Arts and Culture Grants 2007

Goal: Nurture creativity, support arts education, and broaden cultural participation in order to enrich, develop, and celebrate communities.

195 grants totaling $2,114,832

 
Objective: Increase opportunities for access by all to participation in diverse cultural and artistic experiences. Total: $144,000

African and African American Performing Arts Coalition
To support artistic and technical staff fees associated with the Black Choreographers' Festival.
San Francisco
$10,000

California Film Institute
To support media literacy projects in the Canal District of San Rafael and Mission District of San Francisco.
San Rafael
$12,000

Creativity Explored of San Francisco
To hire a strategic plan facilitator to develop a five-year strategic plan at this art center for people with disabilities.
San Francisco
$12,000

Friends of School of the Arts
To provide underserved San Francisco Unified School District middle school students exposure to and training in the arts so they can better compete for admission to the School of the Arts and the Academy of Arts high schools.
San Francisco
$10,000

Marin Theatre Company
To support an afterschool playwriting program in the Canal District of San Rafael.
Mill Valley
$10,000

National Institute of Art and Disabilities
To expand marketing and promotion of artwork by client-artists at this arts center for people with disabilities.
Richmond
$10,000

OaklandYouth Orchestra
To support a scholarship program for talented music students from elementary and middle schools.
Oakland
$10,000

Oaktown Jazz Workshops
To provide general operating support for this Oakland-based music education organization.
Oakland
$5,000

Office of Letters and Light
To hire a director for the Young Writers Program, a literary arts organization.
Oakland
$7,500

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
To support the executive director's position.
San Francisco
$7,500

RichmondArts and Culture Commission
To support the Neighborhood Public Mini-Grant Program in eight Richmond neighborhoods.
Richmond
$10,000

San FranciscoPerforming Arts Library and Museum
To support the Shenson Research Room and educational projects, exhibitions, and preservation services.
San Francisco
$20,000

Sixth StreetPhotography Workshop
To support increased staff time for program expansion and infrastructural improvements.
San Francisco
$10,000

Stepping Stones Growth Center
To support Artful Steps, a creative visual arts instruction and exhibition program for developmentally disabled adults.
San Leandro
$10,000

Objective: Invest in the development and the presentation of diverse artistic practices reflective of the myriad communities in the region. Total: $600,500

3rd I South Asian Independent Film
To support organizational and programmatic expansion.
San Francisco
$5,000

509 Cultural Center/Luggage Store
To support general operations for the 20th anniversary cycle of exhibitions and public programs of this multidisciplinary organization.
San Francisco
$24,000>

AfroSolo Theatre Company
To support the AfroSolo Arts Festival, a performance series that showcases African American solo performing and visual artists.
San Francisco
$20,000>

ArtsChange
To purchase a large-format printer to increase programmatic capacity.
Richmond
$5,000

Asian American Theater Company
To provide support for the 35th anniversary season of plays that reflect the experiences of Asian Pacific Islander Americans.
San Francisco
$10,000

Asian Improv Arts
To support a series of presentations by Asian American artists in various venues as part of its 20th anniversary season.
San Francisco
$10,000

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
To hire a consultant to help plan for a leadership transition.
San Francisco
$10,000

AXIS Dance Company
To provide general support for performance and education programs for this mixed-ability dance company.
Oakland
$10,000

CaliforniaLawyers for the Arts
To support and expand affordable workshops for artists and arts organizations on a variety of legal and business topics.
San Francisco
$10,000

Circuit Network
To support production and marketing costs of the second phase of the multidisciplinary Mission District Audio Tour Project.
San Francisco
$7,500

Company C Contemporary Ballet
To support the salary of the company manager and increasing pay for its dancers.
Walnut Creek
$10,000

CounterPULSE
To support core staff salaries to increase the capacity at this alternative performance venue.
San Francisco
$12,000

Door Dog Music Productions
To strengthen the administrative structure of this organization that presents music from around the world to Bay Area audiences and students.
San Francisco
$12,000

EastSide Arts Alliance
To provide core operating support for this multidisciplinary center serving East Oakland.
Oakland
$12,000

Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater
To support artist fees for the dancers and artistic director for the 2007-2008 season of teaching and performing.
San Francisco
$7,500

Film Arts Foundation
To provide core support for classes, exhibitions, and support services for independent filmmakers.
San Francisco
$15,000

Foundation for Dance Promotion
To research a new dance work by choreographer Bill T. Jones in collaboration with local artists and presenters.
New York
$5,000

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
To improve the membership database of this organization devoted to advocating for and supporting the city's library system.
San Francisco
$10,000 

Galería/Studio 24
To support the staff of the Youth and Public Media program and the ReGeneration program for emerging Latino/a artists.
San Francisco
$12,000

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California
To expand fundraising and programmatic capacity by supporting the executive director position.
San Francisco
$12,000

Headlands Center for the Arts
To support residencies for twelve Bay Area artists.
Sausalito
$15,000

Joe Goode Performance Group
To support strategic planning for this dance theater company.
San Francisco
$10,000

JudahL. Magnes Museum
To support exhibitions and educational programs for visitors and school groups for this Berkeley-based museum.
Berkeley
$12,000

Kala Art Institute
To support this printmaking organization's programs, which serve local artists and school youth and to administer the 2007 Phelan Art Award in Printmaking.
Berkeley
$46,000>

Kearny Street Workshop
To support and sustain the Next program for emerging Asian American artists.
San Francisco
$12,000

Kitka, Inc.
To support staff time, consultant fees, and other expenses associated with an organizational assessment and strategic planning process for this vocal ensemble.
Oakland
$10,000

Kronos Performing Arts Association/Kronos Quartet
To support Under 30, a program to commission and perform new work for this contemporary music ensemble.
San Francisco
$10,000

Loco Bloco Drum and Dance Ensemble
To implement the programs and procedures set forth in the strategic plan by supporting the executive director position.
San Francisco
$15,000>

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
To provide general operating support for presenting the works of African American playwrights and fostering performing arts skills among underserved youth.
San Francisco
$12,000 

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
To support a year-long mentorship program that fosters the creative growth of emerging choreographers in diverse dance forms.
San Francisco
$15,000

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
To support specialized training, development, and consulting for staff and board members.
San Francisco
$12,000

Museum of the African Diaspora
To provide general support for exhibitions and educational programs.
San Francisco
$12,000

New Conservatory Theatre Center
To provide general support for theater productions and youth conservatory programs.
San Francisco
$12,000 

New Langton Arts
To support artistic, educational, and outreach programs.
San Francisco
$10,000

Oakland Art Gallery
To continue board and staff development targeted toward implementing a strategic plan.
Oakland
$10,000

Oberlin Dance Collective of California
To support the development of new work by six artists at ODC Theater.
San Francisco
$15,000

Oberlin Dance Collective of California
To support artist salaries for the choreographers and dancers.
San Francisco
$12,000

Pacific Chamber Symphony
To support rehearsal, outreach, and performances in San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties.
San Leandro
$10,000

PlayGround
To support the commissioning of five new works by Bay Area playwrights drawn from PlayGround's alumni.
San Francisco
$10,000

Project Bandaloop
To support administrative and dancers salaries and a fundraising consultant to build capacity.
Oakland
$10,000

Queer Cultural Center
To support five intergenerational programs at the Queer Arts Festival.
San Francisco
$15,000

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
To provide support for mounting and publicizing the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship award exhibition of graduate student art.
San Francisco
$7,000<

San FranciscoCinematheque
To support "Roots, Risks, and ReVisions," a screening series featuring historic and current experimental film and video art that includes artist interviews.
San Francisco
$10,000

San FranciscoInternational Arts Festival
To support the executive director and artistic director positions.
San Francisco
$10,000 

San FranciscoShakespeare Festival
To support free performances in Bay Area parks and in-school and afterschool arts education programs.
San Francisco
$10,000

Shotgun Players
To support artist fees for theater productions.
Berkeley
$12,000

Slavonic Cultural Center
To support staff salaries in order to strengthen production, education, and audience development capacities.
San Francisco
$10,000

Southern Exposure Gallery
To support contemporary art exhibitions and artists in education programs.
San Francisco
$10,000

Stepology
To support the annual Bay Area Tap Festival and quarterly three-day intensives with visiting guest artists.
San Francisco
$7,500

Youth Movement Records
To support the Media Literacy and Production Program for youth aged 13-19.
Oakland
$5,000>

Z Space Studio
To provide general operating support for developing and presenting new theater works and conducting school workshops.
San Francisco
$15,000

Objective: Nurture creativity, support arts education, and broaden cultural participation in order to enrich, develop, and celebrate communities. Total: $563,000

22nd Jewish Music Festival/BRJCC
To support the Community Music day and year-round school programs.
Berkeley
$10,000 

Abada Capoeira San Francisco Brazilian Cultural Center
To support free and reduced-cost arts programs for youth in this Brazilian arts center.
San Francisco
$10,000

Alameda County Office of Education
To support Alameda County school districts integrating the arts into the core curriculum by developing a model for comprehensive professional development for teachers and principals.
Hayward
$15,000

Ali Akbar Collegeof Music
To support 20 performances and lecture demonstrations of classical north Indian music in San Francisco public schools.
San Rafael
$12,000

American Conservatory Theatre
To support the Theater in the Schools programs and general operations.
San Francisco
$20,000

Arts Education Funders Collaborative
To support improving arts education programming within San Francisco Unified School District.
San Francisco
$15,000

Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.
To support the art programs for this arts service provider.
Oakland
$5,000

BerkeleySymphony Orchestra
To support a music education program that sends orchestra members to teach and perform with students in public schools.
Berkeley
$12,000

California Shakespeare Theater
To provide arts education programs and live theater experiences for K-12 students in Oakland public schools.
Berkeley
$12,000

Chinese Historical Society of America
To support collaboratively produced public programs that will enhance the upcoming exhibit, "The Chinese in California, 1850-1943."
San Francisco
$10,000

Community Music Center
To provide core operating support.
San Francisco
$20,000

Conscious Youth Media Crew Project
To build the capacity of this media arts organization through the support of key staff positions.
San Francisco
$10,000

Contemporary Jewish Museum
To support the Youth Outreach Initiative.
San Francisco
$12,500

East Bay Centerfor the Performing Arts
To provide general operating support for multi-disciplinary arts education and performance programs serving people of all ages.
Richmond
$15,000

East Palo AltoMural Art Project
To support four interdisciplinary youth programs that blend history, hip hop, and mural arts.
Los Altos
$10,000

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
To support Get Smart with Art, an interdisciplinary curriculum program drawn from the Museums' collections that is used by students and teachers in grades 1-12.
San Francisco
$15,000

Frameline
To support workshops that bring together youth and older adults to explore their lives and create films that will be shown at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
San Francisco
$10,000

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
To create a five-year strategic plan for this Balinese performing arts organization working in Alameda County.
El Cerrito
$10,000

Luna Kids Dance
To support the Summer Institutes and the free professional development services offered through the California Institute for Dance Learning.
Berkeley
$10,000

Marin Shakespeare Company
To provide drama instruction at K-8 schools in Alameda and Marin Counties.
San Rafael
$10,000

Moving Arts Dance
To support the implementation of the company's arts education programs in the Mount Diablo Unified School District.
Concord
$10,000

Music in Schools Today
To support the part-time program director for this arts education service provider.
San Francisco
$12,000

New Century Chamber Orchestra
To support musical arts education activities in two elementary schools in Marin City and the Canal District of San Rafael.
San Francisco
$10,000

Oakland Museum of California Foundation
To support arts education, museum visits, and studio instructions for K-12 students in Oakland and the East Bay.
Oakland
$30,000>

Opera Piccola
To enhance Opera Piccola's community performance program by hiring a marketing and outreach associate.
Oakland
$10,000

Out of Site: Center for Arts Education
To support faculty salaries and teacher support.
San Francisco
$20,000>

Performing Arts Workshop
To provide core operating support for this youth arts education organization.
San Francisco
$30,000>

Purple Silk Music Education Foundation
To support general operation costs for this music education organization.
Oakland
$15,000>

Root Division
To improve the free afterschool arts programs and adult education of this visual arts organization.
San Francisco
$7,500

San FranciscoArts Education Project
To support general operations for this arts education service provider.
San Francisco
$10,000 

San FranciscoBallet Association
To support the Center for Dance Education's programs for public school students and their families.
San Francisco
$15,000

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
To underwrite scholarships for pre-professional music students.
San Francisco
$15,000

San Francisco Film Society
To support educational programming and outreach in the months before and during the 50th Annual San Francisco International Film Festival.
San Francisco
$15,000

San Francisco Mime Troupe
To support the Youth Theater Project workshop and performances.
San Francisco
$10,000

San Francisco Museumof Modern Art
To evaluate existing education programs for underserved Bay Area teens and to create a plan for expansion.
San Francisco
$25,000>

San FranciscoSymphony
To support the Adventures in Music educational programs and the Shenson Young Artists Series.
San Francisco
$45,000

Small Press Distribution, Inc.
To support efforts to connect Bay Area students, creative writing instructors, and high school English teachers with innovative literature.
Berkeley
$5,000

TheatreWorks
To support theater arts-in-education programs in four San Mateo elementary schools.
Palo Alto
$10,000

Whitney Young Child Development Center
To provide K-6 students programs in ballet, capoeira, African dance, and drumming.
San Francisco
$5,000 

World Wall for Peace
To support the Peace Empowerment Process workshops with children and youth.
Berkeley
$5,000

Youth Speaks
To support creative writing workshops and spoken work performance opportunities for Bay Area teens.
San Francisco
$15,000

Objective: Support efforts to deepen, expand, and diversify audiences for artistic and cultural presentations. Total: $182,000

Alonzo King's LINES Ballet
To support marketing activities to increase visibility, audiences, and income during this contemporary dance company's 25th anniversary year.
San Francisco
$12,000

Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
To increase the membership and audience base by marketing weekend film matinees for families and continuing education for adults.
Berkeley
$15,000

BerkeleySociety for the Preservation of Traditional Music
To expand and diversify audiences for traditional music in preparation for a new Freight and Salvage performance facility in downtown Berkeley.
Berkeley
$10,000

Center for Asian American Media
To provide general support for producing, exhibiting, and distributing films, videos, and digital media that reflect the diverse experiences of Asian Americans.
San Francisco
$12,000

First Voice, Inc.
To support the development of a three-year development plan for this multidisciplinary arts organization.
San Francisco
$7,500

Golden Thread Productions
To support a marketing initiative for this theater company presenting work from the Middle East.
San Francisco
$7,500

Na Lei Hulu I Ka Weku Hula Halau
To support a donor development specialist position for cultivating and soliciting major individual donors for this Hawaiian dance company.
San Francisco
$10,000

National Japanese American Historical Society
To support the design and implementation of a Japantown Heritage Tourism initiative with other neighborhood groups.
San Francisco
$12,000

OaklandAsian Cultural Center
To support the fund development and community outreach efforts.
Oakland
$12,000

OaklandInterfaith Gospel Choir
To conduct workshops on traditional African American spirituals and their relationship to other types of music for youth and adults, and to support the free annual concert.
Oakland
$10,000

OaklandYouth Chorus
To build the fundraising capacity of this organization that provides music education programs for children and youth.
Oakland
$10,000

Poetry Flash
To support core operations with an emphasis on the publication of its print quarterly and online materials.
Berkeley
$10,000

San FranciscoCamerawork
To increase and diversify audiences through an audience development initiative and to administer the 2007 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography.
San Francisco
$30,000<

San FranciscoJewish Film Festival
To expand marketing and partnerships for year-round programs.
San Francisco
$24,000>

Objective: Support the use of art and cultural participation in building communities. Total: $132,000

ALICE: Arts and Literacy in Children's Education
To develop a collaborative theater piece with students and residents of the Fruitvale neighborhood.
Oakland
$7,500>

Arab Film Festival
To support the 11th Annual Arab Film Festival and year-round programs.
San Francisco
$5,000 

Black Rock Arts Foundation
To support the ScrapEden Project, which pairs artists with neighborhood park groups to create public art in San Francisco.
San Francisco
$15,000

Congregation Emanu-El
To support educational, cultural, and community programs at this synagogue.
San Francisco
$15,000

El Campanil Theatre Preservation Foundation
To support the Family Series performances for this Contra Costa County presenter.
Antioch
$5,000

Fresh Meat Productions
To support performances and exhibition for this transgender performance art organization.
San Francisco
$10,000

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
To support multicultural programming and the Shenson Community Music Series.
San Francisco
$20,000 

Korean Youth Cultural Center
To support a ten month cycle of planning retreats, rehearsals, and production designing for the 20th Annual Fall Festival of this Korean arts organization.
Oakland
$10,000

Kulintang Arts, Inc.
To support the 2007 Parol Project, a series of workshops and presentations designed to promote Pilipino American folk arts in the South of Market neighborhood.
San Francisco
$5,000

Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
To provide core operating support for this arts organization focused on Mexican performing art forms.
San Pablo
$12,000

Mission Neighborhood Centers
To support the year-round programming and production of the Carnaval Festival and Grand Parade.
San Francisco
$10,000

Neighborhood House of North Richmond
To support the education program for the "Common Threads" mural in Richmond.
Richmond
$5,000

OaklandLEAF
To support afterschool and summer programs that interweave the arts, social justice, urban ecology, literacy, and youth empowerment.
Oakland
$7,500 

Universityof California at Berkeley, Consortium for the Arts and Arts Research
To support the Richmond/Berkeley Project, a community-based art installation.
Berkeley
$5,000

Fund for Artists
The Fund for Artists supports the endeavors of individual artists through commissions, artists' residencies, awards, advocacy, workshops, promotional instruction, and networking support. This $1 million fund is a collaborative effort between four Bay Area Community Foundations and the Irvine, Hewlett, Surdna, Wattis, and Ford Foundations, and leveraging investments in creativity. Total: $385,082

American Composers Forum, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
To support a commissioning program and a composers residency program with Community Music Center.
San Francisco
$38,500

Artadia
To support ten visual artist fellowships for Bay Area artists.
New York
$25,000>

East Bay Community Foundation
To regrant the James Irvine Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Oakland
$27,500

East Bay Community Foundation
To regrant the Hewlett Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Oakland
$72,000>

East Bay Community Foundation
To regrant the Wattis Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Oakland
$15,416>

East Bay Community Foundation
To regrant the Surdna Foundation's supplemental grant to hire an outreach coordinator.
Oakland
$14,250

Marin Community Foundation
To regrant the James Irvine Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Novato
$40,000

Marin Community Foundation
To regrant the Hewlett Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Novato
$82,000>

Marin Community Foundation
To regrant the Wattis Foundation's award for phase two of the collaborative.
Novato
$15,416>

Theatre Bay Area
To support the third round of the New Works Fund for playwrights and theater ensembles.
San Francisco
$25,000< 

World Arts West
To support artists' fees for the 2007 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and to fund three commissions for Bay Area choreographers.
San Francisco
$30,000

Fund for Artists Teacher Fellowship Program                                                
The Fund for Artists Teacher Fellowship Program is a regional initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in Bay Area middle and high schools. Total: $13,000

Mary Estes
Ida B. Wells High School
San Rafael
$5,000

Ellen Koivisto
School of the Arts High School
San Francisco
$1,500

Daniel Kryston
School of the Arts High School
San Francisco
$5,000

Maria Teresa Rode
Lowell High School 
San Francisco
$1,500

Shenson Performing Arts Fellowships  
Shenson Performing Arts Fellowships are for outstanding pre-professional students of the performing arts. Total: $95,250

American Conservatory Theatre
To support actress Amanda Sykes.
San Francisco
$5,000

Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
To support dancer Charlotte Moraga.
San Francisco
$5,000

San FranciscoBallet Association
To support dancer Sean Orza.
San Francisco
$5,000

San FranciscoOpera
To support soprano Heidi Melton.
San Francisco
$5,000

Ali Akbar Collegeof Music
To support musician Arjun Verma.
San Rafael
$5,000

Alameda:
Good Samaritans of the East Bay
To conduct an oral history project with Korean American seniors in the Bay Area.
Alameda
$1,500

Berkeley:
Multicultural Institute
To provide twenty-five 9-17 year old students an opportunity to develop creative writing and literacy skills in an intensive month-long summertime program.
Berkeley
$2,500

Concord:
ConcordCommunity Economic Development Organization
To support an art contest at Meadow Homes Elementary with 5th grade students.
Concord
$2,000>

Monument Community Partnership
To support the 3rd Annual Monument Community Pride Celebration.
Concord
$2,000<

El Sobrante:
African Immigrants' Social and Cultural Services
To provide African immigrant children, youth, and women classes in drawing, drumming, dancing, and Kishwahili language through this  faith-based Oakland organization.
El Sobrante
$2,500

Oakland:
Allen Temple Baptist Church
To provide youth music and vocal classes through Allen Temple's Music Ministry.
Oakland
$2,000

American Indian Child Resource Center
To hold a family-oriented community powwow in celebration of American Indian spirituality and cultural diversity.
Oakland
$2,000

Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership
To build cultural connections and understanding between Pacific Islander youth and elders in their community by fusing Hip Hop with African, Native American, and Pacific Islander culture and spiritual forms.
Oakland
$1,000

Harbor House
To provide low-income Southeast Asian and Latino women with quilting skills to earn an income and develop mutual support in the San Antonio neighborhood.
Oakland
$2,000

High Street Presbyterian Church
To work with youth from immigrant families to create original monologues, poetry, music, and dance.
Oakland
$2,500

Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
To host a production and display of contemporary and classical Islamic artistic works.
Oakland
$1,500

Richmond:
ArtsChange
To support a visual arts exhibition and community celebration at Richmond Health Center.
Richmond
$1,500<

Grace Lutheran Church
To support the Grace Youth Orchestra.
Richmond
$2,500

Rubicon Programs, Inc.
To support a collaborative art exhibit between Rubicon's Independent Living Skills program and the National Institute of Arts and Disabilities.
Richmond
$1,750<

San Francisco:
Asociación Mayab
To support the activities of the Jarana Dance Troupe Mayab at Iglesia Presbiteriana de la Mision Church.
San Francisco
$1,500

Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library
To support the third in a series of poetry slam competitions entitled "Just Gimme the Mic 3 (Cypher Session)."
San Francisco
$2,000<

Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library
To support the Bayview Hunters Point Neighborhood Preservation Project.
San Francisco
$2,000<

Black Coalition on AIDS, Inc.
To support cultural salons and community forums.
San Francisco
$2,000<

Catholic Charities CYO
To support cultural and artistic expressions for children participating in the Kids Club afterschool program at the Pickleweed Park Community Center in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael.
San Francisco
$1,000<

Community Learning Centerat Saint James
To create a children's choir and dance group to perform the folk songs and dances from the diverse cultures represented in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
San Francisco
$1,000

Congregation Sherith Israel
To have sixth and seventh grade students teach Hebrew calligraphy to senior immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
San Francisco
$1,000

Crossroads Charitable Foundation
To support the Crossroads Dance and Movement program.
San Francisco
$1,500<

Door Dog Music Productions
To support the commissioning of "A Journey to China" by Eva Tam.
San Francisco
$5,000

Infinity Gospel Ministries
To support a theater arts program providing skills and therapeutic theater arts training to youth re-entering the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood after incarceration.
San Francisco
$2,000

Manos Unidas Community Development Center
To have children learn Mayan and Aztec art and dance.
San Francisco
$2,500

Quesada Gardens Initiative
To support a series of evening outdoor films in Quesada Gardens.
San Francisco
$2,000<

Rainbow Seventh-Day Adventist Church
To support related activities for the 6th Annual Science Fair.
San Francisco
$1,200<

Saint Anthony Foundation
To provide art therapy to low-income senior women residing at the Madonna Residence in the Tenderloin neighborhood.
San Francisco
$1,400<

Saint Paul of the Shipwreck Church
To begin an arts program for neighborhood youth as an expansion of the sports program.
San Francisco
$2,000<

Temple United Methodist Church
To support the Ethiopian community's cultural celebration of the Ethiopian New Year and Millennial Celebration.
San Francisco
$1,400 

United Council of Human Services
To support the Harumbe event.
San Francisco
$2,000<

United House of Prayer for All People
To support an arts and crafts exhibition and dance performances.
San Francisco
$2,000<

Wright Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
To provide multidisciplinary arts education to youth in the Ingleside and Lakeview neighborhoods.
San Francisco
$2,500

San Mateo:
Trinity Baptist Church
To support the development and implementation of an artistic expression workshop through songwriting for youth.
San Mateo
$1,000

San Rafael:
Asian Advocacy Project
To support the planning of a Vietnamese New Year Celebration for the southeast Asian community.
San Rafael
$2,000<

Canal Welcome Center
To support a series of ongoing Vietnamese Social Club programs and recognition of Latino students' educational accomplishments at Pickleweed Community Center.
San Rafael
$2,000<

Pickleweed Park Community Center
To support a free Dia de los Muertos community event and school field trip event.
San Rafael
$2,000<

< Denotes grant term is less than 12 months.
> Denotes grant term is more than 12 months.