ARTS CULTURE & THE HUMANITIES

Grants for Capacity Building, Management & Technical Assistance
Irvine—CALIFORNIA
940. Sierra Club of British Columbia, Victoria, Canada. $35,000, 2007. For
strategic planning and staff communications training.
941. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Los Angeles, CA. $110,000,
2007. 2-year grant. For East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
project.
942. Social Venture Partners International, Seattle, WA. $300,000, 2007.
2-year grant. For general operating support.
943. Solpath, Inc., San Francisco, CA. $100,000, 2007. For feasibility study
of grants management system.
944. Sonora Ciudadana, Hermosillo, Mexico. $17,000, 2007. For strategic
planning and to refine communications strategy.
945. Stanford Jazz Workshop, Stanford, CA. $20,000, 2007. For strategic
planning.
946. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. $200,000, 2007. 1.50-year grant. For
study of Institute for Learning’s contribution to high school instructional
improvement in Austin Independent School District.
947. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. $20,000, 2007. For evaluation of
Education’s Opportunity grants.
948. Stanford University, Center for Research on the Context of Teaching,
Stanford, CA. $700,000, 2007. 2-year grant. For continuing evaluation
of New Teacher Center’s mentoring intervention at Ravenswood City
School District.
949. Synergos Institute, New York, NY. $30,000, 2007. For evaluation system
for Senior Fellows program.
950. Teachers Without Borders, Mercer Island, WA. $500,000, 2007. For
development of Open Educational Resources Initiative for teachers with
Scholastic, Inc.
951. Tides Center, Washington, DC. $200,000, 2007. For Editors’ World.
952. Tides Center, Washington, DC. $164,000, 2007. For CPUC (California
Public Utilities Commission) Communications Fellow.
953. Tides Center, Washington, DC. $23,000, 2007. For CPUC (California
Public Utilities Commission) Communications Fellow.
954. Tides Center, Washington, DC. $18,500, 2007. For CPUC (California
Public Utilities Commission) Communications Fellow.
955. Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA. $60,000, 2007. For Connect US
to help its grantees develop evaluation plans to assess their impact.
956. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris,
France. $350,000, 2007. 2-year grant. For international community of
practice on Open Educational Resources.
957. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. $3,800,000, 2007. 2-year grant.
For renewed support of New Teacher Centers partnership with
Ravenswood City School District in providing system-wide professional
development.
958. University of California, Scientific Evaluation for Global Action, Berkeley,
CA. $1,280,000, 2007. 3-year grant. For SEGA to evaluate FUNDAECs
Tutorial Learning System in Honduras for expansion to Africa.
959. University of Chicago, Center for Urban School Improvement, Chicago,
IL. $500,000, 2007. For general support of Information Infrastructure
Group.
960. University of Georgia, Athens, GA. $106,000, 2007. 1.25-year grant. For
creation of training module on NewsU to help media organizations better
cover global issues.
961. University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
$165,000, 2007. For design conferences and preparation of pilot
intervention studies to leverage school reforms.
962. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. $2,000,000, 2007.
1.50-year grant. For general support of Center on Continuous
Instructional Improvement (CCII).
963. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. $35,000, 2007. For
developing communications plan.
964. University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education, Los
Angeles, CA. $700,000, 2007. 2-year grant. For development of
processes, practices and tools for increasing student transfer rates from
community colleges to four-year universities.
965. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. $30,000,
2007. For assessment of financial and related management systems at
Health and Poverty Division.
966. Utah State University, Logan, UT. $1,800,000, 2007. 2-year grant. For
Center for Open and Sustainable Learning.
967. Viewpoint Learning, La Jolla, CA. $440,000, 2007. For series of Choice
Dialogues on options for school finance reform in California.
968. Virginia Organizing Project, Charlottesville, VA. $250,000, 2007. 2-year
grant. For Environmental Health Sciences media and communications
programs.
969. W G B H Educational Foundation, Boston, MA. $900,000, 2007. 2-year
grant. For promoting open content across public broadcasting system
and developing new open digital assets in Teachers Domain.
970. WestEd, San Francisco, CA. $500,000, 2007. 1.50-year grant. For
statewide study of instructional strategies used in California schools for
improving English learners’ achievement.
971. Womens Foundation of California, San Francisco, CA. $30,000, 2007.
For Capacity Building Program.
972. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $2,250,000, 2007. 3-year grant. For
Open Educational Resources Video Lecture Project.
973. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $700,000, 2007. 3-year grant. For
general support of YaleEnvironment Online.
974. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $200,000, 2007. For development of
YaleEnvironment Online.
975. Yale University, New Haven, CT. $35,000, 2007. For organizing Digital
Educational Workshop in Brazil.
976. Youth Speaks, San Francisco, CA. $10,000, 2007. For hiring strategic
planning consultant.
Jaquelin Hume Foundation
Limitations: Giving on a national basis to organizations with national impact.
No support for organizations outside the U.S. No grants to individuals.
977. Building Excellent Schools, Boston, MA. $25,000, 2006. For unrestricted
support.
978. Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators, San Francisco, CA.
$50,000, 2006. For unrestricted support.
979. State Policy Network, Richmond, CA. $75,000, 2006. For unrestricted
support.
980. Teach for America, San Francisco, CA. $50,000, 2006. For unrestricted
support.
The James Irvine Foundation
Limitations: Giving limited to CA. No support for agencies receiving substantial
government support. No grants to individuals.
981. 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA. $35,000, 2007. For
strategic and business planning for capital facility redevelopment project.
982. ACME Network, Los Angeles, CA. $40,000, 2007. For strategic planning
and board development.
983. American Conservatory Theater Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
$50,000, 2007. For executive search for position of General Manager.
984. American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Mountain Region, San
Francisco, CA. $150,000, 2007. 2-year grant. To present and assess
fifth Tamejavi Festival, promoting cultural traditions and interactions
between diverse immigrant communities in Central Valley.
985. American Institute for Social Justice, Washington, DC. $100,000, 2007.
To engage low-income communities in Fresno and San Bernardino
counties in dialogues with public officials on education, land use, and
affordable housing issues.
986. Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA.
$70,000, 2007. 1.50-year grant. To enhance executive and senior
management leadership capacities and align organizational culture with
institutional growth.
987. Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
Research Foundation, Alliance for Regional Collaboration to Heighten
Educational Success, Sacramento, CA. $150,000, 2007. To develop
organizational strategic plan and to promote regional educational
collaboratives in Sacramento region and Los Angeles and Riverside
counties.
988. Bakersfield Art Foundation, Bakersfield, CA. $250,000, 2007. 3-year
grant. To improve organizational financial stability, management,
governance and growth capacity.
989. Bakersfield Civic Light Opera, Bakersfield, CA. $225,000, 2007. 3-year
grant. To improve organizational financial stability, management,
governance and growth capacity.
990. Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA. $750,000, 2007. 3-year grant.
To develop and implement model of innovative programming to increase
access, interactivity, and engagement opportunities for new audiences.
991. Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley, CA. $50,000, 2007. 2-year
grant. To expand new music reading series in tandem with music director
search.
992. BoardSource, Washington, DC. $50,000, 2007. To provide board
development consultation to select Irvine Foundation grantees.
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