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Mixed Bag Productions/Sara Shelton Mann

Project Title: “The Eye of Leo”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $15,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2012

Abstract or Project Description

Mugwumpin

Project Title: “Receivers”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $10,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

A new original performance grappling with the role of prophecy in American society, and what prophetic voices from society’s fringes can tell us about ourselves.

Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater

Project Title: “BAILOUT!”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

A traveling performance on 24th Street, addressing our relationship with the oceans and how we cope with natural disasters, oil spills, and endangered species.

North of Market Neighborhood Improvement Corporation

Project Title: Capacity Building
Giving Area: Arts
Program: IMPACT Program (sunsetted)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $30,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Capacity building and planning for 950 Market Street and Central Market Multi-use Theater Facilities.

Oakland Public Library

Project Title: Books for Wider Horizons
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $2,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Books for Wider Horizons is an Oakland Public Library program that recruits, trains and places volunteer story readers in preschool or childcare centers throughout the City of Oakland.

Peralta Junction

Project Title: Peralta Junction Project
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $5,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Peralta Junction was a pop-up carnival in West Oakland that was held in 2012 on a triangular vacant lot bounded by Mandela Parkway, 20th Street and Peralta Street, just south of West Grand Avenue. It served as a gathering spot for various activities such as art exhibits, live performances, markets and workshops.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Project Title: General Operating Support
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $4,333.33

Abstract or Project Description

Planned Parenthood is a prominent organization dedicated to providing accessible sexual and reproductive health care and education nationwide. It consists of numerous independent nonprofit organizations united by a shared mission to ensure everyone has access to such services and education, although they operate separately.

PlayGround

Project Title: New Plays Incubator
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

Fostering the development and production of significant new full-length plays by the Bay Area’s best new playwrights.

project agora

Project Title: “Mother Tongue”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $10,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

A community installation by Kara Davis, Egyptian visual/media artist Hussein Shakara, and music ensemble Moontit to be presented during “24 Days of Central Market Arts” in fall 2012.

Push Dance Company

Project Title: “UNLOCK”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $5,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

A multi-tiered collaboration and visceral response to Zora Neal Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” with set designer Benito Steen, artist Ben Wood, and cellist UNWOMAN.

Queer Cultural Center

Project Title: 2013 LGBTQ Presentations
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $10,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2012

Abstract or Project Description

6 dance and theater productions QCC will present during 2013 in San Francisco or at Berkeley’s La Peña Cultural Center.

Raising A Reader

Project Title: Reading readiness program
Giving Area: Education
Program: Invite-Only Grants
Year: 2012
Amount: $38,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

For a reading readiness program that engages parents in daily book sharing routines and provides teacher support.

RAWdance

Project Title: “Two by 24: Love on Loop”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $10,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

An 8-hour public performance installation at United Nations Plaza in celebration of love and shared humanity set to coincide with the Queer Arts Festival and San Francisco Pride, June 2012.

Reading Partners

Project Title: Reading Partners Oakland
Giving Area: Education
Program: Invite-Only Grants
Year: 2012
Amount: $30,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

For Reading Partners Oakland, a program that recruits and trains community volunteers to provide individualized literacy instruction to K to 5th grade students who have fallen behind grade level in reading.

Real Time and Space Residency

Project Title: Real Time and Space Residency Program
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $3,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Real Time & Space’s residency program, launched immediately after its founding in 2011, has been a cornerstone of its mission. Over the past decade, it has provided over 95 local, national and international artists with studio space, facilitating collaboration and an exchange of ideas. Through public programs like artist talks and film screenings, the residency fosters meaningful relationships, connections and professional opportunities within the art community of Oakland/East Bay and beyond.

Roots and Webs

Project Title: Post Production
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2012
Amount: $3,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

To support the post production efforts of Roots and Webs.

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts

Project Title: “24 Days of Central Market Arts”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

A free annual performance festival that spotlights artistic activity in the Central Market corridor and helps revitalize the neighborhood.

SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts/The Garage

Project Title: RAW (residency artist workshops) and AIRspace (queer artist residencies)
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2012

Abstract or Project Description

100 residencies for contemporary dance and experimental theater at The Garage.

San Francisco Dance Film Festival

Project Title: Co-Laboratory
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2012

Abstract or Project Description

Where local choreographers, dancers and filmmakers collaborate to create four short dance films for Dance Screen 2013 with San Francisco Dance Film Festival.

Sara Kraft/KraftyWork

Project Title: “WRECKED”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2012
Amount: $10,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2012

Abstract or Project Description

An immersive installation examining parallels between the current global economic and environmental crises with personal and historical mythologies of loss and failure.

Grantee	Giving Area	Program	Grant Year	Project Title	Amount
Mixed Bag Productions/Sara Shelton Mann	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“The Eye of Leo”	$15,000.00
Mugwumpin	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“Receivers”	$10,000.00
Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“BAILOUT!”	$20,000.00
North of Market Neighborhood Improvement Corporation	Arts	IMPACT Program (sunsetted)	2012	Capacity Building	$30,000.00
Oakland Public Library	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2012	Books for Wider Horizons	$2,000.00
Peralta Junction	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2012	Peralta Junction Project	$5,000.00
Planned Parenthood Federation of America	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2012	General Operating Support	$4,333.33
PlayGround	Arts	NEW Program	2012	New Plays Incubator	$20,000.00
project agora	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“Mother Tongue”	$10,000.00
Push Dance Company	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“UNLOCK”	$5,000.00
Queer Cultural Center	Arts	NEW Program	2012	2013 LGBTQ Presentations	$10,000.00
Raising A Reader	Education	Invite-Only Grants	2012	Reading readiness program	$38,000.00
RAWdance	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“Two by 24: Love on Loop”	$10,000.00
Reading Partners	Education	Invite-Only Grants	2012	Reading Partners Oakland	$30,000.00
Real Time and Space Residency	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2012	Real Time and Space Residency Program	$3,000.00
Roots and Webs	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2012	Post Production	$3,000.00
SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“24 Days of Central Market Arts”	$20,000.00
SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts/The Garage	Arts	NEW Program	2012	RAW (residency artist workshops) and AIRspace (queer artist residencies)	$20,000.00
San Francisco Dance Film Festival	Arts	NEW Program	2012	Co-Laboratory	$20,000.00
Sara Kraft/KraftyWork	Arts	NEW Program	2012	“WRECKED”	$10,000.00

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