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Found 189 Results
    • Organization Name
    • Focus Area
    • 2019 Amount
    • 2020 Amount
    • 2021 Amount
    • A Place of Learning
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Tutorial learning support

    • Aim High for High School
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • General operating support

    • Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation
    • Children & Families
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Camperships for children from Costa Costa

    • All Home, a project of the Tides Center
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $35,000 (COVID-19)
    • -

    • COVID-19 funding

    • Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Institute (ACCE)
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Programming support for Bay Point

    • Alternative Family Services
    • Children & Families
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • General operating support for Contra Costa foster children’s programs

    • BASIC Fund
    • Education
    • $20,000
    • $20,000
    • -

    • Scholarships for low-income students in Contra Costa

    • Bay Area Children’s Theater
    • Arts & Culture
    • $40,000 + $2,500
    • $40,000
    • -

    • Student matinee performances for Contra Costa children; expansion planning

    • Bay Area Community Resources
    • Education
    • $20,000
    • -
    • -

    • Ford, Lake, and Downer Elementary School programming

    • Bay Area Creative
    • Education
    • $13,500
    • $13,500
    • -

    • Digital Storytellers programming support in Contra Costa

    • Bay Area Crisis Nursery
    • Children & Families
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • General operating support

    • Bay Area Discovery Museum
    • Education
    • -
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Support of Try It Truck program in Contra Costa County

    • Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal)
    • Children & Families
    • $50,000
    • $50,000
    • $50,000

    • Housing Crisis Legal Intervention Project in Contra Costa

    • Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP)
    • Children & Families
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Sports programming for disabled Contra Costa County youth

    • Bay Area Rescue Mission
    • Children & Families/Capital
    • $55,000
    • $55,000 + $35,000 (COVID-19 funding)
    • $300,000 (Capital)

    • Ladies & Family Shelter and the Transitional Living Program; COVID-19 funding; Capital support for the Bridge of Hope Center for Women and Children

    • Berkeley Food & Housing Project
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • -
    • $10,200

    • Kitchen supplies for veterans & their families in Contra Costa County

    • Bethel Island Children’s Support
    • Children & Families
    • $2,500
    • -
    • -

    • Backpack and school supplies distribution program support

    • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
    • Children & Families
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Mentor matches for at-risk youth in Contra Costa

    • Biotech Partners
    • Education
    • $35,000
    • $35,000
    • -

    • Career Pathways Program support at Antioch High School

    • Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa
    • Capital
    • $75,000
    • -
    • -

    • Clubhouse kitchen remodel support

    • Bread Project
    • Children & Families
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Job training program support for Contra Costa residents

    • Building Blocks for Kids
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $20,000
    • -

    • Family programming support

    • C.O.P.E. Family Support Services
    • Children & Families
    • $25,000
    • $50,000
    • -

    • General operating support

    • California Shakespeare Theater
    • Arts & Culture
    • $40,000
    • $40,000
    • -

    • Production support for the Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda and educational programs for Contra Costa students

    • California State University East Bay Foundation
    • Education
    • $50,000
    • $50,000
    • -

    • MESA programming for the Antioch Unified School District