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Found 189 Results
    • Organization Name
    • Focus Area
    • 2019 Amount
    • 2020 Amount
    • 2021 Amount
    • Shepherd’s Gate
    • Children & Families
    • $50,000
    • -
    • $50,000

    • Brentwood shelter and transitional housing facility

    • Singing Eagle Foundation
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Read to Live program at the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility

    • Smuin Ballet
    • Arts & Culture
    • $25,000
    • -
    • $10,000

    • Contra Costa performance support

    • SOAR for Youth
    • Education
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa program support

    • Solo Opera
    • Arts & Culture
    • -
    • $6,000
    • -

    • Programming in Contra Costa County

    • Soul Shoppe
    • Education
    • $20,000
    • $20,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa school programming

    • Special Olympics, East Bay Region
    • Children & Families
    • $30,000
    • -
    • $30,000

    • Sports training and competition for Contra Costa residents

    • St. Vincent de Paul – Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
    • Children & Families
    • $2,500
    • -
    • -

    • Christmas gift program support

    • St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County
    • Children & Families/Capital
    • $35,000
    • $35,000 + $15,000 (COVID-19)
    • -

    • Capital support for Brentwood Help and Hope Thrift Center; General operating support; COVID-19 funding

    • STAND! For Families Free of Violence
    • Children & Families
    • $100,000
    • $100,000
    • -

    • Domestic violence prevention and intervention services

    • Students Rising Above
    • Education
    • $30,000
    • $30,000
    • -

    • College access program for Contra Costa students

    • Sweet Beginnings Family Resource Center
    • Education
    • $5,000
    • -
    • -

    • Family resource center support

    • Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
    • Education
    • $25,000
    • $88,000
    • -

    • Contra Costa program support

    • Teach for America
    • Education
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • $25,000

    • Sponsorship of West Contra Costa teachers

    • Tech Exchange
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • -
    • -

    • Contra Costa Computer and Internet Access programming

    • The RYSE Center
    • Children & Families/Capital
    • $100,000 (Capital)
    • $25,000
    • -

    • General operating support; Capital support for Ryse Commons

    • Today’s Youth Matter
    • Children & Families
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • $5,000

    • Contra Costa youth to attend TYM summer camp

    • Trinity Center
    • Children & Families
    • $30,000
    • $5,000 + $25,000 (COVID-19)
    • $40,000

    • General operating support for homeless services; COVID-19 funding

    • TURN – The Utility Reform Network
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $20,000
    • -

    • Mapping, data work, and nonprofit service provider trainings

    • Ujima Family Recovery Services
    • Children & Families
    • $35,000
    • $35,000
    • -

    • Operating support for women in recovery

    • United Way of the Bay Area
    • Children & Families
    • $40,000
    • $75,000 (COVID-19) + $40,000
    • -

    • SparkPoint Contra Costa Centers; COVID-19 funding

    • Uplift Family Services
    • Children & Families
    • $25,000
    • -
    • -

    • Kinship support services program in Contra Costa

    • Vagabond Players
    • Arts & Culture
    • $5,000
    • -
    • -

    • Production support

    • Veterans Yoga Project
    • Children & Families
    • $10,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Program support for Contra Costa veterans

    • Vida Verde Nature Education
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Outdoor environmental education programs for Richmond students