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Grantees:By Year

2004-2005

All For One

$20,000
To contribute toward the purchase of one 15-passenger van to assist the mentoring program for youth-at-risk.
Category: Youth Opportunities
Region: Santa Barbara
www.migente.netfirms.com

Armory Center for the Arts

$20,000
To assist with moving expenses of the "Walk to Art" program to the new building facility.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Community Culture
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.armoryarts.org

Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena

$25,000
Upgrade Slavik gymnasium which serves more than 3,100 youth each year in the Pasadena area.
Category: Youth Opportunities
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.bgcpasadena.org

California Academy of Sciences — Featured Grantee

$50,000
To support the prototyping and operations of the Academy's new Naturalist Center. The Naturalist Center serves as the entry point for visitors of all ages and levels of expertise with questions about the natural world.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Science & Environment
Region: San Francisco and Bay Area
www.calacademy.org

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

$10,000
Contribution to endowment challenge, 3 for 1 challenge grant from Edward E. Ford Foundation.
Category: Youth Opportunities
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.fsha.org

Foothill Vocational Opportunities, Inc.

$40,000
Expansion of Foothill Vocational Opportunities whose objective is to maximize the personal and economic development of disabled individual by creating meaningful employment opportunities.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Elderly & Disabled
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.foothillvoc.org

Kidspace Children's Museum — Featured Grantee

$150,000
Complete construction of iconic exhibits. These are two 40 ft. climbing structures. Kidspace is a major resource for children's education and family learning.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Science & Environment
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.kidspacemuseum.org

Kidspace Children’s Museum — Featured Grantee

$125,000
Amount paid against contractors' invoices.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Science & Environment
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.kidspacemuseum.org

Kidspace Children’s Museum — Featured Grantee

$150,000
Complete construction of iconic exhibits. These are two 40 ft. climbing structures. Kidspace is a major resource for children's education and family learning.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Science & Environment
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.kidspacemuseum.org

Northern Michigan Hospital

$62,500
To provide match grants to replace outmoded ICU beds.
Categories: Healthcare, Elderly & Disabled
Region: Little Traverse, Michigan
www.northernhealth.org

On the Brink

$50,000
To fund a documentary teaching about climate change and green technology.
Category: Science & Environment
Region: Los Angeles
www.onthebrink.org

Ploughshares

$15,000
Ploughshares is a public grantmaking foundation that identifies the most effective organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of weapons of war, from nuclear arms to landmines, and provides them with the resources they need to move ahead with research, media, advocacy and even lobbying.
Category: Science & Environment
Region: San Francisco and Bay Area
www.ploughshares.org

San Francisco School, The

$80,000
To support the redesign and construction of the two preschool playgrounds to make a safe playspace for children.
Category: Youth Opportunities
Region: San Francisco and Bay Area
www.sfschool.org

San Francisco School, The

$102,000
To install photovoltaic system to make a greener school and to teach students about sustainability.
Categories: Youth Opportunities, Science & Environment
Region: San Francisco and Bay Area
www.sfschool.org

U.C.S.F. - House Calls

$50,000
To fund an executive position to assist in the office work for doctors calling on the elderly at home.
Categories: Healthcare, Elderly & Disabled
Region: San Francisco and Bay Area
www.ucsf.edu

Western Justice Center

$50,000
Matching grant to develop to support the development of the first floor of the headquarters building into a state-of-the arts meeting resource.
Category: Youth Opportunities
Region: San Gabriel Valley
www.westernjustice.org

Women's Resource Center

$35,000
To build a handicap accessible bedroom and bath and to add to the current office/counseling space. The organization serves women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Category: Elderly & Disabled
Region: Little Traverse, Michigan
www.wrcnm.org