Grants Awarded

This list, totaling $4,825,830, displays all grants approved by the Board, including total commitments for multi-year grants, with the exception of pass-through grants made by the Foundation doing business as the Internet Giving Foundation. Learn more about these organizations by visiting each organization’s website.


Environmental
American Lung Association $50,000
Breakthrough Technologies Institute 25,000
CalPIRG Charitable Trust 25,000
Chemical Strategies Partnership 22,000
Coalition for Clean Air 25,000
Earth Communications Office 17,000
Environmental Working Group 25,000
Friends of the Earth 25,000
Izaak Walton League of America 25,000
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition 25,000
Natural Resources Defense Council 25,000
Project Clean Air 25,000
Taxpayers Against Polluter Protection 20,000
Union of Concerned Scientists 15,000
University of California, Davis 25,000
University of Delaware 25,000

Kirsch Investigator Awards

Dr. Allison Doupe, MD, PhD,   $180,000
University of California, San Francisco    
Dr. Geraldine Seydoux, PhD,   180,000
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine    
Dr. Jonathan Tilly, PhD,   180,000
Massachusetts General Hospital    
Dr. Susan Wente, PhD,   180,000
Washington University    

Medical/Science Projects
Academy for International Health Philanthropy   $  25,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation   575,000
The American Society for Cell Biology 30,000
University of Arizona   100,000

Political Reform and Global Issues
Californians Against Phony Reform-NO on 34   $  50,000
Global Security Institute   25,000
Ploughshares Fund   100,000
Public Campaign Action Fund   100,000
Union of Concerned Scientists   50,000

Silicon Valley Community

American Musical Theater of San Jose   $          90
American Red Cross, Palo Alto Area Chapter   20,000
Arts Council Silicon Valley   470
Brave Kids   5,000
Bullis-Purissima School PTA   10,000
Campfire Boys and Girls   20,000
Children's Discovery Museum   5,000
Clara-Mateo Alliance   15,000
Coalition for Excellence in Science Education   5,000
Community Foundation Silicon Valley 137,500
Community School of Music and Arts   15,000
Computer Museum History Center   25,000
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation   20,000
East San Jose Community Resource Center   100,000
Environmental Volunteers   25,000
Facing History and Ourselves   25,000
Family Service Mid-Peninsula   10,000
Ground Zero   10,000
Homeless Care Force   25,000
Hospice of the Valley   35,000
Housing Trust Fund   1,000
Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley   3,300
Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education   26,750
International Law Society   10,000
Junior Achievement of Santa Clara County, Inc.   1,500
Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula   30,150
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley   14,100
Learning and Loving Education Center   10,000
Los Altos Cultural Association   5,000
Los Altos Educational Foundation   10,000
Los Altos Town Crier Holiday Fund   5,000
Menlo School   25,000
Next Door   3,800
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation   5,000
Palo Alto Medical Foundation   2,500
Parent Observation   5,000
Parents Helping Parents   10,000
Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired   3,070
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte   50,000
Rebuilding Together   10,000
San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund   10,000
San Jose Symphony   100
Santa Clara University School of Law   2,500
Shelter Against Violent Environments   10,000
Shelter Network   25,000
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic   1,000
The Health Trust   35,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation   269,250
Unity Care Group   12,500

Discretionary

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Florida   $   300,000
America's Promise   50,000
Athena Foundation   10,000
California State Parks Foundation   1,000
CARE   2,500
FIRST   25,000
Future Families, Inc.   2,500
Global Security Institute   5,000
Habitat for Humanity International   2,000
Milagro Foundation   500
Mills College   1,035,000
NetDay   10,000
Opportunities Industrialization Center West   1,000
Passport 2000 HIV/AIDS Benefit   15,250
San Francisco AIDS Foundation   15,000
San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs   16,000
San Francisco Zoological Society   1,000
Snowline Hospice   500
Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation   25,000
World Affairs Council of Northern California   5,000
World Institute on Disability   25,000