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2006 Grants

Neighborhoods

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

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

$50,000 in 2006
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)

$100,000 in 2006
PolicyLink

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

$40,000 in 2006
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)

$100,000 in 2006
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

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

$125,000 in 2006
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

$150,000 in 2006
National Community Development Institute

To help the Fund develop its place-based work with residents in Visitacion Valley, Bayview/Hunters Point and Lower San Antonio. $40,000

$40,000 in 2006
California Reinvestment Coalition

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

$30,000 in 2006
Citizens Housing Corporation

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

$75,000 in 2006
Chinatown Community Development Center

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

$135,000 in 2006
City of Oakland, Department of Human Services

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

$85,000 in 2006
San Francisco Organizing Project

To create a stronger, multi-ethnic voice for neighborhood revitalization in Visitacion Valley and Bayview, and advance violence prevention, affordable housing, workforce and school reform work at both the neighborhood and citywide levels. $125,000

$125,000 in 2006
San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together
Fiscal Sponsor: Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center

To enable neighborhood centers in nine low-income communities to share "back office" resources. $70,000 over two years (2006-2008)

$35,000 in 2006
Low Income Investment Fund

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

$200,000 in 2006
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)

$125,000 in 2006
San Antonio Community Development Corporation

For neighborhood improvement work, tax preparation assistance and executive transition support. $30,000

$30,000 in 2006
Glide Economic Development Corporation

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

$65,000 in 2006
Visitacion Valley Community Center, Inc.

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

$42,000 in 2006
Urban Ecology

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

$100,000 in 2006
California Housing Partnership Corporation

To identify affordable housing units at risk of converting to market rate properties and facilitate the transfer of ownership to nonprofits. $35,000

$35,000 in 2006
Communities of Opportunity
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds

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

$500,000 in 2006
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

$60,000 in 2006
Community Violence Prevention Project
Fiscal Sponsor: Parents Communication Center

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

$48,000 in 2006
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)

$280,000 in 2006
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)

$205,000 in 2006
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)

$200,000 in 2006
Harder and Company Community Research

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

$70,000 in 2006
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

For policy analysis, public education and advocacy to increase mixed-use community development and affordable housing in low-income neighborhoods. $125,000 over two years (2006-2008)

$75,000 in 2006
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

$55,000 in 2006
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)

$30,000 in 2006
St. Peter's Housing Committee
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To support its efforts in building the capacity of community members to develop solutions to displacement, lack of affordable housing, and immigrant rights violations. $60,000 over two years (2006-2008)

$30,000 in 2006
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

For the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management to develop and implement violence prevention strategies in San Francisco and Oakland. $250,000 over two years (2006-2008)

$187,500 in 2006
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)

$150,000 in 2006
Center for Third World Organizing

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

$35,000 in 2006
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

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

$100,000 in 2006
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

$40,000 in 2006
Transportation and Land Use Coalition

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

$62,500 in 2006
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

$75,000 in 2006
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

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

$50,000 in 2006
Andrew J. Wong, Inc.

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

$48,000 in 2006
Safe Passages
Fiscal Sponsor: East Bay Community Foundation

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

$40,000 in 2006
Alameda County Health Care Foundation

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

$30,000 in 2006
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)

$200,000 in 2006
Asian Pacific Environmental Network

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

$50,000 in 2006
Asian Neighborhood Design, Inc.

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

$60,000 in 2006
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

$50,000 in 2006
National Low Income Housing Coalition

To an organization dedicated to increasing and improving affordable housing resources available to low-income families and individuals. $75,000

$75,000 in 2006
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation

To increase its capacity to acquire and develop properties along the Third Street Commercial Corridor in Bayview/Hunters Point. $50,000

$50,000 in 2006
South of Market Community Action Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Development Institute

To engage South of Market residents in neighborhood planning. $100,000 over two years. (2005-2007)

$50,000 in 2006
Mission Economic Development Association

To advance neighborhood revitalization and economic success for working class families in the Mission and to expand financial services to Visitacion Valley and Bayview families. $225,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$125,000 in 2006
Alliance for West Oakland Development

For predevelopment activities for the Mandela Transit Village in West Oakland. $100,00 over two years (2005-2007)

$50,000 in 2006
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

For general support to educate city officials and community groups regarding best practices around affordable housing policy. $100,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$50,000 in 2006
Congregations Organizing for Renewal

To increase affordable housing, neighborhood safety and youth development opportunities in southern Alameda County and to give residents a greater voice in the county and regionally. $120,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$60,000 in 2006
Urban Resource Systems

For the Neighborhood Parks Council to help residents and San Francisco's Recreation and Parks Department develop exemplary practices for neighborhood parks, particularly in low-income communities, and to plan for a new waterfront park. $300,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$150,000 in 2006
Affordable Housing Associates

For physical revitalization of the Lower San Antonio neighborhood. $80,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$40,000 in 2006
East Bay Housing Organizations

To advance policies that promote community development in Oakland's low-income neighborhoods. $80,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$40,000 in 2006
Senior Action Network

To mobilize a multi-ethnic group of seniors to advocate for neighborhood improvements in Visitacion Valley, South of Market, and the Tenderloin. $80,000 over two years. (2005-2007)

$40,000 in 2006
Community Housing Partnership

To revitalize the Tenderloin by developing mixed-use, supportive housing projects and engaging its tenants in community improvement efforts. $150,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$75,000 in 2006
Enterprise Community Partners

For the Frederick Rose Architectural Fellows program to help residents and local community development organizations revitalize Visitacion Valley and South of Market. $180,000 over three years (2005-2008)

$60,000 in 2006
Urban Strategies Council

To transform Oakland's low-income neighborhoods into healthy, vibrant communities by developing a citywide economic development policy agenda that benefits low-income families. $180,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$85,000 in 2006
Mercy Housing California

To improve housing conditions and services for Visitacion Valley families and develop affordable family housing and nonprofit/retail space in mixed-use projects in San Francisco and Oakland. $265,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$125,000 in 2006
Grants of $25,000 and Under
Mission Community Council
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Social Compact
Chinatown Community Development Center
San Francisco Organizing Project
Inner City Advisors
Visitacion Valley Community Center, Inc.
Neighborhood Funders Group
Bridgespan Group, Inc.
Tenderloin Housing Clinic
Northern California Community Loan Fund

Children, Youth and Families

Youth Development