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Full list of 2005 grants Download full list of 2005 grant descriptions |
9to5 Working Women Education Fund (WWEF): 9to5 WWEF is a multi-racial, multi-state, grassroots organization whose mission is to strengthen the ability of low wage women to win economic justice. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to help the organization continue its work to protect and expand the Family Medical Leave Act; lay the groundwork to set a new national standard on paid sick days; work to improve TANF policies at the state level; and increase low-wage women’s participation in the electoral process.
Contact: Linda Meric, Executive Director, 152 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 408, Milwaukee, WI 53203-2508, (303) 628-0925
http://www.9to5.org
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California Partnership for Working Families (CPWF): Founded in 2002, CPWF is a statewide organization founded to build an economic justice movement to change the nature of economic development locally and throughout the state of California. HSF made a $25,000 grant to further CPWF’s work to build the capacity of “anchor” organizations in Sacramento, Orange County/Long Beach to work on Community Benefit Agreements; look for opportunities to do statewide work; jointly hire field staff with partner organizations; and build an interfaith network at the regional and state level.
Contact info: Madeline Janis-Aparicio, Secretary of the Board, 406 Lucas Ave., Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90017, (213) 977-9400 x108
http://www.californiapartnership.org
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Chinese Progressive Association (CPA): CPA is a grassroots community organization which works for full equality and empowerment of the Chinese community in the Greater Boston area and beyond. HSF made a $20,000 general support grant to CPA to work with communities of color, neighborhood and tenant groups on affordable housing and equitable development through the “Whose Boston” coalition; to continue to organize and educate workers for better wages and working conditions; and to organize and train youth leaders and involve them in the worker organizing and civic engagement work of the organization.
Contact: Lydia Lowe, Executive Director, 33 Harrison Ave., 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02111, (617) 357-4499
http://www.cpaboston.org
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Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association (CSWA): CSWA is a multi-trade, organization of garment, restaurant, construction, homecare, domestic and other low-wage workers that fights for economic and social rights in the workplace and community at large. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to CSWA to organize in support of the repeal of the employer sanctions provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act and introduce new measures to allow undocumented workers to adjust their immigration status; and demand manufacturer accountability for sweatshop conditions in subcontracted workplaces.
Contact: Nancy Eng, Organizer, P.O. Box 130401, New York, NY 10013-0995, (212) 334-2333
http://www.cswa.org
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a community-based labor organization of Latino, Haitian and Mayan immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout South Florida. CIW received a $25,000 general support grant to establish the Making Fast Food Fair Food Campaign to expand its historic Taco Bell agreement to the rest of the Fast Food industry; implement the agreement with Taco Bell and Yum Brands; continue its Labor Rights/Anti-Slavery Campaign, and expand its Community and Media Center.
Contact: Julia Perkins, P.O. Box 603, Immokalee, FL 34142, (239) 657-8311
http://www.ciw-online.org
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Community Voices Heard (CVH): CVH is a membership organization of low-income people that works to achieve change through a multi-pronged strategy which includes community organizing, public policy work, and political education. HSF made a general support grant of $25,000 to CVH to ensure that education and training time count towards requirements in federal TANF legislation and its implementation on the state and local levels; continue its work to expand voter participation by low-income women of color in NY’s Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections; and prevent an increase in work requirements and cuts in funding for welfare.
Contact: Paul Getsos, Executive Director, 170 East 116th Street, Suite 1E, New York, NY 10029, (212) 860-6001
http://www.cvhaction.org
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Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE): FUREE is a woman of color led, multi-racial organization, that uses direct action, leadership development, community organizing and political education to win economic and social change. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to FUREE to continue its work to equalize the pay rate between NYC childcare providers paid by contract and vouchers; win more subsidized childcare slots for low-income parents; and turn out at least 2,500 low-income voters for the 2006 Mayoral election through participating in NY VOTE.
Contact: Ilana Berger, Co-Director, 81 Willoughby St., #206, Brooklyn, NY 11201, (718) 852-2960
http://www.furee.org
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Fifth Avenue Committee: The Fifth Avenue Committee’s mission is to promote social and economic justice throughout South Brooklyn by combining community development and grassroots organizing on critical public policy issues. HSF made a $15,000 grant to support FAC’s new immigrant worker organizing project, La Union de la Communidad Latina, that seeks to improve the wages of local supermarket and restaurant workers by one dollar over the minimum wage, and reduce the high fees associated with sending money to relatives in Mexico.
Contact: Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director, 621 DeGraw St., Brooklyn, NY 11217, (718) 237-2017
http://www.fifthave.org
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Florida ACORN: The long-term goal of Florida ACORN is to build a broad network of low-income residents, community advocates and leaders that will have the power to affect more inclusive and equitable public policies in the state of Florida. In 2004, HSF supported Florida ACORN’s groundbreaking victory to increase the minimum wage throughout the state of Florida. In 2005, HSF made a $25,000 grant to Florida ACORN to ensure the effective enforcement of the Florida’s new minimum wage and annual inflation adjustment, and to launch two new living wage campaigns in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando.
Contact: Jennifer Lawson, State Head Organizer, 1380 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL 33135, (305) 644-3005 x111
http://www.acorn.org
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Garment Workers Center: The Garment Workers Center seeks to support and empower garment workers and other low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles. HSF made a general support grant of $25,000 to help the Center restructure its membership program, establish the Health and Safety Campaign, and transition to an independent 501(c)3 organization.
Contact: Kimi Lee, Director, 1250 S. Los Angeles St., #213, Los Angeles, CA 90015, (213) 748-5866
http://www.garmentworkercenter.org
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Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger: The Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger seeks to end hunger, homelessness and poverty in Georgia by providing leadership development, education and organizing low-income communities to get involved and take action. HSF made a $25,000 grant to the Coalition to continue its living wage work in the next year; particularly its effort to educate the public about the Corporate Accountability and Wage Standards Bill and to garner support and seek other cities and/or counties to adopt “living wage” standards for their employees.
Contact info: Sandra Robertson, Executive Director, 9 Gammon Ave., Atlanta, GA 30315, (404) 622-7778
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Grass Roots Organizing (GRO): GRO is a grassroots community organizing group based in central Missouri whose mission is to create a grassroots mechanism to give voice to individuals and communities in pursuit of economic justice and human rights. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to GRO to continue and expand its Health Rights Access Project (HRAP) to fight against the planned eradication of the Medicaid program in Missouri by 2008, and to merge and expand its new civic participation project with HRAP.
Contact: Robin Acree, Executive Director, 304 South Calhoun Street, Mexico, MO 65265, (573) 581-9595
http://www.gromo.org
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Korean Immigrant Workers’ Advocates (KIWA): The focus of KIWA is to empower low-wage immigrant workers and develop leadership in the Koreatown community in Los Angeles in their struggle for positive social change. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to KIWA to support its efforts to win a living wage agreement with each of the six major Koreatown supermarkets; refine its worker organizing strategies to more effectively organize industry-wide membership for the Immigrant Workers Union; and create and implement an enforcement strategy to ensure that markets comply with a code of conduct.
Contact: Danny Park, Executive Director, 3465 W. 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005, (213) 738-9050
http://www.kiwa.org
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Miami Workers Center: The Miami Workers Center is a strategy and organizing center for no- and low-wage workers in low-income communities in the City of Miami and Dade County. HSF made a $25,000 grant in support of the Center’s new equitable development initiative, RENT (Regional Equity in Neighborhood Transitions), to help it develop a regional coalition and win a community benefits agreement on the county level; ensure that the Liberty City Transit Hub meets needs of the existing community; and expand the capacity of MWC to take on work across multiple neighborhoods and regionally.
Contact: Gihan Pererra, Executive Director, 6127 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127, (305) 759-8717
http://www.miamiworkerscenter.org
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Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights: The Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights (MWCHR) is a worker advocacy organization that provides organizing support, legal representation, and training for low-wage and non-union workers in Mississippi. MWCHR received a $25,000 general support grant from HSF to fully implement the Community Advocacy Project across 22 counties throughout Mississippi; re-activate the Mississippi Human Rights Coalition; and organize the 6th Bi-annual Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference.
Contact: Jaribu Hill, Executive Director, 213 Main Street, Greenville, MS 38701, (662) 334-1122
http://www.msworkerscenter.org
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National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON): NDLON is a national collaborative of 29 member organizations that support the development of day labor worker centers nationwide and advocate for better working conditions and wages for day laborers. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to NDLON to create, strengthen and build alliances among new and existing Day Labor Worker Centers; directly assist in the creation of at least two new worker centers; continue campaigns that directly challenge anti day laborer solicitation ordinances; and enhance its national visibility and role as an advocate for legalizing the immigration status for undocumented day laborers.
Contact: Pablo Alvarado, National Coordinator, 2533 West Third St., Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90057, (213) 353-1336
http://www.ndlon.org
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National Employment Law Project (NELP): NELP is a non-profit advocacy and research organization which provides intensive support to grassroots organizing and advocacy initiatives that enforce and expand employment protections for the nation’s low-wage workers. HSF made a $25,000 grant in support of NELP’s work to provide technical assistance to at least four new wage/health and safety campaigns across the country; provide training on workplace rights for worker centers; and launch a new project to defend the rights of formerly incarcerated job seekers.
Contact: Bruce Herman, Executive Director, 55 John Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038, (212) 285-3025
http://www.nelp.org
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Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO): NWFCO is a regional network of four grassroots organizations that seeks to achieve systemic change by building strong state affiliates and by executing national and regional campaigns. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to NWFCO to work in four states to stop proposals to increase costs or cut benefits in Medicaid, and other state health coverage programs; and develop a national learning circle (with the Center for Community Change) for grassroots groups interested in working toward universal health care coverage.
Contact: LeeAnn Hall, Executive Director, 1265 S. Main St, #305, Seattle, WA 98144, (206) 568-5400
http://www.nwfco.org
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People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER): POWER is a multi-racial, multi-lingual membership organization of no-and low-wage workers who come together to find permanent solutions for poverty and unemployment in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. HSF made a $25,000 general support grant to POWER to launch its new 'Bayview Not for Sale' equitable development campaign; win increased wages and improved working conditions for domestic workers in San Francisco; and further develop local and national strategic alliances.
Contact: Steve Williams, Executive Director, 32 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, (415) 864-8372
http://www.unite-to-fight.org
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