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Foundation Initiated

Grants awarded June 1, 2003, through May 31, 2004

 

$7,500 to the CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, for general support on the occasion of the 19th Annual Ball.

$10,000 to CONGREGATION EMANU-EL, San Francisco, in honor of Rabbi Stephen Pearce’s 10th Anniversary.

$17,000 to the FRENCH-AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, San Francisco, for general support of its programs of study in French and English, and to prepare its graduates to think critically and to communicate across cultures.

$20,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET, for general support of America's first professional ballet company.

$40,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, for general support.

$12,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, for general support and to present opera performances of the highest international quality available to the widest possible audiences.

$75,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA, for annual support and transition funding.

$10,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, Ca., for the University and its academic programs.

$23,426 to the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION, London, England, for the Patron Trust Membership.

 

General support contributions of $5,000 or less:

ACLU FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

BREAST CANCER ACTION

BREAST CANCER FUND

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY

CENTER FOR URBAN EDUCATION ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

CITY ARTS & LECTURES

EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

FANNIE LOU HAMER PROJECT

FILM ARTS FOUNDATION

FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO

FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

GLOBAL HERITAGE FUND

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE

KATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOL

KQED

LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES

MEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION

POETRY FLASH

PROJECT OPEN HAND

PROTEUS FUND

PUBLIC CAMPAIGN

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

SAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL

SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS

WORLD LEARNING

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS


Philanthropy and non-profit sector:


$900 to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS, Los Angeles, Ca., for 2004 membership.

$7,640 to the COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS, Washington, D.C., for 2004 membership.

$724 to the ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., for 2004 membership.

$5,000 to the ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., for the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, a national funders affinity group that fosters economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially responsible systems of food production, processing, distribution, and consumption with a focus on national policy issues and bringing new funders to the field.

$2,250 to the FUNDERS FOR LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES, New York, N.Y., a national affinity group of foundation staff who work to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues within the field of philanthropy, for 2004 membership.

$10,000 to FUNDERS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, San Francisco, an affinity group of public and private grantmakers whose mission is to promote sustainable food systems in California through educational fora for grantmakers, for annual membership. The Trust for Conservation Innovation is the fiscal sponsor.

$2,500 to INDEPENDENT SECTOR, Washington, D.C., for its 2003 Annual Meeting, which took place at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on November 2-4.

$4,009 to INDEPENDENT SECTOR, Washington, D.C., for 2004 membership.

$4,104 to NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS, San Francisco, for 2004 membership.

$3,000 to THE FOUNDATION CENTER, San Francisco, for the Foundation Library Center to continue to provide free public access to information on nonprofits and foundations; to publish information on foundations; to host workshops for the public on fundraising and foundations; and to host a website that provides tools for grantseeking.

 

 

 

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