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December 17, 2009
Grants Approved by The James Irvine Foundation
Board of Directors
Arts
Artistic Creativity
Playwrights Project
$120,000
For a new play development initiative engaging emerging playwrights, foster youth and seniors in the creation of new works, payable over 36 months.
ZeroOne: The Art and Technology Network
$200,000
To commission and present the work of California artists that incorporates and is informed by technology to diverse audiences, payable over 12 months.
Cultural Participation
Shakespeare Festival LA
$225,000
To broaden and diversify audiences from downtown Los Angeles through strategic outreach and presentations of contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare plays and related programs, payable over 36 months.
Special Projects: Arts Service Organizations
Association of California Symphony Orchestras
$100,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving symphony orchestras in California, payable over 36 months.
California Association of Museums
$100,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving museums in California, payable over 36 months.
California Presenters
$60,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving presenting companies in California, payable over 36 months.
Dancers Group
$165,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving the dance community in the Bay Area, payable over 36 months.
LA Stage Alliance
$165,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving performing arts in Southern California, payable over 36 months.
Theatre Bay Area
$165,000
To provide core program support for an arts service organization serving theater and performing arts organizations in the greater Bay Area, payable over 36 months.
Special Projects: Next Generation Arts Leadership
1stACT Silicon Valley
$25,000
For genARTS Silicon Valley, supporting and preparing emerging arts professionals to become the next generation of leaders in Santa Clara County, payable over 36 months.
Center for Cultural Innovation
$210,000
To support a next generation arts leadership initiative in California, under the Creative Capacity Fund, payable over 36 months.
Intersection
$30,000
To support the San Francisco Bay Area Emerging Arts Professionals to provide professional development and networking opportunities for next generation leaders, payable over 36 months.
San Diego Foundation
$75,000
To support the San Diego Emerging Leaders of Arts and Culture program to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders, payable over 36 months.
Special Projects
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
$1,000,000
To support Under the Sun, a new exhibition about Southern California nature, culture and history informed by collaborations with artists, payable over 36 months.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
$1,000,000
To strengthen California's nonprofit arts and cultural sector by collecting and disseminating high-quality longitudinal data through the California Cultural Data Project, payable over 36 months.
California Democracy
Civic Engagement
Center for Community Advocacy
$200,000
To facilitate the participation of farmworkers and other Monterey County residents in public decision making, payable over 24 months.
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment
$300,000
To facilitate greater participation in public decision making among residents in Los Angeles County's unincorporated area of Westmont, payable over 24 months.
Institute for Local Government
$1,200,000
To support and promote inclusive public engagement in local and regional governance and decision making, payable over 36 months.
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development
$250,000
To work with Orange County residents to advance new mechanisms for resident involvement in economic development decision making, payable over 24 months.
Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas
$200,000
To facilitate the participation of San Joaquin Valley women farmworkers in public decision making, payable over 24 months.
Southern Alameda County Sponsoring Committee
$300,000
To facilitate greater participation of low-income Alameda County residents in public decision making, payable over 36 months.
Governance Reform
Regents of the University of California
$585,000
To provide the public with information and technical assistance to facilitate broad participation in the 2010–2011 redistricting process, payable over 24 months.
Youth
Multiple Pathways Practice
Green Dot Education Project
$400,000
For support of the Amino Locke ACE Academy, payable over 24 months.
| Total Board Grants Approved: |
$7,075,000 |
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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 focuses on three program areas: Arts, California Democracy and Youth. Since 1937 the Foundation has provided over $1 billion in grants to more than 3,000 nonprofit organizations throughout California. With $1.4 billion in assets, the Foundation made grants of $78 million in 2008 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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