2017 Grantee Recipients
On April 3, 2017 the AFJ presented annual grant awards at the US Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. Discretionary grants and donor-direct grant awards of over U$311,677 (JA$40 million) were presented. During the course of the year, over U$159K (JA$20 million) in donor-direct grants were disbursed by the AFJ.
Discretionary Grants
| Organization | Amount | Purpose | Parish |
| Child Resiliency Program (Montego Bay) | $20,000 | Year long after school intervention for 60 children identified as “at risk for violence” from 5 inner-city primary schools, plus 30 parents. | St. James |
| Denham Town Community Development Committee | $6,680 | Deliver literacy and numeracy teaching on individual basis to increase number of students entering the Grade Six Achievement Test; Youths engage through sporting activities that stimulates learning. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Dudley Grant Memorial Trust | $10,800 | Learning Through Play, an international parenting program designed to give parents basic information of child development and roles to ensure maximum development opportunities for their children. | Kingston, Portland |
| Fight for Peace | $10,000 | FightingWords introduces a literature club in six inner-city communities with low levels of literacy and high levels of violence. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Give Me Dignity | $15,000 | Training and counselling for 140 girls, victims of sexual violence to rebuild self esteem. | Island-wide |
| Good Shepherd | $15,000 | Funds equipment providing eye care, dental care and other out-patient clinical care. Clinic saw 24,000 low income residents of Montego Bay in 2016. | St. James |
| Heart Ease United Youth Club | $8,670 | Supplies assistance and homework club for around 500 challenged students; after-school facility for around 100 students. | St. Thomas |
| Downtown Kingston Music Theatre | $10,000 | A performing and visual arts programme running after school at Alpha Institute. Involves 90 inner city youths ages 14-19. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| JASY | $1,250 | JASY Summer camp program for inner city youths – a week long sports training camp for 150 youths; utilizes sports training to improve self-esteem, physical fitness, teamwork, values and cross-cultural learning. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Lloyd’s Development Committee | $11,850 | Expands chicken rearing operations to fund the elderly with groceries and students with lunch money/ school items. | St. Thomas |
| Multicare Foundation | $8,750 | Training in dance, speech and drama in inner-city Kingston for kids ages 6-18 and teachers in 32 schools. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Scientific Research Council | $10,780 | Establish Waste Treatment System for Sustainable Science and Technology Application at Carron Hall High School, (310 students) incorporated into curriculum for farming community. | St. Mary |
| Saint Andrew Settlement | $26,880 | Expansion of Dental Facility/ purchase and installation of much-needed dental equipment at dental clinic serving inner city community. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Trees That Feed Foundation | $20,000 | TTFF will provide 2,000 breadfruit trees, 10 sets of fruit processing equipment and training to approximately 500 women. | St. Mary |
Donor-Directed Grants
| Organization | Amount | Purpose | Parish |
| Alpha Institute | $8,000 | New Deejay training program funded by Irie Foundation to teach students mixing and selcting techniques and prepare them for a career in the DJ trade. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Bred’s | $22,863 | Funding teachers salaries and programs at community schools. | St. Elizabeth |
| Bull Savannah Primary | $10,200 | Fund scholarships for graduates to attend secondary and tertiary institutions | St. Elizabeth |
| Cobb Family Lecture Series | $1,000 | Lecture series at the University of the West Indies. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Cornwall Regional Hospital | $10,000 | Equipment for the pediatric ward. | Western Jamaica |
| First Step Basic School | $1,000 | Grant for supplies at rural basic school | St. Elizabeth |
| Gore Foundation | $18,719 | Funds for basic school programs, including the model Play & Stay Tennis tennis program, which uses play as a point of introduction to raising school wide standards. | Island-wide |
| Hanover Charities | $10,000 | Scholarships, soup kitchen, clinics throughout Hanover region | Hanover |
| Jamaica Environmental Trust | $5,000 | Funds staff and other administrative costs not covered by project costs in environmental protection, advocacy and education. | Island-wide |
| Mustard Seed Blessed Assurance | $1,666 | Fund school meal program | Island Wide |
| Oracabessa Foundation | $260 | Environmental and youth programs | St. Mary |
| Pocket Rocket | $4,332 | Scholarships for student athletes | Island Wide |
| Positive Jamaica Foundation | $14,650 | Youth programs. | Island Wide |
| R.E.A.P. | $10,727 | An incentive driven awareness program centered on environmental activity. Engages over of 250,000 students across Jamaica. past achievements include: 600,000 PET bottles collected, over 100,000 students in 260 schools were engaged, 15,000 trees planted and 150 gardens planted. | Island-wide |
| Rockhouse Foundation | $250 | donation to school building project in Westmoreland. | Westmoreland |
| Rose Town Foundation | $22,262 | Project funds teachers to assist youngsters with literacy and numeracy skills to improve their reading comprehension and mathematics with educational materials. | Kingston & St. Andrew |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | $5,000 | Church programs for the needy | St. James |
| Sandals (Project Sprout) | $20,000 | Grant will provide upgrades to school infrastructure as well as teaching and learning aids, provide an early childhood specialist and social worker; and facilitate parental involvement in a child’s education. | St. Ann |
| SOS Children’s Village House #13 | $6,532 | Repairs to house # 13 were selected by a private AFJ donor. The home accommodates seven adolescents; ages 14-17 plus one Caregiver. | St. James |
| St. Ann’s Bay Hospital | $103,425 | Refurbishment of the male surgical ward which facilitates up to 40 patients. | St. Ann |
| St. James Scholarship Fund | $2,450 | Individual grants are distributed to students in their respective communities with hope of becoming agents of change in these communities. | St. James |
| Tech Beach | $14,000 | USAID support for a tech conference – economic development program | Montego Bay |
| UWI Bursary | $5,000 | ||
| UWI Bursary – Holden | $1,100 | ||
| UWI Bursary – Cobb | $1,100 | ||
| UWI Bursary – Cooper | $1,100 |
