2008 Recipients

Strategic Health Care Initiatives Grants:

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $280,000
Project Title: Continuation and Expansion of Diabetes Risk Reduction via Community-based Telehealth: Project DiRReCT.

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $250,000
Project Title: Early Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia in at Risk Youth.

Baptist Child & Family Services Health and Human Services $240,000
Project Title: Community Medical Response Team Project.

OASIS $150,000
Project Title: San Antonio OASIS HealthStages Expansion.

University of Texas at San Antonio $150,000
Project Title: Continuation of Healthy and Ready to Learn Diabetes Education Project.

Social & Health Research Center $139,000
Project Title: Bienestar and NEEMA Coordinated School-Based Diabetes Prevention Programs.

Communities In Schools of San Antonio $100,000
Project Title: Continuation of Project Access.

Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation $25,000
Project Title: South Texas Acts for Nursing Development.

Any Baby Can of San Antonio $20,000
Project Title: Planning Phase - Autism Service Center of San Antonio.

The National Center for Behavioral Health Solutions $9,000
Project Title: Youth Behavioral Health Needs Assessment.

Disaster Relief Grants:

Baptist Child & Family Services Health and Human Services $25,000
Project Title: Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief.

Texas Baptist Men, Inc. (Dallas, TX) $25,000
Project Title: Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief.

Responsive Grants:

Consolata Healthcare Foundation (Floresville, TX) $250,000
Project Title: The Connally Memorial Medical Center Patient Monitoring Network.

Community Health Centers of South Central Texas, Inc. (Gonzales, TX) $240,000
Project Title: Seguin Community Health Center Dental Program.

San Antonio AIDS Foundation $170,000
Project Title: Residential Skilled Nursing and Hospice Program for People with HIV/AIDS.

I Care San Antonio Inc. $150,000
Project Title: I Care Vision Center at Haven for Hope.

One by One Ministries, Inc. $108,426
Project Title: Bexar County Project with Emphasis on San Antonio's West Side.

Oakwood Baptist Church (New Braunfels, TX) $100,000
Project Title: New Braunfels Volunteers in Medicine.

San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind $100,000
Project Title: Focus on Seniors: Orientation and Mobility Training.

University Health System Foundation $100,000
Project Title: Burned Children's Fund.

Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing $100,000
Project Title: True Access in Rural Areas: Comal and Guadalupe Counties.

The ALS Association, South Texas Chapter $75,000
Project Title: Continuum of Care Program.

ChildSafe $75,000
Project Title: Child Abuse Resource Enhancement Program.

The Rape Crisis Center for Children and Adults $75,000
Project Title: Comprehensive Counseling Program.

Child Advocates San Antonio $60,000
Project Title: Volunteer Recruitment, Training, and Retention.

American Cancer Society $50,000
Project Title: Cancer Patient Transportation Program.

El Shaddai Life Ministries $50,000
Project Title: Children's Burn Project.

Goodwill Industries of San Antonio $50,000
Project Title: Good Health at Goodwill.

KLRN $50,000
Project Title: Healthy Habits For Life.

San Antonio Food Bank, Inc. $50,000
Project Title: Nutrition Education Program.

Silver Sage Corral Senior Activity Center (Bandera, TX) $50,000
Project Title: Continuation & Expansion of the Meals on Wheels Program of Bandera County.

Prevent Blindness Texas, San Antonio and South Texas Branch $35,000
Project Title: Children's Vision Screening Program.

San Antonio Birth Doulas $35,000
Project Title: Operational Support.

South Texas Resource & Assistance Center, Inc. (Floresville, TX) $25,000
Project Title: Life Skill Assistance -Operations Support.

Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children $25,000
Project Title: Preventing Developmental Delays through the Parent-Infant Program.

Support Lending for Emotional Wellbeing, Inc. $25,000
Project Title: Emergency Assistance For Low Income Women With Cancer.

Yes Lord Ministry of First Baptist Church San Antonio $25,000
Project Title: Yes Lord International Outreach Education and Care Ministry.

Mini Grants:

Adelante U.S. Education Leadership Fund $7,500
Project Title: Nursing Leadership Institute.

Anger Solutions Network, Inc. $7,500
Project Title: Christian Emotional Health Education.

AVANCE - San Antonio $7,500
Project Title: AVANCE - San Antonio/UTHSCSA Community Outreach Clinic.

Children's Inn (Boerne, TX) $7,500
Project Title: Holistic Opportunities for Medically Fragile Teens in Transition to Adulthood.

Christian Assistance Ministry $7,500
Project Title: Computer Purchases.

Daily Bread Ministries $7,500
Project Title: Maximizing Warehouse Maintenance Capabilities.

Jefferson United Methodist Church $7,500
Project Title: Community Basketball Court.

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church $7,500
Project Title: Macedonia Loving Touch In His Name Health Care Ministry.

Martinez Street Women's Center $7,500
Project Title: Maternal & Child Health Promotora Program - Preventing Diabetes through Nutrition and Education.

National Kidney Foundation Serving South and Central Texas $7,500
Project Title: K.E.E.P. Screening (Kidney Early Evaluation Program) in San Antonio.

Positive Beginnings, Inc. $7,500
Project Title: Strategic Plan to bring Health Services to Afterschool Programs.

South San Filadelfia Baptist Church $7,500
Project Title: Sports N Community.

True Vine Baptist Church $7,500
Project Title: True Vine Baptist Church Annual Health Fair.

Inspire-Community Fine Art Center of San Antonio $7,375
Project Title: Art for Growth at Southwest Mental Health Center.

Agape Pregnancy Help Center $6,633
Project Title: Earn As You Learn, Rewarding Responsible Parenting.

Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center (Boerne, TX) $6,600
Project Title: Changing Lives through Education.

The Saddle Light Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship (Selma, TX) $5,231
Project Title: Saddle Light Center Development.

First Baptist Academy (Universal City, TX) $5,061
Project Title: Purchase Portable Automated External Defibrillators.

Home Comforts, Inc. $5,000
Project Title: Welcome Basket.

Cowboy Fellowship of Atascosa County (Pleasanton, TX) $2,600
Project Title: Health Care Equipment/Heart Start Automatic External Defibrillator.

Down Syndrome Association of San Antonio $2,000
Project Title: Adult Literacy Program.

Scholarships:

Baptist Health System School of Health Professions $532,583
459 scholarships

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio $172,500
46 scholarships

University of the Incarnate Word $40,000
10 scholarships

Wayland Baptist University $33,500
33 scholarships

Our Lady of the Lake University $32,500
11 scholarships

St. Mary's University $15,000
6 scholarships

St. Philip's College $15,000
30 scholarships

San Antonio College $12,500
25 scholarships

Trinity University $7,500
3 scholarships

University of Texas School of Public Health Houston
(San Antonio Regional Campus) $7,500

3 scholarships