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
Famoksaiyan, Fremont, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize winner)
For their work addressing complex issues of militarism and colonization in seeking self-determination for Chamorros, Guam’s indigenous people. http://famoksaiyan.blogspot.com
Grandmothers Against the War, Berkeley, CA $83.70
(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/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
Jackie Cabasso, Oakland, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation Enduring Visionary Peace Prize winner)
Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation. For her lifetime of work towards peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. www.wslfweb.org
Military Out of Our Schools - Bay Area, San Francisco, CA $2,246.88
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To unite and support individuals and organizations involved in counter-recruitment work in the Bay Area.
Ota Benga International Alliance for Peace in Congo, Berkeley, CA $4,064.10
(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
Kjerstin Erickson, Oakland, CA $250
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize finalist)
Executive Director, FORGE
For her work building the skills and capacities of refugees displaced by war in Africa to help them rebuild their post-conflict communities when they return home from refugee camps. www.forgenow.org
Raise Hell for Molly Ivins Campaign, Vacaville, CA $558
(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
Pie Ranch, Pescadero, CA $250
(The Agape Foundation Rising Peacemaker Peace Prize finalist)
For their work to inspire and connect rural and urban people to know the source of their food, and to work together to bring greater health to the food system from seed to table. www.pieranch.org
Unity Foundation, San Francisco, CA $3,338.03
(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 $372
(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 Genuine Security, San Francisco, CA $11,000
(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
Youth Together, Oakland, CA $1,000
(The Agape Foundation's 40th Anniversary Champions of Change Award)
For their work helping young people in high schools to develop positive, long-term solutions to fight social, political, community and educational inequities in their lives and communities. www.youthtogether.net
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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afghans for Afghans, San Francisco, CA $15,873.13
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To encourage cross-cultural understanding and social action by engaging North Americans in making blankets and garments for displaced families in Afghanistan. www.afghansforafghans.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
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Lafayette, CA $43,403.10
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To research and educate the public about the destruction of the three World Trade Center high-rises in NYC on 9/11/01 and to urge concerned citizens to call for a new investigation. www.ae911truth.org
Banteay Srei, Oakland, CA $5,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To support a sexually exploited minor community-awareness event and enhance current efforts to raise awareness of the best practices among community leaders, community-based organizations, and policymakers working with sexually exploited minors. The funds will also be used to expand leadership training for young Southeast Asian women and provide opportunities for these emerging leaders to advocate for the changes that they feel are needed in their community. www.girlsempoweringthemselves.com
Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco, CA $1,000
(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
California NAACP Youth & College Division, Sacramento, CA $2,502.63
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To inform youth of the problems affecting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities; to advance the economic, educational, social and political status of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples; to stimulate an appreciation of the African Diaspora and other people of color’s contribution to civilization; and to develop an intelligent, militant youth leadership. www.naacp.org/youth/college
Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.ccr-ny.org
Center for Judicial Excellence, Greenbrae, CA $3,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To distribute their award winning documentary “Family Court Crisis: Our Children at Risk” as well as a photo exhibit titled “Family Court Crisis: Surviving A Broken System,” to raise awareness about the shortcomings in the family courts that that place thousands of children each year in the unsupervised custody of physical and sexual abusers. www.centerforjudicialexcellence.org
Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival, San Francisco, CA $2,325
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To host educational activities to celebrate the life and work of labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez. www.cesarchavezday.org
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, Pasadena, CA $33,348.87
(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
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 $53,544.75
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To support women activists and their non-governmental agencies in the Balkan states.
Helping American Veterans Endure (H.A.V.E.), Santa Rosa, CA $652.25
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To change the way the Veterans Administration healthcare system provides for the nutritional and emotional needs of veterans. www.HAVE-Vets.org
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
Insight Garden Program at San Quentin, Berkeley, CA $581.25
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To rehabilitate prisoners, by teaching constructive vocational and life skills through the process of organic gardening. 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 $23,250
(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
Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance, Palo Alto, CA $488.25
(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 $618.45
(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
OXFAM America, Boston, MA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.oxfamamerica.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
The Other Death Penalty Project, Lancaster, CA $1,500
(David R. Stern Fund and Frederick E. Pratt, MD Memorial Fund Grants)
To pay for the distribution of organizational materials to prisoner participants and marketing efforts to influence public opinion with the goal of abolishing the use of the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. www.theotherdeathpenalty.org
To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, Kentfield, CA $5,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To enrich the lives of those living with breast cancer. www.tocelebratelife.org
UCSF Foundation, San Francisco, CA $1,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
General support. www.ucsf.edu/support
UCSF Gail W. Stern Breast Cancer Nursing Fund, San Francisco, CA $4,000
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To support nursing education with the goal of sustaining and improving the breast cancer nursing practice at the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center. www.ucsfbreastcarecenter.org
WeAreChangeLA, Simi Valley, CA $748.65
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To reveal the truth behind the events of September 11th, and behind the private banking cartel of the military industrial complex that is directing the majority of US policy. www.wacla.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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Community ORV Watch (COW), San Francisco, CA $5,208
(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)
General support. www.fseee.org
Friends of Golden Gateway (FOGG), San Francisco, CA $24,119.55
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To seek permanent protection of the open recreational space located at 8 Washington Street.
www.fogg.us
Greenpeace Fund, Washington DC $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.greenpeacefund.org
People for Children's Health & Environmental Justice, Vallejo, CA $930
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To inform communities about the adverse health effects of toxic contamination in the environment.
Roots of Equality, Los Angeles, CA $2,985.30
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To organize grassroots efforts to protect existing rights and combat discriminatory legislation, initiatives, and laws based on sexuality. www.rootsofequality.org
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)
General support. www.ucsusa.org
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA $23,250
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To engage community members in identifying causes of environmental injustice, and in creating and implementing solutions through informed participation in decision-making and policy change.
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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Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of Orange County (CLUE O.C.), Los Angeles, CA $1,000
(Emmy Lefson Memorial Fund for Peace, Social Justice & Human Rights and The Agape Foundation Board of Trustees Grants)
To pay salaries to interns from evangelical colleges working on the following campaigns: supporting Disney workers in their struggle to maintain affordable health insurance; working to educate state legislatures about the faith call to moral budgeting; and organizing evangelical and other faith leaders to participate in a Homelessness Task Force in the City of Anaheim. www.clueca.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
9to5 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA $3,000
(Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace & Social Justice, 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 grow and strengthen the new Los Angeles chapter by increasing membership, developing low-income leadership, and working with community allies to win economic justice for low-wage working women and their families. www.9to5losangeles.org
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/~odw/
Our Developing World, Saratoga, CA $325.65
(Vic & Barby Ulmer 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/~odw/
San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, San Francisco, CA $351.28
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To build a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to achieve economic justice. www.livingwage-sf.org
Wage Justice Center, Los Angeles, CA $3,000
(Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace & Social Justice, Frederick E. Pratt, MD Memorial Fund, and Emmy Lefson Memorial Fund for Peace, Social Justice & Human Rights Grants)
To increase low-wage worker empowerment through the disgorgement of unpaid wages from exploitative employers and education for workers, advocates, and legal service providers on the best legal strategies and tactics for collecting unpaid wages. www.wagejustice.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 $14,922.78
(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 $29,601.90
(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 $4,910.40
(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 $372
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To create in-depth television coverage of progressive topics to inspire viewers to participate in the "groundswell" of positive social change.
KQED TV/FM, San Francisco, CA $100
(Wally & Joan MacDonald Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
General support. www.kqed.org
Left Turn, San Francisco, CA $186
(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
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco, CA $2,500
(David R. Stern Fund Grant)
To screen the film, Shouting Fire, during a three-week summer film festival that expands notions of Jewish identity and culture. www.sfjff.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 $2,300
(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.
ASK Academy, Brisbane, CA $348.75
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To empower teachers, youth development workers, and business owners in helping schools and surrounding communities create safe and welcoming environments that support Equitable Learning and Social Justice. www.askacademy.org
Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology, Berkeley, CA $5,000
(Michael Ubell & Paula Hawthorn Donor-Advised Fund Grant)
To support ethnic minorities and women in their desire to become leaders in the fields of computer science, engineering and information technology. www.bfoit.org
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
Development Executives Roundtable, San Francisco, CA $8,899.17
(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 $483
(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.
Ignite, San Francisco, CA $2,790
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To empower young women to become civic leaders in their communities and eventually run for elected office.
Ignite, San Francisco, CA $5,000
(David R. Stern Fund and Wayne R. Hultgren Memorial Fund for Peace & Social Justice Grants)
For stipends for 12 low-income young women at Gateway High School in their pilot program to empower them to become civic leaders in their communities and to pay for a portion of their program director’s time to implement that program.
Inspiring Multicultural Understanding (IMU), Mill Valley, CA $55.80
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To pilot programs in California high schools focused on reducing bullying and increasing student connections across race and culture.
Leroy Johnson, Lexington, MS $3,000
(Leadership Support Group Fund Grant)
To support social justice movement building and non-profit leadership development in the Southeastern United States.
New Leaders Council, San Francisco, CA $1,023
(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
Salinas Action League, Salinas, CA $120.90
(Fiscal Sponsorship Grant)
To provide a vehicle for taking concerted local action on issues. www.salinasaction.org
Southern Echo, Jackson, MS $100,000
(Leadership Support Group Fund Grant)
To empower the African-American community through an inter-generational model of grassroots community organizing. www.southernecho.org
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