(SAN FRANCISCO) – January 6, 2010 – Grants for the Arts and The San Francisco Foundation today announced the twelve Bay Area arts organizations that will receive grants from the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP), a program of Americans for the Arts. The award winners were selected from among 25 organizations that participated in the [...]
2009 Joseph Henry Jackson Award – Youmna Chlala of San Francisco, CA 2009 James Duval Phelan Award – Edan Lepucki of Los Angeles, CA 2009 Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction – Page McBee of Oakland, CA (SAN FRANCISCO) – October 21, 2009 – The distinguished Joseph Henry Jackson, James Duval Phelan, and Mary Tanenbaum Nonfiction [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Tuesday, October 6, 2009 – Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., CEO, and David Friedman, Chair of the Board of Trustees of The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF), announced the appointment of Vanitha Venugopal as Program Officer for Community Development. As Program Officer for Community Development, Vanitha Venugopal will oversee the Foundation’s efforts dedicated to [...]
(BERKELEY, EMERYVILLE, OAKLAND, and RICHMOND, CA) – October 2, 2009 — The Mayors of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Richmond convened a news conference and series of public events today to announce the launch of a nationally unprecedented public/private/community partnership that shines a spotlight on arts and culture as proven catalysts for urban development, economic vitality, [...]
Intermediary Organizations to Regrant Funds to Strengthen Nonprofits in Bay Area, Central Coast, and San Joaquin Valley (SAN FRANCISCO) – June 11, 2009 – The Community Leadership Project, a creation of three of the Bay Area’s largest private foundations, announced today its first round of grants to intermediary organizations that will work to strengthen nonprofit [...]
Joseph Henry Jackson Award – Kelly Luce of Woodside, CA James Duval Phelan Award – Allison Benis White of Irvine, CA (SAN FRANCISCO) – October 27, 2008 WHAT: Readings by 2008 Jackson and Phelan Literary Award Winners Kelly Luce & Allison Benis White and 2003 Phelan Award winner Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Skin Tax [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Wednesday, June 4, 2008 – The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF) announced today that it is granting $3,337,729 to 114 nonprofits addressing community development, community health, and social justice issues in the Bay Area. 36 Community Development grants totaling $1,060,229 went to address the challenges faced by those unable to make ends meet, [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – May 14, 2007 – Six San Francisco Bay Area Arts teachers – two from Alameda County and one each from Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties – are recipients of fellowships sponsored by the four major community foundations in the region. The “Fund for Artists” is sponsored by the [...]