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The Parker Foundation Summary of Grants Approved Fiscal Year 10/1/08-9/30/09
I. Cultural (20%)  
A. Visual Arts (38%)  

Sushi Performance & Visual Art, for Executive Director salary (11/6/2008)

$  25,000.00

Museum of Photographic Arts, to replace HVAC system (5/20/2009)

$  16,000.00

San Diego State University (WPA Murals), for relocation of WPA-era fresco murals (12/19/2008)

$  25,000.00

SD Asian Film Foundation, for fundraising software to support capacity building (7/14/2009)

$  10,000.00
  $  76,000.00
B. Performing Arts (38%)  
Malashock Dance & Company, for salary for Executive Director & Artistic Director (11/6/2008) $  25,000.00

Center for World Music, for World Music Performance for Children program (11/6/2008)

$  5,000.00

Playwrights Project, for general operating support (7/14/2009)

$  10,000.00
Lamb's Players Theatre, for support of ASSIST (Artists and Students Staying in
School Together) (7/14/2009)
$  15,000.00

Westwind Brass, for salary for part-time Director (8/6/2009)

$  10,000.00

Actors Alliance of San Diego, for operating expenses (8/6/2009)

$  10,000.00

Capella Gloriana, for salary for Artistic Director (8/6/2009)

$  2,000.00

 

$  77,000.00
C. Museums/Zoo (24)%  

New Children's Museum, for '09 exhibition, Animal Art (12/19/2008)

$  15,000.00

SD Foundation-Balboa Park Study, for costs for study (1/28/2009)

$  3,254.93

SD Historical Society, for salary for consultant to increase membership (5/20/2009)

$  15,000.00

Olaf Wieghorst Museum, for purchase & installation of new security system (8/6/2009)

$  15,000.00
  $  48,254.93
  $  201,254.93
II. Adult and Youth Services (19%)  

A. Adult Services (39%)  

 

Interfaith Shelter Network, for salary for program director (12/19/2008)

$  10,000.00

Welcome Home Ministeries, for computer learning lab (12/19/2008)

$  15,000.00

Jacobs Ctr. For Neighborhood Innov-prisoner re-entry, for Coming Home to Stay-prisoner
re-entry program (1/28/2009)

$  25,000.00

Promising Futures, for renovations for day program site (8/6/2009)

$  25,000.00
  $  75,000.00
B. Youth Services (61%)  

Conner's Cause for Children, for general operating expenses (11/6/2008)

$  5,000.00

San Diego Youth & Community Svcs, for Surviving Together and Reaching for the
Stars program (11/6/2008)

$  20,000.00

Aquatic Adventures, for Living Lab Facility (2/26/2009)

$  15,000.00

Casa Cornelia Law Center, for Detained Unaccompanied Children program (4/8/2009)

$  8,000.00

Tariq Khamisa Foundation, for summer enrichment project ( 5/20/2009)

$  10,000.00

The Center (San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center),
for supportive services for Youth Housing Project (7/14/2009)

$  10,000.00

Just in Time for Foster Youth, for salary for Program Director (8/6/2009)

$  20,000.00

PAZZAZ, for Afterschool Academic Enrichment program (8/6/2009)

$  10,000.00

Aja Project, for after school program, Journey (9/9/2009)

$  20,000.00
  $  118,000.00
  $  193,000.00
III. Medical (15%)

 

Family Health Centers of San Diego, for BASTA! Program (11/6/2008)

$  15,000.00

Alliance Healthcare Foundation, for matching grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation (11/6/2008)

$  15,000.00

Neighborhood Healthcare, for furnishings for new pharmacy (12/19/2008)

$  15,000.00

North County Health Services, for construction of Oceanside Community Health Center (2/26/2009)

$  35,000.00

San Diego Hospice, for programming phase of IPM Web Presence project (4/8/2009)

$  16,000.00

Planned Parenthood, to establish electronic medical record-keeping (5/20/2009)

$  35,000.00

San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative, for challenge grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation (8/6/2009)

$  15,000.00

 

$  146,000.00
IV. Education (8%)

 

Gompers Charter Middle School, for CORE program (1/28/2009)

$  15,000.00

San Diego Council on Literacy, for direct literacy instruction (4/8/2009)

$  10,000.00

SD State Foundation, for Legal Path Program at Consensus Organizing Center (7/14/2009)

$  10,000.00

SD Education Foundation, for counseling support (7/14/2009)

$  10,000.00

Mira Costa College, to support grant writing office (9/9/2009)

$  30,000.00

Barrio Logan College Institute, for college prep programs (9/9/2009)

$  10,000.00
  $  85,000.00
V. Community Activities and Misc. (38%)  

Corporation for Supportive Housing, for Commitment to Quality Initiative (11/6/2009)

$  180,000.00

San Diego Food Bank, for operating expenses (12/19/2008)

$  50,000.00

SD Grantmakers-Honmelessness Summit, for costs for Feb 09 Summit on Homelessness (1/28/2009)

$  1,500.00

Volunteer San Diego, for volunteer management program (1/28/2009)

$  15,000.00

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for '09 Membership (2/26/2009)

$  7,500.00

NP Strategies, for Organizational development for Overcoming Gangs & Beyond (4/8/2009)

$  11,500.00

National Conflict Resolution Center, for Urban Solutions Project (4/8/2009)

$  15,000.00

SD Grantmakers-annual conference, to support Annual Conference (5/20/2009)

$  2,500.00

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for Open Doors to Learning Pilot Program (5/20/2009)

$  25,000.00

Accion San Diego, for office relocation (5/20/2009)

$  15,000.00

SD Grantmakers-Regional Plan/end homelessness, for Consultant for regional plan to
prevent/reduce episodic transitional homelessness (7/14/2009)

$  25,000.00

ARS Alliance for Regional Solutions (North County Community Services), for
Regional Winter Shelter System (7/14/2009)

$  15,000.00

Nonprofit Management Solutions, for membership incentive (9/9/2009)

$  25,000.00

 

$  388,000.00
VI. Environment (0%)  
  $ 0.00
  $ 0.00
   
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED $  1,013,254.93


 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 
   

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