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FOUNDATION GRANTS

May 1, 2007 - April 30, 2008

Health
Patient Link
Adult Congenital Heart Association $74,700
ACHA Capacity Building $60,000
Leadership Development Award  Strategic Retreat and Ongoing Development Consulting. $14,700
American Chronic Pain Association Inc. $52,000
Growing Well with AgrAbility $40,000
Leadership Development Award Retreat for Regional Directors $12,000
American Diabetes Association Inc. $75,000
Family Resource Network (FRN)/Youth Leadership Program
American Heart Association Inc. $16,000
Japan Patient Link Advocacy Symposium - Travel Grant
American Pain Foundation $213,000
National Urban Fellow $63,000
Power Over Pain Action Network - Development of Leaders $45,000
Power Over Pain Action Network - Passage of ACT Advocacy/General Support $65,000
Power Over Pain Action Network - Infrastructure Development $40,000
American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc. $20,000
Young Onset Parkinson Newsletter & Website
Brain Injury Association of Minnesota $68,500
Leadership Development
$13,500
Multicultural Outreach $55,000
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research & Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation, Inc. $25,000
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation Heart to Heart Program  
Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation $35,000
Patient Outreach & Support Initiative  
Children's Heart Foundation $40,000
The Children's Heart Foundation Parent Resource Book; 'It's My Heart'  
Dysautonomia Youth Network of America, Inc. $15,000
DYNA Summer Chill 2007
Dystonia Medical Research Foundation $70,000
Patient Outreach & Public Awareness Activities
Epilepsy Foundation of America $75,000
Mother's Family Network
For Grace, A Project of Community Partners $20,000
Women in Pain Initiative
Hydrocephalus Association $55,000
Outreach Program and National Conference
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association $62,000
Closing the Gap $50,000
Leadership Development Award Board Retreat $12,000
Insulin Pumpers $15,000
Infrastructure and Educational Support for Insulin Pump Users
International Essential Tremor Foundation $41,500
Community Ambassador Program $35,000
Leadership Development Award 2008 Nonprofit Congress National Meeting $6,500
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders $60,000
General Support $10,000
Fecal Incontinence Online Community $50,000
Interstitial Cystitis Association $75,000
Interstitial Cystitis Association/Medtronic Foundation Grant Program for 2007 and 2008
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International $75,000
Campaign Friendraiser
Let Them Hear Foundation $50,000
Newborn Hearing Parent Support
Men's Health Network $50,000
Healthy Sunday African-American Church Health Education and Screening Initiative  
Movement Disorders Educational Fund $58,000
Stay Connected ... Stay Informed & Bringing Patients Together
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America $50,000
Hispanic Outreach Initiative
National Alliance for Hispanic Health $35,000
2007 Membership and Sponsorship of Vision, Innovation, Dedication and Advocacy Awards
National Association for Continence $60,000
Hispanic Outreach Program Phase IV
National Black Women's Health Project, Inc./Black Women's Health Imperative $50,000
Health-Wise Woman "Let’s Talk" Initiative
National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease $419,733
General Support/Wear Red Day $4,733
Red Bags of Courage $35,000
WomenHeart $375,000
Wanda Cook Memorial $5,000
National Family Caregivers Association $25,000
Communicating Effectively with Healthcare Professionals
National Headache Foundation $20,000
National Headache Awareness Week
National Multiple Sclerosis Society $63,000
National Urban Fellow
National Organization for Rare Disorders $195,000
National Urban Fellow $63,000
General Support $1,250
Information Upgrades $47,000
Looking Towards the Future $35,000
Medical Meeting Participation $43,000
Abbey Meyers Education Fund $25,000
National Parkinson Foundation $135,000
National Parkinson Care Networks (NPCN)  
National Spinal Cord Injury Association $65,000
Annual SCI Hall of Fame™
Parent Heart Watch $77,500
Strategic and Fundraising Planning and Membership Outreach Development  $75,000
Capacity Building $2,500
Parkinsons Action Network Foundation $100,000
PAN Action Reporter Newsletter $25,000
Patient and Caregiver Scholarships for the 14th Annual Research & Public Policy Forum $75,000
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Inc. $75,000
Network and Capacity Building: Expanding and Enhancing a Special Events Model  
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) $40,000
Promote Greater CRPS Awareness in Selected Medical and Lay Audiences
Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research, Inc. $75,000
Educational Outreach Support and CAC Membership 2008 Patron Table at the Annual Gala
Spasmodic Torticollis Dystonia $15,000
ST/Dystonia Regional and National Media Relations Program
Stars US, Inc. $50,000
STARS US
Stratis Health $5,000
The Exchange
The Mended Hearts, Inc. $75,000
The Mended Hearts Field Services/Visiting Program
The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation $25,000
The Family Support Program
The Wellness Community-National $50,000
Hispanics, Cancer and the Internet:  Improving Access to eHealth Information and Support
HeartRescue
Albany Area Schools, ISD 745 $12,000
Project HEARTStart   
Allina Health Systems $30,000
Take Heart America-Anoka County
American Heart Association Inc. $30,000
CPR Training for all 7th Graders in the Dallas Independent School District
American Red Cross South Central Illinois Chapter $29,200
Heart Rescue - You Can Be the Difference in Someone's Life
American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter $30,000
Train the Teachers: Sustainable Red Cross CPR/AED Training for Schools
Billings Clinic Foundation $7,225
R.E.A.C.T. (Real Emergency AED/CPR Training) for Youth
Cass City Public Schools $6,900
Save a Life Program
CCSU Foundation $15,000
Central CT State University CPR/AED Task Force  
Centracare Health Foundation $5,000
Take Heart St. Cloud  
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation, Inc. $19,000
Project S.A.V.E.  
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. $30,000
Project ADAM HEART (Heart Emergency Awareness and Response Training) DVD  
Columbus City Schools $30,000
Taking Heart in the Schools  
Coppell Independent School District (CISD) $9,600
CHS Heart Rescue Program  
Corley Elementary School (Gwinnett County Public Schools) $4,300
Healthy Hearts of Corley  
Crown Medical Support Services $15,000
HeartRescue Program in African and African American Communities  
Del Valle Independent School District $30,000
Save A Life Program  
East Tennessee State University, College of Public Health $15,000
Emergency Preparedness Learning Module  
ISD 318 $15,000
District 318 Heart Rescue  
Madison School District #321 $15,000
Project Save  
Mesa Public Schools $10,000
Health Services, AED Program  
Midwest Arrhythmia Research Foundation $25,000
Take Heart America
Midwest Heart Community Foundation $30,000
Midwest Heart Sudden Cardiac Arrest (MHSCA) Program  
Midwest Heart Foundation $25,000
Young Hearts for Life Cardiac Screening Program  
Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport Fire Department $15,000
Airport Heart Cart Train the Trainer Program
Nottoway County Public Schools $15,000
Have a Heart  
Olmsted Outreach $15,000
Minnesota Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor Network  
St. Anthony - New Brighton Schools $16,300
Curriculum Based CPR/AED Training
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association $167,750
Strategic Planning $15,750
SCAA Capacity Building $150,000
Providence Academy $6,000
Heart Smart Initiative  
Sauk Rapids Rice Schools District 47 $9,500
Saving the Storm  
Saving Lives in Chatham County, Inc. $30,000
HeartRescue: 2008  
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association of Northeast Ohio $10,000
Heartsafe Kids  
Take Heart Columbus $5,000
Take Heart Columbus:  Heart Cart  
St. Cloud Hospital/CentraCare Health System $30,000
Take Heart St. Cloud  
The Bakken $30,000
Shocking News About Your Heart School Assembly Program  
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia $30,000
Youth Heart Watch - an Affiliate of Project ADAM®  
The District School Board of Collier County $12,200
HeartRescue CPR/AED Training Program  
The Lamphere Schools $7,500
CPR/AED Training  
The School Board of Broward County, Florida $30,000
Heart Safe
University Hospitals Health System, Inc. $12,000
Geneva Medical Center's Sudden Cardiac Arrest Early Recognition Program  
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation  $30,000
Alabama Project ADAM  
Upper Arlington City Schools $5,000
Project ALIVE Saving a Life is Very Easy  
CommunityLink
ARIZONA - TEMPE/MARICOPA COUNTY
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale $7,500
Dental and Vision Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, Inc. $10,000
Prevention Clinics $5,000
Triple Play Program $5,000
Diocesan Council for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix $25,000
Virginia G. Piper Medical and Dental Clinic
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation $10,000
Crews'n Healthmobile Mobile Clinic
Wesley Community Center $10,000
Centro de Salud (Health Center) Diabetes Education and Prevention Program
CALIFORNIA - SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA COUNTIES
Friendship Adult Day Care Center, Inc. $5,000
Helping Elders at Risk Today (HEART)
Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County $5,000
Fellowship Club
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Southern California Chapter $5,000
Better Living
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics $5,000
Fund a Family Program
CALIFORNIA - SANTA CLARITA/SAN FERNANDO/SIMI VALLEYS & WESTERN LOS ANGELES
Happy Hats for Kids $3,500
Hero Club Program
M E N D $10,000
Medical Clinic
National Organization for Renal Disease $8,500
Prevention Can Be The Cure
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California $10,000
Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times Camperships
The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura $10,000
Latino Outreach Cancer Program San Fernando Valley
Valley Community Clinic $10,000
Chronic Disease Management Program for Diabetes
CALIFORNIA - ORANGE COUNTY
Angel Flight West, Inc. $5,000
Orange County Capacity Building
Community Care Health Centers $5,000
Healthy Path
John Tracy Clinic $15,000
Community Hearing Screening
South County Senior Services, Inc. $2,000
Steps to Healthy Aging: Nutrition Education and Exercise
CALIFORNIA - SONOMA COUNTY
Jewish Community Free Clinic $20,000
General Support for Clinic
Northern California Center for Well Being $5,000
La Diabetes y Su Salud
COLORADO - LOUISVILLE
Angel Flight West, Inc. $10,000
Boulder County Capacity Building
FLORIDA - JACKSONVILLE
Children's Home Society of Florida $5,000
Medically Needy Foster Care
Horse Sense and Sensitivity Incorporated $8,500
Horse Sense & Sensitivity
The Bridge of Northeast Florida $10,000
Healthy Teen Services/Straight Talk Program
Volunteers in Medicine - Jacksonville $10,000
Volunteers in Medicine - Jacksonville
 
INDIANA - KOSCIUSKO COUNTY
Kosciusko Community YMCA, Inc. $5,000
Program Support for Activate America
MASSACHUSETTS - BEVERLY/DANVERS/MIDDLETON/PEABODY/SALEM & OTHER NORTH SHORE COMMUNITIES
Community Young Men's Christian Association of Danvers MA, Inc. $3,000
PAC - Physical Activity Club
Partners Home Care, Inc. $5,000
Improving Access to Healthcare for Homeless and Low-Income Individuals
Salem State College Foundation, Inc. $5,000
Arts and Healing -Pediatric Psychiatric Unit at the Hunt Center
Strongest Link Aids Services, Inc. $5,000
Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention/Education Program
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation, Inc. $5,000
Therapeutic Riding for Children with Disabilities
MINNESOTA - MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (7 COUNTY METRO AREA)
Access Press $12,000
Publication of Minnesota’s Disability Newspaper  
Access Works $7,500
Syringe Exchange  
Afton Press $75,000
My Heart it is Delicious  
Alexandra House, Inc. $38,765
FOCUS Match $3,000
Hope Gala $10,000
Project Warm Hearts Match $765
Shelter Program - Childcare Provider $20,000
Walk for Hope $5,000
American Diabetes Association, Inc. $60,000
Camp Needlepoint/Daypoint  
Apple Tree Dental $65,000
The Community Collaborative Practice Initiative  
ARC Greater Twin Cities $30,000
Arcadmey Awards Gala $5,000
Family Connections and Advocacy Services  $25,000
Camp Heartland Project, Inc. $7,500
Camp Heartland Summer Camp Experiences for Twin Cities Youth Living with HIV/AIDS  
Camp Odayin $57,500
A Camp with Heart $55,000
Family Support Network at The Bakken Museum $500
Have a Heart Sponsorship $2,000
Cancer Benefit Fund $5,000
Dancing for Life
Community Health Charities Minnesota $5,000
Workplace Giving, Education and Volunteer Programs  
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio, Inc. $15,000
Tercer Amanecer Elder Wellness Services  
Cornerstone Advocacy Service $50,000
Day One Services  
Courage Center $100,000
Courage Center's 5K Your Way $50,000
Courage Center Gala $50,000
District 202 $5,000
Health, Wellness and Education Programs
Everyday Miracles, Inc. $25,000
Everyday Miracles - Doula Program  
Family & Children's Service $25,000
100 Men Take a Stand for Domestic Peace  
Fraser $10,000
Child and Family Mental Health  
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare $90,000
Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare $30,000
Building Fundraising Capacity $60,000
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery $50,000
Pediatric Assessment and Medical Management (PAMM) Program  
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Minnesota Chapter $5,000
Walk to Cure Diabetes  
Melpomene Institute for Women's Health $2,500
5K Run/Walk
Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support $45,000
Broadway School Based Clinic $25,000
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention $20,000
Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) $7,500
Positive Link  
Minnesota Center for Obesity Metabolism and Endocrinology $45,000
Innovative Intervention and Prevention Model for Treating Obesity in Families of Color  
Minnesota Medical Foundation $120,500
Center of American Indian and Minority Health, Indian Health Pathway $75,000
La Clinica Hispana $30,000
Public Health Gala, School of Public Health $15,500
Minnesota Senior Federation Metropolitan Region $20,000
Health Education, Information, and Outreach  
Minnesota Special Olympics, Inc. $15,000
Healthy Athletes  
Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency $7,500
Club 100 and Club 101  
Native American Community Clinic $55,000
Full Circle Diabetes Program  
North Memorial Community Foundation $25,000
SafeJourney  
Open Cities Health Center, Inc. $15,000
Community Health Connection  
Regions Hospital Foundation $120,000
Best Care for Everyone: Reducing Health Disparities in Our Community  
Science Museum of Minnesota $500,000
Premier Partner Sponsorship  
St. Mary's Health Clinics $20,000
St. Mary's Health Clinics: Spring Lake Park Clinic  
Stairstep Foundation $35,000
There is a Balm  
Sub-Saharan Youth and Family Services in Minnesota $20,000
Extended Case Management  
The Center for Victims of Torture $36,000
Client Services Program  
The Mental Health Association of Minnesota $5,000
General Support  
West Side Community Health Services, Inc. $190,000
35th Anniversary Gala $10,000
Arlington High School Health Start Clinic $60,000
Como Park High School Health Start Clinic $60,000
Humboldt High School Health Start Clinic $60,000
YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis $200,000
Swim for Change Program  
YWCA of Minneapolis $35,000
Women's Wellness  
TENNESSEE - MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA
Breast Cancer Education Initiative, Inc. $11,000
The Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative
Desoto Health & Wellness Center $25,000
Serving the Working Uninsured
 
WASHINGTON - KING & SOUTHERN SNOHOMISH COUNTIES
International District Housing and Social Services $5,000
Healthy Again
Special Olympics Washington $4,000
Healthy Athletes Program
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon - Global Heroes
Adult Congenital Heart Association, Inc. $4,000
In Honor of Global Heroes Mark Siwik, Thomas Price, Bob Durband and Jim Scheibel  
American Diabetes Association, Inc. $2,000
In Honor of Global Heroes Scott Wiebold and Sheila Pidde  
American Heart Association $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Leslie Lam  
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research & Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation, Inc. $5,000
In Honor of Global Heroes Beth Molloy Wells, Sarah Molloy, Almarika de Jong, Alan Rider and Jim Goodridge  
Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Kirk Pfrangle  
Hydrocephalus Association $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Patricia Arribas  
Insulin Pumpers $2,000
In Honor of Global Heroes Julie Robbins and Jesse Hennes  
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon $267,400
Community Partners Program Match $34,730
Global Heroes Program $185,440
Medtronic Twin Cities Kids Marathon $41,230
Scholarships $6,000
Minnesota Medical Foundation $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Jim Scheibel for LaClinica   
National Spinal Cord Injury Association $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Jill Martin  
Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc. $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Kristin Elgard  
The Mended Hearts, Inc. $1,000
In Honor of Global Hero Leslie Lam  
The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation $3,000
In Honor of Global Heroes James Todd, Erin McGann and Courtney Sprissler  
 
Other Health
American Vascular Association $25,000
SVS Women's Leadership Retreat
Educational Broadcasting Corporation $84,000
Sponsorship of The Mysterious Human Heart  
Heart Rhythm Society $125,000
Women's Initiative and Patient Education Program on Device Safety   
The American College of Cardiology Foundation $325,000
Campaign for the Future  
The Institute for Medical Technology Innovation $200,000
Capital Campaign
Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research, Inc. $82,500
Support the Prize for Contributions to Women's Health