Grants in this area cover a broad range of community issues of interest to the Foundation.  (Total grants $83,000)

Adler Aphasia Center, Maywood, NJ.  $5,000 to support advocacy, education, and training for healthcare and service providers.

Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California, Mountain View, CA.  $5,000 to support the Memories in the Making program.

Grants in this area are focused on protecting wilderness areas and supporting grass-roots organizations that are involved in keeping our rivers, bays and coastal waters clean and safe.  The Foundation continues to support technical development in the area of landscape analysis and water quality monitoring that will benefit a broad range of conservation activities.  (Total grants $125,500)

BayKeeper, San Francisco, CA.  $15,000 to support the San Francisco Baykeeper Project.

Grants in this area are focused on diseases and other scientific research of particular interest to the Foundation.  For medical research, emphasis is on finding a cure, developing new treatments and improving the quality of life of individuals afflicted with these diseases.  Additionally, the Foundation has continued support for collegiate and graduate-level physics programs, helping to attract the best minds to this important and often under-funded research area.  (Total grants $130,000)

Grants in this area are focused primarily on improving research opportunities for science students.  Additionally, the Foundation supports medical training in the areas of rural practice and humanism.  The Foundation also supports programs to improve high school science education and college campus student safety.  (Total grants $187,000)

Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Englewood, NJ.  $20,000 to support the Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grant Program.