2018 Grant Recipients
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GRANT AWARDS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2018
| ORGANIZATION | PROGRAM | GRANT AWARD |
| Acta Non Verba | To provide 200 youth in East Oakland with pre-vocational skill building in urban gardening and marketing produce. | $10,000 |
| Autistry Studios | To provide hands-on pre-vocational workshops to teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder. | $7,500 |
| Brava! for Women in the Arts | For the San Francisco Running Crew program, which provides 15 youth ages 13 to 18 with job training in theater production. | $10,000 |
| The Bread Project | To support the 3-week Bakery Bootcamp, which provides 60 hours of intensive instruction and on-the-job training in the baking industry. | $10,000 |
| Biotech Partners | For the San Marin High School Biotech Academy, to provide paid internships in biotech and STEM-related fields. | $15,000 |
| Brothers on the Rise | For the Lift a Brother Up Career Development Institute, which provides 11th and 12th graders with two paid internships over two years. | $10,000 |
| Ceres Community Project | To train 75 youth ages 14 to 17 in food preparation and service. | $10,000 |
| Chabot Space & Science Center | For Galaxy Explorers, a year-round teen leadership, career exploration and internship program that serves 200 Bay Area high school students. | $10,000 |
| City Surf Project | For the Surfing Instructor Leadership Program, a paid seven-week summer vocational program for 16 high school students. | $10,000 |
| Contemporary Jewish Museum | To provide stipends for 15 high school students serving as interns through the museum’s Teen Art Connect program. | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | For Green Teens, an urban forestry vocational skills and job training program serving 48 at-risk youth in San Francisco. | $10,000 |
| GRID Alternatives Bay Area | For the Solar Futures Program, which teaches high school students about solar installation. | $10,000 |
| Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre | For nine paid apprenticeships in acting, set building, theater technology and community engagement. | $15,000 |
| Hatch Community | To train 16 young people as birth and postpartum doulas. | $10,000 |
| Homeward Bound of Marin | For the Fresh Starts Culinary Academy, a 10-week job training, certification and placement program serving low-income or homeless clients. | $15,000 |
| Huckleberry Youth Programs | For the Huckleberry Wellness Academy, which provides high school students with job readiness training and a 10-week paid summer internship. | $10,000 |
| Ignite | To teach high school girls about careers in government and public policy. | $10,000 |
| Media Enterprise Alliance | To teach high school students video production techniques. | $10,000 |
| Mission Bit | To provide a web development class to high school students in East Oakland. | $10,000 |
| Mission Graduates | To support the John O’Connell College and Career Center by providing scholarships to students entering certificate programs that require the purchase of apprenticeship tools. | $15,000 |
| NatureBridge | For the Teen Environmental Education Mentorship Program, which is a 10-month program that prepares youth for paid seasonal jobs at NatureBridge’s summer day camp. | $10,000 |
| Old Skool Café | To provide a culinary and restaurant vocational training program | $10,000 |
| Pepperwood Preserve | For the TeenNat Internship Program, which exposes teens to careers in conservation science. | $15,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony | To provide orchestral training and performance opportunities to 500 students. | $20,000 |
| Seven Tepees | For the Career Exploration Program, which provides 15 high school juniors with 12 months of vocational training and paid summer internships. | $10,000 |
| Soulciety | To provide case management to 80 system-involved youth enrolled in vocational training programs at a partnering occupational program center. | $10,000 |
| Sprouts Cooking Club | To support the Chef-in-Training program, which prepares at-risk youth for jobs in the restaurant industry. | $7,200 |
| Techbridge Girls | To provide a year-long after-school STEM program to 100 middle school girls | $10,000 |
| Turning Heads | For the Summer Boot Camp, which provides eight young women with vocational and technical skills training in sewing and fashion design. | $5,000 |
| Vincent Academy | For after-school programs at a public charter elementary school that operates 11 hours a day and runs year-round. | $10,000 |
| West County DIGS | For the Plant to Plate Program, which introduces high school students to job skills in food production and preparation. | $15,000 |
| YES Nature to Neighborhoods | To provide 20 Richmond teens, ages 16 to 18, with junior counselor jobs at summer camps. | $10,000 |
| Youth Musical Theater Company | For the Theater Arts Apprenticeship Program, which provides teenagers with hands-on work experience in professional theater production. | $5,000 |
| Youth Spirits Artworks | For the Youth Arts Sales Enterprise Program in which at-risk youth produce and sell silk-screened products. | $10,000 |