Yes, Virginia Endowment Fund

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The following are examples of recent projects that received grants through the Yes, Virginia Endowment Fund, a fund of the Pasadena Community Foundation. The Yes, Virginia Endowment Fund has granted over $200,000 to benefit children in the Pasadena area.

2010 Grants

Boys & Girls Club
$800 - Bus transportation to the X –games

College Access Plan
$1,000 - Leadership Retreat

Delta Sigma Theta Foundation
$500 - Career & vocational conference for 100 girls

Five Acres
$900 - Youth scholarships for Collective Wisdom: Community Strength conference

Lineage Dance
$1,000 – 200 tickets for school matinee

New Vision Partners
$2,000 – Transportation costs for 8 high school students to go to Haiti

Pacific Asia Museum
$1,000 – Bus transportation to museums

Pasadena Educational Foundation
$1,260 – send teens to UCLA Spring Cheer Camp Clinic

Pasadena Tennis Association
$1,000 – 25 tennis rackets, tennis balls, baskets & fitness equipment

St. Philip the Apostle School
$1,000 – Birthday Book Program

Verdugo Young Musicians Association
$1,000 – Musical instruments for Longfellow Elementary

2009 Grants

Boys & Girls Club
$1,000 – send teens to National Leadership Conference

Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents
$1,000 - $25 gas cards for families/children to visit moms in prison

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
$500 – materials for career & vocational conference for 300 girls

D’Veal Family Services
$1.000 - $20 gift cards for educational books for kids

Eaton Canyon Foundation
$1,500 – 10th Annual Christmas toy and food giveaway

Elizabeth House
$2,000 - Holiday Party 2009

Five Acres
$1,000 – Travel expense for 1 student to attend National Leadership Conference

Friends Outside
$827 – end of year family trip for children participating in after school program
$1,000 – 21st Annual Holiday Party , 90 books & toys

Impact
$1,200 - Christmas Party

Mother’s Club
$1,000 – Early literacy toys & books for 200 children

Pacific Asia Museum
$1,000 - 4 buses to field trips & hands on art activities

Pasadena Tennis Association
$1,000 – sponge balls to teach tennis to young children

Reading Partners
$1,000 – reading books

Rosemary Children’s Services
$1,500 – $20 gift cards for foster kids

St. Philip the Apostle School
$1,000 - Birthday Book Program

URDC
$1,000 – toys and books for 87 children

Verdugo Young Musicians Association
$1,000 – Musical instruments for Longfellow Elementary