Grants

Youth Organizing (2004)

Action Communication and Education Reform
Duck Hill, MS
$20,000
Border Network for Human Rights
El Paso, TX
$30,000
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Bronx, NY
$25,000
California Fund for Youth Organizing
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
Californians for Justice
Oakland, CA
$25,000
Calpulli Tlapalcalli
San Benito, TX
$15,000
Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment
Greenville, SC
$30,000
Citizens for Quality Education
Lexington, KY
$20,000
Concerned Citizens for a Better Tunica County
Tunica, MS
$30,000
FIERCE!
New York, NY
$25,000
Highlander Research and Education Center
New Market, TN
$30,000
Honor the Earth
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
The Indianola Parent Student Group
Indianola, MS
$15,000
InnerCity Struggle
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
Justice 4 DC Youth!
Washington, DC
$15,000
LISTEN, Inc.
Washington, DC
$40,000
LISTEN, Inc.
Washington, DC
$25,000
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Bronx, NY
$30,000
Padres Unidos
Denver, CO
$25,000
Prison Moratorium Project
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
Southern Californians for Youth
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Southwest Organizing Project
Albuquerque, NM
$25,000
Southwest Youth Collaborative
Chicago, IL
$25,000
Tenants' & Workers' Support Committee
Alexandria, VA
$25,000
UPROSE
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
Young Women United
Albuquerque, NM
$20,000
Young Women's Project
Washington, DC
$25,000
Youth Action Research Group
Washington, DC
$30,000
Youth Justice Coalition/Free L.A.!
Los Angeles, CA
$35,000
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
Bronx, NY
$40,000
YouthAction
Albuquerque, NM
$35,000
Total Youth Organizing Grantmaking $890,000

Economic Justice (2004)

9to5 Working Women Education Fund
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
California Partnership for Working Families (CPWF)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
Chinese Staff and Workers Association
New York, NY
$20,000
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Immokalee, FL
$20,000
Community Voices Heard
New York, NY
$20,000
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
Garment Worker Center
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
Grass Roots Organizing (GRO)
Mexico, MO
$20,000
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
Miami Workers Center
Miami, FL
$20,000
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights
Greenville, MS
$30,000
National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
Los Angeles, CA
$25,000
National Employment Law Project (NELP)
New York, NY
$25,000
Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Seattle, WA
$25,000
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund
Cola, SC
$20,000
The Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
Total Economic Justice Grantmaking $400,000

Joint Grants (2005)

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
New York, NY
$45,000
Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment
Greenville, SC
$20,000
Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
$45,000
Tenants & Workers Support Committee
Alexandria, VA
$45,000
Total Joint Grants (2005) $155,000

Fund for DC (2005)

CASA de Maryland
Takoma Park, Maryland
$20,000
DC Jobs w./ Justice
Washington, DC
$15,000
Empower DC!
Washington, DC
$15,000
NonProfit Roundtable of Greater Washington
Washington, DC
$20,000
Washington DC ACORN
Washington, DC
$15,000
Total Fund for DC (2005) $85,000

Special Grants (2004)

Opportunity Fund

California Fund for Youth Organizing (CFYO)
La Jolla, CA
$3,250
Indigenous Environmental Network
Bemidji, MN
$4,000
LISTEN, Inc.
Washington, DC
$5,000
Movement Strategy Center
Oakland, CA
$5,000
People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)
San Francisco, CA
$2,500
Project South
Atlanta, GA
$3,000
School of Unity and Liberation
Oakland, CA
$5,000
Total Opportunity Fund Grantmaking $27,750

Board of Trustees Discretionary Grants

Each Hill-Snowdon Foundation Trustee has a designated amount for awarding discretionary grants each year. These grants are typically made in the personal interests of each board member and are therefore outside of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation's regular program areas. Unsolicited applications for these grants are not accepted.

The Black Student Fund
Washington, DC
$10,000
Campagna Center
Alexandria, VA
$1,500
The Child & Family Network Centers
Alexandria, VA
$1,000
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association
Carlsbad, CA
$1,000
Cure Autism Now
Los Angeles, CA
$1,000
Developmental Delay Resources
Bethesda, MD
$1,750
Duke University
Durham, NC
$1,000
Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
Oakland, CA
$5,000
For Love of Children
Washington, DC
$5,000
Lab School of Washington
Washington, DC
$2,000
Primary Stages
New York, NY
$5,000
Scott Hazelcorn Memorial Children's Foundation
New York, NY
$1,000
St. Alban's School
Washington, DC
$1,000
Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
New York, NY
$5,000
Trinity United Methodist Church
Alexandria, VA
$10,000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Communications
Urbana, IL
$1,000
University of Virginia Law School Foundation
Charlottsville, VA
$1,500
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$1,250
Total Board Discretionary Grantmaking $55,000
Low Income Voter Engagement Initiative (LIVE)
American Institute for Social Justice
Miami, FL
$50,000
Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
$65,000
Earth Day Network
Washington, DC
$30,000
Liberty Hill Foundation
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
Total LIVE Grants
*$70,000 was contributed by HSF Trustees from their discretionary funds
$170,000*
Other Grants  
Trinity MOPS Inclusive Pre-School
Alexandria, VA
$50,000
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers
Washington, DC
$5,000
Total Other Grants $55,000
Total Special Grants 2004 $307,750
Total 2004 Hill-Snowdon Foundation Grantmaking $1,597,500
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