Recent Grantmaking: The Arts


The following list of grants are those made or renewed in the Arts program in the past two years. To review grants made earlier, please visit the past annual reports section.

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Future funding [denoted in italics] for multi-year projects is contingent upon fulfillment of the terms of the grant and review by the Fund. The list is divided into sections by category.

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Arts Education
To increase creative opportunities for children and youth who otherwise have limited access to studying the arts or to interacting with working artists.
AcroSports - $15,000
Alameda County Office of Education - $60,000
ArtSeed - $10,000
Bay Area Video Coalition - $50,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Art and Technology - $25,000
The Beat Within - $15,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre - $25,000
Blue Bear School of Music - $15,000
California Alliance for Arts Education - $40,000
California Alliance for Arts Education - $40,000
California College of the Arts Center for Art and Public Life - $50,000
California Shakespeare Theater - $15,000
Cantare Con Vivo - $10,000
Center for Music National Service - $40,000
Center for the Art of Translation - $30,000
Chinese Cultural Productions - $15,000
Community Music Center - $50,000
Council of Chief State School Officers/Arts Education Partnership - $5,000
Dance Brigade - $20,000
Dance Brigade, a New Group from Wallflower Order - $20,000
Destiny Arts Center - $30,000
Destiny Arts Center - $30,000
Dimensions Dance Theater - $30,000
Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. - $30,000
Each One Reach One - $30,000
East Bay Performing Arts - $45,000
Emerging Arts Professionals - $25,000
Intersection for the Arts - $30,000
Leap...imagination in learning - $30,000
Loco Bloco - $20,000
Luna Dance Institute - $15,000
Media Enterprise Alliance - $15,000
East Palo Alto Mural Art Project / Mural Music & Arts Project - $15,000
Music in Schools Today - $20,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center - $25,000
Ninth Street Independent Film Center - $15,000
Oakland Unified School District - $30,000
Oakland Youth Chorus - $25,000
Oaktown Jazz Workshops - $10,000
Performing Arts Workshop - $45,000
Purple Silk Music Education Foundation - $10,000
Ragged Wing Ensemble - $7,000
San Francisco Art Institute - $50,000
San Francisco Art Institute - $50,000
San Francisco Arts Education Project - $25,000
San Francisco Camerawork - $15,000
San Francisco Film Society - $20,000
San Francisco Jazz Organization - $25,000
San Francisco Mime Troupe - $10,000
San Francisco Performances - $50,000
San Francisco Symphony - $80,000
San Francisco Symphony - $80,000
San Francisco Unified School District Visual and Performing Arts Department - $44,200
Shadowlight Productions - $10,000
Southern Exposure - $25,000
Stagebridge - $25,000
Streetside Stories - $35,000
Streetside Stories - $45,000
Women's Audio Mission - $12,500
Women's Audio Mission - $12,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - $35,000
Young Audiences of Northern California - $22,500
Young Audiences of Northern California - $22,500
Young Musicians Program - $50,000
Young Musicians Program - $50,000
Youth Speaks - $35,000

Cultural Commons
Fostering shared understanding and a stronger sense of community through participation in the arts.
3rd i South Asian Independent Film - $7,500
509 Cultural Center/The Luggage Store - $25,000
Alliance for California Traditional Arts - $120,000
Asian Art Museum - $25,000
Cal Performances - $50,000
Center for Cultural Innovation - $20,000
Center for Cultural Innovation - $20,000
City Arts & Lectures - $25,000
CounterPULSE - $15,000
Creative Growth - $7,500
Dance/USA - $5,000
Epiphany Productions - $10,000
Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater - $10,000
Frameline - $20,000
Frameline - $20,000
Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music / Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse - $15,000
Fresh Meat Productions - $10,000
Golden Thread Productions - $15,000
Grantmakers in the Arts - $5,000
Heyday Institute - $30,000
Joe Goode Performance Group - $10,000
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - $30,000
North of Market Neighborhood Improvement Corporation - $50,000
Northern California Grantmakers - $8,710
Oakland Museum of California - $50,000
RADAR Productions - $10,000
Rhythmix Cultural Works - $15,000
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra - $10,000
San Francisco Performances - $50,000
San Francisco Theater Festival - $5,000
Sixth Street Photography Workshop - $15,000
Small Press Distribution - $25,000
Stern Grove Festival Association - $50,000
World Arts West - $50,000
Yerba Buena Arts & Events - $30,000
Zaccho Dance Theater - $35,000

Preservation of Cultural Heritage
To support preservation of cultural heritage, particularly among recent immigrants.
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival - $5,000
Alliance for California Traditional Arts - $120,000
The Arab Cultural and Community Center - $10,000
Asociacion Mayab - $6,200
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company - $40,000
Chitresh Das Dance Company and Chhandam School - $40,000
Croatian Cultural Center / Croatian American Cultural Center - $25,000
Diasporic Vietnamese Artist Network - $7,000
Gamelan Sekar Jaya - $10,000
Heyday Institute - $30,000
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center - $25,000
API Cultural Center / Oakland Asian Cultural Center - $10,000
Tibetan Association of Northern California - $25,000
World Arts West - $50,000

Capital
City Arts & Lectures - $100,000
Destiny Arts Center - $100,000
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center - $75,000
Ninth Street Independent Film Center - $100,000
San Francisco Jazz Organization - $60,000



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