Awarded June 2006
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.
SAHRA ABDI
San Diego, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2006 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
ALL FOR HEALTH, HEALTH FOR ALL, INC.
Glendale, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services for underserved residents of Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and neighboring cities.
ALMANOR BASIN COMMUNITY CORPORATION
Chester, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide a range of healthy aging services, including preventive health care, food assistance and in-home support for seniors in the rural Almanor Basin region of Plumas County.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY
Tustin, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue the provision of adult mentors for at-risk youth throughout Orange County, as a violence prevention strategy.
CALIFORNIA HEALTH ADVOCATES
Sacramento, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide education and advocacy for California’s Medicare beneficiaries and their families.
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION/NETWORK OF ETHNIC PHYSICIAN ORGANIZATIONS
Sacramento, CA
$200,000 over three years
For the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations to enable ethnic physicians to advocate for improved health care and increased health workforce diversity in their communities statewide.
CALIFORNIA PAN-ETHNIC HEALTH NETWORK
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to advocate for public policies that improve the health of communities of color in California.
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION/CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY, CALIFORNIA RESEARCH BUREAU
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over two years
To support the California Research Bureau in conducting research and public policy forums to inform policymakers, service providers and others about the mental health and social connectedness of runaway and homeless youth across the state.
CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Oakland, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain public policy efforts that help protect Californians from environmental health hazards.
CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide health and wellness services to young women involved with the juvenile justice system in the Bay Area.
CENTER ON RACE, POVERTY, & ENVIRONMENT
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate policymakers and provide legal, technical and organizing assistance to communities facing environmental health threats in Kern, Kings, Fresno and Tulare Counties.
CENTER ON RACE, POVERTY, & ENVIRONMENT
San Francisco, CA
$165,000 over three years
To support the Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, which advocates for policies and regulations that improve air quality and educates community residents on health issues related to air quality.
CHILDREN NOW
Oakland, CA
$100,000 over two years
To support efforts to educate and inform policymakers about expanding access to California’s after-school programs, as a violence prevention strategy.
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND
Oakland, CA
$240,000 over three years
For core operating support for the FACES for the Future program to continue to provide academic support and health career development for underrepresented minority youth in Alameda County.
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
San Francisco, CA
$180,000 over three years
To support the Worker Organizing Center to provide occupational health and safety education and leadership development training to immigrant Chinese restaurant and garment workers in the Bay Area.
CLINICAS DEL CAMINO REAL, INC.
Ventura, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support for a mobile clinic to continue to provide dental and health education and services to farmworkers in Ventura County.
COALITION FOR CLEAN AIR
Los Angeles, CA
$165,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate policymakers and the general public on the health effects of air pollution and ways to reduce air pollution in California.
THE COMMUNITY CLINIC CONSORTIUM OF CONTRA COSTA
San Pablo, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen infrastructure and sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC./FALLBROOK FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
Fallbrook, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Fallbrook Family Health Center to continue to provide reproductive health services to low-income women in rural San Diego County.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Los Angeles, CA
$250,000 over two years
To coordinate a retreat for TCWF grantees advocating for improved public policies on environmental health throughout California.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over two years
To coordinate two annual conferences for TCWF grantees and other interested parties to promote networking and sharing of best practices on the issue of transition-age youth.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS/CONSEJO DE FEDERACIONES MEXICANAS EN NORTE AMERICA
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
To build the capacity of membership to advocate for policies that improve the health of California’s immigrants.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS/PASADENA BIRTHING PROJECT
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000 over three years
For the Pasadena Birthing Project to address preterm births, low-birthweight babies and infant mortality in Pasadena.
DENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue advocacy efforts to increase access to dental care for underserved Californians and to strengthen organizational infrastructure.
MARGARET DIAZ
Victorville, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2006 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
FIELD RESEARCH CORPORATION
San Francisco, CA
$300,000 over two years
To place health and health policy questions on statewide public opinion surveys, and to examine and update public opinion on such topics.
GOLDEN CARE WORKFORCE INSTITUTE
San Diego, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide Certified Nursing Assistant training to low-income individuals in San Diego.
HEALTH INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH INC.
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of sexuality education and teen pregnancy prevention services for teens in San Francisco and Oakland.
HEALTHY TEEN NETWORK
Washington, DC
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen technical assistance capacity focused on adolescent reproductive health issues and to expand membership services in California.
HORIZONS FOUNDATION
San Francisco, CA
$400,000 over two years
To support a project to promote healthy aging among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors in Bay Area counties through a regranting, technical assistance and convening program.
INTERFAITH COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to strengthen the capacity of religious and immigrant communities to advocate for state policies that protect and increase access to health care and social services for immigrants.
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES FOR HEALTH/MOTHERNET L. A.
Sterling, VA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support for MotherNet L.A. to continue to provide health access and referal activities to low-income families in the city of Compton.
JEFFERSON UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT/DALY CITY YOUTH HEALTH CENTER
Daly City, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Daly City Youth Health Center to continue to provide reproductive health services targeting teens in Daly City and surrounding communities.
JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES, INC.
Washington, DC
$120,000 over three years
For The Sullivan Alliance to work with educational institutions in California to increase diversity in the health professions.
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
San Francisco, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate policymakers, advocates and communities about the environmental health issues affecting Latino communities in California.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS, INC.
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over two years
To support an expansion of the agency’s legal services capacity to address Medicare Part D appeals cases and other health-related legal concerns for low-income seniors in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties.
LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue legal policy research and analysis, educational outreach and advocacy efforts to prevent gun violence in California.
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide vision rehabilitation services to blind and visually impaired seniors of Del Norte, Humboldt and Marin Counties.
LITERACY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
San Francisco, CA
$160,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide environmental health education, community organizing and youth empowerment projects that address the health concerns of Bayview Hunters Point and other low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco.
LOS ANGELES YOUTH NETWORK
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide safe housing and mental health services for homeless and runaway youth in Los Angeles County.
MATERNAL OUTREACH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Santa Ana, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide perinatal case management services to pregnant and parenting, low-income women in Orange County.
MENDOCINO COAST CLINIC
Fort Bragg, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services for underserved residents along the Mendocino coast.
MOSS BEACH HOMES, INC.
Daly City, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Experience Corps Bay Area intergenerational volunteer-based tutoring program to continue to improve the health of seniors in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.
MOUNTAIN VALLEYS HEALTH CENTERS
Bieber, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide primary health care services for underserved residents in four rural counties.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY
Oakland, CA
$300,000 over three years
For support to organize a 10-city network to educate and inform municipalities and policymakers on strategies to prevent the adverse community impact of youth gang violence.
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate policymakers, advocates and opinion leaders about policies affecting immigrant access to health care in California and to strengthen communications infrastructure.
NEW MORNING YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
Placerville, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Children’s Shelter to continue to provide mental health and supportive services for runaway and homeless youth in El Dorado County.
OGILVY PUBLIC RELATIONS WORLDWIDE
Sacramento, CA
$200,000 over 6 months
To conduct media outreach to promote a newly developed health careers website in California.
OPERATION SAFE HOUSE, INC.
Riverside, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide mental health and other supportive services through emergency shelter and transitional living programs for homeless teens and transition-age youth in Riverside County.
PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over three years
To support a three-year project aimed at expanding the capacity of California’s ethnic media to cover environmental health issues.
PEOPLE AND CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER FOR STOCKTON, INC.
Stockton, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen organizational capacity to continue to mobilize the community to advocate for increased access to health care services in low-income neighborhoods of Stockton and East Lodi.
PEOPLE RESOURCES, INC.
Woodland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide nutritious meals at home and in congregate settings to improve the health of seniors in Yolo County.
PROJECT AMIGA
South El Monte, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support a pregnancy prevention program targeting sexually active, at-risk young males in East Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley.
PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL
San Diego, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Border Health Initiative to continue to provide capacity and network-building services to improve access to health care for underserved communities in the California/Baja California border region.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CALIFORNIA ADOLESCENT HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to inform the development of policies and coordinate advocacy efforts to improve adolescent health.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CENTER FOR CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS
Oakland, CA
$1,500,000 over three years
To support the Center for Civic Partnerships to implement an organizational technical support program for TCWF grantees working to improve the health of underserved populations in California.
PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS
New York, NY
$80,000 over two years
For the California Fulfilling the Dream Fund to support organizations working to increase diversity in the health professions in California.
THE RECTOR WARDENS & VESTRY OF THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR IN SAN GABRIEL, CALIFORNIA/OUR SAVIOUR CENTER, CLEAVER FAMILY WELLNESS
San Gabriel, CA
$240,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Cleaver Family Wellness Clinic to continue to provide clinical health services to uninsured and underinsured women in the El Monte area.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY/LABOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Berkeley, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Labor Occupational Health Program to sustain efforts to improve health and safety conditions for youth and immigrant workers in California.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES/CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over three years
To support the Center for Health Policy Research to pursue a set of data collection, analyses, printed and Internet products, and dissemination activities to strengthen understanding about significant healthy aging issues in California.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
Los Angeles, CA
$160,000 over three years
To support the Southern California Education and Research Center to train health providers and employers on identifying and treating workplace illness and injury of low-wage workers in the Los Angeles area.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Los Angeles, CA
$270,000 over three years
For the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health to recruit and provide scholarships for underrepresented ethnic minority students.
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT/CALIFORNIA-MEXICO HEALTH INITIATIVE
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
To support the California-Mexico Health Initiative Collaborative Border Health Project to develop a plan to address the health and health care needs of residents in the Imperial County border area.
SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY CLINIC ASSOCIATION
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen operations and infrastructure to better serve clinic members in the Sacramento region.
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
San Francisco, CA
$180,000 over two years
To support the Environmental Health and Justice Initiative to improve air quality through regranting, technical assistance and local and regional policy advocacy.
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FUNDS/AT THE CROSSROADS
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for At The Crossroads to continue to provide mental health services and other assistance to homeless, transition-age youth in San Francisco County.
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FUNDS/SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to advocate for policies that strengthen San Francisco’s nonprofit sector and preserve health and welfare services to the city’s underserved.
SISTERSONG
Atlanta, GA
$50,000 over 3 months
To plan and implement a conference in Los Angeles addressing reproductive justice.
SIX RIVERS PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Eureka, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide reproductive health services to women in Trinity, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF ORANGE/PUENTE A LA SALUD
Orange, CA
$195,000 over three years
For core operating support for the mobile clinic program, Puente a La Salud, to continue to provide vision education, eye exams and treatment to agricultural workers in Orange County.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE, INC.
San Diego, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Toussaint Academy of the Arts and Sciences to continue to provide mental health and supportive housing services for homeless and formerly homeless, transition-age youth in San Diego County.
ANTHONY THIGPENN
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2006 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
TIDES CENTER/LATINO COALITION FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to build the capacity of community-based Latino organizations to inform the development of public policies and services to improve Latino health and to strengthen its organizational infrastructure.
UNCOMMON GOOD
Claremont, CA
$240,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Adopt an Angel program to continue to provide debt relief to minority physicians providing care at community clinics in Los Angeles.
VALLEY COMMUNITY CLINIC
North Hollywood, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of peer-driven reproductive health services and education for teens in the San Fernando Valley.
VISION USA CALIFORNIA
Sacramento, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide vision screening, education, care and referrals to low-wage workers and their families throughout California.
VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC
Vista, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Farm Worker Health and Safety Program to continue to provide health education and services to migrant farmworkers in northern San Diego County.
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
Los Angeles, CA
$180,000 over three years
To support continued monitoring and enforcement of Los Angeles County’s compliance with federal court-ordered improvements in mental health services for children and youth who are in, or at risk of entering, foster care.
WOMEN’S CARE COTTAGE
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to improve the health of homeless women and children in Los Angeles.
WORKSAFE, INC.
Oakland, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to educate policymakers on issues of occupational safety and health for low-wage workers.
YOUTH ALIVE
Oakland, CA
$175,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain provision of youth violence prevention services in Oakland and Los Angeles, and to implement capacity-building activities to diversify funding sources.
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