Grants :: Recent Grants (All)

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2024

Arrowhead Arts Association

arrowheadarts.org
Lake Arrowhead, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Youth Enrichment Program - ROTWUSD schools

Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Intersection for the Arts)

artsedalliance.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For general operating support

As You Sow

asyousow.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Food Should be Safe project

Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

aeoe.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For general operating support

Attitudinal Healing Connection

ahc-oakland.org
Oakland, CA
$30,000
Education
For general operating support

CDE Foundation

cdefoundation.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Visual & Performing Arts (VAPA) Teacher Training

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Ecological Farming Program

Create CA

createca.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For general operating support

EdSource

edsource.org
Oakland, CA
$35,000
Education
For Arts Education topical coverage in CA

First Nations Development Institute

firstnations.org
Longmont, CO
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the California Tribal Fund focused on local control of tribal food systems

Harmony Project Bay Area

harmonyprojectsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
For general operating support

HOPE Collaborative (Tides Center)

hopecollaborative.net
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general operating support

Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation Inc

hunterspointcommunitybiomonitoring.net
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For launching Phase IV of the Hunters Point Community Toxic Registry

Justice Outside

justiceoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Outdoor Educators Institute and Youth Access to Nature Fund

Luna Dance Institute

lunadancecreativity.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For general operating support

Movement Strategy Center

movementstrategy.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Fundraising Task Force pilot program to bolster fiscally sponsored projects focused on environmental and climate justice

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For general operating support

Oaktown Jazz Workshops

oaktownjazz.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Music
For general operating support

Pie Ranch

pieranch.org
Pescadero, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Cascade Regenerator Program

Salted Roots (Social Good Fund)

saltedrootssurf.org
Oakland, CA
$40,000
Education
For general operating support

San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra

sfphil.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For general operating support

Santa Rosa Symphony Association

srsymphony.org
Santa Rosa, CA
$25,000
Music
For the commission and world premiere performances of Jonathan Leshnoff's Warum hast du gelitten?

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For general operating support

Wishtoyo Foundation

wishtoyo.org
Ventura, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Restoring Native Food Systems program

YES Nature to Neighborhoods

yesfamilies.org
Richmond, CA
$30,000
Education
For general operating support

Youth Orchestra Salinas

yosal.org
Salinas, CA
$35,000
Music
For general operating support

2023

Angelica Center for Arts & Music

www.acamcenter.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Arrowhead Arts Association

arrowheadarts.org
Lake Arrowhead, CA
$20,000
Music
For youth music programs

Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Intersection for the Arts)

www.artsedalliance.org
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
Education
For a project to help Bay Area arts education nonprofits prepare for implementation of Proposition 28

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Music
For general support

Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates

bvhpadvocates.org
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For the food sovereignty initiative

Black Farmer Fund

blackfarmerfund.org
New York, NY
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

California Academy of Sciences

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Bayview Science Institute

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

cimcc.org
Santa Rosa, CA
$30,000
Education
For teacher professional development

California Rural Legal Assistance

crla.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To protect pregnant farmworkers from pesticide exposure

California State University San Marcos Foundation

www.csusm.edu
San Marcos, CA
$50,000
Education
To address the shortage of credentialed visual and performing arts teachers in California

California State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

California Symphony

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$30,000
Music
For the commission and premiere of a new work by composer Viet Cuong

Californians for Pesticide Reform (Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)

www.pesticidereform.org
Lindsay, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To protect public health from highly toxic chemicals in California agriculture

CalMatters

calmatters.org
Sacramento, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Food and Agriculture Reporting Initiative

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

CDE Foundation

cdefoundation.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To pilot new arts teacher credentialing programs

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Ecological Farming/Climate Smart Farming program

Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For Tuition-Free Youth Ensembles

Create CA

createca.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support

Delirium Musicum

www.deliriummusicum.com
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For the commission and premier of a new work

EdSource

edsource.org
Oakland, CA
$30,000
Education
For reporting on arts education

Elemental Music

www.elementalmusic.org
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
Music
For individual music lessons

Enriching Lives Through Music

elmprogram.org
San Rafael, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

First Nations Development Institute

www.firstnations.org
Longmont, CO
$75,000
Environment and Health
For food sovereignty initiatives that focus on land access and local food systems

Food and Farm Communications Fund (Kansas City Metropolitan Community Foundation)

foodandfarmcommunications.org
Kansas City, MO
$55,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Friends of the Earth

foe.org
Washington, DC and Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To improve the climate footprint of school food in California

Gardens of Golden Gate Park

www.sfbg.org/gggp
San Francisco, CA
$32,625
Education
For educator professional development

Grantmakers for Education

www.edfunders.org
Portland, OR
$10,000
Education
To support the Arts Education Impact Group

HOPE Collaborative (Health for Oakland’s People and Environment)

www.hopecollaborative.net
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a project to reduce industrial pollution and its health effects, improve access to healthy foods, and work with city planners to identify the health impacts of proposed development

Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation

www.hunterspointcommunitybiomonitoring.net
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To create a database of human health risks associated with the former US Navy Base in Hunters Point

Inside Climate News

www.insideclimatenews.org
Brooklyn, NY
$150,000
Environment and Health
For coverage of key issues connecting climate change, agriculture, and food systems

InterMusic SF

intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
For the Musical Grants Program

Justice Outside

justiceoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Youth Access to Nature program

Kitchen Table Advisors (Multiplier)

www.kitchentableadvisors.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Kronos Quartet

kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the 2023 Kronos Festival

Lawrence Hall of Science

lawrencehallofscience.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Education
To pilot a program that helps environmental education nonprofits design and run ongoing, internal professional development programs for their educators

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

leadershipcounsel.org
Fresno, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

www.lacountyarts.org
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Arts Education Collective

Mandela Partners

www.mandelapartners.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Movement Strategy Center

movementstrategy.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To develop expanded fiscal sponsorship services for the nonprofit sector

Musica Sierra

www.musicasierra.org
Loyalton, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Neighborhood Music School

www.neighborhoodmusic.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

New West Symphony Association

newwestsymphony.org
Thousand Oaks, CA
$15,000
Music
For afterschool music instruction

Oaktown Jazz Workshops

www.oaktownjazz.org/main
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Ocean Discovery Institute

oceandiscoveryinstitute.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For professional development of environmental educators

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Core Artist Program

Pie Ranch

www.pieranch.org
Pescadero, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a project to provide beginning organic and agroecological farmers with access to land and business training

Quinteto Latino

www.quintetolatino.org
Menlo Park, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For Pierrot RE:WIND

San Francisco Philharmonic

www.sfphil.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

SOL-LA Music Academy

www.sollamusicacademy.org
Santa Monica, CA
$20,000
Music
For music instruction

Teaching Artists Guild (Association of Teaching Artists)

teachingartists.com
Brooklyn, New York
$25,000
Education
For Teaching Artist Guild of California

The Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For teacher professional development related to climate change and climate change adaptation

University of California, Santa Cruz

www.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To recruit talented students to become agroecologists and organic practitioners through degree programs at Berkeley, Davis, and Santa Cruz

University of Vermont

www.uvm.edu
Burlington, VT
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the new Institute for Agroecology

Wishtoyo Foundation

www.wishtoyo.org
Ventura, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the project, Restoring Native Food Systems, at the Wishtoyo Conservancy

Youth Orchestra Salinas

www.yosal.org
Salinas, CA
$30,000
Music
For general support

2022

Agroecology Commons

www.agroecologycommons.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a network of urban farms that provide education and training for agroecologists

Angelica Center for Arts & Music

www.acamcenter.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Arrowhead Arts Association

arrowheadarts.org
Lake Arrowhead, CA
$15,000
Music
For youth music programs

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To reduce the use of toxic pesticides in agriculture

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Attitudinal Healing Connection

www.ahc-oakland.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Education
For teaching artist professional development and employment model improvements

Black Farmer Fund

www.blackfarmerfund.org
New York, NY
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Black Women for Wellness

bwwla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
To convene strategy sessions on racial justice and health equity issues

Brown Girl Surf (Social Good Fund)

www.browngirlsurf.com
Oakland, CA
$35,000
Education
For general support

California Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education

www.aeoe.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For a landscape analysis and map of environmental education in California

California State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

Californians for Pesticide Reform (Pesticide Action Network)

www.pesticidereform.org
Berkeley, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

ChangeScale (Multiplier)

www.changescale.org
Oakland, CA
$10,000
Education
For general support

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

www.caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Ecological Farming/Climate Smart Farming program

CommunityGrows (Tides)

www.communitygrows.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For general support

Create CA

createca.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support

Create CA

www.createca.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
To support the capacity of art education organizations to engage in public policy matters

Ecological Farming Association

www.eco-farm.org
Soquel, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

EdSource

www.edsource.org
Oakland, CA
$22,750
Education
For arts education reporting

Enriching Lives Through Music

www.elmprogram.org
San Rafael, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For classroom teacher professional development related to climate change education  

Food and Farm Communications Fund (Kansas City Metropolitan Community Foundation)

foodandfarmcommunications.org
Kansas City, MO
$55,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Friends of the Earth

www.foe.org
Berkeley, CA
$90,000
Environment and Health
To improve the climate footprint of school food in California

Generation Music and Arts Academy (Dandan Performing Arts Center)

www.genmusicarts.org
San Lorenzo, CA
$35,000
Music

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (Meridian Institute)

www.futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Harmony Project Bay Area (Community Initiatives)

www.harmonyprojectsf.org
Daly City, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

Healthy Babies, Bright Futures (Virginia Organizing)

www.hbbf.org
Charlottesville, VA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To protect infants from exposure to dangerous chemicals during the first 1,000 days of life

Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles

www.icyola.org
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Music
For general support

Inside Climate News

www.insideclimatenews.org
Brooklyn, NY
$150,000
Environment and Health
For coverage of key issues connecting climate change, agriculture, and food systems

InterMusic SF

www.intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
For the Musical Grants Program

Justice Outside

justiceoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Education
For two years of support for the Outdoor Educators Institute

Kitchen Table Advisors

www.kitchentableadvisors.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To provide business advice to small organic and regenerative farmers

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

leadershipcounsel.org
Fresno, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To address health risks from water and air pollution, and industrial agriculture practices in the San Joaquin Valley and the Eastern Coachella Valley

League of American Orchestras

americanorchestras.org
New York, NY
$15,000
Music
For the 2022 national conference in Los Angeles

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For regional planning

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For the Beethoven 9th Project

Luna Dance Institute

www.lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support

Mandela Partners

www.mandelapartners.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the project, Expanding Markets for Mandela Partners’ BIPOC Farmers Network

Movement Strategy Center

movementstrategy.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For expanded fiscal sponsorship services for the nonprofit sector

NatureBridge

naturebridge.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For environmental educator professional development and employment model improvements

Neighborhood Music School

www.neighborhoodmusic.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Oaktown Jazz Workshops

www.oaktownjazz.org/main
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

One Found Sound

www.onefoundsound.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale

philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Quinteto Latino

www.quintetolatino.org
Menlo Park, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org
Fairfax, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For Fish in the Fields

Sacred Heart Community Service

www.sacredheartcs.org
San Jose, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the La Mesa Verde program

San Francisco Children’s Art Center

www.childrensartcenter.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development of teaching artists and classroom teachers working with preschool students with disabilities

San Francisco Philharmonic

www.sfphil.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For general support

Santa Rosa Symphony Association

www.srsymphony.org
Santa Rosa, CA
$25,000
Music
For the commission and performance of a piano concerto by composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Save The Music Foundation

www.savethemusic.org
New York, NY
$25,000
Music
To advance music education in Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Sonoma Valley Education Foundation

www.svgreatschools.org
Sonoma, CA
$32,250
Education
For classroom teacher and teaching artist professional development as part of the Dunbar Elementary Strategic Arts Plan

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For teaching artist professional development

The Sierra Fund

sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Tuleyome

www.tuleyome.org
Woodland, CA
$20,000
Education
For teacher professional development at Woodland Regional Park

Turnaround Arts: California

turnaroundartsca.org
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Education
For classroom teacher professional development in arts education

Urban Tilth

urbantilth.org
Richmond, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support for programs to build a more just and sustainable food system

Youth Orchestra Salinas

www.yosal.org
Salinas, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

2021

Angelica Center for Arts and Music

www.acamcenter.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To reduce the use of toxic pesticides in agriculture

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Attitudinal Healing Connection

www.ahc-oakland.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development of teaching artists

Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates

bvhpadvocates.org
San Francisco, CA
$95,000
Environment and Health
To support food sovereignty initiatives

Brown Girl Surf (Social Good Fund)

www.browngirlsurf.com
Oakland, CA
$35,000
Education
For leadership development programs in outdoor and environmental education

California Academy of Sciences

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
Education
For the Bayview Science Institute teacher professional development program

California State University San Marcos

www.csusm.edu
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Education
For professional development in arts integration for pre-credential classroom teachers

Californians for Pesticide Reform

www.pesticidereform.org
Berkeley, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

caff.org
Davis, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Ecological Farming/Climate Smart Farming program and other initiatives benefitting family-scale farmers

Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Tuition-Free Youth Ensembles program

CoTA (Collaborations: Teachers and Artists)

cotaprogram.org
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Education
For arts integration professional development for classroom teachers

Dandan Performing Arts Center

www.dmajorarts.org
San Lorenzo, CA
$30,000
Music
For general support

Ecological Farming Association

eco-farm.org
Soquel, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

El Sistema Santa Cruz/Pajaro Valley

www.elsistemasantacruz.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Elemental Music

www.elementalmusic.org
$25,000
Music
For the Bergmann Project providing free individual music lessons

Enriching Lives Through Music

www.elmprogram.org
San Rafael, CA
$30,000
Music
General support for free after school music instruction for low-income youth

First Nations Development Institute

www.firstnations.org
Longmont, CO
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the California Tribal Fund for food sovereignty initiatives that focus on land access and local food systems

Friends of the Earth

foe.org
Berkeley, CA
$90,000
Environment and Health
To improve the climate footprint of school food in California

Girls Garage

girlsgarage.org
Berkeley, CA
$35,000
Education
For teaching artist professional development

Global Alliance for the Future of Food

futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Harmony Project Bay Area

harmonyprojectsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Inside Climate News

insideclimatenews.org
New York, NY
$150,000
Environment and Health
To establish a program on California agriculture and climate change

InterMusic SF

intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Musical Grant Program

Justice Outside

justiceoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Outdoor Educator Institute

Kitchen Table Advisors

www.kitchentableadvisors.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To provide business advice to small organic and regenerative farmers

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

leadershipcounsel.org
Fresno, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To address health risks from water and air pollution, and industrial agriculture practices in the San Joaquin Valley and the Eastern Coachella Valley

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For regional planning

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

www.lacountyarts.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Los Angeles County Arts Ed Collective

Luna Dance Institute

lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support of work promoting dance education

Maidu Summit Consortium

www.maidusummit.org
Chester, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Native Voices Project centering indigenous Maidu culture and knowledge in outdoor programs for youth

Mandela Partners

www.mandelapartners.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the project, Expanding Markets for Mandela Partners’ BIPOC Farmers Network

Mercury Soul

mercurysoul.com
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support for the 2020-2021 season

Monterey Jazz Festival

montereyjazzfestival.org
Monterey, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

New Century Chamber Orchestra

www.ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
For general support

Oaktown Jazz Workshops

www.oaktownjazz.org/main
Oakland, CA
15,000
Music
For general support of jazz instruction programs

Organic Farming Research Foundation

ofrf.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
To inform federal agencies about the soil building and climate protective benefits of organic agriculture

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the commission and premier of a new work

San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra

www.sfphil.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Sphinx

www.sphinxmusic.org
Detroit, MI
$30,000
Music
For organizational and professional development programs improving racial equity in classical music

Sustainable Conservation

suscon.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To test recharging of aquifers to improve the quantity and quality of water for farm and community water supplies

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Rafael, CA
$25,000
Education
To formalize the partnership between Ten Strands and the California Association of Outdoor and Environmental Educators      

University of California, Santa Cruz

www.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To integrate academic and on-farm training for undergraduate students at three University of California campuses

Urban Tilth

urbantilth.org
Richmond, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
General support for programs to build a more just and sustainable food system

Voice of Witness

voiceofwitness.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For professional development of classroom teachers in arts education

YES Nature to Neighborhoods

www.yesfamilies.org
Richmond, CA
$60,000
Education

Youth Art Exchange (Tides)

www.youthartexchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Education
For teaching artist professional development

Youth UpRising

www.youthuprising.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Music
For individual music lessons for youth

2020

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For a summer outdoor education program for low-income students

American Youth Symphony

www.aysymphony.org
El Segundo, CA
$20,000
Music
For a pre-professional orchestral training program

Angelica Center for Arts and Music

www.acamcenter.org
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
Music
For a free afterschool music program for low-income students

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To reduce the use of toxic pesticides in agriculture

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For general operating support

Association of Teaching Artists (DBA Teaching Artists Guild)

teachingartistsguild.org
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
Education

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Music
For strategic planning to help increase audiences

Bird School Project

www.birdschoolproject.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$25,000
Education
For professional development of middle school teachers in environmental education

Brown Girl Surf (Social Good Fund)

www.browngirlsurf.com
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Education
For leadership development programs in outdoor and environmental education

California Academy of Sciences

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
Education
For teacher training in environmental education

California Alliance for Arts Education

www.artsed411.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support

California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

carcd.org
Sacramento, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To strengthen the ability of resource conservation districts to help growers create and implement carbon-farming plans

California FarmLink

www.californiafarmlink.org
Aptos, CA
$20,000
Environment and Health
To increase staff capacity for loans and technical assistance

California FarmLink

www.californiafarmlink.org
Aptos, CA
$80,000
Environment and Health
For the project, Addressing Equity, Conservation, and Climate Change Through Integrated Capital

California State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

California State University, San Marcos

www.csusm.edu
San Marcos, CA
$25,000
Education
For training in the arts for pre-credential teachers

California Symphony Orchestra

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Fresh Look audience development initiative

Californians for Pesticide Reform

www.pesticidereform.org
Berkeley, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To improve the regulation of chemicals in California agriculture

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To make California agriculture more sustainable by increasing its ability to sequester carbon and reduce water usage

Center for Ecoliteracy

www.ecoliteracy.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Education
For teacher training in environmental education

Colburn School

www.colburnschool.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For a free, intensive music training program for low-income students

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

www.caff.org
Davis, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Climate-Smart Farming Program

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

www.caff.org
Davis, CA
$20,000
Environment and Health
For the California Family Farmer Emergency Fund

Community Music Center

www.sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
For an Arts Learning Pod

Earth Team

www.earthteam.net
Richmond, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Sustainable Youth Internships program

Ecological Farming Association

eco-farm.org
Soquel, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Elemental Strings dba Elemental Music

www.elementalmusic.org
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
Music
For private instrumental lessons for low-income students

Enriching Lives through Music

www.elmprogram.org
San Rafael, CA
$30,000
Music
For a free, intensive afterschool music program for low-income students

Friends and Alumni of Castelar Elementary School

castelares-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Education Through Music program at Castelar Elementary School

Friends of the Earth

foe.org
Berkeley, CA
$85,000
Environment and Health
To improve the climate footprint of school food in California

Healthy Babies Bright Futures

www.hbbf.org
Charlottesville, VA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For the project, Lowering the Level of Neurotoxic Chemicals in Baby Food, Especially for Children of Color

Heart of Los Angeles

www.heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For a Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles program

InterMusic SF

www.intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Musical Grant Program

Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

www.kco.la
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Music
For recordings of new compositions by emerging composers

Kitchen Table Advisors

www.kitchentableadvisors.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To provide business advice to small organic and regenerative farmers

Kronos Quartet

www.kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the 2020-2021 season of performances

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To monitor the implementation of a regional plan in the Lake Tahoe region

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

www.lacountyarts.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective

Mandela Partners

www.mandelapartners.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the community supported agriculture pilot program

Movement Strategy Center

www.movementstrategy.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Environment and Health
For the California BIPOC Farmer and Land Steward Relief Fund

New Century Chamber Orchestra

www.ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For the 2020-2021 season of performances

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For professional development of teaching artists

Project H Design (DBA Girls Garage)

girlsgarage.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Education
To launch a professional development program for teaching artists

Pueblo Nuevo Education & Development Group

www.pueblonuevo.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For a Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles program

Sacred Heart Community Service

sacredheartcs.org
San Jose, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For La Mesa Verde urban agriculture programs

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support for the 2020-2021 season

San Francisco Children’s Art Center

www.childrensartcenter.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development of teaching artists and classroom teachers

Santa Monica Youth Orchestra

www.santamonicayouthorchestra.org
Santa Monica, CA
$10,000
Music
For a free, no-audition music program

SOL-LA Music Academy

sollamusicacademy.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For the St. Anne School music program

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development of teaching artists

Sustainable Conservation

suscon.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To improve the quantity and quality of groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley

Ten Strands

www.tenstrands.org
San Rafael, CA
$50,000
Education
For the COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative

The Sierra Fund

sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$150,000
Environment and Health
To protect Californians from toxic chemicals used in mining and to support strategic planning

University of California, Santa Cruz

www.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To launch the undergraduate major in agroecology

YES Nature to Neighborhoods

www.yesfamilies.org
Richmond, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Participant Pathways program

Youth Orchestra Salinas

www.yosal.org
Salinas, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support of youth orchestra programs

Youth Outside

www.youthoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development for future environmental educators

2019

Action Aid USA

www.actionaidusa.org
Washington, DC
$48,000
Environment and Health
For developing an American agenda for agroecology

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Environmental Home Program

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
To support the Teaching Artist Fellowship program

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To address the use of toxic pesticides in agriculture

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For the Consulting Services Program

California Foodshed Funders (Community Initiatives)

www.cafoodshedfunders.org
Oakland, CA
$12,000
Environment and Health
For programs to educate grantmakers about food and agriculture

California State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu/regenerativeagriculture
Chico, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems

California Symphony

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$30,000
Music
For website redesign based on audience research

Californians for Pesticide Reform (Pesticide Action Network)

www.pesticidereform.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To improve the regulation of chemicals in California agriculture

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To make California agriculture more sustainable by increasing its ability to sequester carbon and reduce water usage

Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support the Youth Ensemble Program

CoTA (Collaborations: Teachers and Artists)

cotaprogram.org
San Diego, CA
$20,000
Education
For the San Diego School Partnership

Del Sol Performing Arts Organization

www.delsolquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support “The Wall is Our Canvas: The Angel Island Project”

Destiny Arts Center

destinyarts.org
Oakland, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Teaching Artists Mentoring Initiative

Earth Team

www.earthteam.net
Richmond, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Sustainable Youth Internships program

El Sistema Santa Cruz (Arts Council of Santa Cruz County)

www.elsistemasantacruz.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$20,000
Music
For expansion of an afterschool music instruction program

Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu/education/teacher-institute
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Education
For the Inquiry and the Environment professional development program

Friends of the Earth

foe.org/organic-for-all
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To improve the healthfulness and climate footprint of school food in California

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (Meridian Institute)

futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Harmony Project San Francisco Bay Area (Community Initiatives)

harmonyprojectsf.org
Daly City, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Healthy Babies, Bright Futures (Virginia Organizing)

www.hbbf.org
Charlottesville, VA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To protect young children from exposures to dangerous chemicals

Heart of Los Angeles

www.heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles program

Inner-City Arts

inner-cityarts.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the EASEL program

Inside Climate News

insideclimatenews.org
Brooklyn, NY
$150,000
Environment and Health
To establish a California office

InterMusic SF

www.intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Musical Grants Program

Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

www.kco.la
Los Angeles, CA
$30,000
Music
For the 20 for 2020 project

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To monitor the implementation of a regional plan in the Lake Tahoe region

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

www.lacountyartsedcollective.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective

Marin Symphony

marinsymphony.org
San Rafael, CA
$20,000
Music
To complete a project to increase fundraising capacity

National Organic Coalition (RAFI-USA)

www.nationalorganiccoalition.org
Boston, MA
$30,000
Environment and Health
To prevent the use of dangerous chemicals in organic production

NatureBridge

naturebridge.org/programs/educator-development
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Educator Development Program

New Century Chamber Orchestra

www.ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

Philharmonia Baroque

philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Well Caffeinated Clavier program

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

sdys.org/program/community-opus-project
San Diego, CA
$35,000
Music
To support the Community Opus Project in the Chula Vista school district

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Music and Mentors program

Santa Rosa Symphony

www.srsymphony.org
Santa Rosa, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premiere of “Cantata for Mariachi and Orchestra”

Sol-La Music Academy

sollamusicacademy.org
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
Music
For free music instruction at St. Anne’s School

SPUR

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To develop elements for sound regional planning in the Bay Area

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Teaching Artist Mentoring Program

Sustainable Conservation

suscon.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To improve the quantity and quality of groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
To support the ATLAS professional development program

The Sierra Fund

www.sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To protect Sierra residents and downstream water users from the health effects of substances used in mining

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Food Institute

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the policy program

University of California, Los Angeles

www.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$95,000
Environment and Health
To develop new ways to assess the risks of chemicals used in California agriculture

University of California, San Francisco

www.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To develop health information and policy recommendations to protect human health from toxic chemicals

YES Nature to Neighborhoods

www.yesfamilies.org
Richmond, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Participant Pathways program

Young Audiences of Northern California

www.ya-nc.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
To support the Teaching Artist and Classroom Teacher Collaborative Project

Youth Art Exchange (Tides)

www.youthartexchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
To build teacher capacity for in-school teaching

2018

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Environmental Home Program

Alameda County Office of Education

www.acoe.org
Hayward, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Principal Support Network

American Rivers

www.americanrivers.org
Berkeley and Nevada City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To improve agricultural sustainability and water quality for community health in California’s Central Valley

American Youth Symphony

aysymphony.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
To support the premiere a new work by Nico Muhly

Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Intersection for the Arts)

www.artsedalliance.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For general support

Arts for Learning San Diego

www.artsforlearningsd.org
San Diego, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Teaching Artist Institute

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To prevent harm to human health from widespread use of glyphosate in the food system

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For the consultant Services Program

Berkeley Symphony

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a concert with the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble

California Academy of Sciences

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Teacher Institute for Environmental Learning

California Alliance for Arts Education

www.artsed411.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For general support

California Association of Resource Conservation Districts

carcd.org
Sacramento, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To strengthen the ability of resource conservation districts to help growers create and implement carbon-farming plans

California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation

www.ccof.org/ccof-foundation
Santa Cruz, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the development of organic agriculture in California by making the broader case for its environmental and health benefits

California FarmLink

www.californiafarmlink.org
Aptos, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
To promote sustainability in food and agriculture by providing small loans to organic and sustainable farmers for land, equipment, and operations

California State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu/ag/index.shtml
Chico, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To help establish the Center for Regenerative Agriculture

California Symphony Orchestra

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$25,000
Music
For a project to increase and diversify audiences

Center for Food Safety

www.centerforfoodsafety.org
San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
To reduce the public health and environmental risks of industrial agriculture

ChangeScale

www.changescale.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For general support

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

www.celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$15,000
Education
For the California Expansion Project

Colburn School

www.colburnschool.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Jumpstart Program

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

www.caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Climate Smart Farming Project

Education Through Music – Los Angeles

etmla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
Music
For the Professional Development Collective

Elemental Music

www.elementalmusic.org/Bergmann-project
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
Music
For the Bergmann Project

Food System 6

www.foodsystem6.org
Redwood City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For an accelerator program to support the development of sustainable food businesses

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support of an international philanthropic collaborative addressing critical food systems issues

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$20,000
Environment and Health
To explore the feasibility of creating a global award that recognizes the contributions of farmers groups, individual growers, and other food-systems actors to the development of sustainable food systems

Golden Gate University Law School Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

law.ggu.edu/clinics-and-centers/clinics/environmental-law-and-justice
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
To support efforts to protect Californians from agricultural chemicals discharged into water systems

Grantmakers in the Arts

www.giarts.org
Bronx, NY
$5,000
Music
To support the 2018 Annual Conference

Harmony Project San Francisco (Community Initiatives)

harmonyprojectsf.org
Daly City, CA
$20,000
Music
For general support

Healthy Babies, Bright Futures

hbbf.org
Virtual Organization
$75,000
Environment and Health
To prevent exposure to dangerous chemicals during the first 1000 days of life

Heart of Los Angeles

www.heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles program

InterMusic SF

http://www.intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support the Musical Grant Program

Kronos Quartet

www.kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support the Kronos Festival 2019

Lawrence Hall of Science BEETLES Project

beetlesproject.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Advancing Equity in Environmental Education project

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premier of a James Newton Howard concerto for cello

Los Angeles Jazz Society

lajazz.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For a mentorship program for student musicians

Luna Dance Institute

lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Los Angeles Professional Development project

Monterey Jazz Festival

www.montereyjazzfestival.org/jazz-education/monterey-jazz-in-schools
Monterey, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Monterey Jazz in the Schools program

NatureBridge

naturebridge.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Southern California Educator Development Program

New Century Chamber Orchestra

www.ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For the West Coast premiere of a Philip Glass concerto

Outward Bound California

outwardboundcalifornia.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
To support an internship program for underserved youth

Performing Arts Workshop

performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For general support

Principal Leadership Institute, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$60,000
Education
To develop a framework to integrate the arts into training for school leaders

Sacramento Philharmonic

www.sacphilopera.org
Sacramento, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a concert featuring American music

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Music and Mentors program

SPUR

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To develop elements for sound regional planning in the Bay Area

Stockton Symphony

stocktonsymphony.org
Stockton, CA
$15,000
Music
To support a concert celebrating Stockton’s sister cities

Sustainable Conservation

suscon.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To test the feasibility of improving the quantity and quality of groundwater supplies in the San Joaquin Valley

The Living Earth Show

thelivingearthshow.com
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Raven Chacon

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Food Institute

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the policy program

University of California, San Francisco

www.ucsf.edu
San Francisco and Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To develop health information and policy recommendations to protect human health from toxic chemicals

University of California, Santa Cruz

casfs.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To develop a degree program in agroecology

Wild Farm Alliance

www.wildfarmalliance.org
Watsonville, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To produce information and technical assistance for farmers on practices that use birds to control pests

Youth Outside

http://www.youthoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Outdoor Educators Institute

2017

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$35,000
Education
For the Teaching Artists Fellowship program

Arts Council of Santa Cruz County

www.artscouncilsc.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$20,000
Education
For training in arts integration for classroom teachers

Arts for Learning San Diego

www.artsforlearningsd.org
San Diego, CA
$20,000
Education
To support training for teaching artists

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To prevent harm to human health from widespread use of glyphosate in the food system

Attitudinal Healing Connection

www.ahc-oakland.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Education
To support professional development for teaching artists

Berkeley Food Institute at UC Berkeley

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$150,000
Environment and Health
To support the policy program

Berkeley Symphony

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a performance at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation

www.ccof.org/ccof/structure/ccof-foundation
Santa Cruz, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the development of organic agriculture in California by making the case for its environmental and health benefits

California Farmlink

www.californiafarmlink.org
Aptos, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
To promote sustainability in food and agriculture by providing small loans to organic and sustainable farmers

Center for Food Safety

www.centerforfoodsafety.org
San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
To reduce the negative public health and environmental risks of industrial agriculture

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

www.celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$50,000
Education
For general support

Colburn School

www.colburnschool.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Jumpstart Program

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

www.caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support family scale farming operations that adopt climate-farming practices to conserve water and sequester carbon

Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Youth Ensemble Program

Del Sol Performing Arts Organization

delsolquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
Music
To support the Del Sol 25th Anniversary Festival

Earth Team

www.earthteam.net
Richmond, CA
$25,000
Education
To support the Sustainable Youth Internship program

Education Outside

www.educationoutside.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support training for garden coordinators

Fresno Food Commons Trust

www.foodcommonsfresno.org
Fresno, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To help build a regional sustainable food system in the San Joaquin Valley

Fresno Philharmonic

www.fresnophil.org
Fresno, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the commissioning and premiere of a new work by Dinuk Wijeratne

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

www.futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Arts and Academic Language Development Summer School

Grantmakers for Education

www.edfunders.org
Portland, OR
$10,000
Education
To support the Arts Education Impact Group

Heart of Los Angeles

heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles program

InterMusic SF (San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music)

http://www.intermusicsf.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support the Musical Grant Program

Kronos Quartet

kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Kronos Festival 2018

Lawrence Hall of Science BEETLES Project

beetlesproject.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Advancing Equity in Environmental Education project

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the Community Planning Program

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

www.lacountyartsedcollective.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Los Angeles County Arts Education Collective

Mercury Soul

www.mercurysoul.com
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
Music
To support the Danzόn project

Modesto Symphony Orchestra

www.modestosymphony.org
Modesto, CA
$20,000
Music
For American Graffiti – A Symphonic Tribute to Modesto

National Guild for Community Arts Education

www.nationalguild.org
New York, NY
$5,000
Education
To support the 2017 Conference for Community Arts Education

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the 25th Anniversary Festival

Organic Farming Research Foundation

ofrf.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$95,851
Environment and Health
To disseminate soil research and best practices for organic farmers

Other Minds Ensemble

www.otherminds.org
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
Music
To support performances during 2017-2018 season

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$28,000
Education
For the Core Artists Program

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For the U.S. premiere of The Judas Passion

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org
Mill Valley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Fish in the Fields project

San Bernardino Symphony

www.sanbernardinosymphony.org
San Bernardino, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Southern California premiere of Big Sur: The Night Sun

San Diego Symphony

www.sandiegosymphony.org
San Diego, CA
$25,000
Music
For the commissioning and performance of a new work by Javier Alvarez Fuentes

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Immigration Station project

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Instrument Training and Support Program

SPUR

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To develop elements for sound regional planning in the Bay Area

Sustainable Conservation

suscon.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To test the feasibility of improving the quantity and quality of groundwater supplies in the San Joaquin Valley through on-farm recharging of aquifers

Sustainable Economies Law Center

www.theselc.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For developing novel financing mechanisms

Teaching Artists Guild (Community Initiatives)

teachingartistsguild.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Asset Mapping Initiative

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For the San Mateo Environmental Learning Collaborative

University of California, San Francisco

www.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To develop information and policy recommendations designed to protect human health from toxic chemicals

YES Nature to Neighborhoods

www.yesfamilies.org
Richmond, CA
$30,000
Education
For a nature-based youth mentoring program

Young Musicians Choral Orchestra

www.youngmusiciansco.org
Berkeley, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

Youth Speaks

youthspeaks.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support professional development for teaching artists

2016

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Environmental Home Program

American Youth Symphony

aysymphony.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
To support a concert featuring guitarist Steven Vai

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To prevent harm to human health from GMOs, nanomaterials, and lead in food

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
Music
For the Consultant Services Program

Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California, Berkeley

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$150,000
Environment and Health
To support the Policy Program

Berkeley Symphony

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

cabrillomusic.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$25,000
Music
For the world premiere of a Clarice Assad percussion concerto, performed by Evelyn Glynnie

California Academy of Science

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For professional development in environmental education for classroom teachers

California Alliance for Arts Education

www.artsed411.org
Pasadena, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Arts Now California Campaign

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Center for Sustainability at the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

www.cfs.calpoly.edu
San Luis Obispo, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Climate Smart Agriculture Project

California Shakespeare Theater

www.calshakes.org
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
Education
For a professional development program for teaching artists

California Symphony

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the commissioning and premiere of a new work by Daniel Visconti

Californians for Pesticide Reform

www.pesticidereform.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To eliminate the use of highly toxic fumigants in California agriculture

Carbon Cycle Institute

www.carboncycle.org
Petaluma, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To make California agriculture more sustainable by increasing its ability to sequester carbon and reduce water usage

ChangeScale

changescale.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the School Partnership Initiative

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

www.celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$40,000
Education
For the Leadership in Sustainability Curriculum and Assessment Program in Los Angeles

Destiny Arts Center

www.destinyarts.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Education
For a mentorship program for new teaching artists

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

www.eastbaycenter.org
Richmond, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the Advanced Chamber and Classical Music Program

Education Outside

www.educationoutside.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
To support training for garden coordinators and the Curriculum Institute

Ensemble Mik Nawooj

www.ensemblemiknawooj.com
Oakland, CA
$15,000
Music
For the premiere of Death Becomes Life, a symphonic hip-hop oratorio

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

www.futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$45,000
Education
For the Arts and Academic Language Development Summer School

Grantmakers for Education

www.edfunders.org
Portland, OR
$15,000
Education
For the 2016 Annual Conference and the Arts Education Impact Group

Harmony Project SF Bay Area (Community Initiatives)

harmonyprojectsf.org
Daly City, CA
$15,000
Music
For a music program in the schools

League of American Orchestras

www.americanorchestras.org
New York, NY
$10,000
Music
To support a professional development seminar for orchestras held in San Francisco

League to Save Lake Tahoe

keeptahoeblue.org
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To monitor the implementation of a regional plan in the Lake Tahoe region

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a concert featuring the violinist Daniel Hope

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

acountyartsforall.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Arts for All Pooled Fund

Mills College

www.mills.edu
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Urban Farm

Monterey Jazz Festival

www.montereyjazzfestival.org
Monterey, CA
$20,000
Music
For a jazz in the schools program

Northern Sierra Partnership

northernsierrapartnership.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To preserve critical watersheds in the Northern Sierra

Oakland Symphony

www.oaklandsymphony.org
Oakland, CA
$20,000
Music
For the American premiere of a Siegfried Matthus composition

Organic Farming Research Foundation

ofrf.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$30,000
Environment and Health
For a project to analyze the findings of publicly funded research projects on soil health

Pacific Symphony

www.pacificsymphony.org
Santa Ana, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Santa Ana Strings program

Planting Justice

www.plantingjustice.org
Oakland, CA
$10,000
Environment and Health
To support the El Sobrante Urban Resilience Farm

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org
Mill Valley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a project to test the feasibility of cultivating fish in California rice ponds

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Opus Partners Program

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Instrument Training and Support Program

School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA

www.ucla.edu/the-arts/school-of-the-arts-and-architecture
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Arts Education Teaching Sequence

Slide Ranch

slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the teacher-in-residence program

Sol-La Music Academy

sollamusicacademy.org
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
Music
For free music instruction at St. Anne School

SPUR

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To develop elements for sound regional planning in the Bay Area

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (New Ventures Fund)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$10,000
Environment and Health
For a video history of the sustainable agriculture movement

Sustainable Economies Laws Center

www.theselc.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To increase the sustainability of agriculture in California by developing novel financing mechanisms

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Environmental Learning Institute program

The Sierra Fund

www.sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To protect Sierra residents from the health effects of dangerous materials from abandoned mines

University of California, Los Angeles, Sustainable Technology and Policy Program

stpp.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$89,568
Environment and Health

Young Musicians Choral Orchestra

www.youngmusiciansco.org
Berkeley, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

Young Musicians Foundation

www.ymf.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For the Chamber Music Coaching Program

Youth Outside

www.youthoutside.org
Oakland, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Outdoor Educators Institute

Z Sharp

zsharp.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
For a music program in the Richmond schools

2015

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For the Environmental Home Program

Alameda County Office of Education

www.artiseducation.org
Hayward, CA
$50,000
Education
For the Principal Support Network for Arts-Centered Integrated Learning program

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$35,000
Education
For the Artful Connections with Math program

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To prevent harm to human health from GMOs, nanomaterials, and lead in food

Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California, Berkeley

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$140,000
Environment and Health
For the Policy Program

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Music
To commission and present new work

CalArts (California Institute of the Arts)

calarts.edu
Valencia, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Community Arts Partnership Teaching Artists Pathway program

California FarmLink

www.californiafarmlink.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
To support a microfinancing initiative for organic and family-scale farmers

California Foodshed Funders (Community Initiatives)

communityin.org/project/ca-foodshed-funders-collaborative
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Environment and Health
For programs to educate funders about sustainable agriculture and food systems in California

California Shakespeare Theater

www.calshakes.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For professional development for teaching artists

California Symphony Orchestra

www.californiasymphony.org
Walnut Creek, CA
$20,000
Music
To commission and premiere new work by Dan Visconti

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

www.celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$35,000
Education
For establishing the Leadership in Sustainability Curriculum in Los Angeles

Colburn School

www.colburnschool.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the Jumpstart Young Musicians’ program

Community Agroecology Network

www.canunite.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
Environment and Health
To support the 16th Annual International Agroecology Short Course

Cypress String Quartet

cypressquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Dan Coleman

Earth Island Institute

oaklandfood.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
For the Oakland Food Policy Council

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

www.eastbaycenter.org
Richmond, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Advanced Chamber Music and Classical Music Program

Education Outside

www.educationoutside.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Education
For the Curriculum Institute and Boot Camp for Garden Coordinators

Food and Environment Reporting Network

thefern.org
New York, NY
$75,000
Environment and Health
For investigative reporting on key issues in sustainable agriculture and food systems

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

www.futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$46,505
Education
For the Arts and Academic Language Development Summer School

Heart of Los Angeles

heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the YOLA program

Institute for Food and Development Policy – Food First

www.foodfirst.org
Oakland, CA
$51,200
Environment and Health
To support the East Bay Urban Field Schools

Kronos Quartet

www.kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Kronos Presents Festival

Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley

www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Berkeley, CA
$50,000
Education
For the BEETLES Professional Learning Program

Living Earth Show

thelivingearthshow.com
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
Music
To support the premiere of new work

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Matthew Aucoin

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

www.lacountyartsforall.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Arts for All Pooled Fund

Luna Dance Institute

lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
Education
For the Dance Education Leadership Project

Mills College

www.mills.edu
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Urban Farm

Mobius Trio

mobiustrio.com
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
Music
To support the premiere of new work

Music @ Menlo

www.musicatmenlo.org
Atherton, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Chamber Music Institute

Music Team (Community Initiatives)

www.musicteamsf.org
Daly City, CA
$15,000
Music
To support an after-school music program

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Jennifer Higdon

Oakland East Bay Symphony

www.oebs.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a performance of The Dharma at Big Sur

Paul Dresher Ensemble/Music Traditions, Inc.

www.dresherensemble.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
To support a project to increase individual giving

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$26,000
Education
To support the Core Artist Program

Pesticide Action Network North America

www.panna.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the project "Transforming the U.S. Food System: Advancing Public and Policy Engagement for Agroecology"

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org
Mill Valley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a project to test the feasibility of cultivating fish in California rice ponds

Rose Foundation For Communities and the Environment

rosefdn.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund and the Grassroots Training Institute

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

www.sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Community Opus Project

San Francisco Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Young Musicians Program

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For a five-day music festival

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

www.sffcm.org/programs/musical-grant
San Francisco, CA
$65,000
Music
For the Music Grant Program in 2016 and 2017

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For expansion to San Jose and Oakland

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the Regional Food Systems and Urban Agriculture Program

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Instrument Training and Support Program

Santa Rosa Symphony

santarosasymphony.com
Santa Rosa, CA
$25,000
Music
For the commission and premiere of a new work

Slide Ranch

slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the Teacher-in-Residence Program

Sol-La Music Academy

www.sollamusicacademy.org
Santa Monica, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (New Venture Fund)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For general support

United Nations Environment Programme (New Venture Fund)

www.unep.org
Washington, DC
$200,000
Environment and Health
For the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food project

University of California, Santa Cruz

casfs.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For the agroecology and sustainable food systems curricular integration and enhancement project

Urban Habitat

www.urbanhabitat.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For a project to build sustainable, equitable and healthy communities through regional planning

Youth Speaks

youthspeaks.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For the First Sound Institute

Z Sharp

zsharp.org
San Francisco, California
$20,000
Music
For a music program in the schools

2014

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Environmental Home program

American Youth Symphony

aysymphony.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
For a concert commemorating the orchestra’s 50th Anniversary

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$35,000
Education
To support adaptation and expansion of an integrated arts and science curriculum to urban schools

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To support the Environmental Health Program

Association of California Symphony Orchestras

www.acso.org
Sacramento, CA
$7,500
Music
To support a program that provides consulting services for member orchestras

Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California, Berkeley

food.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$140,000
Environment and Health
For the Public Policy Program

California Academy of Sciences

www.calacademy.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Education
For the Teacher Institute on Science and Sustainability

California Alliance for Arts Education

www.artsed411.org
Pasadena, CA
$6,000
Education
For a paper clarifying the relationship between access to arts education and education equity in California schools

California Foodshed Funders (Community Initiatives)

San Francisco, CA
$10,000
Environment and Health
For staff support

Californians for Pesticide Reform

www.pesticidereform.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a project to develop policies to protect Californians from highly toxic fumigants used in California agriculture

Cazadero Music Camp

www.cazadero.org
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support

Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins University

http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-a-livable-future
Baltimore, MD
$7,500
Environment and Health
For the Food Animal Atlas project

Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

www.crpe-ej.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Sustainable Agriculture Campaign

ChangeScale (NatureBridge)

www.changescale.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
For general support

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

www.celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$25,000
Education
For the Leadership in Sustainability Curriculum and Assessment Program and its expansion to the Los Angeles Unified School District

College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences (CAFES) at California Polytechnic State University

www.cfs.calpoly.edu
San Luis Obispo, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Sustainability

Community Music Center

sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Young Musicians Program

Crowden Music Center

www.crowden.org
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Young Composers Program

Del Sol Quartet

delsolquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For the Terry Riley Commissioning Project

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts

www.eastbaycenter.org
Richmond, CA
$18,000
Music
For the Advanced Chamber Music and Classical Music Program

Education Outside

www.educationoutside.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the Education Outside Corps program

Environmental Education Funders Collaborative (Northern California Grantmakers)

eefcfunders.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For general support

Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Education
For integration of the Science and Sustainability Curriculum into the Teacher Institute

Global Alliance for the Future of Food (New Venture Fund)

www.futureoffood.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$42,355
Education
For the Arts and Language Development Summer Program

Heart of Los Angeles

heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
For the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles

Ives Quartet

ivesquartet.org
Palo Alto, CA
$5,000
Music
To support a concert celebrating the 75th birthday of Elinor Armer

League to Save Lake Tahoe

www.keeptahoeblue.org
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the community planning program

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support concerts featuring the premieres of new music by Ted Herne and Andrew Norman

Los Angeles Food Policy Council (Community Partners)

goodfoodla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Los Angeles Youth Orchestra

www.losangelesyouthorchestra.org
Los Angeles, CA
$5,000

For general support

Marin Symphony

marinsymphony.org
San Rafael, CA
$15,000
Music
For the Eight Seasons concert

Music @ Menlo

www.musicatmenlo.org
Atherton, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the Chamber Music Institute

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For the Derek Bermel Commissioning Project

Oakland East Bay Symphony

www.oebs.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a performance of Brothers in Arts

People for Open Space/Greenbelt Alliance

www.greenbelt.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support a project that will consolidate back office functions with LEAP

Philharmonia Baroque

www.philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For a program featuring the work of Salomone Rossi

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

www.sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$35,000
Music
To support expansion of the Community Opus Project

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.thesfco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For general support

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For Project TenFourteen

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

www.sffcm.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For the Musical Grant Program

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the Regional Food Systems and Urban Agriculture Program

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For expansion to San Jose and Oakland

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Music
For the Instrument Training and Support program

School of Arts and Architecture, UCLA

www.arts.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Education
For the Visual and Performing Arts Education Program

Slide Ranch

slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the teacher-in-residence program

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For professional development for teaching artists

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (New Venture Fund)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For general support

The Sierra Fund

www.sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the project “Protecting People and Ecosystems from Legacy Mining’s Toxic Discharge”

Transform

www.transformca.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

University of California, Davis

asi.ucdavis.edu
Davis, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
To establish an endowed professorship in agroecology linked to the Agricultural Sustainability Institute

University of California, Los Angeles

www.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000
Environment and Health
For a project to assess the human health threats associated with cumulative exposures to multiple fumigant pesticides

University of California, San Francisco

http://coe.ucsf.edu/ivf/index.html
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment

University of California, Santa Cruz

casfs.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$100,000
Environment and Health
For the Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Curricular Integration and Enhancement Project

Young Musicians Choral Orchestra

www.youngmusiciansco.org
Berkeley, CA
$35,000
Music
For general support

Young Musicians Foundation

www.ymf.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
To support coaching for youth chamber ensembles

2013

Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership (Alameda County Office of Education)

www.artiseducation.org
Hayward, CA
$30,000
Education
To expand the Integrated Learning Specialist Program to additional Bay Area counties

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For the Environment and Health Program

Bay Area Earth Science Institute at San Jose State University (Tower Foundation)

www.baesi.org
San Jose, CA
$53,909
Education
To develop a cadre of teachers and teacher educators who use Education for Sustainability in their classrooms and teacher preparation courses

Berkeley Symphony

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Music
For the premiere of a new work by Samuel Carl Adams

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

www.cabrillomusic.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$20,000
Music
For the premiere of a concerto for flute by Kevin Puts

California Alliance for Arts Education

artsed411.org
Pasadena, CA
$45,000
Education
To inform and educate parents about the change in California's school funding formula and the opportunities this may present to increase arts education in the schools

Cazadero Music Camp

www.cazadero.org
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support

Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation

celfeducation.org
Chappaqua, NY
$20,000
Education
For the Summer Institute on Education for Sustainability

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

caff.org
Davis, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the California Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapter Network

Creative Change Educational Solutions

www.creativechange.net
Ypsilanti, MI
$35,000
Education
To develop a national network of model programs implementing the concepts of Education for Sustainability

Education Through Music – Los Angeles

www.etmla.org
Burbank, CA
$50,000
Music
To strengthen organizational infrastructure to increase fund-raising capacity

Elemental Strings

elementalstrings.com
Santa Monica, CA
$10,000
Music
To support music instruction

Food and Environment Reporting Network

thefern.org
New York, NY
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Global Community Monitor

www.gcmonitor.org
El Cerrito, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the California Healthy Communities Program

Golden Gate University School of Law

law.ggu.edu/clinics-and-centers/clinics/environmental-law-and-justice
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

www-gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$37,239
Education
For the Arts and Academic Language Development Summer School Project

Greenaction

greenaction.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the San Joaquin Environmental Health and Justice Campaign and Policy Project

Greenbelt Alliance

www.greenbelt.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Inner-City Arts

www.inner-cityarts.org
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
Education
For the Creativity in the Classroom program

Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First)

www.foodfirst.org
Oakland, CA
$25,116
Environment and Health
For support of the East Bay Urban Field Schools Project

Kronos Quartet

www.kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support performances celebrating the 40th anniversary of the quartet

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
For the performance of an Anna Clyne double violin concerto

Luna Dance Institute

lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
Education
To provide professional development for dance teachers who wish to establish or expand new dance programs for children and youth

Mills College

www.mills.edu
Oakland, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the planning phase to establish the Mills College Campus Farm

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the production of a CD recording of four violin concertos written for the orchestra

Pacific Symphony

www.pacificsymphony.org
Santa Ana, CA
$25,000
Music
For an after-school and summer string music instruction program

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$22,000
Education
For a collaborative project with two other arts education organizations to consolidate administrative functions

Pesticide Action Network

www.panna.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For a project to develop sustainable agriculture production standards that protect the health and safety of farmworkers

Philharmonia Baroque

www.philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For a concert featuring the work of C.P.E. Bach, celebrating the 400th year of his birth

Roots of Change (Public Health Institute)

www.rootsofchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$150,000
Environment and Health
For the California Food Policy Council

Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

www.rosefdn.org
Oakland, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund

San Diego Symphony

www.sandiegosymphony.org
San Diego, CA
$20,000
Music
For the performance of a new violin concerto by David Bruce

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.sfchamberorchestra.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support efforts to build an effective organizational infrastructure to improve fund-raising capacity

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
To support the Electro-Acoustic Festival

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

www.sffcm.org/‎
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Music
For a re-granting program that supports emerging ensembles

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the Regional Food Systems and Urban Agriculture Program

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To transform SPUR into a fully regional planning group for the Bay Area by supporting the new San Jose and Oakland offices

Santa Rosa Symphony

www.santarosasymphony.com
Santa Rosa, CA
$20,000
Music
For the performance of a new work by Zhao Jiping

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Teaching Artist Training Program

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (New Venture Fund)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Ten Strands

tenstrands.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For general support

The Putney School

www.putneyschool.org
Putney, VT
$100,000
Education
To help establish the Carmelita Chase Hinton Endowed Chair for Environmental Studies and Sustainability

The Sierra Fund

www.sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the Protecting People from Mining Toxins project

University of California, Davis

asi.ucdavis.edu/front-page
Davis, CA
$74,717
Environment and Health
To support the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems major

University of California, Santa Cruz

casfs.ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
To strengthen the Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems curriculum

Young Musicians Choral Orchestra

Berkeley, CA
$30,000
Music
For general support

Z Sharp

zsharp.org
San Francisco and Richmond, CA
$20,000
Music
To support music instruction in the schools

2012

Aim High

www.aimhigh.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
To support training costs for Aim High’s environmental education component

Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership (Alameda County Office of Education)

www.artiseducation.org
Hayward, CA
$30,000
Education
To support a program that prepares teachers to provide effective arts-integrated instruction

American Bach Soloists

americanbach.org/index.htm
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the North American premiere of Von Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$35,000
Education
To provide professional development for teaching artists in a new visual arts/science integrated curriculum

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Environmental Health Program

Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative (Rose Foundation)

www.baehc.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To develop policies to protect public health from cumulative effects of air pollution

California Institute of Biodiversity

www.calalive.org
Moraga, CA
$60,000
Education
To revise an environmental education professional development curriculum and provide six workshops for middle and high school science teachers

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

www.cpmc.org/professionals/research
San Francisco, CA
$135,000
Environment and Health
For research on the relationships between commonly used chemicals and breast cancer

Cazadero Music Camp

www.cazadero.org
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
Music
To support music instruction at a summer music camp

Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

www.crpe-ej.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Project

City Slicker Farms

www.cityslickerfarms.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

caff.org
Davis, CA
$30,200
Environment and Health
For the Buy Fresh, Buy Local campaign in Santa Clara county

Community Music Center

www.sfcmc.org/site
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
To support an upgrade to the music school’s donor and registration databases in order to improve fund-raising capacity

Del Sol String Quartet (Del Sol Performing Arts Organization)

www.delsolquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Music
For a series of concerts celebrating the quartet’s 20th anniversary

Education Outside (San Francisco School Alliance)

www.educationoutside.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Education
To provide training in the use of school gardens to classroom teachers and Education Outside Corps members

Education Through Music – Los Angeles

www.etmla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a music-in-the schools program

Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu/teacher_institute
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
Education
For teacher workshops that focus on exploring the impact of humans on the natural environment

Food and Environment Reporting Network

thefern.org
New York, NY
$40,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Global Community Monitor

www.gcmonitor.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the California Healthy Communities Program

Greenbelt Alliance

www.greenbelt.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Heart of Los Angeles

heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

www.iatp.org
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
Environment and Health
To support activities of the Food and Environment Working Group of the American Public Health Association

Institute for Food and Development Policy

www.foodfirst.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
For the Oakland Food Policy Council

LEAP

www.leaparts.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
Education
To support professional development activities for teaching artists

Left Coast Ensemble (The Chamber Music Partnership, Inc.)

leftcoastensemble.org
San Francisco, CA
$8,800
Music
For the premiere of new work

Los Angeles Philharmonic

www.laphil.com
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the youth orchestra mentorship program

National String Project Consortium

www.stringprojects.org
San Rafael, CA
$16,900
Music
To support the establishment of a string program at University of Redlands

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Lera Auerbach

Out of Site Youth Arts Center (Tides Center)

www.outofsite-sf.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
To support a professional development and mentoring project for teaching artists

People’s Grocery

www.peoplesgrocery.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Education
For a program that builds the capacity for collaboration between classroom teachers and teaching artists

Pesticide Action Network

www.panna.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For a project to develop sustainable agriculture production standards that protect the health and safety of farmworkers

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

www.philharmonia.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For performances of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto on the fortepiano

Quinteto Latino

quintetolatino.org
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
Music
For the premiere of a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org/index.php
Mill Valley, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For Forces of Nature: Environmental Elders Speak

Roots of Change (Trust for Conservation Innovation)

rootsofchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$150,000
Environment and Health
To establish the California Food Policy Council

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

www.sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$35,000
Music
To support the conservatory’s youth orchestra program for low-income children

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.sfchamberorchestra.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To continue support for building an effective organizational infrastructure to improve fund-raising capacity

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

www.sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For a series of performances honoring the centenary of the birth of John Cage

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

www.sffcm.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For a re-granting program to support emerging small chamber ensembles

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Music
To support the Instrument Training and Support Program

Slide Ranch

www.slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the teacher-in-residence training program

Southwest Chamber Music

www.swmusic.org
Pasadena, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new composition by Roger Reynolds

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
To support professional development for teaching artists in theater arts and literacy

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (New Ventures Fund)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For programs to educate foundations about sustainable agriculture and food systems issues

Transform

transformca.org
Oakland, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
For the Fighting Climate Change program

University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education

www-gse.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$35,471
Education
To support a program that provides practicum experience in using integrated arts instruction to enhance language development for K-5 urban students

University of California, San Francisco

www.prhe.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
For the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment

Urban Habitat

urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront
Oakland, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For general support

Young Audiences of Northern California

ya-nc.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
To provide a professional development program to teaching artists

Young Musicians Foundation

www.ymf.org
Beverly Hills, CA
$15,000
Music
For a chamber music performance training program

Young Musicians Program

ymp.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA
$25,000
Music
To support music instruction for low-income youth

2011

American Bach Soloists

www.americanbach.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a summer academy for early music performance

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Environmental Health Program

California Institute for Biodiversity

www.calalive.org
Moraga, CA
$27,000
Education
For a summer residential institute on climate change for science teachers at Yosemite National Park

California Polytechnic State University

www.cfs.calpoly.edu
San Luis Obispo, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Center for Sustainability

California State University, Sacramento

www.csus.edu/music
Sacramento, CA
$24,000
Music
To expand the stringed instrument instructional program

Center for Investigative Reporting

cironline.org
Berkeley, CA
$75,000
Environment and Health
For investigative journalism on environmental threats to the health of Californians

College of the Canyons Foundation

www.canyons.edu
Santa Clarita, CA
$30,000
Education
To support an arts education summer institute for teachers at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center

Community Music Center

www.sfcmc.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the Young Musicians Program for inner-city students

Community Water Center

www.communitywatercenter.org
Visalia, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
To protect residents of the San Joaquin Valley from toxic chemicals in drinking water

Creative Change Educational Solutions

www.creativechange.net
Ypsilanti, MI
$35,000
Education
To support efforts to establish Education for Sustainability principles in university teacher preparation programs

Dramatic Results

www.dramaticresults.org
Signal Hills, CA
$15,000
Education
To support professional development in arts integration for classroom teachers

Education Through Music – Los Angeles

www.etmla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a music-in-the schools program

Global Community Monitor

gcmonitor.org
El Cerrito, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
To support the Bay Area Healthy Communities Program

Golden Gate University School of Law

law.ggu.edu/law/eljc
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

Grantmakers in the Arts

www.giarts.org
Seattle, WA
$5,000
Education
To support the 2011 annual conference

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice

www.greenaction.org
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
For a project to investigate and address possible environmental contributions to a cluster of birth defects in Kings County, California

Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)

heartofla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
Music
To support the YOLA youth orchestra program

Kronos Quartet

www.kronosquartet.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a commissioning project with Nathaniel Stookey

LEAP

www.leaparts.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
To support professional development for teaching artists

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

www.laco.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premiere of a piano concerto by Timothy Andres

Marin Ballet

www.marinballet.org
San Rafael, CA
$50,000
Education
To support the 45th Anniversary Campaign

Monterey Bay Aquarium

www.montereybayaquarium.org
Monterey, CA
$25,000
Education
For professional development of classroom teachers in ocean science and conservation

Music in the Mountains

musicinthemountains.org
Nevada City, CA
$11,900
Music
To support the Young Composers Program

National String Project Consortium

www.stringprojects.org
San Rafael, CA
$13,500
Music
To support the establishment of a string program at University of Redlands

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support the premiere of a violin concerto by Ellen Zwilich

Northern Westchester Hospital Foundation

www.nwhc.net
Mt. Kisco, NY
$27,595
Environment and Health
To reform institutional food-procurement policies and begin development of a regional food system

Resource Renewal Institute

www.rri.org
Mill Valley, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For the Council of Elders project

Roots of Change (Trust for Conservation Innovation)

rootsofchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$200,000
Environment and Health
For a collaboration of government, business and nonprofit organizations seeking to make California’s agriculture and food systems sustainable by 2030

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

www.sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a community-based youth orchestra program

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.sfchamberorchestra.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To strengthen the orchestra’s management infrastructure

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

www.sfcmp.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For support of concert expenses and activities to increase fund-raising capacity

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music

www.sffcm.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
For a re-granting program that supports emerging chamber ensembles and artists

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (San Francisco School Alliance)

sfgreenschools.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For the Outdoor Classroom Initiative

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the Regional Planning Policy Program

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To develop urban and regional policies that promote sustainable agriculture and food systems

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
For the Instrument Training and Support Program

San Jose State University Bay Area (Tower Foundation)

www.baesi.org
San Jose, CA
$71,333
Education
To establish a Bay Area cadre of teachers and education professors who use Education for Sustainability principles in their teaching

Santa Rosa Symphony

www.santarosasymphony.com
Santa Rosa, CA
$20,000
Music
To support the premiere of a composition by Edmund Campion written for the Kronos Quartet

Slide Ranch

www.slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
For the environmental education teacher resident intern program

StageWrite (Intersection for the Arts)

www.stagewrite.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
To support professional development for teaching artists in theater arts and literacy

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (Community Partners)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
For programs to educate foundations about sustainable agriculture and food systems issues

The Sierra Fund

www.sierrafund.org
Nevada City, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
For the Protecting People from Mining Toxins project

TransForm

transformca.org
Oakland, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
For a regional planning initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable development

University of California, Los Angeles

stpp.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA
$61,102
Environment and Health
To support the Sustainable Technology and Policy Program

University of California, Santa Cruz

ucscpica.org/sustainable-living-center
Santa Cruz, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For the Sustainable Living Center

Young Audiences of San Diego

www.yasandiego.org
San Diego, CA
$16,000
Education
To support a pilot program to train teaching artists to work in the schools

2010

Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership (Alameda County Office of Education)

www.artiseducation.org
Hayward, CA
$25,000
Education
To support a program that prepares teachers to provide effective arts-integrated instruction

American Bach Soloists

www.americanbach.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a summer academy for early music performance

Armory Center for the Arts

www.armoryarts.org
Pasadena, CA
$35,000
Education
To develop an integrated arts and mathematics curriculum for lower elementary grades

As You Sow

www.asyousow.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
Environment and Health
To support the Environmental Health Program

Berkeley Symphony

www.berkeleysymphony.org
Berkeley, CA
$20,000
Music
To support premiere performances of music by Enrico Chapela and Du Yun

California Climate and Agricultural Network (Center for Food Safety)

calclimateag.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a coalition of farming, environmental and health organizations that advances policy solutions to climate change based on wider adoption of sustainable and organic agricultural practices

Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (Center for Environmental Health)

www.changecalifornia.org
Oakland, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For a coalition of health and environmental organizations working on comprehensive chemicals policy reform

Cazadero Music Camp

www.cazadero.org
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
Music
For general support

Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

www.crpe-ej.org
San Francisco and Delano, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To support the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Project

Del Sol String Quartet (Del Sol Performing Arts Organization)

www.delsolquartet.com
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
Music
For premieres of new work

Dramatic Results

www.dramaticresults.org
Signal Hills, CA
$20,000
Education
To support professional development in arts integration for classroom teachers

Education Through Music – Los Angeles

www.etmla.org
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Music
To support a music-in-the schools program

Exploratorium

www.exploratorium.edu/teacher_institute
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Education
To support teacher education in environmental sustainability

Food and Environment Reporting Network (The Sustainable Markets Foundation)

thefern.org
New York, NY
$25,000
Environment and Health
For a new project dedicated to investigative reporting on agriculture, food and human health

Global Community Monitor (The Tides Center)

gcmonitor.org
El Cerrito, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To support the Bay Area Healthy Communities Program

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice

www.greenaction.org
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
Environment and Health
For a project to investigate the possible environmental contributions to a cluster of birth defects in Kings County, California

Greenbelt Alliance

www.greenbelt.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
For general support of regional planning work

Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat

mearth.info
Carmel Valley, CA
$25,000
Education
To support the modification of the Ecoliteracy Curriculum for after-school programs

Institute for Food and Development Policy

www.foodfirst.org
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
To support the Oakland Food Policy Council

Ives Quartet

www.ivesquartet.org
Palo Alto, CA
$7,500
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Elinor Armer

Left Coast Ensemble (The Chamber Music Partnership, Inc.)

leftcoastensemble.org
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
Music
For the premiere of a new violin concerto by Kurt Rohde

Luna Kids Dance

lunadanceinstitute.org
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
Education
To support the establishment of dance institute for teachers in Southern California

Marin Ballet

www.marinballet.org
San Rafael, CA
$50,000
Education
To support the 45th Anniversary Campaign

Marin Symphony

www.marinsymphony.org
San Rafael, CA
$20,000
Music
To support a concert featuring a performance of Zipperz by Nathaniel Stookey

New Century Chamber Orchestra

ncco.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support appearances with the ensemble by bassist Edgar Meyer

Organic Farming Research Foundation

ofrf.org
Santa Cruz, CA
$10,000
Environment and Health
For the Multiple Benefits of Organic Farming project

Paul Dresher Ensemble

www.dresherensemble.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Music
For the commissioning and performance of a new work by Sebastian Currier, Fred Frith and Belinda Reynolds

Performing Arts Workshop

www.performingartsworkshop.org
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
Education
For a program that builds the capacity for collaboration between classroom teachers and teaching artists

Roots of Change (Trust for Conservation Innovation)

rootsofchange.org
San Francisco, CA
$200,000
Environment and Health
For a collaboration of government, business and nonprofit organizations seeking to make California’s agriculture and food systems sustainable by 2030

Rose Foundation

www.rosefdn.org
Oakland, CA
$15,000
Environment and Health
To support the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund

San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory

www.sdys.org
San Diego, CA
$15,000
Music
To support a community-based youth orchestra program

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

www.sfchamberorchestra.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Music
To support board development and major donor fund-raising activities

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance (San Francisco School Alliance)

sfgreenschools.org
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
Education
For a professional development program in garden ecology for classroom teachers

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)

www.spur.org
San Francisco, CA
$50,000
Environment and Health
To build capacity for regional planning

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
San Francisco, CA
$35,000
Music
For the East Bay Bass Training and Instrument and Support programs

Santa Rosa Symphony

www.santarosasymphony.com
Santa Rosa, CA
$15,000
Music
To support the premiere of a new work by Aubet Lemeland

SFSound (San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music)

sfsound.org
San Francisco, CA
$7,500
Music
For the premiere of a new chamber work by Christopher Jones

Sierra Nevada Alliance

www.sierranevada.com
South Lake Tahoe, CA
$35,000
Environment and Health
To support integrated regional planning initiatives in the Sierra region

Slide Ranch

www.slideranch.org
Muir Beach, CA
$30,000
Education
For the environmental education teacher resident intern program

Southwest Chamber Music

www.swmusic.org
Pasadena, CA
$20,000
Music
For the commissioning and performance of a new work by Wadada Leo Smith

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (Community Partners)

www.safsf.org
Santa Barbara, CA
$20,000
Environment and Health
For programs to educate foundations about sustainable agriculture and food systems issues

University of California, Davis

www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/students/about-major
Davis, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
For the development of an interdisciplinary sustainable agriculture major in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

University of California, Santa Cruz

ucscpica.org/sustainable-living-center
Santa Cruz, CA
$25,000
Environment and Health
For the Sustainable Living Center

Young Musicians Foundation

www.ymf.org
Beverly Hills, CA
$15,000
Music
For a chamber music performance training program