2011 Nonprofit Transitions Fund Grantees
Total: In 2011, we made 17 grants totaling $350,000
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.
Center for Environmental Health
To further support the merger of Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS), and to promote continued efficient and expanded collaboration between the two organizations.
San Francisco Bay Area
$15,000
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
To support the merger process between the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) and the Northern California Service League (NCSL).
San Francisco Bay Area
$20,000
Chinese Newcomers Services Center
To provide merger consultation services including but not limited to merger integration feasibility, back office collaboration, and service delivery integration.
San Francisco
$15,000
Concord Community Economic Development Organization, Inc.
To support merger negotiations between the Concord Community Economic Development Organization, Inc., dba Michael Chavez Center for Economic Opportunity (Chavez Center) and Monument Community Partnership (MCP) of Concord, CA.
Concord
$20,000
Horizons Foundation
To strengthen the nonprofit infrastructure of the LGBT community through a fund that would help support LGBT organizations making informed decisions about possible consolidations, mergers, closures, and other restructuring options.
San Francisco Bay Area
$30,000
LifeLong Medical Care
To facilitate the merger of two Federally Qualified Health Centers serving low-income underserved residents of the East Bay, Brookside Community Health Center and LifeLong Medical Care.
East Bay
$20,000
Mills College
To provide logistical support for the merger and re-establishment of the Oakland Education Cabinet (OEC) chaired by the Oakland mayor, the Oakland Unified School District superintendent and, initially, by the Mills College President.
Oakland
$30,000
Oasis For Girls
To help integrate the Technology & Leadership Program, which was absorbed by Oasis in Fall 2010 when GirlSource closed its doors and Oasis acquired the program.
San Francisco
$20,000
Parent Services Project
To support planning for back-office centralization and shared location (rent and possibly staffing efficiencies) with Canal Welcome Center and E3 – Education, Excellence & Equity.
Marin
$20,000
Peninsula Family Service
To finalize a merger or acquisition between Peninsula Family Service Child Development Programs and Bayshore Child Development Center.
San Francisco Bay Area
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Shasta-Pacific
To conduct community outreach to former patients of Golden Gate Community Health and the broader community about the comprehensive reproductive health services provided by Planned Parenthood Shasta Pacific in new San Francisco locations.
San Francisco Bay Area
$25,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
To implement a group purchasing initiative for services used by the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium and a minimum of six member health clinics that result in cost savings and enhanced service delivery to primary care patients.
San Francisco
$20,000
San Francisco Food Bank
To support post-merger integration of the Marin Food Bank into the San Francisco Food Bank.
San Francisco
$20,000
San Francisco Parks Trust
To design and create a new, stronger nonprofit organization to inspire and promote civic engagement, advocacy and philanthropy to protect, sustain, and enrich San Francisco parks and green open spaces.
San Francisco
$20,000
Stop Aids Project
To support merger negotiations between STOP AIDS Project and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
San Francisco Bay Area
$15,000
Walden House Inc.
To support the post-merger integration of Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. and Walden House, Inc.
San Francisco
$20,000
Wu Yee Children’s Services
To support planning for back-office collaboration among four nonprofit child care organizations in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco.
San Francisco
$20,000