San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds Grant



Organization - San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds
Grant Amount - $500,000
Foundation - California Endowment
Grant Purpose - Communities of Opportunity: To create healthy neighborhoods, assist individuals and families to become self-sufficient, and develop and implement more effective strategies for city agencies to serve families in distressed neighborhoods to improve the health of underserved individuals in the Bay Area.


Similar Grants

Urban Institute - $400,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation - for use by its Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center toward the costs of two mixed-income housing research projects: (1) a longitudinal study to assess how the HOPE VI program, in which distressed developments are being replaced with...

Association for Enterprise Opportunity - $225,000 from the Mott Foundation - Founded in 1991, the Association for Enterprise Opportunity is the national trade association of organizations committed to microenterprise development. It provides over 450 members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote enterprise...

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region - $27,500 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will provide partial support to the Youth Transition Funders Group, a project of the Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region. This network of grantmakers was formed in 1997 to focus specifically on working to improve the...

Genesee Area Focus Fund - $775,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will enable the Genesee Area Focus Fund to continue to implement the Summer Youth Initiative for Flint area youth. The Summer Youth Initiative provides funding for approximately 25 nonprofit agencies and businesses to employ more than...

National Governors Association Center for Best Practices - $1,000,000 from the Mott Foundation - The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, the National Network of Sector Partners, and the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce have come together to coordinate an initiative that in the past two years has significantly expanded...

Recent News from California Endowment


Promoting Hong Kong As A Regional Philanthropic Hub Through Co-Creation
Foundation: Gates Foundation

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

8 Tools That Help You Perform Day-to-Day Tasks More Efficiently - Yahoo News Singapore

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

7 strict rules the royal family have to follow on social media - HELLO! Magazine

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

Okey Anueyiagu… a peep into the life of a philanthropist, writer and entrepreneur

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

Bushra working to close gap that makes city unlivable for women - The Business Post
Foundation: Rockefeller Foundation

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

Fire breaks out in Sundarbans | The Business Standard

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

A Day in the Life of a Successful Social-Media Strategy - Yahoo Lifestyle Canada

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

Working to close gap that makes heated city unlivable for women: Bushra Afreen - Daily Sun

One of the world's richest men is pushing to make Hong Kong a "philanthropic hub" in the region. The city's chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, says he wants to make it "a bridge between China and...more

Anitha Rao: Busting Taboos One Period at a Time

"When I belong to an educated family and nobody told me about menstrual hygiene, how would those living in rural areas and slums know," Anitha Rao says. That's why the 40-year-old social...more

Social Enterprise Network Sites



Social Entrepreneurship
Spotlight



Influencing Social Good Through Retail


When Hannah Davis   traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.




Federal Government Grant and Assistance Programs



Edited by: Michael Saunders

© 2008-2024 Copyright Michael Saunders