Quantum
Foundation awards $750,000
to grassroots nonprofits in PBC
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Quantum Foundation hosted a
celebratory breakfast event at the Gaines Park Community
Center to award grants totaling $750,000 to 61 small,
grassroots organizations in Palm Beach County. The
annual Quantum in the Community initiative provides
funds for operating support in amounts ranging from
$2,500 to $25,000 to qualifying nonprofits that help
meet the basic needs like food, clothing and
transportation of the county’s most vulnerable
residents. The 61 grantee organizations represented all
four corners of the county, from Tequesta to Boca Raton
and from Belle Glade to Riviera Beach.
“We’re a health-focused foundation,” said Quantum
Foundation President Eric M. Kelly. “We support those
organizations which provide health care, help people who
need health care, and educate others about health care.
But we understand that it’s impossible to live a healthy
life if your basic needs aren’t being met. Good
nutrition, adequate clothing, secure housing – these are
some of the building blocks of good health and a healthy
community. We are humbled by what these organizations
do, often on a shoestring budget. We’re so grateful to
be able to continue supporting them.”
To qualify for a Quantum in the Community grant,
applicant organizations must be based in the county and
have annual cash expenses of less than $500,000. The
board of Quantum Foundation approved the Quantum in the
Community initiative in 2011 when economic surveys
showed local nonprofits were to struggling to keep their
doors open in the troubled economy. Since then, the
foundation has awarded a total of $1.75 million to these
projects.
Rhonda Clinton, executive director of Family Promise of
North Central Palm Beach County, is appreciative of the
grant her organization received from Quantum Foundation.
“We’re a small, grass roots organization, helping
homeless children and their parents in the community
re-establish their lives,” she said. “These funds are a
lifeline…For Quantum in the Community grants, there are
not a lot of stipulations and restrictions that would
tie our hands. It’s very rare, and that’s what makes
them so special.”
To learn more about the Quantum in the Community
initiative, please visit the organization’s website at:
www.quantumfnd.org/quantum-in-the-community
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Background:
Quantum Foundation is a private grantmaking organization
that funds approved charities and certain government
agencies serving Palm Beach County, Florida. Quantum
Foundation’s mission is to inspire and fund bold
initiatives that improve health care in Palm Beach
County. The foundation’s funding supports
those organizations which provide health care, help
people who need health care, and educate others about
health care. According to the latest data compiled by
the Florida Philanthropic Network (FPN), Quantum
Foundation is the largest Palm Beach County-based health
funder with 100% of grant dollars used to support local
communities. Since its founding over fifteen years ago,
Quantum Foundation has given away more than $100 million
in grants to more than 100 organizations.
Alphabetical List of 2013 Quantum in the Community
Grantees:
· Africa
International Christian Mission, Inc,
· Alliance
Primitive Ministries, Inc.
· Angel
Flight Southeast
· Church
of the Harvest
· Community
Caring Center of Boynton Beach, Inc.
· Community
Faith Outreach (dba Teach The World 2 Fish)
· Do
Right Church of Jesus Christ, God & the Holy Ghost
· Dot
& Ruby’s Helping Hands Program
· Dress
for Success Palm Beaches, Inc.
· Eglise
de Dieu de Beree
· El
Sol: Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center
· Episcopal
Charities of Southeast Florida
· Faith’s
Place Center
· Family
Promise of South Palm Beach County, Inc.
· Family
Promise: North/Central Palm Beach County, Inc.
· Federation
of Families of Florida, Inc.
· First
Baptist Church Community Development Corporation
· First
Baptist Church of Lantana
· Glades
Community Organization, Inc.
· Glades
Initiative, Inc.
· Grandma’s
Place, Inc.
· HACER
Ministry Corp.
· Haitian
Baptist Church, Inc.,
· Haitian
Bethel Baptist Church, Inc.
· Haitian
Pentecostal Church
· Hannah’s
Home of South Florida, Inc.
· Heart
of God Missions International
· Help
for Haiti, Inc.
· Helping
Hands Assistance Program
· Holy
Ground
· Hope
4 Mobility, Inc.
· Jack
the Bike Man, Inc.
· Light
House Cafe Ministries of the Glades, Inc.
· Love
& Unity Fellowship
· Meals
on Wheels of the Palm Beaches
· Movimento
Renovacion de Accion Catolica
· Nelson’s
Outreach Ministries, Inc.
· New
Beginning Community Outreach
· Northwest
Community Consortium, Inc.
· Oasis
Compassion Agency
· Our
World Early Learning Center
· Pahokee
Deliverance Christian Center
· Pathways
to Prosperity, Inc.
· Payne
Chapel Development, Inc.
· Philadelphia
Church of God of the New Testament, Inc.
· Renaissance
World Outreach Worship Center
· Renewed
Deliverance Christian Ministry, Inc.
· Resurrection
Community Church of God in Jesus Christ, Inc.
· Revelation
Full Gospel Church, Inc.
· Revival
Community Outreach Ministries, Inc.
· Salem
Haitian Lutheran Church
· Shammah
Baptist Ministries, Inc.
· Shared
Abundance Ministries, Inc.
· St.
George’s Episcopal Church & Center
· Street
Beat, Inc.
· The
Mentoring Partnership of Palm Beach County, Inc.
· The
Salvation Army
· The
Soup Kitchen, Inc.
· The
Valley of Love Ministries, Inc.
· True
Fast Outreach Ministries, Inc.
· Village
Baptist Church
· Vital
Flight, Inc.