Successful Grants
Below is a list of some of the foundations and corporations from which we have secured funding along with a short description of the program area.
Ackerman Foundation
- Support for a summer camp for "at risk" youth.
- Provide funds to train staff/volunteers who teach Financial Literacy to young people to help them learn money management skills.
- Refurbish an outdoor classroom for an after school program for Vietnamese children.
- Funding to purchase a vehicle to take Korean seniors to medical appointments and on community outings.
- General support for a medical van seeking out and providing services for minority children under the age of five.
- Computer equipment for a residential program for children with behavioral and emotional challenges.
- Multi-year funding for an arts and culture program serving young people in low income neighborhoods.
Advanced Marketing
- General operating support for a program providing an opportunity for minority inner-city children to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities.
Ahmanson Foundation
- Five years general operating support for a national program providing shoes/clothing to needy children.
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
- Salaries for two LVN positions for a day program serving severely disabled adults.
- Support for mentoring training for an "intergenerational" program connecting seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- Support for a program providing free medical and dental services to the homeless.
Arco Foundation
- General operating expenses for youth leadership programs.
Baker (R.C.) Foundation
- Grounds maintenance equipment for an employee training program for adults with disabilities.
Beckman-Coulter Foundation
- Underwrite a program which introduces robotic instrumentation to students beginning school to increase their cognitive learning abilities.
Benbough (Legler) Foundation
- General operating support for a program providing an opportunity for minority inner-city children to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities.
Best Buy's Children's Foundation
- Underwrite a program which introduces robotic instrumentation to students beginning school to increase their cognitive learning abilities.
Billingsley Foundation
- General operating support for arts and cultural programs in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating support for an educational program that increases awareness and sensitivity towards the contributions and capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
- Support for an Arts program at a school working with young people with behavioral challenges.
Biogen IDEC Foundation
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Boeing Employees Community Fund
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Boys and Girls Foundation
- Furnishings for eight tutoring classrooms at a local high school.
- Equipment for a youth music program.
- Three years general operating support for arts and cultural programs in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating expenses for a bilingual program to help Hispanic high school students transition into paid employment with community businesses.
Brandes Family Foundation
- Funding to create a civics library at a local elementary school.
Bull Foundation
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
- Two years general operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- Support for a program assisting families of special needs children to maintain placement in their homes.
Bundy Foundation
- Funding to produce a video to show potential employers the advantages of hiring persons with disabilities trained at a vocational skills program.
California Endowment
- Three year project to underwrite a Speech Therapist and a Physical Therapist for a program serving adults with severe disabilities.
- Seed money to fund a program to provide medical services to the under-served rural areas for one year.
- General operating funds for a senior program in the Korean community for one year.
- General operating expenses for a bilingual program to help Hispanic high school students transition into paid employment with community businesses.
- Two years general operating expenses for a music academy teaching inner-city youth about healthy lifestyles.
- Two years general operating expenses for a counseling program assisting children from broken homes to help them in feeling safe and secure.
California State - Arts Council
- Four-year funding for an annual children's community musical concerts in low-income neighborhoods.
California State - Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Initiative
- Funding to support a Summer program -- "toss the Tobacco" -- for inner-city youth.
California State - Department of Developmental Disabilities
- To provide people with disabilities with the tools to increase their safety in the community.
California State - Department of Mental Health
- Three year grant to provide mental health services to homeless individuals in a residential setting.
California State - Proposition 10
- Multi-million dollar funding to implement the Healthy Beginnings Project (HBP) which addresses the unmet health and well-being, safety, and learning needs of children (ages zero to five) and their families in San Ysidro and South Bay area of San Diego County. We then assisted the program in securing continued funding for years two and three until the project became self-sustaining.
Callaway Golf Company Foundation
- Development of a school-based mentoring program for "at-risk" elementary aged children.
- Physical therapy equipment for adults with severe disabilities.
Charter Oak Foundation
- General operating support for a national program providing shoes/clothing to needy children.
- General operating support for a local youth music program.
City of San Diego - CDBG (Community Development Block Grant)
- Program support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods .
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
City of Santee - CDBG (Community Development Block Grant)
- Underwrite medical services for uninsured patients at a community clinic.
County of San Diego
- Full funding to purchase a multi-passenger vehicle to transport Korean senior citizens to medical appointments and community field trips.
- General operating support for a local youth music program.
Cush Automobile Charitable Foundation
- General support for a medical van which seeks out and provides services for minority children under the age of five.
- General operating expenses to support youth leadership programs.
- Three years general operating support for a local youth music program.
- General operating expenses for a school-based mentoring program for elementary "at-risk" students.
- General operating expenses for a bilingual program to help Hispanic high school students transitioning into paid employment with community businesses.
- Underwrite medical services for uninsured patients at a community clinic.
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program which connects seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- General operating expenses to support leadership programs among minority "at-risk" young people in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Dreyer's Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Dr. Seuss Foundation
- Support for a county-wide safety library (videos) for use by a wide range of programs serving the disabled population.
- General operating expenses for a youth leadership program.
- Capital support to help re-build a "no-kill" animal shelter which was destroyed by fire.
- Seed money to create a county-wide coalition of youth mentoring programs.
- Support for a school based Summer camp for "at risk" youth.
- General operating expenses for a school based mentoring program for elementary "at risk" students.
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program which connects seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- General operating support for after school pilot project which advances literacy in mathematics and computer technology for inner-city students with low acedemic scores and gets children excited about mathematics.
Downey Savings and Loan
- Support for a Financial Literacy Program to help young people learn money management skills.
Eddy Foundation
- Capital support to help re-build a "no-kill" animal shelter which was destroyed by fire.
EPS Solutions
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
- Underwriting of the expenses involved in sending the members of a local youth music program to see a performance by the Boy's Choir of Harlem.
Federated Department Stores Foundation (Macy's West)
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Fieldstone Foundation
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Financial Literacy Foundation
- Support for a Financial Literacy Program to help young people learn money management skills.
First Five Foundation
- Three Years funding for a multicultural parenting program for families of "at risk" children, 0 to 5 years of age.
- Support for an educational parent training program for immigrant families of children, 0 to 5 years of age.
Fletcher (Ed and Mary) Foundation
- Two greenhouses for an environmentally based horticulture job training program.
- Equipment for a youth computer training program in low income neighborhoods.
Fletcher (Willis and Jane) Foundation
- Two greenhouses for an environmentally based horticulture job training program.
- General support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- Build a roof over an outdoor classroom for an after school program for Vietnamese children.
French Fund
- Matching funds to purchase a van for a senior program in the Korean community.
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Fox Foundation
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- Support to retrofit an existing bathroom for handicapped accessibility in a group home for special needs children.
- Support for a program providing free medical and dental services to the homeless.
Gilbert Foundation
- Two years funding for general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Goldberg Charitable Trust
- Expansion grant for an arts and culture program in a low income neighborhood to create a youth orchestra and girls' dance troupe.
- Three years general operating support for a music program for disadvantaged young people in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating support for a program providing an opportunity for minority inner-city children to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities.
Grossmont Health care District
- Physical therapy equipment for non-ambulatory disabled adults.
- A wheelchair accessible van for community integration of disabled individuals.
- Underwriting of services to uninsured patients including lab fees at a community clinic.
- General operating expenses for a Pain Management Clinic to assist patients with chronic pain resulting in drug dependency.
Hamilton-White Foundation
- General operating support for an educational program that increases awareness and sensitivity towards the contribution and capabilities of individuals with handicaps.
- Funding for a Science Wing in the library of a local elementary school.
Harmony Foundation
- Equipment grant for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Office)
- Two complete "state-of-the-art" computer systems with a fax/printer/scanner for a youth music program.
Hilton Corporation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to disadvantaged children.
I Am Foundation
- Purchase of children's books for a multi-cultural after school reading program.
Jacobs Center For Innovation
- Sponsorship of a community theater production for minority "at risk" young people.
Johnson & Johnson Foundation
- Three years support for a cooperative health program serving the needs of the homeless population.
Kemp Family Foundation
- Three years general operating support for a national program providing shoes/clothing to needy children.
KSWB Kids' Foundation
- General operating support for a program providing an opportunity for minority inner-city children to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities.
KYXY Radio Station
- Event tickets for students at a school working with young people with behavioral challenges.
Las Patronas
- Digital printer to provide copies of music for children involved in an inner-city choir program.
- Funding for physical therapy equipment for disabled adults.
- irrigation systems for two greenhouses where adults with disabilities receive vocational training.
- High quality printer to produce education materials for a program providing consumer education and financial literacy classes.
- A network server to coordinate services for a county-wide safety program.
- Funding of equipment and refurbishing of a program providing a safe haven for the children of families in crisis.
- Funding for playground equipment for residential programs serving developmentally disabled and autistic children.
- Funding for classroom equipment for behaviorally challenged teenagers.
- Funding for equipment kits to help teach disability awareness to school children.
- Equipment used in an after school program pairing multi-ethnic children with mentors from local universities.
Lions Club
- Playground equipment for students at a school working with young people with behavioral challenges.
Looker Foundation
- Three years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Macy's West
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Mark Taper Foundation
- Equipment grant for low income youth involved in a youth choir/music program.
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Masserini Charitable Trust
- Furnishings for eight tutoring classrooms for "at-risk" students.
- Musical equipment for a youth community choir.
- Classroom furnishings for an after-school program for Vietnamese children.
- Provide a complete fire system for the new campus of a charter school.
- General operating support for a Financial Literacy Program for high school students.
- General support for a medical van which seeks out and provides services for minority children under the age of five.
Max Factor
- Three years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
McCarthy Family Foundation
- Underwrite general operating expenses for a technology program using robotics to teach kindergarten students.
Medtronic Interventional Vascular
- Grounds maintenance equipment for a training program for the disabled.
- Equipment to furnish a job development classroom for high school age students.
National Cristina Foundation
- Funding and equipment for a children's theater program for low income, "at risk" youth.
The Men's Warehouse
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Newman's Own Foundation
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Noah S. Wyle Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Nordson Corporation Foundation
- Computer equipment for a program which addresses the "digital divide" for inner city youth.
- Funding to rebuild an animal shelter destroyed by fire.
Northrup Grumann
- Three years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
O'Neill Foundation of Ohio
- General support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program which connects seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- General operating support for a culturally-based after school program for Vietnamese children.
Ontario Community Foundation
- Four years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Ottenstein Family Foundation
- General support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
PacifiCare Foundation
- Funding for general support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Parker Foundation
- Custodial equipment for a training program for the disabled.
- Matching funds to purchase a van for a senior program in the Korean community.
- Grounds maintenance equipment for a job training program for adults with disabilities.
- Funding for an after school program pairing multi-ethnic children with mentors from local universities.
- Support to retrofit an existing bathroom for handicapped accessibility in a group home for special needs children.
Parsons Foundation
- Four years general support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children.
Pat Boone Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing for needy children for two consecutive years.
Providian Foundation
- Support for a Financial Literacy Program to help young people learn money management skills.
Pratt Memorial Fund
- Multi-year general operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Qualcomm
- Multi-year funding introducing robotic instrumentation to students beginning school to increase their cognitive learning abilities.
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Ronald McDonald Foundation
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
RGK Foundation of Texas
- Matching funds to support an "intergenerational" program which connect seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
San Diego Bar Association Foundation
- Funding to create a civics library at a local elementary school.
San Diego County Employees Giving Programs
- General operating support for a program which helps Hispanic families of children with cancer.
- Scholarships for young people involved with arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
San Diego Foundation
- Funding to produce a video to be shown to potential employees which will highlight the advantages of hiring persons with disabilities.
- Seed money for a county-wide coalition of youth mentoring programs.
- Classroom renovations for an after-school program for Vietnamese children.
- Equipment for a youth music program.
- A vehicle to transport disabled adults to job interviews.
San Diego Gas & Electric
- Funding to support an awards program for young people who have won essay contests showing improvement in disability awareness for three years running.
- General operating support for a leadership program serving Hispanic youth in low income neighborhoods.
San Diego Gas & Electric Employees Contribution Club
- General operating expenses for a youth leadership training program.
- To establish an Accident, Injury, and Disease Prevention Program for a job training program for adults with disabilities.
San Diego Neighborhood Arts and Culture Program
- Three years support for music programs in low income neighborhoods.
San Diego Neighborhood Fund
- General operating funds for a collaborative program providing disability awareness presentations to local schools, businesses, and service clubs.
San Diego Park and Recreation Department
- Matching grant monies for a youth leadership program in low income neighborhoods.
San Diego Regional Center For the Developmentally Disabled
- Underwrite two-thirds of the annual operating budget for three years budget for the collaborative program which coordinates disability awareness presentations in the community. They will also train professionals in this field to use the internet to access specific information on the medical, social, and psychological aspects of various disabilities.
S.H.A.R.E (San Diego County Employees)
- Support for a Financial Literacy Program to help young people learn money management skills.
Smith Trust
- Two years funding for equipment for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Sony - San Diego
- General operating for youth leadership programs.
Southcoast Collective
- Sponsorship support for two-day long events where young people involved in the arts presented anti-tobacco messages to their community.
Stafford Memorial Trust
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program which connects seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- General operating expenses for a school-based mentoring program for elementary "at-risk" students.
- General support for a medical van which seeks out and provides services for minority children under the age of five.
- Equipment for grounds maintenance crew training adults with developmental disabilities for jobs in the community.
- Support for a Financial Literacy Program to help young people learn money management skills.
Stern Memorial Trust
- Video equipment to assist in presentations to employers interested in hiring adults with disabilities.
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children for six consecutive years.
- Multi-year general operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
Sundt Foundation
- Underwrite medical services for uninsured patients at a community clinic.
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program which connects seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- Construction assistance for safety renovations at a charter program specializing in blending home schooling with classroom instruction.
- General operating support for a program providing an opportunity for minority inner-city children to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities.
- General support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
- General operating support for a children's music academy located in the "inner-city" area.
- Funding for a vehicle to transport developmentally disables/autistic students to and from activities/medical appointments.
Swanton Foundation
- Two complete medical oxygen emergency stations.
- Three years for general support for a national program providing shoes/clothing to needy children.
Szekely Family Foundation
- Refurbish eight Extended Learning Classrooms for "at-risk" high school students.
- Provide a complete fire system for the new campus of a charter school.
- General operating support for an "intergenerational" program connecting seniors and children in mutually supportive activities.
- General operating expenses for a bilingual program to help Hispanic high school students transition into paid employment with community businesses.
Tiger Woods Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Timmons Foundation
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. in Torrance California
- General operating expenses for a school-based youth leadership training program.
- General support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
TRW Employees Contribution Program (ECHO)
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Union Bank of California
- Multi-year funding/general operating support for arts and culture programs in low income neighborhoods.
United States Government - Department of Health and Human Services
- Three years funding for an International Health Worker Assistance Project run by a local community college system.
United states Government - Department of Labor
- Welfare-to-work project for a coalition of several local agencies servibg various minority groups within the Southern California area.
United States Government - Office of Minority Health
- Three year grant extension outreach medical services for Hispanics with diabetes.
Van Nuys Foundation
- Five years funding for general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Vons Company Foundation
- Two years general operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Walmart
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Walt Disney Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
WD-40 Foundation
- General operating support for an after-school pilot project which advances literacy in mathematics and computer technology for inner-city students with low academic scores and gets children excited about mathematics.
Wells Fargo
- Sponsorship for a Financial Literacy Program outreach to help minority young people learn money management skills.
- Sponsorship for a faith-based youth leadership program serving disadvantaged Hispanic teenagers.
Weingart-Price Fund
- Equipment and uniforms for a youth community choir.
Weiss (Mandell) Charitable Trust
- General operating support for a youth community choir.
- Two years assistance to expand a music program for disadvantaged inner-city youth.
Whitney Houston Foundation For Children
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Will and Jada Smith Foundation
- General operating support for a national program that provides shoes/clothing to needy children.
Zousmer Family Foundation
- General operating expenses for a school-based mentoring program for elementary "at-risk" students.