Grants Awarded

Years 1992-1999 Years 2000-2005

In the years between 1992 and 1999, the Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation began the process of developing partnerships with individuals, agencies, institutions and governmental bodies involved in the planning, training and providing services in the health care field.

The Foundation’s early liaisons were formed with the University Of The Virgin Islands, the USVI Department of Health, the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix and the Roy L. Schneider Hospital on St. Thomas. As needs were identified,the Foundation sought to be responsive to them. While initial medical scholarships were designed for medical students, other scholarships were created to address the shortage of trained professionals in other ancillary health fields, such as midwifery, audiology and pharmacy. Likewise, as needs were identified in equipment and training tools, the Foundation was pleased to grant awards to agencies and institutions for state of the art equipment and materials.

Once the Scholarship Program and liaisons with the major institutions were established, the Foundation was able to move on to assisting smaller, non-governmental community based agencies (“NGOs”) to support their grass-roots efforts at improving health care services in the Territories. The following summarizes the significant awards granted during this period.

SCHOLARSHIPS
St. Croix Benjamin Foundation Scholarship Program	$282,500
University of the Virgin Islands	$104,000
Partners for Health, St. Thomas	$ 80,000
Department of Health	$ 68,500
EQUIPMENT
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center, Surgery	$ 50,426
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital, Bloodmobile	$ 63,499
University of the Virgin Islands	$193,469
Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services	$ 51,472
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Charles Harwood Hospital, Dept. of Health Pharmacy Renovation	$15,000
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Department of Health
Benjamin Medical Lecture Series	$16,000
Health Education Audiovisual Library	$28,374
Tamarind Tree Clubhouse	$ 1,000
Interfaith Coalition of St. Croix	$ 3,000
Virgin Islands Mental Health Alliance	$ 2,300

In the years between 2000 and 2005, the Benjamin Foundation has continued to broaden its base of recipients of its scholarships, grants, educational programming and facilities’ renovation awards.

The following summarizes the significant awards granted during this period:

SCHOLARSHIPS
St. Croix Benjamin Foundation Scholarship Program	$53,050
University of the Virgin Islands	$104,000
EQUIPMENT
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center, St. Croix Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory	$75,886
University of the Virgin Islands Nursing Laboratories, St. Thomas & St. Croix Campuses Computer Laboratories, Nursing Programs	$109,519
Department of Health Dental Clinic	$75,886
VIPI, Portable Sonogram Machine	$14,498
Department of Health Eye Clinic	$67,478
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Roy L. Schneider Hospital Medical Library	$61,561
University of the Virgin Islands St. Croix Campus Student Health Center	$38,469
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Department of Health	$ 4,000
Benjamin Lecture Series	$ 6,500
Subscriptions	$27,301
Nursing Program	$17,539
Diabetes Educator Program	$ 7,640
Library	$ 3,859
University of the Virgin Islands Nursing Lecture Series	$22,919
UVI St. Croix Nursing Education Program, Educational software	$22,230
Gov. JFL Hospital Graduate Nursing Review Course, Cont. Ed, ACLS	$32,745
Office of Education Telecommunications	$ 1,000
Myrah Keating Smith Community Health Clinic, St. John, Library	$ 7,456
Women’s Health Perinatal Partnership, brochures and advertisements	$ 4,000
Gov. Juan F Luis Hospital Asthma Camp	$ 4,444
Ten Thousand Helpers of St. Croix, Materials for at-risk teens, Conference on Mental Health Issues	$18,188
VICARE, Brochures, radio and newspaper advertisements	$ 3,000