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A Victorian confection of wood and glass, the Conservatory of Flowers, which opened in 1879, is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park and one of San FranciscoÕs most beloved landmarks. It houses some 1,700 species of aquatic and tropical plants, many of them rare, including a 100-year-old giant Imperial philodendron, a world-renowned collection of orchids, giant water lilies and carnivorous plants.

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The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SF SPCA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to animal welfare, offering a range of services including adoptions, veterinary care, education and advocacy.

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To support the development of a plan for an early childhood leadership post-BA program at San Francisco State University. The planning will lay the groundwork for the establishment of a program that will leverage EDvance’s current model of preparing first-generation college students, from underrepresented populations, to be future early childhood leaders in Oakland.

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Saugus High School is a public high school located in Saugus, California, serving students in grades 9-12.

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Save the Children Federation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world. Founded in 1919, it provides humanitarian aid, healthcare, education and emergency assistance to children and families in need, with a focus on addressing poverty, hunger, disease and lack of education.

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$2,775,000 over three years for the SFFILM Rainin Filmmaking program to support narrative films that highlight important issues facing our society. This program includes screenwriting, development and post-production grants, as well as a six-month residency at FilmHouse, where recipients benefit from SFFILM’s comprehensive and dynamic artist development programs.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to combating hate, bigotry and discrimination through legal advocacy, education and research. It tracks and exposes hate groups and extremist activities while working to promote civil rights and social justice in the United States.

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Repertorio Espa–ol was founded in 1968 to introduce the best of Latin American, Spanish and Hispanic-American theatre in distinctive, quality productions and to bring theatre to a broad audience in New York City and across the country, including seniors, students and Hispanics of all national backgrounds.

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Special Olympics, Inc. is a global organization founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968, dedicated to providing sports training and competitions for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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To support a five-week summer school program with daily reading instruction for 600 rising kindergarten to fourth grade students from district schools. Program includes weekly workshops that train parents to teach reading at home, teacher professional development and coaching and home visits.

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The mission of the St. Francis Living Room is to improve the quality of life for low income and homeless seniors in the Tenderloin. A small part-time staff, committed Board and dedicated volunteers work to provide a safe haven for social interaction, healthy breakfast and connection to community services such as housing, health and wellness and clothing.

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St. Joseph’s Indian School is a Native American school dedicated to improving the quality of life for Lakota (Sioux) children and families.

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on curing childhood catastrophic diseases. They treat children regardless of their ability to pay and conduct groundbreaking research to advance medical science.

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The Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, established in 2004, is dedicated solely to craft and design, offering engaging exhibitions and programs. As a non-collecting institution, it fosters collaborations with artists, designers and institutions to provide diverse and inspiring experiences in the realm of craft and design for visitors of all ages.

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The Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry (CHOIR) is a collaborative health outcomes registry that collects and analyzes data from various sources, including electronic health records and patient-reported outcomes, to track patient progress and treatment effectiveness. By facilitating data sharing among healthcare providers and researchers, CHOIR aims to improve decision-making and patient care while advancing knowledge in healthcare delivery.

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Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are part of the group called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a medical condition where the immune system is causing severe intestinal and colonic inflammation leading to severe complications. Former therapies rely on suppressing the immune system but modern treatments, so-called biological treatments, are blocking certain steps in disease progression or activation. Those specific therapies need to be given to each patient in a precise way to optimize the treatments and thus, avoiding non-responders or predicting complications before starting the treatment is paramount. Here we plan to develop a new assay to personalize each patient’s treatment by measuring all characteristics, so-called bio markers, of the individual patient at once by a modern technology called CyTOF and MIBI. Up to a hundred of those tests can be investigated simultaneously and thus, the physician can choose the optimal drug and better understand each patient’s disease.

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The cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is unknown, but intestinal bacteria—involved in the production of molecules that impact health—are widely accepted to play a key role. A significant proportion of IBD patients with pouches (surgically created rectums after the diseased colon is removed) continue to have inflammation similar to their previous disease, whereas non-IBD patients with pouches rarely have inflammation. Our results show key differences in the composition of an important class of bacteria-modified molecules known as secondary bile acids (SBAs) between these groups and that these SBAs reduce inflammation. We have also found that these SBA differences may be explained by reduced composition of specific gut bacteria. The research proposed will improve our understanding of the role of SBAs in controlling gut inflammation. Restoring the microbiome by correcting these compositional differences or administration of SBAs hold potential as new therapeutic targets for IBD.

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Summer Search, headquartered in Oakland, California, aims to empower youth from all backgrounds by providing access to education, mentorship and opportunities for growth, thereby breaking down systemic barriers and promoting equity. The organization supports young people in discovering their purpose from high school through to career launch, resulting in significantly higher graduation rates and bachelor’s degree attainment compared to their peers from similar socio-economic backgrounds.

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Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) is an American performance art group that pioneered the genre of large-scale machine performance. Founded in 1978 by Mark Pauline in San Francisco, the group is known in particular for their performances where custom-built machines, often robotic, compete to destroy each other.