Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation: 2007 Grants

2007 Grants

Grants	Amount
Grants Awarded During 2007
Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation Little Rock, AR Program support for transportation needs of low-income families receiving services from the Center for Children at Risk	$28,000
Arkansas Coalition for Excellence Little Rock, AR Program support for training for nonprofit organizations through the Arkansas Nonprofit Leadership Institute	$20,000
Arkansas Foodbank Network Little Rock, AR Program support for Senior Supplement, a program to provide elderly indigent clients with a box of food each month	$13,200
Attitudes & Attire Dallas, TX Program support for the Hopeful Smiles Dental program, providing dental care to low-income clients	$5,000
Avenues Counseling Center McKinney, TX Program support of the Charity Care Fund, which subsidizes counseling and other services for clients unable to pay the full cost of care	$15,000
Baylor Health Care System Foundation Dallas, TX Program support for a fellowship to provide counseling to indigent patients suffering from pre- and post-partum depressive disorders	$23,124
Big Thought Dallas, TX Program support to conduct nine Wolf Trap residencies at area schools, instructing preschool teachers how to use the arts to enhance learning	$27,000
Boys & Girls Club of Phillips County West Helena, AR Capital challenge grant to acquire and renovate a facility as a youth center	$20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of East Texas Tyler, TX Program support of the Kids Cafe program, which provides a daily meal or snack to members after school	$8,000
Casa de Amigos Midland, TX Program support for the Senior Services Program, which provides meals, social activities, and medical services to indigent elderly clients	$25,000
Catholic Charities of Dallas Dallas, TX Program challenge grant to expand job training services for refugee women in the Women to Work Program	$25,000
Centers for Children & Families Midland, TX Program support for counseling services for children and youth	$25,000
Child Abuse Prevention Center Dallas, TX Program support for Healthy Families, an intensive, long-term case management service for teenage parents and their children	$35,000
Child Study Center Fort Worth, TX Program support for the Patient Care Fund, which subsidizes counseling and other service whose families are unable to pay the full cost of care	$20,000
Children's Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Canton, TX Program support to pay for counseling services for abuse victims and to assist in training a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner	$17,000
Collin County Committee on Aging McKinney, TX Program support for Meals on Wheels, delivering daily meals to the elderly and disabled	$15,000
Communities In Schools Dallas Region Dallas, TX Program support for case management services for dropout prevention at Lake Highlands High School and Ranchview High School	$20,000
Community Enrichment Center Fort Worth, TX Program support for the Adopt-A-Family and Open Arms programs, which help homeless families gain independence	$20,000
Community Health Development Uvalde, TX Capital support for construction of the Wellness Center in Uvalde	$50,000
Community Homes for Adults, Inc. (CHAI) Dallas, TX Program support for additional staff at the Wolens Learning Center to help adults find and maintain employment	$25,000
Community Partners of Dallas Dallas, TX Program support for the Rainbow Room, which provides clothing and other necessities to abused and neglected children who have entered the CPS system	$15,000
Conference of Southwest Foundations Dallas, TX Capital support toward the purchase and installation of play equipment for Sunshine Camp programs in Zilker Park, Austin, in honor of the Conference's 60th Anniversary	$5,000
Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth, TX Capital support for purchase of two ventilators for use by the air transport team, which ferries children from rural areas to Fort Worth for treatment	$17,000
Crossroads Community Services Dallas, TX Program support of the homeless prevention program services, including food distribution and assistance with rent and utilities	$20,000
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Dallas, TX Capital support for the campaign to renovate the Moorland YMCA building into a new headquarters	$50,000
Dallas Challenge, Inc. Dallas, TX Program support for counseling and family support services provided through the Gang Intervention Program	$20,000
Dallas Children's Theater Dallas, TX Program support of the Student Matinee Performance Series for the 2008/09 season	$25,000
Dallas Concilio of Hispanic Service Organizations Dallas, TX Program support for the PIQE parent education program, which teachers Hispanic parents how to support their child's education	$25,000
Dallas Heritage Village Dallas, TX Program support of History Hunts, an educational school tour program	$15,000
Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind Dallas, TX Program support for the Serving Our Seniors Program, which identifies and provide appropriate low-vision adaptive devices for the elderly	$25,000
Dallas MetroCare Services Dallas, TX Program support to help develop additional employer recruitment and education tools for the Career Design and Development Program	$20,000
Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX Program support for early learning programs for pre-K children in the new Center for Creative Connections	$50,000
Dallas SCORES Dallas, TX Program support to extend afterschool athletic and literary programs to an additional DISD school	$15,000
Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas Dumas, AR Capital and program support to purchase equipment and pay for laboratory and staff costs in a diabetes education and management program	$58,000
Dental Health Arlington Arlington, TX Program support to provide dental care for low-income children in Tarrant County	$10,000
East Dallas Community School Dallas, TX Program support for the Pregnancy to Three programs, which teaches parents how to be their child's first teachers	$20,000
East Texas Food Bank Tyler, TX Program support for the BackPack and Kids Cafe programs, which provide weekend food to hungry children and weekday meals to children in afterschool programs	$25,000
Educational First Steps Dallas, TX Program support to expand training and support services to additional childcare centers serving low-income children	$50,000
Family Gateway Dallas, TX Program support for Gateway to Jobs, an employment readiness training program	$10,000
Fine Arts Chamber Players Dallas, TX Program support to hire an Educational Outreach Programs Manager, to help the agency extend its programs to additional schools	$32,000
Fort Smith Symphony Fort Smith, AR Program support for the children's educational programs EARQUAKE! and Symphony in Schools, which offer free performances to schoolchildren in Fort Smith and surrounding rural counties	$5,000
Head Start of Greater Dallas, Inc. Dallas, TX Capital support to install a playground at the Brookhaven College Head Start Center	$30,000
Interfaith Housing Coalition Dallas, TX Program support for case management services in the transitional housing Home & Hope program	$20,000
Lone Oak Public Library Lone Oak, TX Capital support for the purchase and installation of ceiling fans in the library	$1,500
Midland Children's Rehabilitation Center Midland, TX Program support for staffing and curriculum development in the new sensory integration program for disabled children	$26,000
Mission Outreach of Northeast Arkansas Paragould, AR Program support to provide case management services to homeless individuals	$50,000
Museum of the Big Bend, at Sul Ross State University Alpine, TX Capital support for the design and installation of exhibits at the museum	$25,000
National Organization on Disability Washington, DC Program support to evaluate the AW2 Careers program in Dallas, a three-year pilot program that will provide case management services for soldiers with disabling injuries to help them re-enter the workforce	$75,000
North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc. (KERA) Dallas, TX Program support for acquisition and broadcast of Sesame Street	$120,000
Old Jail Art Center Albany, TX Capital support for renovations to the Old Jail Art Center	$50,000
Open Door Preschool Dallas, TX Program support to provide scholarships for low-income children and capital funds for classroom renovation	$22,000
Opportunity School Amarillo, TX Program support of the Parent Education Program	$25,000
PACES Jonesboro, AR Program support for case management services for young mothers and fathers	$20,000
Phillips County Library Helena, AR Capital support for renovation of a new building to house the historic library	$50,000
Prevent Blindness Texas Dallas, TX Program support of the preschool vision screening and photoscreening programs for low-income children	$10,000
Project Transformation Dallas, TX Program support for the summer 2008 youth and leadership training program for low-income youth	$15,000
SafeHaven Tarrant County Fort Worth, TX Program support for the Children Can Succeed Program, which provides shelter, an on-site school, and counseling for children affected by domestic violence	$25,000
Special Care & Career Services Farmers Branch, TX Program support for Early Childhood Intervention services to developmentally delayed infants and toddlers	$15,000
The ChildCare Group Dallas, TX Program support for six agency-operated childcare centers for low-income children	$50,000
The Senior Source Dallas, TX Capital support for renovation of a new building to house the agency	$50,000
The Women's Center Fort Worth, TX Program support for the Rape Crisis and Victim Services Child Abuse program and the Jobs Now employment services program	$30,000
The Writer's Garret Dallas, TX Program support for the Writers-In-The-Schools program, which places writers in public schools to help children develop writing and reading skills	$12,500
Trinity River Mission Dallas, TX Program support for the "Believe and Achieve" program, a scholarship and leadership program for middle school and high school students	$30,000
Twin Lakes Literacy Council Mountain Home, AR Program support of the Children's Reading and Math Tutoring Program	$8,600
United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Dallas Dallas, TX Program support for the Removing Limits Through Technology program, which helps the disabled identify and obtain appropriate assistive technology	$15,000
Visiting Nurse Association Dallas, TX Capital support to complete construction of the new Meals on Wheels center and kitchen	$50,000

The King Foundation

2007 Grants

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