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Program Grants: December, 2002

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Homelessness
 
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development (Washington, DC)

$25,000

To monitor and support improvements in DC’s Housing Production Trust Fund.

     
Council of State Governments (New York, NY; National) $20,000

To improve coordination among health and housing grantmakers for people with criminal records.

     
DC Fiscal Policy Institute* (Washington, DC) $20,000

Support to monitor DC government spending on homelessness and low-income housing.

     
Foyer Federation* (United Kingdom) $25,000

General support to promote Foyer model of housing and support services for homeless youth.

     
Housing First! (New York, NY) $25,000

General support for campaign on the need for low-income housing in New York.

     
Inspiration Café* (Chicago, IL) $20,000

For the Café Too Program, to provide vocational training and employment to homeless people.

     
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness* (Los Angeles, CA) $25,000

To support work on the Los Angeles Plan to End Homelessness.

     
National Alliance to End Homelessness* (Washington, DC; National) $25,000

To support work on the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.

     
National Center on Family Homelessness* (Boston, MA; National) $25,000

To support the Project on Re-Engaging Philanthropy in the Fight to End Homelessness.

     
Southern CA Ass’n of Non-Profit Housing* (Los Angeles, CA) $25,000

To monitor the implementation of the LA Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

     
  Subtotal: $235,000
     
     
Criminal Justice Reform    
     
Juvenile Justice    
     
CASES (New York, NY) $25,000

To support Home Remedy—a pilot program to reduce incarceration of mentally ill youth.

     
Criminal Justice Journalists (Washington, DC; National) $20,000

General support for organization that promotes well informed reporting on criminal justice.

     
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights* (San Francisco-Oakland, CA) $15,000

To support the Books Not Bars Campaign.

     
Jane Addams Juvenile Court Foundation (Chicago, IL) $12,500

To support reform of the Cook County Juvenile Court.

     
Justice 4 Youth (Prison Moratorium Project) (New York, NY) $15,000

General support for coalition working on juvenile justice issues.

     
Juvenile Justice Initiative (Springfield/Evanston, IL) $15,000

General support for statewide work on reform of the juvenile justice system.

     
Sentencing Project (Washington, DC; National) $20,000

To support a national advocacy campaign opposing prosecution of children in adult court.

     
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families* (Madison/Milwaukee, WI) $15,000

For work on juvenile justice reform and programming in Wisconsin.

     
Death Penalty    
     
Moratorium Campaign (New Orleans, LA; National) $25,000

To support campaign in several states for moratorium on the death penalty.

     
Stand Down Texas (Austin, TX) $20,000

General support to work for reform of the death penalty in Texas.

     
  Subtotal: $180,000
     
  Total All Program Grants: $415,000
     
     
Program Related Investments    
 
$300,000 in Program Related Investments (loans) coming due in the years 2002 and 2003 will be rolled over:
     
Cornerstone, Inc. (Washington, DC) $60,000

To support the development of housing for people recovering from mental illness.

     
Institute for Community Economics (Springfield, MA; National) $60,000

To support financing for community land trusts and housing development for low-income and homeless people.

     
McAuley Institute (Silver Spring, MD; National) $90,000

To support the development of housing for low-income women and children.

     
The Reinvestment Fund (Philadelphia, PA) $90,000
To support loans and investments in low-income rental housing in the Philadelphia region.
     
     
*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.
     
The Butler Family Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals.