In 2021 the hard work of building resiliency and providing mental health services for school children continued at The Center for Childhood Resilience (CCR) in Chicago. As a funding partner, The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continued its support...
2021 makes seven consecutive years that the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation has proudly supported the children of Uganda through its ongoing commitment to the Hearts & Hope for Uganda organization. From providing materials for news schools and libraries,...
In 2021, the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continued its support of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in honor of a family member diagnosed with the disease. According to its website, The Michael J. Fox Foundation...
As part of its 2021 gifting initiatives, the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation was pleased to add The Family Room to its support efforts. The Family Room is a nonprofit organization in Champaign-Urbana serving families with foster children or...
The Covid-19 Pandemic has created unprecedented challenges to health and healthcare around the world. In Uganda, village schools have closed due to shelter-in-place orders, and students and families have been cut off from food and supplies on which they...
In 2020, Emory’s Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center received the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation’s most significant donation to help develop the VisMET (Visuospatial Memory Eye-Tracking Test) technology further. The goal is to screen people for memory issues, identifying...
In 2020, the D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continued its support of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in honor of a family member diagnosed with the disease. According to its website, The Michael J. Fox Foundation...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation’s Junior Committee gifting in 2020 reflected their continued support of organizations that improve the lives and wellbeing of others. Organizations that received a gift from the committee were: The Children’s Advocacy Center in...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation is proud to continue its support of Canine Companions. Wounded veterans, children, and adults with disabilities benefit from Canine Companions for Independence® trained assistance dogs. According to its website, “the assistance dogs we...
The D Jones Family Charitable Foundation continues its Appalachian Initiative with a 2020 grant that continues its support for the DeWitt Elementary School—located in the Stinking Creek Community of Knox County, Kentucky. Like many rural communities in Appalachia, the...