ARTS CULTURE & THE HUMANITIES

Grants for Capacity Building, Management & Technical Assistance
Christensen—CALIFORNIA
increase effectiveness of San Diego’s philanthropic organizations that
focus on health of residents of San Diego.
468. San Diego Organizing Project, San Diego, CA. $150,000, 2007. 3-year
grant. For core operating support to continue to develop community
leaders to advocate for health and well-being of San Diego’s low-income
families and to strengthen organizational infrastructure.
469. San Diego Science Alliance, San Diego, CA. $180,000, 2007. 3-year
grant. To provide project support for technical assistance to health career
academies in San Diego that serve Latino youth.
470. Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits, San Jose, CA. $140,000, 2007.
3-year grant. For core operating support to continue to provide
information to policymakers and opinion leaders about importance of
nonprofit health and human service agencies in Santa Clara County.
471. Southern Alameda County Sponsoring Committee, Congregations
Organizing for Renewal (COR), Hayward, CA. $160,000, 2007. 3-year
grant. For core operating support to continue to provide information to
policymakers and opinion leaders about health and wellness needs of
low-income communities in southern Alameda County.
472. Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management, Los Angeles, CA.
$225,000, 2007. 1.50-year grant. For project support to create pilot
program, Nonprofit Leadership Development program, for health and
human services nonprofits in Southern California.
473. Southern California Elderly Nutrition Partnership, Tustin, CA. $150,000,
2007. 3-year grant. For core operating support to continue to educate
policymakers about elderly nutrition programs in California.
474. Southern California Grantmakers, Los Angeles, CA. $150,000, 2007.
3-year grant. For core operating support to continue to provide
information, resources and programming for health grantmakers in
Southern California region.
475. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $110,000, 2007. 2-year grant.
For Center for Health Policy Research to build capacity of
Spanish-speaking, community-based health organizations to access and
use health data.
476. Valencia, Perez and Echeveste, South Pasadena, CA. $250,000, 2007.
2-year grant. To provide information to Latino policymakers in California
about state’s health care workforce and its diversity.
477. Vision y Compromiso, El Cerrito, CA. $180,000, 2007. 3-year grant. For
core operating support to continue to strengthen promotora network in
California.
478. Womens Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA. $250,000, 2007.
3-year grant. To provide funding and technical assistance to strengthen
organizations in California addressing reproductive health and rights.
479. Womens Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA. $210,000, 2007.
3-year grant. To provide project support to provide grassroots women’s
health leaders with opportunities to engage in health policy and advocacy
efforts.
480. Young Communications Group, Los Angeles, CA. $250,000, 2007.
2-year grant. To provide information to African-American policymakers in
California about state’s health care workforce and its diversity.
Camp Foundation
(formerly D & DF Foundation)
Limitations: Giving primarily in San Francisco, CA. No grants to individuals.
481. City Fields Foundation, San Francisco, CA. $50,000, 2007. For general
support.
482. City Fields Foundation, San Francisco, CA. $15,000, 2007. For general
support.
483. City Fields Foundation, San Francisco, CA. $10,000, 2007. For general
support.
484. New York Charter Schools Association, Albany, NY. $100,000, 2007. For
general support.
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
Limitations: Giving on a national and international basis. No support for
religious, political, or fraternal organizations or professional
organizations. No grants to individuals.
485. Citizens Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan. $15,534, 2007.
486. New Leaders for New Schools, National Office, New York, NY. $40,000,
2007.
487. New Schools for New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. $75,000, 2007.
488. Parasol Foundation, Incline Village, NV. $18,450, 2007.
489. Teach for America, New York, NY. $100,000, 2007.
490. Teach for America, New York, NY. $24,300, 2007.
491. Teach for America, Los Angeles, CA. $24,000, 2007.
Chartwell Charitable Foundation
Limitations: Giving primarily in CA and NY.
492. Executive Service Corps of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
$25,000, 2007.
493. National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. $200,000, 2007.
494. Teach for America, New York, NY. $10,000, 2007.
The Christensen Fund
Limitations: Giving primarily in the Southwest (Four Corners region), northern
Mexico (including the Colorado Plateau and Delta, the Pueblo and
Hispanic communities of the Rio Arriba/Rio Grande, the Sonoran Desert
on both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border and east of the Colorado River,
and the Sierra Tarahumara Montane West), Central Asia (the mountains
and associated valleys of northeastern Turkey, the Kyrgyz Republic, and
Tajikistan), the Rift Valley (especially southwest Ethiopia and adjacent
areas of northern Kenya) and Northern Australia (especially Arhem Land,
Far Northern Queensland, and the Kimberley and Torres Strait Islands).
No grants to individuals, or for capital funds, or building or renovation
funding; no loans.
495. Aboriginal Rainforest Council, Portsmith, Australia. $64,755, 2006. To
identify needs and opportunities for capacity building and training for land
and cultural heritage management amongst rainforest aboriginal
communities of northeast Queensland and to implement program based
on those identified needs.
496. Anadolu Kultur, Istanbul, Turkey. $150,000, 2006. For supplementary
support for strengthening of cultural life of Kars (NE Turkey), including
women’s handicrafts, filmmaking for community development, cultural
heritage and creative photography at arts high school, and through
creating and strengthening local community-based organizations and
NGOs.
497. Australian Conservation Foundation, Carlton, Australia. $30,000, 2006.
For report dissemination and implementation planning phase of
Kimberley Appropriate Economies Roundtable, creating regional
development vision with indigenous traditional owners and other
stakeholders that is in concert with environment and culture of this part
of western Australia.
498. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. $160,000, 2006. For research and
capacity building with local partners around fruit and horticultural
agro-biodiversity in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, identifying pockets of
agro-biodiversity and traditional custodians, and fostering exchange and
collaboration between farmers, scientists and NGOs in community
conservation and development efforts.
499. Conservation Strategy Fund, Arcata, CA. $50,000, 2006. For planning
and execution of scenario and visioning workshop with traditional
agricultural communities of New Mexico Acequia Association in greater
southwest to foster strategic adaptation and resilience to environmental
and social challenges.
500. Door Dog Music Productions, San Francisco, CA. $37,000, 2006. For
local efforts to put together Laz Yayla Music and Culture Festival on high
mountain pastures of the Black Sea Coast in NE Turkey in preparation
for possible larger festival.
501. Dutch Center for Indigenous Peoples Foundation, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. $30,000, 2006. For Environmental Rights Fund for
Indigenous Peoples (ERFIP) to underwrite participation of seven
indigenous representatives in the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8) and related preparatory
meetings in Cuntiba, Brazil.
502. Environmental Media Fund, Mill Valley, CA. $33,500, 2006. For general
operating support to enable continued provision of free services and
technical assistance to independent, diverse and underserved media,
producers and audiences in international environmental and social
change arenas.
503. Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, England. $200,000, 2006. To
continue to strengthen capacity of Beshat (CBF), community-environment
and development support organization in Kyrgyz Republic, and to identify
and support local organizations in Tajikistan concerned with maintaining
walnut and pistachio forests.
504. Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, England. $100,000, 2006.
For capacity building for Rendille and Boran peoples of northern Kenya
to launch community-based resource management program with the
Sera Conservancy.
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