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Jess Curtis/Gravity

Project Title: “The Dance that Documents Itself”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $15,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2014

Abstract or Project Description

Joe Goode Performance Group

Project Title: Capacity Building
Giving Area: Arts
Program: IMPACT Program (sunsetted)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2014
Amount: $150,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

A three-year capacity building grant of $150,000 to support capitalization, staffing and tech improvements.

Jumpstart for Young Children

Project Title: Jumpstart Oakland
Giving Area: Education
Program: Invite-Only Grants
Year: 2014
Amount: $45,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

For Jumpstart Oakland, a program that serves children in preschool classrooms, helping them develop the language, literacy and social skills needed for school readiness.

Just Theater

Project Title: “We are Proud to Present…”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $15,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

Jackie Sibblies Drury’s awarding winning play about race, power, narrative, collaboration and the creative spirit.

Katharine Hawthorne

Project Title: “Mainframe”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $8,500.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

A dance exploring how computers have changed the way we see our bodies, drawing inspiration from Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.

Killing My Lobster

Project Title: “Killing My Lobster Monthly Performance Series”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

A live sketch comedy series to take place once per month in 2015.

Kitka

Project Title: “Iron Shoes”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

Neo-feminist futuristic folk opera directed and choreographed by Erika Chong Shuch with original music by Janet Kutulas and production design by Allen Willner.

La ALTERNATIVA

Project Title: “FRESH Festival”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2014

Abstract or Project Description

Featuring many of the Bay Area’s finest experimental dance and performance makers, masters, movers and shakers.

LEVYdance

Project Title: Capacity Building
Giving Area: Arts
Program: IMPACT Program (sunsetted)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2014
Amount: $105,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

A three-year capacity building grant of $105,000 to supportÊstrategic planning, staffing and professional development and funding.

Liss Fain Dance, Inc.

Project Title: “Three by Four”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2014

Abstract or Project Description

An immersive performance installation created by Liss Fain in collaboration with guest choreographers, Amy Seiwert and Christian Burns, and designer Matthew Antaky.

Lotus Bloom Child & Family Resource Center

Project Title: Early childhood education program
Giving Area: Education
Program: Invite-Only Grants
Year: 2014
Amount: $65,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

For site expansion, programming and support for children and their families (Birth to age 5).

Luggage Store

Project Title: General Operating Support
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2014
Amount: $5,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

The Luggage Store, also known as The 509 Cultural Center, is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to foster community through multidisciplinary arts programming that promotes diversity, inclusion and dialogue among the diverse cultural communities of downtown San Francisco. They aim to reduce inter-group tensions and stereotypes through exhibitions, performances, education and public art initiatives.

Luggage Store

Project Title: “Light Up Central Market”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: Open Spaces Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $150,000.00
Cycle: Pilot Year

Abstract or Project Description

To illuminate six site-specific projects, including murals, a building façade, and a dramatic 10 x 24-foot interactive bench entitled “Block by Block.”

Mandela Marketplace Inc

Project Title: Ladder Up
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2014
Amount: $5,000.00

Abstract or Project Description

Based in Oakland, California, Mandela MarketPlace is a non-profit Community Development Corporation, incorporated in 2004, that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth and build assets through cooperative food enterprises in low income communities. Ladder Up, a program launched by Mandela Marketplace in partnership with FreshWorks and Capital Impact Partners, provided financing to small-scale healthy food businesses in underserved communities, offering loans from $1,500 to $34,000 with a unique wealth-building aspect where borrowers receive all interest paid back as savings upon repayment.

Maya Angelou Library & Literacy Center

Project Title: Saturday School Tutoring Program
Giving Area: Education
Program: Invite-Only Grants
Year: 2014
Amount: $19,900.00

Abstract or Project Description

For Saturday School Tutoring Program with take home books for children and families.

Mixed Bag Productions

Project Title: “Erasing Time”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $20,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

Based on the extraordinary 45-year career of artistic director Sara Shelton Mann.

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Project Title: Exploring The Therapeutic Potential Of MUC2, A Gut-Specific Mucin With Anti-Inflammatory Properties.
Giving Area: Health
Program: Innovator Awards
Grant Type: New Grant
Year: 2014
Amount: $100,000
Principal Investigator: Andrea Cerutti, MD

Abstract or Project Description

Mugwumpin

Project Title: “Blockbuster Season”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $15,000.00
Cycle: Spring 2014

Abstract or Project Description

An original devised theater piece that critiques how Hollywood regurgitates an alarmist view of disaster, undermining civil society.

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Project Title: Research
Giving Area: Foundation
Program: Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)
Grant Type: New
Year: 2014
Amount: $2,500.00

Abstract or Project Description

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating neuromuscular diseases through funding research, providing support services and advocating for improved treatments and policies. MDA’s efforts aim to enhance the lives of individuals and families affected by muscular dystrophy and related conditions, ultimately striving for a future free of these debilitating diseases.

NOW FOR NOW

Project Title: “NOW FOR NOW”
Giving Area: Arts
Program: NEW Program
Year: 2014
Amount: $15,000.00
Cycle: Fall 2014

Abstract or Project Description

A new multimedia physical theater piece, created and performed by Mark Jackson and Megan Trout.

Grantee	Giving Area	Program	Grant Year	Project Title	Amount
Jess Curtis/Gravity	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“The Dance that Documents Itself”	$15,000.00
Joe Goode Performance Group	Arts	IMPACT Program (sunsetted)	2014	Capacity Building	$150,000.00
Jumpstart for Young Children	Education	Invite-Only Grants	2014	Jumpstart Oakland	$45,000.00
Just Theater	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“We are Proud to Present…”	$15,000.00
Katharine Hawthorne	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Mainframe”	$8,500.00
Killing My Lobster	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Killing My Lobster Monthly Performance Series”	$20,000.00
Kitka	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Iron Shoes”	$20,000.00
La ALTERNATIVA	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“FRESH Festival”	$20,000.00
LEVYdance	Arts	IMPACT Program (sunsetted)	2014	Capacity Building	$105,000.00
Liss Fain Dance, Inc.	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Three by Four”	$20,000.00
Lotus Bloom Child & Family Resource Center	Education	Invite-Only Grants	2014	Early childhood education program	$65,000.00
Luggage Store	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2014	General Operating Support	$5,000.00
Luggage Store	Arts	Open Spaces Program	2014	“Light Up Central Market”	$150,000.00
Mandela Marketplace Inc	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2014	Ladder Up	$5,000.00
Maya Angelou Library & Literacy Center	Education	Invite-Only Grants	2014	Saturday School Tutoring Program	$19,900.00
Mixed Bag Productions	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Erasing Time”	$20,000.00
Mount Sinai School of Medicine	Health	Innovator Awards	2014	Exploring The Therapeutic Potential Of MUC2, A Gut-Specific Mucin With Anti-Inflammatory Properties.	$100,000
Mugwumpin	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“Blockbuster Season”	$15,000.00
Muscular Dystrophy Association	Foundation	Discretionary Awards (Invitation Only)	2014	Research	$2,500.00
NOW FOR NOW	Arts	NEW Program	2014	“NOW FOR NOW”	$15,000.00

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