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2009 Grants

Community

California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

For the African American Breast Health Program and the Bayview Child Health Center. $30,000

Council on Foundations

For membership dues. $30,000

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco

For general support. $250,000

San Francisco Foundation

For a donor-advised fund. $200,000


Community - Critical Assistance

Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund

For emergency support to families and individuals in the Bay Area. $400,000


Education Opportunities

Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation

To enhance job skills by producing courses at Bay Area community colleges that combine career technical training with basic English and math to reach working poor and underemployed workers. $150,000

California Partnership for Achieving Student Success
Fiscal Sponsor: Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Auxiliary Organization

To create innovations in English and math instruction at high school and college levels to reduce student remediation rates in Alameda and San Francisco counties. $80,000

California Tomorrow

To promote diversity, equity and access in Californian's after-school and community college systems. $40,000

Californians for Justice Education Fund, Inc.

To build the capacity of student leaders in the East Bay to advocate for policies to improve student outcomes in community colleges. $75,000

East Bay Asian Youth Center

To provide neighborhood-based after-school programs and engage parents in improving local schools in Lower San Antonio $200,000 over four years (2009-2012)

Family Connections

To support school readiness and early childhood development for working-poor families in San Francisco. $50,000

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California

To educate policymakers about the importance of quality early education for children who are low-income, of color, and English language learners. $100,000

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

For an after-school literacy program for girls in Oakland. $100,000 over two years (2009-2011)

Good Samaritan Family Resource Center

For a family resource center in the Mission serving newly arrived Latino immigrants. $50,000

Oakland Kids First

To increase leadership opportunities for low-income teens in Oakland. $40,000

Oakland Ready to Learn, Inc.

To promote school readiness among children in Lower San Antonio and other Oakland neighborhoods. $55,000

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

To expand the Beacon Initiative's capacity to serve as a resource for the youth development field. $100,000

San Francisco Organizing Project

To advance citywide affordable housing, school reform and violence prevention, especially in Visitacion Valley and Bayview. $225,000 over two years (2009-2011)


Families

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

To provide access to mainstream financial services for over 10,000 low-income residents in San Francisco. $80,000 over two years (2009-2011)

Cambodian Community Development, Inc.

To provide Southeast Asian refugees in Lower San Antonio with youth programs and employment services. $48,000

Cambodian Community Development, Inc.

To provide Southeast Asian refugees in Lower San Antonio with youth programs and employment services. $48,000

Cities for Financial Empowerment
Fiscal Sponsor: Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City

To support municipal partnerships designed to sustain and expand financial services and asset-building opportunities for working-poor families. $100,000 over two year (2009-2011)

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

To train and place low-income residents of San Francisco in quality construction jobs. $200,000 over three years (2009-2012)

Earned Assets Resource Network Inc

To connect working-poor families in low-income neighborhoods to asset-building opportunities and mainstream financial services. $550,000 over three years (2009-2012)

Jewish Vocational Service

To help low-income families in San Francisco obtain living-wage jobs with family-supportive benefits. $160,000 over two years (2009-2011)

New America Foundation

To develop and promote new local and state asset-building policies and programs for low-income families in California. $275,000 over two years (2009-2011)

San Francisco Family Support Network
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco School Alliance Foundation

To support grassroots organizations in San Francisco improve the financial prospects for low-income families. $50,000

United Way of the Bay Area

To help low-income families in Alameda and San Francisco counties obtain the Earned Income Tax Credit and related financial services. $225,000 over three years (2009-2012)

Grants of $25,000 and under
Mission Asset Fund

Gay and Lesbian Rights

Alliance for Justice

To maintain a fair and balanced judiciary and provide advocacy training to California nonprofits. $100,000

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California

To support safer schools in the Bay Area. $100,000

API Wellness Center

To advocate for increased federal, state and local resources and research to address HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. $75,000

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

For the Pipeline Project, to increase the number of people of color in leadership positions in the gay movement. $50,000 over two years (2009-2010)

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

For Freedom to Marry's multistate public education effort to win public acceptance for marriage equality. $322,500

Black AIDS Institute

To educate media professionals and mobilize gay men to combat HIV/AIDS in African American communities. $50,000

Black Coalition on AIDS

To fight HIV among African American gay men by mobilizing community leaders and resources. $50,000

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry

To promote equality through the Coalition of Welcoming Congregations, ethnic roundtables and national clergy trainings. $200,000

COLAGE

To expand grassroots organizing by children of gay and lesbian parents. $50,000

Community United Against Violence

To strengthen the organization's long-term financial sustainability by increasing individual and foundation support. $50,000

Equality California Institute

To strengthen statewide gay and lesbian advocacy organizations and promote marriage equality. $135,000

Equality Federation Institute

To strengthen statewide gay and lesbian advocacy organizations and promote their needs and priorities nationally. $40,000

Family Equality Council

To promote policies at the national and state levels that support the creation, recognition and protection of gay families. $75,000

Funders for LGBTQ Issues

To build organizational and leadership capacities in organizations led by people of color. $30,000

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

To challenge federal discrimination against same-sex couples and advance marriage equality throughout New England. $75,000

Gay Men's Health Crisis

To increase the focus of key policymakers and gay leaders on reducing HIV infection rates among gay and bisexual men, particularly men of color. $50,000

Gay-Straight Alliance Network

To support youth-led efforts to reduce anti-gay harassment and bullying in California schools. $75,000

GLSEN

For education, advocacy and organizing to address anti-gay bullying and harassment in our nation's schools. $150,000

God Loves Each One Ministry
Fiscal Sponsor: Christian Community

To produce and distribute faith-based, gay-affirming resources to religious leaders, congregations and families. $55,000

GroundSpark

To provide education and training to prevent anti-gay bullying and violence among high school youth. $50,000

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

To increase training and outreach within Jewish communities and develop a national network of welcoming synagogues. $100,000

Horizons Foundation

To strengthen gay and lesbian people of color organizations and build Horizons' planned giving program. $100,000

Intersections International
Fiscal Sponsor: Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

For the Religious Voices Project to develop 'Believe Out Loud,' a strategic messaging project supporting gay equality. $250,000

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

To extend legal rights for same-sex couples and enforce employment nondiscrimination protections for gay people. $150,000

LGBT Labor Leadership Initiative

To ensure equal benefits protections for gay and lesbian workers. $50,000

More Light Presbyterians

To conduct outreach, training and advocacy aimed at ending anti-gay policies in the Presbyterian Church. $36,000

National Center for Transgender Equality

To promote the adoption and implementation of policies that protect the privacy and dignity of transgender people. $50,000

National Coalition for LGBT Health, Inc.

To give gay and immigrant families greater access to federal healthcare benefits. $40,000

New Leaf: Services for Our Community

To ensure that San Francisco's health program for uninsured residents includes services designed for and welcoming of gay people. $35,000

New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project

To support the efforts of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs to improve the federal government's response to violence against gay people. $40,000

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

To win and enforce policies to make schools safer for young gay people. $100,000

People for the American Way Foundation

To strengthen the voices of gay-supportive African American clergy in public debates over full equality. $150,000

Progressive Christians Uniting

To build a network of California congregations committed to marriage equality, immigrant rights and racial equity. $150,000

Proteus Fund

For the Civil Marriage Collaborative to build state and local grassroots constituencies that support equality for gay couples and families. $450,000

PublicVoice

To train gay anti-violence and healthcare advocates to use the media to focus public and policymaker attention on the need for specific pro-gay federal policy changes. $60,000

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

To publish the results of a national survey on clergy attitudes towards gay people. $85,000

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

To promote policy, at the national and state levels, designed to decrease HIV-infection rates, particularly among African American gay and bisexual men. $75,000

San Francisco LGBT Community Center

To begin implementing a three-year fundraising plan. $50,000

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

To educate the public about the harm caused by discriminatory policies against gays in the military. $100,000

Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders

To ensure that the needs of gay seniors are addressed in the implementation of the Older Americans Act. $50,000

Transgender Law Center

To develop state and local practices and policies that combat discrimination based on gender identity in California. $50,000

Truth Wins Out

To challenge harmful myths and programs of the 'Ex-Gay' Movement. $35,000

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

To research and educate the public about the harm caused by discriminatory policies against gays in the military. $75,000


Immigrant Rights

Black Alliance for Just Immigration
Fiscal Sponsor: Bay Area Black United Fund, Inc.

To educate and organize African American and Black immigrants to promote the need for comprehensive immigration reform. $50,000

California Immigrant Policy Center
Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific American Legal Center

To develop a coordinated messaging and media approach in California and to convene advocates statewide on comprehensive immigration reform. $120,000

Center for Community Change

To strengthen the capacity of grassroots groups to advocate for immigrant rights, especially in California. $175,000

Chinese Progressive Association

To support civic participation and leadership development of low-income Chinese immigrants. $50,000

CLUE-CA

To engage faith communities in promoting the need for comprehensive immigration reform. $75,000

Epidavros Project, Inc.

For dissemination and outreach for My American Dream, a documentary series about the need for immigration reform. $100,000

Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.

To improve immigration status and economic livelihood for farmworkers in California via education and advocacy. $90,000

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

To increase civic participation of immigrants in California. $80,000

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

For a complete and accurate 2010 Census count in California. $100,000

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

To assist California immigrants and advocates to advance newcomer rights. $40,000

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

To protect the civil rights of Latino immigrants. $75,000

Mujeres Unidas y Activas

To develop Latina immigrant leaders in San Francisco and Oakland to organize and advocate for immigrant rights. $50,000

National Council of La Raza

To provide leadership in promoting the need for comprehensive immigration reform. $125,000

National Immigration Forum

To advocate for the rights of immigrants and advance their civic integration. $150,000

National Immigration Law Center

To promote rights and advance opportunities for low-income immigrants especially in California. $125,000

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium, Inc.

For their work in immigrant rights advocacy and community organizing. $75,000

Pacific News Service / New America Media

For New America Media to increase positive media coverage of immigrant communities and their challenges in California. $100,000

Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action

To increase the capacity of Bay Area groups to develop immigrant leadership and increase newcomer civic participation. $40,000

PICO California

To increase the civic participation of immigrants in promoting the need for comprehensive immigration reform. $150,000

Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network

For leadership training and advocacy for immigrant rights. $60,000

UFW Foundation

To educate and organize California farmworkers and their families to promote the need for comprehensive immigration reform. $50,000

University of California, Berkeley – Boalt School of Law

For the Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity to protect the civil rights of immigrants. $50,000


Leadership

BoardSource

To develop and distribute information and resources on strengthening nonprofit boards. $50,000

Chinatown Community Development Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $60,000

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $60,000

East Bay Asian Youth Center

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $58,000

Gay-Straight Alliance Network

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $48,000

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

For Flexible Leadership Award support. $50,000

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

To educate grantmakers about investments in leadership development that strengthen nonprofit performance. $75,000

Mujeres Unidas y Activas

For a leadership capacity grant. $35,000

National Immigration Law Center

For a Leadership Capacity Grant to strengthen board and senior staff capacity. $35,000

Northern California Grantmakers

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

San Francisco Organizing Project

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $40,000

Team-Up for Youth

To strengthen the individual and team capacity of its senior management team to manage continued growth. $35,000

Tides Center

To support expansion of the Flexible Leadership Investment Program. $350,000

Unity Council

For a Flexible Leadership Award, Year Three. $52,000


Neighborhoods

City of Oakland, Department of Human Services

To strengthen the ability of community-based organizations and public agencies in Oakland to respond to violence and better serve at-risk young people. $50,000

Congregations Organizing for Renewal

To increase affordable housing, neighborhood safety and employment opportunities in southern Alameda County. $60,000

Growth Sector Company

To provide quality employment opportunities for young people at highest risk of violence in Oakland. $30,000

Harvard University - JFK School of Government

To develop implementation guides and practice briefs to strengthen violence prevention partnerships in Oakland and San Francisco. $40,000

Mission Community Council
Fiscal Sponsor: Arriba Juntos

To involve residents and community organizations in improving the Mission District. $65,000 over two years (2009-2011)

National Council on Crime and Delinquency

To support partnerships in Oakland and San Francisco that work to reduce violence and promote opportunity for young people. $145,000

Resources for Community Development

To create a new mixed-use development in Lower San Antonio. $65,000 over two years (2009-2011)

Senior Action Network

To train seniors to advocate for additional neighborhood improvements in Visitacion Valley, South of Market and the Tenderloin. $95,000 over two years (2009-2011)

Survivors' Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Parents Communication Center

To strengthen and support a resident-driven partnership in Visitacion Valley to prevent prevent youth violence. $145,000 over three years (2009-2012)

Urban Habitat

To build resident leadership in low-income communities in Oakland and San Francisco to advocate for equitable jobs and housing policies. $145,000 over two years (2009-2011)

Grants of $25,000 and under
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth

Youth

EastSide Arts Alliance

For youth leadership development and community-building activities in Lower San Antonio's multiethnic neighborhood. $75,000

YMCA of San Francisco

To help rebuild the Chinatown YMCA. $75,000

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