Northern
California Environmental Grassroots Fund
The
Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund is a pooled
fund that helps bridge the gap between organized philanthropy
and small, community-based environmental organizations.
For
more info on the Northern California
Grassroots Fund or a complete grants
list for the Grassroots Fund
Central California Environmental Justice
Network
In Delano, for General Support $5,000
Supports community-based efforts to reduce environmental degradation
in underserved, rural Central Valley communities.
Eco-PREP
In Humboldt County, for General Support $5,000
Supports expansion of an environmental education program for
at-risk youth in six Humboldt County court and community schools.
Friends
of Del Norte
In Del Norte County, for Restoring the West's Largest Coastal
Lagoon to Wildness $5,000
Supports the protection and restoration of the Lake Earl coastal
lagoon, the largest estuarine lagoon in the western United States
(excluding Alaska).
Friends
of the Swainsonıs Hawk
In Sacramento, for Natomas Basin Habitat Protection $3,000
Supports public education and litigation to protect and restore
the habitat of the Swainsonıs Hawk.
Hayes
Valley Neighborhood Parks Group
In San
Francisco, for Koshland Park Community Learning Garden $3,000
Supports start-up costs for an after school program focusing
on garden lessons, food production, composting and teamwork
for youth ages seven to twelve in the underserved Hayes Valley
neighborhood of San Francisco.
Resource
Restoration
In Whitethorn,
for Leadership Project $5,000
Supports the protection and restoration of public resources
in the North Coast area, including water quality, wildlife populations
and habitat preservation.
Rush
Ranch Education Center
In Fairfield, for Outreach and Education Programs
$4,000 Supports outreach and education programs for school children
in collaboration with the Solano Land Trust.
TOTAL
GRASSROOTS FUND $30,000.00
Privacy
Rights Fund
The Privacy Rights Fund supports California-based projects dedicated
to the preservation and/or advocacy of consumer privacy rights.
For
more information on the Privacy Rights Fund and a complete lists
of Privacy Rights Grants
CalPIRG
Charitable Trust
For Protecting the Privacy of Consumers in California $30,000
Supports outreach efforts designed to broaden the constituency
in California for increased privacy; complete research and release
a report on identity theft; and conduct related media outreach.
Consumer
Action
For Consumer
Privacy Education and Advocacy Project $47,000
Supports capacity building of community-based organizations
to respond to identity theft, and to build support for policy
efforts to increase privacy protections. Outreach includes multi-lingual
fact sheets and hotlines, and training workshops for groups
affiliated with the Consumer Action network.
CryptoRights
Foundation
For Highfire: A Humanitarian Communications Privacy System $40,000
Supports development of security software designed to protect
the internet communications of human rights activists worldwide.
After development, source codes will be available to the general
public, providing for widespread dissemination.
First
Amendment Project and Electronic Privacy Information Center
For California Consumer Privacy/ First Amendment Symposium $42,000
Supports the costs of a statewide symposium on privacy issues
and a related one-year fellowship.
Foundation
for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights and First Amendment Project
For A
Privacy Right for Californians $100,000
Supports personal privacy protection through research, reports,
media and public outreach, and developing model legislation.
Identity
Theft Resource Center
For General Support $100,631.77
Supports direct services to identity theft victims through a
widely-used website and hotline, as well as the production and
release of reports designed to help government agencies, law
enforcement, media and legislators understand identity theft
crime.
Privacy
Activism
For Carabella, Episode 2: Student Privacy $45,000
Supports the development of the web-based outreach game Carabella,
targeted towards college students. The game will address privacy
issues relevant to students, including how to protect their
personal information.
Privacy
Rights Clearinghouse
For General Support $140,000
Supports research and outreach on consumer privacy issues, including
employment background checks, debt collection practices, and
other financial privacy issues. Some of the educational materials
(both printed and web-based) will be available in both Spanish
and English.
U.
C. Berkeley, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
Center for Clinical Education
For Privacy Programs $50,000
Supports programs to provide law students with hands-on experience
in privacy issues, including development of a policy framework
to guide ubiquitous computing (for example: ³smart² buildings
that record occupantsı actions), and model legislation.
TOTAL
PRIVACY RIGHTS FUND $594,631.77
Donor
Advised Funds
The Rose Foundation works closely with individual donors to
help them design and implement philanthropic goals.
Silicon
Valley Toxics Coalition $10,453.71
Supports community participation in the Santa Clara Basin Watershed
Management Initiative process. (Administered through the Foundationıs
Community Technical Support Program)
Southeast
Sector Community Development Corporation $4,500
Supports community-based investigation and advocacy related
to toxic contaminations in San Franciscoıs Bayview area.
Watershed
Watch Campaign $3,000
Funds watershed-based environmental education programs at the
San Jose Discovery Museum in collaboration with the Santa Clara
Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program.
Wheeler/Makdisi
Fund
The Wheeler/Makdisi Fund supports youth, education, arts, peace
and environmental programs.
New
Dimensions Foundation $100
Slow
Food USA $60
Oakland Museum of California Foundation $125
Urban Creeks Council Friends of 5 Creeks $3,000 Berkeley HS
Development Group $1,500
KPFA $1,500
Berkeley
Public Education Foundation $1,000
Lines Contemporary Ballet $250
Earth Team $1,000
Middle East Children's Alliance $1,500
Progress Unity Fund A.N.S.W.E.R. $1,500
San Francisco Foundation MoveOn $1,500
Berkeley High Men's Lacrosse $500
TOTAL DONOR
ADVISED FUNDS $31,488.71
Fiscal
Sponsorship Funds
The Rose Foundation provides sponsorship, development and management
assistance to selected projects whose goals directly further
the Foundationıs own mission.
Alliance for Clean Waterfront
For SFO/SF Bay Project 2000+ $24,440
Funds environmental community input into the proposed runway
expansion at San Francisco Airport, and the redevelopment of
San Franciscoıs waterfront.
Bhutan
to the Bay $1,527.50
Supports an archery-based cultural exchange program between
the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Bay Area.
California Solar Project $65,800
Supports
an environmental/labor partnership to promote residential solar
development and the creation of family wage jobs in the solar
industry.
O.W.L.
Foundation $15,085.35
Supports community-based advocacy to link development in Sonoma
County with the availability of groundwater supplies.
Richmond
Environmental Defense Fund $385.40
Supports advocacy of environmentally-sustainable growth in Richmond.
SANDecon
Project $6,580
Supports deconstruction of old buildings in San Diego by at-risk
youth, and the reuse of the recovered materials.
Waterfront
Action $3,619
Supports the development of a broad coalition advocating for
sustainable development and public access to Oaklandıs waterfront.
TOTAL
FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS $117,437.25
Prize
Awards and President's Fund
Anthony
Grassroots Activism Prize $1,000
Awarded to: Bryan von Lossberg As a volunteer for a host of
Lake Tahoe environmental groups, Mr. von Lossberg is working
to improve water quality in the Lake Tahoe area and helped organized
the Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival.
Meade
Clean Air Prize $1,000
Awarded to: Fresno Bee for the Last Gasp The Last Gasp is a
24-page special section of the Fresno Bee, published on December
15, 2002, that examines how air pollution in the San Joaquin
Valley became some of the worst in the nation.
President's
Fund $1,525
The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to
a variety of community and environmental projects.
TOTAL PRIZES and PRESIDENT'S FUND $3,525.00
