SBCF Funds 25 Projects Benefiting the San Bruno Community

Article Source: San Bruno Community Foundation

SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $300,000 IN COMMUNITY GRANTS With $100,000 Grant from YouTube/Google.org,

SBCF Funds 25 Projects Benefiting the San Bruno Community

San Bruno, California, December 6, 2018 – The Board of Directors of the San Bruno Community Foundation recently approved grant awards totaling $300,000 to local community organizations for 25 projects that benefit the San Bruno community. In its third year of offering the Community Grants Fund, the Foundation is providing $200,000 of its own funds, which, combined with $100,000 from YouTube and Google.org, will fund community projects taking place in 2019.

Through the Community Grants Fund, the Foundation is utilizing investment proceeds from a portion of the restitution funds resulting from the City of San Bruno’s settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company following the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that devastated San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood to invest in local organizations that form the lifeblood of the San Bruno community. For the second year in a row, YouTube and Google.org made a generous $100,000 contribution to the program, allowing the Foundation to increase the grant funds distributed by 50 percent.

“In collaboration with YouTube and Google.org, we are very pleased to invest in the valuable work that local organizations do to strengthen the San Bruno community,” said Foundation President Nancy Kraus. “This year’s Community Grants will support a diverse array of community organizations doing meaningful work to benefit the people of San Bruno, including Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County’s advocacy and education efforts on behalf of San Bruno residents of long-term care facilities, My Digital TAT2’s promotion of healthy online habits and behavior among San Bruno elementary school students, and the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County’s work to provide legal assistance to residents facing eviction.”

The recommended grantees were selected from a competitive pool of grant applications that were received by the program’s September 26, 2018, application deadline. A review panel of volunteers, including community members and individuals with grantmaking and nonprofit experience, reviewed and evaluated the applications, ultimately recommending that the Board approve grants to the 25 projects. Most importantly in its evaluation, the panel weighed the benefits of the proposed projects to the San Bruno community. Other criteria the panel considered include each proposal’s alignment with one of the Foundation’s identified focus areas, project methodology and budget, the requested grant amount in relation to anticipated community benefit, and the applying organization’s track record, stability, and financial health.

“YouTube and Google.org are proud to work with the San Bruno Community Foundation on a variety of initiatives including the Community Grants Fund, helping to invest in innovative and valuable programs that benefit San Bruno, YouTube’s home,” said Rebecca Prozan, Google’s head of Public Affairs in California. “Through the Community Grants Fund, we are grateful for the opportunity to support so many organizations dedicated to making a difference in the lives of San Bruno’s children, parents, caregivers, teachers, ethnic communities, and those struggling to make ends meet or facing other economic and personal challenges.”

The grant awards, which range in size from $22,000 to $3,000, include:

$4,000 to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) North Peninsula, CA, to enable three San Bruno middle school students to attend the Tech Trek science and math summer camp for girls held at Stanford University;

$10,000 to Bay Area Bioscience Education Community to provide San Bruno high school and community college teachers with the technical skills, knowledge, and resources to empower them to teach biotechnology curriculum;

$22,000 to the Capuchino High School Alumni Association to help Capuchino High School reach its goal of providing digital devices for all students through the purchase of 70 Chromebooks and two Chromebook carts;

$20,000 to Catholic Worker Hospitality House for the continued operation of its emergency homeless shelter located at St. Bruno’s Catholic Church in downtown San Bruno;

$10,000 to the City of San Bruno to support essential emergency management training for the City of San Bruno's senior leadership team and key public safety representatives;

$6,500 to the City of San Bruno to support the Narita, Japan Sister City Exchange Program, which offers a cultural and educational exchange between San Bruno and Narita middle school students;

$15,000 to Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) to provide San Bruno families impacted by intimate partner abuse with 24-hour access to crisis intervention services, including crisis counseling, safety planning, and access to emergency shelter;

$3,000 to the County of San Mateo to support two San Bruno under-served students pursuing higher education through the Al Teglia Jobs for Youth Scholarship Program;

$20,000 to Edgewood Center for Children and Families to provide support services to kinship families (where relatives assume parenting responsibilities when children can no longer remain with parents, thereby preventing the need for those children to be placed in foster care) in San Bruno;

$15,000 to the Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services of San Mateo County to expand mental and behavioral health services for individuals in substance abuse recovery in San Bruno;

$10,000 to the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County to provide legal assistance to San Bruno residents facing eviction or living in substandard conditions with the goal of keeping them in their homes through the HomeSavers Program;

$10,000 to the Lowen Soccer Club for maintenance of and improvements to San Bruno’s widely used soccer fields;

$5,000 to the Marine Science Institute to provide students from low-income San Bruno schools with engaging and interactive marine science instruction through the Discover Our Bay program;

$20,000 to My Digital TAT2 to educate San Bruno Park School District 4th and 5th graders, parents, and teachers on building healthy online habits, behavior, and critical thinking skills;

$10,000 to Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County, Inc., to protect the rights of San Bruno residents of long-term care facilities through education, advocacy, and support services;

$20,000 to Parents Helping Parents, Inc. to empower San Bruno parents to effectively advocate for their special needs children and navigate the educational, legal, and social service systems of care;

$12,000 to Partners and Advocates for Remarkable Children and Adults (Parca) to support program operating costs and enhance summer camp programming for REACH, an inclusive, licensed day- and after-school program for children with and without developmental disabilities;

$10,000 to Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center to educate San Bruno’s Pacific Islander community on diabetes prevention and treatment through the Pacific Islander Health Ambassador Program;

$20,000 to Project Read/City of South San Francisco to continue expansion of literacy services to low-income San Bruno parents and children through Learning Wheels, Project Read’s literacy van;

$15,000 to Samoan Solutions, Inc., for a Samoan cultural educational workshop series, culminating in a stage performance of Samoan legends open to all San Bruno residents;

$9,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to serve San Bruno families and individuals at risk for hunger through the distribution of 478,000 pounds of healthy food;

$15,000 to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Particular Council of San Mateo County, Inc., to provide services to San Bruno families and individuals at risk of homelessness through the Peninsula Family Resource Center;

$3,000 to the Society of Western Artists to host a month-long exhibition of visual artwork (drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, and sculpture) by Skyline College art students at its gallery in downtown San Bruno;

$10,000 to StarVista to provide at-risk San Bruno parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 with support and education to build parent/caregiver capacity and reduce the causes and effects of toxic stress through the Healthy Homes program; and

$5,000 to Via Heart Project to provide CPR and AED training to students at San Bruno’s Parkside Intermediate School, preparing them for emergency situations and creating a community of first responders.

The Foundation intends to offer grants through the Community Grants Fund again in 2019, with the online application accessible through the Foundation’s website at www.sbcf.org in early July.

The San Bruno Community Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by the City of San Bruno to administer the $70 million in restitution funds received from PG&E after the devastating 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno’s Crestmoor neighborhood. The Foundation serves the San Bruno community by investing in projects, programs, services, and facilities that have significant and lasting benefits. Through making grants, leveraging partnerships, and taking advantage of other resources, the SBCF assists and enables the community to maximize shared investments and realize their subsequent enhancements and benefits.

Google.org, Google’s philanthropy, supports charitable organizations that apply scalable, data-driven approaches to solving the world’s biggest challenges. We accelerate their progress by providing funding, products, and technical expertise from Google volunteers with a focus on education, economic opportunity, inclusion, and crisis response.

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