Overview:
This list, totaling $2,804,911, shows all grants approved by the Board, including total commitments for multi-year grants first made during the fiscal year. It does not include payments on commitments made in prior years. You can learn more about these organizations by visiting their websites..

Environmental
Bluewater Network www.bluewaternetwork.org $ 8,000
California Institute of Technology www.caltech.edu 25,000
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies www.ceert.org 25,000
CERES, Inc. www.ceres.org 15,000
CLCV Education Fund www.ecovote.org 10,500
Communities for a Better Environment www.cbecal.org 25,000
Earthjustice www.earthjustice.org 25,000
Environmental Law Institute www.eli.org 20,000
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives www.iclei.org/us 20,000
Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org 25,000
Pew Center for Global Climate Change www.pewclimate.org 15,000
Regents for the University of California at Berkeley www.berkeley.edu 20,000
Surface Transportation Policy Project www.transact.org 25,000
Union of Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org 25,000

Kirsch Investigator Awards
Dr. Allison Doupe, University of California, San Francisco $ 90,000
Dr. Alex Kolodkin, Johns Hopkins University 240,000
Dr. Wendell Lim, University of California, San Francisco 240,000
Dr. R. Clay Reid, Harvard University 240,000
Dr. Geraldine Seydoux, Johns Hopkins University 90,000
Dr. Jonathan Tilly, Harvard University 90,000
Dr. Susan Wente, Vanderbilt University 90,000

Medical/Science
American Society for Cell Biology www.ascb.org $ 15,000
California Institute of Technology www.caltech.edu 25,000
Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research www.camradvocacy.org 30,000
Columbia University www.columbia.edu 70,000
Glaucoma Research Foundation www.glaucoma.org 55,291
Minor Planet Center http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html 50,000
University of Durham www.durham.ac.uk 150,000

Political Reform and Global Theme
Arms Control Association www.armscontrol.org $ 6,250
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation www.clw.org 6,250
Center for Defense Information www.cdi.org 6,250
Center for Innovative Policies 5,000
Federation of American Scientists www.fas.org 6,250
Friends Committee on National Legislation www.fcnl.org 6,250
Natural Resources Defense Council www.nrdc.org 6,250
Peace and Security Funders Group www.peaceandsecurity.org 5,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility www.psr.org 6,250
Ploughshares www.ploughshares.org 125,000
Public Campaign www.publiccampaign.org 125,000
Union of Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org 6,250

Silicon Valley Community
All Stars Helping Kids www.allstarshelpingkids.com $ 2,500
American Leadership Forum www.alfsv.org 1,850
American Musical Theatre of San Jose www.amtsj.org 100,000
Association of Fundraising Professionals www.afpnet.org 2,500
Castilleja School www.castilleja.org 2,000
Children's Discovery Museum www.cdm.org 4,300
Children's Health Council www.chconline.org 59,000
College Track www.collegetrack.org 500
Community Breast Health Project 2,500
Community Foundation Silicon Valley www.cfsv.org 109,000
Community School of Music and Arts www.arts4all.org 18,720
Community Services Agency www.csacares.org 5,000
Computer History Museum www.computerhistory.org 2,000
Eastside College Preparatory School www.eastside.org 2,500
El Camino Hospital Foundation www.elcaminohospital.org 5,000
Family and Children's Services www.fcservices.org 2,500
Foothill DeAnza Community Colleges Foundation www.foundation.fhda.edu 2,500
Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County www.girlscoutsofscc.org 10,000
Happy Hollow www.happyhollowparkandzoo.org 500
Hidden Villa www.hiddenvilla.org 2,250
Humane Society Silicon Valley www.scvhumane.org 1,500
Junior Achievement of Santa Clara County www.jascc.org 650
Junior League www.thejuniorleague.org 17,500
Keep Los Altos Schools Strong (KLASS) 10,000
Los Altos Educational Foundation www.laefonline.org 5,000
Los Altos Town Crier www.latc.com 5,000
Los Altos Village Association www.losaltos-downtown.org 1,000
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health www.lpfch.org 100,000
Mineta Transportation Institute transweb.sjsu.edu 500
New Bridges to Jewish Community www.newbridges.org 10,000
Northern California Innocence Project www.scu.edu/academic/programs/lawclinic/ 10,000
Opportunities Industrialization Center West www.oicw.org 1,000
Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired www.pcbvi.org 2,500
Pro Bono Project www.probonoproject.org 150
Quest Scholars Program questscholars.stanford.edu 10,000
Resource Area For Teachers www.raft.net 1,500
Rebuilding Together Peninsula www.rebuildingtogetherpeninsula.org 1,500
Santa Clara Family Health Foundation - Healthy Kids Fund www.healthykidsfund.org 1,000
Second Harvest Food Bank www.secondharvestsjca.org 10,000
Sierra Club - Loma Prieta lomaprieta.sierraclub.org 1,000
Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services www.svcls.org 2,500
The Tech Museum of Innovation www.thetech.org 28,750
Theatreworks www.theatreworks.org 1,000
United Way Silicon Valley www.uwsv.org 20,000

Discretionary Grants
ACLU Foundation of Florida www.aclufl.org $ 10,000
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org 1,000
California State Parks Foundation www.calparks.org 1,000
Carter Center www.cartercenter.org 5,000
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies www.ceert.org 4,200
Center for Responsive Politics www.opensecrets.org 10,000
Committee to Bridge the Gap 5,000
Commonwealth Club of California www.commonwealthclub.org 2,500
Conservation International www.conservation.org 1,750
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation www.drcrf.org 1,000
Exploratorium www.exploratorium.edu 1,000
FIRST www.usfirst.org 3,500
Global Peace Congress 2,500
Global Security Institute www.gsinstitute.org 1,500
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls 2,750
Mills College www.mills.edu 10,000
MIT www.mit.edu 5,000
MoveOn.org www.moveon.org 5,000
National Center on Disability and Journalism www.ncdj.org 2,500
National Public Radio www.npr.org 2,500
New Jersey PIRG - Citizen Lobby www.njpirg.org 5,000
Passport 2003 3,750
People for the American Way www.pfaw.org 10,000
Reef Check www.reefcheck.org 5,000
Rotary Foundation www.rotary.org 2,000
San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center www.sfcapc.org 1,000
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival www.sfjff.org 2,500
Steadman Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation www.shsmf.org 1,000
TomPaine.com www.tompaine.com 5,000
University of Colorado Foundation www.colorado.edu/foundation 25,000
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation www.vvaf.org 5,000
World Affairs Council www.wacsf.org 10,000
World Institute on Disability www.wid.org 6,000


San Joaquin residents and activists participate in a
meeting to discuss cleaning
up the Valley’s air pollution.

Arms Control Advocacy
Collaborative (AC2) legislative strategy session included
members of participating organizations and AC2 lobbyist.