Grant Summary
2012 Grant Summary
The Parker Foundation Summary of Grants Approved Fiscal Year 10/1/11 – 9/30/12
| I. Cultural (17.21%) | |
| A. Visual Arts (17.95%) | |
| Oceanside Museum of Art, for costs to develop and test universal design strategies for exhibition (11/2/11) | $ 18,000.00 |
| Timken Museum of Art, for exhibition & publication planning (11/2/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Museum of Photographic Arts, for “Soapbox: The Audience Speaks!” project (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| $ 63,000.00 | |
| B. Performing Arts (47.86%) | |
| La Jolla Playhouse, for Enhance the Patron Experience Initiative (2/16/12) | $ 33,000.00 |
| Culture Shock San Diego, for 20th Anniversary International Choreographer’s Showcase (3/22/12) | $ 15,000.00 |
| Orchestra Nova, for marketing and outreach efforts (4/25/12) | $ 50,000.00 |
| Malashock Dance, for salary for Development/Administrative Associate position (7/19/12) | $ 70,000.00 |
| $ 240,000.00 | |
| C. Museums/Zoo (34.19%) | |
| Women’s Museum of California, for relocation costs (2/16/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| New Children’s Museum, for Consultant Fee for the Audience Survey & Membership Program analysis (3/22/12) | $ 35,000.00 |
| San Diego Museum of Man, for Marketing Manager salary (9/5/12) | $ 60,000.00 |
| $ 120,000.00 | |
| $ 351,000.00 | |
| II. Adult and Youth Services (27.87%) | |
| A. Adult Services (68.87%) | |
| International Rescue Committee, for operating costs for new El Cajon facility (11/2/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Move San Diego, for general operations and programming (11/2/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| San Diego Armed Services YMCA, for capacity building plan for the data management system & website upgrade (11/2/11) | $ 35,000.00 |
| San Diego Freedom Ranch, for predevelopment costs to expand facility (11/2/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Senior Community Centers, for salary for Older Adult Rehabilitation Specialist (11/2/11) | $ 40,000.00 |
| Meals-on-Wheels, to purchase a van (12/9/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing, to match the Leichtag Family Foundation capacity building training grant (12/9/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| YWCA of San Diego County, for Communities Free from Violence project (2/16/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Third Avenue Charitable Organization (TACO), for Empty Bowls project for medically fragile clients (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Community Resource Center, for Keys to Housing Initiative-Phase 1 (Fiscal Agent) (6/7/12) | $ 6,500.00 |
| Center for Community Solutions, for You Are the Solution, volunteer program (7/19/12) | $ 30,000.00 |
| Somali Family Service of San Diego, for Leadership in Our Neighborhood (LION) program (7/19/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| YMCA of San Diego County, for capital project for new facility (7/19/12) | $ 100,000.00 |
| Generate Hope, for Learning Center Teacher salary (9/5/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| $ 391,500.00 | |
| B. Youth Services (31.13%) | |
| St. Vincent de Paul Village, for core operating expenses for Village Child Development Center (11/2/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| ConTribute, for Council in Schools initiative for youth affected by incarceration (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Oceanside, for Be GREAT: Graduate project (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Playwrights Project, for general operating support (3/22/12) | $ 12,000.00 |
| Armed Services YMCA, for 2012 Children’s Summer Programs at Camp Pendleton (3/22/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Kids Included Together, for costs to purchase eLearning module-Including Children with Autism, Part 1 (6/7/12) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Angels Foster Family Network, for Parent Training program (7/19/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Boys & Girls Club of East County, for Career Exploration Series with Grossmont Union High School (9/5/12) | $ 15,000.00 |
| United Way, for City Heights Partnership for Children Project Manager (9/5/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| $ 177,000.00 | |
| $ 568,500.00 | |
| III. Medical (5.78%) | |
| Planned Parenthood, for consultant fees and program operating expenses for Preparing to Thrive Under Health Care Reform project (11/2/11) | $ 60,000.00 |
| Children’s Dental Health Association, for school based Dental Health program (12/9/11) | $ 11,000.00 |
| Challenge Center, for general operating support (3/22/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| San Diego Human Dignity Foundation, for San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (9/5/12) | $ 10,000.00 |
| San Ysidro Health Center, for equipment for its Pediatric Development Clinic (9/5/12) | $ 12,000.00 |
| $ 118,000.00 | |
| IV. Education (19.14%) | |
| San Diego Education Fund, for capacity building (12/9/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Point Loma Nazarene University, for transportation costs for Lincoln High students to attend University Now (2/16/12) | $ 18,000.00 |
| CONNECT, for Entrepreneurs for Young Innovators program (2/16/12) | $ 50,000.00 |
| San Diego Grantmakers, for America’s Finest Education Initiative (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Reality Changers, for Senior Academy College Counseling program (3/22/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Reading Legacies, for development software and related salary for development associate (3/22/12) | $ 13,000.00 |
| UCSD Foundation, for Save Our Children’s Sight eye mobile program (4/25/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, for foster youth education project (4/25/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| San Diego Public Library, for capacity building for new Central Library project (7/19/12) | $ 150,000.00 |
| Mira Costa College Foundation, for a part-time major gifts officer (9/5/12) | $ 30,000.00 |
| Space 4 Art (So Say We All), for construction of mobile, modular, temporary classrooms for arts education (9/5/12) | $ 12,000.00 |
| Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for Diamond Neighborhood Education Working Group (4/25/12) | $ 12,500.00 |
| $ 390,500.00 | |
| V. Community Activities and Misc. (25.10%) | |
| Center for Ethics in Science & Technology, to expand public access to the “Henrietta Lacks Series” (11/2/11) | $ 30,000.00 |
| 211 San Diego, for Disaster Preparedness program (11/2/11) | $ 7,500.00 |
| San Diego Foundation, for Balboa Park 2015 Celebration Committee (11/2/11) | $ 50,000.00 |
| ACLU Foundation, for salary for Escondido Field Organizer (12/9/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| National Conflict Resolution Center, for Phase 1 of “”The Exchange”” conflict Resolution Strategy Evaluation Project (2/16/12) | $ 50,000.00 |
| Foundation for Change, for Leadership Development Initiative for immigrant and under-represented communities (2/16/12) | $ 30,000.00 |
| I Love a Clean San Diego, for database reprogramming project (3/22/12) | $ 12,000.00 |
| Urban League of San Diego, to purchase of a van for the Peace & Unity for Our Community Coalition (3/22/12) | $ 30,000.00 |
| Equality Alliance of San Diego County, to You Are America campaign to increase applications for citizenship (4/25/12) | $ 25,000.00 |
| 211 San Diego, for new generator (7/19/12) | $ 50,000.00 |
| Little Saigon San Diego Foundation, for office space and equipment (7/19/12) | $ 20,000.00 |
| San Diego Grantmakers, for 2012 Annual Conference (7/19/12) | $ 2,500.00 |
| South Bay Community Services, for US Dept of Education Promise Neighborhoods Implementation Grant program (7/19/12) | $ 75,000.00 |
| Mission Edge San Diego, for Cluster Program for back office nonprofit support (7/19/12) | $ 100,000.00 |
| San Diego Housing Federation, for training Resident Services staff (9/5/12) | $ 5,000.00 |
| $ 512,000.00 | |
| VI. Environment (4.90%) | |
| San Diego River Park Foundation, for Development Director salary (4/25/12) | $ 80,000.00 |
| KidsEcoClub, for costs to establish and support school based environmental clubs (11/2/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| $100,000.00 | |
| TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED | $ 2,040,000.00 |