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 Both within the Greater Tampa Bay Community and nationally, the Joy McCann Foundation has given a number of large grants to distinguished programs that help to further the mission of the Foundation. The core of the reasoning behind these large grants is to allow organizations the capacity and flexibility they need to undertake large ventures with an eye for the future and cutting edge strategies. Recipients are established organizations with track records for success, financially sound proposals, and the opportunity to expand their programs within one of the current strategic priorities of the Foundation’s giving.
Proposals are individually invited by the Foundation Board from organizations designated by the Foundation’s founders as entities they “wish to continue to support”. Only organizations invited to apply will be considered.
The Joy McCann Foundation considers the current goals of the Distinguished Grants Program to have been met with the following established grants and as a result there are no current or future plans to undertake additional Distinguished Grants. If the Foundation's priorities change and any future Distinguished Grants are made, only organizations listed by the Foundation's founders will be considered. A list of these designated charities can be found by visiting Designated Organizations .
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Under-represented Minorities Scholarship Endowment: $1,000,000
Created an endowed scholarship fund to enroll and retain the best and the brightest under-represented minority students into the College of Medicine, for the purpose of increasing minority student enrollment and ultimately increasing the number of underrepresented minority physicians. Selected students shall show that they have the highest academic potential, demonstrate commitment to improving the health of the community and have a caring and compassionate attitude towards patients and their families.
University of South Florida
Academic Enrichment Program for Student Athletes: $500,000
To foster the importance of academics in creating well-rounded student athletes, this grant provided the means to furnish and equip a new Academic Support Center for the use of student athletes. Grant funds also provide advisory and tutorial services for student athletes to raise their awareness of the importance of academics in achieving personal success.
University of South Florida
Joy McCann Culverhouse Center for Esophageal & Swallowing Disorders: $2,000,000
To support the Center’s comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders. The Center has one of the largest full-time staffs in the nation dedicated to the research and treatment of swallowing disorders who are continually working to explore new developments in the field. In addition to the $2,000,000 given by the Joy McCann Foundation, Joy McCann Culverhouse has given significant personal contributions for the creation of the Center. http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/swallowing/index.html
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Joy McCann Culverhouse Airways Disease Research Center: $2,000,000
To support the Center and the Division of Allergy & Immunology’s efforts to provide state-of-the-art learning experience in the field of Allergy and Immunology to students & residents, to conduct quality basic and clinical research and to provide exceptional care to patients with allergic and immunologic diseases. In addition to the $2,000,000 given by the Joy McCann Foundation, Joy McCann Culverhouse has given significant personal contributions for the creation of the Center.
http://hsc.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/allergy/allergy+immunology.html
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Multi-Media Education Center: $500,000
To equip the new Multi-Media Center within the Performing Arts Center’s education conservatory, to maintain the equipment and to support the ongoing needs of the Multi-Media Center. Used to teach a variety of subjects including sound and video editing, filming and studio recording, the Multi-Media Center allows students to learn a variety of skills in media arts.
Florida Orchestra
$623,000
To support one of the leading performing arts institutions in the Tampa community in an effort to bolster the Orchestra’s integral role in maintaining the Tampa Bay Area as a major cultural center within Florida. Support allows the Orchestra to ensure philharmonic performances are affordably accessible to the community, including school-aged youth.
The Children’s Home, Inc.
Jack McElroy Clinical Treatment Center: $1,000,000
For renovation of the Clinical Treatment Center, named for previous Clinical Director Jack McElroy in recognition of his courage, faith and determination in his work. The Clinical Treatment Center, formally an education building, houses 24 clinical professionals in one location to allow for more efficient treatment and more convenience and comfort for children and families undergoing therapy. The grant also provides a significant endowment to ensure lasting financial stability for the residential treatment program.
Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA
Ophelia Project: $80,000
To support “Start the Learning, Stop the Violence”, a comprehensive approach to preventing all forms of relational aggression and bullying through widespread education, skill-building and advocacy efforts with parents, faculty, and staff within the public middle schools in Hillsborough County. Grant funds also support the Leadership Development Program for Teen Girls and Young Women. The Ophelia Project-Tampa Bay is a community initiative designed to create a socially, physically and emotionally safe culture for girls.
Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA
The Boys Initiative: $150,000
To provide pilot program funding to support the development of this partner program of the Ophelia Project during its first three years. Drawing on their expertise in delivering gender-specific resources, The Boys Initiative will provide training, programs and services for boys, their teachers, caregivers, mentors and role models catered especially to their needs in the areas of character development, leadership, relationship and success skills.
University of Tampa
Women’s Sports Program: $50,000
To support the immediate needs of the women’s athletic programs at the University of Tampa, including the needs of women’s teams, individuals athletes, facilities and recruitment to ensure quality athletic opportunities are available to women at the University.
WEDU
Local Programming Endowment, Increasing Production Capabilities: $1,000,000
In an effort to help WEDU boost its capacity to undertake and maintain quality community programming, grant funds were designated to support capital costs, operating programs and long-term endowment support. Capital costs increasing the station’s production capabilities include support for a mobile production truck and equipment necessary to enable high definition production in the field. Programming funds support the Children’s Outreach Program and the pilot production of a medical magazine series. Also funded is a sizable endowment for the creation of new local programs.
Tampa General Hospital
Nursing Scholarships Program: $120,000
To provide scholarships to nurses seeking registered nursing degrees by paying each recipient a full-time salary for working 16 hours a week while completing their coursework. Scholarships enable recipients to focus on the studies and demanding clinical work required of nursing school students.
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