Awarded March-June, 2005
TCWF's Board of Directors approved the following grants in support of the Foundation's mission of improving the health of the people of California and to further its four goals: addressing the health needs of underserved communities, supporting and strengthening nonprofit organizations, recognizing and encouraging leaders, and informing the development of public policies. For current application guidelines, please see the preceding How To Apply pages.
ALLIANCE FOR RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
Ukiah, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the consortium’s infrastructure and sustain member clinics’ provision of primary and preventive health services.
ASIAN AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL CENTER, INC.
San Bernardino, CA
$100,000 over two years
To conduct a needs assessment, outreach and health education for senior immigrants and refugees – primarily from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam – in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
BEAR VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/BEAR VALLEY HEALTHY START
Big Bear Lake, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Bear Valley Healthy Start Program to continue to provide school-based health screenings and outreach services, linking children and families to local health, mental health and social services.
BROTHERS AGAINST GUNS INC.
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide education, intervention and comprehensive support services for youth in San Francisco as a violence prevention strategy.
CABRILLO COLLEGE FOUNDATION/CABRILLO COLLEGE, ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAM
Aptos, CA
$210,000 over three years
To provide customized academic, mentoring, and social supports for Latino health professions students in Santa Cruz County as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
CALEXICO NEW RIVER COMMITTEE, INC.
Calexico, CA
$125,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate community members and policymakers about the health hazards related to the pollution in the New River.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Sacramento, CA
$300,000 over two years
To provide statewide training and technical assistance about the Mental Health Services Act as it relates to transition-age youth.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO TRUST FOUNDATION/ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
Sacramento, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to prepare a diverse pool of students to enter the health professions as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
Oakland, CA
$210,000 over three years
To address health professions education and health workforce needs in a campaign to preserve access and enhance success in California community colleges and public universities as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
CENTER FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT INC.
Sacramento, CA
$145,000 over one year and six months
For the California Health Policy Forum to educate policymakers and their staffs about key health issues facing the state.
CENTER ON JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
For support to implement the New Options Initiative, a mental health strategy to reduce the number of youth in residential placements in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
CHICO FEMINIST WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER
Chico, CA
$210,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide reproductive health care to women in rural Northern California.
CHOICE USA
Washington, DC
$225,000 over three years
To build a sustained base of young Asian and Pacific Islander women to advocate for women’s health issues in California.
CLEAN WATER FUND
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue advocating for protective public policies related to cleaner and safer drinking water.
COMMON GROUND-THE WESTSIDE HIV COMMUNITY CENTER
Santa Monica, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Homeless Youth Peer Education program to provide mental health and other support services for runaway and homeless youth in Santa Monica and surrounding Westside communities.
COMMONWEAL
Bolinas, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for production and dissemination of a report on California spending for youth violence prevention programs.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Los Angeles, CA
$250,000 over two years
To coordinate annual conferences for TCWF grantees to promote networking and sharing of best practices in the area of work and health.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000 over one year
To coordinate a retreat for TCWF grantees advocating for improved public policies on environmental health.
CONGREGATIONS BUILDING COMMUNITY
Modesto, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to strengthen and build the community capacity to advocate for the preservation and expansion of health care services for low-income residents of Stanislaus County.
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA/ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the diabetes self-management program for seniors.
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue education, outreach and prevention efforts to promote environmental health.
FAMILY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Santa Ana, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of mental health services for youth in the foster care system in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
ELIA GALLARDO
Sacramento, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
GREENLINING INSTITUTE
Berkeley, CA
$150,000 over three years
To develop and expand a Bay Area collaborative working to increase diversity in the health professions as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
HEALTH ACCESS FOUNDATION
Oakland, CA
$500,000 over two years
For the Medicare Drug Implementation Collaborative to advocate for effective implementation of the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act in California.
SHERRY HIROTA
Oakland, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY BREAST HEALTH PROJECT
Arcata, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide breast and gynecological cancer education and support to Native American women and Latinas in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.
IMPERIAL VALLEY HEALTH AND HOUSING COALITION
Calexico, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health education and information and referral services to farmworkers and other low-wage workers and their families in Calexico.
INGLEWOOD COALITION FOR DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION/COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF HOMICIDE PREVENTION
Inglewood, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support the development of the Commission for the Study of Homicide Prevention to document and disseminate best practices for violence prevention programs statewide.
JEWISH COMMUNITY FREE CLINIC
Sebastopol, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health care to low-wage workers and their families in Cotati and nearby cities in Sonoma County.
LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION
Santa Monica, CA
$225,000 over two years
To sustain the provision of environmental health education and leadership training through the Environmental Justice Fund.
LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ALLIANCE
Los Angeles, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide holistic health education to low-income, indigenous women and girls in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles.
THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST URBAN FOUNDATION
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
To address health and wellness issues in underserved neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
NORTH COAST CLINICS NETWORK
Eureka, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the network’s infrastructure and sustain member clinics’ provision of primary and preventive health services.
NORTHERN SIERRA RURAL HEALTH NETWORK
Nevada City, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the network’s infrastructure and sustain member clinics’ provision of primary and preventive health services.
PENINSULA INTERFAITH ACTION
San Carlos, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to strengthen advocacy efforts to protect and expand health care access for low-income residents in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain essential health care and support services at the PathMall, a service center for homeless individuals and families.
PILIPINO WORKERS’ CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue providing health education and public policy advocacy to improve the health and well-being of low-wage Filipino immigrant workers in Los Angeles.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHASTA DIABLO, INC.
Concord, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide clinical services and health education for low-income and underserved women in Richmond and Vallejo.
POLICYLINK
Oakland, CA
$60,000 over six months
To explore the feasibility of and develop a plan for a multiyear effort to generate public support and build political will for fiscal reforms that enable the state to meet the health needs of Californians.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
Sacramento, CA
$200,000 over two years
For the Center for Collaborative Planning to provide logistics support for TCWF’s annual state health advocates retreat to discuss strategies and policies to improve the health of the people of California.
OTILIO QUINTERO
Santa Cruz, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
REDWOOD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
Eureka, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Youth Services Bureau’s case management, mental health and outreach services for the emergency shelter and transitional living programs serving runaway and homeless youth in Humboldt County.
REDWOOD COMMUNITY HEALTH COALITION
Santa Rosa, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to strenghten the consortium’s infrastructure and sustain member clinics’ provision of primary and preventive health services.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO/CENTER FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
San Francisco, CA
$300,000 over three years
To collect and disseminate information on efforts to address health care workforce shortages and health professions education, training and regulation as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO/LATINO CENTER FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Fresno, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen academic skills and increase awareness of health careers among economically and educationally disadvantaged students in Fresno as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
Sacramento, CA
$60,000 over six months
To explore the feasibility of and develop a plan for a multiyear effort to generate public support and build political will for fiscal reforms that enable the state to meet the health needs of Californians.
ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL GRASSROOTS FUND
Oakland, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund project, which provides environmental health education to underserved populations in Northern California.
SAC HEALTH SYSTEM
Loma Linda, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services for underserved residents of San Bernardino.
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FUNDS/ FOUNDATION CONSORTIUM FOR CALIFORNIA’S CHILDREN & YOUTH
Sacramento, CA
$300,000 over six months
For core operating support for the phase-down of health-related activities of the Foundation Consortium for California’s Children and Youth.
SHASTA CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
Redding, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the consortium’s infrastructure and sustain member clinics’ provision of primary and preventive health services.
SOUTH ASIAN NETWORK, INC.
Artesia, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the work of the Community Health Action Initiative program, a comprehensive effort to promote health and health care access for underserved South Asians in Southern California.
SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
Chula Vista, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain a violence prevention program for at-risk youth in Chula Vista and surrounding South Bay communities in San Diego County.
ST. JUDE MEDICAL CENTER
Fullerton, CA
$200,000 over three years
To provide primary health care services to low-income residents in the Richman Park area of Fullerton.
SWEATSHOP WATCH
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain policy advocacy efforts aimed at improving the health and well-being of garment workers.
SWEATSHOP WATCH/GARMENT WORKER CENTER
Los Angeles, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Garment Worker Center project to continue to provide occupational health and safety education to garment workers and to engage in policy advocacy to improve health and well-being in the workplace.
TIDES CENTER/GREENACTION FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
San Francisco, CA
$140,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide environmental health education, technical assistance and environmental justice organizing.
TIDES CENTER/LATINO COALITION FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
To convene stakeholders in order to inform policymakers and opinion leaders regarding the shortage of Latino health professionals as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
UNITED WAY OF ORANGE COUNTY/ RIGHT TRAK
Tustin, CA
$225,000 over three years
To support the Right Trak program, a video prevention program between local Boys and Girls Clubs, law enforcement agencies and other community-based organizations in Tustin, Anaheim and Santa Ana, as a violence prevention strategy.
VANGUARD PUBLIC FOUNDATION
San Francisco, CA
$175,000 over two years
To provide environmental health education through a regranting and technical assistance program targeting environmental health organizations and projects in the Central Valley.
MARIA VELASQUEZ
Shingletown, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
MARTIN WAUKAZOO
Oakland, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions as a strategy to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
SAYRE WEAVER
Brea, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2005 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
WISHTOYO FOUNDATION
Oxnard, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue environmental health education work.
WOMEN’S ACTION TO GAIN ECONOMIC SECURITY
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to train low-income women in housecleaning methods that use nontoxic cleaning materials, as a health promotion strategy.
WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain policy advocacy efforts to improve the health of low-wage workers with disabilities through employment-related approaches.
YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY/YMCA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES
San Diego, CA
$225,000 over three years
To support the Youth & Family Services division to provide mental health services at three transitional living program sites throughout San Diego County.
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