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Program Grants: NOVEMBER, 2007

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Homelessness
ACORN Institute (National) $20,000

For ACORN’s Stop Foreclosures Campaign (subprime mortgages).

     
Center for Community Change* (National) $20,000

For the Housing Trust Fund Project.

   
     
Center on Policy Initiatives (San Diego, CA) $15,000

General support for organization dedicated to building a fair economy.

     
Community Development Support Collaborative* (Washington, DC) $5,000

General support for funders collaborative on community development and affordable housing.

     
Common Ground Community (New York, NY) $20,000

For replicating permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

     
Corporation for Supportive Housing (California) $15,000

For policy and advocacy strategies to fund supportive services in California.

     
Doe Fund/Ready, Willing & Able* (Philadelphia, PA) $20,000

General support for organization that works to move people out of homelessness.

     
Housing California* (California) $15,000

For support of homeless policy advocacy.

     
Nat’l Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (National) $15,000

For the Human Rights Program.

     
New York Legal Aid Society* (New York, NY) $15,000

For the Partnership to Preserve Affordable Housing.

     
Our Place, DC* (Washington, DC) $15,000

For work to reduce homelessness in women returning from prison.

     
The Philanthropic Initiative (Boston, MA) $2,000

To support the 2007 Maxwell Awards for Supportive Housing.

     
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (Washington, DC) $15,000

For general support.

     
  Subtotal: $192,000
     

*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.

     
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM    
Juvenile Justice    
     
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids* (National) $10,000

For juvenile justice advocacy.

     
Justice 4 DC Youth! Coalition* (Washington, DC) $10,000

For general support.

     
Legal Aid Justice Center* (Charlottesville, VA) $20,000

For the JustChildren Program—Juvenile Justice Reform in Virginia.

     
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (Oakland, CA) $6,000

For the Circles of Support Accountability (youth re-entry program).

   
     
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (Texas) $20,000

For the juvenile justice initiative.

   
     
     
Death Penalty    
     
ACLU of Montana (Montana) $24,500

For a campaign to abolish the death penalty in Montana.

     
Death Penalty Information Center (National) $5,000

For developing college curriculum on the death penalty.

     
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty* (North Carolina) $25,000

For general support.

     
Texas Defender Service (Texas) $29,500

For the West Texas Capital Defender Project.

     
Witness to Innocence (National) $15,000

For general support.

     
  Subtotal: $165,000
     
     
Global Warming    
     
Climate Solutions (Washington State) $43,000

General support for organization dedicated to solving global warming.

     
  Subtotal: $43,000
     
     
TOTAL ALL GRANTS :   $400,000
     
*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.
     
The Butler Family Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals.