A large number of detailed proposals were evaluated carefully through on-site visits and other inquiries, applying the giving strategy described previously. Most proposals were not accepted, and some were declined after review by the Advisory Committee. As a result, the list of approved gifts is the product of intensive scrutiny.
Education $38.4 million
- Boys And Girls Clubs Community Center:
$5 million to rebuild the Boys and Girls Club Community Center in Pass Christian, Mississippi that was destroyed by Katrina. - Humanity First USA Repair of Mosques and Madrasah:
$1.2 million to repair five mosques and two madrasah in Greater New Orleans that were heavily damaged by Katrina. - Louisiana State University Student Financial Aid:
$ 3.3 million for the Katrina Student Relief Fund to provide 1,249 full-need students with tuition, room and board during the next four years. - Loyola University, New Orleans, Qatar Scholarship Fund:
$1.4 million to provide scholarships to students who are Katrina victims. - Tulane University, "Qatar Tulane Scholarship Fund":
$10 million to provide full scholarships to students who are Katrina victims. - Xavier University College of Pharmacy:
$12.5 million to rebuild and expand the College of Pharmacy facilities to increase the number of students and to enhance the staffing of eight clinics, operated by the College of Pharmacy in low-income neighborhoods, all of which were damaged by Katrina. - Xavier University "Qatar Scholarship Fund":
$5 million to provide full scholarships to students who are Katrina victims.
Healthcare $27.5 million
- Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Kids First Clinic:
$.3 million for repair, renovation, expansion and equipment for two Kids First Clinics, outpatient care clinics in low-income neighborhoods that were heavily damaged by Katrina. - Children's Hospital of New Orleans, "Qatar Cares Fund":
$5 million to establish the "Qatar Cares Fund". The fund will pay for all medical care not covered by insurance or other available funding for children who meet eligibility criteria establishing that they are victims of Katrina. - Coastal Family Health Center, Mississippi Gulf Coasts:
$3.4 million to establish the "Qatar Katrina Health Care Assistance Fund" and to staff a mobile health care van. The fund will pay for medical care not covered by insurance or other funding for victims of Katrina. - March of Dimes "Mom And Baby Vans":
$3 million to cover the purchase, equipping, staffing and operating costs of three mobile medical units to provide pre-natal and early pediatric care in hurricane damaged neighborhoods . - Memorial Hospital At Gulfport, Mississippi:
$10.8 million to establish the "Qatar Hope Fund". The fund will pay for medical care not covered by insurance or other funding for victims of Katrina. - Tulane University Community Health Center, New Orleans:
$5 million for the expansion and continued operation of the Tulane University Community Health Center to provide outpatient care in a heavily damaged New Orleans neighborhood, and the addition of a mobile medical unit.
Housing $34 million
- Habitat For Humanity New Homes:
$22 million for Habitat for Humanity's "Operation Home Delivery" to build 293 homes for Katrina victims in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. - National Housing Partnership Foundation, Rental Housing Assistance:
$4.5 million to provide rental assistance for low and moderate-income victims of Katrina in New Orleans. - Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, Home Ownership Assistance Program:
$3.1 million to provide subsidies (up to $25,000 each) for the purchase of affordable housing in the New Orleans area for low and moderate income Katrina victims. - Treme/Lafitte Renewal Project, New Orleans, Rehabilitation of Homes:
$2.5 million to repair homes to habitable standards for low-income Katrina victims in the Treme/Lafitte Corridor, a historic New Orleans neighborhood badly damaged by the hurricane. - UNITY Housing For Disabled:
$2 million for repair to housing units for homeless and handicapped victims of Katrina in Greater New Orleans.
The total funding commitments amount to $100 million.