Statewide Private Foundations and Corporate Grant-making



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Statewide Private Foundations and Corporate Grant-making

Grant Resources

Ahmanson Foundation

Contact: Mr. Lee E. Walcott, Jr.

9215 Wilshire Boulevard

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

(310) 278-0770

Funds primarily in Los Angeles area

Funds Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Homeless Services, Human Services, Secondary Education, and Youth Services.

Grant types: Building/Renovation, Capital Campaigns, Emergency Funds, Endowments, Equipment, Land Acquisition, Matching/Challenge Support, and Program Development

JENIFER ALTMAN FOUNDATION (JAF)

Senior Contact Person: Marni Rosen, Executive Director

JAF, Mitchell Kapor Foundation and StarFire Fund

P.O. Box 29209, Thoreau Center for Sustainability

Presidio Building 1016, 1st Floor

Lincoln Blvd. & Torney Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94129

Phone: (415) 561-2182

Fax: (415) 561-6480



The Foundation has a strong program interest in child care in California. The focus of this interest over the past four years has been a "Parent Voices" initiative to improve the quality of child care with a particular emphasis on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area child care resource and referral networks and several other child care networks elsewhere in California. JAF makes a few small direct service grants for child care centers in San Francisco (approximately $50,000 annually).

Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles

The Grants Program

2141 W. Adams

Los Angeles, CA 90018



Funding: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties

Funds youth athletic programs in underserved areas

Archer Daniels Midland Co/Archer Daniels Midland Foundations

Contact: Miranda Rothrock, Grants Coordinator

4666 Faries Parkway, P O Box 1470

Decatur, IL 62526

Emphasis on corporate operting locations, particularly Illinois, also gives nationally.

Past grants include $15,000 to St. Mary's Decatur Day Care Intergeneration Program.

BankAmerica Foundation

Danielle Campos, Contributions Manager

Bank of America Center

555 S. Flower Street

Los Angeles, CA 9007

(415) 953-3175

Web Site: foundation

Funding: throughout California

Funds child development and community investment programs

H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation

PO Box 13390

Palm Desert, CA 92255

No geographic area given

Focus on children and youth: "helping people help themselves"

Francis Stanley Beveridge Foundation



Limits funding to Orange County. On-line applications only.

Focus on capital campaigns, building renovations, computer networking, seed monies.

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Deva Hirsch, Co-Director

2455 Paces Ferry Road, Suite C-22

Atlanta, GA 30339-4024

(404) 995-6700



Funds Los Angeles area

Focuses on adolescents; teen conflict resolution; bridge building

The David Bohnett Foundation

Michael Fleming, Program Officer

2049 Century Park East, Suite 251

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 277-4611



Funds Los Angeles area

Focuses on reducing handguns/youth violence; gay and lesbian social services

The Bothin Foundation

Mr. Lyman Casey, Executive Director

PO Box 29906

San Francisco, CA 94129-0906



Funds Santa Barbara County

Focus on direct services to at-risk, low-income children

The Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation

The Frank H. Buck Scholarships

Post Office Box 5610

Vacaville, CA 95696-5610

Applications are available to residents of six northern California

counties - Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Napa and Yolo.

Direct support is also sometimes given to educational institutions, libraries and others in support of the Foundation's main emphasis. The Foundation also supports other charitable endeavors as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Elaine Gradman

Community Relations

2655 Seely Avenue, MS5A1

San Jose, CA 95134

408.894.2452

egradman@



Funds a number of projects through its community affairs program, the majority of which are based in the Santa Clara Valley area. General information on grant guidelines, applications, and the review process are available on the company's Web site. Additionally, Cadence Design sponsors a Matching Gift program for organizations located where employees live and work that focuses on the areas of K-12 education, higher education, arts and culture, health and human services, the environment, and animal rights and welfare.

California Community Foundation

606 S. Olive Street, #2400

Los Angeles, CA 90014

(213) 413-4042 (ph)

(213) 383-2046 (fax)

Web Site:

Funds in greater Los Angeles area

Funds Human Services; manages funds for smaller private and family foundations. May not be open to funding sectarian community.

The Candle Foundation

Marti Mossawir, Community Relations Manager

201 N. Douglas St.

El Segundo, CA 90245

(310) 727-4041

martha_mossawir@

about_candle/candle_foundation

Seeks innovative, high-impact, low-overhead projects for which beneficiaries are chosen on a non-religious, nonpolitical, non-ethnic basis. The following information includes examples of the projects the foundation has recently funded.

Community Investment

• A park for special-needs children

• Support for at-risk young women who are no longer in the social services system

Hunger and Homelessness

• Funding to purchase appliances and furniture for transitional housing facilities

• Tools and vehicle maintenance for an outdoor rehabilitation and leadership program targeting at-risk and homeless young adults

• A floor scrubber and supplies to train recovering homeless men for custodial work

Charles A. Dana Foundation

Contact: Executive Vice President

745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700

New York, NY 10151

No geographic restrictions.

Provides the following types of support: conference/seminar, general support, project and research. Recent grants include $25,000 to Family Center, Greenwich, CT for child care center facility.

Chevron Corporate Giving Program

Mr. Skip Rhodes

575 Market Street, P.O. Box 7753

San Francisco, CA 94120

(415) 894-4193

Funds statewide

Funds Education, Health and Human Services programs

The Cisco Foundation

San Jose Proposal:

Cisco Systems Foundation

170 West Tasman Drive

San Jose, CA 95134-1706

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Their mission is to fund "organizations in the community that provide education, generate and sustain community service, or meet basic human needs." The Foundation gives primarily to education, including K-12 programs; career training for disadvantaged adults, and arts in education. They also give a smaller percentage of their grants to community service, shelter, food and health organizations. Recipients must be within 50 miles of San Jose, CA; Research Triangle Park, NC; Chelmsford, MA; or New York City, NY.

The Citigroup Foundation

Contact: Jose Arce

Citibank, FSB

One Sansome Street, 22nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104



Funds statewide

Funds welfare-to-work incentive programs, early childhood education programs, community development programs

The Clorox Company Foundation



Funds in Los Angeles, Fairfield, Oakland

Dedicated to improving the quality of life in communities where employees of the Clorox Company live and work - primarily in 23 "Clorox Cities" in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. The Foundation focuses its grants on programs that serve youth, core cultural and civic organizations, plant programs, and organizations in which Clorox employees are involved. Grants typically support innovative programs in their developmental stages.

The S.H. Cowell Foundation

120 Montgomery Street, Suite 2570

San Francisco, CA 94104

phone: (415) 397-0285

fax: (415) 986-6786



Was established in 1956 and "addresses the underlying causes of poverty and social problems, promotes neighborhood/civic participation and builds sustainable local resources in northern California." The grant program has four primary areas of interest: access to affordable housing; the abilities of families to care for and nurture their children; public school students' learning and parent involvement teacher support; and helping youth to make healthy and successful life choices.

Crail-Johnson Foundation

222 W. 6th Street, Suite 1010

San Pedro, CA 90731

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Funds Kern, San Diego, LA Counties

Funds after school programs; no pervasively sectarian programs

Walt Disney Company Foundation

Contact: Ms. Doris Smith

500 S. Buena Vista Street

Burbank, CA 91521-0968

(818) 560-1006

Funds in Los Angeles and Orange Counties

Funds Children, Community Services, Education, Youth.

The Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation

911 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1750

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Email: doheny@

Funds programs that support religion, education and the needy.

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Foundation

5929 College Avenue

Oakland, California 94618

Dreyer's Foundation hot-line (510) 450-4586.



The mission of the Foundation is "to promote a family, school and community environment, which enables young people to develop their individual initiative and talents to the maximum extent in order for them to become contributing members of their community and caretakers of the community's values and ideals for the next generation." Through its direct grant program, the Foundation supports projects that benefit young people in the Oakland, East Bay Area, with particular priority given to support low and middle income youth and minority youth.

Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation

Contact: Lucy Gioia, Office Administrator

50 Main St., Suite 1000

White Plains, NY 10606

National, general support, project and research.

Funds day care programs. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $10,000.

Joseph Drown Foundation

Wendy Schine, Program Director and VP

1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1930

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 277-4488



Los Angeles area (broadly defined) and throughout California

Funds afterschool programs and programs for poverty-level/disadvantaged children; no pervasively sectarian

The eBay Foundation

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Created in June 1998, supports "organizations that provide tools, hope, and direction to those who seek new skills" and "organizations that implement programs that have long-term implications and maximize the ability to do good in the world." The foundation gives grants each quarter in different categories. These categories are kids, adults, community, and global impact. The areas include everything from education and job retraining to economic revitalization and the environment.

Funds in San Jose, CA

The Fieldstone Foundation

Mary MacIntyre Hamilton, Executive Director

14 Corporate Plaza

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Funds in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.

Likes to fund Christian organizations; funds programs serving families; funds capacity building of non-profits through leadership programs; also seeks to fund organizations providing childcare services, positive alternatives for youth, and positive responses to diversity.

First Fruits

Rob Martin, Executive Director

14 Corporate Plaza

Newport Beach, CA 92660

(949) 720-3774



No geographic area defined

Funds programs that combine social concerns and evangelism.

The Fitzpatrick Foundation

1110 Burlingame Avenue, Suite 300

Burlingame, CA 94010

FAX: 650-373-1037



 

Supports in-school and after-school programs that enhance academic achievement, provide arts education, provide recreation and athletic activities, and develop technology skills. The Foundation also supports professional development programs for educators with an emphasis on providing and applying technology skills in the classroom. Does not fund pervasively sectarian programs.

For All Kids Foundation

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Established in 1997 by talk show host, Rosie O'Donnell and is located in Allendale, NJ. Its mission is to "help support the intellectual, social and cultural development of disadvantaged children throughout the United States." The Foundation focuses on supporting at-risk children through childcare, health care, and education programs in underserved communities. A key interest is in organizations that provide direct child care services. The site includes application guidelines, a list of grant recipients, and a link to the online auction site that raises money for the Foundation.

 

The Freddie Mac Foundation



Principal charitable arm of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation is dedicated to helping children, youth, and families at risk. The Foundation provides funds to nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C., area and in cities where regional offices are located, and supports programs with a national scope. Giving areas include building strong families, developing the early child, foster care and adoption, building constituencies for children, assisting teen parents, and expanding child care. The Foundation's Web site provides grant guidelines, geographic locations of the company, information on special leadership initiatives and volunteerism, news, the Foundation's annual report (in .PDF format), and a message from the chairman. (01/24/00)

The George and Germaine Fusenot Charity Foundation

522 N. Rossmore Avenue, Apt. 302

Los Angeles, CA 90004

Funds youth services, churches, Christian agencies

The John Jewett and H. Chandler Garland Foundation

PO Box 550

Pasadena, CA 91102

Funds in Los Angeles area

Funds education, youth, homeless programs

The Gannett Foundation



The philanthropic organization of Gannett Co., Inc., a news and information concern headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, funds programs to improve the education, health, and quality of life of people living in company communities. The Foundation seeks to fund programs that provide creative solutions to the issues of education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation, and cultural enrichment

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

PO Box 23350

Seattle Washington 98102



Funds primarily in Seattle, but some national grants

Funds educational programs "helping all students achieve".

The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation

Contact: Peter J. Brusati, Secretary

1169 Market Street, #808

San Francisco, CA 94103

 

The Foundation's policy is to promote exclusively religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes restricted to local giving in the nine counties of the greater San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma).

The Goldman Fund

Contact: Charles F. Greene, Executive Director

Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

One Lombard Street, Suite 303

San Francisco, CA 94111



Established in 1951 by Richard and Rhoda Goldman to improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area, to protect the environment, and to promote a more just and sustainable world. The Fund is interested in supporting programs that will have a positive impact in an array of fields, including the environment, population, Jewish affairs, children and youth, the elderly, social and human services, health, education, and the arts. Primarily funds projects that have an impact on San Francisco and local Bay Area communities, (e.g. Tenderloin Childcare Center -- lots of capital improvements listed).

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Contact: James C. Slaughter, Esq. CEO, Director

375 Park Avenue, Suite 1602

New York, NY 10152

No geographic restrictions.

Funds day care programs, with emphasis on New York City.

The Greenville Foundation

Contact: Virginia Hubbell, Program Specialist

283 Second Street E

Sonoma, CA 95476

(707) 938-9377



No geographic area given. Funds after-school programs

Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation

Julie Meenan, Executive Director

(562) 437-2882



Funds in Long Beach area

Funds child care programs

GTE Foundation

Contact: Ms. Maureen Gorman

1 Stamford Forum

Stamford, CT 06904

(203) 965-3620

Funding priorities: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Development, Engineering and Technology, Federated Giving Programs, Higher Education, Human Services, Minorities, Science, Substance Abuse Services, Voluntarism Promotion.

Grant types: Continuing Support, Curriculum Development, Emergency Funds, Employee Matching Gifts, Employee-Related Scholarships, Fellowship Funds, General/Operating support, In-Kind Gifts, Program Development, Program-Related Investments/Loans.

Limitations: Individuals, Fundraising Events, Sponsorship Dinners, and Conferences.

Area: Company Operations. Limited Support to National organizations deemed to be of broad benefit to GTE companies, employees, shareholders, or customers.

Healthcare Foundation of Orange County



Funds in Orange County

Provides support services for healthcare

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

525 Middlefield Road, Suite 200

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(650) 329-1070



No geographic area defined

Funds community-based initiatives, welfare to work programs, community development initiatives

The Hutton Family Foundation

101 W. Anapamu Street, Fourth Floor

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(805) 957-4740



Funds in Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara counties

Funds youth and family services; building institutional capacity and capital improvements

IKOS Systems

pany/community

Los Angeles, San Jose, Santa Clara, Oakland -- where IKOS employees work

An electronics company in Cupertino has a Community Involvement program involving employee volunteers and a grants program. "As a technology leader in high performance design verification solutions, [IKOS] values the importance of investing in community solutions that accelerate positive change." Primary areas of interest are education; human/social services; health/healthcare and the environment. Awards are made to nonprofits and schools in areas where IKOS employees work and live. Grants are usually under $1,000 and never over $5,000.

The Walter S. Johnson Foundation



Supports programs in Northern California and Washoe County, Nevada, that "help children and youth meet their full potential and rise to the challenges of our diverse and changing society." The Foundation's grants program is focused on three primary goals: ensuring the well being of children and youth, strengthening public education, and assisting young people in the transition to adulthood.

The JoMiJo Foundation

170 Oak Drive

San Rafael, CA 94901

Phone: 415.721.7397 Fax: 415.721.0916



Past programs funded include:

• early childhood intervention training programs to train child care workers;

• community organizing programs that target youth 12 to 18 and gets them involved in their neighborhoods

• microenterprise programs and innovative return-to-work nonprofits

Will provide support for salaries, operating funds, and special projects.

The Kimball Foundation

Presidio Building 1016, Suite 300, PO Box 29906

San Francisco, California 94129-0906

(415) 561-6540 (415) 561-6477 (FAX)

The broad purpose of the Foundation is to provide opportunities for at-risk and disadvantaged individuals in the Bay Area to reach their highest potential and to improve the quality of their lives. Toward this goal, the Foundation supports non-profit organizations serving the residents of San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Sonoma Counties, and to a limited extent Santa Clara County, as far south as Palo Alto.

Within the field of education, programs may focus on youth development, academic enrichment, tutorials, outdoor education, leadership development, vocational training and employment, learning disabilities, and sports/recreational activities for low-income youth.

Grants in the arts are made only to groups that predominantly serve youth. Grants may be made for capital needs, such as building and equipment, as well as support for specific programs. No pervasively sectarian.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

2400 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025



Funds in So Cal, mostly health education and access.

According to Catholic Charities, will fund child care programs.

The William M. Keck Foundation

Dr. Dorothy Fleisher, Early Learning Program Officer

550 South Hope, Suite 2500

LA 90071

(213) 612-2022



Funds in Los Angeles County

Funds purchase of materials, playground equipment, innovative program start ups, construction and remodeling.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Mrs. Deborah Rey, Supervisor, Proposal Processing

1 Michigan Avenue E

Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058



Funds nationwide

SPARK: a new initiative: Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids, targeting ages 3-6 for school readiness

Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation

Contact: Steven M. Eidelman, Executive Director

1325 G Street, NW Suite 500,

Washington, DC 20005

No geographic restrictions.

Provides project and seed money, but does not make grants for construction, equipment or capital outlay.

The Kirkwood Family Foundation

PO Box 29906

San Francisco, CA 94129

(415) 561-6540



Funds statewide

Funds programs that support public charities and social services in state that serve children and families. No pervasively sectarian programs.

Kmart Corporation

corp/community

Located in Troy, Michigan, Kmart has four grant-making arms: the Kmart Fund for Kids, which contributes to nonprofit organizations that help children live happier, healthier lives; the Kmart Fund for Communities, which supports nonprofit organizations in Kmart store communities nationwide with preference given to organizations that involve Kmart associate volunteer activities; the Kmart Fund and the Kmart Family Foundation, whose purpose is to educate, prevent and fight against drug abuse by youth nationwide.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

One Biscayne Tower, Suite 3800

Miami, Florida 33131-1803



Funds after school programs and other youth/community service programs in 26 communities across the country. Might fund others outside those 26; being determined.

Wants to fund where Knight papers are published.

Komag, Inc.



Runs a number of charitable giving programs under the heading of Corporate Citizenship on its Web site. These include Corporate Giving Community, Matching Gifts Program, and Komag Kids Scholarships, all of which are centered in the communities where Komag employees live and work. Komag also funds the United Way, environmental initiatives, and programs between factories and schools in support of education. Located in San Jose.

The San Francisco-based Koret Foundation

Sandra J. Edwards, Ph.D., Director of Grants

33 New Montgomery, #1090

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 882-7740 FAX: (415) 882-7775



One of the largest Jewish-sponsored charitable trusts in the United States with assets of $300 million. Since its founding in 1979, Koret has awarded more than $200 million in grants to support community projects, educational institutions and organizations active in areas of public policy, arts and culture, and programs for disadvantaged youth and elderly citizens in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The A. L. Mailman Foundation

Executive Director

707 Westchester Ave.

White Plains, NY 10604



No geographic restrictions

Provides matching funds, project support, research and seed money. Likes family-focused projects

Mattel, Inc.

corporate/company/donations

Donates toys for needy children; no religious organizations

The McCarthy Family Foundation

Jane McCarthy, Executive Director

PO Box 27389

San Diego, CA 92198-1389

Funds in Los Angeles and San Diego

Provides assistance to homeless programs, includes child, youth and adult education

The MacDonnell Foundation

PO Box 29906

San Francisco, California 94129-0906

Established in 1989, the Foundation is primarily interested in programs which support disadvantaged children, youth and families in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Napa. Of special interest to the Foundation are programs that reward accomplishment and encourage motivated, low-income youth to achieve excellence in the areas of education, recreation and/or social activities. Within the field of education, the Foundation prefers to focus on learning disabilities programs for youth. The Foundation is also interested in programs that foster self-reliance for the homeless and economically disadvantaged and athletic programs benefiting inner-city youth.

The McKesson HBOC Foundation

Contact: Marcia Argyris, VP, Community Relations and President

One Post Street

San Francisco, CA 94104



Seeks to enhance the health and quality of life in communities where McKessonHBOC Inc. operates and its employees live: San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles. Our emphasis is focused on youth; especially health services for underserved populations, educational enrichment, recreation and youth development activities. The Foundation also funds emergency services for children and families, and a variety of social, educational and cultural programs.

No pervasively sectarian programs funded.

The Kenneth and Eileen Norris Foundation

11 Golden Shore, Suite 450

Long Beach, CA 90802

(562) 435-8444



Funds in greater Los Angeles area

Funds education and youth programs

The Northrop Grumman Corporation



Located in Los Angeles. Supports programs that improve education, human services and culture, and address diversity. More specifically, the Corporation's Corporate Giving program supports such areas as: pre-college education, domestic violence and child abuse, dropout prevention, child care, housing and the homeless, youth and family counseling, health services, the arts, job training and employment, and welfare to work.

Pacific Life



Through its Newport Beach, California-based foundation, grants are made to organizations that address a broad spectrum of social problems: health and human services, education, arts and culture, and civic and community services.

Orange County.

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Ms. Christine Sisley, Executive Director

1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1701

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(213) 482-3185

Funds in Los Angeles area

Priorities: Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged,

Education, Human Services -- program and capital expenses

The J.C. Penney Fund

Corporate Contributions and Education Manager

PO Box 10001

Dallas, TX 75301



Corporate office makes national organization grants; local company units make grants to organizations in company operating areas.

Funds childcare programs of fbos as long as activity will benefit entire community.

The Pottruck Scott Family Foundation

Nancy Wiltsek-Mendez, Executive Director

2269 Chestnut St. #800

San Francisco, CA 94123

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Established in 1995 to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth, and to support volunteer-driven organizations, with a primary focus in San Francisco. This purpose has evolved to include support for civic and community projects that serve the city at large, and special projects that are initiated by the Foundation.

The Roberts Foundation

Presidio Building 1016, Suite 300

PO Box 29906

San Francisco, California

94129-0906

(415) 561-6540

(415) 561-6477 (FAX)

The Foundation grant program funds primarily children and youth services, education, programs that encourage youth towards higher education and meaningful jobs and careers. Educational programs focus on the learning disabled and disadvantaged youth. Grants for programs are preferred over grants for capital expenditures. With rare exceptions, the Roberts Foundation limits its funding to Northern California -- primarily the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, northern Santa Clara, and Sonoma, with limited funding in San Benito County.

Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities

Contact: Gerard S. Garey, President

Kennett Pike and Montchanin Road,

PO Box 4019

Wilmington, DE 19807

Funds day care programs. To be eligible for funds, applying organizations must be listed in the Official Catholic Directory.

 

The Riordan Foundation

300 S. Grand, 29th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

(213) 229-8402



Funds in LA County

Funds computers, literacy programs, playground improvements

Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation



Located in East Palo Alto. Romic focuses on funding programs that aim to keep children in school and build self-esteem, introduce youth to computers, provide after-school tutoring, match mentors with at-risk youth, and keep teenage mothers in school. It also funds programs that develop marketable job skills or job opportunities and abate drug abuse and crime.

San Diego Foundation

Contact: Rebecca Reichman

1420 Kettner Boulevard, Suite 500

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 235-2300 (ph)

(619) 239-1710 (fax)

E-mail: rebecca@.

Web Site:

Funding priorities: Arts/Culture, Children/Youth, Education, Health and Human Services, Urban Civic.

Grant types: Special Projects, Technical Assistance.

Limitations: Capital Campaigns, Conferences, Endowments, Individuals, and General Support, Travel.

Area: San Diego County

The Charles and Helen Schwab Family Foundation

Alexa Cortes Culwell Executive Director

Eric L. Sloan Program Officer

1650 South Amphlett Boulevard, Suite 300

San Mateo, CA 94402-2508

650.655.2412

650.655.2411 fax



Founded in 1993, The Foundation's future grant making will focus on small scale and primarily local pilot projects in the areas of substance abuse, homelessness and economic development for the working poor. We will also launch initiatives in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. During the development phase of the Foundation's new program areas, organizations will be asked to participate through an invitation-only process.

As we look toward the future, we feel an important part of our plans is to keep the community informed. Please revisit us from time to time to learn more about our new program areas and pilot projects.

The Sharks Foundation



The Foundation is "dedicated to meeting the educational, social and cultural needs of our community." The San Jose Sharks and the Sharks Foundation support a broad range of community programs, but are especially focused on the community's youth. To apply for a grant, an organization must be located in Santa Clara County and must support local youth.

The Sega Youth Education & Health Foundation



Also known as the Sega Foundation, it is committed to improving the lives of young people, and has a particular interest in children's education and health. The Foundation area of Sega of America, Inc.'s Web site offers a good deal of information about Foundation-funded projects and initiatives, past, present, and future. The Foundation initiates most of its funding discussions with nonprofit organizations, but it accepts unsolicited proposals for small grants, typically ranging from $500 to $2,500.

The Sobrato Family Foundation

Diane Ford, Director

10600 N. De Anza Blvd., Suite 200

Cupertino, CA 95014

Phone: (408) 446-0700 Ext. 145, Fax: (408) 446-2896

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Only invests in programs that benefit residents of Santa Clara or southern San Mateo and southern Alameda Counties. The mission of the Cupertino, California-based Family Foundation is "to build a strong and healthy local community by creating opportunities that empower individuals to reach their full potential." Giving is focused on the following program areas: community and economic development, education, health and human services, and youth development.

The program or project should offer a significant response to a demonstrated need in the areas of (i) community and economic development, (ii) education, (iii) health and human services or (iv) youth development. In addition to program support, the Foundation provides support for building organizational capacity and capital improvements.

Streisand Foundation

Contact: Ms. Rachel Donaldson

1460 Fourth Street, Suite 212

Santa Monica, CA 90401

(310) 535-3767

Funds in Los Angeles area

Priorities: include programs for Children and Youth special projects, general support

Grant types: General Support, Special Projects.

The Stuart Foundation

50 California Street, Suite 3350

San Francisco, California 94111-4735

(415) 393-1551, Fax: (415) 393-1552



The Foundation's over arching purpose is to help the children and youth of California and Washington states become responsible citizens. Based in San Francisco, the Foundation's approach to this purpose is to help strengthen the public systems and community supports that contribute to children's development. There are three grant program areas: Strengthening the Public School System, Strengthening the Child Welfare System, and Strengthening Communities to Support Families.

The Target Foundation



Their program divides its grant making between national and local programs and within those programs by areas of interest. Locally, giving is centered in three areas: making the arts more accessible; providing education initiatives to help students, teachers, and schools; and supporting agencies that strengthen family life. Additionally, the Target Foundation funds arts and social action programs in local Target communities, with a special emphasis on the Minnesota and the Twin Cities area.

Travelers Foundation

Contact: Dee Topol

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

Traveler's makes grants in local communities through its Local Contributions Program. Recent grants $1,250 to the Child Care Connection in Wilmington, DE; $2,000 to Wolcott Early Childhood Center, Windsor, CT; $6,500 to Florence Fuller Child Development Center, Boca Raton, FL.

Trimble



Committed to "supporting the community. Trimble responds to societal needs, challenges, and opportunities by providing assistance to responsible non-profit organizations of many kinds." Trimble contributes funds to local organizations that work in Silicon Valley communities.

Universal Studios Foundation

Contact: Ms. Helen Yatsko Giambrone

100 Universal City Plaza

Universal City, CA 91608

(818) 777-1208

Funds in Los Angeles area

Funds Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Education

Vanguard Public Foundation

Contact: Mr. Hari Dillon

383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 301

San Francisco, CA 94103

(415) 487-2111 Fax (415) 487-2124

E-mail: hdillon@

Web Site: van/vanguard.html

Funding Priorities: Civil Rights, Disabilities, Elderly, LGBT Issues, Justice, Peace, Race Relations, Women's Issues, Youth.

Grant types: General Support, Seed Money, Special Projects, and Technical Assistance.

Area: Local funding, San Francisco Bay Area, and northern California

The Wal-Mart Foundation of Arkansas



"Serves Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with stewardship, compassion and integrity; by developing and implementing programs that support children and families through education, health, and economic development in our local communities." Ninety-seven percent of funding is distributed locally through Wal-Mart stores and SAMs Clubs. Currently, that funding is being focused in four areas: education, health and human services, economic involvement, and environment

The Waitt Family Foundation

PO Box 1948

La Jolla, CA 92037

(858) 551-4839



Funds in San Diego

Funds technology innovations in non-profit social service providers

The Weingart Foundation

1055 West Seventh Street, Suite 3050

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(213) 688-7799

Funds in Los Angeles County

Funds program and capital expenses for child care and family services; wants to fund credible agencies; may do after-school programming as part of overall program. No pervasively sectarian programs funded.

Wells Fargo



The San Francisco-based banking and financial services concern directs the bulk of its corporate giving to three areas. 1) community development, especially programs that provide affordable housing, provide job training, revitalize or stabilize low and moderate income communities, or promote economic development; 2) pre-K through grade 12 education, with a focus on math, literacy, and the history of the American West; and 3) human services, especially organizations whose work in child care, health services and education, and basic needs assistance benefits low and moderate income individuals. Geographically, the company's grant making is concentrated west of the Mississippi in the states of Arizona, California.

Wender-Weis Foundation



Founded in 1994 by Amy Wender to provide charitable relief and assistance to at-risk, disadvantaged children throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Mostly one-time donations.

Whole Foods



Located in Austin, TX, this corporation contributes to non-profit and educational organizations and compensates team members for time spent in community service. Past donations have been to organization such as public radio stations, museums, river and creek cleanups, hospices, literary councils, schools, recycling organizations, soup kitchens, playground rebuilding projects, and organizations promoting organic agriculture. Funded projects in Torrance, Salinas, and others in California.

Xerox Foundation

Contact: Dr. Joseph M. Cahalan

P.O. Box 1600

Stamford, CT 06904

(203) 968-3445

Gives primarily in areas of company operations.

Funding priorities: AIDS, Arts/Culture, Children/Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Education, Engineering/Technology, Human Services, Minorities, Performing Arts, Science, Women.

Grant types: Emergency Funds, Equipment, General Support, In-kind Gifts, Loans, Matching Funds, Program Development, and Research.

Limitations: Capital, Endowments, Government Agencies, and Individuals.

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