2023 Grantees

2023 Fall Grantees:

Access for All: $6,349.00

AmpSurf (Association of Amputee Surfers)         

For the purchase of a beach wheelchair

$2,349.00

 

NatureTrack Foundation

For Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature Freedom Trax

$4,000.00

 

General Grants-Arts: $56,045.27

Foundation for the Performing Arts

Unrestricted

$7,045.27

Opera SLO

Unrestricted

$24,000.00

Paso Robles Youth Arts Center             

Unrestricted

$25,000.00

BUILD (Operating Budgets less than $500,000): $46,163.91

Cambria Center for the Arts

For donor & volunteer management systems

$3,563.91

City Farm SLO

For communications and marketing plan implementation

$5,000.00

Diversity Coalition of San Luis Obispo County

For the BIPOC Board Leadership Training program

$5,000.00

Environmental Center of SLO

For volunteer program infrastructure

$5,000.00

FirstFruits Farm

For the purchase of a walk-in cooler

$5,000.00

Gala Pride and Diversity Center

For the donor development strategic plan

$5,000.00

Morro Bay Art Association

For technology upgrades

$4,600.00

Opera SLO

For website upgrades

$5,000.00

Senior Volunteer Services

For the Community Awareness Project

$3,000.00

SLO Wind Orchestra, Inc.

For the Orchestral Access Grant

$5,000.00

General Grants-Environment: $44,374.50

Central Coast State Parks Association

Unrestricted

$24,874.50

Ecologistics

Unrestricted for Home Front Environmental Justice, Morro Bay

$15,000.00

Ecologistics

Unrestricted for the Five Cities Repair Café

$4,500.00

Growing Together: An LGBTQ+ Fund: $10,000.00

Gala Pride and Diversity Center

For LGBTQ+ Youth Support Expansion Project

$5,000.00

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

For gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT)

$5,000.00

General Grants-Health & Human Services: $111,570.00

Atascadero Loaves & Fishes

Unrestricted

$24,000.00

Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County

Unrestricted

$20,000.00

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County

Unrestricted

$20,000.00

Community Counseling Center of San Luis Obispo County

Unrestricted

$25,000.00

Monterey College of Law

Unrestricted for the San Luis Obispo College of Law Campus

$22,570.00

Opportunity to Thrive Initiative: $40,000.00

5Cities Homeless Coalition

For immediate needs financial assistance

$5,000.00

Child Development Resource Center of San Luis Obispo County

For the Family Advocate Collaborative

$5,000.00

El Camino Homeless Organization

For the ECHO Client Assistance Program

$5,000.00

Lumina Alliance

For direct client assistance for sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors

$5,000.00

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing

For the Emergency Assistance Fund for At-Rish Households

$5,000.00

Restorative Partners

For the opportunity to thrive

$5,000.00

SLO County UndocuSupport

For direct housing aid for immigrant families

$5,000.00

South County Youth Coalition

For the SCYC Youth Fund

$5,000.00

John S. Renner Memorial Genius Award: $2,000.00

Mr. Carlos Giovanni Ortega

To support your work as an LGBTQ+ artist

$2,000.00

General Grants-Seniors & People with Disabilities: $40,987.76

Jewish Community Center San Luis Obispo

Unrestricted

$15,987.76

Long Term Care Ombudsman Services

Unrestricted

$25,000.00

Senior Dance Grants: $52,275.00

Basin Street Regulars-Central Coast Hot Jazz Society

For senior dancing

$10,000.00

Morro Bay Senior Citizens, Inc, DBA Morro Bay Active Adults

To support the cost of musicians at Tunes at Tidelands

$8,275.00

Santa Margarita Area Seniors Citizens Club

To support the cost of musicians at senior dances

$6,000.00

Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizen’s Club

To support the costs of musicians at senior dances

$10,000.00

SLO Jazz Festival

To support the costs of musicians at the Christmas Ball

$10,000.00

SLO Wind Orchestra

To support the cost of musicians for the Dancing at a Distance program

$8,000.00

2023 Spring Grantees:

Women’s Legacy Fund: $65,000

 

Boys & Girls Club of South SLO County

To support access to childcare for single mother low-income families

$11,000

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) of San Luis Obispo County

To provide additional support for volunteers assigned to girls with mental health challenges

$10,000

Lumina Alliance

To support childcare services for sexual assault & intimate partner violence survivors

$20,000

Transitions Mental Health Association

To support the Teen Support Group

$24,000

 

 

Robert H. Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund: $60,960

Central Coast Aquarium

To support Tidepools on Tour scholarships

$2,500

Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center

To support Camp Expedition supplies and equipment

$3,800

Community Foundation of Estero Bay

To support sports scholarships and equipment for Estero Bay youth

$5,000

Edna 4-H

To support swine projects and general insurance for the club

$2,600

El Camino Homeless Organization

To support ECHO Children’s Programs: Sports Program

$3,000

Five Cities Youth Baseball

To support the Ford and Rocker Fields batting cages

$2,560

Friends of Camp Natoma, Inc

To support Camp Natoma Camperships

$5,000

Jack’s Helping Hand

To support Camp Reach for the Stars

$5,000

Pacific Coast Youth Football League

To support sports scholarships and equipment

$5,000

SLO County YMCA

To supports youth basketball programs

$5,000

SLO Hockey

To support scholarships and equipment

$2,500

South County Youth Coalition

To support sports scholarships

$5,000

Surfing for Hope

To support Pure Stoke Youth Surf Camps

$5,000

The First Tee Central Coast

To support fee wavier expenses in San Luis Obispo County

$5,000

Transitions Mental Health Association

To support the Youth Treatment Program- Equine Therapy

$4,000

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