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MEMORANDUM

TO: Gerald F. Brush, Jr. Andrew W. Edwards

Anne C. Kimball Gretchen B. Kimball Jeffrey L. Kimball Stephen C. Kimball Donald J. McCubbin

CC: David Goldfarb FROM: Eric Sloan DATE: November 20, 2012 RE: Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors The Kimball Foundation Enclosed is the docket for the upcoming annual meeting of the Board of Directors of The Kimball Foundation. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary at the Lyford House. Enclosed are directions for your reference. Coffee, tea, fruit, and pastries will be available in the morning; lunch will be served. After the conclusion of the meeting, the board is invited to tour the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary guided by Jordan Wellwood, Interim Director. Lunch will be served after the tour. If you have any questions or comments, or if you are unable to attend the meeting, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or (415) 561-6540 x205. You may also contact Wendy at [email protected] or (415) 561-6540 x212. Should any questions arise the day of the meeting, we can be reached by our mobile phones at (415) 425-4676 (Eric) or (415) 244-7945 (Wendy). We look forward to seeing you.

DIRECTIONS TO RICHARDSON BAY AUDUBON CENTER & SANCTUARY

Lyford House 376 Greenwood Beach Road Tiburon, CA 94920 From South of Tiburon (San Francisco) Take US-101N Exit 447 for CA-131 toward Tiburon Boulevard/E Blithedale Avenue Right onto CA-131 E/California State Route 131/Tiburon Boulevard Right onto Greenwood Cove Drive Arrive at 376 Greenwood Beach Road From North of Tiburon (Corte Madera) Take US-101S Exit 447 for E Blithedale Avenue Left onto CA-131 E/California State Route 131/Tiburon Boulevard Right onto Greenwood Cove Drive Arrive at 376 Greenwood Beach Road

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION

Board of Directors Meeting

December 4, 2012

The Kimball Foundation MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS – AGENDA

December 4, 2012

AGENDA ITEM TIME TAB

I. Review of Minutes 10:00 – 10:05 1 Meeting of the Board of Directors (July 30, 2012) II. Finance Report 10:05 – 10:30

David A. Goldfarb, CPA III. Election of Board Members & Officers 10:30 – 10:40 2

IV. Management Report 10:40 – 10:45

Update on Kimball Art Center Honorarium Grant to Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary

Reminder of March 8, 2013 Meeting Confirm 2013 Meeting Dates 3 V. Review of Grants Paid & Requests Denied 10:45 – 11:00 4 Summary of Grants Paid - 2012 Board Discretionary Grants - 2012 Board Meeting Grants - 2012 Interim Grants Paid - 2012 William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants - 2012 Multi-Year Grants Review - 2012 Requests Denied to Date - 2012 VI. Review of Requests to be Considered 11:00 – 11:50 5 VII. Tour of Site 11:50 – 12:05

VIII. Presentation and Lunch 12:05 – 1:00

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The Kimball Foundation MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

July 30, 2012 Pursuant to written notice, a meeting of the Board of Directors of The Kimball Foundation, a corporation, was held on July 30, 2012 at Pacific Foundation Services LLC, located at 1660 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94109. Present: Gerald F. Brush, Jr. Andrew W. Edwards Anne C. Kimball Gretchen B. Kimball Jeffrey L. Kimball Stephen C. Kimball Donald J. McCubbin Kimball Foundation David A. Goldfarb David A. Goldfarb, CPA Charles R. Casey Wendy Yu Einhorn

Ash McNeely Eric L. Sloan Pacific Foundation Services, LLC Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Board President Gretchen Kimball at 10:17 a.m. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the March 16, 2012 meeting were reviewed and approved as revised. Finance Report David Goldfarb presented the finance report and reviewed the recent performance of the portfolio. There was a 4% decline in total assets. David agreed to try to present future reports that are more blended, representing a performance analysis for the entire Kimball Foundation portfolio. He noted that performing such an analysis will be difficult because of varying inception dates and the allocations of funds within the larger endowment. Management Report

Future Meetings Staff suggested that beginning in 2013, the Kimball Foundation typically conduct the spring and summer meetings offsite and the winter meeting at the offices of Pacific Foundation Services. This will allow the trustees to see more grantees’ work first hand. The board agreed.

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The board agreed to the following dates for future meetings:

Winter 2012 December 4, 10:00 a.m. Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary Spring 2013 March 8, 10:00 a.m. Location to be decided Summer 2013 July 16, 10:00 a.m. Location to be decided Winter 2013 December 10, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Foundation Services, LLC

Staff requested that trustees email suggestions of sites they might like to visit during the spring and summer board meetings. Some things to consider are: accessibility, parking, and a room that can hold 12 people and has doors for privacy. Suggestions included: Audubon Canyon Ranch, Bayview Health Center, Community Music Center, PRBO Conservation Science, and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

Rest Year Policy The board reviewed and approved the draft language describing the rest year policy.

Legacy Don suggested that the grantees on the consent calendar undergo a more formal review periodically. The board agreed that all grantees and grant amounts will be reviewed every other year beginning at the December 2012 meeting. It was reiterated that any board member can bring up concerns about a legacy grant at any time. Kimball Art Center Discussion The board discussed making a grant to support the Kimball Art Center’s capital campaign. Members noted that while Bill Kimball helped found the organization, he later chose not to provide ongoing operating support. However, the Kimball Art Center has grown substantially in importance and prominence in Park City, UT and the board agreed that the late Mr. Kimball would likely have provided support for the capital campaign. The board decided that staff should invite a full proposal once permits for the proposed building have been secured. Steve suggested that the foundation would entertain a multi-year grant of $250,000 should the Kimball Art Center be successful in receiving planning approval from the city. The board concurred. Interim Grant Program The board reviewed and approved revisions to the Interim Grant program and the new process by which staff will bring requests to the board. The interim checking account will remain as is and a reserve of $50,000 will be earmarked for Emergency Grants. Staff will present all regular non-emergency grant requests to the board. Review of Requests Denied The board reviewed a list of grants denied to date. Review of Grants Paid The board reviewed and ratified the following Interim, Philanthropic, and William and Gretchen Kimball Fund grants paid to date.

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Interim Grants 2012 Date

The SF Playhouse $7,500 3/29/2012 Rising Star Program, providing access to theater performance and drama education for high school students

Social Advocates for Youth $10,000 3/29/2012 Clean Slate tattoo removal program, providing gang-related tattoo removal, vocational development, academic prep, and mentoring

Ninth Street Independent Film Center $10,000 5/3/2012 Teaching Intermedia Literacy Tools program, providing video production, project planning, and presentation skills to low-income San Francisco youth

The Foundation for Youth Investment $10,000 6/15/2012 Promoting the quality of outdoor education for underserved youth in the Bay Area

Total Interim Grants $37,500

Philanthropic Support 2012 Date

Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families $1,500 3/16/2012 $1,000 Grant, $500 Administrative Fees

Council on Foundations $7,040 6/11/2012 $6,540 Grant, $500 Administrative Fees

Total Philanthropic Support Grants $8,540

William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants 2012 Date

California Pacific Medical Center Foundation $1,000 1/17/2012

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation $5,000 1/17/2012

Grace Cathedral $1,000 1/17/2012

California Academy of Sciences $1,000 2/14/2012

The National Trust for Historic Preservation $10,000 2/22/2012

Stephens College $12,500 2/22/2012

New Century Chamber Orchestra $2,500 4/9/2012

Hoover Institution $10,000 5/8/2012

San Francisco Host Committee $2,500 5/8/2012

Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA $5,000 5/8/2012

International Documentary Association $1,000 5/8/2012

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William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants (continued) 2012 Date

San Francisco Parks Alliance $1,000 5/24/2012

The Churchill Centre $10,000 6/8/2012

Young Audiences $10,000 6/8/2012

Senior Access $1,000 6/29/2012

Tulsa Air and Space Museum $1,000 6/29/2012

Total William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants $74,500

Regular Grants Approved The board reviewed and approved the following regular grants. All decisions were made by consensus. Staff-Recommended Grants Approved 2012 2013

Cultural Enrichment

Community Music Center $25,000 Young Musicians Program, providing scholarships for music instruction for disadvantaged children and youth in San Francisco

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts $15,000 Young Artists at Work program, providing contemporary arts education and community leadership training for diverse San Francisco youth

New Conservatory Theatre Center $30,000 Satellite Drama Education Program and Summer Day Camps for youth

San Francisco Art Institute $20,000 City Studio program, providing arts instruction in schools and community organizations to Bay Area disadvantaged youth

TheatreWorks $15,000 $15,000 Write On! San Mateo playwriting initiative, providing arts instruction in schools and community organizations to Bay Area disadvantaged youth

Environmental Education

Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association $30,000 Environmental education programs for San Francisco children and youth

Audubon Canyon Ranch $30,000 Experiential Environmental Education Program, providing environmental education to elementary school students

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Environmental Education (continued) 2012 2013

Girl Scouts of Northern California $15,000 Green by Nature program, providing environmental education for disadvantaged Bay Area girls

Environmental Volunteers, Inc. $15,000 Educate for Depth program, providing nature-based science education to K-8th grade San Mateo County students

Golden Gate Audubon Society $25,000 Eco-Education Program, providing year-round environmental education in San Francisco

Pie Ranch $30,000 $30,000 Youth Education Program, providing agricultural and environmental education on the San Mateo Coast

Urban Sprouts $30,000 Garden and environmental education in schools in low-income San Francisco neighborhoods

Save the Bay $30,000 Restoration Education Program, providing field-based, ecological science for students in San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties

Vocational & Workplace Skills

Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center $30,000 $30,000 Youth & Employment Programs, providing employment development services for low-income youth and young adults in the Bernal and Excelsior neighborhoods

BAYCAT $30,000 $30,000 Providing media-focused vocational development services to low-income San Francisco youth

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco $20,000 $20,00 Museum Ambassador program, providing fine arts training and vocational development for diverse San Francisco youth

Huckleberry Youth Programs $50,000 $50,000 Wellness Academy, providing vocational development services to low-income San Francisco youth

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship $20,000 Bay Area Program, providing in-school entrepreneurship training, college access programming, and microenterprise development services for Bay Area youth

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Vocational & Workplace Skills (continued)

Women's Audio Mission $15,000 Girls on the Mic program, providing digital media technology training for young low-income women

Consent Calendar (Legacy Requests) 2012 2013

Season of Sharing Fund $35,000

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation $25,000

PRBO Conservation Science $30,000

Total Staff-Recommended Grants Approved $565,000 $175,000

Board Discretionary Grants Approved 2012 2013

CPMC Children’s Health Bayview Child Health Center (Andrew W. Edwards) $10,000

The Ghiberti Foundation – Grace Cathedral (Andrew W. Edwards) $5,000

UCSF Cancer Hospital at Mission Bay (Andrew W. Edwards) $10,000

KQED – Arts Programming (Gretchen B. Kimball) $10,000

Philbrook Museum of Art (Gretchen B. Kimball) $10,000

KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy (Donald J. McCubbin) $5,000

Reading Partners San Francisco (Donald J. McCubbin) $5,000

SF Achievers (Donald J. McCubbin) $10,000

That Man May See (Donald J. McCubbin) $10,000

Total Board Discretionary Grants Approved $75,000

Total Grants Approved $640,000 $175,000

Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 12:23 p.m.

Approved:

Charles R. Casey, Secretary Date

The Kimball Foundation 2012 BOARD MEMBER, OFFICER & AUDIT CHAIR ELECTION

December 4, 2012

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The 2012 election must determine:

(1) Class III members of the board

(2) Officers of the board

(3) Chair of the 2012 Audit Committee The 2011 members, officers, and chair of the Audit Committee are listed below:

2011 Class III Members

Anne C. Kimball Gretchen B. Kimball

Donald J. McCubbin 2011 Officers

Gretchen B. Kimball, President & Chief Executive Officer Stephen C. Kimball, Vice President Donald J. McCubbin, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer Charles R. Casey, Secretary 2011 Audit Chair

Stephen C. Kimball

The Kimball Foundation BOARD SERVICE TERMS & MEMBERS

December 4, 2012

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Class I

W. Kimball

W. Kimball W. Kimball W. Kimball

G. Brush G. Brush G. Brush G. Brush G. Brush

Class II

A. Edwards A. Edwards A. Edwards A. Edwards A. Edwards

J.

Kimball J. Kimball J. Kimball J. Kimball

S. Kimball

S. Kimball S. Kimball S. Kimball S. Kimball S. Kimball

Class III

A. Kimball A. Kimball A. Kimball To be elected

G.

Kimball G. Kimball G. Kimball G. Kimball G. Kimball To be elected

D. McCubbin

D. McCubbin D. McCubbin D. McCubbin D. McCubbin D. McCubbin To be elected

The Kimball Foundation 2013 PROPOSED BOARD MEETING DATES

December 4, 2012

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Spring 2013 Tuesday, March 8 10:00 a.m. Location TBA Summer 2013 - Tentative Tuesday, July 16 10:00 a.m. Location TBA Winter 2013 - Tentative Tuesday, December 10 9:00 a.m. Pacific Foundation Services, LLC 1660 Bush Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94109

The Kimball FoundationSUMMARY OF GRANTS PAID - 2012

BOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANTSTotal BOARD DISCRETIONARY (17 items) 140,000$

STAFF RECOMMENDED GRANTSTotal Board Meeting Grants (58 items) 1,688,445$

Total Interim Grants (5 items) 47,500$ Total STAFF RECOMMENDED (63 items) 1,735,945$

WILLIAM AND GRETCHEN KIMBALL FUND GRANTSTotal WILLIAM AND GRETCHEN KIMBALL FUND (20 items) 236,900$

2,112,845$ GRAND TOTAL GRANTS PAID TO DATE (100 items)

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The Kimball FoundationBOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date

Organization Name Location Grant Description Grant

Amount

3/16/2012 St. Anthony Foundation San Francisco, CA Construction of a new multipurpose facility

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 California Pacific Medical Center Foundation (CPMC)

San Francisco, CA Bayview Child Health Center $ 10,000

7/30/2012 The Ghiberti Foundation - Grace Cathedral

San Francisco, CA Support the Community Preschool, which provides full scholarships for children that live in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 UCSF Cancer Hospital San Francisco, CA Support medical services of the 70-bed UCSF Cancer Hospital under construction at Mission Bay

$ 10,000

$ 30,000

3/16/2012 Common Counsel Foundation Oakland, CA Environmental Action $ 10,000

3/16/2012 Wildlife Media Bellingham, WA Production support for the film series, "Bear Trek"

$ 10,000

$ 20,000

3/16/2012 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA Restore the Salon Doré of the Hotel de la Tremoille period room at the Legion of Honor

$ 10,000

3/16/2012 City of BelvedereConcerts-in-the-Park

Belvedere, CA Fund the June 17th Concert-in-the-Park performed by the Adler Fellows of the San Francisco Opera

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 KQED San Francisco, CA Support locally focused arts programming and content

$ 10,000

7/30/2012 Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa, OK School transportation fund $ 10,000

$ 35,000

ANDREW W. EDWARDS

GRETCHEN B. KIMBALL

ANNE C. KIMBALL

Total Andrew W. Edwards (4 items)

Total Gretchen B. Kimball (4 items)

Total Anne C. Kimball (2 items)


The Kimball FoundationBOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date


Amount


$ 10,000


$ 10,000

3/16/2012 St. Anthony Foundation San Francisco, CA Construction of a new multipurpose facility

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy

San Francisco, CA Support the San Francisco Bay Academy

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 Reading Partners San Francisco

San Francisco, CA Support programs in Partner Schools located within San Francisco

$ 5,000

7/30/2012 SF Achievers San Francisco, CA General support $ 10,000

7/30/2012 That Man May See San Francisco, CA San Francisco General Hospital pediatric ophthalmology unit to provide therapeutic services for needy children and infants

$ 10,000

$ 35,000

$ 140,000 GRAND TOTAL BOARD DISCRETIONARY GRANTS PAID TO DATE (17 items)

JEFFREY L. KIMBALL

STEPHEN C. KIMBALL

Total Donald J. McCubbin (5 items)

DONALD J. MCCUBBIN

Total Jeffrey L. Kimball (1 item)

Total Stephen C. Kimball (1 item)


The Kimball FoundationBOARD MEETING GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date Organization Name Location Payment Grant

Amount

3/16/2012 Canal Alliance San Rafael, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 Collective Impact San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 Envision Schools Oakland, CA 1 of 2 $ 50,000 3/16/2012 KIPP: Bay Area Schools Oakland, CA 1 of 2 $ 75,000 3/16/2012 Schools Mentoring and Resource Team

(SMART)San Francisco, CA $ 25,000

3/16/2012 Seven Teepees Youth Program San Francisco, CA $ 35,000 3/16/2012 Summer Search San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 50,000 3/16/2012 Youth Leadership Institute San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Eastside College Preparatory East Palo Alto, CA 2 of 2 $ 100,000 7/30/2012 Mission Graduates San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 30,000

$ 445,000

3/16/2012 Dance Brigade San Francisco, CA $ 20,000 3/16/2012 The Imagine Bus Project San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 Young Audiences of Northern California San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 50,000 7/30/2012 Community Music Center San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 7/30/2012 New Conservatory Theatre Center San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA $ 20,000 7/30/2012 TheatreWorks Palo Alto, CA 1 of 2 $ 15,000 7/30/2012 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA $ 15,000 7/30/2012 San Francisco Opera Association San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 25,000

$ 225,000

3/16/2012 Cool the Earth, Inc. Kentfield, CA $ 20,000 3/16/2012 Pepperwood Preserve Santa Rosa, CA $ 15,000 3/16/2012 Sonoma Ecology Center Eldridge, CA 1 of 2 $ 30,000 3/16/2012 Vida Verde Nature Education San Gregorio, CA 1 of 2 $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Audubon Canyon Ranch Stinson Beach, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Environmental Volunteers, Inc. Palo Alto, CA $ 15,000 7/30/2012 Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Girl Scouts of Northern California San Francisco, CA $ 15,000 7/30/2012 Golden Gate Audubon Society San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 7/30/2012 Pie Ranch Pescadero, CA 1 of 2 $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Save the Bay San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Urban Sprouts San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Wildcare San Rafael, CA 2 of 2 $ 35,000

$ 335,000

Total ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT (10 items)

Total CULTURAL ENRICHMENT (9 items)

Total ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION (13 items)

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION


The Kimball FoundationBOARD MEETING GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date Organization Name Location Payment Grant

Amount

3/16/2012 Asian Neighborhood Design San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 Enterprise for High School Students San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 BUILD Redwood City, CA 2 of 2 $ 50,000 3/16/2012 Juma Ventures San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 50,000 3/16/2012 New Door Ventures San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 50,000 3/16/2012 Spaulding Wooden Boat Center Sausalito, CA $ 15,000 3/16/2012 Jewish Vocational Services San Francisco, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 BAYCAT San Francisco, CA 1 of 2 $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Bernal Heights Neighborhood San Francisco, CA 1 of 2 $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 1 of 2 $ 20,000 7/30/2012 Huckleberry Youth Programs San Francisco, CA 1 of 2 $ 50,000 7/30/2012 Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship San Francisco, CA $ 20,000 7/30/2012 Women's Audio Mission San Francisco, CA $ 15,000 7/30/2012 Children's Creativity Museum (Zeum) San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 25,000 7/30/2012 Friends of the Urban Forest San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 20,000 7/30/2012 NatureBridge San Francisco, CA 2 of 2 $ 30,000

$ 485,000

3/16/2012 The BASIC Fund San Francisco, CA $ 60,000 3/16/2012 The Guardsmen San Francisco, CA $ 25,000 3/16/2012 St. Stephen Episcopal Church - Camp Create Belvedere, CA $ 5,000 7/30/2012 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Marin, CA $ 25,000 7/30/2012 PRBO Conservation Science Petaluma, CA $ 30,000 7/30/2012 Season of Sharing Fund San Francisco, CA $ 35,000

$ 180,000

3/16/2012 Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families$1,000 Grant, $500 Administrative

Silver Spring, MD $ 1,000

6/11/2012 Council on Foundations$6,540 Grant, $500 Administrative

Baltimore, MD $ 6,540

7/30/2012 The Foundation Center$6,000 Grant, $500 Administrative

San Francisco, CA $ 6,000

7/30/2012 Northern California Grantmakers$4,905 Grant, $500 Administrative

San Francisco, CA $ 4,905

$ 18,445

$ 1,688,445 GRAND TOTAL BOARD MEETING GRANTS PAID TO DATE (58 items)

Total LEGACY (6 items)

Total PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT (4 items)

LEGACY

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS

Total VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS (16 items)


The Kimball FoundationINTERIM GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date


Amount

3/29/2012 The SF Playhouse San Francisco, CA Rising Star Program, providing access to theater performance and drama education for high school students

$ 7,500

3/29/2012 Social Advocates for Youth Santa Rosa, CA Clean Slate tattoo removal program, providing gang-related tattoo removal, vocational development, academic prep, and mentoring

$ 10,000

5/3/2012 Ninth Street Independent Film Center

San Francisco, CA Teaching Intermedia Literacy Tools program, providing video production, project planning, and presentation skills to low-income San Francisco youth

$ 10,000

6/15/2012 The Foundation for Youth Investment

San Mateo, CA Promoting the quality of outdoor education for underserved youth in the Bay Area

$ 10,000

11/6/2012 American Red Cross Washington, DC Emergency grant for Hurricane Sandy Relief

$ 10,000

$ 47,500 GRAND TOTAL INTERIM GRANTS PAID TO DATE (5 items)


The Kimball FoundationWILLIAM AND GRETCHEN KIMBALL FUND GRANTS PAID - 2012

Payment Date Organization Name Location Grant

Amount

1/17/2012 California Pacific Medical Center Foundation San Francisco, CA $ 1,000

1/17/2012 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA $ 5,000

1/17/2012 Grace Cathedral San Francisco, CA $ 1,000

2/14/2012 California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA $ 1,000

2/22/2012 The National Trust for Historic Preservation San Francisco, CA $ 10,000

2/22/2012 Stephens College Columbia, MO $ 12,500

4/9/2012 New Century Chamber Orchestra San Francisco, CA $ 2,500

5/8/2012 Hoover Institution Stanford, CA $ 10,000

5/8/2012 San Francisco Host Committee San Francisco, CA $ 2,500

5/8/2012 Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA New York, NY $ 5,000

5/8/2012 International Documentary Association Los Angeles, CA $ 1,000

5/24/2012 San Francisco Parks Alliance San Francisco, CA $ 1,000

6/8/2012 The Churchill Centre Chicago, IL $ 10,000

6/8/2012 Young Audiences New York, NY $ 10,000

6/29/2012 Senior Access San Rafael, CA $ 1,000

6/29/2012 Tulsa Air and Space Museum Tulsa, OK $ 1,000

8/7/2012 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, CA $ 50,000

8/7/2012 San Francisco Ballet San Francisco, CA $ 12,400

8/7/2012 San Francisco Opera Association San Francisco, CA $ 50,000

11/6/2012 San Francisco Symphony San Francisco, CA $ 50,000

236,900$ GRAND TOTAL WGK FUND GRANTS PAID TO DATE (20 items)


The Kimball FoundationMULTI-YEAR GRANTS REVIEW

December 4, 2012

Original Approval Date

Organization NameGrant Description

Staff CommentsPayment Number

Scheduled Amount

12/5/2011 Bay Area Video Coalition Digital Pathways Program

BAVC established significant objectives for the Digital Pathways program and exceeded most of those objectives, including 81% of youth successfully participating in a professional externship and 100% producing an advanced media piece with minimal supervision.

2 of 2 $ 25,000

12/5/2011 College Track After-school collegepreparatory program

College Track established numerous and ambitious objectives for the Academic Affair Program and met, nearly met, or is making good progress in meeting those objectives, including 100% of seniors graduating and 88% matriculating at four-year colleges.

2 of 2 $ 40,000

12/5/2011 Bay Area Community Resources/ CHALK

CHALK Program BACR / CHALK established ambitious objectives and exceeded all, including 94% of participants exited CHALK with a job and/or enrolled in college. In addition, the organization piloted a peer mentoring program for youth in the juvenile justice system.

2 of 2 $ 25,000

12/5/2011 Outward Bound Bay Area Bay Area Center Outward Bound Bay Area Center served significantly fewer youth in 2011-2012 than 2010-2011 and the organization has yet to establish a system to measure impacts on participants. Nevertheless, it has made excellent progress in recruiting low-income youth and providing a series of increasingly more intense outdoor experiences.

2 of 2 $ 40,000

12/5/2011 San Francisco Girls Chorus, Inc.

Financial Assist program

The Girls Chorus established goals (open access, broaden outreach) but did not set specific objectives. In the year since the grant was made, the organization provided support to 92 girls; of these, 74% received scholarship support for half or more of their tuition and other fees.

2 of 2 $ 25,000

Grand Total (5 items) $155,000


General Project DescriptionLocationOrganization Name Denial ReasonDate

Declined

Kimball FoundationRequests Denied to Date

November 20, 2012

The Delta Learning Center Antioch, CA Tutoring Scholarship Program Outside Date Parameters7/16/2012

Bridge the Gap College Prep (BTGC) Marin City, CA Middle and high school serving disadvantaged youth in East Palo Alto

Not High Priority7/27/2012

Children of the Night Van Nuys, CA Shelter home Out of Area7/27/2012

Garden for the Environment San Francisco, CA GFE will partner with Urban Sprouts to operate the two-week Summer Sprouts program in San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood


JobTrain, Inc. Menlo Park, CA SASSY Program, providing vocational and youth development to low-income Peninsula youth


Slide Ranch Muir Beach, CA School & Community Program, providing food and environmental education in the Marin Headlands


Tuolumne River Trust San Francisco, CA That's the Tuolumne in my Tap environmental education program


Learning Institute Focused on Environment Jefferson City, MO Science-based environmental education programs

Out of Area8/22/2012

Broadway by the Bay Burlingame, CA Youth Theater Conservatory Educational Outreach programs on the SF Bay Peninsula


Architectural Foundation of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Build San Francisco Institute and Build San Francisco Design Studio programs, bringing design based academic curricula to SFSUSD


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Declined


November 20, 2012

Brava for Women in the Arts San Francisco, CA SF Running Crew program, providing paid technical theater training and placement program for youth


Breast Cancer Connections Palo Alto, CA Patser Program, offering access to mammography screening and other diagnostic procedures

Not Within Guidelines9/26/2012

Building Futures Now Palo Alto, CA Supporting students as they develop the necessary academic, social and emotional skills to succeed in middle school and beyond


California Film Institute San Rafael, CA Support three participatory film education programs for middle and high school students in low-income communities in Marin, Sonoma, and San Francisco counties


Central City Hospitality House San Francisco, CA Community Arts Programs, providing low-income adults access to open studio hours, professional instruction, and a wide range of fine arts workshops


City Youth Now San Francisco, CA Employment and Independent Living Mandate Program, providing internship program stipends to at-risk youth


Community Technology Network of the Bay Area San Francisco, CA Ready, Set, Connect! Program, training disadvantaged youth in web design, blogging, social media, and search engine optimization


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Declined


November 20, 2012

Digital Storytellers Palo Alto, CA Providing workshops in youth media production and facilitation of spoken word poetry


Eden Housing Hayward, CA Digital Connectors Technology and Leadership program, promoting digital literacy, youth leadership, community service and access to higher education and career opportunities


Edgewood Center for Children and Families San Francisco, CA Independent Living Skills (ILS) and Workforce Development services for emancipating foster and kinship youth in San Francisco and San Mateo counties


Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater San Francisco, CA Kids on Track program, providing workshops for area students in underserved neighborhoods for site-specific, contemporary dance in the weeks leading up to the San Francisco Trolley Dance Festival


Family & Children Services Palo Alto, CA Student Wellness Program, supporting enrichment services for disadvantaged youth


Family Life Center Petaluma, CA Office addition/remodel project Not Within Guidelines9/26/2012

Fools Fury Theater San Francisco, CA Young Artist, Apprentice and Outreach Program, providing at-risk and disadvantaged individuals in the Bay Area vocational training


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Declined


November 20, 2012

Indochinese Housing Development Corporation San Francisco, CA Tenderloin Achievement Group program, developing children's health, literacy, knowledge of and capacity to move into college, a career, and community leadership


Lutheran Social Services of Northern California San Francisco, CA Program services supporting formerly homeless youth and young adults ages 12-24 who reside in two supportive housing sites in San Francisco


Marin History Museum San Rafael, CA Creating and facilitating a participatory history education program, which features a performance-based arts component


Marin Organic Point Reyes Station, CA Gleaning and Farm Field Studies programs, engaging people in the Bay Area in community service to glean produce for donation to meal programs and community centers and on-farm learning


Museum of Craft & Folk Art San Francisco, CA Education Program, offering reduced fees or full scholarships to schools in need


Oasis for Girls San Francisco, CA Springboard Series program, serving 130 girls ages 14-18, offering broad exposure to multiple vocational, cultural, and academic opportunities and life skills training


Our Kids First San Francisco, CA Art and dance classes for existing after-school and summer programs


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November 20, 2012

Peninsula Symphony Los Altos, CA Music Mentoring for Youth initiative, bringing music programming to elementary school students from low-income communities


Power Organized to Win Employment Rights San Francisco, CA Youth in Power (YIP) Internship, educating youth about how local government works and how policy change happens while exposing them to fulfilling career opportunities in civic affairs


Project Seed Berkeley, CA Algebra instruction for low-income elementary school students


Raising A Reader San Francisco and Alameda Counties

San Francisco, CA Program providing a book rotation, literacy services and trainings, and the development of specific guides and tools for parents to read with their deaf and hard-of-hearing children


Raphael House San Francisco, CA Academic Enrichment Program, providing academic enrichment and supervision to children of residents and former residents


Senior Services for Northern California San Francisco, CA Experience Corps program, mobilizing older adults to serve as mentors and tutors for at-risk youth


Spark Program San Francisco, CA Apprenticeship programs for at-risk San Francisco and Redwood City students


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November 20, 2012

St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Riley Center, providing academic enrichment and vocational development services to children in emergency shelter and transitional housing programs


Sunny Hills Services San Anselmo, CA Marin Academic Center, serving students in grades K-10 whose educational and behavioral challenges are too acute to be handled in traditional public school environments


The Relay Foundation San Francisco, CA Chompus and Clify Sport, providing equity funds for young entrepreneurs


Visual Thinking Strategies Novato, CA Visual Thinking Strategies program, to expand the VTS Family Day Program providing families free access to Bay Area museums


Young Performers Theatre San Francisco, CA Performance of "Characters of San Francisco History: Nothing was too Unlikely" in Bay Area elementary schools


First Century Evangelistic Group San Jose, CA Provide education and grow a sustainable economy


Mercy Housing California San Francisco, CA Provide homework assistance, school supplies, and a safe place to focus on schoolwork for residents


Foundation for Teaching Economics Davis, CA Scholarships for Immaculate Conception Academy high school students to attend Economics for Leaders program in 2013


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November 20, 2012

Canal Welcome Center San Rafael, CA Escuelita de Artes, providing youth arts programs including dance, music, and visual arts, to low-income youth in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael


Gateway Mountain Center Soda Springs, CA Pilot program including one and three day environmental education trips to Donner Summit for low-income and minority San Francisco youth


Glow Foundation San Francisco, CA Family financial planning and college scholarships for low-income Peninsula youth


Novato Youth Center Novato, CA 1-Up-4 College program, a summer and after-school extended learning opportunity for low- and moderate-income middle school youth in Marin


Omega Boys Club of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Omega Leadership Academy, providing academic and life skills training for underserved Bay Area youth


SF Camerawork San Francisco, CA Photography mentoring for at-risk youth Outside Date Parameters11/14/2012

Streetside Stories Inc. San Francisco, CA Providing literacy arts education workshops to underserved middle school students in San Francisco


The Beat Within a program of Pacific News Service dba New America Media

San Francisco, CA Writing and conversation workshops for incarcerated youth


Grand Total (54 Requests)

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The Kimball Foundation2012 PAYOUT WORKSHEET

December 4, 2012

Estimated 2012 Grantmaking Budget* 2,973,120$

Less: 2012 Grants Paid To-Date

Board Discretionary Grants 140,000$

Staff-Recommended Grants

Board Meeting Grants 1,155,000$ Interim / Emergency Grants 47,500$

Second-year Grant Payments (Approved in 2011) 515,000$

Philanthropic Support Grants 18,445$

William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants 236,900$

Subtotal 2012 Grants Paid To-Date 2,112,845$

Remaining Funds Available for 2012 860,275$

Less: 2012 Allocated FundsBalance of Board Discretionary Grants Budget 105,000$

Balance of Second-Year Grants to be Paid (Approved in 2011) 155,000$

Balance of William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Grants Budget 18,100$

Subtotal 2012 Allocated Funds 278,100$

2012 Staff-Recommended Board Meeting Grants Target 582,175$

* As provided by David Goldfarb September 2012.TAB 5

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The Kimball FoundationREQUESTS TO BE CONSIDERED

December 4, 2012

2012 2013

$25,000 $25,000Teen Services program, providing academic enrichment, mentoring, and college access services for low-income youth

$15,000College Preparation Program, providing workshops, individual counseling, financial aid planning, and college visits to under-resourced Bay Area students and their families

$50,000College Bound, providing case management and academic support services for low-income high school students in San Mateo County

$20,000 $20,000College preparatory and persistent program, providing academic and leadership development services for low-income youth and their families in Marin County

$40,000Intensive support services and college application assistance for low-income San Francisco youth

$25,000Community Arts Programs, offering performing arts training to low-income youth in San Francisco's Mission District

$15,000 $15,000Youth Performing Arts Program, providing aerial dance training and performance opportunities for Bayview Hunters Point students

$25,000Providing outside-of-school visual & performing arts programs for San Francisco public high school students

Staff-Recommended Requests

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT

Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula

Next Generation Scholars

Loco Bloco

Out of Site Youth Arts Center

Zaccho Dance Theater

ScholarMatch

Students Rising Above

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

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December 4, 2012

2012 2013Staff-Recommended Requests

$30,000 $30,000Environmental Home Program, providing environmental education for low-income Bay Area youth

$15,000 $15,000School Science Program, providing inquiry-based science and nature experiences in classrooms and at the museum

$25,000 $25,000LEAD Program, providing outdoor and environmental education for low-income and disabled Bay Area youth

$10,000Environmental education through sustainable agriculture and environmental restoration programs for high school students in Marin and Sonoma counties

$30,000 $30,000Crissy Field Center Program, providing environmental education for disadvantaged Bay Area youth

$25,000Learning Laguna program, providing environmental education to elementary school students in Sonoma County

$15,000Environmental education and restoration opportunities for youth in the southeastern neighborhoods of San Francisco

$25,000Scholarships and fee waivers for multi-night environmental, marine science, and wilderness education program for underserved San Francisco Bay Area youth

$15,000Youth in Nature Program, providing access, environmental education, and leadership development to underserved youth across San Francisco

$10,000Youth Education Program, offering school-year and summertime environmental and garden education programs for San Francisco children and youth

San Francisco Botanical Garden Society

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Aim High

CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point

Environmental Traveling Companions

Global Student Embassy

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Kids in Parks

Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation

Point Reyes National Seashore Association

Presidio Community YMCA

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December 4, 2012

2012 2013Staff-Recommended Requests

$12,500In-school and field trip program, offering hands-on environmental education experiences for targeted under-resourced public schools in San Francisco

$15,000Petaluma River Watershed Service Learning Project, combining environment-based field and classroom learning with hands-on habitat restoration for low-to-middle-income high school youth

$10,000 $10,000Digital Studio Program, music education and pre-professional technical training for at-risk youth at Bayview Hunters Point YMCA

$25,000Exploring Leadership program, providing training in civic affairs and internships for low-income Bay Area youth

$35,000Explainer Program, providing San Francisco youth with training and employment as science educators

$25,000 $25,000Providing vocational development, service learning, and environmental education to low-income southern San Mateo youth

$10,000 $10,000Law Enforcement Cadet Program, offering at-risk high school students opportunities for leadership, career, and life skills training

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) $40,000

Total Staff-Recommended Requests $587,500 $205,000

Staff-Recommended Grants Target $582,175

Student Conservation Association

San Francisco Police Activities League

LEGACY GRANTS

San Francisco Nature Education

United Anglers of Casa Grande High School

VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS

Blue Bear School of Music

Coro Center for Civic Leadership

Exploratorium

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2012

Sing for America Foundation $5,000

Common Counsel Foundation - Environmental Action Fund $10,000Wildlife Media - Beartrek Film $5,000

New York City Audubon $15,000PRBO Conservation Science $10,000

Common Counsel Foundation - Environmental Action Fund $10,000Stapleton School $10,000The Windall Institute $5,000

Total Board Discretionary Requests $70,000

$35,000Remaining 2012 Board Discretionary Grant Funds (if the above are approved)

Board Discretionary Requests

Andrew W. Edwards

Anne C. Kimball

Jeffrey L. Kimball

Stephen C. Kimball

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2011 - $10,000

Request: $35,000 Recommendation: $50,000 (over two years)

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Boys and Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley P. O. Box 218 El Verano, CA 95433 www.bgcsonoma.org Dave Pier, Executive Director, (707) 938-8544 The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley (BGCSV) was established in 1962 to provide a nurturing and safe environment for school-aged children when school is not in session. As is the case with most of the 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs around the country, BGCSV has evolved as an organization to fill in gaps in the public education system, as well as to provide mentoring and academic support. Today, the mission is to "provide positive opportunities for youth to learn and succeed." BGCSV has been recognized by the national organization as one of the top five percent of all clubs in the country, based both on their Key Performance Indicators (a national survey of organizational effectiveness) and the programmatic outcomes in the National Youth Outcomes Initiative (NYOI). Both surveys are implemented by Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

BGCSV has more than 2,200 registered members, ages 6-18, and 5 sites in the Sonoma Valley. The main clubhouse is in Maxwell Farms Regional Park, near downtown Sonoma, and the other four are school-based clubhouses. The main clubhouse is open every weekday, 50 weeks per year, with extended hours (7 a.m. to 9 p.m.) when school is not in session. Every school in the district provides after-school transportation to BGCSV sites and the organization reaches 45% of all school-aged youth in the community. Average daily attendance is 550 members, which has increased 37.5% over the past two years. Club membership is reflective of the larger Sonoma Valley population: 62% Hispanic, 31% Caucasian, and 7% other. More than 50% of members come from homes where annual household income is less than $28,000.

BGCSV has a strong focus on attracting and keeping teenagers engaged in the club. Unlike many clubs that lose members as they become teenagers, BGCSV has 180 active teen members. In addition to traditional programs, including art, technology, and athletics, BGCSV provides a separate teen space at the main clubhouse, and has added new classes aimed at older members: computer science, music recording, cooking and nutrition, and leadership development. The College Bound program is the main driver of the teen retention initiative. College Bound provides counseling, tutoring, mentoring, academic advisory services, college visits, test preparation, and college and financial aid application help to enrolled members. Since inception in 2009, College Bound has served 150 students; 92% have graduated high school or are on track to do so, 100% have completed a post-graduation action plan, and 90% of those who enrolled in college (53, so far) are on track to graduate.

Organization budget: $1.7 million Teen Services budget: $132,490

Recommendation: $50,000 over two years to support the Teen Services program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: None

Request: $10,000 Recommendation: $15,000

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT ScholarMatch 849 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 www.scholarmatch.org Diana Adamson, Executive Director, (415) 652-2766 Founded in 2010 by author and 826 Valencia founder Dave Eggers, ScholarMatch provides a web-based scholarship platform designed to connect donors to under-resourced college-bound students as well as college access and admissions training for students throughout San Francisco. In the 2012-2013 academic year, the organization plans to work with 175-200 high school and college students. Four out of five ScholarMatch students are the first in their family to go to college and over 60% have an annual family income of under $25,000.

As a member of the Bay Area College Success Network, a consortium of college access organizations providing financial and programmatic support to low-income youth, ScholarMatch recruits students preparing for college, who have gaps in financial aid. Once a student has been admitted to the school they choose, they create a profile on the ScholarMatch website listing the amount of unmet funds they will need for the upcoming academic year. The profile outlines each student’s interests and hobbies, awards and honors, as well as the college they will attend, their intended major, and career goals. Individual donors utilize the online service to contribute to scholarships for these students. Donors receive periodic updates from students and are able to renew funding each year. In 2011, ScholarMatch matched approximately 70 students with $133,000 in scholarships. In addition to online scholarships, ScholarMatch helps students maximize all financial aid available to them, such as the significant number of state and federal grants left unutilized each year.

Within its first two years of operation, ScholarMatch recognized the need to provide more than financial support, and developed a series of college access workshops and school selection and admission counseling services. Early in 2012, ScholarMatch launched the College Preparedness program, providing bilingual workshops, one-on-one financial aid counseling, and academic advising to high school juniors and seniors. This program serves students who are not receiving college access training elsewhere or groups whose college counseling needs exceed capacity. Workshops are hosted at ScholarMatch’s small, store-front office on Valencia Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, as well as off-site at the Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club, 826 Valencia, and Galileo High School. The focus of these services is to demystify the process and paperwork associated with applying to college for both students and parents. When students are ready, ScholarMatch advisors work with them to determine the “best-fit” schools that will meet their financial, academic, and social needs; advisors also conduct mock-interviews, edit essays, and review applications. The organization is seeking targeted support for expanding its workshop program and counseling services in San Francisco.

Organization budget: $509,968 Project budget: $130,981

Recommendation: $15,000 for the College Preparation Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 1998-2004 - $75,000 2007 - $50,000 2009 - $50,000 2010 - $50,000 2011 - $50,000

Request: $50,000

Recommendation: $50,000

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula 401 Pierce Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 www.bgcp.org Peter Fortenbaugh, Executive Director, (650) 646-6410 Founded in 1957, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) provides comprehensive services for low-income youth, ages six to eighteen, in San Mateo County. The organization focuses on the high-risk neighborhoods of East Palo Alto, Eastern Menlo Park, and the North Fair Oaks section of Redwood City. About 1,600 children and youth visit a BGCP program at least 50 times each year, nearly all of whom are low-income and of color. BGCP offers after-school programs in the areas of academic support, physical education, healthy lifestyles, and the arts at three clubhouses and six school sites. Most youth development organizations are selective about whom they serve; BGCP welcomes all kids, even the most at risk referred by school principals. BGCP works to help students stay on track to graduate high school and prepare for college and/or career training in communities where 80% of students test below proficient in math and language arts. BGCP offers a number of academic programs, including a homework assistance program, instructional learning laboratories, a community school for youth who have been expelled from traditional schools, academic clubs, and individual and small-group tutoring. The Center for a New Generation provides after-school and summer programming to 700 elementary and middle school students. It also offers electives such as sports, gardening, robotics, cooking, and a Jr. College Bound initiative that teaches younger students about selecting a high school, college, careers, and the skills needed to attain their life goals. College Bound, now in its fifth year, provides high school students intensive academic support services through a case management model. Last year, College Bound served 170 high school students who attended at least 50 times during the school year. Of these students, 39 of the 44 seniors graduated and entered college or a career training program this fall. Another 77 students in 9th-11th grades ended the year on track to graduate. Next year, BGCP plans to have 50 graduates entering college or career training and 110 younger students on track to do so. Each of the students will participate in College Bound’s one-hour, weekly, one-on-one meetings with program staff, as well as eight hours of small group sessions. These sessions focus on homework assistance, review sessions, SAT preparation, college and corporate campus tours, college application help, career pathways, and financial aid application assistance. Organization budget: $6.8 million Program budget: $867,000 Recommendation: $50,000 grant to support the College Bound program.



(over two years)

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Next Generation Scholars 912 Lootens Place San Rafael, CA 94901 www.nextgenerationscholars.org Sally Matsuishi, Executive Director, (415) 259-0900 Founded in 2006, Next Generation Scholars (NGS) provides year-round college readiness and persistence services to low-income students in Marin County, including academic programs, leadership and life skills training, psychological services, parent education, and social support services. All NGS participants are students of color, 90% do not speak English as their first language, and 92% come from low-income households. In 2012, NGS served 170 students, ages 10-25; 55 students in the middle and high school programs, 30 students in SAT prep, and 85 alumni in college and beyond.

During the 2012-2013 school year, 35 high school students will participate in NGS academic and leadership training programs. Through the High School Scholars Programs, students develop an academic profile and are evaluated multiple times throughout the program in preparation for the college admissions process. Students are required to maintain a 3.0 GPA while also attending bi-weekly after-school tutoring sessions and two 90-minute college-level lectures weekly. Through the Summer Academy, students enroll in eight courses with thirty hours of instruction per week to stay on track academically during the out of school months. The summer program also offers intensive SAT prep courses and enrichment courses in the arts and music; many NGS alumni return to teach Summer Academy courses. NGS also seeks to cultivate self-sufficiency and empowerment amongst its participants by providing leadership and life skills development through the Community Uplift Leadership Program. After identifying a social inequity issue, most often in their own communities, students design a community service project to address an unmet need. Students learn to analyze contributing factors to the issue, design and implement long-term, sustainable projects, manage budgets, lead teams, and network with adult mentors.

Parent College offers monthly workshops designed to foster a college bound culture in the home and train parents in the many aspects of the college admissions process. In recognition of the high level of commitment required from both students and families, NGS provides comprehensive support services such as daily hot meals during after-school academic sessions, mental health counseling, and basic needs assistance. One hundred percent of NGS students gain acceptance to selective four-year colleges and universities upon graduating from high school. The organization also maintains a 96% college persistence and graduation rate.

Organization budget: $313,511 Project budget: $162,307

Recommendation: $40,000 over two years to support Next Generation Scholars.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2007 - $30,000 2009 - $30,000

2010 - $40,000 2011 - $35,000


ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Students Rising Above P. O. Box 29174 San Francisco, CA 94129 www.studentsrisingabove.org Lynne Martin, Executive Director, (415) 333-4222 Students Rising Above (SRA) began in 1998 as a series of KRON TV stories featuring disadvantaged Bay Area youth who were rising above the barriers of neglect, poverty, and homelessness. The Peabody and Emmy award-winning series inspired viewers to donate over $4.1 million to help the promising youth succeed in high school and college. Today, SRA is an independent community-based organization supported by donations from individuals and foundation grants. Eighty-one percent of all SRA youth live below the poverty line, 73% come from the foster care system, and 40% have been homeless. Nearly all are or will be the first in their family to complete college. Since inception, the organization has helped 381 (98% of participants) graduate from high school and access college. Of those who have graduated from college, 90% did so within 4.5 years. This is nearly three times greater than the national average for low-income, first generation students. Colleges attended include local public universities, such as SFSU and UC Berkeley, as well as Wellesley, Colgate, and Yale universities. SRA works with counselors in underserved Bay Area high schools and youth organizations to identify promising low-income juniors. In 2012, 50 were accepted for a total of 235 students in the program currently – a 23% increase over the prior year. Once SRA commits to support a participant, they provide services until the individual completes college. Each participant is matched with a paid professional counselor and a volunteer mentor, who together work with the youth through college. The organization employs a highly personalized approach, developing detailed service plans to address each participant’s needs and barriers. SRA counselors tutor students, help them identify colleges, prepare for standardized tests, and apply for financial aid. Mentors model successful behaviors and expose participants to the world of work. Because many participants are not insured, SRA often covers medical and dental care. When participants matriculate, SRA provides tuition assistance and financial support to cover living expenses. The organization helps students adapt to college with Off-to-College Seminars and each student receives a laptop computer, printer, a warm jacket, bedding, and school supplies. The Summer Internship Program provides participants with paid internships with key employers such as Apple, Google, American Red Cross, Federal Reserve Bank, Teach for America, San Francisco District Attorney’s office, and Wells Fargo. Organization budget: $2.6 million Project budget: $1.9 million Recommendation: $40,000 grant to support Students Rising Above.



CULTURAL ENRICHMENT Loco Bloco 3543 18th Street, # 20 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.locobloco.org Annie Jupiter-Jones, Executive Director, (415) 864-5626 Loco Bloco was founded in 1994 to provide low-income, minority and immigrant families access to professional level arts education at no cost. Based in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood, Loco Bloco teaches “Mission-style”, a hybrid and celebration of the arts and cultures of the Americas, fusing African and Latino genres with contemporary music and dance. Since inception, over 6,000 Bay Area youth and their families have received training in percussion, dance, visual arts, stilt walking, and theater arts through Loco Bloco’s multi-level course offerings. Students participate in two main performances each year: an original main-stage theater production hosted at Brava Theater and the annual Carnaval festival and parade. Loco Bloco coordinates the music, costumes, and choreography for one of the largest contingents of Carnaval performers in the city; over 300 people join each year, including participants of community organizations such as Good Samaritan Family Resource Center and Mission Neighborhood Center.

While special attention is paid to providing inter-generational learning and performance opportunities, Loco Bloco’s primary mission is to empower young people through the creative process. During 2012-2013, 187 children, youth, and young adults, ages 3-22, attended at least one of the 11 free after-school classes held weekly at seven partner sites, including the Mission YMCA, Jamestown Community Center, and at their designated space within Brava Theater. As a result of their enrollment in the performing arts classes, 105 youth performed in Loco Bloco’s self-produced community events. Every year, the organization offers students the chance to expand their perspectives by representing Loco Bloco through cultural exchange tours throughout California, the U.S., and internationally. Next year, Loco Bloco plans to bring 35 youth participants to Salvador, Brazil. Considered the birthplace of Capoeira and host to the world’s largest Carnaval, the city’s celebrated drum and dance culture is a direct inspiration for Loco Bloco’s community-based performance model.

In 2011, Loco Bloco launched the Youth Apprentice Program (YAP). The program offers work experience and leadership positions for the organization’s most engaged high school aged youth and involves them in nearly all aspects of the organization. Members meet weekly with professional teaching artist mentors and work as paid interns on multi-year progressive tracks developing skills as artistic instructors, administrative staff, and/or community organizers. This year, YAP employed eight interns, two of whom collaborated to write and produce the script for this year’s community theater production, “Night Wakes Dawn,” which will premier in December 2012.

Organization budget: $305,774

Recommendation: $25,000 grant to support Loco Bloco.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2010 - $15,000 2011 - $15,000

Request: $20,000

Recommendation: $30,000 (over two years)

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT Zaccho Dance Theater 1777 Yosemite Avenue, Studio 330 San Francisco, CA 94102 www.zaacho.org Joanna Haigood, Founder and Artistic Director (415) 822-6744 Founded in 1980, Zaccho Dance Theater (Zaccho) produces modern dance productions and operates a youth performing arts program. Zaccho dances are based on specific natural, architectural, and cultural environments and feature aerial flight and suspension by dancers. The organization conducts in-depth research into the history and character of places, often involving local communities and organizations in the creative process. Zaccho has been commissioned internationally to create dances for the Festival d'Avignon and Festival d'Arles in France and across the U.S. for the National Black Arts Festival, the Exploratorium Museum, Capp Street Project, Dancing in the Streets, and the Walker Art Center. Zaccho is one of five Bayview Hunters Point nonprofits to have been selected as part of a three-year, capacity building collaborative funded by the Bayview Hunters Point Community Fund.

The Zaccho Youth Performing Arts Program (YPAP) provides free dance instruction and performance opportunities for about 125 children and youth ages 7-17 each year. The majority of participants live in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood and about 80% are African American. Two-thirds of participants come during the school day and receive class credit for participation; about one-third attend an after-school program. Students learn the basic principles of modern dance, as well as gymnastic and suspension (“ropes”) skills. Because of the unique requirements of suspended dance, YPAP instruction is particularly physically demanding. Surveys at year-end indicate that most YPAP participants feel stronger, more confident, and feel that the experience has improved their schoolwork.

YPAP students train weekly from November through May, culminating in a final performance for parents and community members. Each year a topical theme is selected in partnership with the SFUSD Superintendent’s Bayview Zone Director. In 2011, this theme was Food for Thought: Dances About Nutrition, Health and Choices We Make. In 2012, programming will be designed around Sailing Away, an artistic exploration of the history of African Americans in Gold Rush San Francisco, the discrimination they experienced, and their subsequent out-migration to Canada. Advanced students at the high school level become part of the Zaccho Youth Company, which perform about seven original works each year throughout the Bay Area. Past venues and festivals include Project Artaud Theater, Dance Palace in Point Reyes, the Discovery Museum, ODC Theater, Dance Mission, the Black Choreographers Festival, SOMArts, Children’s Creativity Museum (formerly Zeum), Montalvo Arts Center, and the Bolinas Community Center.

Organization budget: $408,000 Program budget: $128,000

Recommendation: $30,000 over two years to support the Youth Performing Arts Program.



CULTURAL ENRICHMENT Out of Site Youth Arts Center 755 Ocean Avenue San Francisco, CA 94112 www.outofsite-sf.org Beth Rubenstein, Executive Director, (415) 333-9443 Founded in 2000, Out of Site Youth Arts Center (Out of Site) provides free visual, literary, and performing arts programs for public high school students in San Francisco. Out of Site offers multi-level classes in photography, architecture/public art, acting, music performance and production, multimedia design, and printmaking. In 2011, Out of Site served 225 students from 15 high schools throughout the district, with a majority coming from high-need areas like the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Bayview, and Visitacion Valley. During the school year, classes occur twice a week for two hours, and provide students course credit each semester. Out of Site shares a campus with Lick-Wilmerding High School, a private school near Balboa Park with state-of-the-art facilities and computer labs. This access to high-quality equipment and tools addresses the disparity in educational facilities that often prevent students from low-income backgrounds from participating and excelling in the arts.

Through partnerships with community arts organizations such as SOMArts, Rayko Photography Center, and SF Jazz, students have multiple opportunities to showcase their work and participate in real-world projects. In addition to exhibition opportunities, students participate in community events such as the Excelsior Arts Festival and San Francisco Youth Arts Summit. As part of their architecture and public art course, students designed and built the Excelsior’s only parklet, converting curbside parking spaces into public gathering space. Media arts students have been invited by the SF Arts Commission to design, develop, and build a website promoting neighborhood-based arts efforts throughout the city.

Out of Site offers its youth five avenues for advanced leadership roles: spring break internships, offered to 12 students; summer intensives, offered to 50 students; the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), eight students per semester to design and develop programming; teaching assistantships, training six advanced students per semester in curriculum development; and one part-time alumni internship position. Youth are paid for each leadership experience and receive one-on-one training from faculty mentors, all of whom are practicing professional artists. During school breaks, the summer and spring programs are full-day, offering job training intensives focused on building career- and college-readiness skills through the creation of real-world arts projects. YAB members are also involved in hiring staff/faculty, planning community events, and coordinating outreach efforts. While the intent of Out of Site programs is not to funnel students into arts professions, almost half of alumni utilize the arts in their post-secondary pursuits, having established tangible skills and legitimate portfolios upon graduation.


Recommendation: $25,000 for Out of Site’s youth arts program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 1998–2001 - $110,000 (4 grants)

2005 - $30,000 2010 - $30,000 2011 - $30,000

Request: $35,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Aim High 2030 Harrison Street San Francisco, CA 94110 www.aimhigh.org Alec Lee, Executive Director, (415) 551-2323 Founded in 1986, Aim High provides a summer academic enrichment program for low-income Bay Area and Lake Tahoe area middle school students. Students typically join Aim High after fifth or sixth grade and stay for three or four summers before going on to high school. In 2012, Aim High served 1,400 students at seven sites in San Francisco, two in Oakland, and one each in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Rafael, Marin City, and Tahoe-Truckee. Aim High prioritizes admissions to individuals who will be in the first generation of their families to graduate from college (66% of participants), come from low-income families (72% of participants), and have no other summer learning opportunities. The five-week program combines rigorous academic classes (math, science, and humanities) in the mornings and hands-on projects, field trips, physical activities, arts, and cultural events in the afternoons. Some Aim High graduates are trained and serve as teaching assistants while in high school and college. In 2012, 33% of the teaching faculty were graduates of the program. Aim High also operates an after-school tutoring and college placement support center for current students and alumni during the school year. In 2013, Aim High added a social and emotional counseling program to help ensure that youth could address the issues that prevent them from participating effectively. The Aim High Headlands Environmental Home program brings ninth-grade participants to Tennessee Valley in the Marin Headlands for one week of environmental education, leadership development, and service learning. The goal of the program is to foster environmental awareness, a sense of responsibility, and community stewardship. In 2012, the program served about 275 students; it plans to serve 290 in 2013. Participants work with park employees on habitat restoration projects, erosion mitigation, invasive species removal, species monitoring, seasonal plantings, and outdoor skills building. Students camp overnight, hike, keep journals, work in teams, and learn about the history of the region. The program provides about 3,000 volunteer hours of service to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. At the end of their experience, students create a slideshow, which they present to the younger students at their Aim High site. During the school year, small groups of students continue to practice stewardship and environmental studies in the Tennessee Valley on a weekly basis.

Organization budget: $2.9 million Program budget: $156,000

Recommendation: $60,000 over two years to support the Headlands Environmental Home Program.



(over two years)

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point 1651 Coyote Point Drive San Mateo, CA 94401 www.curiodyssey.org Rachel Meyer, Executive Director, (650) 342-7755 Founded in 1954, CuriOdyssey (formerly known as Coyote Point Museum and renamed in 2011) was one of the first environmental education facilities in the country. Located in the Coyote Point Recreation Area overseeing the bay in San Mateo, CuriOdyssey is a child’s interactive science museum, native-animal zoo, and nature education center serving 75,000 children, parents, caregivers, and teachers each year. Its hands-on exhibits, outreach programs, and summer camps are designed with children, ages 3-12, in mind. CuriOdyssey is currently at the early stages of a major capital campaign to renovate its building and exhibits to create a world-class science park by 2016. CurioOdyssey’s current facilities offer indoor and outdoor wildlife habitats for over 100 rescued, non-releasable animals, including badgers, golden eagles, bobcats, porcupines, rubber boas, Northern Pacific rattlesnakes, and coyotes; and 1.3 acres of themed gardens featuring hummingbirds, butterflies, and native plant species. The habitats include a 4,000-sq. ft. walk-through aviary, which houses approximately a dozen native birds. All activities are based on the museum’s theory of change, seeking to move the public from observation, to experimentation, to appreciation, and finally, to environmental stewardship. CuriOdyssey’s newest exhibit, Backyard Science, removes science from the lab and gives it a home in CuriOdyssey’s gardens. Children can experiment with ambient sound tubes, listen with a giant ear, and test what it's like to have "superhuman" vision. “The Science of Nature” helps children understand natural phenomena in the environment. The “Fog Fall” display, for example, allows children to observe how tiny water droplets in the air create fog. CuriOdyssey requests support for its 2012-2013 School Science Program to help reach over 10,500 students. About 9,000 students will attend the museum through subsidized, low- or no-cost field trips, and hands-on science or wildlife classes. Another 1,800 students will experience these classes on their own school campuses throughout the region. Children explore natural phenomena such as magnetism, pressure, sound, electricity, and construction principles through standards-based science lessons, as well as learn about the behavior of native birds and animals through wildlife shows. These programs model high-touch science teaching for 650 classroom teachers, helping to fill the elementary school science gap and engage students in learning through nature.

Organization budget: $2.8 million Project budget: $178,000

Recommendation: $30,000 over two years to support the School Science Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2011- $15,000

Request: $25,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Environmental Traveling Companions Fort Mason Center, Building C San Francisco, CA 94123 www.etctrips.org Diane Poslosky, Executive Director, (415) 474-7662 Founded in 1972, Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) provides outdoor experiential learning and environmental education for ill, disabled, and low-income Bay Area youth and adults. ETC was the first organization in the U.S. to offer organized adaptive rafting and sea kayaking programs for people with disabilities. Today, all ETC participants are economically disadvantaged; have cancer or another life-threatening illness; are developmentally disabled; or have mobility, visual, or hearing impairments. ETC recruits participants through a network of over 70 social service agencies. The organization has a about 350 volunteer instructors who lead outdoor activities; all are experienced outdoor enthusiasts trained by ETC, and many have wilderness first responder training. Each year, ETC serves about 2,100 participants, an estimated 80% of whom are low-income. ETC offer several programs. The River Program is scheduled from May to September and is located at ETC’s environmentally friendly education center on the banks of the South Fork of the American River. Participants raft rapids, learn about riparian ecology and river conservation, and experience first-hand the benefits of an active lifestyle. The Sea Kayaking Program runs from April to November on San Francisco Bay. Participants learn paddling and safety skills and paddle across Raccoon Strait to Angel Island. On Angel Island, they observe sea lions and harbor seals. The Winter Program, from January to April, allows participants to explore the ski trails at Bear Valley Nordic Center. Youth learn about winter ecology and explore the world of the Giant Sequoias. Trips are typically one or two days in duration. The Youth LEAD (Leadership, Environment, Adventure, and Diversity) Program provides outdoor leadership and environmental education programs for ill, disabled, and low-income youth. Ninety percent of participants are low-income. The program is comprised of four intensive outdoor summer courses, 12-24 days each, for a diverse group of 42 youth, and an eight-month fellowship program for seven outstanding Youth LEAD alumni. Participants follow the watershed from the sea to the mountains, with stops for a ropes course, camping, kayaking, a three-day trip to an organic farm, river rafting, and a five day backpacking trip. The fellowship program offers a smaller group of Youth LEAD graduates a school year of stipended experience as junior guides on ETC trips, developing environmental education curricula, training as wilderness guides, and building a traditional watercraft.

Organization budget: $1.0 million Youth LEAD budget: $152,000

Recommendation: $50,000 over two years to support the Youth LEAD Program.



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Global Student Embassy P.O. Box 544 Sebastopol, CA 95473 www.globalstudentembassy.org Lucas Oshun, Executive Director, (707) 799-8709 Global Student Embassy (GSE) was founded in 2008 to educate high school students in Marin and Sonoma counties about issues of environmental degradation, climate change, and the impacts of industrial agriculture on the environment and human health. Started by two brothers from Sebastopol, the program runs international exchange programs in Ecuador and Nicaragua to add a global component. The executive director (one of the founding brothers) was awarded a Jefferson Award in February and is both passionate and articulate about his goals for GSE. The majority of GSE’s work takes place in ten Bay Area high schools, including six in Sonoma County. In 2012-2013, GSE plans to serve 200 students with their Ecological Action Education program. GSE’s high school environmental education work is most often associated with an after-school environmental action club on campus. In some schools, there is an affiliated class (nutrition, wellness, or environmental studies) that will integrate the GSE curriculum as credit material. As a result of a series of student surveys in the first two years of the program, the majority of the environmental education programming focuses on sustainable agriculture, school gardens, and environmental restoration. GSE’s leadership realized early on that the sustainable agriculture curriculum was immediately relevant and engaging for students. All student participants volunteer each week either at the Village Park Garden in Sebastopol, in their own school’s gardens, or both. In addition to the in-school component, GSE offers international exchange programs that act as an incentive to gain interest amongst participants. During the ten-day international trips, students work with Ecuadoran and Nicaraguan high school students in their own community gardens or on ecosystem restoration projects. Participants must raise the $2,000 program cost. GSE is at an inflection point as it transitions from a scrappy start-up with a high-reaching goal to an organization working locally (and more realistically) to create a new generation of environmental stewards through sustainable agriculture, environmental restoration, and international exchange. The program needs to grow thoughtfully and find new sources of funding. Nevertheless, the board is small and inexperienced, and there is a lack of a cohesive connection between their stated mission and their programming.

Organization budget: $479,411 Ecological Action Education budget: $217,000

Recommendation: $10,000 grant to hire a consultant to work with staff and the board to develop improved messaging and find new sources of funding.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2007 - $45,000 2008 - $50,000 2009 - $30,000 2010 - $30,000

Request: $30,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Building 201, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123 www.parksconservancy.org Christy Rocca, Crissy Field Center Director, (415) 551-3000 Founded in 1981, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC) is a membership organization that leads habitat restoration efforts and provides education at thirty-seven park sites in the Bay Area, including Alcatraz Island, Marin Headlands, Muir Woods, Stinson Beach, and the Presidio. In partnership with the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust, GGNPC works to enhance park visitors’ experiences and to build a community dedicated to conserving the parks for future generations. In 2001, GGNPC opened the Crissy Field Center to provide environmental education to Bay Area youth, particularly urban and low-income youth with limited access to the outdoors. Since opening, the center has served more than 600,000 youth and their families through school field trips, workshops, nature walks, after-school and summer programs, and overnight camping opportunities. To make room for the reconstruction of Doyle Drive, the center was temporarily relocated in 2010 to a new structure at the eastern edge of Crissy Field. The center includes a media lab, resource library, an arts workshop, science lab, and gathering room and features a number of environmentally friendly and sustainable design and construction features. The facility is also home to the Beach Hut Café, which is furnished from top to bottom with reclaimed and recycled materials. The Crissy Field Center hosts a number of youth environmental education programs. Inspiring Young Emerging Leaders (I-YEL) program is a one-year program for about 30 high school students. Participants receive 32 hours of programming a month during the school year and a full-time schedule during the summer. Each year, I-YEL participants complete a major project addressing an environmental issue. Recently the cohort focused on barriers that keep diverse urban youth from exploring the outdoors and from learning about the environment. Last year, the WISE program (Watersheds Inspiring Student Education) worked with about 60 students weekly from Galileo High School to restore Tennessee Hollow watershed in the Presidio during the school year. Participants learn about data collection and analysis, water quality testing, watershed geology, etc. The Urban Trailblazers Program works with about 40 middle school students over eight weeks on park-based activities such as hiking, habitat restorations, and trail maintenance. In 2012, the center serviced 6,600 participants.

GGNPC budget: $40.3 million Crissy Field Center budget: $1.7 million

Recommendation: $60,000 over two years to support the Crissy Field Center.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2009 - $10,000 2010 - $25,000 2011 - $25,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation 900 Sanford Road Santa Rosa, CA 95401 www.lagunafoundation.org Christine Fontaine, Director of Education, (707) 527-9277 Founded in 1990, the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation works to preserve the Laguna de Santa Rosa by providing environmental restoration and education programs. The Laguna is an 8,000-acre wetland and waterway consisting of open water, marshes, riparian forest, and oak woodland located between Cotati and Sebastopol in the western part of the Santa Rosa valley. The wetland is the center of a 254 square mile watershed that covers much of Sonoma County and is the largest tributary of the Russian River. In addition to being an important stopover site for migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway, the Laguna is home to mountain lions, river otters, bald eagles, turtles, and other indigenous species whose habitats have been encroached upon by agriculture and urban sprawl. The foundation operates several programs, all aimed at increasing stewardship of this key element of the watershed. Restoration efforts focus on replanting native vegetation and controlling invasive species. The Laguna Middle Reach Restoration program is planting native riparian vegetation, including oak trees, along the main Laguna Channel. Science and research projects investigate the complex and interdependent relationships between land, water, and wildlife communities. The Laguna Ecosystem Database brings together information about the Laguna collected by public agencies, universities, community based organizations, and concerned citizens. The Adopt a Vernal Pool, Conceptual Model of Laguna Water Quality, and Bird Monitoring projects allow community volunteers to participate in the work of assessing and protecting the health of the Laguna. In 2009, the organization completed a restoration of a 1860s-era farmhouse adjacent to the Laguna and recently inaugurated a new multi-purpose visitor and education center on the same site. The Learning Laguna program, now in its 26th season, provides environmental education field trips focused on the Laguna wetland to 1,114 schoolchildren in 2nd-4th grades each year. Learning Laguna works with 41 classes from 18 schools. Sixteen of the classes have more than 60% of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. The program is staffed by 71 trained volunteer docents who, in aggregate, donate over 1,000 hours of teaching time each year. The program includes a 2-hour classroom visit and 2.5-hour field trip to the Laguna. The program employs experiential and small group teaching techniques.

Organization budget: $587,000 Learning Laguna budget: $124,443

Recommendation: $25,000 grant to support the Learning Laguna program.



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Kids in Parks 314 Rutledge Street San Francisco, CA 94140 www.kidsinparks.org Charlotte Hill, Co-Director, (415) 824- 2083 Founded in 1998, Kids in Parks provides environmental education for low-income children and youth in the communities that surround McLaren Park and other parks in San Francisco’s southeast neighborhoods. To date, Kids in Parks has provided environmental education to more than 6,000 disadvantaged public school students; taught over 2,500 environmental education sessions, all of which adhered to California state science standards; and established sustainable habitat for the native Bay Area species, such as the Pacific Tree Frog and Green Hairstreak Butterfly. Seventy percent of participants are low-income. Ninety percent of all participants demonstrate increased environmental knowledge. Kids in Parks offers several programs. The Ecology Education for Underserved Youth Program serves about 140 sixth grade students at Visitacion Valley and Horace Mann middle schools, providing an introduction to ecological principals, two to four hours of classroom or field instruction each month, and service learning opportunities. A two-night camping trip in the Presidio provides an opportunity for full immersion in nature. Returning seventh grade students focus on deepening their understanding of aquatic ecosystem, biodiversity, botany, and evolution. The Green Hairstreak Butterfly Education and Restoration Project engages about 700 6th-8th grade students at Herbert Hoover Middle help rebuild the native habitat of the endangered butterflies. Participating two to four hours each month of the school year, youth remove invasive vegetation; build and maintain trails; and propagate native plants consumed by the butterflies at a park adjacent to the school. The Intro to the Outdoors Program provides about 430 K-2nd grade students with monthly instruction in basic environmental concepts. Participants learn the basic classes of animal and plants, and how they interact. Each lesson begins with a classroom discussion on campus and progresses to a kinesthetic learning experience. The Green Stewards Program works with 40 middle and high school students from the Visitacion Valley neighborhood, providing 4 hours per week of afterschool experience developing and caring for community gardens in a series of nearby abandoned lots covering 2 acres. Participants construct greens houses, propagate seedlings, care for growing plants, cook healthy meals, and learn about sustainable and urban agriculture.


Recommendation: $15,000 general support grant.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 1999-2005 - $55,000 (3 grants)

2009 - $25,000 2010 - $25,000 2011 - $25,000

Request: $30,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Point Reyes National Seashore Association 1 Bear Valley Road, Building 70 Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 www.ptreyes.org Julia Clothier, Director of Education, (415) 663-1200 The Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) was founded in 1964 as the nonprofit partner of the Point Reyes National Seashore. The national park encompasses 71,000 acres of natural habitat that is home to over 50 threatened, rare, or endangered species. The park also surrounds many long-established ranches and oyster farms and is adjacent to several populated communities in West Marin. PRNSA operates two visitor centers, offers natural history and adventure education courses, raises money to support environmental restoration and monitoring projects in the park, and offers environmental education programs for youth and visitors of all ages. All PRNSA programs address the park’s most pressing issues, including endangered species recovery, wildlife protection, habitat and wetlands restoration, preservation of cultural and historic legacies, critical property acquisition, and environmental education for interested citizens. Over 3,000 people participate in PRNSA programs every year, and thousands more visit the park and benefit from the interpretive information provided by PRNSA. PRNSA offers two main environmental education programs for children and youth. The Seashore Explorers Program is a three-to-five day residential program focused on coastal and marine field ecology, and environmental science. Participants are Bay Area elementary and middle school students, accompanied by their teachers and chaperones during the academic year. The curriculum ties to state standards for science and environmental education. Activities include nature hikes, ecosystem restoration, wildlife observation and monitoring, as well as some traditional camping experiences such as campfires and nighttime backpacking. The Nature Science & Adventure Camp provides four or five day, overnight camps led by professional naturalists for children and youth, ages 7-12. Designed to provide a full-immersion experience, activities include field-based environmental studies, natural history, and adventure activities. Both school groups and summer camp programs take place at the Clem Miller Environmental Center in the Hidden Valley area of the park. Over the past three years, PRNSA has been successful in increasing access to underserved youth by over 300%. Scholarships and fee waivers have directly benefitted 2,733 youth, which represents over half of all participants.

Organization budget: $1.5 million Education Programs Budget: $335,000

Recommendation: $25,000 grant to provide camp scholarships and school fee waivers.



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Presidio Community YMCA 63 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129 www.ymcasf.org/presidio Robert Sindelar, Executive Director, (415) 447-9622 Founded in 1898, the Presidio Community YMCA was initially a social center for the army base’s enlisted personnel. Today, it is one of the 14 branches of the YMCA of San Francisco, providing a range of exercise, youth development, and healthy living programming for youth, adults, and families. The Main Post Center houses a state-of-the-art fitness center, childcare center, tennis courts, a biking center, basketball court, and administrative offices. The Letterman Pool facility includes lap and warm water pools. In 2011-2012, the Presidio Community YMCA served over 25,000 members. The Presidio Community YMCA offers a number of youth programs, including summer and winter holiday day camp; swim instruction and competition; and sports for all ages such as basketball, tennis, and baseball. The YBike program provides bike safety training and biking experiences for children and youth. In 2011-2012, about 600 youth participated in enrichment programming and 1,500 youth participated in YBike. The Presidio Youth in Nature Program (PYNP) provides San Francisco children and youth in 4th-8th grades with environmental education in the nearly 1,500 acre park. Eighty percent of participants are low-income. The program includes three components. The Point of Inquiry component, a partnership with the National Parks Service, provides about 300 fourth graders with a classroom visit and a one-day field trip to the Presidio each year, focusing on the history of Fort Point, the “leave no trace” ethic at Crissy Field, and an afternoon hike. The Earth Service Corps component serves about 100 youth each year after school at Roosevelt, Marina, and Gateway Middle schools. Participants learn about key environmental issues, such as invasive plants, and participate in service learning projects in the park. They also attend bi-annual wilderness trips, such as a 2012 snowshoeing trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Summer Intensive is a partnership with the Bayview, Mission, Tenderloin, and Western Addition YMCAs. It serves about 80 youth with a hands-on investigation of the Presidio’s history and ecology each year. Youth engage with archeological digs, conduct native plant restoration, and take nature hikes. Eighty percent of PYNP participants reported an increased concern for the environment and a desire to continue work in conservation service learning.


Recommendation: $15,000 grant to support the Youth in Nature Program.



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION San Francisco Botanical Garden Society 1199 Ninth Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 www.sfbotanicalgarden.org Sue Ann Schiff, Executive Director, (415) 661-1316 Opened in 1940, the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum is a world class living museum of plants. The fifty-five acre garden has over 50,000 specimens, including 8,000 species native to California, arranged into geographical theme gardens devoted to Mediterranean, mild-temperate, and tropical cloud forest regions. The Children’s Garden is an 11,500 sq. ft. outdoor classroom featuring planted beds; sensory, butterfly garden, and native plant gardens; an orchard, and composting area. The botanical garden is open 365 days per year; over 230,000 people visited in 2011. The San Francisco Botanical Garden Society was founded in 1955 to provide administrative, financial, and programmatic support for the botanical garden. Its mission is to build communities of support for the garden and to cultivate the bond between people and plants. The society funds garden improvements, curates the plant collections, propagates plants for the garden and sale to the public, maintains the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, operatives the Garden Bookstore, and provides educational and community programming. The Youth Education Program provides environmental education to about 10,000 San Francisco children and youth. About 60% are low-income and 30% are English language learners. Guided Walks provide about 5,500 children in kindergarten through fifth grade and their teachers with a one-time introduction to the botanical garden. The Children’s Garden School provides about 1,000 children in kindergarten through third grades with multiple visits to the botanical garden. Smallest Children, Tallest Trees introduces about 400 kindergarten students and their teachers to the botanical garden’s Redwood Grove. Acorn to Oak provides about 860 children, ages 5-12, with full-day sessions in the Children’s Garden, providing a hands-on gardening experience. Garden Explorers serves about 300 children, ages 5-12, with more intense half-day explorations of a part of the botanical garden. Family Adventures provides about 175 preschoolers and their parents with twelve structured visits and Family Days provides about 85 children and their parents with self-guided tours during the summers. In 2013, the program will shift its focus towards additionally serving younger children, ages 3-8, to growing unmet needs of the age group and take advantage of the botanical garden central location and easy access.


Recommendation: $10,000 grant to support the Youth Education Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2001 - $15000 2007 - $7,500 2009 - $5,000 2010 - $7,500

2011 - $10,000


ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION San Francisco Nature Education 3450 Geary Boulevard, Suite 208A San Francisco, CA 94118 www.sfnature.org Nancy DeStefanis, Executive Director, (415) 387-9100

San Francisco Nature Education (SFNE) was founded in 2000 as a program of Golden Gate Audubon by Nancy DeStefanis, a local birder who discovered the scattering of great blue herons nesting at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. The organization grew from informal classroom presentations about her work monitoring the herons to now providing over 8,000 San Francisco public school students with hands-on, place-based environmental education. In 2002, SFNE was established as an independent nonprofit organization and has since expanded its program offerings targeting youth and families from underserved communities throughout San Francisco. SFNE uses local parks as natural classrooms to observe local and migratory birds with the aim of cultivating environmental stewardship amongst city residents. Through its flagship elementary program, Science and Nature for Underserved Youth, SFNE works with 5 under-resourced public schools to provide twice yearly classroom visits (75-minutes each) teaching students about 40 local bird species and their habitats, an autumn field trip to the San Francisco Botanical Garden, and a spring trip to Stow Lake to observe the nesting birds and other wildlife. Field trips are conducted by volunteer naturalists. Aligned with California science standards at a grade-appropriate level, programs are designed to develop students’ observation skills (identifying nearly 40 species of local birds), critical thinking, and teamwork. After participating in SFNE programs, students are able to identify local birds by sight and sound, have a working knowledge of where and how birds live, develop a basic understanding of “leave no trace” ethics, and are more engaged in their local parks and green spaces. In the 2012-2013 school year, SFNE will engage over 900 K-3rd graders and because of its close relationship with each school, many students go through the program multiple years in a row. In addition to its school programs, SFNE offers three inter-related programs. The Youth Naturalist Internship Program provides intensive stewardship training and work experience for 12-16 middle and high school volunteers who serve as naturalists and interpreters leading guided nature tours at 30 parks and sites around the city. The Heron Watch Program provides focused learning experiences for children, youth, and adults observing the great blue heron colony of Stow Lake over six Saturdays throughout the spring. Birding for Everyone sponsors monthly lectures and guided nature walks for the general public throughout the San Francisco Botanical Gardens.


Recommendation: $12,500 grant for SFNE’s environmental education programs.



ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION United Anglers of Casa Grande High School 333 Casa Grande Road Petaluma, CA 94954 www.uacg.org Dan Hubacker, Program Director, (707) 778-4703 Founded in 1982, United Anglers of Casa Grande High School (UACG) provides environmental education and vocational development for students of Casa Grande High School in Petaluma. The organization is part of a unique partnership: it operates a fish hatchery on the grounds of the Casa Grande High School. Staffed by Casa Grande students, community volunteers, and one professional employee, the hatchery raises endangered California Central Coast steelhead and California Coastal Chinook salmon for release in the Petaluma River Watershed. UACG works with about 40 students each year. (A small number of highly interested students return for an additional year.) Participants are selected for a strong interest in natural resource management and adequate grades in science courses. The program is typically oversubscribed. UACG believes all participants are low- to middle-income students, though it does not collect income information. Thirty-eight percent of participants are racial or ethnic minorities. Since its founding, 45% of UACG participants have gone to college and started natural resource management careers. Participants study salmonid biology and work in the hatchery for about three to four-and-a-half hours per week and participate in habitat restoration in the upper reaches of the Petaluma River three to four hours per week. Classroom studies focus on the life cycle and environments of salmonid fish and often include instruction in contextualized lessons in mathematics, English, chemistry, and hydrology. The hatchery work is physically challenging and requires an exacting attention to detail and process. Habitat restoration work focuses on removing invasive species, propagating native shade species, removing debris, and in some cases, moving fish stranded by low flows. The program has restored seven miles of spawning and nursery habitat on the Adobe Creek. UACG’s classroom work is overseen by Casa Grande High School and the hatchery and the restoration work is overseen by the National Marine Fishery Service and the California Department of Fish and Game. Participants work closely with fishery biologists, who ensure restoration work conforms to state and federal law.


Recommendation: $15,000 general support grant.



(over two years)

VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS Blue Bear School of Music Fort Mason Center, Building D Marina Boulevard at Buchanan San Francisco, CA 94123 www.bluebearmusic.org David Roche, Executive Director, (415) 673-3600 Blue Bear School of Music at Fort Mason, founded in 1971, provides music instruction to 6,500 students of all ages in rock, pop, folk, blues, and jazz each year. Classes are offered in individual, group, instrumental, vocal, acoustic, and electric tracks. Lessons are offered in diverse instruments such as guitar, drums, piano, saxophone, clarinet, ukulele, and harmonica. The school currently has more than 1,700 people attending small group classes and private or semi-private lessons Monday through Saturday on site. Blue Bear's teachers are professional musicians who are also highly experienced educators. Originally focused on adult learners, Blue Bear began teaching youth ten years ago. In 2006, the Community Music Education program was established to take Blue Bear teachers out to schools and community centers. Opportunities for low-income youth to experience quality music education are provided now at six schools and four after-school sites through such programs as the Rock Band Ensemble and Group Guitar Program, Digital Audio Production Studio 101, Summer Music Camps, and the Youth Scholarship Tuition Support. Blue Bear seeks funding to launch a Digital Audio and Video Production Studio Program this winter in partnership with Bayview Hunters Point YMCA. Housed within the Y’s new Teen Center, the studio will offer year-round training in studio music and video production, music history and theory, technical programming skills, songwriting and public performance. The program will be taught by industry professionals using state of the art equipment and software. The first class of 70 students will be selected from 2 educational programs that operate at the Y – the Center for Academic Re-entry and Empowerment Program that helps truant youth graduate high school, and the SF Sheriff’s Department Five Keys Charter School for at-risk and troubled youth. Digital Studio participants will pursue proficiency in computer technology and computer programming, with the goal that they are fully qualified to enter digital/audio professional training programs or colleges. Students will build a work ethic as they manage production schedules and become mentors and leaders to new beginners. Skills such as self-discipline, punctuality, professionalism, attention to detail and teamwork are required for success in the field of audio and video production, as they are in life.


Recommendation: $20,000 over two years to help launch the Digital Audio and Video Production Studio Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2000 - $20,000 2007 - $20,000 2009 - $20,000 2010 - $20,000 2011 - $20,000

Request: $30,000


VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS Coro Center for Civic Leadership 601 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, CA 94111 www.coro.org Susan Shain, Executive Director, (415) 986-0521 Founded in 1942, Coro Center for Civic Leadership provides civic affairs leadership training for youth, young adults, and mid-career professionals. The organization has offices in Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and St. Louis. Coro trains youth leaders to mobilize their peers to find solutions to the many problems facing public education and their communities. Coro operates three programs in San Francisco. The Fellows Program is a nine-month, full-time internship for twelve recent college graduates from the Bay Area. Each participant completes a series of nine projects, each hosted by a business, labor union, government agency, or community-based organization. The Leadership Collaborative provides leadership training to faculty and senior management at organizations from various sectors. Coro Exploring Leadership program (CEL) prepares youth for higher education, active citizenship, and employment improving their communities. CEL is a six-month stipended program that is full-time during the summer and part-time during the school year. It works with 36 high school juniors annually, 18 from San Francisco and 18 from the East Bay. Students entering 11th grade are recruited from 12 participating high schools located in low-income neighborhoods; 70% of students qualify for free or reduced school lunch programs. Participants are selected for commitment, compassion, and courage. CEL provides an intensive eight-week summer leadership training that includes community explorations and interviews with local leaders and residents; seminars and workshops; and five-week internships hosted by businesses, government agencies, or nonprofit organizations, such as Dodge & Cox, BART, and Aim High. The summer culminates with the youth designing and delivering a community action project that addresses a pressing issue in their school or community, such as food justice, teen pregnancy, or lack of resources for foster youth. This year the themes are Homeless Families and Environment Justice. In 2012, 60% of CEL participants reported receiving better grades and 100% report better workplace skills such as public speaking, time management, and networking. The CEL alumni component brings former participants back during their senior year for skills workshops and summer internships focused on college access. Ninety-eight percent of participants go on to college. Organization budget: $1.3 million Program budget: $282,000 Recommendation: $25,000 grant to support the Exploring Leadership Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2002 - $20,000 2006 - $20,000 2007 - $30,000 2009 - $35,000 2010 - $35,000 2011 - $30,000

Request: $40,000


VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS Exploratorium 3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 www.exploratorium.org Dennis Bartels, Executive Director, (415) 563-7337 Intended to transform the field of science education, the Exploratorium was founded in 1969 by physicist and teacher, Frank Oppenheimer, and housed in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco’s Marina District. Today, the Exploratorium has established itself as one of the preeminent science museums in the world, featuring over 600 innovative exhibits and setting standards in research, education, exhibit design, and community programming. In 2011, the Exploratorium was the first museum to be awarded the National Science Foundation’s Public Service Award, recognizing its mission of creating a culture of learning and nurturing curiosity in people of all ages. Each year approximately 560,000 people visit the Exploratorium, 65,000 of whom are students and teachers. The new Exploratorium at Piers 15 & 17 is set to open in March 2013 and the staff anticipates 1.2 million visitors in the Embarcadero venue. The organization will double its exhibition space, triple its education space, offer new opportunities for ocean science education, and create a public plaza. The Explainer program has been a fundamental part of the Exploratorium since inception, offering predominantly low-income students, ages 15-19, paid work and job training as museum docents. Explainers play a major role in day-to-day museum operations and the visitor experience. This docent role is particularly critical as the museum opens its new venue. Explainers work an average of 16.5 hours a week, after school and on weekends, as the primary floor staff: opening and closing the museum, directing traffic, setting up exhibits, reconnecting lost children and parents, and directing as many as 13 hands-on science demonstrations for visitors. Each Explainer receives at least 100 hours of academic support and mentoring from staff, visiting scientists, educators, and exhibit designers per semester. As the museum prepares to move in 2013, the Exploratorium is increasing the number of Explainers. The program currently employs 200 youth and plans to increase that number to 342 by the time the new museum opens. The Explainer program will be integrated throughout the new museum, utilizing “Explainer Hubs,” which will be highly visible focal points located in each of the three major galleries. The hubs are designed to orient visitors to the new space and offer a better opportunity to engage in demonstrations, increased seating options, and high-quality acoustics. This grant will help fund expansion of the Explainer workforce during a critical time of change and growth for the Exploratorium.

Organization budget: $58.6 million Program budget: $1.53 million

Recommendation: $35,000 grant to support the Explainer Program.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grants: 2008 - $20,000 2010 - $20,000 2011 - $20,000


(over two years)

VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS Student Conservation Association 1230 Preservation Park Way Oakland, CA 94612 www.thesca.org Jay Watson, VP, California/Southwest, (510) 832-1966 Founded in 1957, the Student Conservation Association (SCA) provides hands-on conservation service opportunities, vocational training, environmental education, and leadership training for youth and young adults in the U.S. The organization partners with national, state, and local parks, providing the labor necessary to develop and maintain parklands and access to wilderness areas. SCA crews build trails, restore habitats, guide interpretive hikes, build campgrounds, and study plants and animals. The projects are located in urban, rural, and remote wilderness areas. SCA operates programs in 21 urban areas around the country and engages about 1,000 youth nationally annually. Bay Area SCA operates four youth programs in the Bay Area. The School-Year Conservation Leadership Corps introduces about 40 youth, ages 15-18, to conservation work, environmental education, and leadership training. Participants attend one to two conservation service sessions and one overnight camping trip each month. The Green Jobs Corps program serves 36 low-income residents of San Mateo, ages 16-24, and provides stipended leadership, community services, and green vocational development activities. Summer Community Conservation serves about 56 diverse Bay Area youth, ages 16-19, for stipend trail maintenance and habitat restoration work. Bay Area SCA also arranges paid internships for graduates of the above programs with the national, state, and local parks. SCA seeks support for San Mateo School Year Conservation Leadership Corps, Green Job Corps, and Summer Community Conservation Crews working in San Mateo County. Participants are all low-income and are typically East Palo Alto residents. In 2012, projects included trail maintenance, clearing an acre of brush, constructing 70 drainage structures, building 200 feet of split rail fences, and planting a vegetable garden. Ninety-seven percent of participants reported that they had learned important job skills and ninety percent said they would continue with environmental activities. In 2013, the program will also pilot an after-school green jobs program developed in partnership with JobTrain. Participants will learn environmental concepts, visit green businesses, and participants on regular camping and service opportunities.

Organization budget: $34.5 million Bay Area programs budget: $456,000 San Mateo Community Conservation Crews: $229,000

Recommendation: $50,000 over two years to support San Mateo Community Conservation Crews.

THE KIMBALL FOUNDATION Prior Grant: 2011 - $10,000

Request: $10,000


VOCATIONAL & WORKPLACE SKILLS San Francisco Police Activities League 350 Amber Drive, Room 203 San Francisco, CA 94131 www.sfpal.org Lorraine Woodruff-Long, Executive Director, (415) 401-4666 Founded in 1959, the San Francisco Police Activities League (PAL) offers sports programs in low-income neighborhoods and a law enforcement cadet program. PAL is independent from the City of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), though the department provides the organization with free workspace. PAL seeks “to develop personal character and foster positive relationships among police officers, youth, and dedicated volunteers.” PAL’s sports programs in low-income neighborhoods include baseball, football, cheerleading, boxing, judo, soccer, and basketball, across the city. PAL works with 800 volunteer civilian coaches and police mentors, serving about 5,000 youth and young adults. The Law Enforcement Cadet Program provides internships for youth and young adults. Cadets must be 14-20 years old, live or attend a school in San Francisco, stay in school, maintain a 2.0 GPA, and have a clean record. PAL staff works with DCFY, Child Protective Services for foster youth, and high school counselors to target interested low-income, diverse, and disadvantaged youth. In 2011, most cadets were from the neighborhoods of Bayview, Ingleside, the Mission, and the Tenderloin, and over half speak a language other than English at home. Twenty-one percent are female. The program starts with a four-week intensive training conducted by instructors of, and on the grounds of, the SFPD Police Academy. The curriculum parallels the instruction received by entering San Francisco Police Department officers. (Cadets do not receive weapons training.) After training, participants are placed in one-year internships at district stations, working a four-hour shift every other week. Cadets participate in ride-alongs, shadow investigators, and help at district station community events and street festivals. In 2010, participants staffed the World Series Parade. Participants also attend bi-weekly trainings led by SFPD officers and focus on issues such as report writing or investigative techniques. Due to strong support of the SFPD, in 2011-2012 PAL was able to double the size of the active cohort to 56, add 2 new precincts to the internship placements, and hire a dedicated Cadet Coordinator within the police department for the first time. Outcomes for next year are recruitment of 25-30 new Cadets for summer 2013 for a total pool of 60-70 active Cadets, recruitment of new SFPD Station Coordinators, and the creation of a Station Coordinator training program.

Organization budget: $588,000 Program budget: $54,000

Recommendation: $20,000 over two years to support the Law Enforcement Cadet Program.

The Kimball Foundation LEGACY GRANTS December 4, 2012

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Prior Grants:

1999 – 2003 - $105,000 (5 grants)

2004 - $25,000 2005 - $25,000 2006 - $30,000 2007 - $40,000 2008 - $40,000 2009 - $40,000 2010 - $40,000 2011 - $40,000


Founded in 1958, ARCS provides unrestricted scholarships for promising engineering, math, medicine, and science graduate students who are U.S. citizens. In 2011-2012, the Northern California Chapter raised nearly $763,000 to support 58 scholars (awards range from $10,000 to $20,000) at San Francisco State University, Stanford University, and University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz. These institutions select the scholars and administer the ARCS award. The 2012-2013 Kimball scholars at Stanford University are Isis Trenchard (Department of Bioengineering, Ph.D. Program) and Jason Smith (Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Ph.D. Program). ARCS’ endowment is $4 million.

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