Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) Strengthens Arab American Communities through $53,000 in Grants

posted on: Oct 5, 2010

The Center for Arab American Philanthropy is proud to announce the awardees of our 2010 Capacity-Building and Programs for Arts, Culture & Youth grants. 11 grants, totaling $53,000, were made to Arab American organizations across the country.

“The Arab American Heritage Council will be able to conduct a needs assessment study to help our organization identify the new and changing needs of our community,” Mona S. Sahouri, executive director of Arab-American Heritage Council explains. “Flint is one of the hardest hit and financially depressed cities in the United States. These conditions affect Arab Americans and the larger community as a whole. There is an urgent need to identify new emerging and shifting needs in our community. We are very thankful to CAAP for this opportunity”.

Of the 11 grants, 8 support capacity-building and 3 support programs, including: a therapeutic program healing children traumatized by war or migration, a program supporting young adults with academic mentoring and professional support opportunities, and a program focusing on Arab music appreciation.

The Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) is pleased to announce the 2010 grantees of the Capacity-Building and Programs for Arts, Culture & Youth grants. Funds for the grantmaking were made available through the contributions of the Professional Advisory Board of CAAP, other individual donors, and the C.S. Mott Foundation. Grants totaling $53,000 will support 11 Arab American organizations across the country.

–ACCESS California Services: Anaheim, CA, $4,500 to support a therapeutic program that will facilitate healing in children traumatized by war or migration.

–Al-Bustan: Philadelphia, PA, $5,000 to support “Arab Rhythm and Melody: A Music Instruction and Appreciation Program.”

–American Arab Heritage Council: Flint, MI, $5,000 to hire a consultant to conduct a needs assessment study.

–Arab American Action Network: Chicago, IL, $4,000 to design and produce an annual report

–Arab American Association of New York: Brooklyn, NY, $5,000 to support their “Bay Ridge Career and Education Oppportunity Center,” which supports and guides teens/young adults by providing academic mentoring and professional support opportunities.

–Arab American Family Services: Chicago, IL, $5,000 to hire a consultant for staff development, human resources development, and leadership training.

–Arab Cultural and Community Center: San Francisco, CA, $5,000 to improve and expand their individual donor cultivation efforts.

–Association of Arab American Engineers and Architects: Chicago, IL, $3,500 to support their national outreach initiatives through their 5th annual conference.

–Boston Palestine Film Festival: Boston, MA, $6,000 to support conversion of a volunteer into a paid staff person.

–Center for Arabic Culture: Boston, MA, $5,000 to support expansion of their cultural education and arts programming.

–Philadelphia Arab American Community Development Corp: Philadelphia, PA, $5,000 for staff development and training.

Funds for the grantmaking were made available through the contributions of the Professional Advisory Board of CAAP, other individual donors and the C.S. Mott Foundation.