Chattanooga didn鈥檛 get Promise grant
- September 23, 2010
Chattanooga’s Community Foundation has been passed over for a U.S. Department of Education grant that could have been worth up to $500,000.
But it’s not alone — not a single nonprofit group in Tennessee received a grant from the department’s Promise Neighborhood Planning program.
“We’re disappointed,” said Pete Cooper, president of the Community Foundation, which administers 273 funds for local charities and causes. “But remember, we still have this strong coalition with more than 50 organizations dedicated to this concept.”
And since the organizations had to find $200,000 on their own as a match for the grant, at least that money is still around, he said.
The Department of Education announced the 21 grant recipients Wednesday. They received up to $500,000 to start the Promise Neighborhood program, which, previously, had helped low-performing students in inner-city communities to graduate college and be able to compete successfully for jobs, officials said.
In his 2011 budget, President Barack Obama requested $200 million for Promise Neighborhood projects and $10 million for planning grants for new communities.
The 21 Promise Neighborhood grantees include:
Abyssinian Development Corp., New York City
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, Minn.
Athens Clarke County Family Connection Inc., Athens, Ga.
Berea College, Clay, Jackson and Owsley counties, Kentucky
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Mont.
California State University-East Bay, Hayward, Calif.
Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School, Washington, D.C.
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence Inc., Lawrence, Mass.
Delta Health Alliance Inc., Indianola, Miss.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Boston
The Guidance Center, River Rouge, Mich.
Lutheran Family Health Centers, New York
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta
Neighborhood Centers Inc., Houston
Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, Los Angeles
United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc., Worcester, Mass.
United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County Inc., San Antonio, Texas
Universal Community Homes, Philadelphia
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Ark.
Westminster Foundation, Buffalo, N.Y.
Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles
Contact Yolanda Putman at yputman@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6431
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