Recent Grants Fall 2009- Winter 2010 - Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Board of Directors has approved at its meeting, 48 grants to not-for-profit organizations in Greece and abroad

At its most recent meeting the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Board of Directors approved 48 grants to not-for-profit organizations in Greece and abroad.

SNFCC-Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greece

Funding for the planning, construction and outfitting of the new facilities for the National Library of Greece, the Greek National Opera and the Stavros Niarchos Park

1st Special Elementary School of Chania, Greece

For construction projects and the purchase of equipment

Aide et Action, France

For an educational project in Burkina Faso

Aristotelis Society, Greece

For restoration of the roof of the main building

Association Oeuvre Notre-Dame-Du-Haut, France

For partial funding for construction of the Entrance Hall at the site of the Chapel

Association Paris Tout P’tits, France

For general operating support

Big Apple Circus, USA

For the Clown Care program

Bronx Museum of the Arts, USA

For arts education programs

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, USA

For education programs for children

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA

For a commission on security threats to financial markets

Children´s Soccer Training, Greece

For continuation of the sports and educational training programs

Cooperation Committee of the Municipality of Rhodes with Higher Education Institutions, Greece

For implementation of a program on educational robotics

Day Care Center "Agios Ioannis Damaskinos" Holy Metropolitan Church of Maroneia and Komotini, Greece

For configuration of a playground

Department of Biological Chemistry Medical School - NKUA, Greece

For the purchase of equipment

Domna Samiou Cultural Association of Folkloric Music, Greece

For the design and creation of the association´s website

Ecole Suisse d´Archeologie en Grece, Switzerland

For the exhibition “ERETRIA. A look at an ancient city. Swiss archaeologists in Greece”

ELISA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Greece

For an awareness campaign for the prevention of cruelty to children

Engadiner Astronomiefreunde St. Moritz, Switzerland

For astronomical equipment

FOCOS: The Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine, USA

Program and capital support

Folklore Museum of Xanthi Xanthi Progressive Union, Greece

For construction projects and the purchase of equipment

Food Bank for New York City, USA

For general operating support

Fournos – Centre for Digital Culture, Greece

For support of children’s theater performances for orphanages

General Hospital of Kastoria, Greece

For the purchase of an analogical mammography machine

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, Egypt

For the construction of a Patriarchal Sacristy

Headway – the brain injury association, UK

For a capital project

Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece

For the purchase of the organization´s premises

Hellenic Museum of Children´s Art, Greece

For organization of a children’s art exhibition and complementary educational programs

Hellenic Ornithological Society, Greece

For an educational program on the importance of free spaces

Holy, Royal, Patriarchal, Stavropegic and Coenobiac Monastery of St. John the Theologian and Evangelist, Greece

For the Patmos Windmills Restoration project

Home Start International, UK

For the Year of Learning project

Hospital for Special Surgery, USA

For the fellowship program and seminars

Johns Hopkins University, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), USA

For fellowships and internships

Life Line - Non Profit Charitable Organization for Telecare and Help at Home, Greece

For the purchase of devices for the remote medical care of elderly people

Marymount Manhattan College, USA

For the Endowed Scholarship for international students

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), UK

For expansion of the NSPCC Helplines Development Program

ORBIS International, USA

For improving the pediatric eye care network in Northern Vietnam

Saint Demetrios Greek American School, USA

For expanding the school’s math, literacy and fine arts programs

Survivor Corps, USA

For the “Strengthening Survivorship” program in Rwanda

Tall Ships Youth Trust, Greece

For the 10th anniversary voyage of the Stavros S. Niarchos ship

Theodora Children’s Trust, United Kingdom

For the Clown Doctors program

United Service Organizations (USO), USA

For the Theater of War’s regional performances and documentary film

Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

For the multilingual project “A Lexicon of Ancient Greek”

Université de Fribourg, Switzerland

For the Greek Sources in Swiss Libraries project

University of Pennsylvania, USA

For the Penn World Scholars Program

Village Reach, USA

For expanding the program in Mozambique

VSA arts, USA

For the 2010 International VSA arts Festival

Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

For a new medical research building, part of the “Discoveries that Make a Difference” campaign

World Education, USA

For support of programs in Laos