EdSource, Inc. Dec 2012 Website $65,000 To enhance the executive director’s capacity to lead the renewal and sustainability of the organization. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment Dec 2012 Website $1,000,000 To increase the sustainability of small, community-based organizations serving low-income people and communities of color in underserved parts of the Bay Area. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
ConnectEd Dec 2012 Website $450,000 To support planning for regional expansion of Linked Learning pathways in San Bernardino County Focus Area: Youth Term: 9 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Inc. Dec 2012 Website $65,000 To establish a community choir to perform with composer Marcus Shelby in a concert series engaging diverse communities in Sonoma County. Focus Area: Arts Term: 21 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Center for Powerful Public Schools Dec 2012 Website $75,000 To strengthen the organization's leadership team to effectively grow, manage and sustain the organization. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
New Conservatory Theatre Center Dec 2012 Website $65,000 To support an effective transition to a dual leadership model. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Eastside Arts Alliance Dec 2012 Website $90,000 For the development of a mural park providing opportunities for low-income, Latino youth from East Oakland to create graffiti art murals. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble Dec 2012 Website $60,000 For the creation and performance of public dance events and free dance instruction for low-income and other individuals in nontraditional venues in Los Angeles. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes De Sacramento Dec 2012 Website $35,000 For a partnership with a Sacramento indoor soccer venue to foster engagement of low-income, Latino audiences in Mexican folk art and dance. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro
Valley Public Television, Inc. Dec 2012 Website $250,000 For the creation of digital content by low-income and other underserved individuals in the San Joaquin Valley through a recently launched online collection and sharing site, "ValleyPBS by You." Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
24th Street Theatre Company Dec 2012 Website $110,000 For the Teatro del Pueblo project, involving low-income Los Angeles residents in the development and presentation of plays and other art-making activities in traditional and non-traditional venues. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Street Poets, Inc. Dec 2012 Website $100,000 For the creation of the Poetry in Motion Van, a mobile performance venue providing poetry writing workshops and performances serving low-income youth and adults outside community centers, parks and street fairs in Los Angeles. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
The New Childrens Museum Dec 2012 Website $175,000 For the Mass Creativity Event series, art-making workshops in several low-income, ethnically diverse San Diego communities culminating in an annual celebration and exhibition. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Arts Visalia Dec 2012 Website $20,000 To integrate visual art-making workshops for low-income and ethnically diverse participants in an annual street festival in Tulare County, culminating in a community-based gallery exhibit. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Grantmakers for Education Nov 2012 Website $30,000 To support an executive search. Focus Area: Youth Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
California Community Foundation Nov 2012 Website $150,000 To support Phase III of the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, assisting nonprofits in the Los Angeles area with strategic restructuring. Focus Area: Special Opportunities Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Regents of the University of California Nov 2012 Website $300,000 To endow The James Irvine Foundation Fellow-in-Residence at the UCLA Luskin Institute on Urban Life, in honor of Peter J. Taylor. Focus Area: Special Opportunities Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Regents of the University of California Nov 2012 Website $50,000 To support a Civil Rights Education Roundtable on Linked Learning and Equity. Focus Area: Youth Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
Sinfonia Mexicana Nov 2012 Website $75,000 To serve audiences in San Bernardino by presenting community concerts that increase awareness of Latino arts, music and culture. Focus Area: Arts Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. Nov 2012 Website $25,000 To work with college administrators and state agencies on integrating the new online voter registration system with their online systems, as part of the Future of California Elections project. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide