Anderson Children's Foundation

The Irene W. and Guy L Anderson Children's Foundation made grant money available to non-profit groups and organizations in the Coachella Valley whose purpose is meeting the unmet needs of the youth of the Coachella Valley.

Grant applications for the 2007 - 2008 grant cycle were reviewed and chosen by a 7 member non-partisan committee representing, as best as possible, the geographic areas and ethnic diversities of the Coachella Valley. Project originality and diversity was considered for a maximum of $50,000.00 and grants for lesser amounts. Emphasis was placed on programming which focuses on the unmet needs of Coachella youths.

There were a total of 137 applicants requesting grants from the Anderson Children’s Foundation this year. The total amount of funding requested through the grant process was $4,591,389.00. Out of these, 32 were selected totaling $806,659.00 to be distributed.

1. Making of Music	$25,000.00
2. Fish of the Lower Coachella Valley	$15,000.00
3. Desert Hot Springs Little Eagle Youth Football	$49,814.28
4. Cahuilla Elementary School computer technology	$50,000.00
5. Providence in the Desert, Music Instruction	$12,780.00
6. Nat'l. Junior Tennis League of C.V.	$6,290.00
7. Peter Pendleton Elementary School for reading skills	$6225.00
8. Palm Springs High School Soft Skills	$5,390.00
9. Boys & Girls Club of Desert Hot Springs	$17,710.00
10. Kids in Conflict	$25,855.00
11. The Wildlands Conservancy ecological literacy	$14,449.86
12. Edward Wenzlaff Elementay School counseling for emotional and behavioral problems	$40,000.00
13. Desert Hot Springs High Band and Color Guard	$35,000.00
14. C.V. Autism Society of America	$15,640.00
15. Greater Palm Springs CAD Leadership Training	$10,000.00
16. Friends of the Cathedral City Library	$9,000.00
17. The Smile Factory for Desert Youths	$49,932.00
18. SAFESCHOOLS of P.S/Desert Communities	$17,350.00
19. Victory Resource Center Leadership Program	$40,000.00
20. Ramon Alternative Center training program in the Culinary arts	$43,269.00
21. Mount San Jacinto High School	$12,817.00
22. Bridges of Hope	$25,000.00
23. Pupil Services - PSUSD	$49,900.32
24. PSUSD Health Services	$34,034.00
25. Sunny Sands Elementary School Reach Out	$16,130.00
26. Cathedral city High School Leadership	$20,000.00
27. PSUSD/Cathedral City High School	$11,572.00
28. Westside Elementary School intervention English	$15,000.00
29. Building Horizons, DHS Project	$28,202.00
30. Riverside County Latino Alcohol & Drug Abuse	$43,500.00
31. Boys & Girls Club of C.V.	$39,898.00
32. Coachella Valley High Math Club	$21,900.00

We would like to congratulate those people and organizations who received the grants and we are looking forward to working with you this coming year. Just as important, we would like to thank all those people who submitted grants. We truly struggle and agonize during the selection process and we are in sincere admiration of those who write and submit the proposals. More to the point, we appreciate your dedication to the children of' the Coachella Valley and applaud your work with them.