2021 Grant Recipients
Grant Year: 2024-2025 | 2023-2024 | 2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 | 2019-2020 | 2018-2019 | 2017-2018
GRANT AWARDS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021
| ORGANIZATION | PROGRAM | GRANT AWARD |
| Acta Non Verba | To support the Leaders-in-Training and Counselor-in-Training programs for 18 under resourced youth in East Oakland | $10,000 |
| ArtStart | To provide students in Sonoma County with free training in carrying out commissioned public art projects | $10,000 |
| Attitudinal Healing Connection | For the Earn to Learn program, providing Oakland youth with job readiness training and mentored paid work. | $10,000 |
| Bay Area Youth EMT | To instruct 75 inner-city youth in the Emergency Medical Technician curriculum | $10,000 |
| Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT) |
To support the Digital Media Arts Pathway program, educating 150 youth in filmmaking and graphic design | $15,000 |
| Berkeley Repertory Theater | For the Teen Council program, providing opportunities for 300 teens to develop vocational skills in theater arts career pathways | $20,000 |
| Big Skills Tiny Homes | For a 9-month hands-on vocational program in the construction trades for transitional aged youth | $10,000 |
| Biotech Partners | To provide hands-on instruction and paid internships to prepare high school students for careers in biotechnology | $10,000 |
| California Film Institute | To support the Summerfilm program, introducing youth to career pathways in the film industry | $10,000 |
| Canopy | To provide 46 high school students in East Palo Alto with paid internships in urban greening | $10,000 |
| City Surf Project | To expand the Surf Instructor in Leadership Training Program | $10,000 |
| Conservation Corps North Bay | For the Career Pathway Program, providing 200 transitional aged youth in Marin and Sonoma Counties with job training in three career pathways | $10,000 |
| The Crucible | To support the Fuego Youth Leadership program, providing paid summer internships in industrial arts | $10,000 |
| Data for Social Good | To pilot UpMetrics services to three nonprofit organizations delivering vocational training to Bay Area youth to evaluate and track service outcomes. | $10,000 |
| Dev/Mission | For the Information and Communication Technology sector Occupational Skills Training program | $10,000 |
| Gateway Public Schools | To support the Gateway to the Workforce internship and work placement program serving 500 students ages 14-18 | $15,000 |
| Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center | To provide 19 youth with disabilities improved physical and behavioral outcomes through horseback riding. | $10,000 |
| Girls Garage | To provide 48 high school girls with an intensive summer program in design and building skills | $15,000 |
| Girls, Inc. | Support for Eureka! Teen Achievement Internship Program, providing job training and career exploration opportunities to 151 girls | $10,000 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | For the LINC summer program, engaging 40 high schoolers in environmental stewardship, vocational education and internships focused on environmental careers | $12,500 |
| ICA Cristo Rey Academy | To provide 357 high school girls with four years of work study experiences in a range of disciplines | $10,000 |
| Land Paths | To train and provide hands-on work experience to teens in land stewardship, wildfire fuel reduction, ecological restoration, and environmental education | $10,000 |
| Lighthouse Community Public Schools | To prepare 150 high school students in Oakland for careers in product development and design | $10,000 |
| Lime Foundation | For the NextGen Trades and Auto Academies serving 85 youth in Sonoma County | $10,000 |
| Mission Bit | To launch the Tech Sales Career Preparation Bootcamp | $10,000 |
| Mission Graduates | To provide 10 to 15 occupational tools or training scholarships to graduating high school seniors pursuing careers in the trades. | $20,000 |
| New Conservatory Theatre Center | To support the Youth Conservatory and Vocational Internship Program, providing education and training in the theater arts to youth ages 12 to 19 | $15,000 |
| Oakland School of the Arts | To support the Fashion Design Department | $15,000 |
| Olinga Learning | To teach 36 middle school students to use technology to improve agricultural outcomes and environmental sustainability | $15,000 |
| On the Move | To launch a Social Service Career Pathway program | $15,000 |
| Performing Stars | To support the Social Justice Youth Initiative, a year-round leadership, job readiness and internship program for 20 under-resourced youth | $10,000 |
| Pivotal | For the Summer Internship and Professional Development Program for 50 high school foster system-involved youth | $10,000 |
| Plumas County Office of Education | To purchase 3-D printer technology for the maker space facility at Quincy Junior-Senior High School | $7,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony | To support the Training Young Musicians program, which serves 400 students and culminates in a pre-professional youth orchestra | $15,000 |
| SCRAP | To provide art supplies and guided craft projects to 50 Latinx families in the Mission District. | $10,000 |
| Sprouts Cooking Club | To support program expenses for eight Chef-in-Training interns | $14,400 |
| Sunset Youth Services | To support the Professional Services Pathway, providing 8 to 12 youth job training and apprenticeships in finance, development and communications | $15,000 |
| Tech Exchange | To support the Workforce Development Internship program, providing hands-on training and paid internships in technology reuse for 20 interns ages 15 to 22 | $10,000 |
| Teen Services Sonoma | To provide 150 high school students Ready to Work certification and job skills in bicycle repair and cooking | $15,000 |
| Waterside Workshops | To support three vocational training programs in constructing wood boats, managing a coffee shop, and repairing bicycles | $20,000 |
| Yes Nature to Neighborhoods | To provide low-income teens with counseling paid jobs, leadership skills and assistance with the job application process | $10,000 |
| Youth Beat | To train Oakland middle and high school students in digital media arts | $15,000 |
| Youth Musical Theater | To expand the Theater Arts Apprenticeship program | $10,000 |
| Youth Spirit Artworks | To provide stipends for 9 transition-aged youth serving as youth leaders | $15,000 |