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Ed Proctor
is Making A Difference
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"The
downturn in the economy over the past couple years has
resulted in many people suddenly finding themselves
out of work.
Through United Way support of community service labor
liaisons, many displaced workers obtained emergency
hardship assistance, including counseling, re-training
and placement, groceries, food certificates and housing.
Their partnership is important to the Labor community.
They can bring the right people to the table to solve
the right problems."
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United
Way invests
regionally in 4 Bay Area Central Labor Councils and
the Labor Community Services Program. This program is
the source of help for union members who need assistance
with basic needs and life altering situations.
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| American Red Cross Bay Area |
| Project Title: Community Preparedness Program |
Type: Organizational Commitment |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$110000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
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| Project Description:
The mission
of the Red Cross is to help prevent, prepare
for and respond to emergencies and the American
Red Cross Bay Area is our community safety
net. The
Community Preparedness program provides
the Bay Area with vital emergency, disaster
preparedness and life-saving information. They offer a multi-faceted approach to disaster
preparedness using the Red Cross 'Together
We Prepare' message which highlights 5 important
steps to be prepared in emergency situations:
make a plan, build a kit, get trained, volunteer,
and give blood. Through customized workshops and courses to
reach specific audiences - like seniors,
businesses and the Spanish-speaking community
-curriculum materials designed for schools
and a multi-lingual website, the Red Cross
raises awareness of potential hazards and
provide information on safety, disaster
planning, and how to minimize injuries,
loss of life and property damage.
The Bay Area Chapter's emergency
preparedness programs reach out to the following:
youth & schools, individuals and families,
the workplace, communities of faith and
the online community. |
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| Asian Pacific Fund |
| Project Title: Growing Up Asian in America and Services for
Affiliate Agencies |
Type: Strategic Partner |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$42000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
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Project Description:
The Asian Pacific
Fund requests funding to increase philanthropy
in the Bay Area Asian community via a) Growing
Up Asian in America, and b) Technical
assistance for affiliate agencies regarding
fundraising with individual donors.
a) Growing Up Asian in America is a student essay
and art program and the largest celebration
of Asian heritage month in the nation. The
program offers a prize pool of $27,000 in
savings bond awards to K-12 students who send
essays and art on the general theme of Growing
Up Asian in America. The winning entries
are reproduced in a traveling commemorative
exhibit hosted by more than 50 public libraries
throughout the region and seen by 1.3 million
library patrons. Exhibits feature facts and
information about the needs in the community
and ways to help. This is a broadly-based
community collaboration that involves 400
hours of volunteer service each year. Annual
program costs are partially supported by corporate
contributions. b) APF also provides technical assistance
for 84 community based affiliate agencies.
To increase their capacity, the Fund provides
technical assistance to agencies and their
Board members to help them develop strategies
for more effective fundraising with individual
donors, and make grants available to help
stabilize and preserve services or to test
new model programs.
Nearly all affiliate agencies raise
less than 5% of their budget from private
contributions.
Past efforts have resulted in learning
that agencies value individual meetings and
informal coaching. The Fund continues to work
specifically with four domestic violence agencies
and 9 others in a similar role. The Fund provides
advice on Board recruitment, development and
fundraising strategies, and is the only information
resource regarding the preferences and customs
of Asian donors. The Fund has aggressively
increased work with individual donors and
their legal and financial advisors, particularly
on the value of endowed gifts. |
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www.asianpacificfund.org
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| Big Brothers/Big Sisters of San Francisco & Peninsula |
| Project Title: Implementation of Consolidation and Transition
Plan |
Type: Capacity Building Grant |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$15000 |
Start Date:
11/1/2005 |
End Date:
10/31/2006 |
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| Project Description:
In July 2005,
the Boards of Directors of the Bay Area''s
three BBBS branches voted to move forward
with a plan to consolidate.
A consolidation exploration task
force was led by Nora Silver, PhD, Director
of the Nonprofit and Public Management Program
at the HAAS School of Business at UC Berkeley,
and received pro bono services from Deloitte
Consulting and Latham & Watkins, LLP.
The task force determined that the
consolidation will enable the combined agencies
to serve more young people across the Bay
Area, and to more effectively leverage additional
funding resources.
BBBS seeks support from UWBA for the implementation of their extensive
transition plan.
UWBA''s investment at this crucial
phase of organizational development has
the potential to greatly increase the capacity
of Big Brothers Big Sisters to serve the
community.
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| CARD of Alameda County |
| Project Title: The PrepareNow Collaborative |
Type: Organizational Commitment |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$130000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
| Grant Focus: Safe Communities\Integrate disaster preparedness
education into communities and nonprofits |
Project Description:
The PrepareNow
partners address the ongoing disaster preparedness
and emergency response needs of hundreds of
Bay Area nonprofits and community service
agencies. Agency Preparedness: Across the
Bay Area, PrepareNow partners will provide
a minimum of 60 venues to assist community
agencies to plan and prepare themselves and
their clients for disaster. Agencies and providers
will participate in workshops, conferences,
exercises, town hall meetings, online trainings,
and other events. They will receive simple, standardized, sustainable
disaster plans, training and information to
address their particular needs.
They will also be linked to local resources
and receive ongoing support. Building Sustainability: The PrepareNow partners will convene representatives
from their Boards, leadership teams, funders
and other stakeholders to address the issues
of financial stability and ensuring the fulfillment
of the original 'Community Vision' which serves
as the guiding force for activities.
The topics addressed will include diversification
of funding, marketing, securing in-kind, and
the viabilty of pursuing regional grants. Community Collaboration: Members will work
in partnership with other partners, government
agencies, corporate partners, media and other
community stakeholders to further the full
inclusion of nonprofits, service agencies
and vulnerable populations in emergency preparedness
and disaster planning activities. |
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| Childhood Matters, Inc. |
| Project Title: Childhood Matters Radio Show & Nuestros
Ninos Radio Show |
Type: Success By 6 |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$30000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
| Grant Focus: Education\Literacy programs in early childhood |
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| Horizons Foundation |
| Project Title: Philanthropic Services |
Type: Strategic Partner |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$55000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
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Project Description:
Horizons will
foster the growth and development of philanthropy
within and for the LGBT community. 2005 marks their 25th Anniversary year and
the first year of implementation of a new
strategic plan. In the plan, Horizons reaffirms that its core
mission lies in fostering the growth of philanthropy,
and lays out a detailed, mutli-year strategy
for dramatically increasing the leveles, kinds
and impact of giving in the LGBT community.
The plan has two long-term strategies:
to increase annual giving by turning more
non-donors into donors, and to tap the potential in planned giving through a single
permanent legacy fund for the LGBT community
in the Bay Area. Specific activities include work on 2005-06
Philanthropy series, donor-advised and field
of interest funds, a new permanent legacy
fund, major donor program, donor outreach,
professional advisor outreach, and OutGiving
collaborations. Now in its third year, Horizons' Philanthropy
Series has proved to be a powerful means to
strengthen the connection with core donors
and outreach to new donors. In 2005, they
are expanding the series' scope to include
sessions in the East Bay, North Bay and South Bay, as well as San Francisco. Horizons collaborates
with numerous community organizations to reach
a wide audience and have used donor input
from the last two years to develop the 2005
series. Outreach for the series will include
distribution of a high quality mailer for
the whole series, reminder postcards and emails
for each event, and regular web updates. Each
event will include networking time and increased
attendee follow up.
Horizons will also continue to build
strong relationships with donor advisors,
provide specific guidance to help inform their
philanthropy, and acquire new funds.
Horizons is working with Kintera to
provide donors with online access to their
funds. This partnership will allow Horizons
to merge their expertise in LGBT organizations
with state-of-the-art technology and convenience
for donor advisors. In 2004, Horizons' field of interest funds
moved beyond planning and into grantmaking,
including the Gwen Araujo Memorial Fund for
Transgendered Education, LGBT Film Funding
Circle, and the Fund for Advocacy and Political
Initiatives.
Horizons is also creating the first
and only permanent legacy fund for the LGBT
community, to be built almost entirely through
planned gifts. Horizons plans to promote the
fund through outreach about planned giving,
seminars on estate planning, intensive work
with financial advisors, social marketing
campaigns, and presentations to LGBT employee
groups. Horizons
will also increase the quality and quantity
of donor communications through newsletters,
e-updates, an improved website, events, and
increased LGBT media visibility. The cultivation
of key donors groups include their Leadership Circle (donors giving over
$1,000), the Legacy Circle (planned gifts),
and Loyalty Circle ( gifts total $100,000
or more, or donors giving at any level for
six or more years). Horizons' 25th Anniversary event and other
special events are also focused on bringing
new donors, including OutGiving events, jointly
sponsored by the national Gill Foundation,
tailored to the needs of major donors seeking
to increase the impact of their giving. |
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| Jefferson Awards for
Public Service |
| Project Title: Civic Engagement and Community Building Program |
Type: Capacity Building Grant |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$10000 |
Start Date:
11/1/2005 |
End Date:
10/31/2006 |
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Project Description:
Since January
2004, Jefferson Awards for Public Service
has been actively organizing and implementing
the Civic Engagement program in the San
Francisco Bay Area. Over the past 21 months, JAPS has developed
a broad collaboration of partners in television,
radio, and print media. In addition, the program has successfully
reached out to the region''s public and
nonprofit sectors.
JAPS increases nonprofits'' capacity to recognize and expand volunteerism
in their community by managing events and
creating awards programs.
The project highlights individual
stories of excellence in volunteerism, and
disseminates these stories via print and
broadcast media.
By working with schools and colleges,
corporations, government, nonprofits, and
neighborhood groups, JAPS creates lasting
community partnerships and impact.
In addition to financial support, UWBA will continue to provide assistance
to JAPS in the areas of staff leadership,
program communications, and development
of new partnerships.
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| Labor Community Services |
| Project Title: Labor Community Services |
Type: Organizational Commitment |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$375000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
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| Latino Community Foundation |
| Project Title: Vision 2020 |
Type: Strategic Partner |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$35000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
| Grant Focus: |
| Project Description:
The Latino
Community Foundation (LCF) has been a presence
in the Bay Area since 1989, when it was
founded under UWBA as the Hispanic Community
Foundation. In 2002, LCF became a supporting
organization of The San Francisco Foundation
(TSFF).
The LCF has adopted a new mission
to advocate for Latinos and to promote engagement
and investment that fosters healthy and
empowered communities. LCF's goals are fostering
growth and development of Latino Philanthropy.
One strategy is to develop a system of philanthropy
that bridges the US community foundation
model and the more personally- and emotionally-
based model that is more familiar with Latinos,
utilizing different approaches to different
segments of the community.
Another strategy is to collaborate
with agencies serving the Latino community
in five areas: educational attainment, healthy
communities, empowering Latinas, economic
development, and civic participation. LCF
will build on its established ties to employee
giving campaigns throughout the Bay Area,
and are actively engaged in maintaining
links to an existing network of Hispanic/Latino
focused employee groups.
LCF is moving aggressively to work
with corporations that have benefited from
the increased proportion of Latino families
in the Bay Area, and to recognize them as
a premium market for attracting Hispanic
advertising dollars.
In order to tap into the potential
of young Latino professionals, LCF seeks
to establish relationships with various
Latino professional associations in order
to develop venues to identify new leadership
and new philanthropic investors. LCF has also targeted an untapped segment
of Latino entrepreneurs and Latino financial
advisors. LCF also works to serve as a funding source
for nonprofit organizations and to attract
interest of other funding sources for those
agencies by promoting the work of successful
and well-managed organizations via the website,
community forums and collaborative relationships
with Latino media.
LCF works to increase the contribution
amounts of current donors by increasing
communications with them via email, newsletter,
donor forums and other modes of communication.
Vision 2020 is a narrative and statistical
snapshot of the increased prominience of
the Latino community in the SF Bay Area
and is expected to be released in June 2005. |
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| Northern California Grantmakers |
| Project Title: Summer Youth Project |
Type: Issue Grant |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
$5000 |
Start Date:
8/1/2005 |
End Date:
7/31/2006 |
| Grant Focus: Education |
| Project Description:
The Summer
Youth Project (SYP) is a collaborative project
of 60 foundation and corporate partners
whose purpose is to enrich and enhance summer
programs for children and youth. Through this collaborative source of pooled
funds from grant-making institutions throughout
8 Bay Area counties, the Summer Youth Project
provides small grants to local nonprofits
and public agencies that offer young people
educational, challenging and fun activities
during the summer.
The summer concludes with a Kids
Who Care Awards Program, which honors young
people who exhibit exceptional compassion,
leadership and community service. The SYP supports over 500 recreational summer
programs that enrich the lives of tens of
thousands of deserving children and youth
in the Bay Area.
In 2005, SYP is piloting the addition
of Supplemental Grants to programs with
a significant Cultural Awareness or Leadership
Skills Development focus. The supplemental grants will allow grant recipients
to strengthen their programs in key areas
thereby beginning to create a new generation
of young leaders with enhanced cultural
awareness and understanding. |
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| Out & Equal Workplace Advocates |
| Project Title: Out & Equal Education and Outreach Initiative |
Type: Strategic Partner |
| County: Regional Services |
Grant Amount:
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