March, 14 2007

Grants Approved by The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors

Arts

Arts Leadership: Arts Regional Initiative

TCC Group
$675,000
To provide technical assistance in implementing the Arts Regional Initiative, an initiative to build the capacity of regional arts organizations in Southern California, the Central Valley, and Central Coast, payable over 1 year.

Connection Through Cultural Participation

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
$300,000
For the expansion of the Diploma Initiative, a comprehensive, multicultural arts and civic-leadership training program for traditionally underserved youth in Richmond, payable over 3 years.

Teatro Vision
$275,000
To implement a new marketing and audience-development plan, payable over 3 years.

Special Project: Communities Advancing the Arts Initiative

California Community Foundation
$500,000
For a regranting and donor-development initiative to increase
arts-related philanthropy within Los Angeles County, payable over 3 years.

California Perspectives

Informing Californians

League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
$400,000
To support the development and dissemination of the Easy Voter Guide, which provides nonpartisan, user-friendly information on election issues, payable over 2 years.

Radio Bilingüe
$450,000
To report on environmental and other policy issues from the Central Valley and to connect listeners to related civic-engagement opportunities, payable over 3 years.

Mobilizing Californians

Working Partnerships USA
$400,000
To include low-income communities in Santa Clara County in policymaking on transit, housing, and other issues, payable over
2 years.

Youth

Promoting Academically Rigorous Career and Technical Education

Cristo Rey Network
$300,000
To improve freshman literacy in two Cristo Rey Network high schools in Sacramento and Los Angeles, payable over 2 years.

High Tech High Foundation
$500,000
To develop a self-sustaining Charter Management Organization to support the operation of High Tech High schools, payable over 2 years.

NewSchools Fund
$2,500,000
To expand charter management organizations in the Central Valley of California, payable over 2 years.

Regents of the University of California
$500,000
For the Career Academy Support Network to increase college preparation and college enrollment among students who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, payable over
2 years.

Improving Instruction and Student Support Services

Excellent Education Development
$300,000
To provide business expertise and new financial models to support existing and emerging charter schools in low-income communities in Los Angeles, payable over 2 years.

MDRC
$225,000
For the evaluation of the Student Support Partnership Integrating Resources and Education (SSPIRE) Initiative, payable over 2 years.

Total

About The James Irvine Foundation

The James Irvine Foundation is a private, nonprofit grantmaking foundation dedicated to expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, successful and inclusive society. The Foundation’s grantmaking is organized around three program areas: Arts, Youth and California Perspectives, which focuses on increasing public understanding of critical issues facing the state. Since 1937 the Foundation has provided over $1 billion in grants to more than 3,000 nonprofit organizations throughout California. With current assets of over $1.8 billion, the Foundation expects to make grants of $75 million in 2007 for the people of California.

For more information about the Irvine Foundation, please visit our Web site at www.irvine.org or call 415.777.2244.

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