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In recent cycles, grants have been awarded to organizations whose missions and programs must fit within our current initiative, strongly align with our mission and values, comply with eligibility requirements, and accomplish one or more of the following:
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Improve and expand the scope of learning environments of children and youth, especially those from economically and socially disadvantaged families.
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Promote positive interactions among children, youth, and adults through programs that actively involve parents, staff and volunteers, and embrace on-going professional development for those that deal directly with children and create their learning environments.
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With special interest given to proposed projects that offer a high return on investment, defined by an opportunity to create a synergistic effect on funding, a means to increase the organization's economic self-sufficiency or similar projects that will enhance efficiency and benefit the organization for the long term.
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| Los Angeles, CA. Established 25 music scholarships for low-income, at-risk youth within the context of a multi-faceted after-school program in South Central Los Angeles. The curriculum utilizes best practices and the program includes a research component, impact assessment, and youth/family responsibility. This program is an expansion of services that provide at-risk youth with a secure, positive family environment where they can regain hope and belief, earn trust and self-respect and learn skills to lead a productive lifestyle free of the gangs, drugs and poverty that surrounds them. Also, supported the Summer Program and purchased play therapy equipment for the Davidow Counseling Center. |
| website: http://www.apch.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/aplacecalledhome |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Independent Living Skills Program support to help close recent, critical funding gaps due to statewide cuts. This renowned service center and programs help foster care and emancipated foster care youth ages 16-22, in areas of basic skills education to overcome specific challenges to their success. |
| website: http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/ |
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| Los Angeles, CA. Support of high achieving, disadvantaged youth in a five year program (senior year high school through senior year college) which includes scholarships for high school seniors from low income families, for no-cost college prep services that remove economic obstacles to college entry, and development and implementation of a Fund Development Plan to support an expansion project for additional high school seniors to enter the program in each of the next five years. |
| website: http://www.brightprospect.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/brightprospect |
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| San Jose, CA. Support of 'Step Up' program at Yerba Buena High School, a year-long extra-curricular mentoring and training program for high-risk 9th graders, to improve attendance, grades, self-esteem and developmental assets. This program integrates adult/youth mentoring, family participation, staff development, and community support to enable youth to make a successful transition into high school, minimize disciplinary actions, and build the developmental assets they need to succeed. |
| website: http://www.ccpy.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/ccpy |
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| Palo Alto, CA. Program support and fees scholarships for 2004 Youth Education Summer Camps program for children & teens with Diabetes, as well as family camps. Funds will be used for full and partial scholarships based on financial need, so children of all economic backgrounds can have a safe, fun learning environment in which to become educated about their medical and health needs, and to engage in activities with similarly affected children where they are encouraged to reach for their potential. |
| website: http://www.diabetesscv.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/db_short |
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| Los Angeles County, CA. Literacy and Reading Program: startup and renewal funding for the program. Specific use of funds for a Reading Laboratory and Specialist for this program that provides critical tools for special needs students to read, learn history, math, and science and prepare for the world of work. |
| website: http://dubnoffcenter.radius3.com/ |
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| Palo Alto, CA. One-time startup funding for the Kids-In-Nature Weekend program, an expansion of weekday services, to provide outreach and services to economically disadvantaged children in collaboration with social service agencies and community organizations, to fill a gap in service and benefit children who can only participate in weekend programming. Also funding a Collaboration project, for capacity building and organizational effectiveness. |
| website: http://www.evols.org/ |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Startup costs for a Youth Volunteer Mentoring Program to seed a Bay Area replication of a proven program. High-achieving, volunteer-oriented teens/college students are mentored and educated by health and education professionals, then take that learning Òon the roadÓ in teams of two to mentor, Òbefriend,Ó and provide enrichment activities for special needs children on a weekly basis. |
| website: http://www.friendshipcirclepa.org/ |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Support for the ChildrenÕs Bereavement Program: education and resources at no charge, to help disadvantaged children learn how to cope with illness/death of a parent, removing obstacles to the childÕs development. |
| website: http://www.hospicevalley.org/ |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Program support for the InnVision Youth Development Program serving homeless and youth at-risk for homelessness, with after school tutorials, Kids' Summer Adventure Program, extra-curricular mentoring activities at three local shelters. |
| website: http://www.innvision.org/ |
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| JeremiahÕs Promise, Palo Alto, CA. Program support for capacity building for this 18-month transitional program teaching life skills and offering academic/comprehensive support for females who have emancipated out of the foster care system. Utilizing the Greenhouse at Film Garden film they will work to attract strategic partners, as a client recruiting tool, as a volunteer recruitment tool, to attract donors to support operational needs, and to attract highly-qualified staff for the menÕs and other future homes. |
| website: http://www.jeremiahspromise.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/jeremiahspromise |
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| Program Support for the Good Beginnings Early Childhood Education Program, a full time preschool providing severely disadvantaged children with every opportunity for normal, healthy and age0appropriate development and preparation for elementary school. The program also provides wrap-around support, providing preschool for children of LACC's adult corps members who are enrolled in job and academic training with this agency. |
| website: http://www.lacorps.org/ |
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| Los Angeles, CA. Expanded the service delivery of the No Limits Speech and Language Training Program for economically disadvantaged deaf children. This innovative after-school program provides oral deaf children a learning environment in which they can develop communication skills, learn proper models of grammatical structure, understand theater and role-playing, and develop public speaking skills to help them succeed in academic, social, and life situations. |
| website: http://www.nolimitsspeaksout.com/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/nolimits |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Support for the Bowers Avenue Safety Net Program, a comprehensive school based academic intervention program and Literacy & Math Centers which augment and support classroom instruction. Program includes parent participation, high level of coordination with the school, and innovative program design and evaluation. Also, funded an evaluation study for the Bowers Avenue Safety Net Program. |
| website: http://www.project-help.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/project_help |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Help fund campus-based and community-based behavior healthcare for children and families through programs in prevention, education, intervention, or treatment. |
| website: http://www.rcskids.org/ |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Support for an arts-integration program targeting children at-risk of academic and/or social disengagement. Through the tools and techniques of improvisational theatre, participants are able to safely come to terms with and triumph over the forces that hamper their lives, while developing ability to make positive choices, solve problems, focus on tasks and work collaboratively. |
| website: http://www.sjrep.com/education/redladder/ |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Funding for the highly successful Youth Corps program that keeps high risk kids in school and out of trouble in the critical after school hours. Program design includes homework assistance, workshops, cultural enrichment activities and a unique brand of community service and after-school jobs for economically disadvantaged youth. |
| website: http://www.sjcccharterschool.org/americorps.htm |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Information Technology training scholarship for a component of an organization-wide Òtechnology & effectivenessÓ project. Funding for instruction, materials, training stipend for one low-income, underserved youth with consistent achievement in his/her return to high school, and demonstrated special interest and talent in information technology. |
| website: http://www.sjcccharterschool.org |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/sjcc |
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| Claremont, CA. Links elementary school children with donors in their community so that the children receive needed shoes and clothing for school. This simple act enables students to enter the classroom with pride, comfort, and a fresh focus on learning which we believe will help lead to early academic successes. |
| website: http://www.shoesthatfit.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/shoesthatfit |
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| San Fernando Valley, CA. Funds to support the award of two college scholarships for high-achieving disadvantaged, minority (mostly Latina) females graduating from public high school in Los Angeles County. |
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| Los Angeles, CA. Support for Arts Mentoring Program which pairs adult artist-mentors with youth, building trusting, positive relationships and fostering talents in ten week, standards based workshops and lab time. Target population is low-Income, at-greater-risk youth living in Venice, Mar Vista and surrounding communities. |
| website: http://www.venice-arts.org/ |
| online documentary: http://fcfox.org/films/venicearts |
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| Santa Clara County, CA. Support for work with educational systems, the arts community and the private and public sectors to make the arts an essential part of all children's education. |
| website: http://www.ya-nc.org/ |
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* Nominated by Board Member for Discretionary Grant |
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