Grants Awarded and Paid


SPECIAL PROJECTS (1)
AMOUNT
AWARDED
2009
AMOUNT
PAID
2009
ORGANIZATION      
   
Abingdon Theatre Company
$1,500
$1,500
New York, New York   
For general support 
  
A-Home (Apropos Housing Opportunities and Management Enterprises, Inc.)
$10,000
$10,000
Mt. Kisco, New York   
For the Energy Audit Project 
  
Aim High
$5,000
$5,000
San Francisco, California   
For general support 
  
Animal People
$5,000
$5,000
Clinton, Washington   
For general support 
  
Big Sur Land Trust
$2,500
$2,500
Carmel, California   
For the Carmel River Parkway 
  
CaringBridge
$1,000
$1,000
Eagan, Minnesota   
For general support 
  
Catch a Dream Foundation
$5,000
$5,000
Albuquerque, New Mexico   
For scholarship support 
  
Community Agroecology Network
$15,000
$15,000
Santa Cruz, California   
To support student participation in agroecology projects 
  
Craft and Folk Art Museum
$2,500
$2,500
Los Angeles, California   
For general support 
  
Las Lomitas Educational Foundation
$5,000
$5,000
Menlo Park, California    
For general support 
  
League to Save Lake Tahoe
$5,000
$5,000
South Lake Tahoe, California   
For the Clarence E. Heller Memorial Endowment Fund 
  
Los Angeles County Museum Art
$5,000
$5,000
Los Angeles, California   
For the weekly radio broadcast, Sundays Live 
  
Marin Ballet
$5,000
$5,000
San Rafael, California   
To support the annual production of the Nutcracker Ballet 
  
Mercy Corps
$5,000
$5,000
Portland, Oregon   
For general support 
  
Mid-Peninsula High School
$30,000
$30,000
Menlo Park, California   
For general support 
  
Monterey Jazz Festival
$2,500
$2,500
Monterey, California   
To support jazz education programs 
  
San Francisco Classical Voice
$10,000
$10,000
San Francisco, California   
For general support 
  
SOL-LA Music Academy
$10,000
$10,000
Santa Monica, California   
For general support 
  
Stand With Us
$5,000
$5,000
Los Angeles, California   
For general support 
  
Stanford University, School of Medicine
 
$15,000 (2)
Stanford, California   
For research on liver disease 
  
University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Art
$5,000
$5,000
Los Angeles, California   
For the Elizabeth Heller Mandell Scholarship Fund 
  
University of California at Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
$15,000
$15,000
Berkeley, California   
For general support 
  
Zionist Organization of America
$5,000
$5,000
New York, New York   
For general support 
  
Total
 
$155,000
$170,000
   
   

 (1) The foundation may initiate support for projects that fall outside its established guidelines (Back)
 (2) Payment of a $15,000 award made in 2008 (Back)

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GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS
AMOUNT
AWARDED
2009
AMOUNT
PAID
2009
ORGANIZATION      
   
Council on Foundations
$5,010
$5,010
Washington, D.C.   
For 2009 membership  
  
Environmental Grantmakers Association
$520
$520
New York, New York   
For 2009 membership  
  
Grantmakers for Education
$250
$250
Portland, Oregon   
For 2009 membership  
  
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
$500
$500
Washington, D.C.   
For 2009 membership  
  
Northern California Grantmakers
$2,597
$2,597
San Francisco, California   
For 2009 membership  
  
Total
 
$8,877
$8,877