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2018 Grant Recipients

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Grants Awarded During 2018

Santa Clarita Valley

 
American Diabetes Association
For the 2018 Diabetes Prevention Camp for high-risk underserved youth
$15,000
ARTree Community Arts Center
For arts education classes for Newhall and Valencia elementary school students and families
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara
For the Fillmore Clubhouse Art Program (payable over 2 years)
$18,400
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley
For a challenge grant to motivate community support for the 2018 Annual Auction
$20,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley
For core operating programs and a third printing program at each Clubhouse
$30,000
Bridge to Home
For capacity-building to provide a full range of services for homeless people and a year-round emergency shelter
$25,000
Carousel Ranch
For the Ready to Work: Level II & Beyond job training program for young adults with special needs
$25,000
Child & Family Center
For expanding and enhancing mental health services to victims of domestic violence
$25,000
Circle of Hope
For the Hope Haven Cancer Wellness Center
$10,000
Samuel Dixon Family Health  Centers
For a challenge grant to motivate community support of the 16th Annual Rubber Ducky Festival
$30,000
Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley
For safe, temporary housing for homeless families and the school support program
$20,000
Fillmore High School
For the scholarship program for college-bound graduates
$24,000
Hart Museum & Ranch
For the School and Teacher educational programs (payable over two years)
$20,000
Hart Union High School District
For the scholarship program for college-bound graduates
$149,000
Santa Clarita Philharmonic
For the 2018-19 concert series and the Student Concerto Competition
$10,000
Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center
For construction of an industrial kitchen in the new, state-of-the-art senior center
$250,000
Santa Clarita Valley Youth Project
For peer education and counseling programs to help adolescents transition to adulthood (matching)
$20,000
Saugus Union School District
For Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math (STEAM) Activities for TK-6th grade students
$25,500
Total Santa Clarita Valley Grants (18) $721,900
 

Santa Maria Valley and Other California Locations

Boxtales Theatre Company
For twelve arts education lectures/demonstrations in Santa Maria Valley schools
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Maria Valley
For Project Learn to increase the cognitive skills of club members by providing the tools for academic success
$35,000
California 4-H Foundation
For Fee Waivers to remove a barrier for eligible youth to participate in the 4-H Youth Development Programs
$73,000
California State University, Fresno
For the Jordan College of Agriculture and Technology for student scholarships and fellowships (payable over 2 years)
$100,000
CASA of Santa Barbara County
For the Santa Maria volunteer foster youth advocacy program
$30,000
Child Abuse Listening Mediation
For providing 500 Santa Maria youth with treatment for abuse, neglect or other trauma
$20,000
Children’s Resource Network of the Central Coast
For the collection and distribution of clothing, books and school resources to needy Santa Maria Valley children and youth
$20,000
Central Coast Rescue Mission
For the Rescue S.O.S. and Emergency Food Pantry programs in Santa Maria Valley
$20,000
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center
For the family empowerment programs for Cuyama Valley residents
$25,000
DonorsChoose.org
For classroom projects posted online by public school teachers in Santa Maria Valley, Merced, Firebaugh and Santa Clarita Valley
$20,000
Family Services Agency of Santa Barbara County
For mentoring, counseling, mental health and substance abuse treatment services for at-risk Santa Maria youth
$25,000
Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley
For the Foundations for Success and Students in Transitions programs for foster care children
$35,000
Firebaugh High School
For the scholarship program for college-bound graduates
$24,000
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
For food purchases and food literacy education programs in Santa Maria Valley (payable over two years) 
$50,000
Freedom Warming Center
For the Santa Maria overnight emergency shelter program during the winter (matching)

$5,000

Future Leaders of America
For the Santa Maria Youth Leadership and Education Project
$15,000
Allan Hancock College Foundation
For the Hancock Promise Tuition Program to provide free tuition to first-year Santa Maria students
$40,000
Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation
For the Hospice Services’ Family Caregiver Support Project
$50,000
Nature Trak
For Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature Program
$25,000
New Beginnings Counseling Center
For the Supportive Services for Veterans Families Program
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast
For the salary of the tri-lingual Mixtec translator at the Santa Maria Health Center
$20,000
R. M. Pyles Boys Camp
For camperships for at-risk teen boys referred by the Santa Maria Youth & Family Center to attend the 2018 program
$15,000
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition
For the Santa Maria earn-a-bike education program for middle school students and the community bicycle repair facility
$40,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
For Santa Maria children to attend Marine Science Education classes and the Spirit Dana Point Tall Ship Overnight Education Program
$31,000
Santa Maria Humane Society
For the salary of the Community Engagement Manager to recruit, train and support volunteers (matching)
$30,000
Santa Maria Joint Union High School
For the scholarship program for college-bound graduates
$72,000
Santa Maria Philharmonic Society
For the Youth Outreach Program for 3rd and 4th grade students and teachers at 17 Santa Maria Valley schools
$10,000
Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
For the weekly education programs for children, families, schools and youth groups
$30,000
Santa Ynez Valley Fruit & Vegetable Rescue
For the collection/distribution of excess fresh produce to nonprofit feeding programs
$15,000
Transitions-Mental Health Association
For the Santa Maria Growing Grounds Vocational Advancement Program (matching)
$40,000
Total Santa Maria Valley & Other California Grants (30) $945,000
 

San Francisco

America Scores Bay Area
For expansion of the daily out-of-school program of soccer, poetry and community service for 1-8 grade students
$25,000
BAYCAT
For the Digital Media Arts Pathways Program for young people in technology and multimedia skills
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
For the mentorship programs for at-risk San Francisco youth
$20,000
California Historical Society
For the Overland to California Exhibition
$50,000
Chinatown Community Children’s Center
For the Pre-K Expanded Learning Program
$23,000
Curry Senior Center
For the Senior Vitality Maintenance Program (matching)
$20,000
Drawbridge
For the art programming for homeless and low-income children living in emergency shelters and housing complexes
$15,000
Conservatory of Flowers
For Plant Adaptation environmental education programs for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade San Francisco students
$10,000
Girls on the Run
For the running program to help girls in 3rd through 8th grades build self-esteem and healthy living skills (matching)
$20,000
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center
For Vision Academy’s year-round academic enrichment program for K-8th grade students living in Bayview-Hunters Point
$15,000
Hearing and Speech Center
For the FACES (Family, Audiology, Counseling, Education and Speech/Language) program
$20,000
Huckleberry Youth Programs
For Wellness Academy’s college and career readiness programs for low and moderate income youth (matching)
$25,000
Life Learning Academy
For the construction apprenticeship program for teen youth
$25,000
Literacy for Environmental Justice
For the Candlestick Eco-Stewards Program to promote environmental education for young people
$20,000
Loved Twice
For distribution of boxes of baby clothing to San Francisco County social service agencies (matching)
$40,000
Nature Bridge
For scholarships for San Francisco K-12 students to attend the Marin Headlands environmental science programs
$25,000
Openhouse
For community engagement, support and wellness programs to reduce social isolation among LGBT seniors
$30,000
Point Blue Conservation Science
For the Rangeland Watershed Initiative to promote soil health on Merced County ranches
$25,000
San Francisco Art Institute
For the restoration of The Marble Workers at Fisherman’s Wharf mural
$30,000
San Francisco Arts Education Project
For expanding the year-round visual and performing arts programming for children and youth at the Minnesota Street project
$35,000
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society
For the Youth Education Program of hands-on outdoor nature and science education
$25,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
For the Conservatory in the Schools program (payable over two years)
$50,000
San Francisco Girls Chorus
For the Need-Based Scholarship Program
$10,000
San Francisco Heritage
For developing a 45-minute self-guided audio tour at the historic Haas-Lilienthal House to enhance the visitor experience
$40,000
San Francisco Youth Theatre
For the performing arts programs onsite and in the community for young people ages 3-24
$25,000
Society of California Pioneers
For the Tales from California Pioneer Women during the Gold Rush exhibition
$25,000
Swords to Plowshares
For the Frontline Drop-In Center to provide critical outreach and support services for homeless veterans (matching and payable over two years)
$50,000
Tech Exchange
For the Tech for All program providing low-income families refurbished computers, digital skills workshops
and monthly internet service
$10,000
Women’s Audio Mission
For expanding the Girls on the Mic afterschool, free training program for teen girls in digital media and music technology
$25,000
Total San Francisco Grants (29) $758,000
TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED (77) $2,424,900

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