Current Programs :
High Desert Community Foundation currently holds the following funds:
General Endowment
Fund
This is our one unrestricted fund. The Grantsmanship Committee will recommend to the Board of
Directors who they believe should receive the funds. The Board of Directors will
determine to whom the earnings are to be paid each year.
Whomever chooses may make a donation in any amount to this fund
The following funds are restricted funds:
The Walter E.
Cramer Memorial Fund (Endowment)
This fund is to eventually take care of one hundred (100) children
perpetually. At present, Compassion
International has programs on Indian reservations and in the inner cities.
We are working with them so that we can have a program set up in this
immediate area.
The Margaret Muir
Cramer A.S.A.P. Fund
Since 1993, the foundation has been promoting a program for After School
Activities and has funded 23 A.S.A.P. programs in elementary schools in Hesperia
and Apple Valley, creating 23 new jobs. It
is Stream's goal to fund these programs throughout the High Desert Communities. The After School Activity Programs are successful and support
the healthful development of children through positive educational and
recreational experiences. Streams
in the Desert convenes with the schools, the Recreation & Park Districts,
and volunteers. Streams provides the initial funding, which makes it all
possible. Once the program is established, it is self-supporting.
A fee of $2.00 per day per child is charged. No child is denied the program as scholarships are available.
Each program accommodates 25 to 30 children and encourages the community
to become proactive to break the cycle of juvenile crime.
Children are involved in arts/crafts, reading/being read to,
sports/recreation, and homework. It
is a win-win situation for all!
The P.R.I.D.E. Fund
The mission is to bring business, schools and Town of Apple Valley
officials, police, firemen, teachers and
other volunteers together to make Apple Valley a better place to
live. One of the programs was the Red Ribbon Rally for drug education in
the schools.
The Louise
Stewart Memorial Scholarship Fund (Endowment)
This is a fund for scholarships at the Victor Valley Community
College.
The Yucca Loma
Family Center
The mission is to teach parents how to be parents, and to help the
family in many ways. A one on one
mentoring program has many volunteers from the business and professional field.
High Desert
Kidney Assistance Fund
This fund is designed to provide assistance in times of financial crisis
to individuals suffering from a kidney-related disorder.
Readers are
Leaders Program Fund
This is a newly developed phonics program and has been funded by GTE,
Select Personnel, and other businesses. The
Hesperia Unified School District will implement this program at Kingston
Elementary School.
The Towle Family
Fund - Donor Advised
Funds will be paid out to various charities quarterly.
Sunset Hills
Children's Fund
This fund will provide scholarships to children who are orphans and have
no other means towards a college education.
Horse Lovers Club
Fund
This is a recreational horse club for trail rides for underprivileged
children.
T.S. Muir and M.C.
Muir Charitable Fund
This is a donor advised fund and will be paid out to various charities
over each year.
Anna Di Maio
Scholarship Fund
Horn Lizard
Research and Conservation Nature Center
