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Baltimore Algebra Project combines academic tutoring, networked student groups and civil disobedience in order to increase public awareness of both the causes and effects of the underfunding of Baltimore city schools. Several Baltimore City Circuit Court rulings affirm their advocacy and organizing activities aimed at securing the over $1 billion due Baltimore city schools from the State Department of Education. HSF provided a $20,000 renewal grant to improve tutoring operations, galvanize a shared youth and adult organizing platform, and place the ongoing school funding campaign within a national context.
Contact: Jay Gillen, Executive Director, 1523 Lakeside Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218, (410) 243-4969
www.algebra.org
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Black Mesa Water Coalition (BMWC) addresses issues of environmental and economic justice in the Black Mesa region. HSF provided a $20,000 general support renewal grant to support its work on the Just Transition Campaign to develop a sustainable economic infrastructure for the Hopi Nation, as well as its work with youth to build sustainable communities based on local knowledge.
Contact:  Enei Begaye, Executive Director, 408 E. Route 66, Suite #1., Flagstaff, AZ  86001, (928) 213-9760     
www.blackmesawatercoalition.org
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California Fund for Youth Organizing is a collaborative, community-based renewal grantmaking vehicle that promotes the civic engagement of youth in issues that impact them the most. HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to build the capacity and leadership of individual youth and organizations in Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Central Valley and convene regional networks.
Contact: Raquel Laviña, Coordinator, 1611 Telegraph Rd., Suite 510, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 444-0640 ext. 324  California.Fund@gmail.com
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Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment (CAFE) strives to uplift low-wage, non-unionized workers and their families by building a multi-racial, democratic organization and collectively working for justice on the job and in their communities.  HSF provided a $20,000 renewal grant to increase the overall quality and extent of youth participation in CAFE’s leadership programs, develop and strengthen six CAFE youth committees and strengthen the capacity of the youth and adults in each intergenerational chapter.
Contact: Carol Bishop, Executive Director, 1 Chick Springs Rd., Suite 114, Greenville, SC 29609, (864) 235-2926
http://www.cafesc.org
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Citizens for a Better Greenville (CBG) was founded in 2001 to address growing concerns about the public school system, economic development and environmental concerns in the Mississippi Delta city of Greenville.  HSF made a $20,000 renewal grant to CBG to deepen members’ leadership capacity, facilitate youth leadership in developing and implementing school-based drop out prevention strategies, and mobilize parental involvement on education reform efforts toward increased academic achievement.
Contact:  Joyce Parker, Executive Director, P.O. Box 5673, Greenville, MS 38701, (662) 332-4497
http://citizensforabettergville.org/
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Coleman Advocates for Youth combines policy advocacy, community organizing, and leadership development to transform San Francisco’s services and policies to better benefit children, youth and working families. HSF made a $20,000 renewal grant for Coleman’s youth-led organizing campaigns on youth employment and educational equity, as well as its inter-generational organizing efforts to gentrification and reduced investments by the city in support of low income families.
Contact: N’Tanya Lee, 459 Vienna St., San Francisco, CA 94112 (415) 239-0106
http://www.colemanadvocates.org
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Facilitating Leadership in Youth (FLY) supports youth East of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC toward reaching their full potential as students, artists and citizens.  HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to FLY for their youth leadership council B.L.A.S.T. (Building Leadership Among Strong Teens) and to coordinate increased resident-led input around the economic redevelopment of the Barry Farm community.
Contact:  James Pearlstein, Director of Youth Leadership, 611 Pennsylvania Ave., SE #409, Washington, DC  20003, (202) 423-2124          
http://www.flyouth.org
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FIERCE! is a New York City-based youth/young adult-run, multi-racial community organizing project for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, two-spirited, or transgendered (LGBTST) youth, focusing on youth of color and homeless/low-income youth. HSF made a $30,000 general support renewal grant for the inclusion of an LGBT youth center in a new development at Pier 40, to advocate for improved community policing policies and practices, and continue leadership development and political education activities with members.
Contact: Rickke Manazala, Director, 437 West 16th St., Lower Level, New York, NY 10011, (646) 336-6789
http://www.fiercenyc.org
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Highlander Research and Education Center is a residential popular education/training center for people of the South that brings community activists and leaders together to learn from each other and develop strategies for social change.  HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant for Highlander to continue to serve as a hub for strategic activities aimed at strengthening youth organizing capacity in the region.
Contact: Tami Newman, Development Coordinator, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN  37820, (865) 933-3443
http://www.highlandercenter.org
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Justice for DC Youth! Coalition (JDCY) is a coalition of youth, youth-led organizations, youth service providers, faith communities, artists and concerned residents working together to shift the District’s approach to juvenile justice to a pro-active continuum of care model in which after-school enrichment, jobs, and community-based alternatives are key components. HSF made a $20,000 renewal grant to JDCY to build the leadership capacity of formerly and currently incarcerated youth, facilitate direct contact between youth and key policymakers, and galvanize public support for systems reform informed by a youth development frame.   
Contact: Shani O’Neal, Executive Director, 1012 14th Street, NW, Suite 610, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 386-9809
http://www.jdcy.org/
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Peaceoholics is a community-based youth development and leadership organization working with several District agencies, e.g., DC Public Schools, Parks and Recreation, and Youth Rehabilitation Services, to counter the feelings of isolation and territoriality among District youth by nurturing the development and practice of healthy decision-making, critical thinking, power analysis and team building behaviors. HSF made a $15,000 renewal grant to support the continued growth of their civic engagement program.
Contact: Ronald Moten, Chief Operating Officer, 606 Raleigh Place, SE, Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-1971
http://peaceoholics.org/
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Southern Californians for Youth is a membership based youth organizing network whose vision is to create a strong multi-racial/multi-ethnic youth movement led by youth of color committed to social justice. HSF made a $20,000 general support renewal grant to SoCal to create a sustainable youth organizing network and infrastructure in Los Angeles County and advance youth organizing as a critical and effective youth engagement model for the county.
Contact:  Nathan Thuan Nguyen, Director, 5610 Pacific Blvd., Suite 204, Huntington Park, CA  90255, (323) 581-3554
http://www.socal4youth.org
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Southern Echo is a leadership education, training and development organization founded in 1989 and based in Jackson, Mississippi.  HSF made a $25,000 general support renewal grant to Southern Echo to expand youth participation in the dropout prevention policy formation process at the local school district level and provide skills trainings and leadership development workshops for parents and youth.
Contact:  Leroy Johnson, Executive Director, P.O. Box 9306, Jackson, MS  39206, (601) 982-6400
http://www.southernecho.org
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Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ) is a people of color, multi-issue, regional, bi-national organization comprising 57 grassroots community-based, native, labor, youth and student groups and organizations working for environmental and economic justice in the southwest and western U.S. and northern Mexico.  HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant for SNEEJ’s Youth Leadership Development Campaign to implement the Youth Organizer Training Institute, re-institute the Youth Exchange Program and establish an Advanced Placement Program.
Contact:  Sylvia Ledesma, Resource Development Coordinator,  P.O. Box 7399, Albuquerque, NM  87194, (505) 242-0416
http://www.sneej.org
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Voces de la Frontera (VF) strives to educate low-income and immigrant workers about their rights and promote the ability of community organizations to achieve policy changes that benefit the immigrant community and workers overall.  HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to VF to continue integrating youth organizing with immigrant and low wage worker rights campaigns, build a state-wide network of Voces youth chapters, and conduct voter education and mobilization campaigns.
Contact:  Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director, 1027 S. 5th St., Milwaukee, WI  53204, (414) 643-1620
http://www.vocesdelafrontera.net/
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Young Women’s Project (YMP) is a multi-cultural organizational that builds and supports DC teen, women and girl leaders so that they can improve their lives and transform their communities.  HSF made a $25,000 renewal grant to support YMP’s Foster Care Campaign to  increase life, self-advocacy, and leadership skills for youth in foster care and engage them in systemic reform aimed at improving homes, such as securing the creation of an Child Welfare Ombudsman position and improving expense tracking for group homes.
Contact:  Nadia Moritz, Executive Director, 1328 Florida Ave., NW, Suite 2000, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 332-3399
http://www.youngwomensproject.org
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Youth Action Research Group (YARG) strives to build the capacity of young people to critically analyze the problems facing their communities and to engage in organizing, advocacy and civic education around issues that directly impact their lives.  HSF made a $30,000 renewal grant to support YARG in advocating for the Department of Employment Services to implement a year-round youth employment program, address program quality issues and increase the overall youth employment budget.
Contact:  Danielle Kurzweil, Executive Director/Lead Organizer, 1419 V Street, NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20009, (202) 462-5767
http://www.yargdc.blogspot.com
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Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) is a grassroots community-organization created, led, and run by young people of color that provides a safe space for young people to empower themselves and organize around environmental and social justice issues.  HSF made a $20,000 renewal grant to YUCA to implement a community benefits agreement for a proposed supermarket development, facilitate community participation and influence in the discussion of land usage in the Ravenswood Business District, organize the intergenerational Environmental Justice Group, and provide its members with leadership development and skills training opportunities.
Contact: Oscar Flores, 2135 Clarke Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650) 322-9165
http://www.youthunited.net
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