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Annual Partnership Grants
Black Philanthropic Alliance: The Black Philanthropic Alliance is a DC-based philanthropic affinity group founded in 2002. The Black Philanthropic Alliance’s (BPA) mission is to increase the presence and leadership of Black professionals in philanthropy and to increase Black participation, giving and leadership through the nonprofit sector.  HSF made a $2,500 grant to the BPA for general operating support.
Contact:  Eric Rigaud, 1400 16th St., NW, Suite 740, Washington, DC  20036, (202) 939-3433
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Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO):  FCYO is a collective of national, regional and local grantmakers and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social justice. The mission of the FCYO is to substantially increase the philanthropic investment in and strengthen the organizational capacities of youth organizing groups across the country.  HSF made FCYO with a $2,500 grant to support the third installment of its Occasional Paper Series to examine the emergence, growth and evolution of youth organizing by region.
Contact:  Nicole Burrowes, Communications & Outreach Manager, 183 Madison Avenue, Suite 919, New York, NY  10016, (212) 725-3386
http://www.fcyo.org
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LISC:  LISC helps resident-led, community-based development organizations transform distressed communities and neighborhoods into healthy ones – good places to live, do business, work and raise families. HSF made a $3,500 grant to Washington DC LISC in support of the Arthur S. Fleming Community Leadership Awards program.
Contact:  Oramenta Newsome, Director, 1825 K St., NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC  20006, (202) 785-2908
http://www.lisc.org
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Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG):  The Neighborhood Funders Group is a membership association of grantmaking institutions with a mission to strengthen the capacity of organized philanthropy to understand and support community-based efforts to organize and improve the economic and social fabric of low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities.  HSF made a $5,000 grant to NFG in support of Fund for the Future, a pool of resources that will be targeted to the development of a comprehensive strategic five-ear plan and the implementation of substantive programs that further social and economic justice.
Contact:  Spence Limbocker, Executive Director, 1301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC  20036, (202) 833-4690
http://www.nfg.org
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Resource Generation:  Resource Generation is a national alliance of young people with wealth that promotes innovative ways for their members to learn about and contribute to social justice efforts across the country.  HSF made a $3,000 general support grant to Resource Generation.    
Contact:  Norton Hez, Executive Director, 24 Thorndike St., Cambridge, MA  02141, (617) 225-3939
http://www.resourcegeneration.org
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Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers:  Washington Grantmakers is a network of funders, partnering with nonprofits and governments, that is committed to improving the region by touching lives and changing communities.  In 2004, HSF made a grant of $5,000 to Washington Grantmakers in support of its Leadership FundContact:  Kae G. Dakin, President, 1400 16th St., NW, Suite 740, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 939-3441
http://www.washingtongrantmakers.org
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 Rapid Response
ACORN:  HSF made a $8,000 grant in support of the ACORN Katrina Survivors Association.
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Southern Partners Fund:  HSF made a $12,000 grant in support of the Justice Fund for Katrina Relief and Renewal. 
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Tides Foundation-Rapid Response Fund:  HSF made a $20,000 grant to the Tides Foundation-Rapid Response Fund, with $6,000 dedicated to immediate relief efforts and $14,000 dedicated to long term recovery efforts related to the Asian Tsunami.
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Other
Trinity MOPS Inclusive Pre-School:  In 2005, HSF made a $35,000 general support grant to Trinity MOPS Pre-School to continue a pilot inclusive pre-school classroom at an existing pre-school in the City of Alexandria and build upon the success of its first year of operations.  The pre-school takes four or five special needs children from the Alexandria City Public School system and combines them with five or six “typically developing” children from a waitlist at an area pre-school. 
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Opportunity Fund
Californians for Justice:  HSF made a $3,500 grant to Californians for Justice for its Statewide Gathering for Racial Justice in Education.   
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Center for Community Change:  HSF made a $2,000 grant to Center for Community Change in support of its Living Wage Action Coalition.
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Chinese Staff and Workers Association (CSWA):           HSF made a $3,000 grant to CSWA for travel expenses for workers to attend a gathering to explore establishing a new alliance called “Break the Chains—Repeal Employer Sanctions Now.”  
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Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger:  HSF made a $4,000 grant to Georgia Citizens’ Coalition on Hunger to replace computers and related equipment that were damaged by an electrical surge.
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Honor the Earth:  HSF made a $3,000 grant to Honor the Earth in support of its Native Youth Funder and Grantee Convening.
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Justice 4 DC Youth! Coalition:  HSF made a $4,000 grant to Justice 4 DC Youth Coalition to support youth organizer fellowships.
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People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER):  HSF made a $4,000 grant to POWER in support of the Founding Convention for the Alliance for Land, Work and Power.
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Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP):  HSF made a $5,000 grant to SWOP in support of a youth organizing strategic planning process.  
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Youth Education Alliance:            HSF made a $5,000 grant to Youth Education Alliance to support a transition away from its parent organization LISTEN, Inc.  
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Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ):  HSF made a $4,500 grant to YMPJ for repairs to its facilities.
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Capacity Building Grants
9to5 Working Women Education Fund:  HSF made a $3,000 grant to 9to5 Working Women Education Fund to expand, enhance and market its speaking and training services to underserved communities.
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CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities:  HSF made a $3,000 grant to CAAAV in support of its strategic planning project.
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Calpulli Tlalpalcalli:      HSF made a $1,000 grant to Calpulli Tlalpalcalli to improve the marketing of their products intended to produce earned income.
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Community Voices Heard:  HSF made a $3,500 grant to Community Voices Heard to support voter research with GIS mapping and the hiring of a research to analyze the data.
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Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE):            HSF made a $3,000 grant to FUREE in support of a staff development initiative designed to build its staff’s capacity to carry out its organizing work and to create systems and structures for current and future staff to use to be more effective.  
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FIERCE!:  HSF made a $2,500 grant to FIERCE! for a “Training for Trainers” program for its members to increase their abilities to apply analysis and skills building, learn skills together and have a common framework to advance the organization’s campaign.       
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Garment Worker Center:  HSF made a $3,000 grant to Garment Worker Center to clean-up, record and enter into its database five hundred worker case files and use the data for a report evaluating the effectiveness of a landmark sweatshop worker remediation bill in California.
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Grass Roots Organizing:  HSF made a $4,500 grant to Grass Roots Organizing in support of its strategic planning process.
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Highlander Research and Education Center:  HSF made a $3,500 grant to Highlander Research and Education Center to support its strategic planning process.
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Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA):          HSF made a $4,000 grant to KIWA in support of its strategic planning process.   
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Miami Workers Center:  HSF made a $5,000 grant to Miami Workers Center in support of an intensive leadership development training for grassroots members that are members of the National Network for No-and Low-Wage Workers.
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National Employment Law Project (NELP):  HSF made a $3,000 grant to NELP to increase the scope, content and capacity of its website.
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Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition:  HSF made a $3,000 grant to Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition to support an intensive training retreat for new and incoming members.
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Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (NWFCO):  HSF made a $3,000 grant to NWFCO in support of a Strategic Framing Workshop to jumpstart the process for NWFCO and its affiliates to move beyond isolated, single issue campaigns to promoting bold and consistent visions for jobs, education, healthcare and racial justice.
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South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund:  HSF made a $5,000 grant to South Carolina Fair Share Education Fund to support its ability to launch its youth organizing work in South Carolina.
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Tenants' & Workers' Support Committee (TWSC):  HSF made a $3,000 grant to TWSC to its participation in the national gathering of the National Network of No- and Low-Wage workers, and to implement a communication plan.
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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.
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