Urban Institute for the creation of an interactive database and mapping tool on the characteristics of immigrant children’s preschool participation patterns and for a qualitative study exploring outreach strategies for immigrant families with preschool-aged children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $400,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of Michigan to complete an observational study of the quantity, content, and quality of kindergarten mathematics instruction in a sample of New York City public schools Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $265,415 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the Heising-Simons Foundation Fellowship in physics Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $95,718 Year Granted 2015 MK Level Playing Field Institute for general operating support to MK Level Playing Field Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Women's Foundation of California for Essie Justice Group Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Regents of the University of Michigan to complete an observational study of the quantity, content, and quality of kindergarten mathematics instruction in a sample of New York City public schools Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $265,415 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the Heising-Simons Foundation Fellowship in physics Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $95,718 Year Granted 2015 MK Level Playing Field Institute for general operating support to MK Level Playing Field Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Women's Foundation of California for Essie Justice Group Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of California Berkeley Foundation for the Heising-Simons Foundation Fellowship in physics Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $95,718 Year Granted 2015 MK Level Playing Field Institute for general operating support to MK Level Playing Field Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Women's Foundation of California for Essie Justice Group Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
MK Level Playing Field Institute for general operating support to MK Level Playing Field Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Women's Foundation of California for Essie Justice Group Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Women's Foundation of California for Essie Justice Group Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of Florida Board of Trustees to support a laboratory search for axions, hidden-sector photons, and vacuum magnetic birefringence Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $838,463 Year Granted 2015 Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Johns Hopkins University for the second phase of a project to develop a valid observational measure of home visiting service delivery Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Public Policy Institute of California for the annual statewide survey of California adults on the environment Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2015 Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Ocean Foundation for four Satlantic Sea Field Effect Transistor (SeaFET) Ocean Acidification (OA) sensors that will be used to monitor ocean acidification off the southeastern coast of Africa Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $66,667 Year Granted 2015 Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia for the development and field testing of an online course and practice-based coaching program for early childhood educators Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $800,441 Year Granted 2015 Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Reach Out and Read Inc to expand and field test a program that integrates support for early mathematics into a medical-provider-based early literacy intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2015 National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
National Conference of State Legislatures to educate state legislators and their staffs on the importance of investing in early learning and to explore policy options for doing so Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,472 Year Granted 2015 Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums for general support for the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Acadia Center for interventions in key proceedings, strategic analysis, and outreach and engagement to secure clean energy resource deployment in New York Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of California Berkeley Foundation for the endowment of the Eugene D. Commins Chair in Experimental Physics Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $171,897 Year Granted 2015 Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Gilroy Unified School District To support capacity building for summer learning programs. Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Teachers College Columbia University for The Hechinger Report to expand its coverage of early education issues Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Northern California Grantmakers for membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the development of a new undergraduate minor to be offered by the School of Journalism during Summer Session Program Journalism Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Center for American Progress to support criminal justice work Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment to support organizational capacity-building and policy-oriented research on the development, compensation, and financing of the early childhood workforce Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2015 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University to support the dissemination of the Early Care and Education of Dual Language Learners National Research Summit Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $11,000 Year Granted 2015 Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Children's Health Council, Inc. for the More Kids Initiative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $20,000 Year Granted 2015 Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Sempervirens Fund for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Climate Policy Initiative, Inc. to develop a case study featuring financial tools and strategies that efficiently motivate both investor-owned and public utilities across the United States to accelerate the transition to a clean grid and reduce the number of coal-fired power plants Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop cryogenic osmium-based detectors to investigate neutrino scattering phenomena Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $675,692 Year Granted 2015 California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network to support the development of a database and website with information on licensed child care in California, for general support, and to support the Parent Voices program Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
YMCA of Silicon Valley to further expand and field test a math program delivered through community-based preschools that serve young children and their family-friend-and-neighbor caregivers Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $175,619 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Alliance for Early Success to support implementation of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG), for non-lobbying state advocacy on home visiting, and for a pooled fund to support state advocacy Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $550,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
San Francisco Ballet Association for general support for San Francisco Ballet Association Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Advanced Energy Economy Institute to 1) accelerate market adoption of advanced energy technologies to create a more secure, resilient, clean, and cost-effective power sector; and 2) defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on behalf of the clean energy industry Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula to support capacity building for summer learning programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $25,000 Year Granted 2015 Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to add the collection of child outcome data to the Getting Ready for School study during the 2015-2016 school year Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,615 Year Granted 2015 The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
The Tech Interactive for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
New Venture Fund to support the Fund for a Safer Future Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $160,000 Year Granted 2015 The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
The Opportunity Institute for the Renewing Communities initiative to build sustainable college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated Californians Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2015 University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
University of Chicago to develop and evaluate the Math for Parents and Children Together (M-PACT) intervention Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $154,624 Year Granted 2015 Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Child Care Law Center for general operating support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2015 The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
The Institute for Educational Leadership Inc to help support a national family and community engagement conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2015 Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
Grantmakers for Education for 2015 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2015 Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
Alliance for Climate Education Inc. for general support Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
Aspen Global Change Institute Inc. to support research and activities in climate science and energy technologies, policy analysis on zero-carbon energy sources, and consultants and meetings concerning zero-carbon energy sources Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $750,000 Year Granted 2015 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support geological research on the Deccan Traps flood basalts of India Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $172,500 Year Granted 2015 Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project) to support the implementation of expanded early transitional kindergarten in select school districts and advocate for its broad implementation across the state, and to support the annual Water Cooler conference Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2015 San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
San Jose Grail Family Services to extend coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $199,995 Year Granted 2015 KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015 1 2 3 4 Next
KQED Inc. for general operating support to KQED Inc. Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,000 Year Granted 2015 San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015
San Francisco Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2015