Monday, October 3, 2016
This funding round also includes grantees of the Silicon Valley Regional Fund, designated below with an asterisk (*).
| Organization | Area served | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightline Defense Project | San Mateo | To analyze how governance within San Mateo County either empowers or disenfranchises residents and recommend structural changes to improve the lives of North Fair Oaks, Belle Haven and East Palo Alto residents. | $40,000 |
| Council of Community Housing Organizations | San Francisco | To support the Council of Community Housing Organizations’ work to develop innovative data visualization and communications tools to increase the impact of our education and advocacy around housing, development and land use issues. | $35,000 |
| Faith In Action Bay Area | San Francisco, San Mateo | To train and empower low-income residents and residents of color to engage in finding long-term solutions to displacement and housing affordability that will lead to community stability, vitality, health and opportunities. | $75,000 |
| Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities | All | To support funders in their efforts to advance smart growth and build healthy, equitable and sustainable communities throughout California. | $10,000 |
| Great Communities Collaborative* | All | To support the implementation of our new strategic plan serving the whole nine-county Bay Area. | $180,000 |
| Greenbelt Alliance | Santa Clara | To ensure adoption of equitable and sustainable El Camino Real Precise Plans in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara. | $65,000 |
| Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County | San Mateo | To address the root cause of the housing crises by completing research and working in coalition to secure new funding and increase access to great sites to support the development of new affordable homes. | $80,000 |
| Law Foundation of Silicon Valley | Santa Clara | To prevent the displacement of low-income people and to advocate for safe, fair and affordable housing for all. | $50,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County | San Mateo | To address housing segregation and discrimination in San Mateo County by challenging two key local policies that appear to impact housing inequality in our region. | $40,000 |
| Mission Economic Development Agency* | San Francisco | To support the development and implementation of a Fair Housing framework that will result in more equitable policies in San Francisco that contribute to affordable housing goals, and can be shared with other counties. | $70,000 |
| Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California | All | To support for leading and coordinating a regional strategy to increase affordable homes in sustainable communities for a more equitable Bay Area through affordable housing advocacy and campaigns at the local and regional level. | $60,000 |
| People Acting in Community Together, Inc. | Santa Clara | To lead grassroots community organizing to build a broad base of support, in the community and from public officials, to enact policies to stop displacement and expand affordable housing and transportation for a community where we all belong. | $40,000 |
| Public Advocates Inc. | All | To co-lead 6 Wins Network campaign to win equity outcomes in Plan Bay Area 2040, including displacement protections affordable housing and public transit investments that benefit low-income communities of color; and leverage fair housing and other laws | $80,000 |
| Sacred Heart Community Service | Santa Clara | To educate and engage individuals who are most affected by, yet least engaged in, the existing process of developing and creating public support for affordable housing. | $25,000 |
| San Mateo County Transit District* | All | To support a study that examines the financial and operational feasibility of a network of long-distance express buses operating on US-101 that may serve both San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties in addition to San Mateo. | $150,000 |
| Silicon Valley @Home | Santa Clara | To advocate for affordable housing friendly policies, create opportunities for regional collaboration, complete research on important issues facing our region, and create a hub for community development collaboration and innovation. | $60,000 |
| TransForm* | San Mateo, Santa Clara | To engage communities in creating and supporting innovative transportation solutions including HOT lanes in San Mateo County. | $65,000 |
| Urban Habitat | All | To leverage local campaigns and regional planning processes to advance equitable transportation and housing policies while training leaders from low-income communities and communities of color to become effective advocate commissioners. | $70,000 |
| Working Partnerships USA | Santa Clara | To advance equitable development, affordable housing and transportation justice as central to building an inclusive regional economy where workers and low-income communities of color thrive. | $90,000 |
| Youth Leadership Institute | San Mateo | To build the capacity of SM County residents, transit operators, low wage workers and CBO's serving marginalized communities to advocate for equitable transportation plans and policy efforts. | $70,000 |
| Total | $1,355,000 |