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To support Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ field leadership and its ability to respond, collaborate, partner and advocate for equitable, effective grantmaking practices.

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The Rest and Care Award is a one-time, invite-only program for current and past Education and Arts nonprofit grantees, offering six-week sabbaticals with pro-rated salary, benefits, leave expenses and organizational support, recognizing the dedication and resilience of leaders in our grantee community. Grown Woman Dance Collective supports socially just arts and wellness through concert dance, community art and wellness programs and workforce development. Artistic Executive Director Tonya Amos has led the company for 15 years.

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A heart-felt plea, prayer, rally, fist up for our communities slowly dying. Through survivor interviews, the beauty and resistance of Black concert dance, music, vocals and public health collaborations, “I’m.Still.Here” will caution the community and celebrate our survival.

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by non-resolving pathological inflammation leading to erosion of the colon tissue. Recent studies analyzing gene expression signatures in UC patients highlighted specific colonic fibroblast populations that may contribute to inflammation and disease progression. While these studies emphasize the proinflammatory function of activated intestinal fibroblasts, it is unknown whether subsets of intestinal fibroblasts may fulfill protective regulatory functions required to limit intestinal inflammation. Our studies leverage a novel spatial transcriptomics method (MERFISH) to generate a detailed cellular and molecular atlas of the colon, with an emphasis on elucidating the function of fibroblasts in mouse and human colitis. We discovered a new population of regulatory fibroblasts (Fregs) that differentiate during colitis and suppress intestinal inflammation. In particular, we found that Fregs appear in non-inflammatory regions and promote the differentiation of regulatory B cells (Bregs) and tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDCs). The goal of this project is to define the molecular framework governing Freg, Breg and tolDC interactions during colitis, and establish the nature of these interactions in human UC. These studies will demonstrate how Fregs orchestrate immune tolerance to colitis and whether failure of this mechanism may contribute to tolerance breakdown in UC.

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Chorographer Hector Jaime’s first full-evening original dance composition expressing and sharing the culture of shamanic animal shapeshifting abilities with Mexican Indigenous roots.

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Expands families’ capacity to support literacy development and schools’ capacity to engage families.

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Holistic Hyperbarics prides itself on a dedicated team passionate about promoting health through hyperbaric oxygen therapy, comprising diverse professionals with varied career aspirations. They believe in the strength of diversity to provide quality care, offering personalized treatment plans and fostering a welcoming environment for clients’ healing journeys.

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Immersive Arts Alliance is a non-profit that supports and presents works of public art, stewarding collaboration between artists and creative communities.

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A community-engaged dance project that combines the traditional practices of Daoist internal arts with inkBoat’s theater and performance-devising traditions, rooted in Japanese avant-garde performing arts.

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To support the International Access Consortium to increase the funding for and expand the reach and impact of disabled makers.

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A multicultural cabaret that explores the commonalities between traditional presentations of South Asian art in the court and salon setting, the cabaret of Europe and the Americas, and the queer balls of the United States and now the world.

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Intestinal fungi, collectively known as the mycobiota, have emerged as significant contributors to intestinal disease severity. Our prior research demonstrated the efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation in inducing clinical responses in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients associated with decreased fungal colonization over time. Further investigations in mouse models and UC patients revealed that fungi exacerbate disease severity through the production of a toxin called candidalysin. Utilizing an array of approaches, we determined a wide fungal genetic variation within the gut of UC patients. With this proposal we will explore innovative approaches for fungal targeting in UC employing dietary approaches.

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Seeking to help revitalize San Francisco’s Little Saigon neighborhood, this project will use a development suport grant to devise a community process and support dialogues with current and former residents. Led by first and second generation Vietnamese artists, the project aims to shine a light on the historical and cultural importance of the Little Saigon neighborhood by gathering oral histories and lifting up the voices of the Vietnamese community in San Francisco.

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A multi-linear, intimate, personal narrative dance piece that uses visual projection, ice sculpture and contemporary dance to offer a sonically immersive and emotionally nurturing dance space for the Bay Area Queer Asian Community and first generation immigrants.

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Expands families’ capacity to support literacy development.

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A new project that takes an experimental and innovative approach to sustaining Pilipinx indigenous ritual and arts through the platform/lens of contemporary performance. “Tubong for Living Ancestors” features and reclaims the tubong, a Philipino Indigenous pre-colonial practice.

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An LED mobile sculpture and performance project aimed at reducing pedestrian-vehicle collisions in San Francisco. Merging public art with social advocacy, “The Junction Keep” will address the critical issue of pedestrian safety in high-incident intersections by illuminating crosswalks with vibrant LED sculptures and engaging the community through interactive performances. This project is supported by a production support grant.

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The Rest and Care Award is a one-time, invite-only program for current and past Education and Arts nonprofit grantees, offering six-week sabbaticals with pro-rated salary, benefits, leave expenses and organizational support, recognizing the dedication and resilience of leaders in our grantee community. Lead Liberated is an Oakland-based nonprofit that equips education leaders with the tools to interrupt racism within themselves and co-design antiracist cultures within their schools. Their Executive Director of three years is Daneen Keaton.