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The Foundation awarded $436,,500 in grants to 45 local nonprofit organizations through the 2007 competitive grants process. The awards were approved at the Foundation’s Board meeting on July 11, 2007.
Click here to view or download (in PDF format) a copy of the 2007 Competitive Grants Awards listed below. |
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Learn more about our grantees by clicking on the highlighted link of organizations with websites.
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Organization |
Amount |
Purpose |
| 418 Project |
$6,000 |
to partially support an ongoing facility improvement project |
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Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County |
$5,000
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to partially support a project to improve the agency's Web site and logo design |
| Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries |
$9,000
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to update the library system's resources for nonprofits and to support community planning for a new branch library in Felton |
| Jazz Society of Santa Cruz County |
$4,500
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to create and archive oral histories and recordings of Santa Cruz County jazz musicians |
| KUSP-FM |
$14,000 |
a two-year grant to record, promote and rebroadcast live local musical performances and to make them available to a wider audience |
| Kuumbwa Jazz Center |
$15,000 |
a two-year grant to support jazz education programming for young performers and to launch new outreach efforts for school-aged youth in Live Oak and the Pajaro Valley (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Mariposa's Art |
$6,000 |
to partially support the expansion of after-school arts and leadership development programs in the Live Oak School District (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Museum of Art &History at the McPherson Center |
$18,000 |
a two-year grant to support a project to archive, preserve and make available to researchers and the public the museum's history and art collection |
| New Music Works |
$7,500 |
a two-year grant to partially support a project to strengthen board skills, organization and volunteer management and fundraising capacities (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Pajaro Valley Arts Council |
$10,000 |
to partially support the continuation of a project to increase organizational capacity and fundraising skills among board members, staff and other volunteers |
| Santa Cruz Art League |
$8,500 |
to partially support improvements to the facility's theatre and workshop spaces |
Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre
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$2,000
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to partially support ongoing costume and set costs for the Nutcracker ballet |
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Organization |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Action Pajaro Valley |
$14,000 |
to sustain and expand the Growth Management Strategy committee and to improve the negotiation and conflict resolution skills of committee members and APV staff |
| Center for Community Advocacy |
$10,000 |
to strengthen leadership development, housing advocacy and health promotion for farm workers in the Pajaro Valley |
| Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action |
$13,000
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to increase parental engagement in children's academics in Live Oak and to expand organizing activities in the Pajaro Valley
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| Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County |
$12,000 |
to support job development and placement for low-income, formerly incarcerated women |
| Leadership Council |
$7,500 |
to coordinate the activities of the Council and oversee the five-year plan developed through a community-wide planning process for the LGBT community (supported by donor advised funds) |
| Watsonville Law Center |
$12,000 |
to build capacity as the organization transitions to an independent public benefit corporation |
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Organization |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay |
$10,000 |
to facilitate a merger with Girl Scouts of Tres Condados in order to expand and improve services for girls |
Santa Cruz County
Office of Education
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$10,000
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to sustain a physical education program for at-risk students at San Lorenzo Valley Community School (partially supported by donor advised funds)
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Organization |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Coast Watershed Council |
$10,000 |
to improve volunteer and membership programs and to increase fundraising capacity (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Ecology Action |
$15,000 |
to create a centralized Web site for community members to access environmental resources and to improve communications between environmental groups(partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Land Trust of Santa Cruz County |
$15,000 |
to develop a community-based conservation plan for Santa Cruz County (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| O'Neill Sea Odyssey |
$12,500 |
to provide marine environmental education to low-income Latino youth in south county and to advocate for increased funding for outdoor education (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Save Our Shores |
$12,000 |
to design and implement a communications and marketing plan to increase community involvement in marine issues (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
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Organization |
Amount |
Purpose |
| Child Abuse Prevention Council |
$5,000 |
to coordinate a community-wide plan to improve the county's ability to prevent and respond to child abuse |
Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition
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$10,000 |
to continue coordinated care and case management services for families of children with life-threatening conditions (partially supported by donor advised funds)
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| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County |
$12,000 |
to continue outreach increasing access to services for Latino youth |
| Dientes Community Dental Care |
$10,000 |
to partially support operating costs for the organization in providing low cost dental care (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County |
$12,800 |
$10, 800 to provide health care coverage for ten children, ages 6-18; and $2,000 to assist physicians to initiated discussions about advance directives with their patients (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| Health Projects Center |
$7,500 |
to partially support the Caregiver Education Program with workshops, resources and respite care to meet the needs of family caregivers |
| HOPE Services |
$5,000 |
to enhance independent and community living skills programs for developmentally disabled adults |
| Loaves and Fishes |
$5,000 |
to evaluate and expand on-site nutrition education programs in Watsonville |
| Planned Parenthood Mar Monte |
$4,100 |
a challenge grant to prevent cervical cancer by supporting the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine program for low-income, under-served Latina women in Watsonville |
| Santa Cruz AIDS Project |
$13,000 |
to strengthen client outreach services for people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in Santa Cruz County |
| Strategic Health Communications |
$10,000 |
to continue social marketing and health education programs for teens in Santa Cruz County |
| Survivors Healing Center |
$8,600 |
to partially support group therapy sessions for adults and teens in Santa Cruz and Watsonville for survivors of child sexual abuse, additonal outreach to the Latino community; and for professional development for the executive director (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| WomenCARE |
$10,000 |
to expand outreach and support services to Latinas newly diagnosed with cancer through the Entre Nosotras program (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
| YWCA of Watsonville |
$5,000 |
to partially support LyLyA, a program that works to increase acceptance of LGBT people in the Latino community and to reduce racism within the LGBT community (partially supported by donor advised funds) |
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| AG Against Hunger |
$10,000 |
to partially support expansion of the gleaning program in Santa Cruz County that works to educate families and children about agricultural practices on the Central Coast and to increase fresh produce available to local food banks |
| American Red Cross Santa Cruz County |
$7,500 |
to continue support for transporation services for low income seniors, disabled people and other county residents in need to out-of-county medical appointments |
| The Diversity Center |
$10,000 |
to increase organizational capacity in providing programs and services to the LGBT community |
| Homeless Services Center |
$12,000 |
to support the Rebele Family Shelter program and to enhance the financial health of the organization |
| Human Care Alliance |
$5,000 |
to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of a network of over sixty health and human services organizations |
| United Way of Santa Cruz County |
$10,000 |
for the Homeless Action Partnership to refine and implement a plan that addresses homelessness in the county |
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