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Foundation Initiated and Other

Grants awarded June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007

 

Other:

 

$100,000 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, Mass., to augment the endowment for the Madeleine Haas Russell Visiting Professorship of Non-Western and Comparative Studies.

$50,000 to KQED, San Francisco, Ca., for the completion costs of Save the Bay, a television series of four one-hour episodes examining the geological, cultural, and developmental history of the San Francisco Bay.

 

Foundation initiated and other:

 

$15,000 to the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn., for the Class of 1969.

$500,000 to the CAPITAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CCF), London, U.K., to establish the Columbia Foundation Fund, a donor-advised fund from which the CCF will award grants to U.K. organizations.

$211,000 over five years to the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET for the Pinnacle Fund.

$50,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO BALLET for general support of the annual fund.

$50,000 to the SAN FRANCISCO OPERA for general support to present opera performances of the highest quality available to the widest possible audience, to perpetuate and enrich the operatic art form, and to take a leadership role in training, arts education, and audience development.

$10,000 to URBAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS, San Francisco, Ca., in honor of the 10th anniversary of the Neighborhood Parks Council.

 

Philanthropy and non-profit sector:

 

$900 to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS, Los Angeles, Ca., for 2007 membership.

$9,000 to the COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS, Washington, D.C., for 2007 membership.

$10,000 to the ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., for the 2006 Fall Retreat.

$1,020 to the ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., for 2007 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.

$3,650 to INDEPENDENT SECTOR, Washington, D.C., for 2007 membership.

$2,500 to the NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY, Washington, D.C., for 2007 membership.

$10,000 to the NONPROFIT CENTERS NETWORK, San Francisco, Ca., to launch a series of workshops and technical assistance programs in California to increase the capacity of nonprofit organizations to develop and operate multi-tenant nonprofit centers serving the nonprofit community.

$4,822 to NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS, San Francisco, for 2007 membership.

$2,500 to the SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS, Los Angeles, Ca., for 2007 membership. Community Partners is the fiscal sponsor.

$25,000 to TAPROOT FOUNDATION, San Francisco, Ca., for Service Grant Sponsorship 2007, to provide grants of creative services and production in web site design, brochure design, branding and database design to Columbia Foundation grantees.

 

General support contributions of $5,000 or less:

ACLU FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

AGAPE FOUNDATION

AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF THE HAIFA FOUNDATION

AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM

AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE

BREAKTHROUGH COLLABORATIVE

BREAST CANCER ACTION

BREAST CANCER FUND

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA

EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST

GLOBAL HERITAGE FUND

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

HAWAII SEED

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

KIDS COMPANY

MARIN AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST

MARIN ORGANIC

ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION

PAINES PLOUGH THEATRE COMPANY

POETRY FLASH

POP-UP THEATRE

PRESIDIO SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

PROTEUS FUND

PUBLIC CAMPAIGN

REX FOUNDATION

RICH MIX

SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

SANT BANI SCHOOL

SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION

SUMMER FIELDS SCHOOL

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

YOLO LAND TRUST

 

 

 

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