| Foundation InitiatedGrants awarded June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006 $15,000 to the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn., for the Class of 1969. $40,000 to AMERICANS FOR OXFORD, New York, N.Y., for the support of St. Edmund Hall, and for the Voltaire Foundation. $20,000 to CAMFED USA FOUNDATION, San Francisco, to fight poverty and AIDS in rural communities in Africa by educating girls. $20,000 to CITY ARTS & LECTURES, San Francisco, to help underwrite the 25th anniversary season production of a special series in the winter and spring of 2006. $25,000 to CRITICAL IMAGES, for production of a one-hour documentary film, Forget Me Not: The National AIDS Memorial, by filmmaker Andy Wilson, which tells the story of the creation of the National AIDS Memorial, its significance as a national memorial, and the individual stories it memorializes in the “turning of loss into life.” $10,000 to the FRENCH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, San Francisco, to offer its students programs of study in French and English. $15,000 to the GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY THEATRE SOCIETY, Gloucestershire, U.K., for TaurusVoice, which works with speech, drama, movement, improvisation, and creative writing to enable people to find, explore, and develop their voice. $6,000 to KIDS COMPANY, London, U.K., to help dispossessed urban children through artistic and sporting activities. $30,000 to the LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE, South Lake Tahoe, Ca., for general support. $6,000 to POP-UP THEATRE, London, U.K., one of the U.K.’s leading young people’s theatre companies with a local, national, and international touring program to theatres, arts centers, community venues, and schools. $25,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET for general support of America’s first professional ballet company. $39,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET for the Pinnacle Fund to increase the endowment for the San Francisco Ballet. $25,000 to the SANTA FE OPERA, Santa Fe, N.M., for the American premiere production of Thomas Ades’ The Tempest, which will be a highight of the Santa Fe Opera’s fiftieth anniversary season. $10,000 to the SIERRA FUND, Nevada City, Ca., to protect the land, air, and water resources of the Sierra Nevada. $15,000 to SIERRA WATCH, Nevada City, Ca., to defend the natural resources and quality of life in the Sierra Nevada from sprawling development. General support contributions of $5,000 or less: ACLU FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST
BREAST CANCER ACTION
BREAST CANCER FUND
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION
CENTER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITIES
CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
CULTURAL CONSERVANCY
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA
EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
FAMILY FARM DEFENDERS
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO
FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF ETC GROUP
FRIENDS OF SIR MORTIMER B. DAVIS JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST
GARDEN CONSERVANCY
GLOBAL HERITAGE FUND
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGY AND CULTURE
LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES
MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA FOUNDATION
ODC THEATER
ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION
OPEN EYE PICTURES
PAINES PLOUGH THEATRE COMPANY
POETRY FLASH
POLARIS INSTITUTE
PROJECT OPEN HAND
PROTEUS FUND
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN
RAINFOREST INTERNATIONAL
REHEARSAL ORCHESTRA
SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SAN FRANCISCO WALDORF SCHOOL
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
WATTS GARDEN CLUB
WILDWEST INSTITUTE
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Philanthropy and non-profit sector:
$900 to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS, Los Angeles, Ca., for 2006 membership. $8,050 to the COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS, Washington, D.C., for 2006 membership. $880 to the ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., for 2006 membership. $1,500 to the FOUNDATION CENTER, San Francisco, for continuing support of the Foundation Center Library. $2,500 to the FUNDERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION (FCCP), for membership in the FCCP, which brings together grantmakers who are committed to enhancing democratic involvement in all dimensions of civic life, including elections, governance, media, and civil society with a particular emphasis on disenfranchised and disempowered communities. The Proteus Fund is the fiscal sponsor. $5,000 to the FUNDERS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, San Francisco, for membership contributions for 2004 (retroactively) and 2005. $3,000 to INDEPENDENT SECTOR, Washington, D.C., for 2006 membership. $4,585 to NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS, San Francisco, for 2006 membership. $2,500 to NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS, San Francisco, for the Arts Loan Fund, a collaborative loan fund that provides quick-turnaround, low-cost financial assistance to San Francisco Bay Area arts organizations to help them manage their cash flow needs. $2,500 to the SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS, Los Angeles, Ca., for 2006 membership. Community Partners is the fiscal sponsor. |