Fannie E. Rippel Foundation

Recent Grants

The grants included in this table were awarded during or after the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation completed its strategic planning process in January 2008.

Date Approved	Grantee	Description
Current Grants (These recent grants are reflective of the Foundation’s current strategy.)
June 2008	Myrna Brind Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Dr. Daniel Monti) www.jeffersonhospital.org/cim/	$45,000 planning grant to evaluate the realm and potential use of noninvasive biophysics-based diagnostic and treatment equipment in both integrative medicine and traditional medical settings.
June 2008	Institute for Integrative Health (Dr. Brian Berman)	$186,969 as a 12-month enabling grant to support the initial phase of an integrated action plan to meet IIH’s goal of catalyzing a new conversation across medicine that broadens and changes fundamental questions, such as “What is health?,” “How can it be optimized?,” and “How can healthcare be re-envisioned to meet the real healthcare needs of the nation?” In particular, this grant funded the “Conversations In Health” process and work toward the development of IIH’s graphic identity and Web site.
April 2008	Preventive Medicine Research Institute (Dr. Dean Ornish) www.pmri.org	$75,000 planning grant to maximize the impact that PMRI’s integrative medicine program can have in peoples’ lives by driving comprehensive lifestyle changes for better health, with lower health-related costs.
Transitional Grants (These recent grants were predicated on work that began before the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation transitioned to its 2008 Strategic Plan.)
October 2008	Women’s Health and Counseling Center	Final grant of $35,000 to help sustain the Center's women’s healthcare services and to evaluate alternative, new revenue-generating avenues.
April 2008	sharingVillage	$50,000 over two years as a final grant. This grant supported the continued implementation of Cancer Survivor Group services.
February 2008	National Shingles Foundation www.VZVfoundation.org	$180,000 over two years to support the added cost of a nurse practitioner on staff to advance research and health policy changes related to the prevention, treatment and cure for shingles.
January 2008	Maine General Medical Center	$100,000 over two years to support the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner program as a tribute to trustee emeritus, Ted Probert.