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Grants Database
| Organization Sort | Grant Amount Sort | Program Area SortFilter | Type of Support SortFilter | Location Sort | Year SortFilter |
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| Friends of the San Francisco Public Library | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| Project Read | Grant Amount$3,500 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| Town School for Boys | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| University of Southern California | Grant Amount$5,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| University of Southern California | Grant Amount$7,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| Education Outside | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| To establish the Green Schools Corps, a service corps program that recruits and trains recent college graduates to help San Francisco public schools develop outdoor experiential education programs and school greening activities. | |||||
| CollegeSpring | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| San Francisco Unified School District Pilot Partnership, to help low-income students gain acceptance to four-year colleges and universities by providing free professional SAT instruction and preparation, college admissions and financial aid assistance, and mentoring. More information: http://collegespring.org/ |
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| KQED Inc. | Grant Amount$45,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| News Education, an initiative to increase Bay Area high school students' engagement with news media and participation in civic dialogue by bringing news and current affairs into the classroom. | |||||
| Raising a Reader San Francisco and Alameda Counties | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Bridge to Literacy project, to provide parents with strategies to support their children’s early literacy. | |||||
| University of Southern California | Grant Amount$6,500 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Athletic Scholars Advancement Program | Grant Amount$5,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Mission Science Workshop | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Excelsior Science Workshop, to provide science programs and resources to students, families, and educators in San Francisco's Excelsior District and neighboring communities. | |||||
| 826 Valencia | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Writers’ Room Program, to provide writing and literacy support for students at three public schools in San Francisco. More information: http://826valencia.org/ |
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| Experience Corps Bay Area | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| San Francisco expansion of program that places older adults as volunteers in underserved public schools to provide literacy support and mentoring to struggling students in grades K-3. More information: http://www.experiencecorpsbayarea.org/ |
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| Aim High For High School | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Teaching for the 21st Century Initiative, to align Aim High’s curriculum and teacher training program with the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. More information: http://www.aimhigh.org/ |
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| Breakthrough San Francisco | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| High School expansion, to provide academic support and leadership development to low-income students from fifth through ninth grades. | |||||
| Children’s Creativity Museum | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Childhood Literacy Programs, to offer engaging, hands-on reading and writing activities and craft projects for thousands of children and their parents/caregivers annually. More information: http://creativity.org/ |
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| Foundation of City College of San Francisco | Grant Amount$5,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Tutorpedia Foundation | Grant Amount$15,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Capacity-building support to expand Tutorpedia’s volunteer training and engagement program. | |||||
| Children’s Book Project | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Foundation Center – San Francisco | Grant Amount$5,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Friends of the San Francisco Public Library | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Hamlin School | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| KQED Inc. | Grant Amount$12,500 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Lick-Wilmerding High School | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
- Annual Grants for general operating support are awarded and paid to those organizations representing special interests. The Fund does not accept applications for Annual Grants.
- Special Projects and SF Bay Area Institutions and Projects are by invitation only.
- Not all grants are listed on the website and some recent grants may not be included as the database is updated quarterly.