 Build and Protect Assets
To help low-wealth adults and families gain the financial assets and create the social networks that support long-term economic security. |
AnewAmerica Community Corporation -
$100,000
AnewAmerica works with first-generation immigrants to help them establish and maintain robust small businesses, increase their incomes, save for a more solid asset base, and achieve a better standard of living for their families. AnewAmerica is distinctive among local micro-enterprise programs: It focuses on helping clients develop socially responsible business practices and requires them to give back to their communities through volunteerism or participation in the political process.
Grant Amount:
$100,000 [2007],
$100,000 [2008]
, $100,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 03/29/2007 through 03/29/2012
Project Web Site:
www.anewamerica.org
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California Reinvestment Coalition -
$50,000
The mission of the California Reinvestment Coalition is to ensure fair access to quality financial services for low-income communities. Because many of its member organizations offer housing counseling, the Coalition is keenly aware of the need to expand loss-mitigation and foreclosure-prevention services. Last fall, it launched the California Homeownership Preservation Initiative, which has raised $5.3 million from financial institutions to expand the capacity of housing counseling agencies in California. This grant supports implementation of the initiative and the Coalition's advocacy on the foreclosure issue.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
, $50,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 03/31/2008 through 03/31/2010
Project Web Site:
www.calreinvest.org
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Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond -
$50,000
Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond was established in 1990 to address the rampant deterioration of housing, violence, and disinvestment plaguing North Richmond. Over time, it has become a highly effective developer of affordable rental and homeownership housing, and a comprehensive asset-building program. This grant supports Community Housing Development's foreclosure-prevention and loss-mitigation work with Alameda County residents.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
, $50,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 03/31/2008 through 03/31/2010
Project Web Site:
www.chdcnr.com
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Creating Economic Opportunities for Women -
$50,000
CEO Women provides training and business development assistance to immigrant women who want to launch small businesses. The program offers classroom training that incorporates business skills and English language instruction as well as ongoing technical assistance from staff and a cadre of trained business volunteers. CEO Women is expanding its reach by opening a new office in San Jose and developing a distance learning program and tools.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
, $50,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 07/11/2008 through 07/11/2010
Project Web Site:
www.ceowomen.org
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Earned Assets Resource Network -
$100,000
EARN is nationally recognized in the asset-building field for its work to help low-income households save money and build wealth. By the end of 2008, EARN had helped more than 2,000 people save money in an Individual Development Account. EARN is enhancing its capacity for research and evaluation, bringing the experiences and insights of its savers to bear on policy development.
Grant Amount:
$100,000 [2008]
, $100,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 11/21/2008 through 11/21/2010
Project Web Site:
www.sfearn.org
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KALW Public Radio -
$50,000
Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Unified School District
The Public Interest Radio project at KALW Public Radio explores current issues through the voices and experiences of those individuals most affected. This grant supports in-depth reporting on wealth and poverty and public education. The grant is supported equally by the Fund's Economic Security and the Education programs.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
, $50,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 07/11/2008 through 07/11/2010
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Mission Economic Development Association -
$75,000
Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) assists homeowners who are facing default or foreclosure. It offers foreclosure prevention workshops and one-on-one counseling to help distressed homeowners understand the foreclosure process, negotiate alternatives with their lenders, mitigate financial losses, and move forward from their current financial crisis. MEDA also coordinates San Francisco's Don't Borrow Trouble campaign, a coalition of local groups working together on consumer education, outreach, and advocacy on this issue.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2008]
, $75,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 03/31/2008 through 03/31/2010
Project Web Site:
www.medasf.org
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New America Foundation -
$50,000
New America Foundation's California Asset Building Program advances state policies that support the efforts of low- and moderate-income households to build assets. It works extensively with the media to raise public awareness of asset-building ideas and policies; and serves as a resource to California legislators seeking to advance asset-building policies. New America works in partnership with the Asset Policy Initiative of California.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2007],
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 11/27/2007 through 11/27/2009
Project Web Site:
www.newamerica.net
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Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center -
$50,000
This grant supports the Bayview Business Resource Center's work to help Bayview entrepreneurs build strong businesses that are a catalyst for and beneficiaries of neighborhood economic revitalization. Centrally located on Third Street, the Center offers business skills workshops, one-on-one consulting, access to capital through loan packaging and equity grants, and other services to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2007],
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/09/2007 through 07/09/2009
Project Web Site:
www.rencenter.org
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San Francisco Housing Development Corporation -
$65,000
The Homeownership Center at the Housing Development Corporation trains and gives one-on-one assistance to current and prospective homeowners in San Francisco's southeast sector. These services help low- and moderate-income residents improve their credit, buy homes, and preserve their assets.
Grant Amount:
$65,000 [2007],
$65,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/09/2007 through 07/09/2009
Project Web Site:
www.sfhdc.org/
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Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative -
$50,000
On Treasure Island, San Francisco's newest neighborhood, nearly one quarter of its residents are formerly homeless individuals and families. The Initiative has spent 10 years working with residents to bring much needed services and amenities to the island, including after-school programs, a food bank, and a community center. This grant supports community center programs to help residents strengthen their financial management skills, gain access to banking and savings opportunities, and expand a monthly farmers market that highlights the goods and services of local entrepreneurs.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2007],
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/09/2007 through 07/09/2009
Project Web Site:
www.tihdi.org
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Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center -
$30,000
Even Alameda County's more affluent cities have been affected by the housing crisis: In the Tri-Valley area alone (Dublin, Livermore, and Pleasanton), 900 homes were in default or foreclosure in early 2008. Because housing affordability challenges are relatively new to these cities, they do not yet have housing counseling services focused on loss-mitigation and foreclosure-prevention. This grant helps Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center expand its services to meet this critical need.
Grant Amount:
$60,000 [2008]
, $30,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 03/31/2008 through 03/31/2010
Project Web Site:
www.tvhoc.org
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Urban Strategies Council -
$40,000
This grant supports Urban Strategies Council's work to address the foreclosure crisis. Urban Strategies facilitates service coordination and resource development activities among Oakland's housing counseling groups, legal assistance providers, social services, and public agencies working with distressed homeowners. It also is developing a land bank, through which foreclosed properties can be acquired and preserved as affordable housing.
Grant Amount:
$40,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 09/30/2008 through 09/30/2009
Project Web Site:
www.urbanstrategies.org
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Women's Action to Gain Economic Security -
$75,000
WAGES supports immigrant women to establish cooperatively owned house-cleaning businesses that use non-toxic cleaning products and methods. WAGES recently completed a three-year strategic plan to double the number of co-op members it supports to 200 and develop new co-ops in San Francisco, Marin, and the South Bay. WAGES' house-cleaning co-op members earn $12-$14.50 per hour, receive health and dental insurance and short-term disability, and hold equity in their co-ops. This grant provides general operating support for the organization's expansion.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2007],
$75,000 [2008]
, $75,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 11/27/2007 through 11/27/2010
Project Web Site:
www.wagescooperatives.org
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Women's Initiative for Self Employment -
$75,000
Women's Initiative for Self-Employment provides low-income women with a broad range of business development services. This grant supports Women's Initiative's SuccessLink program, which offers business development training graduates an opportunity to continue building professional networks and gain access to new markets for their products and services.
Grant Amount:
$75,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 11/21/2008 through 11/21/2009
Project Web Site:
www.womensinitiative.org
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Economic Development
To ensure that economic development activities in and near low-income neighborhoods result in income and asset gains for low-income residents and small business owners.
Alliance for District 10 -
$15,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Urban Strategies Council
This grant supports the work of a coalition of community interests to secure community benefits from development activity in Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point. The Alliance for District 10 achieved a legally binding agreement that sets standards for developing affordable rental and purchase homes, funding for job training, card check neutrality, and living wage requirements.
Grant Amount:
$15,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/17/2008 through 12/17/2008
Project Web Site:
www.urbanstrategies.org
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East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy -
$30,000
EBASE was established in 1998 to bring the interests and perspectives of working class families and communities into the economic development process in Oakland. This grant supports broad dissemination of EBASE's recent report on effective community benefit-agreement processes, as well as its work to integrate analysis of the community impacts and benefits of development into the permitting and approval processes in Oakland.
Grant Amount:
$30,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 09/30/2008 through 09/30/2009
Project Web Site:
www.workingeastbay.org
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Third Street Corridor Project -
$40,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Local Initiatives Support Corporation-Bay Area
The Third Street Corridor Project is a multi-stakeholder initiative to improve the economic vitality of Bayview's Third Street commercial district. This grant supports the project's activities related to attracting, retaining, and promoting local businesses, cleanliness, fa�ade improvement, and safety.
Grant Amount:
$40,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 09/30/2008 through 09/30/2009
Project Web Site:
www.bayarealisc.org
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Increase Incomes
To help low-income adults and families meaningfully increase their incomes and strengthen their social and professional networks.
Community Center Project of San Francisco / San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center -
$50,000
The Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative, a partnership between the LGBT Center, the Transgender Law Project and Jewish Vocational Services to provides comprehensive employment and self-employment services to transgender individuals. The approach includes job-readiness and placement support, legal assistance and coaching as well as training and technical assistance for employers.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/11/2008 through 07/11/2009
Project Web Site:
www.sfcenter.org
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Earn It! Keep It! Save It! -
$50,000
Fiscal Sponsor: United Way of the Bay Area
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! is a multi-county tax-filing campaign that helps working poor families prepare their taxes and apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit for free. In 2006, the campaign helped more than 16,000 low-income families in San Francisco and Alameda counties secure $16.3 million in tax refunds. The Earn It! campaign is expanding its services to include information about other public benefits, access to free checking and savings accounts, and links to financial planning and savings tools.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2007],
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 11/27/2007 through 11/27/2009
Project Web Site:
www.uwba.org
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Jewish Vocational Service -
$150,000
The mission of JVS is to strengthen the Bay Area community and fulfill Jewish values by helping people, particularly those with barriers to employment, acquire the skills and resources they need to secure meaningful employment and advance toward self-sufficiency. JVS builds its programs around specific industry sectors and works closely with employers to design and deliver training and job placement services. Several programs within JVS address the needs and aspirations of immigrants and, as a Jewish organization, JVS is well positioned to build bridges between Jewish and non-Jewish communities. Thus this core support grant is jointly funded by the Fund's Economic Security and Jewish Life programs.
Grant Amount:
$150,000 [2005],
$150,000 [2006],
$150,000 [2007],
$150,000 [2008]
, $150,000 [2009]
Project Dates: 12/07/2005 through 12/07/2010
Project Web Site:
www.jvs.org
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Support Training and Employment Program (STEP) -
$35,000
Fiscal Sponsor: United Way of the Bay Area
STEP is a partnership between the San Francisco Labor Council and City College of San Francisco to prepare new and incumbent workers for well-paid positions within San Francisco's unionized hospitality industry. Currently, most STEP trainees are immigrants. This planning grant will help STEP design and pilot a new training component focused on preparing more African Americans for career in the hospitality industry.
Grant Amount:
$35,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 09/30/2008 through 09/30/2009
Project Web Site:
www.uwba.org
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Upwardly Global -
$50,000
Twenty-four percent of foreign-born U.S. residents with bachelor's degrees or above work at the margins of the economy, earning less than $20,000 a year. This grant supports Upwardly Global's work with unemployed and underemployed immigrant professionals to help them re-launch their careers in the United States.
Grant Amount:
$50,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 11/21/2008 through 11/21/2009
Project Web Site:
www.upwardlyglobal.org
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Capital
Mission Economic Development Association -
$150,000
For 35 years, Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA) has been a key resource for the Mission neighborhood's Latino immigrants, providing leadership on issues related to neighborhood economic development, small-business assistance, and homeownership. This grant is a capital campaign contribution toward MEDA's purchase and renovation of a building at 19th and Mission streets. The facility will become the San Francisco Immigrant Center, offering a broad range of financial, health, and legal services provided by up to 10 co-located community agencies.
Grant Amount:
$150,000 [2008]
Project Dates: 07/11/2008 through 07/11/2009
Project Web Site:
www.medasf.org
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