The Bridge Family Center (CT)
The Bridge Family Center (CT) received two grants from one competitive application process from DCF: $903,688 to establish a Level II Therapeutic Group Home for girls 13 to 16 years of age and $671,820 to support the development of a Level 1.5 Traditional Enhanced Group Home for girls 10 to 13 years of age.
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center (NY)
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center (NY) received an $800,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to support their $12.0 million capital campaign, Building on a Half-Century of Healthcare.
American Baptist Churches USA (PA)
American Baptist Churches USA (PA) received a $1,975,810 grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Sustaining Pastoral Excellence. It was one of 47 funded out of a competition of 731 proposals received.
Reggie McKenzie Foundation (MI)
Reggie McKenzie Foundation (MI) received a five-year, $495,000 grant from the Skillman Foundation to support its capacity-building efforts.
Detroit Zoological Society (MI)
Detroit Zoological Society (MI) received a $2.0 million grant from Skillman Foundation to support its Arctic Ring of Life permanent exhibit as part of its $35.0 million Celebrating Wildlife capital campaign.
Macomb County Circuit Court – Family Division, Juvenile Court (MI)
Macomb County Circuit Court – Family Division, Juvenile Court (MI) received a $150,000 grant from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Discretionary Grant program to support the creation of the Juvenile Sex Offender Re-Entry Program (JSORP). It was one of 22 funded out of 1,300 proposals received.
Macomb County Circuit Court—Family Division, Juvenile Court (MI)
Macomb County Circuit Court—Family Division, Juvenile Court (MI) received a $150,000 grant from the State of Michigan Byrne Memorial Formula Grant Program under the Family and Domestic Violence Policing Strategies.
University of Detroit Mercy (MI)
University of Detroit Mercy (MI) received a $256,000 grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers to create The Great Lakes Education Alliance for Manufacturing (GLEAM).
Diane Gedeon-Martin Serves on Philanthropy Massachusetts Committee
Philanthropy Massachusetts, the voice for philanthropic giving in the state, invited Diane Gedeon-Martin, President of The Write Source, to be among a select committee of 15 that will update and revise the Massachusetts common grant application and report forms. She worked alongside representatives from large and small foundations help streamline the application process.
Write Source President Becomes Treasurer of APC
At the June 14, 2021, Annual Meeting of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel (APC), Diane Gedeon-Martin became the treasurer for the Association. Her two-year term will expire in 2023.