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2007 Grants

Community

California Forward
Fiscal Sponsor: Commonwealth Club of California

To help launch a campaign to reform California's governance and fiscal systems. $750,000 over three years (2007-2010)

California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

For general support. $42,500

Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego

For emergency services for farm workers who are unemployed as a result of the winter freeze. $30,000

Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund

To provide emergency assistance to families and individuals in the Bay Area. $300,000

City Fields Foundation
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation

To improve the quality of and increase access to public playfields in San Francisco. $250,000 over four years (2007-2011)

Council on Foundations

For membership dues. $40,000

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

For communications consulting, the Trails Forever Initiative, and general support. $55,000

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

For capital enhancements at Crissy Field. $1,500,000 over 10 years (2007-2017)

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

For the Presidio Trails and Bikeways and Rob Hill Campground. $15,000,000 over 10 years (2007-2017)

Independent Sector

To provide a strong voice for the nonprofit sector. $250,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

For general support. $250,000

San Francisco Foundation

For an advised fund. $42,000

San Francisco Foundation

For an advised fund. $200,000

United Way of Tulare County

For emergency services for farm workers who are unemployed as a result of the winter freeze. $40,000

Ventura County Community Foundation

For emergency services for farm workers who are unemployed as a result of the winter freeze. $30,000

WETA TV

For community outreach efforts targeting underserved audiences for the Ken Burns film, 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea.' $2,500,000 over three years (2007-2010)


Community - Critical Assistance


Education Opportunities

Good Samaritan Family Resource Center

To provide comprehensive services to newly arrived Latino immigrants. $100,000 over two years (2007-2009)

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

To build the Beacon Initiative's capacity to be a resource and model for the youth development field. $183,000 over two years (2007-2009)


Families

Bank on San Francisco
Fiscal Sponsor: Earned Asset Resource Network Inc

To start a program that will give 10,000 low-income residents access to financial services. $76,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Bay Area Asset-Building Support Center
Fiscal Sponsor: Earned Asset Resource Network Inc

To strengthen the quality of asset-building services and supports for low-income families. $50,000

Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation

For a public/private partnership to move low-wage workers into jobs with career paths in health care and biotechnology. $200,000

Child Care Law Center

To monitor and promote policies that give low-income families access to affordable, high-quality child care. $35,000

Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

For an assessment of and recommendations for improvements to San Francisco's One Stop employment training and placement program. $50,000

Corporation for Enterprise Development

For a broad array of asset-building programs for low-income children and families. $175,000

Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, Ltd.

To craft policy solutions for protecting low-income families from predatory lending practices. $30,000

East Bay Agency for Children

To the Hawthorne Family Resource Center, for parent support and after-school and wellness activities for children and families in the Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale neighborhoods. $35,000

Insight Center for Community Economic Development

To develop a workforce development pipeline in Lower San Antonio. $135,000

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

To promote literacy in low-income preschoolers in Visitacion Valley and Bayview. $80,000

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

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

To support the development of Centers for Working Families, a promising model program that integrates employment training and financial services for low-income families. $40,000

Mission Asset Fund
Fiscal Sponsor: Mission Asset Fund

For a new community-managed fund to support the economic development of low-income residents of the Mission District, particularly immigrant families. $100,000

New America Foundation

To develop and promote new local and state asset-building policies and programs for low-income families. $125,000

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

To help low-income immigrants and their families become self-sufficient and advocate for their own success. $75,000

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

To support policies and programs connecting low-income families applying for the Working Families Credit to critical income benefits and supports. $135,000

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

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


Gay and Lesbian Rights

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.

To support safer schools, marriage equality and gay and lesbian civil rights through advocacy, public education and litigation. $100,000

API Wellness Center

To expand HIV-prevention programs and reduce HIV stigma in Bay Area Asian and Pacific Islander communities. $200,000 over two years (2007-2009)

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

California Safe Schools Coalition
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center

To help eliminate discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation in California schools. $150,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry

To expand the Bay Area Coalition of Welcoming Congregations and to provide training for supportive faith-leaders nationwide. $150,000

COLAGE

To expand grassroots organizing by children of gay and lesbian parents. $75,000

Community United Against Violence

To address anti-gay violence and increase police accountability. $50,000

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

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

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 educate the general public about the importance of marriage equality and other civil protections for same-sex couples. $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

Funders for LGBTQ Issues

To launch the Racial Equity Campaign to educate funders about racial, economic and gender issues within the gay and lesbian community. $40,000

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

To advance gay and lesbian same-sex marriage and civil rights. $75,000

Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute

To increase the number of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in public service. $75,000

Gay Men's Health Crisis

For the HIV Prevention Defense Initiative to promote fair and scientifically based federal HIV prevention policies. $50,000

Gay-Straight Alliance Network

To support youth-led efforts to reduce anti-gay harassment and bullying in schools. $200,000 over two years (2007-2009)

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. $250,000

GroundSpark

To provide education, outreach, and training to prevent bullying and anti-gay violence among youth. $100,000.

Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion -- Institute for Judaism & Sexual Orientation

To develop a formal network of gay-affirming synagogues and to increase advocacy, training and outreach within the Jewish Reform Movement. $150,000

Immigration Equality

To advocate for the equitable treatment of gay and lesbian immigrants and their families in the United States. $50,000

Integrity

To strengthen faith-based outreach and advocacy in the Episcopal Church. $100,000

Liberty Education Forum

For Reaching the Heartland, to shift public opinion and educate rural and religious communities on LGBT equality. $50,000

Lutherans Concerned/North America

To strengthen faith-based outreach and advocacy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. $100,000

Mental Health America

For a national anti-bullying campaign to train Latino parents to talk with youth about sexual orientation and prejudice. $100,000

More Light Presbyterians

To strengthen faith-based outreach and advocacy that promotes full inclusion of gay and lesbian people within the Presbyterian Church USA. $75,000

National Black Justice Coalition

To engage African American communities and leaders in support of same-sex marriage and gay civil rights. $150,000

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation

For the Institute for Welcoming Resources, to develop a strategic vision and provide increased training, outreach and educational resources for the faith-based equality movement. $150,000

Our Family Coalition

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

Parent Services Project, Inc.

To replicate a college course designed to help childcare teachers affirm gay and lesbian families, and for succession planning. $70,000

Progressive Christians Uniting

To develop strategies that encourage moderate faith-leaders to support gay and lesbian equality. $150,000

Proteus Fund

For the Civil Marriage Collaborative, to build state and local grassroots constituencies that support equality for gay couples and families. $900,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Reconciling Ministries Network

To strengthen gay-supportive advocacy, outreach and leadership training within the United Methodist Church. $150,000

Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing
Fiscal Sponsor: Christian Community

To educate religious communities about the importance of welcoming gays and lesbians. $75,000

Religious Voices Project
Fiscal Sponsor: People for the American Way Foundation

To conduct a national survey and develop strategies for engaging moderate religious leaders. $225,000 over two years (2007-2009)

San Francisco LGBT Community Center

To strengthen internal fundraising capacity and expand programming. $50,000

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

For legal assistance, organizing and education campaigns to challenge the military's anti-gay policies and practices; and to develop a new strategic plan. $160,000

State Equality Fund
Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Foundation

For multistate public education and advocacy for antidiscrimination and family-recognition policies that protect gay individuals and their families. $500,000 over two years (2007-2009)

United Church of Christ Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns

To strengthen faith-based outreach and advocacy in the United Church of Christ. $50,000

University of California, Santa Barbara – Michael D. Palm Center

For the Michael D. Palm Center, to research and educate the public about integrating gays in the military. $150,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Vital Visions Incorporated

To distribute the video, 'Renewal or Ruin,' aimed at countering anti-gay organizing in mainline Christian denominations. $59,825


Immigrant Rights

American Immigration Law Foundation

To support nonpartisan research and analysis on immigration policy. $50,000

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

To promote awareness of the impact of Pacific Coast immigration on America's history and present-day diversity. $50,000

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

To increase philanthropic investments in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. $30,000

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

To expand philanthropy in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. $30,000

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

Center for Community Change

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

Center for New Community

To develop a national organizing and media campaign to respond to anti-immigrant attacks. $75,000

Chinese for Affirmative Action

To help low-income Asian parents in Visitacion Valley access employment services and become parent leaders in their children's schools. $75,000

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

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

Dreams Across America
Fiscal Sponsor: Liberty Hill Foundation

To raise public awareness about the realities of immigrant life in the United States. $50,000

Economic Policy Institute

To provide information about the role of immigrants in the labor market. $100,000

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

To equip farmworkers to advocate for improved living and working conditions. $100,000

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

To build the policy, advocacy, and fundraising capacity to protect immigrant rights. $200,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Gamaliel Foundation

To increase public understanding and support for immigrant rights through education, community organizing and leadership training for diverse communities. $75,000

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

To develop a comprehensive agenda for immigrant integration in California. $120,000

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights

To advance the civil rights and liberties of immigrants. $50,000

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund

To promote immigration reform and maintain an independent judiciary. $150,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Legal Momentum

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

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

To build the policy, advocacy, litigation and fundraising capacity to protect immigrant rights. $200,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Migration Policy Institute

To develop a new framework for immigration reform and immigrant integration. $125,000

National Council of La Raza

To protect and promote the civil rights of Latinos. $125,000

National Council of La Raza

To build the policy, advocacy, and fundraising capacity to protect immigrant rights. $250,000 over two years (2007-2009)

National Day Laborer Organizing Network

To organize day laborers to protect their constitutional rights. $50,000

National Immigration Forum

To build the policy, advocacy, and fundraising capacity to protect immigrant rights. $250,000 over two years (2007-2009)

National Immigration Law Center

To protect rights and advance opportunities for low-income immigrants. $125,000

New Sanctuary Movement

To develop a national faith-based coalition to advocate for the need for immigration reform. $100,000

PICO California

To provide leadership training to engage immigrants in policy issues affecting their lives and communities. $100,000

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund

To help local communities challenge anti-immigrant sentiment and policies. $50,000

Syracuse University

For the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, to provide timely nonpartisan data and analysis on immigration policy. $50,000


Leadership

API Wellness Center

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

BoardSource

To develop and disseminate information and practical resources to strengthen the performance of board members. $100,000

Building Movement Project
Fiscal Sponsor: Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action

To identify successful leadership development practices in small social-change groups. $45,000

California Association of Nonprofits

To educate California's nonprofits about state regulations that affect the way they do business and to improve nonprofit accountability. $30,000

Chinatown Community Development Center

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

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

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

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $91,000

East Bay Asian Youth Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $57,000

Gay-Straight Alliance Network

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $92,000

National Center for Lesbian Rights

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

Northern California Grantmakers

To strengthen local philanthropic effectiveness through public policy work and professional development programs for grantmakers. $65,000

Oakland Community Organizations, Inc.

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $54,000

Taproot Foundation

To provide pro bono professional services. $100,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Tides Center

To support the ongoing design, implementation and evaluation for the Flexible Leadership Awards. $250,000

Unity Council

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Two. $80,000

Youth Radio

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


Neighborhoods

Affordable Housing Associates

To develop quality mixed-use projects in Lower San Antonio. $40,000

Alameda County Health Care Foundation

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

Asian Neighborhood Design, Inc.

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

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

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

Boston Streetworker Program
Fiscal Sponsor: Safe Passages

To build the capacity of street outreach programs working to reduce youth violence in Oakland and San Francisco. $30,000

Boston TenPoint Coalition, Inc

To build the capacity of faith leaders in Oakland and San Francisco to be a strong partner in efforts to reduce youth violence. $45,000

California Housing Partnership Corporation

For policy advocacy and technical assistance to preserve affordable housing in the Bay Area. $35,000

Communities of Opportunity
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Initiatives

To help create a vibrant commercial and residential district along Third Street in Bayview/Hunters Point. $40,000

Community Housing Partnership

To revitalize the Tenderloin by developing mixed-use, supportive housing and engaging tenants in community organizing and advocacy work. $75,000

Corporation for Supportive Housing

To spur the development of permanently affordable housing with support services for the most vulnerable families, youth and elders in San Francisco and Oakland. $115,000 over two years (2007-2009)

East Bay Housing Organizations

To advance policies that promote equitable community development in Oakland's low-income neighborhoods. $40,000

Mentoring Center

To provide support during a period of transition in leadership to enable programs to continue serving low-income African American and Latino youth. $40,000

Mercy Housing California

To improve housing, youth achievement and resident-leadership opportunities for families in Visitacion Valley. $125,000

Mission Anti-Displacement Partnership
Fiscal Sponsor: Mission Economic Development Association

To engage local residents in community planning that addresses their concerns about housing, employment, social services and recreation. $40,000

Mission Economic Development Association

To advance neighborhood revitalization and economic success for working-poor families in the Mission, Bayview and Visitacion Valley. $125,000

National Community Development Institute

To strengthen resident voices in Bayview and Visitacion Valley. $30,000

National Council on Crime and Delinquency

To develop best practice standards for street outreach programs working to reduce youth violence in the Bay Area. $75,000

Neighborhood Parks Council

To help residents and officials in San Francisco develop safe, family-friendly parks and playgrounds, particularly in underserved, low-income communities. $150,000

Oakland People's Housing Coalition
Fiscal Sponsor: East Bay Housing Organizations

To educate the public about the need for more affordable housing in Oakland. $50,000

Partnership for Working Families

To promote the development and use of model community benefits policies and best practices for economic development. $40,000

San Antonio Neighborhood Network
Fiscal Sponsor: National Community Development Institute

To help a group of Lower San Antonio residents develop leadership skills. $180,000 over two years (2007-2009)

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 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

For research and analysis that advance policy solutions on issues that impact San Francisco's low-income neighborhoods. $30,000

South of Market Community Action Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Development Institute

To engage more South of Market residents in major planning and funding decisions in their neighborhood. $50,000

Spitfire Strategies, LLC

To assist prevention partnerships in Oakland and San Francisco develop effective anti-violence communication strategies. $40,000

Survivors' Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Parents Communication Center

For a resident-led early response program to assist victims of violence and prevent violent retaliation in Visitacion Valley. $40,000

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

For predevelopment activities related to large-scale, mixed-use family housing development in the Tenderloin. $75,000

Unity Council

To advance neighborhood planning in the Fruitvale and to strengthen employment programs for immigrants. $100,000

University of California, Berkeley – Center for Criminal Justice

To support the cities of Oakland and San Francisco as they develop and implement violence-prevention strategies. $125,000

University of California, Berkeley – Center for Criminal Justice

To support the cities of Oakland and San Francisco as they develop and implement violence-prevention strategies. $200,000

Urban Ecology

To improve schoolyards, parks and streetscapes in Lower San Antonio and Fruitvale and to help develop a comprehensive community revitalization plan for the Fruitvale district. $100,000

Urban Habitat

For the Social Equity Caucus to build leadership in low-income communities to advocate for equitable regional policies. $50,000

Urban Strategies Council

To transform low-income neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco into healthy, vibrant communities by helping to develop economic development policies that benefit low-income families. $90,000

Visitacion Valley Community Center

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

Visitacion Valley Community Center

To provide positive ways to prevent violence and promote economic success among hard-to-reach young people in Visitacion Valley. $60,000

Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation

For community development and planning in Visitacion Valley. $100,000


Youth

Bay Area Partnership

To help low-income communities access after-school resources and improve state funding and policy for after-school programs. $50,000

Bay Area Women's and Children's Center

For after-school programs for low-income children in the Tenderloin. $60,000

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 the effectiveness of clubhouses in Visitacion Valley and Bayview/Hunters Point. $75,000

Camp Fire USA, Oakland East Bay Council

For after-school programs for low-income African American children and youth living in public housing in West Oakland. $30,000

Children Now

To help shape statewide after-school policy that provides equitable access for children and promotes a quality workforce in after-school programs. $50,000

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth

To advocate for local policies and funding to support children and families in San Francisco. $65,000

Community Network for Youth Development

To promote quality programs serving Bay Area youth. $100,000

East Bay Asian Youth Center

To provide neighborhood after-school programs and to engage parents in improving local schools in the Lower San Antonio. $120,000

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

To support youth leadership activities for the Silence the Violence campaign in Oakland. $60,000

Experience Corps Bay Area
Fiscal Sponsor: Aspiranet

For an after-school literacy and mentoring program that pairs elderly adults with low-income children in San Francisco and Oakland. $50,000

FowlerHoffman LLC

To help shape statewide after-school policy that provides equitable access for children and promotes a quality workforce in after-school programs. $50,000

Girls 2000

For comprehensive youth development programs for low-income African American youth in Bayview/Hunters Point. $75,000

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

For girls enrichment and leadership after-school programs in the East Bay. $250,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Juma Ventures

To provide employment and matched savings for low-income youth of color in San Francisco and Oakland. $50,000

Larkin Street Youth Services

For housing and support services to homeless youth in San Francisco. $80,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center

To support gay and lesbian teenagers of color through peer-led activities. $30,000

League of California Afterschool Providers

To help launch a new statewide network of school districts to provide feedback on the implementation of Proposition 49, California's after-school program. $100,000

Mission Graduates

For after-school academic assistance programs for low-income Latino youth. $50,000

Oakland Kids First

To increase leadership opportunities for low-income, multicultural teens in Oakland. $80,000 over two years (2007-2009)

Oakland Small Schools Foundation

To support after-school programs for low-income multicultural, multilingual children in Oakland small schools. $30,000

Parents Communication Center

To support an anti-violence mentoring program for African American youth living in Sunnydale public housing. $50,000

Real Options for City Kids

To support after-school programs in Visitacion Valley for low-income youth of color. $30,000

Rec Connect

To transform San Francisco recreation centers into vibrant community hubs in five low-income neighborhoods. $50,000

San Francisco Conservation Corps

For a job training and education program for low-income older youth of color in San Francisco. $30,000

San Francisco Education Fund

To support after-school Peer Resources programs in San Francisco public schools. $40,000

SOUL

For multicultural youth organizing efforts in the Bay Area. $35,000

Youth Leadership Institute

To develop youth leaders in San Francisco. $50,000

Youth UpRising

For after-school leadership and enrichment activities for low-income youth of color in East Oakland. $35,000

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