2020 Grant Recipients
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GRANT AWARDS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
| ORGANIZATION | PROGRAM | GRANT AWARD |
| Aim High | To deliver summer academic enrichment program during the COVID-19 pandemic | $15,000 |
| BAYCAT | For after-school programs and internships that prepare youth for careers in the digital media arts. | $15,000 |
| Brava! for Women in the Arts | To support the San Francisco Running Crew, a technical production training program for youth ages 13 to 18. | $10,000 |
| Bread Project | To support the 4-week Bakery Bootcamp, which provides 130 hours of instruction and on-the-job training in the baking industry. | $10,000 |
| City Surf Project | To train 15 San Francisco high school students in lifeguarding and to serve as summer apprentice surf instructors. | $15,000 |
| Code Nation | For the Foundation Course using distance education programming at 17 partner high schools in San Francisco and Oakland. | $15,000 |
| Collective Action Studio | To train 20 high school students in Oakland to design and produce professional silk-screened prints at local fairs and festivals. | $10,000 |
| Conservation Corps North Bay | To provide 200 youth with 6 to 12 months of paid, on-the-job training in three career pathways: natural resources, zero waste, and the construction trades. | $10,000 |
| Credo High School | For the practical arts program at Credo High School to introduce 400 students to blacksmithing, basic carpentry and printmaking. | $25,000 |
| Creekside School | To upgrade the school’s kitchen to enable the launch of a culinary program for students with autism. | $10,000 |
| East Oakland Boxing Association | For the Youth Enterprise Program to provide vocational training and internships in four industries to 40 East Oakland high school students | $20,000 |
| 826 Valencia | For the Youth Leadership Advisory Board, providing paid internships and career readiness experiences for middle and high school students | $10,000 |
| Gateway Public Schools | For Gateway to the Workforce, a career readiness program serving 485 high school students during the 2020-2021 academic year. | $10,000 |
| Girls Garage | To provide 48 girls, ages 13 to 17, with an intensive summer program in design and building skills | $10,000 |
| Girls Inc. of Alameda County | For paid, 4-week professional internships for high school girls. | $10,000 |
| Hidden Genius Project | To support the Immersion and Catalyst computer science job training programs | $10,000 |
| Hiller Aviation Museum | To support an annual team engineering design challenge for 1,000 students in grades 4 through 8. | $8,500 |
| Huckleberry Youth Program | For the Huckleberry Wellness Academy, providing academic support, career readiness and paid internships to 80 high school students during the 2020-21 academic year. | $15,000 |
| Ignite | To support programming that exposes 350 young women to careers in public service. | $10,000 |
| Life Learning Academy | For emergency support to ensure that 30 LLA students receive food boxes from May through August while shelter in place prevents them from receiving meals at LLA | $15,000 |
| Lighthouse Community Public Schools | To prepare 150 high school students in Oakland for careers in product development and design. | $10,000 |
| Mission Graduates | To support the John O’Connell College and Career Center (JOCCC) Career Pathway Program | $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 |
| Olinga Learning | To teach 36 middle school students to develop and employ technology that helps farmers and ranchers to use water more efficiently. | $15,000 |
| On the Move | To provide support to 400 foster children and families in Napa, Solano and Santa Rosa experiencing income loss due to the COVID-19 crisis. | $15,000 |
| OnePurpose School | To support project-based learning programs. | $5,000 |
| Project Wreckless | To train 24 at-risk youth in auto mechanics through the restoration of classic cars at a garage in the Bayview. | $15,000 |
| San Francisco School of Needlework and Design |
To launch a pilot career pathway program in hand embroidery | $15,000 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation | To establish an endowment to provide annually 10 Career Education Certificate students with a $1,000 scholarship. | $10,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony | To support the Training Young Musicians program serving 425 participants annually | $15,000 |
| Sunset Youth Services | For emergency food relief and online programs for youth and families served by SYS wraparound programs. | $15,000 |
| Tech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring (TEAM) |
For the Core Program Online to train, mentor and prepare 1,000 under-resourced youth for careers in the sports technology industry. | $15,000 |
| Teen Services Sonoma | To provide 30 high school students in Sonoma with culinary training. | $10,000 |
| The Crucible | To offer a summer internship for youth, ages 15 to 18, in which they serve as teaching assistants in industrial arts classes. | $10,000 |
| Women’s Audio Mission | For technical infrastructure to host Girls on the Mic virtually during summer and Fall 2020, continuing to provide Bay Area female youth exposure and training in the recording arts. | $15,000 |
| YES Nature to Neighborhoods | Emergency support for low-income Richmond teens to participate in the Youth Leadership Pathway Program. | $15,000 |
| Youth Beat | To provide vocational training in digital media to 370 under-resourced middle and high school students in Oakland. | $10,000 |