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2010 GRANTS PAID

Category/Agency/LocationProgramAmount
Child Abuse
Abraxas High School Continuation HS SAFE Center** $10,000
Access VAWA Leadership Project $15,000
Children's Initiative Children/Families County Report Card** $10,000
Family Health Center of San Diego Project BASTA! $10,000
Jewish Family Service of San Diego CHAMP (Children Are More Projected) program* $5,000
Palomar Pomerado Health Bilingual Forensic Interviewing Capacity Building $9,000
San Diego Youth Services TAY Academy Planning Grant $3,000
United Through Reading Transitions Program $5,000
Voices for Children Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) $10,000
Total Child Abuse $77,000
Science Education
Birch Aquarium Pre K - 12 science education $14,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego Summer Science Week $5,000
Carlsbad Educational Foundation Science Olympiad program at Carlsbad High School $10,000
Girl Scouts, San Diego-Imperial Council Outreach - Science program $10,000
High Tech High North County 12th Grade Environmental Engineering $10,000
Jefferson Elementary PTA Equipment and materials for the 5th grade Science Exhibition program $10,000
King-Chavez Academy of Excellence Science Materials $15,000
Salk Institute Mobile Science Laboratory program $7,500
Waldorf School of San Diego Science equipment for new high school $5,000
Zoological Society of San Diego Science Education Programs for Schools $5,000
Total Science Education $91,500
Homeless
1420 Charitable Organization (TACO) End of life services $10,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing Commitment to Quality Initiative* $10,000
Home Start Maternity Shelter Program $10,000
Interfaith Shelter Network Rotatoinal Shelter Program $5,000
Interfaith Community Services Family Housing Program $5,000
North County Community Services Regional Winter Shelter System $5,000
Regional Task Force for the Homeless BEST project for Homeless Service Providers $5,000
San Diego Grantmakers Homeless Working Group Regional Plan $5,000
San Diego Rescue Mission General operating expenses $10,000
The Center Youth Housing Project $10,000
The Salvation Army Transitional Living Center $10,000
Total Homeless $85,000
HIV/AIDS
Human Dignity Foundation San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative $50,000
UCLA AIDS Institute Stem Cells Research for HIV Protection*** $50,000
Total HIV/AIDS $100,000
Other/Special
National Center for Family Philanthrophy Friends of Family $500
San Diego Grantmakers Annual conference sponsorship $1,000
San Diego Grantmakers Additional grant beyond basis dues $850
Foundation Center General Support $2,500
Total Other/Special $4,850
Directors' Matching Grants
United Way of San Diego County Community Fund/Designations $10,000
Compass Family Center Operating Support $1,500
Total Directors' Matching $11,500
Total 2010 Grants $369,850

* First year of three year grant
** Second year of two year grant
***Second year of four year grant; $50,000 per year

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