2019 Grant Recipients
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GRANT AWARDS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
ORGANIZATION | PROGRAM | GRANT AWARD |
Abraham Lincoln High School | To provide a two-year biotechnology pathway serving 150 students. | $10,000 |
Annie Cannons | To provide software vocational training to 23 youth who are the children of human trafficking survivors. | $10,000 |
ArtStart | To provide students ages 14 to 21 in Sonoma County with mentored opportunities to carry out commissioned public art projects. | $10,000 |
BAYCAT | For after-school and summer programs that prepare youth for careers in the digital media arts. | $12,500 |
Berkeley Repertory Theater | For the Teen Council, which introduces 250 youth to writing, directing, producing and performing in their own productions. | $10,000 |
Boys and Girls Club of Alameda County | To provide 500 youth ages 6 to 18 with STEM instruction and field trips to shadow professionals at technology companies. | $10,000 |
Building Blocks for Kids | After-school coding and STEM classes for children ages 9 to 13. | $10,000 |
Center for Youth Development through Law | To provide paid summer internships and an introduction to legal studies to 35 high school students in the East Bay. | $7,500 |
Circus Center | To provide 50 youth, ages 7 to 18, with a pre-professional training program that prepares them for professional circus careers. | $10,000 |
City Surf Project | To provide 12 San Francisco high school students with paid internships as apprentice surf instructors for six weeks in the summer. | $10,000 |
Code Nation | To deliver introductory computer programming curriculum to under-resourced high schools in San Francisco. | $15,000 |
Contemporary Jewish Museum | To provide 10 high school students with internships in which they plan, promote and produce the museum’s teen programs. | $10,000 |
Credo High School | For the practical arts program that exposes 426 students to blacksmithing, basic carpentry, and woodworking. | $20,000 |
Dev Mission | To provide 240 hours of instruction in computing to 140 youth in affordable housing development in San Francisco. | $10,000 |
826 Valencia | To support the Youth Leadership Advisory Board, a paid internship and leadership development program serving 20 youth. | $10,000 |
Gateway Public School | For the Gateway to the Workforce Program, an onsite career readiness training initiative that includes a set of three 8-week internships. | $10,000 |
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center | To provide youth with disabilities increased independence through skills gained in horseback riding. | $10,000 |
Girls Inc. of Alameda County | For paid, 4-week professional internships for high school girls. | $10,000 |
Hanna Boys Center | To support vocational training in agriculture and construction for 100 at-risk youth at a residential treatment center in Sonoma. | $10,000 |
Hidden Genius Project | To provide 800 hours of year-round training in computer science and software development to 120 black male youth in East Bay. | $10,000 |
Hiller Aviation Museum | To support an annual team engineering design challenge for 1,100 students in grades 4 through 8. | $7,500 |
Huckleberry Youth Programs | To provide 110 high school students with job readiness training and 10-week paid summer internships. | $15,000 |
ICA Cristo Rey Academy | To provide 381 high school girls with four years of work study experiences in a range of industries. | $10,000 |
Lime Foundation | For the NextGen Trades Academy, which provides a 7-month vocational training program in the construction trades to youth ages 16 to 24. | $10,000 |
Marin Builders Association | To provide 20 to 30 Marin high school students with the training and certifications necessary for entry-level employment in the construction trades. | $10,000 |
Mission Graduates | To provide scholarships to graduating high school seniors who enter certificate programs that require the purchase of apprenticeship tools. | $15,000 |
Oakland School of the Arts | To support the Production Design Program, which teaches students in grades 6-12 all aspects of putting on a stage production (i.e., carpentry and construction, lighting design, sound, etc.). | $10,000 |
One East Palo Alto Neighborhood Improvement Initiative | To provide paid summer jobs and mentoring to 100 high-risk youth, ages 14 to 25, in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park. | $10,000 |
Pie Ranch | To provide 350 students in grades 6 through 12 with vocational education in sustainable farming and the culinary arts. | $10,000 |
Project H Design (Girls Garage) | To provide 48 girls ages 13 to 17 with a summer intensive program in design and building skills. | $10,000 |
Santa Rosa Symphony | For the Training Young Musicians program, including free after-school instruction and a three-week summer camp. | $15,000 |
Sonoma International Film Festival | For the Media Arts Program that teaches professional media and broadcast production skills to 185 students at Sonoma Valley High School. | $10,000 |
Special Services for Groups/Occupational Therapy Training Program | To provide 20 youth with a mental health diagnosis a job placement and support services to ensure permanent employment. | $10,000 |
Tech Exchange | For the internship program that trains youth ages 15 to 22 in computer hardware repair, IT troubleshooting, and customer service. | $7,500 |
Tech Exposure & Access through Marketing | To provide a 14-week program that trains 35 participants to use a video-based sports analysis software (SportsCode). | $15,000 |
Techbridge Girls | To provide 30 weeks of STEM education and summer internship opportunities to 30 high school girls. | $10,000 |
Tradeswomen | For a career fair to introduce high school girls to careers in the trades. | $10,000 |
West County Developing Instructional Gardens in Schools (WCDIGS) | For the Plant to Plate internship program that trains 15 high school students in organic gardening, food handling safety, and cooking. | $16,000 |
YES Nature to Neighborhoods | To provide 20 Richmond teens, ages 16 to 18, with junior counselor jobs at summer camps. | $10,000 |
Youth Art Exchange | To provide 400 San Francisco high school students with technical art skills that prepare them for jobs in the creative sector. | $10,000 |
Youth Food Project | To provide a four-week culinary arts vocational training program to 25 young adults who have an incarceration history. | $10,000 |
Youth Musical Theater Company | To provide three apprenticeships in theater production. | $5,000 |