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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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| University of California, Berkeley – Goldman School of Public Policy | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2012 |
| Aim High For High School | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2015 |
| 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: https://www.aimhigh.org/ |
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| Lick-Wilmerding High School | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2017 |
| Make the Future capital campaign. More information: https://www.lwhs.org/page |
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| University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2012 |
| Jumpstart California | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2011 |
| To launch the San Francisco Family Leaders Pilot Project and increase family engagement in early literacy development. | |||||
| University of California, Berkeley | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2012 |
| University of California, Berkeley | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2008 |
| Parents' Fund. | |||||
| 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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| Jumpstart California | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2008 |
| San Francisco Neighborhood School Success for All initiative, to enhance preschool programs in the Bayview and Visitacion Valley communities of San Francisco. | |||||
| Mural Music & Arts Project | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationEast Palo Alto, CA | Year2012 |
| Health Education Through Art Project | |||||
| Reading is Fundamental, Inc. | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2008 |
| Family of Readers, to provide this literacy training program to San Francisco public schools and train teachers to help families incorporate literacy activities into their home lives. | |||||
| Breakthrough San Francisco | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| Seventh and Eighth Grade expansion, to provide academic support and leadership development to low-income students from fourth through eighth grades. More information: http://www.breakthroughsf.org/ |
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| University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2013 |
| University of California, Berkeley – Goldman School of Public Policy | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2010 |
| Tandem, Partners In Early Learning | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2017 |
| Community Capacity Building at University of California, San Francisco, to engage pediatric medical staff and volunteers in supporting pediatric patients’ early language and literacy development. More information: http://www.tandembayarea.org |
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| KQED | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2023 |
| SFUSD Partnership, to build educators' skills to teach media literacy competencies to San Francisco middle and high school students. More information: http://kqed.org |
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| Reach Out and Read | Grant Amount$28,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2012 |
| To implement an early literacy intervention program at the Baywest Family Health Care Clinic for pediatric patients and their families. More information: http://www.reachoutandread.org/ |
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| Reading is Fundamental, Inc. | Grant Amount$28,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2010 |
| To bring the Family of Readers program to early childhood educators in San Francisco. | |||||
| Mission Science Workshop | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2018 |
| Science Enrichment Equity Fund Field Trips, to enable low-resourced schools to bring students on field trips to the Excelsior Science Workshop. | |||||
| Aim High for High School | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2018 |
| To strengthen classroom instruction and deepen learning for middle school students through an interdisciplinary curriculum pilot program. More information: https://www.aimhigh.org/ |
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| Mission Science Workshop | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
| Virtual Science Programs, to provide virtual, hands-on science lessons for SFUSD students in grades kindergarten to eight. More information: http://www.missionscienceworkshop.org |
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| Mission Science Workshop | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2015 |
| Excelsior Science Workshop, to offer science programs and resources to students, families, and educators in San Francisco's Excelsior District and neighboring communities. | |||||
| Spark Bay Area | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2013 |
| San Francisco Expansion, to expand and deepen Sparks apprenticeship program for San Francisco middle school students. More information: http://www.sparkprogram.org/ |
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| University of California, Berkeley | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2025 |
| Desimone Intercollegiate Tournament More information: http://www.ucberkeleyfoundation.org |
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| University of California, Berkeley – Goldman School of Public Policy | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2016 |
- 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.