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Found 189 Results
    • Organization Name
    • Focus Area
    • 2019 Amount
    • 2020 Amount
    • 2021 Amount
    • Painted Turtle
    • Children & Families
    • $7,500
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Camperships for Contra Costa children

    • Parents, Resources, and More (PRAM)
    • Children & Families
    • $2,500
    • -
    • -

    • Program support and communty outreach

    • Partnership for Children & Youth
    • Education
    • $15,000
    • $15,000
    • -

    • After school projects in Contra Costa; general operating support

    • PFLAG of Clayton-Concord
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $700
    • -

    • Transportation for student conference

    • Pittsburg Community Theater
    • Arts & Culture
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • $8,000

    • Production support; Youth programming support

    • Playworks
    • Education
    • $25,000
    • -
    • $25,000

    • Fitness-enhancing youth development in West Contra Costa County

    • Pogo Park
    • Children & Families
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Operations and program support

    • Project Avary
    • Children & Families
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Programming for Contra Costa children with imprisoned parents

    • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc.
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $7,500
    • -

    • Support for veteran’s fly-fishing program in Martinez

    • Reach Institute for School Leadership
    • Education
    • $10,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Program support in the West Contra Costa Unified School District; general operating support

    • Reach Out and Read Inc.
    • Education
    • -
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Support the purchase of books for Contra Costa sites

    • Read-Aloud Volunteer Program
    • Education
    • $5,000
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Book purchases

    • REading ADvantage, Inc.
    • Education
    • $12,000
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Infant/parent reading program

    • Rebuilding Together East Bay-North
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $15,000
    • -

    • Programming support in Contra Costa County

    • Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
    • Children & Families
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Entrepreneurship training in Contra Costa County

    • RES Success
    • Children & Families
    • $20,000
    • -
    • $35,000 (Capital)

    • Programming support; Capital support

    • Richmond Art Center
    • Arts & Culture
    • $45,000
    • $45,000
    • -

    • Gallery exhibition support

    • Richmond Community Foundation
    • Children & Families
    • $40,000 + $500
    • $75,000
    • -

    • Ensuring Opportunity Campaign support; Ensuring Opportunity Summit Speaker

    • Rise Up Against Racism, Inc.
    • Education
    • -
    • $5,000
    • -

    • Support for book purchases

    • Rosie the Riveter Trust
    • Children & Families
    • $7,500
    • $7,500
    • -

    • Campership support

    • Rubicon, Inc.
    • Children & Families
    • $100,000
    • $100,000
    • -

    • General operating support

    • Saint Mary’s College of California
    • Education
    • $25,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Lesher Foundation Scholarships in education

    • Salesian College Preparatory Academy
    • Arts & Culture
    • -
    • $10,000
    • -

    • Purchase of a 3-D printer

    • San Pablo Economic Development Corporation
    • Children & Families
    • $15,000
    • $25,000
    • -

    • Removing Barriers Tattoo Removal Program support; general operating support

    • SHELTER, Inc.
    • Children & Families
    • -
    • $60,000
    • -

    • General operating support