California Peace Action Education Fund, Berkeley, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.californiapeaceaction.org
Coalition Against Militarism in Our Schools (CAMS), South Pasadena, CA $5,000
(David R. Stern Fund and Lamar & Sally Hoover Donor-Advised Fund Grants)
To fund CAMS Adopt-a-School Project, and strengthen their network and outreach to the fifty plus schools currently involved in counter-military recruitment efforts. This grant provided the participating schools with flyers, information booklets/brochures, copies of the film, Arlington West, and other educational materials for counter-recruitment purposes. This involvement led to an increased awareness of the military recruitment of minors and has provided a model for organized actions within schools and communities to counter militarism and offer viable, peaceful alternatives to non-college bound youth. www.militaryfreeschools.org
Disarm Education Fund, New York, NY $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To promote peace, social justice, and human rights. www.disarm.org
Elizabeth Sy, Oakland, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize winner)
For her work founding Banteay Srei, an organization empowering young Southeast Asian women at risk of, or engaged in, sex work.
Grandmothers Against the War, Berkeley, CA $2,150.16
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide grandmothers with a venue for nonviolent, direct action against the war in Iraq. www.gawba.org
Jane Addams Peace Association/US Fund, Philadelphia, PA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.janeaddamspeace.org
Jane Addams Peace Association/WILPF, Geneva, Switzerland $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
For educational purposes related to their international efforts to make known and abolish the root causes of war. www.janeaddamspeace.org
Madeline Duckles, San Francisco, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation Enduring Visionary Peace Prize winner)
For her sustained effort to create peace nationally and internationally. From her early organizing against McCarthyism to her international advocacy on behalf of war-injured children in Vietnam to her present-day campaigning against U.S. military interventions, Madeline Duckles has helped spark broad-based movements for change over three generations.
Not In Our Name Bay Area Chapter, Oakland, CA $4,652.48
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To educate and inspire actions in the San Francisco Bay Area that bolster a climate of resistance to war and repression being carried out by the UNITED STATES government. www.bayarea.notinourname.net
Ota Benga International Alliance for Peace in Congo, Berkeley, CA $1,381.05
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To educate the American public regarding the political situation and the need to work for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. www.otabenga.org
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Palo Alto, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.peaceandjustice.org
Ploughshares Fund, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support for grants that address the areas of: nuclear security, proliferation, and terrorism. www.ploughshares.org
Rachel Abileah, San Francisco, CA $250
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize finalist)
For her work as a national coordinator with Code Pink, a women-initiated grassroots anti-war group.
Raise Hell for Molly Ivins Campaign, Vacaville, CA $3,066.21
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To memorialize Molly Ivins and energize her readers and the general public to make a contribution towards ending the war in Iraq and stopping the build up for an attack on Iran. www.raisehellformollyivins.org
Roni Krouzman, San Anselmo, CA $250
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize finalist)
For his work starting Next Generation, an organization that educates and inspires Marin County young people to create lives of social justice activism.
Unity Foundation, San Francisco, CA $3,506.14
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To promote world peace, cooperation and unity through the presentation of special cultural and education events, creative arts, media campaigns, and the use of interactive communications technologies. www.unityfoundation.org
War and Law League (WALL), San Francisco, CA $315.50
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To encourage the United States to carry out its Constitution, its treaties and international law insofar as they concern war and peace. www.warandlaw.org
Women for a Better World, Albuquerque, NM $441.75
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To unite women across cultural, racial and class divisions to build a just, sustainable and peaceful world.
Women for Genuine Security, San Francisco, CA $25.36
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To bring together activists and teachers from East Asia, the United States and Puerto Rico to oppose militarism in its many forms and promote genuine security. www.genuinesecurity.org
HUMAN RIGHTS
Defending civil rights, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender rights, and women’s rights
We envision a world where people’s civil and human rights are not based on their immigration status, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, class, ability, race or ethnicity. We support and encourage efforts that advance the cause of justice and equity.
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ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.aclu.org
American Friends Service Committee, Oakland, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To assist grassroots communities to organize actions and develop a voice in public decision-making. www.afsc.org
Amnesty International USA, New York, NY $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.amnesty.org
Anakbayan – East Bay, Union City, CA $5,000
(The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees and the Emmy Lefson Memorial Fund for Peace, Social Justice & Human Rights Fund Grants)
To develop leadership among poor and working-class Filipino youth and students in Alameda County by launching a youth-led organizing campaign to reduce violence against Filipino youth and other youth of color.
Arab Resource and Organizing Center, San Francisco, CA $165,752.37
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To build, nurture, and empower the Arab-American community in the SF Bay Area through education and advocacy. www.araborganizing.org
Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco, CA $500
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To support this national education and activist organization that challenges assumptions and inspires change to end the breast cancer epidemic. www.bcaction.org
Caring for Our Own, San Francisco, CA $27,962.40
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To foster systemic change within retirement centers of Catholic Sisters in California and beyond.
Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, Kentfield, CA $2,500
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To enrich the lives of those living with breast cancer. www.tocelebratelife.org
Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.ccr-ny.org
Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival, San Francisco, CA $3,255
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To host educational activities to celebrate the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. www.cesarchavezday.org
Colombia Human Rights Information Committee, San Francisco, CA $1,570.50
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To educate the United States public about human rights violations in Colombia.
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Pasadena, CA $22,547.42
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To educate the public about the human rights abuses taking place in California and across the United States, focusing on the intersection of the criminal justice system, political repression and torture. www.cdhrsupport.org
Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity, Hayward, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To provide housing counseling services to very low and moderate income clients. www.echofairhousing.org
Exhale, Oakland, CA $3,890.50
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide a national, multi-lingual & non-judgmental, after-abortion talk-line. www.4exhale.org
Friends Committee on Legislation of California Education Fund, Sacramento, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.fclca.org
Friends Committee for National Legislation Education Fund, Washington DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.fcnl.org
Heart & Hand Fund, Half Moon Bay, CA $63,338.58
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To support women activists and their non-governmental agencies in the Balkan states.
Information Services Latin America (ISLA), Albany, CA $930
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To promote social change by facilitating a dialogue between North and South American activists and encouraging them to work together in challenging United States governmental policies in Latin America. www.isla.igc.org
Information Services Latin America (ISLA), Albany, CA $1,500
(David R. Stern Fund Loan)
To produce ISLA’s monthly newsletter that promotes social change by facilitating a dialogue between North and South American activists and encouraging them to work together in challenging United States governmental policies in Latin America. www.isla.igc.org
Insight Garden Program at San Quentin, Berkeley, CA $4,118.41
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To rehabilitate prisoners, by teaching constructive vocational and life skills through the process of organic gardening. www.insightgardenprogram.org
Insight Garden Program at San Quentin, Berkeley, CA $5,000
(David R. Stern Fund and Frederick E. Pratt, MD Memorial Fund Grants)
To support ongoing program administration and expansion efforts for this organization that rehabilitates prisoners through the process of organic gardening. This grant supported: the expansion of class time and the curriculum, collaboration with the prison's vocational education program to use the prison greenhouse as a major component of their sustainable agriculture program; and the development of job placement services for inmates to secure gardening, landscaping and “green” jobs post release. www.insightgardenprogram.org
Mother Jones Investigative Fund, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
For in-depth independent investigative journalism for Mother Jones magazine.
www.motherjones.com
National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA), San Francisco, CA $122,192.93
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide accessible and affordable legal advocacy for the protection of the civil and human rights of Middle Easterners, Muslims and South Asians facing systemic discrimination. www.legalsanctuary.org
Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
For general operations, public education, and policy work on behalf of the rights of Native peoples. www.narf.org
Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance, Palo Alto, CA $311.55
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To call for a full and transparent accounting of the events of 9/11 and those events leading up to it.
www.communitycurrency.org/9-11.html
Out4Immigration, San Francisco, CA $6,926.68
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To address the widespread discriminatory impact of United States immigration laws on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and HIV+ people and their families.
www.out4immigration.org
Out4Immigration, San Francisco, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees Grant)
To address the widespread discriminatory impact of United States immigration laws on the lives of LGBT and HIV+ people and their families through education, outreach, advocacy and the maintenance of a resource and support network. This grant funded: the production of printed materials, travel expenses and resource development to raise awareness through community events, as well as talks at universities and high schools. And supported their grassroots effort to educate the public at large and the LBGT and HIV+ communities regarding the injustice in immigration and related federal marriage laws currently facing the LGBT communities. www.out4immigration.org
OXFAM America, Boston, MA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.oxfamamerica.org
People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland, CA $1,790.25
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To further the struggle for racial, social and economic justice in Oakland and the Bay Area. www.peopleunited.org
People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland, CA $4,250
(Women for Peace Fund and Emmy Lefson Memorial Fund for Peace, Social Justice & Human Rights Grants)
To support their multi-ethnic, multi-issue community organization that builds the leadership of low-income people, people of color and youth through education, skill development and campaigns for institutional reforms that address the needs of the most vulnerable members of their community. The funds paid the stipends of the program director and the site supervisor for their Urban Youth Harvest Program. www.peopleunited.org
Project Vote Smart, Phillipsburg, MT $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
Support for operating a voter resource hotline, funding a key votes program, and collecting data on political candidates. www.vote-smart.org
Religious Witness with Homeless People, San Francisco, CA $68,266.65
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To create a permanent solution to the crises of housing and homelessness in San Francisco. http//religiouswitnesshome.org
Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel (STAMP), Fairborn, OH $512.30
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide information and support to victims of abuse by the United States military.
TrueStar, San Francisco, CA $2,000
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To increase awareness and support among broad sectors of the United States public for the Palestinian people's right to justice and liberation.
UCSF Gail W. Stern Breast Cancer Nursing Fund at the UCSF Foundation, San Francisco, CA $2,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
General support. www.ucsfbreastcarecenter.org
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Defense of the environment, ecological restoration, environmental justice and opposition to nuclear power
We envision a world where the Earth’s natural resources are honored, respected, conserved and preserved. We support and encourage projects that contribute to the sustainable future of our planet.
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Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group, Brisbane, CA $7,951.50
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide an open forum and community-based input to advise the agencies charged with the remediation actions on sites commonly referred to as the Brisbane Baylands.
www.bbcag.com
Circle the Earth, Berkeley, CA $111.61
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To develop collaborative opportunities to advance environmentally sustainable actions from the local to the global. www.circletheearth.netfirms.com
Community ORV Watch (COW), San Francisco, CA $1,395.00
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To protect the public and private lands of the Morongo Basin from off-road vehicle (ORV) abuse. www.orvwatch.com
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Oakland, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.earthjustice.org
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Eugene, OR $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To fund the research and writing of an article in Forest Magazine on global warming. www.fseee.org
Friends of Golden Gateway (FOGG), San Francisco, CA $18,795.30
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To seek permanent protection of the open recreational space located at 8 Washington Street.
www.fogg.us
Green Spa Network, Freestone, CA $435.33
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To bring sustainable design and operating practices to the spa industry and to promote the natural connections between personal well-being, economic sustainability and the health of the planet.
www.greenspanetwork.org
Greenpeace Fund, Washington DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.greenpeacefund.org
North Coast Action (NCA), Fort Bragg, CA $5,000
(Women for Peace Fund, Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace & Social Justice, Frederick E. Pratt, MD Memorial Fund, and The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees Grants)
To educate and organize the North Coast community about the toxins and clean-up issues related to the now-closed 434-acre ocean front Georgia Pacific mill site. NCA organized through community meetings and professional presentations by renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, provided written reports and articles and participated in radio interviews. www.northcoastaction.org
People for Children's Health & Environmental Justice, Vallejo, CA $13,950
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To inform communities about the adverse health effects of toxic contamination in the environment.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To generate awareness of the need for reform in prison recycling programs. www.peer.org
San Joaquin et Al, Merced, CA $2,000
(Lamar & Sally Hoover Donor-Advised Fund, The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees and Emmy Lefson Memorial Fund for Peace, Social Justice & Human Rights Grants)
To support this grassroots organization dedicated to ensuring an open public process, the preservation of agricultural lands, and the continued protection of natural resources in the San Joaquin Valley through collaboration with a variety of local, state, and national groups. The funds were used to maintain and continue support for at least one full time staff person who could provide a consistent, constant voice advocating for environmentally sound land use polices that preserve agricultural lands and our natural resources for generations.
Save the Oaks Campaign, Berkeley, CA $1,854.42
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To save the Memorial Oak Grove on the University of California at Berkeley campus through community outreach, advocacy and support of nonviolent protest. www.saveoaks.com
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, San Jose, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
For promoting environmental and economic sustainability in the global electronics industry. www.svtc.etoxics.org
Union of Concerned Scientists, Berkeley, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To support educational work related to the release of a report, "Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risk to California." www.ucsusa.org
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
We envision a world where every economic decision and institution protects human dignity; where the economy serves the people and not the other way around; and where all people have a right to participate in the economic life of society.
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Corporate Accountability International, Boston, MA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.stopcorporateabuse.org
Finca International, Washington, DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To provide financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. www.villagebanking.org
Habitat for Humanity, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To build homes and hope in San Francisco and Marin Counties. www.habitat.org
Housing Long Beach (HLB), Long Beach, CA $2,000
(Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace & Social Justice and The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees Grants)
To hire an experienced, full-time, bi-lingual (English and Spanish) tenant organizer for a grassroots affordable housing advocacy coalition whose mission is to preserve and increase the supply of affordable housing for low-income Long Beach residents.
Our Developing World, Saratoga, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To provide teacher trainings and materials, and community programs in an effort to bring the realities of the “third world” and the richness of diverse cultures to North Americans. www.magiclink.net
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, San Francisco, CA $888.60
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To build a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to achieve economic justice. www.livingwage-sf.org
PROGRESSIVE ARTS & MEDIA
We envision a world where the performing and visual arts and media are used as tools for nonviolent social change activism and community organizing. We support and encourage projects that address key issues, engage communities and strengthen civil society.
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About-Face, San Francisco, CA $25,444.36
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To promote positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through activist events, media-literacy workshops, and campaigns in opposition to negative images of females in the media and in support of positive images.
www.about-face.org
The Bell Project, San Francisco, CA $24,793.80
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To promote world peace by using melted-down firearms to cast bells that incorporate images of nonviolence and environmental concerns. www.brucehasson.com
Break the Silence Arts, Emeryville, CA $2,483.10
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To build awareness, via art projects, in the Bay Area and nationally about the current conditions in Occupied Palestine and to promote peace and justice in the region.
www.breakthesilencearts.typepad.com
Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
Support for the practice of journalism that cares more about correcting injustice and abuse of power than making a profit. www.muckraker.org
Groundswell for Peace, Santa Rosa, CA $1,395
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To create in-depth television coverage of progressive topics to inspire viewers to participate in the "groundswell" of positive social change.
JIP Cultural Project, Emeryville, CA $2,000
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To increase visibility and awareness of Palestine, building toward a large, active and effective solidarity movement, through alternative means of art, culture and media.
KQED TV/FM, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.kqed.org
Left Turn, San Francisco, CA $5,276.82
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To create spaces for various movements to reflect and strategize through Left Turn magazine, the organization's website and fact-to-face forums. www.leftturn.org
Outer Voices, Sebastopol, CA $9,369.75
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To expose new audiences, via radio and the Internet, to innovative grassroots activism pioneered by women of the Pacific Islands and the Asian Pacific Rim. www.outervoices.org
Rini Templeton Memorial Fund, San Francisco, CA $162.75
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To facilitate access to the art of Rini Templeton for use in non-profit publicity & educational publications. www.rinirart.org
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco, CA $2,500
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To screen two films, Bridge Over the Wadi and Black Over White, during a three-week summer film festival that expands notions of Jewish identity and culture. www.sfjff.org
Speaking Up, San Francisco, CA $1,674
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To make and distribute videotapes of live events that promote peace and social, economic and environmental justice issues.
Third World Majority, Berkeley, CA $69,750
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide media training and a production resource center dedicated to developing new media practices that affect global justice and social change through grassroots political organizing. www.cultureisaweapon.org
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING SUPPORT
We envision a world where activists have the resources and support to create a just and equitable society.
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Alease Bess, Durham NC $20,700
(Leadership Support Group Fund Grant)
To increase and enhance the overall health, well-being, and effectiveness of existing and emerging leaders and organizers in the Southeastern United States, Indiana, and New York.
California Common Cause, Sacramento, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To strengthen public participation and ensure that the political process serves the public interest, rather than special interests in California. www.commoncause.org/california
Common Cause, Washington, DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To strengthen public participation and ensure that the political process serves the national public interest, rather than special interests. www.commoncause.org
Connie Tucker, Selma, AL $10,500
(Leadership Support Group Fund Grant)
To support environmental justice technical assistance trainings in the Southeastern United States.
Development Executives Roundtable, San Francisco, CA $8,364.42
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide high quality, accessible fundraising programs and networking opportunities to grassroots social justice organizations. www.dersf.org
The Edge of Each Other's Battles, Oakland, CA $558
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To bring together social justice academics and community-based scholars and organizers to think and work collaboratively toward social change, and to challenge academic scholars to be accountable to the communities that they research.
Leroy Johnson, Lexington, MS $27,000
(Leadership Support Group Fund Grant)
To support social justice movement building and non-profit leadership development in the Southeastern United States.
Money to Movements, Oakland, CA $13,842.16
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To facilitate the directing of World Trade Organization (Seattle, 1999) class action settlement funds back into global justice movements. www.realbattleinseattle.org/moneytomovements
New Leaders Council, San Francisco, CA $10,901.73
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To advance progressive causes by recruiting, training, engaging in a mentorship program, and placing a diverse group of talented young progressive leaders in positions of influence. www.newleaderscouncil.org
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