Since 2004, we’ve made more than $6 million in grants to support young people’s civic engagement, and the arts. Since 2010, we’ve awarded more than $1 million to young people and organizations working to build the leadership, power and voice of community college students. Our average grant size is $40,000. We award grants on an annual basis, but prefer to work with our grantee partners over a longer period of time.
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$40,000
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Community Partners’s Southern CA College Access Network
$35,000
Southern CA College Access Network
Bend The Arc’s Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing
$40,000
Bend The Arc: a Jewish Partnership for Justice
People for the American Way Foundation
$40,000
Young People For
People for the American Way Foundation
$40,000
Donation: People for the American Way
Campaign for College Opportunity
$40,000
Donation: Campaign for College Opportunity
Creative Capital Foundation
$5,000
Project-Specific Support for Gala Host Committee; one-time grant
Marin Media Institute
$50,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
Nevada Art Museum
$25,000
Project-Specific Grant for Lead Sponsorship of the Museum exhibition Chester Arnold; one time grant
Creative Capital Foundation
$25,000
General Operating Support; 1st installment of a 3-year pledge; ($75K in total)
Bolinas Firehouse and Clinic Fund
$50,000
General Operating Support
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
$100,000
Capital Campaign
San Jose Museum of Art
$280,000
General Operations
San Jose Museum of Art
$50,000
General Operating Support
S.J. Museum of Art /General Op. Support
$110,000
S.J. Museum of Art /General Op. Support
Bolinas Firehouse and Clinic Fund
$50,000
Bolinas Firehouse and Clinic Fund
San Jose Museum of Art/”Thy Will Be Done”
$28,000
San Jose Museum of Art/”Thy Will Be Done”
Zero One San Jose
$20,000
Zero One San Jose
San Francisco Community Foundation
$75,000
San Francisco Community Foundation
People for the American Way Foundation
$40,000
Donation: People for the American Way
People for the American Way Foundation
$25,000
General Operating Support; one time grant for 2011 Board Obligation
Courage Campaign Institute
$25,000
General Operating Support for Board Contribution; one time grant
Courage Campaign Institute
$15,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
People for the American Way Foundation
$25,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
Demos
$20,000
General Operating Support; 1st installment (1 of 2)
Demos
$20,000
General Operating Support; 2nd/final installment
Oregon Progress Forum
$15,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
People for the American Way Foundation
$25,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
Progressive States Matching Grant
$150,000
Progressive States Matching Grant
Oregon Progress Forum
$75,000
Oregon Progress Forum
People for the American Way Foundation
$250,000
General Operating Support
Demos
$20,000
Campaign for EDR
PLAN / Matching Grant
$100,000
PLAN / Matching Grant
Progressive States Network
$250,000
General Operating Support
Center for American Progress
$350,000
Center for American Progress
Institute for Southern Studies
$20,000
Gen Op Support
People for American Way Foundation
$125,000
General Operating Support
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$20,000
Project-Specific Grant for the Future Preparedness Index; 2nd & final installment
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$20,000
Project-Specific Grant for the Future Preparedness Initiative; first installment of two
Youth Movement Records
$25,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
All-Ages Music Project (AMP)
$50,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
Voto Latino
$40,000
Project-Specific Grant for the “Be Counted, Represent PSA” production costs; one time grant
New Media for Nonprofits DBA Issue Lab
$35,000
General Operating Support; one time grant
Youth Movement Records
$50,000
General Operating support
All-Ages Music Project (AMP)
$50,000
General Operating support
AMP/Tides Center
$50,000
AMP/Tides Center
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
$10,000
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Rock the Vote
$140,727
Rock the Vote
Music For America Education Fund/RockVote
$91,169.67
Music For America Education Fund/RockVote
Empower Alabama Civic Action
$10,000
Empower Alabama Civic Action
Democracy Works
$14,000
General Operating Support
AMP/Tides Center
$50,000
AMP/Tides Center
Youth Movement Records
$100,000
Youth Movement Records
United States Student Assoc. Foundation
$25,000
United States Student Assoc. Foundation
Youth Noise
$100,000
Youth Noise
C3 EDR Grant
$14,000
C3 EDR Grant
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$40,000
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Community Partners’s Southern CA College Access Network
$35,000
Southern CA College Access Network
Bend The Arc’s Funders Collaborative for Youth Organizing
$40,000
Bend The Arc: a Jewish Partnership for Justice
People for the American Way Foundation
$40,000
Young People For
Campaign for College Opportunity
$40,000
Donation: Campaign for College Opportunity
Donation: Roosevelt Institute
$40,000
Donation: Roosevelt Institute
Community Partners’s Southern CA College Access Network
$40,000
Donation: Southern CA College Access Network
New Organizing Institute Education Fund
$40,000
For project specific support of community college initiative
Roosevelt Institute
$40,000
For project specific support of community college initiative
Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth
$40,000
Project Coleman Advocates for Youth – general support for SMAC
Young Invincibles
$39,000
For project specific support of community college work in CA
American Association of Colleges & University’s Democracy Commitment
$40,000
For project specific support of The Democracy Commitment
Campaign for College Opportunity
$40,000
General support
Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth’s Students Making a Change
$40,000
Support of SMAC’s organizing and student leadership training at City College of San Francisco.
New Organizing Institute Education Fund
$41,500
Project-Specific Grant in support of “New Organizing University-Millennial Project Community College Student Engagement Program”, one-time grant
Organizing leadership online
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
$25,000
Project-Specific Grant for the Ideas Empowered Program; 1st installment of two (Jan and May 2012)
American Association of Colleges & University’s Democracy Commitment
$40,000
A Project of the American Association of Colleges and Universities
Young Invincibles
$39,000
Project-Specific Grant for Young Invincibles; one-time grant
The Battery Foundation
$100,000
The Battery Foundation
Foundation of City College of San Francisco
$10,000
Foundation of City College of San Francisco
Association of Small Foundations
$695
Annual Membership Renewal 2012 for the Association
Northern California Grantmakers (NCG)
$250
2011 NCG Membership Dues (based on total 2010 grants awarded)
People for the American Way Foundation
$10,000
General Operating Support for the 30th Anniversary Celebration Event; one-time grant
University of Southern California
$50,000
To record pledge payable for the Ideas Empowered Program; 2nd & final installment
University of Southern California
$50,000
Project-Specific Grant for the Ideas Empowered Program; 1st of 2 installments
Harvard Kennedy School
$50,000
Project-Specific Support for Public Service Internships; one time grant
Participatory Culture Foundation
$100,000
General Operating
Participatory Culture Foundation
$45,500
General Support
Participatory Culture Foundation/Op Support
$46,250
Participatory Culture Foundation/Op Support
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
MIT Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation
$50,000
MIT Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation
MIT Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation Fund (2005 pledge balance)
$25,000
MIT Deshpande Center for Technical Innovation Fund (2005 pledge balance)
Participatory Culture Foundation
$50,000
General Support
Participatory Culture Foundation
$45,500
Participatory Culture Foundation
Bay Area Economic Forum Foundation fbo New California Network
$20,000
Bay Area Economic Forum Foundation fbo New California Network
Participatory Culture Foundation
$35,000
Participatory Culture Foundation