2010 Quail Roost Foundation Grants

Names of recipients appearing in green are links to that recipient's website.

Sector Recipient Amount Purpose of Grant
Administrative: Association of Small Foundations
500
Support for ASF's National Conference.
All Creatures: Eagle Nest School's Barn Project
3,000
Support for barn project at Eagle Nest School.
Equine Spirit Sanctuary
3,000
Horse rescue and rehabilitation program offering therapeutic and educational equine experiences.
Horse Protection Association of Florida
3,000
Equine rescue, rehabilitation, education and adoption.
Kindred Spirits Sanctuary
2,000
Abandoned farm animal care and rehabilitation.
Spay Neuter Assistance Program - SNAP
1,000
Prevention of suffering and death of dogs and cats due to overpopulation in San Antonio.
Stirrups 'n Strides
3,000
Therapeutic riding center for physically handicapped riders.
The Wildlife Center
1,000
Conservation and restoration of native wildlife and their habitats through education, strategic partnerships and responsible rehabilitation.
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
1,000
Saving former racing Thoroughbred horses from possible neglect, abuse and slaughter
Windhorse Sanctuary
3,000
Horse, dog and cat sanctuary.
Discretionary: Concrete Couch
1,250
Creating community through Creativity.
Friends of the Casa Materna
1,500
Support for Follow-up Program of Casa Materna in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Fundacion Educational Ana Restrepo
1,000
Assistance for Colombian school which provides educational opportunities to children who otherwise might not have access.
Localogy
500
Sangre de Cristo Youth Ranch camp.
North Kitsap Fishline
1,000
Food-for-Thought—Feeding program for children who may not otherwise receive enough food on weekends. Packs contain enough food for six me
Mennonite Central Committee
1,000
School supplies for children in Laos.
Spirit Wind Horse Rescue
1,000
Horse rescue, rehabilitation and adoptions in Colorado.
Steven Shames Foundation
2,000
Scholarship assistance for Ugandan student to attend university.
Education: Adopt-A-Classroom
2,500
Supporting classrooms in need.
Black Stallion Literacy Foundation
1,000
Support for children's reading program in Marion County, Florida, through the Black Stallion Literacy Project.
Hispanas Unidas
3,000
Furthering the education, empowerment, and advancement of young women in San Antonio.
Institute for Peace Studies
6,000
Educational programs promoting peace.
Islandwood
2,000
Scholarship funding for graduate students to Johnny Appleseed: the Tenets of Green.
Kateri Education Fund
2,500
Providing education and vocational training opportunities for Guatemalan women and girls.
San Antonio Food Bank
3,000
Support for Kids Café Program in San Antonio.
Emergency and Contingency: Partners in Health
5,000
Relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti after the earthquake.
Pets for Vets, Inc.
1,000
Enhancing the lives America’s Veterans and saving the lives of shelter animals by connecting veterans who would benefit from pet ownership with trained shelter pets.
Health: Burma Humanitarian Mission
1,500
Providing  trauma care and long-term health care to Karen and other ethnic groups in Burma.
Kailakuri Health Centre
4,000
Support for the Kailakuri Health Care Centre in Bangladesh.
National College of Midwifery
4,000
Increasing state networking and advocacy.
Nguyen Nga Rehabilitation  Center
2,500
Providing opportunities and support for mentally and physically challenged individuals in Vietnam.
Northern New Mexico Birth Center
4,000
Financial assistance to clients in need
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation
4,000
Restoring mobility to the disabled.
Home Community: Bridges Project for Education
4,000
Comprehensive college counseling focusing on first generation students and their families.
Community Against Violence
1,000
Community outreach and abuse prevention to Spanish-speaking immigrant community through the Promotor/a's of CAV's MAIS Project.
Men Engaging in Non-Violence (MEN)
1,000
Mentorship programs for young men in Taos County.
Neighborhood Art Project (NAP) through Harwood Museum of Art
1,000
An innovative outreach program that brings quality art activities into Taos’ neighborhoods of low-income, at-risk children.
Northern NM Friends of Animals through Four Corners Animal League-Questa
1,000
Support for Northern New Mexico Friends of Animals.
Rivers and Birds
4,000
Nine-day Watershed Project for 5th graders in Taos.
Shared Table
3,000
Feeding the hungry in Taos County.
Taos Coalition to End Homelessness
1,000
Support for the completion of a new men's shelter in Taos.
The DreamTree Project
1,000
Community-based organization for homeless, abused, and neglected youth.
Youth HeartLine
2,000
Counseling and legal services for abused children.
Justice: Creativity for Peace
5,000
Promoting peace by nurturing young Israeli and Palestinian female leaders and peacemakers at Peace Camp in New Mexico.
Hand in Hand
5,000
Development of a high-quality, multicultural, multilingual, early childhood education program for pre-k through 2nd grade, to enhance reconciliation, partnership and coexistence between Arab and Newish children, their families and communities.
Rabbis for Human Rights, North America
5,000
Support for programs to secure justice for the Palestinian people and reconciliation for the hostile factions in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
5,000
Project RENEW, a micro-credit project assisting victims and families of victims of unexploded military munitions in Vietnam.
Sustainability: American Friends Service Committee
3,000
AFSC's New Mexico Economic Justice: The People and the Land.
Conservation Trust for Florida
3,000
"Protecting Horse Country" Program for Conservation Easement promotion.
New Mexico Solar Energy Association
3,000
Taos Chapter of NMSEA: funding to develop Taos-region website to educate on solar energy use and passive solar, highly efficient buildings; to include interactive educational content and instructional videos on building design and solar system installation.
Sustainable Berea
1,000
Promoting "re-skilling," "self-reliance," and "resilient households" through the Resilient Household Project's 2011 Calendar.
Tierra Lucero
2,000
Install solar heating system to upgrade Red Willow Education Center's biomass district heating system and enhance Taos Pueblo youth's education on sustainability.
Western Lands Project
4,000
Research, educational outreach and advocacy to keep public lands public.
Total Grants: $130,750


Creativity for Peace

Spirit Wind Horse Rescue

Institute for Peace Studies

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-Sue Goldberg and Joleen Montoya, Co-Directors
Bridges Project for Education

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