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2009 Grants Summary


Grants for Education & Employment
$10,000 Advocates for Children
San Mateo, CA
Academic success project for foster youth
$10,000 Marine Science Institute
Redwood City, CA
Hands-on science education
$3,000 Sequoia Union High School District
Redwood City, CA
Advanced Placement Test Fund
$5,000 BUILD
Palo Alto, CA
Student entrepreneurship program
$6,000 Project READ, North San Mateo County
South San Francisco, CA
General program support
$5,000 Teach for America
San Francisco, CA
Teaching interns, San Mateo County
$10,000 Coyote Point Museum
San Mateo, CA
Science education outreach programs
$10,000 Resource Area for Teaching
San Jose, CA
Redwood City Teacher Center
$10,000 Tech Museum of Innovation
San Jose, CA
Science education, San Mateo County schools
$10,000 Each One Reach One
South San Francisco, CA
Tutoring for incarcerated youth
$5,000 Reading Partners
Milpitas, CA
Literacy intervention tutoring
$7,000 University of California Extension
Half Moon Bay, CA
Richard T. Elkus Ranch barn roofs
$5,000 Family and Children Services
Palo Alto, CA
Services to East Palo Alto Charter School
$10,000 Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
San Francisco, CA
Entrepreneurship training programs
$5,000 University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
Scholarship for San Mateo County student
$5,000 Foundation for a College Education
East Palo Alto, CA
College access model
$15,600 San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation
San Mateo, CA
Student scholarship funds
$10,000 Vida Verde Nature Education
Half Moon Bay, CA
General operating support
$5,000 Inmate Correctional Education Project
Foster City, CA
General program support
$2,940 San Mateo Union High School District
San Mateo, CA
Employability project
 
$5,000 Job Train
Menlo Park, CA
Career training and placement
$7,500 San Mateo Youth Foundation
San Mateo, CA
Peer tutoring program
 
Grants for Health, Rehabilitation & Seniors
$5,000 AIDS Community Research Consortium
Redwood City, CA
General operating support
$10,000 Daly City Youth Health Center
Daly City, CA
General operating support
$6,000 Sitike
South San Francisco, CA
Women's substance abuse recovery services
$5,000 AIDS Prevention Action Network, Inc.
Redwood City, CA
Silicon Valley Prevention Project
$8,000 Kara
Palo Alto, CA
General support, grief services
$5,000 St. Vincent de Paul Society
San Mateo, CA
Catherine's Center women's transitional housing
$5,000 Blind Babies Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Outreach services, San Mateo County
$10,000 Ombudsman Program, San Mateo County
San Mateo, CA
General program support
$5,000 Teen Pregnancy Coalition, San Mateo County
Redwood City, CA
General program support
$10,000 Coastside Adult Day Health Center
Half Moon Bay, CA
Nutrition program
$8,000 Project Ninety, Inc.
San Mateo, CA
Co-occurring disorders program
$5,000 Women's Recovery Association of San Mateo County
Burlingame, CA
General program support
$5,000 Community Gatepath
Burlingame, CA
Programs for the developmentally disabled
$10,000 Senior Coastsiders
Half Moon Bay, CA
Senior nutrition services
 
Grants for Social Services & Welfare
$8,000 Bay Area Legal Aid
Oakland, CA
San Mateo Domestic Violence Restraining Order Clinic
$5,000 International Rescue Committee
San Francisco, CA
Services for newly-arrived refugees, San Mateo County
$10,000 Rebuilding Together - Peninsula
Menlo Park, CA
Facility renovation, social service agencies
$8,000 CALL Primrose Center
Burlingame, CA
Safety net/food services
$5,000 La Raza Centro Legal
San Francisco, CA
Outreach and legal services, San Mateo County
$30,000 Samaritan House
San Mateo, CA
Case management/food program
$15,000 Coastside Hope
El Granada, CA
Critical Family Needs Program
$10,000 New Creation Home Ministries
East Palo Alto, CA
Teen mothers' life skills/parenting class
$15,000 Second Harvest Food Bank
San Jose, CA
Mobile pantry program, San Mateo County
$10,000 Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto, CA
General program support
$5,000 North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center
South San Francisco, CA
Community safety net project
$5,000 Service League of San Mateo County
Redwood City, CA
General program support
$10,000 Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
Burlingame, CA
Abuse prevention and services
$5,000 Opportunity Fund
San Jose, CA
Family asset building, San Mateo County
$10,000 Shelter Network of San Mateo County
Burlingame, CA
First Step for Families homeless shelter
$10,000 Ecumenical Hunger Program
East Palo Alto, CA
Safety net/emergency food programs
$25,000 Puente de la Costa Sur
Pescadero, CA
Services to agricultural families
$10,000 St. Anthony's Padua Dining Room
Menlo Park, CA
Emergency generator for disaster services
$10,000 International Institute of the Bay Area
Redwood City, CA
Legal services for immigrant families
$10,000 Rape Trauma Services
Burlingame, CA
General program support
$5,000 St. Vincent de Paul Society
San Mateo, CA
San Mateo, CAFamily Resource Center/ homeless prevention
Grants for Children & Youth
$10,000 Adolescent Counseling Services
Palo Alto, CA
On-campus counseling program
$8,000 Coastside Children's Programs
Half Moon Bay, CA
General program support
$10,000 Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
San Mateo, CA
Conflict resolution in schools program
$10,000 Advocates for Accessible Recreation
Los Gatos, CA
After school activities for special needs children
$7,500 East Palo Alto Boxing Club
East Palo Alto, CA
Equipment purchase
$10,000 Pyramid Alternatives
Pacifica, CA
School counseling, substance abuse prevention
$7,500 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
Youth mentoring, San Mateo County
$7,500 Friends for Youth
Redwood City, CA
Mentoring program
$10,000 Resonate, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
SPARK Program, San Mateo County
$10,000 Boys & Girls Club, Coastside
Half Moon Bay, CA
General program support
$10,000 Girl Scouts of Northern California
Oakland, CA
Coastside migrant girls program
$10,000 South Coast Children's Services
Pescadero, CA
General program support
$10,000 Boys & Girls Club, Mid-Peninsula
San Mateo, CA
Power Hour program
$10,000 Girls to Women
East Palo Alto, CA
A Second Home for Homework
$5,000 Youth and Family Enrichment Services
San Carlos, CA
Domestic violence children's services
$10,000 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
Menlo Park, CA
LEARN Initiative
$5,000 Help One Child - Mission to Children at Risk
Los Altos, CA
Foster parent recruitment and support
 
$5,000 Cleo Elau Center
Mountain View, CA
Collaborative counseling programs
$3,000 Northern California Grantmakers
San Francisco, CA
Summer Youth Project
 
Grants for International Development
$10,000 Adelante Foundation
Englewood, CO
Microcredit programs, Honduras
$10,000 New Forests Project, International Center
Washington, DC
Chlorine Bank, Honduras and El Salvador
$10,000 Strategies for International Development
Arlington, VA
Women farmers project, Guatemala
$5,000 CASA - San Miguel
New York, NY
Midwifery training/clinic, Mexico
$5,000 Outreach for World Hope
Verona, WI
Sustainable agriculture, Guatemala
$5,000 Sustainable Harvest International
Surry, ME
Village projects, Central America
$10,000 Concern America
Santa Ana, CA
Potable water projects, Guatemala
$8,000 Partners In Development, Inc.
Ipswich, MA
Household bathrooms, Guatemala
$10,000 Trees, Water and People
Ft. Collins, CO
Family and environmental health, Guatemala
$8,855 El Porvenir
Denver, CO
Clean water projects, Nicaragua
$10,000 Pro Mujer
New York, NY
Health education, Nicaragua
$5,000 Trickle Up Program
New York, NY
Sustainable livelihoods, Nicaragua
$10,000 endpoverty.org
Bethesda, MD
Microenterprise, Chiapas, Mexico
$5,000 Puente a la Salud Comunitaria
Woodlands, TX
Amaranth nutrition program, Oaxaca, Mexico
 
$10,000 Floresta
San Diego, CA
Rural household improvements, Oaxaca, Mexico
$10,000 Rainbow Network
Springfield, MO
Micro loan program, Nicaragua
 
Grants for Church-Related Projects
$5,000 Congregational Church
San Mateo, CA
Memorial Garden project
$8,000 Latin America Mission
Miami, FL
Ministry of Reuben & Joy Paredes, Peru
$15,000 San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network
Burlingame, CA
General program support
$5,000 Hillcrest Chaplaincy & Ministries
San Mateo, CA
Programs for incarcerated youth
$10,000 Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley, CA
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion
$9,000 United Methodist Church, California-Nevada Conference
West Sacramento, CA
District Superintendents' discretionary funds
$6,000 Interfaith Network for Community Help
Los Altos, CA
Los Altos, CAGeneral program support
$10,000 Peninsula Clergy Network
San Mateo, CA
General program support
 
Organizational Grants
$3,000 Association of Small Foundations
Washington, DC
General program support
$3,000 The Foundation Center
New York, NY
General support, San Francisco Field Office
$1,310 Northern California Grantmakers
San Francisco, CA
General program support
$1,710 Council on Foundations
Washington, DC
General program support
   
2009 Total Grants: $847,415

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