San Luis Obispo Museum of Art Dec 2015 Website $112,000 For a project of Latino adults creating visual arts that represent their life stories. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Cypress Performing Arts Association Dec 2015 Website $32,000 For Cypress in the City, a series of 16 free pop-up concerts devoted to the complete string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, presented in publicly accessible venues in all 11 of San Francisco's supervisor districts. Focus Area: Arts Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
YR Media Dec 2015 Website $262,000 To engage diverse audiences in creative collaboration with emerging Bay Area musicians, DJs and audio artists in new civic and digital spaces through a "Play All Day" pop-up live and online music series. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Environmental Health Coalition Dec 2015 Website $250,000 To support the building of a statewide civic engagement program focused on communities of color and environmental policy, through an entity such as the California Environmental Justice Alliance. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
DataArts Dec 2015 Website $200,000 To empower the nonprofit arts and cultural sector in California with high-quality data and resources in order to strengthen its vitality, performance, and public impact. Focus Area: Arts Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
18th Street Arts Center Dec 2015 Website $230,000 For the Residents and Riders project, engaging diverse local residents and Metro riders from a new station in the Pico neighborhood through a cultural asset mapping process and the co-creation of artwork in public places around the community. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation Dec 2015 Website $150,000 To plan for the implementation phase of the Bridging the Gap initiative. Focus Area: Youth Term: 9 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
State Street Ballet Dec 2015 Website $288,000 To support Dia de Bailamos, a free day of dance classes and showings in public spaces to engage under-served communities in the arts. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
California State University Foundation Dec 2015 Website $75,000 To strengthen lower-division curriculum pathways for college freshmen and sophomores. Focus Area: Youth Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Public Radio Dec 2015 Website $135,000 To support the California Counts Collaborative, a partnership of four public media stations, for coordinated statewide election coverage. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice Dec 2015 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Central Valley Community Foundation Dec 2015 Website $115,000 To support work on the cradle to career continuum, through an entity such as the Fresno Cradle to Career Partnership. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 7 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Kala Institute Dec 2015 Website $228,000 To increase arts participation by diverse and historically underserved communities through socially engaged artist residencies, digital printmaking mobile stations, and accessible art-making activities at community hubs and non-traditional venues. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Center for Law and Social Policy Dec 2015 Website $40,100 To investigate options for developing a user-friendly online comparison tool for the California Career Pathway Crosswalk project. Focus Area: Youth Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
Council for a Strong America Dec 2015 Website $100,000 To increase awareness among California employers on the benefits of Linked Learning in improving student outcomes. Focus Area: Youth Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Inland Empire Economic Partnership Foundation Dec 2015 Website $85,000 To support Launch Initiative planning. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 4 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Community Partners Dec 2015 Website $150,000 To support the African American Board Leadership Institute to train, place and support diverse nonprofit board members and public commissioners. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California Dec 2015 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: California Democracy Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County
Redlands Community Music Association, Inc. Dec 2015 Website $156,000 To engage Inland Empire Latinos of Guatemalan descent through the creation of a virtual arts festival, presenting arts and cultural workshops to diverse participants via a new online portal. Focus Area: Arts Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Tides Center Dec 2015 Website $200,000 To expand a parental training curriculum to four high-need school districts, through an entity such as Abriendo Puertas, as part of the Leadership Award Impact Fund. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial