Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for the dissemination of the 2014 State of Preschool Yearbook and for general support Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $200,000 Year Granted 2014 Marine Science Institute for general operating support to the Marine Science Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation for support of the Mountain View Los Altos Community Scholars Program, Neutra House, and Los Altos Community Foundation Community Grants program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2014 Third Sector New England Inc. for 2014 membership dues for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Marine Science Institute for general operating support to the Marine Science Institute Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation for support of the Mountain View Los Altos Community Scholars Program, Neutra House, and Los Altos Community Foundation Community Grants program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2014 Third Sector New England Inc. for 2014 membership dues for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Jazz Organization for general support for the San Francisco Jazz Organization Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation for support of the Mountain View Los Altos Community Scholars Program, Neutra House, and Los Altos Community Foundation Community Grants program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2014 Third Sector New England Inc. for 2014 membership dues for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation for support of the Mountain View Los Altos Community Scholars Program, Neutra House, and Los Altos Community Foundation Community Grants program Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $40,000 Year Granted 2014 Third Sector New England Inc. for 2014 membership dues for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Third Sector New England Inc. for 2014 membership dues for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Community Initiatives for membership dues to Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,000 Year Granted 2014 EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
EdSource, Inc. for EdSource Today, an online platform for education policy reporting and analysis, and for early childhood education-focused polls Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $330,000 Year Granted 2014 Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Rancho Santiago Community College District to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Symphony for general support for the San Francisco Symphony Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Jazz for general support for San Jose Jazz Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 New York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 York Hall of Science to develop instructional materials and conduct an implementation study of Picture Dots, a digital media application to instill science and math learning in young children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 University of Chicago to study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 study and analyze climate change policies for their cost effectiveness in limiting carbon emissions to reduce climate change Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $164,012 Year Granted 2014 Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Great Schools to develop and test a teacher-partnered version of the GreatKids website, with a focus on serving parents of 3- to 5-year-old children Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Council on Foundations Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $15,810 Year Granted 2014 New America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 America Foundation to create a Dual Language Learner Work Group within New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $180,000 Year Granted 2014 San Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Mateo County Office of Education to support an early learning family engagement summit for 200 early learning leaders, funders, and practitioners in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Yale University to develop and upgrade the site and experimental infrastructure in which thin-film superconducting cavities and squeezed-vacuum state amplifiers will be used to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Renewable Northwest Project for general support Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $250,000 Year Granted 2014 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 2014 The Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research, Inc. to support the Families and Media Project, which conducts research, communications, and convenings on the intersection between digital media, family engagement, and child learning Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Children's Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Musical Theater for general support for San Jose Children’s Musical Theater Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Silicon Valley Community Foundation for planning support for the new Center for Early Learning to promote articulation and alignment of early learning for Pre-K-3rd grade in Santa Clara County Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,685 Year Granted 2014 Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Resources for the Future, Inc. for analytical thought leadership in association with the Environmental Protection Agency’s rulemaking of existing power plants under the Clean Air Act. Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 to support the conceptual design and systems design review phases of the optics and mechanical structure for the Stable High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer for Keck (SHREK) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,118 Year Granted 2014 City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
City and County of San Francisco to support family engagement activities through matching funds contingent upon the award of a federal Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 California Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Head Start Association to develop and implement early math training support for Head Start teachers and family service workers, to increase their comfort and competence around early math, and enable them to effectively engage parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $227,800 Year Granted 2014 University of Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Maryland to test the effectiveness of number games targeted at improving both children’s symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude knowledge Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $16,481 Year Granted 2014 Center for Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Law and Social Policy to test the possibility of streamlining and simplifying child care subsidy administration in California and aligning it with early childhood education programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $80,000 Year Granted 2014 San Jose Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Grail Family Services to implement 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 $210,722 Year Granted 2014 Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Pew Charitable Trusts to co-fund the 2015 National Summit on Quality Home Visiting Programs Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $4,000 Year Granted 2014 Sempervirens Fund for general support for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 for Sempervirens Fund Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Foothill - De Anza Community Colleges Foundation for general support of the Family Engagement Institute at Foothill College, including Stretch to Kindergarten Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $530,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 to develop thin-film superconducting cavities that will be coupled with squeezed-vacuum state receivers in an experimental infrastructure to detect axion dark matter particles with energies of 5-20 gigahertz (GHz) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
College Track for work with undocumented students in East Palo Alto Program Human Rights Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation for general operating support to East Palo Alto Kids Foundation Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
James Bell Associates to facilitate a learning community among Family Engagement Impact project grantees, with a focus on organizational capacity, systems integration, and sustainability Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $99,999 Year Granted 2014 Teachers College Columbia University for the development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 development and evaluation of a tablet-based interactive mathematics application for young children, their teachers, and their parents Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $75,000 Year Granted 2014 The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 Regents of the University of California Los Angeles for analysis of how best to target investment outflows from California’s cap-and-trade auctions to positively impact households in disadvantaged communities, and to educate policymakers on these investment benefits Program Climate and Clean Energy Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $69,829 Year Granted 2014 Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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.
Georgetown University to collect data on Tulsa Pre-K students’ academic and social skills, social capital, attitudes towards risky behavior, and mediators such as school quality, mobility and family engagement through 8th grade Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $114,832 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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, Davis to use novel synthetic DNA-based tracers to identify and characterize hydrologic flow pathways in agricultural to glacier-dominated environments Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $450,000 Year Granted 2014 Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 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 to grind and polish two long-lead-time lenses for a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) for use on the four meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,150,377 Year Granted 2014 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for general support for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $10,000 Year Granted 2014 Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for a mini-grant program designed to help preschool and K-3 teachers in low-income communities purchase mathematics-related curricula, materials, and professional development services Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2014 Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Children Now to support early childhood education policy and public education and advocacy work around the Local Control Funding Formula Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $100,000 Year Granted 2014 Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Puente de la Costa Sur to implement coordinated and evidence-based family engagement services for families of young children in San Mateo County’s South Coast Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $399,972 Year Granted 2014 Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Silicon Valley Community Foundation for technical assistance on the implementation of Raising A Reader plus Family Nights to the Family Engagement Impact Project grantees Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $5,500 Year Granted 2014 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families Inc. for 2014 membership dues Program Past Program Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $3,500 Year Granted 2014 The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
The Glen Price Group to support the preparation of California Department of Education’s application for a federal Preschool Expansion Grant Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $33,000 Year Granted 2014 President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014
President and Fellows of Harvard College for core support to the Harvard Family Research Project for its work to transform family engagement in early childhood education Program Education Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014