Grant Summary
2011 Grant Summary
The Parker Foundation Summary of Grants Approved Fiscal Year 10/1/10 – 9/30/11
| I. Cultural (17.21%) | |
| A. Visual Arts (6.82%) | |
| Media Arts Center San Diego, for equipment and lab manager’s salary (11/18/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Americans for the Arts, for Cultural Tourism: Impact for the Visitor, the Artists, and the Local Economy session/San Diego Conference (2/17/11) |
$ 5,000.00 |
| $ 30,000.00 | |
| B. Performing Arts (54.55%) | |
| San Diego Repertory Theatre, for production costs for Let Me Down Easy (12/21/10) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, for infrastructure growth plan (2/17/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, for printing costs for the 20 Years of Exhibitions catalog book (4/7/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| San Diego Opera Association, to purchase of pARTicipate software to enhance social networking capabilities (4/7/11) | $ 75,000.00 |
| Mainly Mozart, for Advance Campaign (5/11/11) | $ 30,000.00 |
| San Diego Children’s Choir, to upgrade website/communication, marketing & special events manager (5/11/11) |
$ 20,000.00 |
| Moonlight Cultural Foundation, for salary for part-time development associate (8/25/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| San Diego Ballet/San Diego Dance Theatre, for Internet Marketing Professional (8/25/11) | $ 35,000.00 |
| $ 240,000.00 | |
| C. Museums/Zoo (27%) | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, for forklift and storage racks for new facility (11/18/10) | $ 75,000.00 |
| Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, for Visitor Parking System (11/18/10) | $ 60,000.00 |
| San Diego Air & Space Museum, for high density shelving for film archives (2/17/11) | $ 35,000.00 |
| $ 170,000.00 | |
| $ 440,000.00 | |
| II. Adult and Youth Services (39.47%) | |
| A. Adult Services (46.54%) | |
| San Diego Workforce Partnership, for the Workforce Collaborative (11/18/10) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Elder Law & Advocacy, for Nursing Home Rights Enforcement project (11/18/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Interfaith Shelter Network, for operating costs for the El Nido Transitional Housing program (12/21/10) | $ 7,000.00 |
| Ladle Fellowship, for operating costs (12/21/10) | $ 10,000.00 |
| San Diego Habitat for Humanity, for Resource Development Initiative (11/18/10) | $ 30,000.00 |
| Regional Task Force for the Homeless, for $10 gift cards for PITC participants (12/21/10) | $ 1,000.00 |
| Homeaid San Diego, for shelter development projects (4/7/11) | $ 30,000.00 |
| California Western School of Law, for Community Law Project to provide assistance to low-income/homeless (5/11/11) |
$ 10,000.00 |
| ElderHelp, for volunteer recruitment coordinator staff position (5/11/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| SAY San Diego-Healthy Start Military Family Resource Center, for 24/7 Parenting: SOS program (5/11/11) |
$ 30,000.00 |
| Stepping Stone of San Diego, for development operations (5/11/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Regional Task Force for the Homeless, for Expenses for Point-in-Time-Count (PITC) (7/13/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| San Diego Human Dignity Foundation, to support the San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative (7/13/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Fallbrook Food Pantry, for holiday meals (11/18/10) | $ 1,500.00 |
| Feeding America, for purchase of cold storage units (12/21/10) | $ 50,000.00 |
| Home Start, for Financial Opportunity Center (8/25/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center, for operating expenses for Sophie’s Gallery (9/22/11) | $ 5,000.00 |
| $ 309,500.00 | |
| B. Youth Services (53.46%) | |
| San Diego Youth & Community Services, for Expressive Arts Therapy project (11/18/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| San Diego Youth & Community Services, for Child Welfare Collaborative at San Diego Grantmakers | $ 2,500.00 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters, for Neighborhood Investment Project in Mid-City and South Bay (11/18/10) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Outdoor Outreach, for capacity building (12/21/10) | $ 12,000.00 |
| San Diego Center for Children, for salary for Outcomes Manager (12/21/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| North County Lifeline, for non-personnel expenses for Civic Leadership Project (2/17/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Escondido Children’s Museum, for operating expenses to support programs and exhibitions during transition to new facility (4/7/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| A New PATH, for Moms United to End the War on Drugs campaign (5/11/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| Casa Cornelia Legal Services, for Children’s Program for unaccompanied immigrant children (5/11/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| TERI, Inc., for Retain Nonprofit Finance Fund to develop business plan for sustainable enhancement (7/13/11) |
$ 25,000.00 |
| Just In Time for Foster Youth, for salary for Volunteer Director (7/13/11) | $ 35,000.00 |
| San Diego Adaptive Sports Foundation, for Salary Program Dir. and operating expenses for Adaptive Sports program (8/25/11) |
$ 15,000.00 |
| Emilio Nares Foundation, for salary for Development/Business & strategic planning process(8/25/11) | $ 15,500.00 |
| San Diego Youth Services, for expenses for Transition Aged Youth (TAY) Academy (8/25/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| TEDxYouth San Diego, for Transportation costs for November 20, 2011 program to inspire San Diego youth for community involvement (8/25/11) | $ 2,500.00 |
| Tariq Khamisa Foundation, for Resource Development project (8/25/11) | $ 35,000.00 |
| A Reason to Survive (ARTS), for strategic plan and staff development (9/22/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| Pro Kids Golf Academy, for technology equipment for City Heights facility (9/22/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| STAR PAL, for Capacity building | $ 25,000.00 |
| $ 355,500.00 | |
| $ 665,000.00 | |
| III. Medical (8.37%) | |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities, for purchase of a refrigerated truck (12/21/10) | $ 11,000.00 |
| Family Health Centers of San Diego, for Project BASTA! (4/7/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Community Health Improvement Partners, for operational support to establish Accounting and Human Resources departments(5/11/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Fresh Start Surgical Gifts, for one surgery weekend (5/11/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| La Maestra Community Health Centers, for Volunteer Coordinator for new volunteer program (7/13/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Sharp Healthcare Foundation, for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Navigator Program at Sharp Mary Birch (7/13/11) |
$ 50,000.00 |
| Parkinson’s Association of San Diego, for In-home Respite Care program (9/22/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| $ 141,000.00 | |
| IV. Education (11.28%) | |
| Cultivating Brilliance, for OPEN GATE program at Darnell Charter School (12/21/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Young Audiences of San Diego, for capacity building for Educational Services program (12/21/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Villa Musica, for capacity building (2/17/11) | $ 4,000.00 |
| South Bay Community Services, for teacher’s salary for Mi Escuelita Preschool (2/17/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| Villa Musica, for capacity building (4/7/11) | $ 1,000.00 |
| Monarch School Project, for capital expense for new high school (7/13/11) | $ 100,000.00 |
| North County Trade Tech High School, for salary for Project SEE (School of Environmental Education) Manager (7/13/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| $ 190,000.00 | |
| V. Community Activities and Misc. (13.86%) | |
| Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for Writerzblock $15k/Project Safe Way $10k (11/18/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Balboa Park Collaborative, salary of a full-time editor for the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (11/18/10) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, for audience evaluation and professional development (11/18/10) | $ 25,000.00 |
| Thomas Jefferson School of Law, for student training in East County for its mediation program (5/11/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Watchdog Institute, for a planning grant (5/11/11) | $ 25,000.00 |
| San Diego Grantmakers, for 2011 Annual Conference (7/13/11) | $ 2,500.00 |
| Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, for San Diego Neighborhood Funders 2011 Membership (7/13/11) |
$ 7,500.00 |
| Bayside Community Center, for guidance counseling program for high school students (8/25/11) | $ 20,000.00 |
| Public Conservations West, for Expenses for Grantmakers conference and operating expenses (8/25/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Japanese Friendship Garden Society, for membership and donor cultivation software (9/22/11) | $ 22,500.00 |
| Chicano Federation, for rent for six months ($15,000) and to support expenses related to the establishment of a new office lobby and Community Resource Center ($31,000)(9/22/11) |
$ 46,000.00 |
| Equinox Center, for San Diego Quality of Life: "It’s Personal" project (9/22/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| San Diego Police Foundation, for upgrading technology infrastructure (9/22/11) | $ 15,000.00 |
| $ 233,500.00 | |
| VI. Environment (1.65%) | |
| Friends of Hellhole Canyon Open Space, for purchase and preserve of a 40-acre environmentally critical parcel of private land (4/7/11) | $ 10,000.00 |
| Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy, for tools, equipment and snake gaiters (4/7/11) | $ 5,200.00 |
| $15,200.00 | |
| TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED | $ 1,684,700.00 |