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2023 Grant Recipients

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Grants Awarded During 2023

Santa Clarita Valley

 
AAUW
To sponsor seven 7th grade girls at Tech Trek Science Camp
$8,400
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley
To provide an art program to low-income youth at three club sites
$30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley
To expand Club programs to 5 additional elementary schools
$60,000
College of the Canyons Foundation
For faculty innovation grants, scholarships to students from the Santa Clarita Valley, and for the purchase of equipment for the nursing program
$40,000
Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley
For case management to families and pregnant women experiencing homelessness
$15,000
Fillmore Unified School District
For scholarships to college-bound students
$24,000
Hart Union High School District
For scholarships to college-bound students
$173,000
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation
For the New Patient Tower
$100,000
One Step a la Vez
To provide support for the drop-in tutoring program
$20,000
Samuel Dixon Family Health Center
To provide mental health counseling to low-income individuals in Santa Clarita Valley
$30,000
San Cayetano Elementary School
For the school art program
$10,000
Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation
For the Teacher Innovation Grant Program
$20,000
Saugus Union School District
To provide art supplies for the art program
$10,500
Single Mothers Outreach of Santa Clarita
To provide mental health counseling to 200 low-income single mothers and group therapy to 30 children
$30,000
 

Santa Maria Valley

Boxtales Theater Company
To offer myth and folktale assemblies in elementary schools in NorthSanta Barbara County
$7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast
For academic support for low-income children in Santa Maria
$40,000
Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences
For the Newhall Internship Program in agriculture
$50,000
C.A.R.E.4Paws
To operate a mobile clinic and to provide free and low-cost veterinary services to communities in need in the Santa maria Valley
$15,000
CASA of Santa Barbara County
To hire a full-time, paid child advocacy specialist to represent foster youth in Santa Maria
$30,000
Chicano Studies Research Center
For the Thriving Youth Survey
$20,000
Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM)
To provide services to prevent and treat childhood trauma in North Santa Barbara County
$25,000
Children’s Resource Network of the Central Coast
To provide clothing and basic necessities to families in Santa Maria
$30,000
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center
To provide food and support services to the isolated residents of Cuyama Valley
$25,000
David J. Sanchez Elementary
To offer a science camp at Catalina Island Marine Institute to sixth grade students
$20,000
Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos, Inc.
To provide ADA-compliant access to the Dana Mission Vineyard and to restore or replicate a historic tallow vat at Rancho Nipomo
$20,000
Firebaugh High School
For scholarships to college-bound students
$24,000
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County
To provide healthy food & nutrition education programs in the Santa Maria Valley
$35,000
Future Leaders of America
To prepare 150 Santa Maria youth for college
$20,000
Good Samaritan Shelter
For an afterschool program
$25,000
Leading from Within
To provide professional development to staff working in the social sector in the Santa Maria Valley
$35,000
Life Steps Foundation
To provide seniors in Santa Maria with household and personal care assistance that enables them to continue living in their homes
$20,000
Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation
To establish an OB/GYN Residency Program Clinic
$200,000
NatureTrack Foundation
To provide field trips to beaches and trails to students and wheelchair users in North Santa Barbara County
$20,000
New Beginnings Counseling Center
For housing assistance and support services for 100 low-income veterans and their families in Santa Maria Valley
$25,000
Orcutt Area Seniors in Service (OASIS)
To provide food, social services and activities to seniors in Santa Maria Valley
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast
To provide peer-to-peer sex education in Spanish to underserved communities in Santa Maria 
$20,000
Santa Barbara Humane Society
To provide distemper/parvo vaccines to dogs and to spay/neuter cats in Santa Maria 
$36,000
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
To provide elementary students in Santa Maria with access to youth education programs
$20,000
Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
For scholarships to college-bound students
$72,000
Santa Maria Philharmonic
To provide classical music education to elementary students in the Santa Maria Valley
$20,000
Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum
To underwrite the salary of the operations manager
$20,000
Santa Maria Valley YMCA
To replace two boilers
$30,000
SEEAG
To offer students in Santa Maria field trips to a farm
$21,500
Transitions Mental Health Association
To provide vocational training for adults with mental illness
$20,000
Veggie Rescue
To provide residents of North Santa Barbara County with fresh fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be composted or wasted
$15,000
 

San Francisco

826 Valencia
For the After School Tutoring Program
$15,000
America Scores
To provide afterschool programming in soccer & poetry to middle school students
$25,000
Art with Elders
To provide free online art classes to low-income seniors
$10,000
At Home with Growing Older
To teach seniors about home adaptations to live independently
$25,000
Centers for Equity and Success
For the New Directions Employment Program
$15,000
Community Music Center
For music lessons for 1,400 low-income students ages 4-18
$20,000
Curry Senior Center
For the new Technology and Wellness Community Hub
$35,000
DrawBridge
To provide art programming to children in homeless shelters & transitional housing in San Francisco
$10,000
Family Connections Center
To provide intensive academic support to low-income children
$20,000
Garden for the Environment
To support educational programming for youth & adults at a public teaching garden
$15,000
Gardens of Golden Gate Park                                                                                         
To support youth environmental education programs for elementary school through high school
$15,000
Gateway Public Schools
To operate Boys & Girls Clubs at two charter schools in San Francisco to close the education gap for low-income students
$15,000
ICA Cristo Rey Academy
For the work study program’s summer orientation
$20,000
Life Learning Academy
To support the school’s project-based learning model
$25,000
Literacy for Environmental Justice
For the Eco-Apprentices program
$15,000
Litquake
For the Elder Project
$10,000
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
For delivering the Rhythm program to schools in San Francisco
$20,000
SCRAP
To provide environmentally sustainable arts education programs to underserved youth in San Francisco
$15,000
Swords to Plowshares
To provide case management to low-income and homeless veterans in San Francisco  
$30,000
Tech Exchange
To provide computers and tech support to 200 low-income youth in San Francisco
$20,000
Wooden Boats for Veterans
To provide veterans with sailing outings and lessons as a way to provide emotional support and healing
$15,000
   

Other

 
Point Blue Conservation Science
For conservation of agricultural lands in Merced County
$30,000
University of California Merced
To support the Field Curious Sustainable Ag from Field to Lab Program
$30,000
   

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