2012 Strength from Within Grantees
9 Grants Totaling $180,000
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | Grantee Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative | To strengthen the capacity and sustainability of BAEHC to unite diverse organizations in a regional campaign that reduces the cumulative impacts of toxic air pollution on hard hit low income communities across the region, including Southeast San Francisco, East Oakland, West Oakland, and Richmond. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| DataCenter | To improve internal systems, and build Board and Staff capacity in order to better provide technical assistance and research to social justice organizations. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative | To build capacity in fundraising, relationship building, and member retention in order to ensure a resilient and effective organization focused on lowering diesel emissions in environmental justice communities. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice | To build internal capacity at Greenaction, including improving and expanding the donor program, organizational infrastructure and communication, developing staff skills, and conducting a strategic planning process. |
$20,000 | San Francisco |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | To build the organizational capacity to serve as an effective environmental justice organization serving youth in the Bayview-Hunters Point. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Mandela Marketplace, Inc. | To support the development of Mandela MarketPlace as a financially strong and organizationally effective environmental health and justice organization bringing food security and job training to the residents of West Oakland. |
$20,000 | Oakland |
| Movement Generation | To strengthen organizational infrastructure in response to the exponential growth of climate justice concerns associated with the implementation of AB 32. | $20,000 | Oakland |
| People Organizing to Demand Environmental & | To support PODER’s capacity building & community leadership efforts to advance social justice in the Economic Rights Mission and Excelsior neighborhoods of San Francisco. | $20,000 | San Francisco |
| Youth United for Community Action | To assist YUCA in evaluating its current organizational infrastructure and to create a strategic plan that will better engage youth in social justice leadership within the region. | $20,000 | East Palo Alto |