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2006 Grants

Community

ACORN Institute

For one-time support for recovery and rebuilding work as a result of Hurricane Katrina. $175,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department

For fire, disaster and emergency services. $40,000

California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

For the African American Breast Cancer Relief Fund and for the Program in Medicine and Human Values. $30,000

Center for Governmental Studies

To develop a plan for a campaign to improve the performance and accountability of state government. $77,000

Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund

To provide emergency assistance to families and individuals in the Bay Area. $250,000

Council on Foundations

For membership dues. $40,000

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

For Crissy Field improvements and to support stewardship of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. $65,000

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

For general support. $250,000

National Center for Family Philanthropy

To provide high-quality resources to strengthen family philanthropy, and to develop a business plan. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, Inc.

For one-time support for recovery and rebuilding work as a result of Hurricane Katrina. $50,000

NeighborWorks America

For one-time support for recovery and rebuilding work as a result of Hurricane Katrina. $175,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco Botanical Garden Society

For a capital campaign. $50,000

San Francisco Foundation

For an advised fund. $40,000

San Francisco Foundation

For an advised fund. $200,000

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

For annual support and sponsorship of its 2007 Modern Ball. $200,000

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

To support exhibitions in 2007, 'Picasso and American Art' and 'Jeff Wall.' $200,000

San Francisco Symphony

For enhanced marketing of Keeping Score, a recognition event, and for general support. $135,000

Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc.

For one-time support for recovery and rebuilding work as a result of Hurricane Katrina. $100,000

Team-Up for Youth

To expand programs into four Bay Area counties. $5,500,000 over five years (2006-2011)

University of California, Berkeley

For Cal Performances' Centennial Campaign Creative Venture Fund. $100,000 over five years (2006-2011)

University of California, Berkeley Foundation

For an advised fund. $1,000,000

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

For general support to provide contemporary arts programming that encourages discourse on important social issues. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)


Community - Critical Assistance

Alameda County Community Food Bank

For the acquisition and distribution of nutritious food to the hunger relief network in Alameda County. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Food Runners

To expand pick-up and delivery of salvaged food for San Francisco shelters and food programs. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco Food Bank

To expand its food distribution programs. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)


Education Opportunities

Family Connections

To expand school readiness and family support centers for working-poor families. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Oakland Ready to Learn, Inc.

To support an innovative partnership to promote school readiness among children in Lower San Antonio. $110,000 over two years (2006-2008)


Families

Bay Area Network for Diversity Teaching in Early Childhood
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

To improve the ability of early education programs to meet the needs of Latino and Asian immigrant families. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network

To increase the ability of low-income parents to advocate for quality child care, economic justice and improved education in Lower San Antonio and Visitacion Valley. $80,000 over two years (2006-2008)

California Budget Project

To analyze policies that impact low-income families in California. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Cambodian Community Development, Inc.

To help Southeast Asian refugees in Lower San Antonio build a safer, more economically viable community. $95,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Career Ladders Project
Fiscal Sponsor: Foundation for California Community Colleges

To develop strategies for strengthening the role of community colleges in neighborhood job development programs. $50,000

Children's Council of San Francisco

To improve the quality of family child care providers for children of working-poor parents in Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point. $40,000

Chinese Progressive Association

To improve the job prospects of Asian Americans in Bayview/Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

CityBuild
Fiscal Sponsor: Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development

To train and place nearly 400 low-income residents in quality construction jobs. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning

To expand employer-financed training and education benefits for low-wage workers. $50,000

Earned Assets Resource Network Inc

To connect working-poor families in low-income neighborhoods to asset-building opportunities and mainstream financial services. $400,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Family Independence Initiative

To assist working-poor families to save and build assets. $35,000

Florence Crittenton Services

For employment training for low-income families in Visitacion Valley and Bayview. $50,000

Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties, Inc.

To train and place Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point residents into trucking careers. $150,000

Jewish Vocational Service

To build a healthcare jobs pipeline for residents in Visitacion Valley. $165,000

Legal Aid Society of San Francisco

To ensure that low-income families in the Bay Area learn about California's Paid Family Leave law. $40,000

Low-Income Families' Empowerment through Education

To help parents obtain higher education and move into careers that support their families. $160,000 over two years (2006-2008)

New America Foundation

To develop and promote new local and state asset-building policies and programs for low-income families. $60,000

Oakland Workers Center Consortium
Fiscal Sponsor: Centro Legal De La Raza, Inc.

For the creation of the Oakland Workers Center to support immigrant workers in Lower San Antonio. $75,000

San Francisco Works
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation

For an initiative to elevate awareness of issues affecting the working-poor and efforts to connect low-income working families to public benefits and other work supports. $80,000

University of California, Berkeley – Center for Labor Research and Education (Labor Center)

For the Job Quality Research and Education Initiative. $60,000

Village Workforce Collaborative
Fiscal Sponsor: Florence Crittenton Services

To provide comprehensive pre-employment services and supports to families living in Visitacion Valley. $75,000

Women's Action to Gain Economic Security

To create jobs for Latinas who live in Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Women's Initiative for Self Employment

To help Latinas in Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale increase household income. $35,000

Youth Employment Partnership, Inc.

To expand job training and placement services for Lower San Antonio residents, especially in construction careers. $40,000


Gay and Lesbian Rights

Alliance for Justice

To protect civil rights by promoting a fair and independent judiciary and to defend the rights of nonprofits to advocate on behalf of their constituencies. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California

To support safer schools, marriage equality and immigrant rights. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California

To bolster the organization's local civil rights capacity through the Voices of Our Future capital campaign. $500,000

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.

To build the legal, communications, advocacy and fundraising capacity through education about the need for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. $100,000

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.

To bolster the organization's national civil rights capacity through the national Strategic Affiliate Investment Initiative. $500,000 over five years (2006-2011)

Ark of Refuge, Inc.

To educate and train a multidenominational network of supportive African American clergy and lay faith-leaders. $40,000

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

For the Freedom to Marry Collaborative's multistate public education effort to win public acceptance of the idea of same-sex marriage. $300,000

Balm In Gilead

To launch the African American Faith Based HIV/AIDS Policy Institute to provide culturally appropriate education to religious leaders and policymakers. $50,000

Black Coalition on AIDS

For expanded HIV-prevention services for African American gays and lesbians. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

California HIV/AIDS Research Program

To prepare organizations in communities of color to implement new HIV-prevention strategies and to determine future directions for AIDS Partnership California. $75,000

Equality California Institute

For a statewide public education and media campaign to raise awareness about discrimination against lesbian and gay couples and their families. $100,000

Equality California Institute

To build the legal, communications, advocacy and fundraising capacity to educate about the need for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. $125,000

Equality Federation Institute

For training staff and volunteer leaders of statewide gay and lesbian advocacy organizations on strategic and organizational leadership. $40,000

Family Builders by Adoption

To improve the care of Bay Area gay and lesbian youth in foster care. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Family Equality Council

For the Real Families Real Facts campaign to disseminate research on and advocate for gay and lesbian parenting. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Funders for LGBTQ Issues

To expand programs educating funders about racial, economic and gender issues within the gay and lesbian community. $40,000

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

To build the legal, communications, advocacy and fundraising capacity to educate about the need for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. $75,000

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc.

For strategic communications leadership for lesbian and gay organizations, and to increase public understanding of gay people of color, gay people of faith and gay married couples. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute

For the Horizons State Project, to increase the number of openly gay individuals in public service through training community leaders and state LGBT organizations how to run campaigns for public office. $75,000

GLSEN

To expand efforts in 12 states to promote policies that protect students from anti-gay harassment. $29,250

GLSEN

To expand efforts in 12 states to promote policies that protect students from anti-gay harassment. $50,750

GLSEN

To expand efforts across 12 states to promote policies protecting students from anti-gay harassment, and to launch a national, safe-schools public education campaign. $350,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Horizons Foundation

To strengthen the leadership of key lesbian and gay organizations and increase donor contributions. $220,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

For research and public education on a faith-based case for gay and lesbian equality. $50,000

Immigration Equality

To educate the public about discrimination experienced by same-sex bi-national couples in the United States. $50,000

Jewish Mosaic

To develop gay-affirming policies and programs in Jewish community institutions. $80,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

To build the legal, communications, advocacy and fundraising capacity to educate about the need for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. $100,000

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Early Childhood Education Initiative
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

For the LGBT Early Childhood Education Initiative, to expand teacher and parent training to increase the number of lesbian and gay family-friendly early childhood programs. $50,000

LGBT Labor Leadership Initiative

To ensure equal benefits protections for gay and lesbian workers. $30,000

Liberty Education Forum

For Reaching the Heartland, a project to increase support for gay and lesbian equality. $50,000

National Center for Lesbian Rights

To build the legal, communications, advocacy and fundraising capacity to educate about the need for marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. $100,000

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation

To strengthen the capacity of lesbian and gay statewide organizations and to counter religiously based homophobia. $400,000 over two years (2006-2008)

New Leaf: Services for Our Community

For HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Our Family Coalition

For education, resources and advocacy for gay and lesbian parents and their families. $75,000

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

To strengthen California and western state chapters to educate and advocate on behalf of state and local safe-school and family-recognition policies. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

People for the American Way Foundation

For public education and organizing to support gay and lesbian equality. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Project Inform

To increase access to treatment for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, through public education and advocacy efforts. $35,000

Proteus Fund

For the Civil Marriage Collaborative, to build state and local grassroots constituencies that support equality for gay couples and families. $350,000

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

For HIV advocacy and policy work and a prevention program for gay and bisexual African American men. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco LGBT Community Center

To strengthen internal fundraising capacity. $50,000

Soulforce

To support efforts to challenge religiously based discrimination against gay and lesbian college students. $30,000

Tenderloin Health

To facilitate a merger between Tenderloin agencies that provide HIV prevention and care. $45,000

Transgender Law Center

To overcome bias and discrimination based on gender stereotypes. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

True

To reduce discrimination and violence caused by gender stereotypes in campuses and workplaces, and to expand anti-bullying work with youth of color. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Union Theological Seminary

To increase the acceptance of gays and lesbians by developing best practices for comprehensive training in human sexuality for emerging religious leaders. $75,000 over two years (2006-2008)

University of California, Los Angeles – School of Law

To produce and disseminate policy studies on protections for gay and lesbian couples and families. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)


Immigrant Rights

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.

To protect and expand the legal rights of immigrants. $170,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Asian American Justice Center

To promote Asian American civic participation. $250,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates

To develop the leadership and organizing skills of immigrant women and youth to engage in the immigrant rights movement. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Asian Law Caucus, Inc.

To engage Northern California Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the immigration reform debate. $30,000

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

To coordinate Asian American advocates for immigrant rights and civic participation in Southern California. $170,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools

To support a network of K-8 small schools in Oakland to close the achievement gap among racial minority and immigrant students. $75,000

Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

To raise the voices of grassroots immigrant communities in the reform debate. $80,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Californians for Justice Education Fund, Inc.

To organize low-income immigrant youth and parents to advocate for quality education. $160,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Center for Community Change

To strengthen the capacity of regional groups to intensify grassroots action for immigrant rights. $200,000

Chinese for Affirmative Action

For immigrant civic engagement and job assistance in Visitacion Valley. $75,000

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

To mobilize immigrants to advocate for their rights and reform. $75,000

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy

To promote immigrant rights and economic opportunities for low-wage workers. $130,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Filipinos for Affirmative Action

To promote Filipino immigrant rights and civic engagement. $90,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Four Freedoms Fund
Fiscal Sponsor: Public Interest Projects, Inc.

To support regional groups in 17 states, including California, to strengthen the immigrant voice in the reform debate. $1,500,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

To move the philanthropic sector to address the need for immigration reform and immigrant civic engagement. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

To provide trainings, materials and advocacy to advance immigrant rights. $170,000 over two years (2006-2008)

International Institute of the East Bay

To help integrate immigrants and refugees into American society. $40,000

Legal Momentum

To organize national women's groups as allies for immigrant rights. $40,000

Mission High School
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco School Alliance Foundation

To improve academic achievement through small learning communities that personalize teaching and student support services. $35,000

Mujeres Unidas y Activas

To help Latina immigrants become advocates for immigrant rights. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

National Day Laborer Organizing Network

To organize day laborers to participate fully in the national immigration reform debate. $50,000

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc.

To mobilize grassroots participation in immigrant rights campaigns. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Pacific News Service / New America Media

To strengthen the communications capacity of the immigrant rights movement and to promote youth engagement in violence prevention. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action

To increase the capacity of Bay Area groups to develop immigrant leadership and increase newcomer civic participation. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Radio Bilingue, Inc.

To support Spanish-language radio programming on immigrant rights in California and other states. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network

To provide leadership training and advocacy for immigrant rights. $120,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Small Schools for Equity

For June Jordan High School, to improve academic achievement of disadvantaged students through improved teaching, learning and a college-going culture. $110,000 over two years (2006-2008)

University of California - Hastings College of the Law

To support the development of national asylum policies to protect undocumented female immigrants fleeing gender-based persecution. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

University of California, Berkeley – Boalt School of Law

For the Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity to conduct a multidisciplinary research agenda to address immigrant and civil rights issues. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)


Leadership

API Wellness Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $80,000

BoardSource

To develop and disseminate tools and resources for strengthening board performance. $100,000

Chinatown Community Development Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $92,000

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $76,000

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

To expand and deepen leadership services and for the development of a board governance initiative. $225,000 over two years (2006-2008)

East Bay Asian Youth Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $76,000

FSG, Inc.

For a scan of regional and national philanthropic efforts to strengthen nonprofit boards. $46,000

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $100,000

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $100,000

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

To educate grantmakers about investments in leadership development that strengthen nonprofit performance. $85,000

Leadership Learning Community
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To research and disseminate best practices on leadership development. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

LeaderSpring
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To provide a two-year leadership development program for nonprofit executives in San Francisco and Alameda counties. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Northern California Community Loan Fund

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $95,000

Oakland Community Organizations, Inc.

For a Flexible Leadership Award. $61,000

San Francisco Human Services Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

To give community-based nonprofits a stronger voice in the development of local policy. $60,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco Organizing Project

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $68,000

Taproot Foundation

To provide pro bono communications and marketing services to Bay Area nonprofits. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Tides Center

To evaluate progress and design the program for the second year of the Flexible Leadership Awards. $50,000

Tides Center

To implement the second year of the Flexible Leadership Awards program and to plan for evaluation and expansion. $250,000

Urban Institute

To conduct a study on the challenges, roles and characteristics of governance among midsize nonprofits. $79,000


Neighborhoods

Alameda County Health Care Foundation

For a youth violence-prevention program at Highland Hospital in Oakland. $30,000

Andrew J. Wong Incorporated

To build the capacity of local violence-prevention collaboratives to better understand and respond to gun-related youth violence. $48,000

Asian Neighborhood Design, Inc.

To advance neighborhood planning in Visitacion Valley, South of Market, Tenderloin and the Mission. $60,000

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

To organize and train Asian immigrant residents of Lower San Antonio to advocate for increased jobs, affordable housing and community development. $50,000

Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

For community organizing, resident leadership development and neighborhood planning. $85,000 over two years (2006-2008)

BRIDGE Housing Corporation

To advance large, mixed-use projects along transit corridors in Visitacion Valley, Bayview, Lower San Antonio and West Oakland. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

California Housing Partnership Corporation

To preserve affordable housing in San Francisco and Oakland. $35,000

California Reinvestment Coalition

To advocate for greater bank and insurance company investment in low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco and Oakland. $30,000

Center for Third World Organizing

To train organizers in communities of color. $35,000

Chinatown Community Development Center

To strengthen and expand its core community development work and to train the next generation of organizational and community leaders. $250,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Citizens Housing Corporation

To prevent the displacement of working-poor families in Bayview and other low-income neighborhoods by building large, mixed-use developments near transit. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

City of Oakland, Department of Human Services

To support the development of a citywide strategic violence-prevention partnership in Oakland. $170,000

Communities of Opportunity
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

To launch the Communities of Opportunity Initiative in Bayview and Visitacion Valley. $1,000,000 over two years (2006-2008)

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

To advance community development, resident engagement and family economic success in Lower San Antonio. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Filipino American Development Foundation

To help San Francisco's low-income Filipino families participate in community planning efforts and gain greater access to economic opportunities and affordable housing. $45,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Glide Economic Development Corporation

For predevelopment activities for a mixed-use transit village in the Tenderloin. $65,000

Harder and Company Community Research

To build strong violence prevention partnerships in San Francisco and Oakland. $100,000

Harvard University - JFK School of Government

For the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, to develop and implement violence-prevention strategies in San Francisco and Oakland. $125,000

Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To train and organize Visitacion Valley and Bayview residents living in public and private subsidized housing to improve their living conditions. $40,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Inner City Advisors

To provide technical assistance to small businesses in inner-city neighborhoods in ways that help create additional employment opportunities for local residents. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

To promote resident-driven community initiatives in Lower San Antonio, Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

To build the capacity of local community development organizations and improve commercial corridors in Visitacion Valley, Lower San Antonio, Bayview and Fruitvale. $400,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Low Income Investment Fund

For Bay Area community development, childcare programs and for its permanent capital fund. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

National Community Development Institute

To develop a plan for resident leadership and engagement in Visitacion Valley, Bayview/Hunters Point and Lower San Antonio. $40,000

National Low Income Housing Coalition

To increase and improve affordable housing resources available for low-income families and individuals. $75,000

National Low Income Housing Coalition

To increase and improve affordable housing resources available for low-income families and individuals. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

To increase access to affordable housing for low-income and working-poor families. $125,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Northern California Community Loan Fund

To assist in the creation of the Lower San Antonio Community Development Fund, a predevelopment and acquisition pool. $150,000

Northern California Community Loan Fund

To increase loans, grants and technical assistance in low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco and Oakland, and for capital support. $250,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Oakland Community Organizations, Inc.

To develop community leadership to improve affordable housing, safety and education for Oakland's low-income families. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Partnership for Working Families

To promote the development and use of model community benefits policies and best practices for economic development in low-income communities in Oakland and San Francisco. $40,000

PolicyLink

To develop strategies for neighborhood revitalization in the context of regional policy opportunities. $40,000

Safe Passages

To strengthen a public/private partnership assisting children and youth exposed to violence in Oakland. $40,000

San Antonio Community Development Corporation

For neighborhood improvement efforts and tax assistance for working-poor families in Oakland's San Antonio district. $30,000

San Francisco ACORN
Fiscal Sponsor: American Institute for Social Justice, Inc.

To organize community residents to solve neighborhood problems in Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point. $60,000

San Francisco Housing Development Corporation

To advance mixed-use projects along Bayview's Third Street transit corridor and advocate for land use and development policies that benefit existing residents. $50,000

San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together
Fiscal Sponsor: Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

To enable neighborhood centers in nine low-income San Francisco communities to share resources and infrastructure costs to better serve residents and their families. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco Organizing Project

To create a stronger, multiethnic voice for neighborhood revitalization in Visitacion Valley and Bayview, and to advance violence prevention, affordable housing, workforce and school reform work. $125,000

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association

To lend expertise and support to neighborhood planning in Visitacion Valley, Bayview/Hunters Point and South of Market. $55,000

St. Peter's Housing Committee
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To organize Latino immigrants in the Mission District to advocate for neighborhood improvements and immigrant rights. $60,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Survivors' Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Parents Communication Center

To strengthen and support a resident-driven prevention partnership in Visitacion Valley mobilizing to address youth violence. $48,000

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

For predevelopment activities related to large-scale, mixed-use family housing development in the Tenderloin. $125,000

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

To strengthen organizational effectiveness and create a stronger resident voice. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

TransForm

To give residents a greater voice in the development of transit villages and related improvements in Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale, and to catalyze a broad community planning process. $125,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Trust for Public Land

To create and maintain safe, inviting parks in low-income neighborhoods, and finish Visitacion Valley's Greenway Project. $430,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Unity Council

To expand core programs, train immigrants for living-wage jobs and complete tenant improvements for the Fruitvale Transit Village. $300,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Urban Ecology

For community planning to improve public spaces and schoolyards in Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale. $100,000

Urban Habitat

For the Social Equity Caucus to build leadership in low-income communities to advocate for equitable regional policies on land use, housing, jobs, and transportation. $50,000

Visitacion Valley Community Center

To support youth-led violence-prevention efforts and build resident partnerships in Visitacion Valley. $42,000

Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation

For a community revitalization plan to identify the levels of affordable housing, jobs, safety and youth services needed for low-income families to remain and thrive in Visitacion Valley. $75,000

Youth Employment Partnership, Inc.

To plan for employment training for hard-to-employ youth in Lower San Antonio and for renovation of the Partnership's building facade. $50,000


Youth

Alternatives in Action

For the HOME project, to provide after-school leadership activities for low-income youth of color in Oakland and West Alameda. $120,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Asian Community Mental Health Board

To support AYPAL, an after-school youth leadership program for low-income Asian Pacific Islander youth. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Bay Area SCORES
Fiscal Sponsor: America SCORES

For expansion of its after-school sports and academic programs. $30,000

Boston Consulting Group

To develop an implementation plan for California's After School for All initiative. $125,000

Boys and Girls Clubs of Oakland

For after-school programs at three clubhouses serving low-income African American youth in Oakland. $40,000

Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco

To increase its effectiveness in Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point, and raise attendance in all eight clubs. $125,000

Center for Collaborative Solutions

To develop a visionary leadership training program for upcoming after-school leaders in California. $50,000

Center for Media Justice

To strengthen youth organizers' media and communication skills to affect media policy. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

East Bay Asian Youth Center

To engage youth and parents from Lower San Antonio in expanding after-school programs, improving local schools, and increasing residents' access to jobs and affordable housing. $100,000

EastSide Arts Alliance

For youth leadership and cultural and community building activities in Lower San Antonio. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California

For advocacy to increase access to high quality after-school programs, promote universal preschool, and help build local violence prevention efforts. $200,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Finance Project

To create resource guides to help new after-school programs in California find additional funds for their programs. $80,000

First Place Fund for Youth

For supportive housing for youth who are leaving the foster care system. $60,000 over two years (2006-2008)

FowlerHoffman LLC

To produce an on-line resource toolkit to help schools and nonprofits start high-quality after-school programs. $30,000

FowlerHoffman LLC

To encourage low-income schools throughout the state to apply for new after-school funding for the first time. $50,000

GirlSource

To expand an after-school technology and leadership program for girls in Visitacion Valley and Sunnydale. $75,000 over two years (2006-2008)

International Institute of the Bay Area

For YouthCares, a youth leadership and employment program for low-income immigrant teens in San Francisco. $65,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Jamestown Community Center, Inc.

For after-school programs for low-income youth in the Mission. $100,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center

To support gay and lesbian teenagers and strengthen the organization as a leading resource for youth in the gay community. $40,000

Literacy for Environmental Justice

For a youth leadership development program in Bayview/Hunters Point. $35,000

Mentoring Center

For an intensive mentoring program for low-income African American and Latino youth in West Oakland and Lower San Antonio. $35,000

Museum of Children's Art

For arts-based youth development activities for low-income multicultural youth in Lower San Antonio, Fruitvale, and West Oakland. $80,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Omega Boys Club of San Francisco

For academic tutoring and life skills programs for low-income African American youth. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Pacific Center for Human Growth

For after-school leadership, academic help, and social support activities for gay and lesbian youth. $35,000

Playworks

For sports, leadership, and after-school opportunities for low-income children. $125,000 over two years (2006-2008)

San Francisco Beacon Initiative
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco School Alliance Foundation

To help complete a strategic planning process for the Beacons and strengthen the quality of the Beacon centers. $42,150

Team-Up for Youth

To develop a communications plan and materials. $100,000

YMCA of San Francisco

To ready the organization for significant expansion. $150,000 over two years (2007-2008)

Youth Law Center

For policy recommendations to hold California's juvenile justice system accountable for successful rehabilitation of young people. $50,000

Youth Radio

To expand a broadcast program for teens. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Youth Together

To train multiracial youth leaders to work on improving high school conditions in the East Bay. $150,000 over two years (2006-2008)

Youth Treatment and Education Center

For an after-school enrichment and leadership program. $50,000 over two years (2006-2008)

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