Community Outreach Grants - Past Recipients
2025 Grant Recipients
The parish of St. James awarded 12 grants in 2025, totaling €13,004.
To promote the protection, welfare and adoption of companion animals and to foster the bond between humans and animals in Tuscany.
To serve vulnerable individuals and families with acts of solidarity and support, building bridges of community, dignity and hope. The grant will specifically support student fees for two students in Malawi.
(Associazione Italiana contro Leucemie, Linfomi e Mieloma) To advance research, provide care and support patients and families affected by leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma throughout Italy.
To deliver lifesaving medical and humanitarian care to the people of Gaza, embodying compassion and dignity in times of crisis.
To empower women and children by providing safe spaces, advocacy and education in pursuit of autonomy and respect.
To foster social inclusion and educational opportunities in Florence through mentoring, culture and community projects.
To offer volunteer-led support and resources to individuals facing social isolation, bridging gaps and strengthening local community bonds.
To support immigrants in Italy through career counseling and job placement.
To advocate for European migration policies rooted in human rights, dignity and the fair reception of all people on the move.
To continue existing services at St. Paul's Within the Walls in Rome where refugees can access essential services, rebuild their lives and reclaim cultural dignity.
To train and provide guide dogs and independent-mobility tools to blind and visually impaired people, enhancing their autonomy and quality of life.
To bring restorative visual-art experiences into hospital settings, enriching the healing environment for patients, families and staff.
2024 Grant Recipients
The parish of St. James awarded 10 grants in 2024 totaling €13,000. An additional out-of-cycle grant of €1,000 was granted to our sister congregation, St. Paul's Within the Walls of Rome, for a critical roof repair.
This organization helps people transition to a stable civil life after incarceration.
ATT supports patients and families with cancer. Their services are broad-ranging.
This center helps children who cannot live at home with their parents. Some are residents; some come only for the day. All are in need of tremendous love and support.
This Artemis-affiliated organization works with men who have perpetrated domestic abuse, helping them to learn how and why they have responded with violence, and ways they can change.
The FCAA offers summer camp and art classes, mostly to children, with a focus on assisting the displaced Ukrainian community.
This organization works to maintain clean and safe public spaces and gardens in and around Florence, with the assistance of many volunteers.
This organization is very active to support charitable needs in Florence. This grant in particular is dedicated to the Mensa of San Francesco in Piazza Santissima Annunziata.
Our grant will support healthcare for furry friends who are domestic companions in low-income homes.
Meeting Point offers a safe space for teenage students to study and meet. They provide tutoring services in all subjects thanks to a small army of volunteers.
This Siena-based organization is aiding displaced people from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and elsewhere who need help with basic skills, housing, and transportation.
2023 Grant Recipients
The community of St. James awarded 10 grants in 2023 totaling €15,000, including two out-of-cycle grants.
To support Kivu Hills Academy senior high school in Boneza, Rwanda.
To create a comforting outdoor space for patients and families in Firenze Sud-Est (southwest Florence).
To provide nature photos for the Intensive Care Unit at Careggi Hospital in Florence.
To support a shelter for women and children in Florence.
To assist immigrant women in difficulty in Florence and beyond, including providing support for housing, legal documentation, language, and employment.
To support transportation for refugees in Siena and the surrounding area.
To provide relief for the 2023 flood victims in Campi Bisenzio, Tuscany.
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.
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