2023 Grant Recipients
The community of St. James awarded 10 grants in 2023 totaling €15000 euros, including two out-of-cycle grants. Click the link in each description to learn more.
Arise Rwanda: €1200 – To support Kivu Hills Academy senior high school in Boneza, Rwanda.
Hospice San Felice a Ema: €2000 – To create a comfortig outdoor space for patients and families in Firenze Sud-Est (southwest Florence).
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals: €500 – To provide nature photos for the Intensive Care Unit at Careggi Hospital in Florence.
Artemisia: €1000 – To support a shelter for women and children in Florence.
NOSOTRAS Onlus: €2500 – To assist immigrant women in difficulty in Florence and beyond, including providing support for housing, legal documentation, language, and employment.
Refugees Welcome Italia ETS: €1500 – To support transportation for refugees in Siena and the surrounding area.
Misericordia di Campi Bisenzio: €2000 – To provide relief for the 2023 flood victims in Campi Bisenzio, Tuscany.
St. James Food Bank: €3000 – To support low-income families and those experiencing food insecurity in the Florence metro. Beginning in 2024 this important ministry will be funded out of our parish budget.
Additionally, with the €1300 reserved from 2023, we made two additional ad hoc emergency grants in 2024:
St. James School, Philadelphia, PA: €500 – For school scholarships, in May 2024.
All Saint’s Anglican Church, Rome: €800 – For urgent roof repair, in July 2024.
2022 Grant Recipients
The community of St. James awarded 10 grants in 2022 totaling €15000 euros. Click the link in each description to learn more.
ACISJF (Associazione Cattolica Internazionale a Servizio della Giovane Firenze) – €2000 – To support youth programs in Florence.
AIDA (Associazione Italiana Diversamente Abili) – €1000 – To support services for differently abled people in Tuscany.
Associazione Progetto Arcobaleno ONLUS – € 1000 – To purchase new projectors for their classrooms in San Frediano within their migrant and refugee support center.
St. James Food Bank – €3000 – General support for monthly food purchase and distribution.
Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) – €2000 – Support for migrants and refugees in Rome.
Nuova Associazione Culturale Ulisse – €1000 – Support for migrants and refugees in Siena.
Associazione Tumori Toscana (ATT) – €2000 – Support for families living with cancer in Tuscany.
San Paolino Casa Solidarietà – €750 – To aid women and children in shelter from violent homes in Florence.
Meeting Point – €750 – To support organized after-school study for children and teens in Florence.
Episcopal Relief and Development – €1500 – For general support worldwide.