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Impact Grant: Braille Institute Coachella Valley

News Channel 3 and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation presented another Impact Grant in February to a local nonprofit working to improve lives and help those in need. A $25,000 charitable gift was awarded to Braille Institute Coachella Valley to benefit veterans, police officers and firefighters. “Braille Institute is an assistant in life.

ABC Recovery Center, January 2011

About Families, September 2020

Academy of Musical Performance, July 2021

ACT for MS, December 2011; June 2019

AIDS Assistance Program, May 2011

All Desert Wellness Centers, September 2014

Alzheimer’s Association, September 2021

Alzheimers Coachella Valley, November 2019

Amelia Earhart Elementary School, December 2018

American Cancer Society, Inc., February 2016

Angel View, October 2010; October 2018

Animal Samaritans, November 2011; October 2019

Armed Services YMCA of the USA 29, February 2014

Assistance League of Palm Springs, October 2014

Autism Society Inland Empire, April 2023

Baseball Buddies, April 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters, April 2010; January 2019

Big Hearts for Little Hearts Desert Guild, (LLUCH), January 2017

Boo2Bullying, April 2019

Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City, August 2009

Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs, September 2011; October 2021

Boys & Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley, March 2010

Braille Institute, December 2010

Cabot’s Museum Foundation, October 2017

Calicinto Ranch, Inc., July 2017

California Paws Rescue, May 2023

California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus, September 2013

Camp of Champions, February 2013

Caravanserai Project, August 2023

Carter Elementary School Library/PTO, January 2016

Cathedral City Senior Center, January 2012; January 2021

Cathedral City High School, September 2018

Catholic Charities, October 2016; June 2020

Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert, April 2009; January 2023

Children’s Playtime Productions, May 2012

Christopher’s Clubhouse, May 2009

Cielo Vista Charter School, August 2014

Coachella Animal Network, Inc., August 2022

Coachella Valley Autism Society of America, April 2014

Coachella Valley Horse Rescue, February 2018

Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, August 2022

Coachella Valley Repertory Company, October 2015

Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, August 2011; November 2018

Coachella Valley Symphony, June 2012

Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine, July 2014; September 2019

College of the Desert Foundation, September 2012

CREATE Center for the Arts, January 2022

Desert Ability Center, February 2020

Desert Access and Mobility, March 2022

Desert AIDS Project, June 2015

Desert Arc, December 2015

Desert Autism Foundation, April 2020

Desert Best Friend’s Closet, June 2014; December 2022

Desert Blind and Handicapped Association, Inc., December 2013

Desert Cancer Foundation, February 2010; March 2023

Desert Center for Legal Education, June 2017

Desert Communities Fuller Center for Housing, May 2014

Desert Ensemble Theatre Company, February 2022

Desert Friends of the Developmentally Disabled, May 2013

Desert Recreation Foundation, December 2023

Desert Samaritans for Seniors, February 2011

Desert Women for Equality, October 2012

Dezart Performs, June 2018

DIGICOM, May 2017

Dogs For Our Brave, November 2017

Drone Flyers Academy, February 2023

Elder Love USA, Inc., May 2021

Family Health & Support Network, Inc, February 2021

Family Services of the Desert, October 2013; November 2021

Family YMCA of the Desert, January 2009; October 2020

FIND Food Bank, February 2009

First Tee – Coachella Valley, April 2017

Friends of the Desert Hot Springs Library, June 2022

Friends of the Desert Libraries, Thousand Palms, June 2016

Friends of Roy’s Foundation, July 2013

Friends of the Desert Mountains, March 2017

Friends of the Indio Senior Center, July 2010

Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, 2015

Friends of the Palm Springs Library, October 2023

Galilee Center, August 2013; July 2018

Gilda’s Club Desert Cities, November 2010

Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, September 2016

Guide Dogs of the Desert, December 2014, December 2021

Habitat for Humanity, March 2019

Hanson House, May 2010; September 2023

HARC, Inc., August 2017

Hidden Harvest, January 2013; March 2020

Humane Society of the Desert, November 2012

Hope Through Housing Foundation, November 2020

INCIGHT, January 2015

Jewish Family Service of the Desert, March 2012

Joseph L. Stone, VFW Post 1534, May 2019

Joslyn Center-Cove Communities Senior Association, October 2011

Lee Espinoza Coachella Valley Boxing Club, July 2012; March 2021

LifeStream Blood Bank, January 2020

Living Free, July 2022

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Foundation, August 2021

Loving All Animals, Inc., November 2014

Lyndon Johnson Elementary School, March 2015

Mama’s House/HEARTbeat at 22, August 2016; June 2021

Martha’s Village & Kitchen, March 2009; August 2019

McCallum Theater Institute, December 2009

Mizell Senior Center, August 2010

Old Town Artisan Studio, Inc., December 2016

Olive Crest, September 2009; May 2020

Ophelia Project, February 2015

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, July 2015

Palm Canyon Theatre, February 2017

Palm Desert High School Foundation, September 2015

Palm Springs Historical Society, January 2014

Palm Springs High School Welding, May 2015

Parkinson’s Resource Organization, April 2018, June 2023

Pathfinder Ranch, June 2010

Pegasus Therapeutic Riding, July 2009; July 2019

Read with Me Volunteer Programs, December 2017; April 2022

Ronnie’s House For Hope, November 2023

SafeHouse of the Desert, February 2012; January 2018

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, July 2016

Senior Advocates of the Desert, March 2016; August 2020

Shay’s Warriors, November 2022

Shelter From the Storm, June 2009

SMaRT (Science Math and Robotic Technology) Education, August 2012

Smooth Transition, Inc., August 2018

SNIP Bus (Spay, Neuter, Imperative Project), March 2018

Soldiers Organized Service (SOS), June 2013

Soroptimist House of Hope, March 2014

Southern California Mountains Foundation Urban Conservation Corps, April 2021

Stroke Recovery Center, November 2009

The Foundation for Palm Springs Unified School District, September 2017

The Girlfriend Factor, November 2016; October 2022

The Living Desert, December 2012

The Melanoma Awareness Project of the Desert, May 2016

The Narrow Door, November 2015

The Ranch Recovery Centers, Inc., November 2013

The Salvation Army, Cathedral City Corps., December 2019

The Unforgettables Foundation, March 2013; December 2020

Tolerance Education Center, April 2016

Tools for Tomorrow, April 2013; May 2022

Umbrella Ministries, February 2019

United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland Empire, August 2015

USO Palm Springs Center, June 2011

Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert, April 2011; July 2023

Visiting Nurses Association, January 2010

Voices for Children, July 2020

Waring International Piano Competition, May 2018

Well in the Desert, October 2009

 

Surprise Grants – $10,000

Academy of Musical Performance, 2019

American Outreach Foundation, 2018

Children’s Playtime Productions, 2022

CREATE Center for the Arts, 2019

Coachella Valley History Museum, 2017

Desert X, 2022

Desi Strong Foundation, 2017

First Tee – Coachella Valley, 2021

Ronnie’s House For Hope, 2022

SAGE Initiative, 2018

Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 2017

Sanctuary Palm Springs, 2019

SongShine Foundation, 2018

Soroptimist House of Hope, 2021

The Foundation for the PSUSD (Musical Theatre University), 2021

Variety – the Children’s Charity of the Desert, 2021

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