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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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| Frontline | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2020 |
| Digital Video Unit, to expand digital and social media content to bring Frontline’s work to a new generation and develop novel ways of storytelling and engaging the public. More information: http://www.wgbh.org / www.pbs.org/frontline |
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| Prosperity Now | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2013 |
| The 1:1 Fund –Kindergarten to College Program Expansion, to encourage families to contribute to their Children Savings Accounts by providing matching incentives for San Francisco’s Kindergarten to College program. More information: http://cfed.org/ |
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| University of Southern California | Grant Amount$55,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationLos Angeles, CA | Year2010 |
| Generation Citizen Inc | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2023 |
| Curriculum Expansion, to expand access to Generation Citizen's redesigned action-based civics curriculum through increased teacher training and support. More information: http://generationcitizen.org |
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| Mission Science Workshop | Grant Amount$70,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2012 |
| To help establish the Excelsior Science Workshop, a branch of Mission Science Workshop that will provide science programs and resources to students, families, and educators in San Francisco's Excelsior District and neighboring communities. | |||||
| 50×2026 | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2022 |
| 50x2026 is a national initiative to advance equitable access to comprehensive civic education in all 50 states by 2026, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. More information: http://www.50x2026.org |
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| Generation Citizen | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2021 |
| Pilot of Equity-Centered Curriculum Revision, to implement a redesigned, more inclusive action civics curriulum for middle and high school students. More information: http://generationcitizen.org |
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| iCivics | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2021 |
| Educating for American Democracy: Professional Development Series, to support the implementation of the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap through a series of professional development training workshops for educators. More information: http://www.icivics.org |
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| iCivics | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2022 |
| Educating for American Democracy: Professional Development Series, to support the implementation of the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap through a series of professional development training workshops for educators. More information: http://www.icivics.org |
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| Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2023 |
| Educating About Informed and Equitable Voting, to build the capacity of administrators and expand training for teachers to support and sustain teaching about elections and voting in their schools and districts. More information: https://circle.tufts.edu/ |
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| Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2021 |
| Strengthening Civic Education for Informed and Equitable Voting, to provide a professional development program for educators that gives them the skills and support to teach students about informed and equitable voting. More information: https://circle.tufts.edu/ |
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| Spark SF Public Schools | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2016 |
| Making Connections: Family, Early, and Digital Literacy Program, to help parents support their child’s literacy development and bridge the educational and digital divides in low-resourced communities by providing computer tablets and training to parents of first grade students. More information: http://sparksfpublicschools.com |
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| San Francisco Unified School District | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2015 |
| Family Early Literacy and Digital Literacy Initiative, to enable parents to support their child’s literacy development and to help bridge the educational and digital divides in low-resourced communities by providing computer tablets and training to parents of first grade students at Gordon J. Lau Elementary School. More information: http://www.sfusd.edu/ |
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| Reach Out and Read National | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2022 |
| To establish a Bay Area Affiliate to support, strengthen, and expand Reach Out and Read's early literacy programs throughout Northern California. More information: http://www.reachoutandread.org |
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| Springboard Collaborative | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPhiladelphia, PA | Year2024 |
| To provide year-round training and coaching to San Francisco parents and teachers to enable them to provide collaborative, wrap-around literacy support to low-resourced students. | |||||
| Reading Partners | Grant Amount$80,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2013 |
| Community-Outreach Pilot, to improve the literacy skills of at-risk San Francisco Bay Area students ($80,000 over two years, 2013-2014). More information: http://readingpartners.org/ |
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| The Berkeley House Foundation | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2017 |
| Alumni Network Engagement, to develop a broader network of University of California, Berkeley alumni to serve as mentors to Cal student entrepreneurs. More information: http://thehouse.build |
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| Generational Recovery Fund | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
| Generational Recovery Fund, a pooled fund to support the recovery of San Francisco youth in grades kindergarten through 12 from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of their education. | |||||
| iCivics | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2024 |
| Comprehensive Professional Learning program, to provide robust, high-quality professional learning opportunities for K-12 civics teachers. More information: http://www.icivics.org |
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| UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education & Research | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2017 |
| Resident Wellness, to expand and formalize a comprehensive resident wellness program for all residents in the physician training program. More information: http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/ |
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| CivXNow | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2023 |
| CivXNow, to support the work of this national, bipartisan coalition to advance K-12 civic education in all states. More information: https://civxnow.org/ |
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| CivXNow | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationCambridge, MA | Year2024 |
| CivXNow, to support the work of this national, bipartisan coalition to advance K-12 civic education in all states. | |||||
| Foundation Center | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportCapital Support | LocationNew York, NY | Year2008 |
| Anniversary Campaign. $100,000 grant over four years (2008-2011). | |||||
| University of Southern California | Grant Amount$130,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationLos Angeles, CA | Year2018 |
| Little Kids Rock | Grant Amount$150,000 | Program AreaEducation and Literacy | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCedar Grove, NJ | Year2012 |
| San Francisco Expansion Initiative, a three-year project with the San Francisco Unified School District to make the Little Kids Rock music education program available to all eligible teachers and to incorporate it into the K-12 music education curriculum. $150,000 paid over 3 years (2012-2014). | |||||
- 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.