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2008 Awarded Grants:
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Organization: |
Foundation Fighting Blindness |
| Description: |
A
Grant to assist in funding Usher 1b gene therapy research |
| Amount: |
$250,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
Owing Mills, Maryland |
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Organization: |
Arthritis Foundation |
| Description: |
A
grant to underwrite local fundraising efforts including the
Jingle Bell Run, the San Antonio Arthritis Walk, and the
Annual Joint in Action Golf |
| Amount: |
$25,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
American Heart Association |
| Description: |
A
grant to fund ten research projects sponsored by the
American Heart Association being conducted at the University
of Texas Health Science Center and the University of Texas,
San Antonio, Texas |
| Amount: |
$1,230,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research |
| Description: |
A
grant in support of the pedigreed baboon colony resource.
The Southwest Foundation For Biomedical Research’s unique
pedigreed baboon colony gives scientists a powerful research
tool for finding the genes that underlie natural
susceptibility to heart disease |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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Organization: |
National Center for Behavioral Health Solutions |
| Description: |
A
matching grant to fund research for the Youth Behavioral
Needs Assessment in conjunction with the San Antonio Health
Funders’ Consortium |
| Amount: |
$8,984.20 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa |
| Description: |
A
grant to provide enhancements for the Childhood Cancer
Survivors Program |
| Amount: |
$200,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa |
| Description: |
A
matching grant to provide funding for the Center for
Miracles child abuse prevention programs |
| Amount: |
$50,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
Boysville, Inc. |
| Description: |
A
grant to assist in meeting costs associated with the Foster
Care program and expansion of staff on the Boysville campus |
| Amount: |
$150,000 per year for 3 years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
Mission Road Ministries |
| Description: |
A
grant to procure medical and therapeutic equipment and to
expand the Adult Day Activity Center |
| Amount: |
$100,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
Retina Foundation of the Southwest |
| Description: |
A
grant to procure equipment associated with the cell therapy
research program |
| Amount: |
$200,000 over 2 years |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
Dallas, Texas |
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|
Organization: |
Prevent Blindness San Antonio |
| Description: |
A
grant to support the Adult Vision Screening Program to
conduct vision screening and related services, including the
purchase of equipment to conduct Choroidal Perimeter tests
for Age-related Macular Degeneration |
| Amount: |
$35,000 |
| Year of
Grant: |
2008 |
| Location of
Grantee: |
San
Antonio, Texas |
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