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Grant Recipients
In 2011, the Naples Children & Education Foundation awarded grants totaling over $10 million to improve the lives of underprivileged and at risk children in Collier County. Annual grants totaling $5.82 million were given to twenty-two non-profit agencies and an additional $4.21 million was granted to support five collaborative long-term strategic initiatives. The grant selection process is lead by a committee of nine trustees who work year round to determine how the funds raised at the Naples Winter Wine Festival can be used to make the greatest impact on the neediest children in our community.Grant Committee 2011-2012
- John Jordan
Chair - John Scot Mueller
Vice Chairmen - Jim Dixon
Committee Member - Terry Edwards
Committee Member - Pat Gibbons
Committee Member - Simone Lutgert
Committee Member - Tom Moran
Committee Member - Karen Scott
Committee Member - Donna Solimene
Committee Member
Grant Information & Application
The 2012 grant application process is closed (deadline September 15, 2011)
2011 Grant Recipients
ABLE Academy
$185,000ABLE Academy provides intensive behavioral analysis for children with Autism and related disorders. A 2011 grant will provide ongoing scholarships to needly children and subsidize an early childhood behavior analyst who will work with NCEF supported centers.
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County
$1,000,000Boys & Girls Club of Collier County provides daily afterschool and summer enrichment programs to inspire and enable children throughout Collier County, espeically those from disadvantaged circumstances, to reach their full potential.
Catholic Charities
$125,000Catholic Charities provides counseling services for abused children, three to eight years old, in collabloration with Children's Advocacy Center and other referrring agencies by way of their NCEF grant.
Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
$150,000Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida will continue the Children’s Heath, Advocacy and Prevention (CHAP) program which delivers: parenting education, prevention of child abuse, a child safety seat program, school based health education at Title I schools and afterschool programs with their 2011 grant.
Collier Child Care Resources
$175,000Collier Child Care Resources whose mission is to promote, model and educate for quality child care in Southwest Florida. This year’s 2011 grant will allow needy children access to attend quality early childhood care at the NCEF Early Childhood Development Center at Edison State College’s Collier Campus.
Collier County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc./CPT
$460,000Children’s Advocacy Center provides social and medical diagnosis of children suspected of abuse or neglect. A 2011 grant will provide therapeutic counseling, advocacy and abuse prevention programs to over 1,700 child victims.
Eden Florida
$150,000EDEN Florida improves the lives of children with autism and their families by providing a range of community-based services. A 2011 grant will continue the Early Intervention Program for children living with autism birth to five years old.
ELLM Program
$350,000ELLM engages early literacy and reading skills to children 3 to 6 years old. This year, a grant of $350,00 will assist in the continuation of equipping classrooms with literacy materials and to provide a research based coaching model for teachers in Pre-K classrooms reaching 1000+ children.
Florida's Vision Quest
$61,000Florida’s Vision Quest is committed to providing free children’s eye exams and quality new eyeglasses for Collier County’s most vulnerable children who can’t see clearly enough to read and can’t afford suitable eye care. This year’s grant will allow Florida’s Vision Quest to provide visual screening, intervention and provide eyeglasses to 600 eligible children.
Friends of Foster Children of Southwest Florida
$300,000The mission of Friends of Foster Children of Southwest Florida ("FFC") is to provide the abused, neglected and abandoned children in Southwest Florida's foster care system with the social, educational and financial support the state does not.
Fun Time Early Childhood Academy
$120,000Fun Time Early Childhood Academy is an educational child care facility for low-income and working class families in the River Park area of Naples. 2011 marks the 50th year of Fun Time serving children.
Guadalupe Center of Immokalee
$732,000Guadalupe Center provides educational, social and other support programs and resources to help break the cycle of poverty for disadvantaged children and families of Immokalee. A 2011 grant will assist in serving 260 six week to four year old children and allow hundreds of school age children the opportunity to attend afterschool, summer programming and out of school holiday academic camps.
Immokalee Child Care Center
$287,000Immokalee Child Care Center provides subsidized child care for children of migrant and working parents in Immokalee. The 2011 grant will underwrite infant and toddler voluntary Pre-K scholarships, as well as, allow ICCC to replace their dilapidated playground where children can play in a safe and healthy environment.
Immokalee Housing & Family Services
$40,000Immokalee Housing & Family Services provides year round out of school educational programs for the working class poor in the low income Eden Park neighborhood in Immokalee. The 2011 grant will support year round out of school programs for 100 children.
Marco Island YMCA
$200,000Marco Island YMCA provides out of school and aquatics programs that build strong mind, body and spirit for the children of their community. The 2011 grant will serve over 200 children in the Manatee district of East Naples.
Naples Equestrian Challenge
$60,000Naples Equestrian Challenge offers therapeutic riding for disabled children in Collier County. This year’s grant will help to expand therapeutic riding sessions to a wider group of at-risk children in Collier County.
Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA)
$280,000Redlands Christian Migrant Association provides quality child care and early education for children of migrant farm workers and rural, low-income families throughout Collier County. A 2011 grant will assist children in accessing quality tutoring, counseling, and scholarship opportunities.
Shelter for Abused Women & Children
$320,000Shelter for Abused Women & Children provides safety, intervention, education and support to victims and survivors of domestic violence. The 2011 grant will fund therapeutic counselors for child victims of domestic violence in Immokalee and Naples.
Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board
$337,000Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board a partnership of business, labor, education, community and government services which oversee educational initiatives through the region. The 2011 grant is an investment in the out of school Miracle II programs in Immokalee which will reach out to six elementary schools and one middle school.
St. Matthew's House/St. Matt's Kids Camps
$25,000St. Matt's Kids Camps provides summer scholarship funding for children living in the emergency homeless shelter and subsidized housing development. NCEF's $25,000 grant will allow dozens of homeless children to attend summer camps and after school programs.
Tutor Corps
$70,000Tutor Corps a program of the Guadalupe Center that provides comprehensive college preparedness for students at Immokalee High School. Tutor Corps helps students achieve their goals of post-secondary education while assisting younger students, contributing to their family’s income, earning scholarships for college and having access to services from a professional academic counselor.
YMCA of the Palms
$400,000YMCA of the Palms operates the largest nonprofit early childhood center in Naples with over 260 birth to five year old children enrolled in year round academically based programs. This year’s grant will subsidize over 200 pre-school children from low income families.
* indicates Challenge grant