Ahmanson Foundation
Contact: Mr. Lee E. Walcott, Jr.
9215 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 278-0770
Funds primarily in Los Angeles area
Funds Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Homeless Services, Human Services, Secondary Education, and Youth Services.
Grant types: Building/Renovation, Capital Campaigns, Emergency Funds, Endowments, Equipment, Land Acquisition, Matching/Challenge Support, and Program Development
JENIFER ALTMAN FOUNDATION (JAF)
Senior Contact Person: Marni Rosen, Executive Director
JAF, Mitchell Kapor Foundation and StarFire Fund
P.O. Box 29209, Thoreau Center for Sustainability
Presidio Building 1016, 1st Floor
Lincoln Blvd. & Torney Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: (415) 561-2182
Fax: (415) 561-6480
www.jaf.org
The Foundation has a strong program interest in child care in California. The focus of this interest over the past four years has been a "Parent Voices" initiative to improve the quality of child care with a particular emphasis on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area child care resource and referral networks and several other child care networks elsewhere in California. JAF makes a few small direct service grants for child care centers in San Francisco (approximately $50,000 annually).
Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
The Grants Program
2141 W. Adams
Los Angeles, CA 90018
Funding: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties
Funds youth athletic programs in underserved areas
Archer Daniels Midland Co/Archer Daniels Midland Foundations
Contact: Miranda Rothrock, Grants Coordinator
4666 Faries Parkway, P O Box 1470
Decatur, IL 62526
Emphasis on corporate operting locations, particularly Illinois, also gives nationally.
Past grants include $15,000 to St. Mary's Decatur Day Care Intergeneration Program.
BankAmerica Foundation
Danielle Campos, Contributions Manager
Bank of America Center
555 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 9007
(415) 953-3175
Web Site: www.bankofamerica.com/foundation
Funding: throughout California
Funds child development and community investment programs
H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation
PO Box 13390
Palm Desert, CA 92255
No geographic area given
Focus on children and youth: "helping people help themselves"
Francis Stanley Beveridge Foundation
Limits funding to Orange County. On-line applications only.
Focus on capital campaigns, building renovations, computer networking, seed monies.
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Deva Hirsch, Co-Director
2455 Paces Ferry Road, Suite C-22
Atlanta, GA 30339-4024
(404) 995-6700
Funds Los Angeles area
Focuses on adolescents; teen conflict resolution; bridge building
The David Bohnett Foundation
Michael Fleming, Program Officer
2049 Century Park East, Suite 251
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 277-4611
Funds Los Angeles area
Focuses on reducing handguns/youth violence; gay and lesbian social services
The Bothin Foundation
Mr. Lyman Casey, Executive Director
PO Box 29906
San Francisco, CA 94129-0906
www.pacificfoundationservices.com
Funds Santa Barbara County
Focus on direct services to at-risk, low-income children
The Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation
The Frank H. Buck Scholarships
Post Office Box 5610
Vacaville, CA 95696-5610
Applications are available to residents of six northern California
counties - Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Napa and Yolo.
Direct support is also sometimes given to educational institutions, libraries and others in support of the Foundation's main emphasis. The Foundation also supports other charitable endeavors as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Elaine Gradman
Community Relations
2655 Seely Avenue, MS5A1
San Jose, CA 95134
408.894.2452
egradman@cadence.com
http://www.cadence.com
Funds a number of projects through its community affairs program, the majority of which are based in the Santa Clara Valley area. General information on grant guidelines, applications, and the review process are available on the company's Web site. Additionally, Cadence Design sponsors a Matching Gift program for organizations located where employees live and work that focuses on the areas of K-12 education, higher education, arts and culture, health and human services, the environment, and animal rights and welfare.
California Community Foundation
606 S. Olive Street, #2400
Los Angeles, CA 90014
(213) 413-4042 (ph)
(213) 383-2046 (fax)
Web Site: www.calfund.org
Funds in greater Los Angeles area
Funds Human Services; manages funds for smaller private and family foundations. May not be open to funding sectarian community.
The Candle Foundation
Marti Mossawir, Community Relations Manager
201 N. Douglas St.
El Segundo, CA 90245
(310) 727-4041
martha_mossawir@candle.com
www.candle.com/about_candle/candle_foundation
Seeks innovative, high-impact, low-overhead projects for which beneficiaries are chosen on a non-religious, nonpolitical, non-ethnic basis. The following information includes examples of the projects the foundation has recently funded.
Community Investment
Hunger and Homelessness
Charles A. Dana Foundation
Contact: Executive Vice President
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700
New York, NY 10151
No geographic restrictions.
Provides the following types of support: conference/seminar, general support, project and research. Recent grants include $25,000 to Family Center, Greenwich, CT for child care center facility.
Chevron Corporate Giving Program
Mr. Skip Rhodes
575 Market Street, P.O. Box 7753
San Francisco, CA 94120
(415) 894-4193
Funds statewide
Funds Education, Health and Human Services programs
The Cisco Foundation
San Jose Proposal:
Cisco Systems Foundation
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
Their mission is to fund "organizations in the community that provide education, generate and sustain community service, or meet basic human needs." The Foundation gives primarily to education, including K-12 programs; career training for disadvantaged adults, and arts in education. They also give a smaller percentage of their grants to community service, shelter, food and health organizations. Recipients must be within 50 miles of San Jose, CA; Research Triangle Park, NC; Chelmsford, MA; or New York City, NY.
The Citigroup Foundation
Contact: Jose Arce
Citibank, FSB
One Sansome Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Funds statewide
Funds welfare-to-work incentive programs, early childhood education programs, community development programs
The Clorox Company Foundation
Funds in Los Angeles, Fairfield, Oakland
Dedicated to improving the quality of life in communities where employees of the Clorox Company live and work - primarily in 23 "Clorox Cities" in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The Foundation focuses its grants on programs that serve youth, core cultural and civic organizations, plant programs, and organizations in which Clorox employees are involved. Grants typically support innovative programs in their developmental stages.
The S.H. Cowell Foundation
120 Montgomery Street, Suite 2570
San Francisco, CA 94104
phone: (415) 397-0285
fax: (415) 986-6786
Was established in 1956 and "addresses the underlying causes of poverty and social problems, promotes neighborhood/civic participation and builds sustainable local resources in northern California." The grant program has four primary areas of interest: access to affordable housing; the abilities of families to care for and nurture their children; public school students' learning and parent involvement teacher support; and helping youth to make healthy and successful life choices.
Crail-Johnson Foundation
222 W. 6th Street, Suite 1010
San Pedro, CA 90731
www.crail-johnson.org
Funds Kern, San Diego, LA Counties
Funds after school programs; no pervasively sectarian programs
Walt Disney Company Foundation
Contact: Ms. Doris Smith
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-0968
(818) 560-1006
Funds in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Funds Children, Community Services, Education, Youth.
The Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
911 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Email: doheny@earthlink.net
Funds programs that support religion, education and the needy.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Foundation
5929 College Avenue
Oakland, California 94618
Dreyer's Foundation hot-line (510) 450-4586.
The mission of the Foundation is "to promote a family, school and community environment, which enables young people to develop their individual initiative and talents to the maximum extent in order for them to become contributing members of their community and caretakers of the community's values and ideals for the next generation." Through its direct grant program, the Foundation supports projects that benefit young people in the Oakland, East Bay Area, with particular priority given to support low and middle income youth and minority youth.
Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Contact: Lucy Gioia, Office Administrator
50 Main St., Suite 1000
White Plains, NY 10606
National, general support, project and research.
Funds day care programs. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $10,000.
Joseph Drown Foundation
Wendy Schine, Program Director and VP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1930
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 277-4488
Los Angeles area (broadly defined) and throughout California
Funds afterschool programs and programs for poverty-level/disadvantaged children; no pervasively sectarian
The eBay Foundation
Created in June 1998, supports "organizations that provide tools, hope, and direction to those who seek new skills" and "organizations that implement programs that have long-term implications and maximize the ability to do good in the world." The foundation gives grants each quarter in different categories. These categories are kids, adults, community, and global impact. The areas include everything from education and job retraining to economic revitalization and the environment.
Funds in San Jose, CA
The Fieldstone Foundation
Mary MacIntyre Hamilton, Executive Director
14 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Funds in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.
Likes to fund Christian organizations; funds programs serving families; funds capacity building of non-profits through leadership programs; also seeks to fund organizations providing childcare services, positive alternatives for youth, and positive responses to diversity.
First Fruits
Rob Martin, Executive Director
14 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 720-3774
No geographic area defined
Funds programs that combine social concerns and evangelism.
The Fitzpatrick Foundation
1110 Burlingame Avenue, Suite 300
Burlingame, CA 94010
FAX: 650-373-1037
Supports in-school and after-school programs that enhance academic achievement, provide arts education, provide recreation and athletic activities, and develop technology skills. The Foundation also supports professional development programs for educators with an emphasis on providing and applying technology skills in the classroom. Does not fund pervasively sectarian programs.
For All Kids Foundation
www.rosieo.warnerbros.com
Established in 1997 by talk show host, Rosie O'Donnell and is located in Allendale, NJ. Its mission is to "help support the intellectual, social and cultural development of disadvantaged children throughout the United States." The Foundation focuses on supporting at-risk children through childcare, health care, and education programs in underserved communities. A key interest is in organizations that provide direct child care services. The site includes application guidelines, a list of grant recipients, and a link to the online auction site that raises money for the Foundation.
The Freddie Mac Foundation
http://www.freddiemacfoundation.org
Principal charitable arm of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation is dedicated to helping children, youth, and families at risk. The Foundation provides funds to nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C., area and in cities where regional offices are located, and supports programs with a national scope. Giving areas include building strong families, developing the early child, foster care and adoption, building constituencies for children, assisting teen parents, and expanding child care. The Foundation's Web site provides grant guidelines, geographic locations of the company, information on special leadership initiatives and volunteerism, news, the Foundation's annual report (in .PDF format), and a message from the chairman. (01/24/00)
The George and Germaine Fusenot Charity Foundation
522 N. Rossmore Avenue, Apt. 302
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Funds youth services, churches, Christian agencies
The John Jewett and H. Chandler Garland Foundation
PO Box 550
Pasadena, CA 91102
Funds in Los Angeles area
Funds education, youth, homeless programs
The Gannett Foundation
The philanthropic organization of Gannett Co., Inc., a news and information concern headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, funds programs to improve the education, health, and quality of life of people living in company communities. The Foundation seeks to fund programs that provide creative solutions to the issues of education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation, and cultural enrichment
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle Washington 98102
Funds primarily in Seattle, but some national grants
Funds educational programs "helping all students achieve".
The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation
Contact: Peter J. Brusati, Secretary
1169 Market Street, #808
San Francisco, CA 94103
The Foundation's policy is to promote exclusively religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes restricted to local giving in the nine counties of the greater San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma).
The Goldman Fund
Contact: Charles F. Greene, Executive
Director
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
One Lombard Street, Suite 303
San Francisco, CA 94111
Established in 1951 by Richard and Rhoda Goldman to improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area, to protect the environment, and to promote a more just and sustainable world. The Fund is interested in supporting programs that will have a positive impact in an array of fields, including the environment, population, Jewish affairs, children and youth, the elderly, social and human services, health, education, and the arts. Primarily funds projects that have an impact on San Francisco and local Bay Area communities, (e.g. Tenderloin Childcare Center -- lots of capital improvements listed).
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Contact: James C. Slaughter, Esq. CEO,
Director
375 Park Avenue, Suite 1602
New York, NY 10152
No geographic restrictions.
Funds day care programs, with emphasis on New York City.
The Greenville Foundation
Contact: Virginia Hubbell, Program Specialist
283 Second Street E
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 938-9377
No geographic area given. Funds after-school programs
Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation
Julie Meenan, Executive Director
(562) 437-2882
Funds in Long Beach area
Funds child care programs
GTE Foundation
Contact: Ms. Maureen Gorman
1 Stamford Forum
Stamford, CT 06904
(203) 965-3620
Funding priorities: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Development, Engineering and Technology, Federated Giving Programs, Higher Education, Human Services, Minorities, Science, Substance Abuse Services, Voluntarism Promotion.
Grant types: Continuing Support, Curriculum Development, Emergency Funds, Employee Matching Gifts, Employee-Related Scholarships, Fellowship Funds, General/Operating support, In-Kind Gifts, Program Development, Program-Related Investments/Loans.
Limitations: Individuals, Fundraising Events, Sponsorship Dinners, and Conferences.
Area: Company Operations. Limited Support to National organizations deemed to be of broad benefit to GTE companies, employees, shareholders, or customers.
Healthcare Foundation of Orange County
Funds in Orange County
Provides support services for healthcare
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
525 Middlefield Road, Suite 200
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 329-1070
No geographic area defined
Funds community-based initiatives, welfare to work programs, community development initiatives
The Hutton Family Foundation
101 W. Anapamu Street, Fourth Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 957-4740
Funds in Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara counties
Funds youth and family services; building institutional capacity and capital improvements
IKOS Systems
www.ikos.com/company/community
Los Angeles, San Jose, Santa Clara, Oakland -- where IKOS employees work
An electronics company in Cupertino has a Community Involvement program involving employee volunteers and a grants program. "As a technology leader in high performance design verification solutions, [IKOS] values the importance of investing in community solutions that accelerate positive change." Primary areas of interest are education; human/social services; health/healthcare and the environment. Awards are made to nonprofits and schools in areas where IKOS employees work and live. Grants are usually under $1,000 and never over $5,000.
The Walter S. Johnson Foundation
Supports programs in Northern California and Washoe County, Nevada, that "help children and youth meet their full potential and rise to the challenges of our diverse and changing society." The Foundation's grants program is focused on three primary goals: ensuring the well being of children and youth, strengthening public education, and assisting young people in the transition to adulthood.
The JoMiJo Foundation
170 Oak Drive
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: 415.721.7397 Fax: 415.721.0916
Past programs funded include:
Will provide support for salaries, operating funds, and special projects.
The Kimball Foundation
Presidio Building 1016, Suite 300, PO
Box 29906
San Francisco, California 94129-0906
(415) 561-6540 (415) 561-6477 (FAX)
The broad purpose of the Foundation is to provide opportunities for at-risk and disadvantaged individuals in the Bay Area to reach their highest potential and to improve the quality of their lives. Toward this goal, the Foundation supports non-profit organizations serving the residents of San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma Counties, and to a limited extent Santa Clara County, as far south as Palo Alto.
Within the field of education, programs may focus on youth development, academic enrichment, tutorials, outdoor education, leadership development, vocational training and employment, learning disabilities, and sports/recreational activities for low-income youth.
Grants in the arts are made only to groups that predominantly serve youth. Grants may be made for capital needs, such as building and equipment, as well as support for specific programs. No pervasively sectarian.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Funds in So Cal, mostly health education and access.
According to Catholic Charities, will fund child care programs.
The William M. Keck Foundation
Dr. Dorothy Fleisher, Early Learning
Program Officer
550 South Hope, Suite 2500
LA 90071
(213) 612-2022
Funds in Los Angeles County
Funds purchase of materials, playground equipment, innovative program start ups, construction and remodeling.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Mrs. Deborah Rey, Supervisor, Proposal
Processing
1 Michigan Avenue E
Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058
www.wkkf.org
Funds nationwide
SPARK: a new initiative: Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids, targeting ages 3-6 for school readiness
Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation
Contact: Steven M. Eidelman, Executive
Director
1325 G Street, NW Suite 500,
Washington, DC 20005
No geographic restrictions.
Provides project and seed money, but does not make grants for construction, equipment or capital outlay.
The Kirkwood Family Foundation
PO Box 29906
San Francisco, CA 94129
(415) 561-6540
www.pacificfoundationservices.com
Funds statewide
Funds programs that support public charities and social services in state that serve children and families. No pervasively sectarian programs.
Kmart Corporation
www.kmartcorp.com/corp/community
Located in Troy, Michigan, Kmart has four grant-making arms: the Kmart Fund for Kids, which contributes to nonprofit organizations that help children live happier, healthier lives; the Kmart Fund for Communities, which supports nonprofit organizations in Kmart store communities nationwide with preference given to organizations that involve Kmart associate volunteer activities; the Kmart Fund and the Kmart Family Foundation, whose purpose is to educate, prevent and fight against drug abuse by youth nationwide.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
One Biscayne Tower, Suite 3800
Miami, Florida 33131-1803
Funds after school programs and other youth/community service programs in 26 communities across the country. Might fund others outside those 26; being determined.
Wants to fund where Knight papers are published.
Komag, Inc.
Runs a number of charitable giving programs under the heading of Corporate Citizenship on its Web site. These include Corporate Giving Community, Matching Gifts Program, and Komag Kids Scholarships, all of which are centered in the communities where Komag employees live and work. Komag also funds the United Way, environmental initiatives, and programs between factories and schools in support of education. Located in San Jose.
The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation
Sandra J. Edwards, Ph.D., Director of
Grants
33 New Montgomery, #1090
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 882-7740 FAX: (415) 882-7775
http://www.koretfoundation.org
One of the largest Jewish-sponsored charitable trusts in the United States with assets of $300 million. Since its founding in 1979, Koret has awarded more than $200 million in grants to support community projects, educational institutions and organizations active in areas of public policy, arts and culture, and programs for disadvantaged youth and elderly citizens in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The A. L. Mailman Foundation
Executive Director
707 Westchester Ave.
White Plains, NY 10604
No geographic restrictions
Provides matching funds, project support, research and seed money. Likes family-focused projects
Mattel, Inc.
www.mattel.com/corporate/company/donations
Donates toys for needy children; no religious organizations
The McCarthy Family Foundation
Jane McCarthy, Executive Director
PO Box 27389
San Diego, CA 92198-1389
Funds in Los Angeles and San Diego
Provides assistance to homeless programs, includes child, youth and adult education
The MacDonnell Foundation
PO Box 29906
San Francisco, California 94129-0906
Established in 1989, the Foundation is primarily interested in
programs which support disadvantaged children, youth and families
in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Napa. Of special
interest to the Foundation are programs that reward accomplishment
and encourage motivated, low-income youth to achieve excellence
in the areas of education, recreation and/or social activities.
Within the field of education, the Foundation prefers to focus
on learning disabilities programs for youth. The Foundation is
also interested in programs that foster self-reliance for the
homeless and economically disadvantaged and athletic programs
benefiting inner-city youth.
The McKesson HBOC Foundation
Contact: Marcia Argyris, VP, Community
Relations and President
One Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Seeks to enhance the health and quality of life in communities where McKessonHBOC Inc. operates and its employees live: San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles. Our emphasis is focused on youth; especially health services for underserved populations, educational enrichment, recreation and youth development activities. The Foundation also funds emergency services for children and families, and a variety of social, educational and cultural programs.
No pervasively sectarian programs funded.
The Kenneth and Eileen Norris Foundation
11 Golden Shore, Suite 450
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 435-8444
Funds in greater Los Angeles area
Funds education and youth programs
The Northrop Grumman Corporation
Located in Los Angeles. Supports programs that improve education, human services and culture, and address diversity. More specifically, the Corporation's Corporate Giving program supports such areas as: pre-college education, domestic violence and child abuse, dropout prevention, child care, housing and the homeless, youth and family counseling, health services, the arts, job training and employment, and welfare to work.
Pacific Life
Through its Newport Beach, California-based foundation, grants are made to organizations that address a broad spectrum of social problems: health and human services, education, arts and culture, and civic and community services.
Orange County.
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Ms. Christine Sisley, Executive
Director
1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1701
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 482-3185
Funds in Los Angeles area
Priorities: Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged,
Education, Human Services -- program and capital expenses
The J.C. Penney Fund
Corporate Contributions and Education
Manager
PO Box 10001
Dallas, TX 75301
Corporate office makes national organization grants; local company units make grants to organizations in company operating areas.
Funds childcare programs of fbos as long as activity will benefit entire community.
The Pottruck Scott Family Foundation
Nancy Wiltsek-Mendez, Executive Director
2269 Chestnut St. #800
San Francisco, CA 94123
Established in 1995 to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth, and to support volunteer-driven organizations, with a primary focus in San Francisco. This purpose has evolved to include support for civic and community projects that serve the city at large, and special projects that are initiated by the Foundation.
The Roberts Foundation
Presidio Building 1016, Suite 300
PO Box 29906
San Francisco, California
94129-0906
(415) 561-6540
(415) 561-6477 (FAX)
The Foundation grant program funds primarily children and youth services, education, programs that encourage youth towards higher education and meaningful jobs and careers. Educational programs focus on the learning disabled and disadvantaged youth. Grants for programs are preferred over grants for capital expenditures. With rare exceptions, the Roberts Foundation limits its funding to Northern California -- primarily the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, northern Santa Clara, and Sonoma, with limited funding in San Benito County.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities
Contact: Gerard S. Garey, President
Kennett Pike and Montchanin Road,
PO Box 4019
Wilmington, DE 19807
Funds day care programs. To be eligible for funds, applying organizations must be listed in the Official Catholic Directory.
The Riordan Foundation
300 S. Grand, 29th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 229-8402
Funds in LA County
Funds computers, literacy programs, playground improvements
Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation
Located in East Palo Alto. Romic focuses on funding programs that aim to keep children in school and build self-esteem, introduce youth to computers, provide after-school tutoring, match mentors with at-risk youth, and keep teenage mothers in school. It also funds programs that develop marketable job skills or job opportunities and abate drug abuse and crime.
San Diego Foundation
Contact: Rebecca Reichman
1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 235-2300 (ph)
(619) 239-1710 (fax)
E-mail: rebecca@sdfoundation.org.
Web Site: www.sdcf.org
Funding priorities: Arts/Culture, Children/Youth, Education, Health and Human Services, Urban Civic.
Grant types: Special Projects, Technical Assistance.
Limitations: Capital Campaigns, Conferences, Endowments, Individuals, and General Support, Travel.
Area: San Diego County
The Charles and Helen Schwab Family Foundation
Alexa Cortes Culwell Executive Director
Eric L. Sloan Program Officer
1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402-2508
650.655.2412
650.655.2411 fax
www.schwabfamilyfdn.org
Founded in 1993, The Foundation's future
grant making will focus on small scale and primarily local pilot
projects in the areas of substance abuse, homelessness and economic
development for the working poor. We will also launch initiatives
in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. During the development
phase of the Foundation's new program areas, organizations will
be asked to participate through an invitation-only process.
As we look toward the future, we feel an important part of our
plans is to keep the community informed. Please revisit us from
time to time to learn more about our new program areas and pilot
projects.
The Sharks Foundation
The Foundation is "dedicated to meeting the educational, social and cultural needs of our community." The San Jose Sharks and the Sharks Foundation support a broad range of community programs, but are especially focused on the community's youth. To apply for a grant, an organization must be located in Santa Clara County and must support local youth.
The Sega Youth Education & Health Foundation
Also known as the Sega Foundation, it is committed to improving the lives of young people, and has a particular interest in children's education and health. The Foundation area of Sega of America, Inc.'s Web site offers a good deal of information about Foundation-funded projects and initiatives, past, present, and future. The Foundation initiates most of its funding discussions with nonprofit organizations, but it accepts unsolicited proposals for small grants, typically ranging from $500 to $2,500.
The Sobrato Family Foundation
Diane Ford, Director
10600 N. De Anza Blvd., Suite 200
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: (408) 446-0700 Ext. 145, Fax: (408) 446-2896
Only invests in programs that benefit
residents of Santa Clara or southern San Mateo and southern Alameda
Counties. The mission of the Cupertino, California-based Family
Foundation is "to build a strong and healthy local community
by creating opportunities that empower individuals to reach their
full potential." Giving is focused on the following program
areas: community and economic development, education, health and
human services, and youth development.
The program or project should offer a significant response to
a demonstrated need in the areas of (i) community and economic
development, (ii) education, (iii) health and human services or
(iv) youth development. In addition to program support, the Foundation
provides support for building organizational capacity and capital
improvements.
Streisand Foundation
Contact: Ms. Rachel Donaldson
1460 Fourth Street, Suite 212
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 535-3767
Funds in Los Angeles area
Priorities: include programs for Children and Youth special projects, general support
Grant types: General Support, Special Projects.
The Stuart Foundation
50 California Street, Suite 3350
San Francisco, California 94111-4735
(415) 393-1551, Fax: (415) 393-1552
The Foundation's over arching purpose is to help the children and youth of California and Washington states become responsible citizens. Based in San Francisco, the Foundation's approach to this purpose is to help strengthen the public systems and community supports that contribute to children's development. There are three grant program areas: Strengthening the Public School System, Strengthening the Child Welfare System, and Strengthening Communities to Support Families.
The Target Foundation
http://www.targetcorp.com/community/targetfoundation.asp
Their program divides its grant making between national and local programs and within those programs by areas of interest. Locally, giving is centered in three areas: making the arts more accessible; providing education initiatives to help students, teachers, and schools; and supporting agencies that strengthen family life. Additionally, the Target Foundation funds arts and social action programs in local Target communities, with a special emphasis on the Minnesota and the Twin Cities area.
Travelers Foundation
Contact: Dee Topol
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
Traveler's makes grants in local communities through its Local Contributions Program. Recent grants $1,250 to the Child Care Connection in Wilmington, DE; $2,000 to Wolcott Early Childhood Center, Windsor, CT; $6,500 to Florence Fuller Child Development Center, Boca Raton, FL.
Trimble
Committed to "supporting the community. Trimble responds to societal needs, challenges, and opportunities by providing assistance to responsible non-profit organizations of many kinds." Trimble contributes funds to local organizations that work in Silicon Valley communities.
Universal Studios Foundation
Contact: Ms. Helen Yatsko Giambrone
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 777-1208
Funds in Los Angeles area
Funds Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Education
Vanguard Public Foundation
Contact: Mr. Hari Dillon
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 487-2111 Fax (415) 487-2124
E-mail: hdillon@vanguardsf.org
Web Site: www.fex.org/van/vanguard.html
Funding Priorities: Civil Rights, Disabilities, Elderly, LGBT Issues, Justice, Peace, Race Relations, Women's Issues, Youth.
Grant types: General Support, Seed Money,
Special Projects, and Technical Assistance.
Area: Local funding, San Francisco Bay Area, and northern California
The Wal-Mart Foundation of Arkansas
"Serves Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with stewardship, compassion and integrity; by developing and implementing programs that support children and families through education, health, and economic development in our local communities." Ninety-seven percent of funding is distributed locally through Wal-Mart stores and SAMs Clubs. Currently, that funding is being focused in four areas: education, health and human services, economic involvement, and environment
The Waitt Family Foundation
PO Box 1948
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 551-4839
Funds in San Diego
Funds technology innovations in non-profit social service providers
The Weingart Foundation
1055 West Seventh Street, Suite 3050
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 688-7799
Funds in Los Angeles County
Funds program and capital expenses for child care and family services;
wants to fund credible agencies; may do after-school programming
as part of overall program. No pervasively
sectarian programs funded.
Wells Fargo
The San Francisco-based banking and financial services concern directs the bulk of its corporate giving to three areas. 1) community development, especially programs that provide affordable housing, provide job training, revitalize or stabilize low and moderate income communities, or promote economic development; 2) pre-K through grade 12 education, with a focus on math, literacy, and the history of the American West; and 3) human services, especially organizations whose work in child care, health services and education, and basic needs assistance benefits low and moderate income individuals. Geographically, the company's grant making is concentrated west of the Mississippi in the states of Arizona, California.
Wender-Weis Foundation
Founded in 1994 by Amy Wender to provide charitable relief and assistance to at-risk, disadvantaged children throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Mostly one-time donations.
Whole Foods
Located in Austin, TX, this corporation contributes to non-profit and educational organizations and compensates team members for time spent in community service. Past donations have been to organization such as public radio stations, museums, river and creek cleanups, hospices, literary councils, schools, recycling organizations, soup kitchens, playground rebuilding projects, and organizations promoting organic agriculture. Funded projects in Torrance, Salinas, and others in California.
Xerox Foundation
Contact: Dr. Joseph M. Cahalan
P.O. Box 1600
Stamford, CT 06904
(203) 968-3445
Gives primarily in areas of company operations.
Funding priorities: AIDS, Arts/Culture, Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Education, Engineering/Technology, Human Services, Minorities, Performing Arts, Science, Women.
Grant types: Emergency Funds, Equipment, General Support, In-kind Gifts, Loans, Matching Funds, Program Development, and Research.
Limitations: Capital, Endowments, Government Agencies, and Individuals.
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