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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 />

© 2012 by <strong>the</strong> Foundation Center 11

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