2012 Nonprofit Transitions Fund Grantees
20 grants totaling $555,065
Goal: The Nonprofit Transitions Fund helps organizations rethink and regroup in response to the downturn in the economy. The goal of the Nonprofit Transitions Fund is to help nonprofits reduce costs and time spent on administrative work, as well as increase productivity.
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | Grantee Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County Child Care Planning Council | To support back-office collaboration between Alameda County Child Care Planning Council and Oakland Unified School District to improve the recruitment and enrollment process for the district’s preschool program. | $25,000 | Oakland |
| BlueGreen Alliance Foundation | To support the merger of BlueGreen Alliance and the Apollo Alliance, two of the country’s top green jobs advocacy organizations. | $37,154 | San Francisco |
| Center for Domestic Peace | To enable 19 Bay Area domestic violence shelters to assess current administrative costs and identify and implement back-office collaborations and other cost saving strategies. | $30,000 | San Rafael |
| Childhood Matters | To support Interactive Parenting Media’s transition from traditional radio programming to Internet radio. | $33,495 | Oakand |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | To support the organization’s back office collaboration efforts to become the new home for four emerging, community-based Asian and Pacific Islander (API) projects. | $27,154 | San Francisco |
| Community Youth Center – San Francisco | To support back office collaboration, merger integration, and systems coordination between Community Youth Center of San Francisco (CYC) and Maintrain. | $27,154 | San Francisco |
| Eviction Defense Collaborative | To support reorganization, planning, back office sharing, and technology updates that will rebuild the culture and structure of the organization to ensure long-term stability. | $35,800 | San Francisco |
| FACES SF | To ensure a fully integrated merger of Florence Crittenton Services with the Whitney Young Child Development Center (FCS-WYCDC). | $25,000 | San Francisco |
| Habitat for Humanity East Bay | To support the merger of Habitat for Humanity East Bay and Silicon Valley. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| Housing Consortium of the East Bay | To offset the costs related to the merger of Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) and Mentally Handicapped Children’s Organization (MHCO). | $25,000 | Oakland |
| Instituto Familiar De La Raza | To support a service delivery partnership with Mission Neighborhood Health Center to provide HIV and substance abuse prevention and support services for gay and transgender Latinos. | $30,000 | San Francisco |
| Jazz Heritage Center | To provide personnel support for the continuing strategic partnership and the intended merger between the Black Film Festival and the Jazz Heritage Center. | $25,000 | San Francisco |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center | To consolidate administrative and joint service delivery,and conduct strategic restructuring, to maximize the distinct and complementary strengths of the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center and the Maximum Achievement Program at Merritt College. | $25,000 | Oakland |
| National Community Development Institute | To support the voluntary dissolution and/or bankruptcy due to the organization’s inability to eliminate a lingering deficit and a business model that is not sustainable. | $30,000 | Oakland |
| Opportunity Impact | To merge the programs, staff and funding between Opportunity Impact and Mo’Magic to create one organization running youth programs from “K to college”, and community programs. | $32,154 | San Francisco |
| Reading Partners | To support the merger of Mission Learning Center and Reading Partners into one organization, Reading Partners. | $25,000 | Oakland |
| The Link to Children | To support a merger between The Link to Children and Lincoln Child Center. | $25,000 | Oakland |
| The Women’s Community Clinic | To improve access to high quality and full scope primary care services for low-income women and girls through a service delivery partnership with St. Anthony Foundation’s Free Medical Clinic. | $30,000 | San Francisco |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | To protect the endangered marine species of San Francisco Bay and offshore waters and engage local advocates through a merger with Sea Stewards, a shark protection organization. | $15,000 | Forest Knolls |
| World Arts West | To build website functionality for back office consolidation that will allow individuals, presenters, and other interested groups to locate and contact ethnic dance companies associated with World Arts West. |
$32,154 | San Francisco |