Risk Factors for Heart Disease in African-Americans, payable over 1 year.
$216,000 to Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. For Molecular Mechanisms Linking Pak5 and Tumorigenesis, payable over 1 year.
$173,000 to Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. For Scholar Award, payable over 1 year.
$125,000 to Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. For Cellular Anti-Cancer Barrier and AIDS-Associated Cancer, payable over 1 year.
$124,000 to Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. For Scholar Award, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Aid for Friends, Philadelphia, PA. For food and proper packaging for home delivered meals for needy disabled and elderly homebound, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Haverford College, Haverford, PA. For Scholar Award, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Presbyterian Childrens Village, Rosemont, PA. To upgrade security system, meet code for fire alarm replacement/upgrade, replace two compressors for refrigeration units for residents dining hall, and repair residential areas, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. For food through Mitzvah Food Project to more than 2,000 households each month, including vulnerable children and seniors, payable over 1 year.
$17,000 to Circle of Care, Philadelphia, PA. For basic needs assistance to HIV affected families through The Fund for Families, emergency and basic needs fund which is accessible to clients through case manager, payable over 1 year.