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The Parker Foundation Summary of Grants Approved Fiscal Year 10/1/06 - 9/30/07
I. Cultural (32%)  
A. Visual Arts (19%)  

Museum of Photographic Arts, for upgrading
computer equipment (11/2/2006)

$  15,000.00

San Diego State University, to restore WPA murals (3/15/2007)

$  25,000.00

San Diego Museum of Art, for ten-year strategic plan (8/16/2007)

$  150,000.00
Media Arts Center San Diego, for development efforts
and operating expenses (9/20/2007)
$  35,000.00
Timken Museum of Art, to support hiring new director (3/15/2007) $  35,000.00
  $  260,000.00
B. Performing Arts (46%)  
Playwrights Project, for capacity building (11/2/2006) $  25,000.00

Old Globe Theatre, to secure a San Diego Landmark
capital campaign (11/2/2006)

$  100,000.00

Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company,
for salaries for Artistic & Associate Directors (1/25/2007)

$  35,000.00
La Jolla Playhouse, for its 60th Anniversary (4/26/2007) $  60,000.00

New Village Arts Theatre, for an Executive Director salary (7/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

San Diego Chamber Orchestra, for capacity building (7/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

San Diego Theatres, for start-up operations (8/16/2007)

$  40,000.00

 

$  310,000.00
C. Museums/Zoo (16)%  

San Diego Historical Society, for capacity building (12/13/2006)

$  50,000.00

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, for salary for Community Educator
(1/25/2007)

$  60,000.00
  $  110,000.00
  $  680,000.00
II. Adult and Youth Services (33%)  

A. Adult Services (69%)  

 

San Diego Family Justice Ctr. Foundation, to support strategic plan & software
(11/2/2006)

$  30,000.00

St. Madeleine Sophie's Center, for reading program for adults with
developmental disabilities (11/2/2006)

$  10,000.00

San Diego District Attorney, for planning for East County Family Justice Center
(12/13/2006)

$  12,500.00

Parkinson's Disease Association, for In-Home Respite Care Program
(1/25/2007)

$  5,000.00

St. Paul's Retirement Homes Foundation, for Care for the
Elderly Program (1/25/2007)

$  25,000.00

Welcome Door Foundation, to refurbish and defray rental income
for Reed Avenue property (1/25/2007)

$  27,500.00

Senior Community Center, for Mental Health Supportive Services program (1/30/2007)

$  50,000.00

Regional Task Force for the Homeless, for food gift cards to volunteer homeless
for homeless count (3/15/2007)

$  500.00

Trinity House, for Health Disparity of Homelessness project (3/15/2007)

$  10,000.00

North County Serenity House, for construction costs for Serenity Village
(3/15/2007)

$  50,000.00

Community Housing Works, for Centro program in Vista (4/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

Meals-on-Wheels, for operating expenses (4/26/2007)

$  10,000.00

Salvation Army, for home meal delivery program for seniors (5/24/2007)

$  50,000.00

St. Vincent De Paul Village, for operating expenses to support arts & science program
(5/24/2007)

$  15,000.00
Casa de Amparo, for safety equipment at Ivey Ranch (5/24/2007) $  25,000.00

Second Chance, for development salaries (7/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

Regional Task Force for the Homeless, for HMIS expansion project (7/26/2007)

$  10,000.00

Home of Guiding Hands, for new roof on home for disabled (7/26/2007)

$  5,000.00

United Through Reading, for computer software (8/16/2007)

$  20,000.00

Turning the Hearts Center, for computer software (8/16/2007)

$  20,000.00

National Conflict Resolution Center, for computer software (9/14/2007)

$  25,000.00
Casa Cornelia Law Center, for development efforts (9/20/2007) $  15,000.00
  $  465,500.00
B. Youth Services (31%)  

Bayside Community Center, for Bayside Kids program (12/13/2006)

$  10,000.00

Palomar Pomerado North Cty Health Dev., to support two new high schools
(12/13/2006)

$  10,000.00

South Bay Community Services, for Mi Escuelita,
a therapeutic children's program (12/13/2006)

$  15,000.00

Walden Family Services, for operating expenses (1/25/2007)

$  10,000.00

Barrio Station, for operating expenses (1/25/2007)

$  5,000.00

Jewish Family Service of San Diego, for Preschool in the Park program (3/15/2007)

$  12,500.00

ACCESS, for San Diego Foster Youth Initiative (4/26/2007)

$  20,000.00

Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, for operating expenses (5/24/2007)

$  10,000.00

Big Sister League, for operating expenses (5/24/2007)

$  15,000.00

Girl Scouts, for construction costs for Education/training center (5/24/2007)

$  20,000.00

Junior Achievement, for the Economic for Success program (7/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

Voices for Children, for Court Appointed Special Advocate program (7/26/2007)

$  16,000.00

Outdoor Outreach, for ALIVE Program (9/20/2007) $  44,000.00
  $  212,500.00
  $  678,000.00
III. Medical (4%)

 

UCSD, for Save our Children's Sight/Eye Mobile Program (12/13/2006)

$  10,000.00

Point Loma Nazarene University, for Health Promotion Center (12/13/2006)

$  8,000.00

San Diego County Cancer Navigator, for East County Outreach & Education project
(3/15/2007)

$  25,000.00

Burn Institute, to upgrade donor software (5/24/2007)

$  18,000.00

San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative, for challenge grant from the
Elton John AIDS Foundation (7/26/2007)

$  25,000.00

 

$  86,000.00
IV. Education (14%)

 

KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy, for More Time on Task-extended
instruction program (11/2/2006)

$  25,000.00

California Space Grant Foundation, for rent at NTC for Science & Tech
teacher resource center (12/13/2006)

$  30,000.00

Anza-Borrego Foundation, for 5th Grade Environmental Education
Tent Camp Program (12/13/2006)

$  20,000.00

Julian Union School District, for Family Resource Center (12/13/2006)

$  25,000.00

Human Development Foundation, for OPEN GATE program in Escondido (3/15/2007)

$  30,000.00

Cal State San Marcos, for salary for ARTES Program (5/24/2007)

$  15,000.00
High Tech High Foundation, for furniture & Information Technology
at Chula Vista and San Marcos campuses (8/16/2007)
$  100,000.00
KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy, for High School Placement Director (8/16/2007) $  20,000.00
San Diego Unified School District, for Parent Involvement Program (9/20/2007) $  25,000.00
  $  290,000.00
V. Community Activities and Misc. (10%)  

XLNC1, to support enhanced operations (11/2/2006)

$  50,000.00

San Diego Grantmakers, for Guiding Principles Initiative (12/13/2006)

$  1,000.00

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for Youth Violence Learning
Partnership Program and Gang Program's Mini-Grant Fund (1/25/2007)

$  10,000.00

San Diego Grantmakers, for 2007 annual conference sponsorship (7/26/2007)

$  2,500.00

KPBS, for reporter & staff for KPBS-FM (7/26/2007)

$  225,000.00

Quail Botanical Gardens, for computer system (8/16/2007)

$  13,000.00

San Diego Grantmakers, for San Diego Regional Giving Report (9/20/2007)

$  2,500.00

 

$  304,000.00
VI. Environment (2%)  
San Diego Coastkeeper, to support capital expenses (11/2/2006) $  25,000.00
San Diego Oceans Foundation, for new facility expansion (5/24/2007) $  20,000.00
  $  45,000.00
   
TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED $  2,083,000.00


 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 
   

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