2007 Grants

Neighborhoods

Affordable Housing Associates

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

$40,000 in 2007
Alameda County Health Care Foundation

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

$30,000 in 2007
Asian Neighborhood Design, Inc.

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

$60,000 in 2007
Asian Pacific Environmental Network

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

$50,000 in 2007
Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice
Fiscal Sponsor: Regents of the University of California, Berkeley

To the Center for Criminal Justice to support the cities of Oakland and San Francisco as they develop and implement violence prevention strategies. $200,000

$200,000 in 2007
Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice
Fiscal Sponsor: Regents of the University of California, Berkeley

To develop and implement violence prevention strategies in San Francisco and Oakland. $125,000

$125,000 in 2007
Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

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

$35,000 in 2007
Boston Streetworker Program
Fiscal Sponsor: Safe Passages

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

$30,000 in 2007
Boston TenPoint Coalition, Inc
Fiscal Sponsor: 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

$45,000 in 2007
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)

$100,000 in 2007
California Housing Partnership Corporation

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

$35,000 in 2007
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)

$115,000 in 2007
Citizens Housing Corporation

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

$75,000 in 2007
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 2007
Communities of Opportunity
Fiscal Sponsor: CIF of The San Francisco Foundation

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

$40,000 in 2007
Community Housing Partnership

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

$75,000 in 2007
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)

$65,000 in 2007
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 2007
East Bay Housing Organizations

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

$40,000 in 2007
Harder and Company Community Research

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

$30,000 in 2007
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)

$50,000 in 2007
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)

$195,000 in 2007
Low Income Investment Fund

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

$100,000 in 2007
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

$40,000 in 2007
Mercy Housing California

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

$125,000 in 2007
Mission Anti-Displacement Partnership
Fiscal Sponsor: Mission Economic Development Association

To engage Mission residents in community planning to address their concerns about housing, employment, social services and recreation. $40,000

$40,000 in 2007
Mission Economic Development Association

To advance neighborhood revitalization and economic success while minimizing displacement of working poor families in the Mission, Bayview and Visitacion Valley.

$125,000 in 2007
National Community Development Institute

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

$30,000 in 2007
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

$75,000 in 2007
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 2007
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

$150,000 in 2007
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)

$50,000 in 2007
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 2007
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 2007
Oakland People's Housing Coalition
Fiscal Sponsor: East Bay Housing Organizations

To educate the public about affordable housing policies. $50,000

$50,000 in 2007
Partnership for Working Families

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

$40,000 in 2007
Resources for Community Development

To create new mixed-use developments in Lower San Antonio. $80,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$40,000 in 2007
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)

$90,000 in 2007
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 2007
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

$50,000 in 2007
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 2007
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

$125,000 in 2007
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

$30,000 in 2007
South of Market Community Action Network
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Development Institute

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

$50,000 in 2007
Spitfire Strategies, LLC

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

$40,000 in 2007
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)

$30,000 in 2007
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

$40,000 in 2007
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

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

$100,000 in 2007
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

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

$75,000 in 2007
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 to catalyze a broad community planning process. $125,000 over two years (2006-2008)

$62,500 in 2007
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)

$150,000 in 2007
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)

$100,000 in 2007
Unity Council

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

$100,000 in 2007
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

$100,000 in 2007
Urban Habitat

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

$50,000 in 2007
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

$90,000 in 2007
Visitacion Valley Community Center, Inc.

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

$42,000 in 2007
Visitacion Valley Community Center, Inc.

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

$60,000 in 2007
Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation

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

$75,000 in 2007
Grants of $25,000 and Under
Aspen Institute
Community Response Networks
Filipino American Development Foundation
Inner City Advisors
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Neighborhood Funders Group
San Francisco Housing Action Coalition
Tenants and Owners Development Corporation
Tenderloin Housing Clinic
Transportation For a Livable City
Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation

Children, Youth and Families

Youth Development

Alternatives in Action

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

$60,000 in 2007
Asian Community Mental Health Services

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

$35,000 in 2007
Bay Area Partnership

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

$50,000 in 2007
Bay Area Women's and Children's Center

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

$60,000 in 2007
Boys and Girls Clubs of Oakland

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

$40,000 in 2007
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco

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

$75,000 in 2007
California League of After-School Providers
Fiscal Sponsor: LA's BEST

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

$50,000 in 2007
California Tomorrow

To help promote diversity, equity and access in early childhood education and after-school programming for youth. $150,000 over two years (2005-2007)

$75,000 in 2007
Camp Fire USA, Oakland East Bay Council

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

$30,000 in 2007
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

$50,000 in 2007
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth

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

$65,000 in 2007
Community Network for Youth Development

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

$100,000 in 2007
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

$120,000 in 2007
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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

$60,000 in 2007
Experience Corps Bay Area

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

$50,000 in 2007
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)

$80,000 in 2007
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

$50,000 in 2007
Girls 2000

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

$75,000 in 2007
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

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

$125,000 in 2007
GirlSource

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

$35,000 in 2007
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)

$35,000 in 2007
Jamestown Community Center, Inc.