2012 News Release - The Champlin Foundations

THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATIONS
2000 Chapel View Boulevard, Suite 350
Cranston, Rhode Island 02920
Phone (401) 944-9200 Fax (401) 944-9299
News Release
Contact: Keith H. Lang
Phone: (401) 944-9200 x111
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2012
The Champlin Foundations Distribute $18.9 Million in Grants
TOTAL GIVING SINCE 1932 NOW NEARLY $480 MILLION
Keith H. Lang, Executive Director, announced today that the Distribution Committee of The Champlin Foundations
has approved and distributed grants totaling $18,993,361. This year 201 tax exempt organizations received grants,
substantially all in Rhode Island. There were seventeen (17) first time recipients who received $1,475,435 of the
total awarded.
This year's total brings Champlin grants in the eighty years since the first foundation was founded in 1932 to nearly
$480 million. Of that amount, $472 million has been distributed since the death of George S. Champlin in 1980.
Every community in Rhode Island had at least one recipient of a Champlin grant. Over 900 charities have received
Champlin grants over the years. The Champlin Foundations make direct grants, the overwhelming majority of
which are for capital needs, to non-profit organizations.
While this press release and attached grants list provides general information about this year's grants, we
welcome you to contact us with questions you might have about overall giving or individual awards. For
more details, we also encourage you to contact the grant recipients who are best positioned to describe how
the funds will benefit their organizations.
The following is a list of some of this year’s grant recipients in each funding category. A complete list of 2012 grant
recipients is attached.
Hospitals/Healthcare - $3,879,830
Bradley Hospital - $850,000 to expand the Outpatient Services Department
Providence Community Health Centers - $500,000 towards completion of a new facility in South Providence
Comprehensive Community Action - $280,000 for renovations and expansion of their Coventry community
health center
Kent Hospital - $550,000 towards the cost of furnishing & equipping the new short stay unit
Education - $3,080,880
Brown University - $500,000 for the Champlin Undergraduate Scholars program to provide scholarships for
graduates of Rhode Island public high schools
University of Rhode Island ($531,125); Rhode Island College ($250,000); Community College of Rhode Island
($121,040) – total of $902,165 for capital projects and equipment at state institutions of higher education
Burrillville Middle School ($71,885); Cumberland School District ($42,000); Exeter-West Greenwich Junior
High School ($68,135); Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School in North Providence ($73,595); Slater Junior High
School in Pawtucket ($46,430) and Winman Junior High School in Warwick ($64,480) – total of $366,625 for
capital equipment and technology as part of Champlin competitive grants program for public schools
Libraries - $2,999,596
Ocean State Libraries - $914,400 for technology needs of its member Rhode Island public libraries
Tiverton Library Foundation - $750,000 towards the Town’s new library as part of the Champlin library
construction grant program
Providence Community Library - $475,000 for capital improvements to the Smith Hill Library
Warwick Public Library - $108,000 for capital improvement projects
Youth & Fitness - $2,806,230
Pawtucket YMCA - $150,000 towards completion of the new facility at MacColl Field in Lincoln (overall
Champlin investment in this project is $800,000) and for camperships*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence - $240,000 for capital improvements to the Wanskuck facility and camperships*
Ocean Community YMCA - $195,000 to complete funding for the expansion of the Westerly-Pawcatuck branch
(overall Champlin investment in this project iss $1,180,000) and camperships*
Cranston League for Cranston’s Future - $102,500 to pay off debt incurred to make repairs to their facility from
flood damage
*Camperships provide financial assistance so that underprivileged youth might attend summer camp
Open Space, Conservation, Parks & Environment - $2,250,985
The Nature Conservancy - $1,700,000 for the Rhode Island Open Space Conservation Program
Town of North Providence – $344,760 towards acquisition of and capital improvement projects at the former
Camp Meehan
Social Services - $1,631,830
Ronald McDonald House Providence - $139,960 for window and door replacement
Rhode Island Center Assisting those in Need - $105,445 for Phase II renovations at the Charlestown food pantry
Rhode Island Community Food Bank - $120,495 for a refrigerated truck and other transportation needs
Historic Preservation - $1,264,385
Providence Preservation Society - $341,500 to purchase the “Brick School House” on Meeting Street
Preservation Society of Newport County – $150,000 towards roof replacement at “Kingscote”
Cultural/Artistic - $973,625
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art - $250,000 towards the completion of renovation efforts at the
Radeke Building
Stadium Theatre Foundation - $111,300 towards construction of a black box theater
Trinity Repertory Company - $200,000 for public safety improvements
Animal Humane Societies - $95,000
Providence Animal Rescue League - $80,000 for the relocation of the dog adoption room
The Champlin Foundations make grant awards once a year in December with the exception of camperships which
are distributed in May. The application period for qualified tax-exempt organizations begins on March 1st and
concludes on April 30th. For a copy of our guidelines, please visit our website at www.champlinfoundations.org or
write to us at 2000 Chapel View Boulevard, Suite 350, Cranston, RI 02920 or call (401) 944-9200.
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