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Prior Grants
Grants During Fiscal 2006
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| NAME OF GRANTEE | GRANT | PURPOSE OF GRANT |
| American Foundation for the Blind, Inc. | $10,000 | Funding for a Transition workshop tailored to the needs of Californians. |
| The Arc of San Francisco | $15,000 | Funding for a housing advocate to help adults with developmental disabilities find housing. |
| Asian Neighborhood Design | $10,000 | Provides funds for training in construction and life skills for low-income youth and young adults. |
| b.a.y. fund | $10,000 | b.a.y. fund makes a ten-year commitment to help disadvantaged students from 7th grade through college. |
| Bay Area Women Against Rape | $15,000 | Funds will provide access for Latinas through culturally-sensitive sexual assualt services. |
| Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, Inc. | $5,000 | Ensure the healthy re-entry of senior ex-offenders back into the community. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area | $7,500 | Provides local children with positive one-on-one role models. |
| The Bread Project | $5,000 | Provides baking and cooking training for low-income people that will lead to jobs in the food industry. |
| California Masonic Memorial Temple | $10,000 | Funds for capital campaign to renovate the endomosaic mural at the temple. |
| Centro Legal de la Raza | $10,000 | Project provides free legal services for low-income, Latino students in Oakland to help youth succeed in school. |
| Child Haven, Inc. | $2,500 | Provides improved assessment of children's developmental delays through a research-based assessment tool. |
| Children's Book Project | $5,000 | Encourages literacy by distributing over 135,000 children's books to needy children. |
| Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland | $15,000 | Bridge funding to retain staff until National Institutes of Health grant is received. |
| Chinatown Community Development Center dba SRO Families United Collaborative | $10,000 | The Collaborative's mission is to improve the living conditions of mostly-immigrant families living in single room occupancy hotels. |
| Clausen House Community Center | $10,000 | Funds will expand yoga classes for developmentally disabled adults. |
| Community Violence Solutions | $10,000 | Funding supports Stepping Stones Counseling Center, which offers support for individuals who have been sexually abused or assaulted. |
| Community Works (SF Sheriff's Department) | $5,000 | Provide funding for ROOTS, a program for children and youth with incarcerated family members. |
| Continuum HIV Day Services | $10,000 | Provide case management for women of color at high risk of acquiring HIV and hepatitis C. |
| Crisis Support Services of Alameda County | $10,000 | Funding for Teens for Life program, which teaches youth to recognize symptoms of depression and suicide and seek resources for help. |
| Dolores Street Community Services | $10,000 | Offers binlingual, culturally-sensitive case management to homeless Latino immigrants. |
| East Bay Community Law Center | $15,000 | Addresses the needs of low-income children through the Alameda County Medical-Legal Collaborative with Children's Hospital. |
| East Oakland Community Project | $15,000 | Empower 40-60 homeless families each year to secure housing, employment, and healthy relationships. |
| Estrella Family Services | $10,000 | Purchase a new and inovative science and math curriculum for preschoolers. |
| Family Builders by Adoption | $10,000 | Fund the Forever Family Project which helps stabilize families through the pre-and post-adoption process. |
| Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) | $15,000 | Provides services at Banyan House to help homeless become self-sustaining. |
| Family Violence Law Center | $10,000 | Supports the Relationship Abuse Prevention project which provides teens with violence prevention education. |
| Food Runners | $5,000 | Proceeds will be used to distribute 10-15 tons of perishable food each week. |
| Foundatiion of the State Bar of California | $10,000 | Support the Jim Pfeiffer Memorial Fund. |
| Foundation for Hearing Research, Inc. | $10,000 | Funding for salary support to provide early intervention services, ensuring that deaf children will be mainstreamed into local schools. |
| Girls Incorporated of Alameda County | $10,000 | Funding for two mental health clinicians to work with Oakland preschool organizations. |
| GirlSource, Inc. | $10,000 | Provides academic, college, career, and life planning services for low-incom women. |
| Habitot Children's Museum | $5,000 | Fund the Family Outreach Program to help caregivers guide children's growth. |
| Haight Ashbury Food Program | $10,000 | Support a specialist to assist graduates of the Food Service Job Training Program. |
| Healdsburg Community Nursery School | $6,500 | Purchase a new heating system for the Parent Cooperative Nursery School. |
| Henry Ohlhoff House dba Ohlhoff Recovery Programs | $10,000 | Funds the Ohlhoff Women's Program, which provides addiction therapy in a safe and sober environment. |
| A Home Within, Inc. | $10,000 | Support the Children's Psychotherapy Project which provides pro-bono counseling to children and youth in foster care. |
| Horizon Services, Inc. | $10,000 | Funds provided to maintain counseling services for clients with multiple issues of drugs, mental health, and homelessness. |
| Huckleberry Youth Programs | $10,000 | Funding supports health educational services at middle and high schools. |
| Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education | $10,000 | Places 16 high school science teachers within the science and engineering research labs at Stanford. |
| Julia Morgan School for Girls | $10,000 | Provide scholarships to girls from underprivileged backgrounds. |
| Junior League of Oakland-East Bay, Inc. | $10,000 | Provides support for Super Stars Literacy Program, designed to improve academic and social development of at-risk Oakland students. |
| La Casa de las Madres | $15,000 | Funding for shelter and counseling services for victims of domestic violence. |
| La Raza Centro Legal | $10,000 | Support the Immigrant Rights Project which seeks to assist immigrants with legal rights. |
| Latina Breast Cancer Agency | $10,000 | Provides breast cancer prevention and treatment services for low-income Latina women. |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area | $15,000 | Fund increased outreach to low-income individuals and improved tracking of clients and volunteers. |
| Legal Aid of Napa Valley | $10,000 | Expand the Senior Legal Services Program to provide free legal service to residents over 60. |
| Legal Services for Children, Inc. | $10,000 | Helps young women with legal and social services to stabilize their lives |
| Lifehouse, Inc. | $15,000 | Operates a residential and support program for 300 individuals with severe physical and cognitive disabilities |
| Link to Children, The | $15,000 | Provide mental health services to children in need. |
| Lion's Blind Center of Diablo Valley | $5,000 | Provides independent living skills to the visually impaired in Contra Costa County. |
| Living Skills Center for the Visually Impaired | $38,500 | Funding for a wheelchair-accessible mini-van, converted to meet ADA standards. |
| Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa | $25,000 | Serves all who are hungry in Contra Costa County. |
| Marin Center for Independent Living | $10,000 | Provides access to the Attendant Referral Registry to aid people with disabilities to access screened caregivers. |
| Meals on Wheels of San Francisco, Inc. | $10,000 | Delivers meals and services to isolated seniors. |
| National Center for Youth Law | $10,000 | Diverts teenagers with mental health problems away from the juvenile justice system and towards appropriate mental health services. |
| National Kidney Foundation of Northern California, Inc. | $10,000 | Support the Kidney Kids Camp. |
| Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | $10,000 | Support the Free Battered Women's Parole Advocacy Project which works for the release of battered women serving unjust life sentences in California. |
| Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners with Children | $10,000 | Support for the Battered Women's Habeas Project. |
| Next Door | $10,000 | Fund the HomeSafe Transitional Living Sites for battered women. |
| North & South Market Adult Day Health Corporation | $10,000 | Funding for transportation so frail elders and disabled adults can access health care and support services in the Tenderloin. |
| Northern Light School | $10,000 | Provide tuition for pre-school to grade eight for families otherwise unable to afford private school education. |
| Okizu Foundation | $10,000 | Fund a one-week summer camp for families dealing with childhood cancer. |
| Opportunity Junction | $10,000 | Places low-income residents of Contra Costa County into career-track positions. |
| Parents Helping Parents | $10,000 | Provides parent education, training, and support services related to special education. |
| Pathways Hospice Foundation | $10,000 | Subsidizes hospice care to patients without insurance. |
| Peninsula Association for Retarded Children and Adults (Parca) | $10,000 | Provides support services to allow tenants to live independently at Page Mill Court. |
| Pittsburg Pre-School and Community Council, Inc. | $15,000 | Fund a portion of the first-year salary for a state-certified child care teacher |
| Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo | $10,000 | Sustain PPSD's capacity to offer reproductive health services in West Contra Costa County. |
| Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, Inc. | $10,000 | Support for family services at Prescott Elementary School, to create a safe and supportive environment at home and in school. |
| Project Avary, Inc. | $20,000 | Offers Bay Area children with incarcerated parents a year-round support, mentoring, and enrichment program. |
| Raphael House of San Francisco, Inc. | $10,000 | Supports children's services at a shelter for homeless families. |
| St. Charles School | $6,500 | Support the library program to purchase books and equipment. |
| Saint Francis Memorial Hospital | $15,000 | Expand and upgrade the emergency department. |
| San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium | $10,000 | Provides medical care to homeless San Franciscans by using a mobile van. |
| San Francisco Family Support House, Inc. dba Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco, Inc. | $5,000 | Provides temporary lodging for families as they care for seriously ill children. |
| San Francisco School Volunteers | $10,000 | Funds volunteers to work with six diverse underperforming schools in San Francisco. |
| San Francisco Suicide Prevention | $5,000 | Funding for Youth Risk Reduction Programto help curb youth suicides in San Francisco. |
| San Francisco Women Against Rape | $10,000 | Provides training for students to minimize episodes of abuse and rape. |
| The Shanti Project, Inc. | $10,000 | Provides support services to low-income women diagnosed with breast cancer. |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | $5,000 | Provides alternatives for low-income Latino communities to address health and food concerns. |
| Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County | $10,000 | Fund salaries and supplies for a drop-in center that provides safety net services for low-income and homeless women and children. |
| South of Market Child Care, Inc. | $5,000 | Provides early childhood development services for children from low-income and homeless families. |
| Springboard Forward | $20,000 | Springboard's mission is to partner with business and community organizations to help low-wage earners move past entry-level jobs. |
| Stanbridge Academy | $25,000 | Provide tuition funds for students with learning disabilities. |
| Sterne School | $10,000 | Fund scholarships for low-income students. |
| Sunny Hills Services | $10,000 | Support residential services for children and teens who have been abused and suffer mental health problems as a result. |
| Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association | $5,000 | Support the Expanded Learning Program, a collaboratiion with Francisco Middle School, to help students aspire to attend college. |
| Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation | $10,000 | Support TNDC's After-School Program, to help children and youth living in a challenging neighborhood. |
| TransAccess | $10,000 | Support the job placement component of the School-to-Career program for youth with disabilities. |
| Tri-City Homeless Coalition | $10,000 | Funding for the Children's Program at a 24-hour emergency homeless shelter in Fremont. |
| Bar Association of San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program (for the Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic) | $10,000 | Educates women who need information on and assistance in obtaining domestic violence restraining orders. |
| Wardrobe for Opportunity | $10,000 | Support Pathways to Opportunity: skill-building workshops for entry-level working women. |
| We Care Society, Inc. (We Care Services For Children) | $10,000 | Support East Bay families of children diagnosed with autism. |
| West County Adult Day Care and Alzheimers Respite Center | $10,000 | Provide direct personal care services to improve health outcomes for elderly clients. |
| Women's Initiative for Self Employment | $15,000 | Offers a microenterprise training program in Spanish to teach Latina immigrants the basics of business management. |
| Women's Recovery Association | $5,000 | Provides a stable healing environment for children while their mothers are in treatment for addiction. |
| YWCA of San Francisco & Marin | $10,000 | Offers counseling for at-risk girls. |
| TOTAL 2006 GRANTS | $1,031,500 | |