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Grants for Libraries & Information Services Sobrato—CALIFORNIA<br />
Santa Barbara Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving limited to Santa Barbara County, CA. No support for<br />
religious organizations for religious purposes. No grants to individuals<br />
(except for scholarships), or for deficit financing, seed funding,<br />
endowment funds, fundraising drives, fellowships, or for research.<br />
372. Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County, United, Santa Barbara,<br />
CA. $60,000, 2009. For general operating support for positions of<br />
Program Director, Athletic Director, and Library and Education Director.<br />
373. Lompoc Public Library System, Friends of <strong>the</strong>, Lompoc, CA. $30,000,<br />
2009. For staff salaries for Adult Reading Program.<br />
Sea Change Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving primarily in CA; Washington, DC., and NY, with some giving<br />
in AK and FL.<br />
374. Topten USA, Washington, DC. $180,000, 2010. To promote energy<br />
efficiency awareness.<br />
The John & Dorothy Shea Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving primarily in CA. No grants to individuals.<br />
375. Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino,<br />
CA. $10,000, 2009.<br />
Sierra Health Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving limited to all or a portion of 26 Nor<strong>the</strong>rn California counties<br />
depending on grant program: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa,<br />
El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas,<br />
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano (eastern),<br />
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba. No<br />
support for programs, activities, or organizations that are not<br />
health-related, No support for activities that exclusively benefit members<br />
of sectarian or religious organizations or for support organizations. No<br />
grants to individuals or for endowments.<br />
376. Colusa County Library, Colusa, CA. $25,000, 2010. To increase literacy,<br />
English skills and job readiness of underserved individuals using online<br />
resources and technology via <strong>the</strong> E-Train Mobile Learning Center.<br />
377. Community Health Resource and Development Center, Sonoma, CA.<br />
$100,000, 2010. For expansion efforts and consultation to participating<br />
partners of <strong>the</strong> HealthShack.info personal health record, serving<br />
system-based and homeless youth in <strong>the</strong> Sacramento region.<br />
The Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving primarily in CA, some funding also in Washington, DC and<br />
NY. No grants to individuals.<br />
378. Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA. $18,250, 2009. For education.<br />
379. MAPLight.org, Berkeley, CA. $100,000, 2009. To track money and<br />
politics in California.<br />
Silicon Valley Community Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving of endowment grants are restricted to programs, services,<br />
and efforts that benefit <strong>the</strong> San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in CA.<br />
No support for religious purposes or private non-operating foundations.<br />
380. Buckminster Fuller Institute, Brooklyn, NY. $54,000, 2010. For Living<br />
Planet Network: Leaders for Sustainability.<br />
381. Buckminster Fuller Institute, Brooklyn, NY. $47,920, 2010. For<br />
Sustainability Workshop.<br />
382. California History Center Foundation, Cupertino, CA. $10,000, 2010. For<br />
general support.<br />
383. California History Center Foundation, Cupertino, CA. $10,000, 2010. For<br />
general operating support.<br />
384. EdSource, Mountain View, CA. $10,000, 2010. For general support.<br />
385. Fair Oaks Community Center, Redwood City, CA. $20,000, 2010. To<br />
sustain staffing of Fair Oaks Community Center’s Information and<br />
Referral Program, which provides safety net services for Redwood City<br />
and North Fair Oaks.<br />
386. Free <strong>the</strong> Children USA, Hartford, CT. $17,500, 2010. To fund building of<br />
library for San Miguel community in Ecuador.<br />
387. Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA. $250,000, 2010. For core<br />
support.<br />
388. Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA. $150,000, 2010. For core<br />
support.<br />
389. GreatNonprofits, Menlo Park, CA. $25,000, 2010. To fund technology<br />
costs of building Cooperative Platform for Nonprofit Reviews.<br />
390. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, New York, NY. $25,000,<br />
2010. For Benefit Committee for IAVA’s Fourth Annual Heroes Gala.<br />
391. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Boston, MA. $25,000, 2010. For<br />
general support.<br />
392. MAPLight.org, Berkeley, CA. $50,000, 2010. For general support.<br />
393. Menlo Park Friends of <strong>the</strong> Library, Menlo Park, CA. $15,077, 2010. For<br />
Almanac Holiday Fund, for Project Read program.<br />
394. MentorNet, San Jose, CA. $10,000, 2010. For Mentor Program.<br />
395. Missions Ministries, Littleton, CO. $28,600, 2010. For van, college<br />
students’ and high school or middle school students’ school expenses,<br />
and for library setup and building expenses.<br />
396. Nantucket A<strong>the</strong>neum, Nantucket, MA. $25,000, 2010. To underwrite <strong>the</strong><br />
ballet fundraiser.<br />
397. Palo Alto Library Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. $25,000, 2010. To help<br />
<strong>libraries</strong> improve books and media collection.<br />
398. Palo Alto Library Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. $25,000, 2010. For <strong>the</strong> Palo<br />
Alto Library foundation.<br />
399. Palo Alto Library Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. $17,000, 2010. For Palo Alto<br />
Weekly Holiday Fund.<br />
400. Palo Alto Library Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. $10,000, 2010. For general<br />
support.<br />
401. Parkinsons Institute, Sunnyvale, CA. $92,750, 2010. To implement<br />
electronic health records system.<br />
402. Room to Read, San Francisco, CA. $25,479, 2010. For <strong>libraries</strong> in India<br />
and publishing of local language books.<br />
403. Room to Read, San Francisco, CA. $19,000, 2010. To fund construction<br />
of stand-alone library building in Cambodia or Laos.<br />
404. Room to Read, San Francisco, CA. $15,000, 2010. For <strong>libraries</strong> in<br />
Cambodia.<br />
405. San Jose Public Library Foundation, San Jose, CA. $50,000, 2010. To<br />
provide vocational ESL training at worksites for immigrants in entry level<br />
and low skilled jobs to increase <strong>the</strong>ir earning and employment potential<br />
in partnership with <strong>the</strong> City of San Jose and San Jose State University.<br />
406. San Mateo Public Library Foundation, San Mateo, CA. $10,000, 2010.<br />
For completing Capital Campaign.<br />
407. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. $200,000, 2010. For<br />
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Library grant.<br />
408. TheaterWorks, Palo Alto, CA. $25,000, 2010. For Tessitura Database<br />
Implementation/Campaign for Art and Innovation.<br />
409. University of California at Berkeley Foundation, Berkeley, CA. $22,650,<br />
2010. For Rosston Family Achievement Award Alumni Scholarship<br />
Endowment, Doe Library, UC Berkeley Library Associates Membership,<br />
and Friends of The Bancroft Library.<br />
410. University of Oregon Foundation, Eugene, OR. $2,500,000, 2010. For<br />
library facilities and collections.<br />
411. University of Oregon Foundation, Eugene, OR. $2,500,000, 2010. For<br />
University Science Library facilities and collection.<br />
The Skoll Foundation<br />
Limitations: No support for organizations new or early-stage business plans or<br />
ideas, schools and school districts, or programs promoting religious<br />
doctrine. No grants to individuals, or for scholarships, endowments,<br />
deficit reduction or land acquisition.<br />
412. Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA. $250,000, 2010. For core<br />
support.<br />
413. Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA. $150,000, 2010. For core<br />
support.<br />
414. GuideStar USA, Williamsburg, VA. $19,750, 2010. For membership<br />
support.<br />
Sobrato Family Foundation<br />
Limitations: Giving primarily in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and sou<strong>the</strong>rn Alameda<br />
counties, CA. No support for religious organizations for sectarian<br />
purposes, or political or fraternal organizations, environmental and <strong>arts</strong><br />
causes, mental health agencies (due to Proposition 63), or for<br />
fiscally-sponsored programs or organizations, individual schools,<br />
school-managed clubs, or for public <strong>libraries</strong> or <strong>the</strong>ir foundations. No<br />
grants to individuals (except through specific scholarship programs),<br />
endowment campaigns or annual fund drives, or for fundraising events,<br />
medical research or specific diseases.<br />
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