Ability Found
“Assistive Equipment Purchase Program” ($10,000)
Ability Found will use these funds to purchase medical and rehabilitation equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers and gait trainers that help individuals in Utah with a wide range of medical handicaps and disabilities become independent.

Achievement Institute of Scientific Studies ($10,000)
This grant will provide funding for college preparation and application fees for economically disadvantaged high school students from Santa Ana, California.

American Heart Association
“30th Annual Orange County Start! Heart Walk” ($15,000)
The American Heart Association will use this grant to help support the “30th Annual Orange County Heart Walk,” which will help fund key cardiovascular research and educations programs.

Anaheim Interfaith Shelter
“Halcyon Child Development Center & Anaheim Interfaith Shelter” ($10,000)
Funding will help to support a nine-month transitional housing program where Orange County residents focus on debt repayment, budgeting, and a savings plan with the goal of helping families build life skills that will assist them in obtaining and maintaining permanent, adequate housing.

Angel Flight West
“Wings Over Southern California” ($5,000)
Funds will be used to expand Angel Flight West’s capacity to serve residents and healthcare providers with free air transportation in response to healthcare and other needs in Southern California.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Anaheim
“Motel Outreach” ($2,500)
This grant will enable at-risk homeless children sheltered in hotels and low-income housing access to services and youth development programs at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Anaheim, California offering the hope of a positive future outside of poverty.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake
“SMART Moves” ($2,500)
These funds will help support SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) Moves, a program that helps young people in Salt Lake City, Utah resist alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by addressing the critical needs among youth, such as basic life and social skills, conflict resolution, health, fitness and self-esteem.

California Society for Biomedical Research
“Elementary Student Life-Sciences Activity Book” ($8,500)
This grant will support the development and publication of a curriculum resource piece specifically structured for elementary students in California that introduces science and research topics.

Camp del Corazon
“Summer Camp Program” ($15,000)
This grant will help to support Camp del Corazon's annual summer camping programs, which are offered free-of-charge to children in the U.S. and Canada ages seven to 17 with cardiovascular disease.

Centro de Ayuda y Terapia al Niño con Impedimento
“A Healthy Smile Will Bring A Healthy Heart” ($15,000)
This grant will support a continuing project in Puerto Rico's rural communities to provide treatment of periodontal diseases in children and young adults.

Children's Health Initiative of Orange County
“Enrollment and Retention for Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance for Irvine Children” ($5,000)
This grant will be used to pay for Healthy Kids health insurance, providing access to medical, dental and vision care for low-income uninsured children in Irvine.

CHOC Foundation
“CHOC Children's Cardiology Obesity and Lipid Clinic” ($10,000)
This grant will help provide cardiac specialty care, individualized treatment plans and early intervention, curbing the impact of life-threatening cardiac illnesses associated with obesity in children and adolescents in Orange County.

Community Action Partnership of Orange County
“Farm to Family” ($5,000)
Funding will help to support the “Farm to Family” program, which works with a network of farmers to provide fresh produce and staple food items for low-income seniors, families with children and other populations in Orange County.

Community SeniorServ
“Safety Net” ($10,000)
Funding will help to provide food to approximately 1,300 seniors per day at local senior citizen centers and will also help provide home delivered meals to 1,100 homebound elderly in 20 Orange County communities.

Cornerstone Schools of Washington, D.C.
“Cornerstone Partner Program” ($4,000)
This grant will provide tuition assistance for economically disadvantaged children in Washington, D.C., helping to instill a lifelong joy of learning by equipping them with the knowledge, skills and values necessary to become leaders.

Deborah Hospital Foundation – Puerto Rico Chapter
“Exercises To Well Being” ($15,000)
These funds will support the foundation's objective to have an alternative for cardiovascular disease patients in Puerto Rico who are in need of specialized diagnostic studies and open-heart surgery.

Discovery Science Center
“Science to Go” ($7,500)
These funds will help underwrite the cost of a program for Orange County students in 5th grade through high school to learn about the human heart during the dissection of a pig’s heart. Through this program students make connections between the model of the human heart and the actual heart.

Down Syndrome Association of Orange County
“An Investment in Good Health” ($5,000)
Funds will be utilized to support the operation of a pediatric down syndrome program at Children's Hospital of Orange County, which will include a weekly outpatient clinic.

El Viento Foundation
“Giving Flight to the Youth of Oak View Community” ($6,000)
This grant will help provide after-school tutoring, college preparation and enrichment programs to underprivileged Hispanic youth in central Orange County.

Families Forward
“Transitional Housing Program” ($10,000)
Funds will be used to help provide life skills, counseling, career coaching as well as child care expenses for homeless to low-income families in south Orange County.

Free Wheelchair Mission
“Free Wheelchair Mission” ($10,000)
This grant will help provide free wheelchairs to the disabled poor in the Dominican Republic offering not only the gift of mobility but also one of dignity, independence and hope.

Fundación Dr. García Rinaldi
“Summer Program for Talented Students in Science, Medicine and High School” ($10,000)
This organization will use funding to provide scholarships to high school students in Puerto Rico that have an interest in the medical field. Experiential learning will be achieved by observing procedures performed by doctors, exams and complicated surgeries performed at health clinics around the island.

Girl Scout Council of Orange County
“Girl Scout Leadership and Self Development Outreach Programs: Comadres en Accion” ($5,000)
This grant will help provide Girl Scouting to girls in Santa Ana, California who come from low-income families by offering education, personal development and fun activities that encompass leadership development, math and financial literacy, healthy living, self-awareness, goal setting, community service, the importance of education and career exploration and planning, and healthy relationships.

Giving Children Hope
“We've Got Your Back” ($15,000)
Funds will provide support for the continuation of a nutritional outreach program for elementary students in the Orange County school districts who have been identified as homeless.

Golden West College Foundation
“Expanded Nursing Program" ($15,000)
Golden West College will use the funding to keep Orange County students current in the newest methods in healthcare by enrolling, educating and graduating as many new nurses as the program will allow.

Goodwill Industries of Orange County
“Assistive Technology Exchange Center Children’s Services” ($15,000)
These funds will help provide tools and training to enable children in Orange County with disabilities to communicate and learn basic skills such as reading, writing and math in order to prepare them for continued education and careers later in life.

Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
“Westminster 2” ($10,000)
Funding will support construction of two homes in Westminster, California that will provide decent, affordable living for hard working, low-income families.

Human Options
“Children's Counseling Program” ($7,500)
This grant will help to offer therapeutic interventions for 125 young victims of domestic violence and weekly parenting classes for families in Orange County.

Irvine Adult Day Health Services
“Enhanced Therapies Program” ($5,000)
Funding will support the “Enhanced Therapies Program,” which is specifically designed to improve the health, independence and well-being of at-risk frail, elderly and disabled adults in Irvine, California who would otherwise not have the means to participate in the center's programs.

Irvine Children's Fund
“Before and After School Child Care Scholarship Program” ($5,000)
This grant will provide scholarships at 22 Irvine, California schools for children in K - 6th grade of low-income working families, so that they can access safe and affordable childcare.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Orange County Chapter
“Walk to Cure Diabetes” ($5,000)
These funds will help support the 2009 Orange County “Walk to Cure Diabetes,” which seeks to advance research for a cure for diabetes and its complications.

Knots-of-Love
“Knots-of-Love Chemo Caps” ($1,000)
Funding will be used to provide materials needed for hand-made knitted caps that will be given free to people battling cancer or other life threatening illnesses around the world.

Laura's House
“Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter and Support Services Program” ($10,000)
Funding will help to provide 24-hour hotline/crisis intervention, food, clothing, individual and family counseling, life-skills training, legal advocacy and housing assistance to Orange County women and their children who are fleeing family violence and would otherwise become homeless.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire
“Wish Granting” ($7,500)
Funds will allow wishes to be granted for children in Orange County and the Inland Empire with life-threatening cardiac illnesses, to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah
"Granting Wishes of Children with Cardiac Illnesses" ($7,500)
This donation will enable wishes to be granted for children in Utah with life-threatening cardiac conditions.

March of Dimes
“March for Babies – March of Dimes, Orange County Division” ($2,500)
These funds will help support the Orange County 2010 March of Dimes fundraising walk, March for Babies, working to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.

MIND Research
“Orange County Math Initiative” ($15,000)
Funds for this program support a five-year initiative that addresses the underachievement of 164 schools in 20 different school districts throughout Orange County, which score in the lowest three deciles of California's Academic Performance Index.

Miracle Flights for Kids
“Miracle Flights for Kids” ($15,000)
Miracle Flights for Kids will use these funds to provide free access for children suffering from cardiovascular disease to medical facilities throughout the U.S. through the purchase of airline tickets and by coordinating the airline scheduling and commercial flight medical clearance requirements.

netz 4 Life
“Leave No Rim Netless Park Revitalization Campaign" ($5,000)
Funds will be used for the revitalization of neglected community athletic infrastructure to facilitate educational and leadership building programs for disadvantaged youth in Santa Ana, California.

Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center
“In-Home Parent Empowerment” ($8,000)
Funds will help to provide parenting educational services to families in Orange County identified as being at-risk for child abuse and family violence. This program has shown success in the areas of increased communication skills, anger management techniques, appropriate discipline and knowledge regarding child development and safety needs.

Orange County Council, Boy Scouts of America
“At-Promise Youth Program” ($5,000)
These funds will support a program that educates participating youth in Orange County on the destructive consequences of gangs, drugs, and other risky behaviors, while endeavoring to raise the participant’s self-worth through purpose finding lessons.

Orange County High School of the Arts Foundation
“Camp OCHSA” ($5,000)
These funds will help offer a free 12-week session of classes to low-income Santa Ana, California children in grades four through six in dance, music, creative writing and visual arts.

Orange County Performing Arts Center
“Summer at the Center” ($5,000)
Funds will help support a two-week musical theater workshop targeting at-risk students in Orange County. The workshop is designed to increase self-esteem through active team participation in the arts, which culminates in staged public performances.

Orangewood Children's Foundation
“Higher Education for Former Foster Youth” ($12,000)
Funding will support college scholarships for foster youth students in Orange County who are interested in higher education.

Pacific Symphony
“Class Act Music Education Program” ($5,000)
Funding for this program will support the continuation of the Pacific Symphony flagship education program of introducing young people in Orange County to symphonic music.

Project Tomorrow
“YouthTEACH2Learn” ($10,000)
These funds will be used to train high school students how to structure and teach a hands-on, science or math lesson that meets grade level state standards for elementary students in Orange County.

Saint Joseph Ballet
“2009-2010 Family Services Program” ($5,000)
This grant will help to provide health, financial and vocational education, crisis intervention, counseling, long-term case management and referral services to low-income, Latino youth in central Orange County.

South Coast Repertory
“Corporate Circle Education & Outreach Programs” ($5,000)
This grant will help to support a variety of innovative and imaginative programs brining professional theater to schools and neighborhood centers throughout Southern California teaching children imagination, creativity, teamwork and self-expression.

South County Senior Services
“Project Independence” ($5,000)
Funds will provide resources and improve the quality of life for the 2,100 Orange County seniors served by this organization by promoting health, wellness, nutritional well-being and socialization to enhance their independence.

Sutter Medical Center
“Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Services” ($5,000)
Funding will support an ongoing program of exercise, education and data collection of children in Sacramento, California with severe forms of congenital heart disease with the goal of improving long-term quality of life outcomes.

Thanksgiving Point Institute
“Career Exploration Experience” ($5,000)
These funds will support the Career Exploration Experience at Thanksgiving Point Institute, where more than 2,000 students in Utah explore dozens of industries.

The Alzheimer’s Association, Orange County Chapter
“Maintain Your Brain” ($5,000)
Funding will help to support Lifelong Wellness Expos, a series of three community expos in Orange County that provide interactive health and wellness activities and information on Alzheimer’s disease.

The Illumination Foundation
“Heart Smart Program” ($5,000)
The Illumination Foundation will use these funds to educate under-served families in Orange County regarding proper diet, exercise and lifestyle to promote cardiovascular health during bi-weekly educational workshops.

The Joyful Child Foundation
“OCKIDSafety360” ($2,500)
Funding will help support the education and empowerment of children in Orange County to recognize, avoid, prevent and escape from violence or other predatory situations.

The Laguna Playhouse
“Youth Education Programs” ($5,000)
This grant will be used to provide training in theatre and communications, professional performance experiences, and arts and literacy outreach to school children in South Orange County.

The OC Marathon
“Kids Run the OC” ($5,000)
Funds will help support a comprehensive running and nutrition program for Orange County youth. The purpose of this program is to prevent childhood obesity by helping youth develop active, healthy lifestyles, promoting good nutrition, and increasing physical activity.

Vital Link
“Career Exploration Programs” ($5,000)
Funding will help to create a venue where more than 4,500 Orange County students are able to gain valuable knowledge regarding a variety of careers spanning different industry sectors and make the connection to how they fit into the work world.

Volunteer Center Orange County - Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
“Retired & Senior Volunteer Program” ($7,500)
Funding will be used to coordinate and mobilize more than 1,200 Orange County volunteers into 47 nonprofit agencies that utilize senior volunteers to provide much needed skills and labor to vital community organizations.

Working Wardrobes for a New Start
“Women's Day of Self Esteem” ($5,000)
This funding will support the 20th annual Women's Day of Self Esteem, providing resources to approximately 125 at-risk female job seekers in Orange County. This event will prepare them for interviews for new jobs, so that they can become employed and self-sufficient.

Adult Congenital Heart Association
“Heart to Heart” ($25,000)
Funds will provide one-on-one peer support to ensure that individual and specific patient needs are met and personalized information is provided to adult congenital heart patients and their family members nationally.

Alliance for Aging Research
“Raising Awareness of Valvular Disease and Treatment in a Disproportionately Impacted Population” ($25,000)
Funding of this program will assist in addressing valve disease in the African American population in the U.S., targeting both physicians and patients in an effort to raise awareness of the prevalence of valve diseases, encourage diagnosis and optimal treatment, and promote effective patient-physician education. The program will also address the link between valve disease and obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other diseases and conditions.

American Heart Association
“CPR Anytime” ($25,000)
This grant will fund the distribution of 250 CPR Anytime kits, an innovative personal kit for learning CPR in 22 minutes, to local community clinics, schools or hospitals in Orange County.

Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation
“Direct Family Assistance” ($15,000)
The funds will support a program that will provide relief for urgent expenses to single parent and other financially distressed low-income and under-served families in several states across the U.S. during a child's catastrophic illness, enabling these caregivers to stay by their child's side during this period of desperation.

Angel Heart International
“Mending Young Hearts in Gansu” ($25,000)
These funds will support under-served families with children born with life-threatening congenital heart defects in Gansu Province, China. The program provides access to appropriate medical treatment, a support group to enhance communication and awareness and medical information for volunteer physicians.

Aspirus
“Heart Valve Screening Program” ($17,370)
This grant will support Aspirus' “Heart Valve Screening Program” for seniors 65 and older in Michigan and Wisconsin, which is provided at no cost as part of their multidisciplinary valve clinic that promotes cardiovascular awareness and education.

Bon Secours Richmond Foundation
“Bon Secours Surgical Services Minimally Invasive Training Facility” ($25,000)
This grant will help to establish a minimally invasive surgical training facility in Richmond, Virginia to support acceleration of surgical knowledge and next generation technologies.

California Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation
“SCSCR Fall Regional Conference: Getting to the Heart of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery: Hybrid OR/Robotics/Percutaneous Valves” ($1,000)
These funds will support a conference at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California involving an estimated 100 participants, which will focus on new technology, including hybrid operating room, robotics and percutaneous heart valves.

Center for Women’s Cardiac Health & Research, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
“Community Screening for Heart Valve Disease and Coronary Ischemia in Women, Using Hand-Carried Cardiac Ultrasound” ($35,000)
This grant provides funding for a pilot study in Long Beach, California using hand-carried ultrasound in community screenings to detect early ischemic and valvular heart disease in women.

Children's HeartLink
“Healing Hearts Worldwide” ($50,000)
Funding will support the global efforts to treat children born with congenital heart disease and to prevent the spread of heart disease in childhood from rheumatic fever by increasing the number of training opportunities provided to partner hospitals in developing countries such as India, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Africa, Kenya, Ukraine, Brazil and Ecuador.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
"Lifestyle 180" ($25,000)
Funding will support a one-year program in East Cleveland, Ohio to reverse cardiovascular disease by structured lifestyle modification involving nutrition, physical activity and stress management sessions.

Columbia University Department of Surgery
“COACH Online Training Module: Cardiac Interventional and Cardiac Surgery Sections Build Outs” ($25,000)
The funds will be used to help create an extensive, online, interactive, “living textbook” employing surgical videos, image libraries and knowledge measurement tools for the purpose of building a cardiac interventional and surgery section, focusing on valve repairs and replacement in the open heart as well as cardiac interventional areas.

Conemaugh Health Foundation
“Diabetes-Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program” ($35,000)
Funding will enable a continuation of a program that provides education, screening and early detection of patients who are at risk for diabetes-related cardiovascular disease in the underserved communities of western Pennsylvania. Education includes activities and lifestyle changes know to limit the progression of this disease.

Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiothoracic Surgical Care
“Expansion of Regional Cardiovascular-Thoracic (CVT) Critical Care Courses and Online Education” ($50,000)
This grant will provide funding for the extension of regional CVT Critical Care Courses to the University of California, Los Angeles. It will also support expansion of the educational Web site including links to new instructive programs such as simulations of inserting latest monitoring technology and implanting transcatheter valvular devices.

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
“NIH/FDA Exhibition: The Issue Was Patients - Developing Heart Valve Replacements” ($25,000)
This grant will support an exhibition on heart valve development and evolution, housed at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, in addition to traveling and online components that will echo and expand upon its content, making the exhibition available to virtual visitors worldwide.

Heart to Heart International Children's Medical Alliance
“Into the Heartland Campaign” ($50,000)
Funding will enable the development of five self-sustaining pediatric cardiac centers throughout Russia, giving children access to modern heart care.

HeartGift Foundation
“HeartGift” ($50,000)
Funding will allow this Texas-based organization to provide lifesaving open heart surgery for children from countries where medical intervention is scarce or nonexistent. Physicians, surgeons, cardiologists and community volunteers donate their time and service to make this care available at no charge to these children.

Hoag Hospital Foundation
“Heart Valve Screening and Education for Orange County Seniors” ($50,000)
This grant will provide the resources necessary to screen Orange County seniors over the age of 65 for the presence or absence of valve disease using the latest 3-D echo imaging technology and access to cardiovascular nurses and other staff for education.

International Children's Heart Foundation
“Pediatric Cardiac Services for Santiago, Dominican Republic” ($50,000)
Funding will support the ongoing initiatives for developing an independent pediatric cardiac surgical program in the Dominican Republic. The team travels to the Dominican Republic four times a year, operating on infants and children with heart defects. Additionally, local physicians, perfusionists and nurses are trained in pediatric cardiac surgery. Local technicians are trained in the catheterization and echocardiography labs as well as in perfusion services and respiratory therapy.

International College of Robotic Surgery
“International College of Robotic Surgery Training Curriculum Programs” ($15,000)
Funding will support training in minimally invasive and robotic intracardiac surgery and robotic cardiac revascularization surgery at the International College of Robotic Surgery in Atlanta, Georgia. Robotic surgeons and their respective teams are guided through a systematic and comprehensive clinical pathway until complete proficiency is achieved.

International Hospital for Children
“Dominican Hearts Program: Sustainability Phase” ($25,000)
Funds will be used to develop and implement a comprehensive pediatric cardiac training program and to establish a stand-alone, sustainable pediatric heart program in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Medical College of Virginia Foundation
“Multi-Island Outreach for Cardiac Screening for Congenital and Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease”
($25,000)
Funding will support screening and diagnostic services by portable cardiac diagnostic technology to the children of St. Vincent and St. Lucia. Children diagnosed with rheumatic fever will be prioritized for surgical intervention through International Hospital for Children and U.S. partner hospitals.

Memorial Hermann Foundation
“Memorial Family Medicine Residency/Communication of Cardiac Risk to Underserved Women” ($25,000)
Funds will be used in Houston, Texas to conduct a study of 120 underserved women aged 35 to 74 who are identified as high-risk for cardiovascular disease. Patients gain insights into their perception of their risk for heart disease, and use this knowledge to modify their behavior in nutrition and lifestyle to mitigate their risk for heart disease.

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
“Girls and Moms on the Move” ($25,000)
This funding will support a comprehensive six-part workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota for young girls and their mothers on the value of a heart healthy lifestyle. The program is focused on preventing obesity through improved physical activity levels, healthier food choices, development of a positive body image and increased self-efficacy for maintaining these behaviors.

National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
“National Leadership Program” ($25,000)
This grant will support the Science & Leadership Symposium at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which trains patient-volunteers from across the county to conduct heart disease education and outreach in the communities where they live.

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Serving the National Capital Area (NCA)
“Chronic Care Initiative” ($25,000)
Funds will support a program to screen, educate and provide education to high-risk minority populations in the mid-Atlantic region. The NKF/NCA will test 600 participants through free community health screenings and will host six patient education seminars in 2010.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
“6th Annual Saint Barnabas Health Care System Cardiovascular Symposium” ($5,000)
These funds will support a one-day independent medical education cardiovascular symposium in New Jersey for cardiologists and other healthcare professionals who treat patients with cardiovascular disease, including risk management of diabetes and other related conditions.

New York-Presbyterian Hospital
“Free Community Cardiovascular Health Screening” ($25,000)
These funds will support 27 community-based free health screening events in New York, which aim to connect underserved populations to cardiovascular health promotion, disease prevention and primary care services.

OCTANe Foundation for Innovation
“Science Education and Innovation Development” ($25,000)
The funds will enable OCTANe to educate 1,500 people at the Fourth Annual California Medical Device and Investor Forum in Southern California through six educational panel discussions and a dedicated cardiovascular track. OCTANe also provides a collaborative environment where experts from all aspects of the innovation lifecycle can engage by mentoring and training medical device entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
“Second Annual Cardiovascular Symposium” ($2,500)
The funding will be used to support a cardiovascular symposium in Torrance, California for professionals in the cardiovascular field. The goal is to give the audience insight into new procedures and management of patients with cardiovascular disease providing them with a fresh understanding of advancements in this field.

Providence St. Vincent Medical Foundation
“Year 2 Research Fellow: Outcome Research in Starr Academic Center to Improve Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease” ($50,000)
This grant will continue to support a research fellow at Providence St. Vincent Medical in Portland, Oregon to “mine” the cardiac database in the Medical Data Research Center, to improve outcomes for heart patients. Results will include scientific publications and presentations for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, nurses, technical health professionals, and bioengineers throughout the world.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
“Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative (IRC)” ($25,000)
This grant provides undergraduate student research in Terre Haute, Indiana in the biological and chemical sciences in a 10-week, full-time program that offers students the opportunity to perform original research beyond what is available during limited classroom and laboratory time. This program will teach them skills required to become better practicing scientists, engineers, or medical professionals.

Russian American Medical Association
“Siberian Pediatric Heart Project” ($10,000)
The funds will be used to establish and support the development of a full-service pediatric and congenital heart surgery program and advancement of adult cardiac surgery program in Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia, providing cardiovascular care for a population of over three and a half million people.

Saint Joseph's Hospital - Heart Center for Women
"Heart Center for Women's Health Fair” ($7,500)
Funding will support a health fair offering heart health screenings and educational information and materials to the underserved population of women in Atlanta, Georgia.

San Joaquin Community Hospital
“Second Annual Heart and Stroke Symposium” ($3,000)
Funding will support the “Heart and Stroke Symposium” in Kern County, California, a two-day event focusing on a variety of heart and stoke topics including patient care and safety issues in the hospital setting.

Share Our Selves
“SOS Chronic Care Program” ($20,000)
This grant supports full scope medical care to uninsured Orange County residents living in poverty, including 1,100 patients with a chronic disease.

Society for Women's Health Research
“What a Difference an X Makes - Part II” ($35,000)
Society for Women's Health Research of Washington, D.C. will use these funds for their conference reviewing the progress of the last 20 years in several key areas of women’s health: pain, cancer, stroke, cardiac diagnostics and surgery, infectious diseases, depression and autoimmune diseases.

St. Joseph Hospital of Orange
“From the Heart” ($25,000)
St. Joseph Hospital of Orange will use these funds to provide cardiac screens via mobile medical clinics at locations throughout Orange County. The comprehensive cardiac screen identifies individuals at high-risk for a cardiac event.

St. Paul's Hospital Foundation of Vancouver
“McLeod Family Professorship in Valvular Heart Disease Intervention” ($50,000)
The funds will be used to improve existing resources, expand clinical research services and develop an internationally recognized program in the management of valvular heart disease in British Columbia and beyond. Funds will also help to further the development of a cutting edge transcatheter valve program, as well as the education and training of fellows, cardiologists, surgeons, anesthetists, and nurses.

Stanford University Biodesign Program
“Biodesign Innovation Program” ($25,000)
This grant will support The Biodesign Fellowship Program in Palo Alto, California, which trains next-generation leaders in biomedical technology innovation. The fellows proceed through a complete cycle of concept development, leading to real innovations that are brought forward into patient care.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
“2010 Nicaragua Program” ($50,000)
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association will use these funds to develop a nationwide program that will train 100 community volunteers and advocates how to execute a grassroots education campaign in their communities dedicated to preventing cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death.

Surgeons of Hope Foundation
“2010 Nicaragua Program” ($50,000)
The funds provide support of two pediatric cardiac surgery missions in Nicaragua to improve access to modern surgical care for indigent children with heart disease as well as rehabilitation of the operating ICU facilities at La Mascota Children’s Hospital, and development of a pediatric cardiac unit at the hospital.

The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
“Save A Heart A Day” ($50,000)
Funds will support the organization’s goal to "Save A Heart A Day." The foundation provides life-saving cardiac care to uninsured individuals by directly providing medical procedures and therapies in U.S. who would otherwise be unable to receive the cardiac-related surgeries and care they so desperately need. The foundation partners with physicians and hospitals around the country to minimize the costs of these life-saving procedures.

The Mended Hearts
“Mended Little Hearts” ($25,000)
This grant supports a nationwide program that provides education and access to needed resources to under-served families who have children with congenital heart defects assisting them to make informed decisions about care.

The Sepsis Alliance
“SA 12-Month Agenda” ($50,000)
Funding will support Code Sepsis, a four-hour interactive, virtual reality, Web-based training for critical care management of septic events in the intensive care unit and for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign representing research, clinical, public heath, industry, philanthropy, government and information technology.

University of Southern California
“Heart Failure 2010 - An Update on Therapy: Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Hypertension” ($7,000)
Funds will support this one-day symposium in Southern California designed to educate cardiologists, internists, primary care physicians and other healthcare providers by presenting evidence-based information, published guidelines and current standards of care enabling them to improve their competency and efficiency in the prevention and treatment of heart failure, arrhythmias and hypertension.

University of Virginia
“Cedimat Dominican Republic Rheumatic Heart Disease Mission” ($50,000)
These funds will be used to support two medical and teaching missions in 2010 enabling the sustained delivery of screening cardiology clinics and therapeutic options for rheumatic heart disease in underserved populations in the Dominican Republic. Funds will also be used to educate U.S. cardiology trainees to initiate and sustain humanitarian medical missions to impoverished patient populations.

Walter Sisulu Pediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa ($15,000)
These funds will be used to support cardiac surgery for underprivileged children of Africa who have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. The Centre has already provided successful cardiac intervention procedures to more than 320 children in Africa. Additionally, the program will offer education, training and skills development to the medical community on the African continent.