2010 Penney Family Fund Grants
In 2010, the Penney Family Fund awarded 24 grants totaling $470,000.
Amigos Multicultural Services Center • Eugene, OR • $12,500
To support activities that lead to young people becoming human rights advocates.
Applied Research Center • Oakland, CA • $20,000
To develop tools to help local groups identify job creation opportunities, particularly within the green economy.
Arab Resource and Organizing Center, AYO! Program • San Francisco, CA • $15,000
To support staffing and capacity building needs for the Arab Youth Organization (AYO!) Project.
Asian Pacific Islander Youth for Power, Advocacy and Leadership • Oakland, CA • $20,000
To support the membership base of AYPAL which seeks to develop young people's skills to effect systemic change and to promote the cultural arts in support of grassroots campaign initiatives.
Bus Project Foundation • Portland, OR • $15,000
To support activities that engage young voters and develop leaders for the public interest.
Californians for Justice • Oakland, CA • $15,000
To organize youth from low-income communities of color in order to improve their social, economic and political conditions.
Camp Fire USA Portland Metro Council • Portland, OR • $15,000
To support the Xploregon Teen Leadership Program.
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) • Ventura, CA • $20,000
To organize individuals and institutions to address disparities amongst people of color, women and low-income communities through the creation of green jobs.
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth • San Francisco, CA • $20,000
To support a pioneering hybrid model of organizing and policy advocacy, with the grassroots leadership of young people and parents of color at the center.
Common Cause Education Fund • Portland, OR • $25,000
To prepare an educational campaign about the voter owned elections system in Portland, Oregon.
Common Cause Education Fund • Portland, OR • $50,000
To prepare an educational campaign about the voter owned elections system in Portland, Oregon.
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) • Oakland, CA • $20,000
To support creating a more just and sustainable economy, particularly for low-income communities of color by greening and growing key industries in San Francisco's East Bay region.
Environmental Literacy Curriculum Project • Berkeley, CA • $10,000
Funding to build capacity of the organization to support the needs of green workforce development programs that serve low-income participants and communities.
InnerCity Struggle • Los Angeles, CA • $20,000
To promote safe, healthy and nonviolent communities by organizing youth and families to build power and to work toward economic, social and educational justice.
Latinos Unidos Siempre • Salem, OR • $12,500
To support activities that empower young people to take on leadership roles in the community and advocate for social and political change.
Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good • Portland, OR • $20,000
To demonstrate how community organizing can be used to create high project participation in energy efficiency improvement projects while strengthening the community and the organizations that serve it.
Multnomah Youth Commission • Portland, OR • $15,000
To support activities to change policy affecting young people, as well as negative community perception about youth.
Oregon Student Association • Portland, OR • $20,000
To support a coordinated, statewide action on issues impacting students and to train and develop students to run strong, grassroots campaigns.
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) • Woodburn, OR • $10,000
To support building the CAPACES Leadership Institute and the training and integration of a Latino workforce in green construction trades.
Piper Fund, The • Amherst, MA • $5,000
A discretionary grant to support the most promising state and municipal efforts to establish public financing as a key reform to help renew and revitalize our nation's democratic life.
Portland YouthBuilders • Portland, OR • $20,000
To support a Green Internship Porgram that will provide students with professional work experience to enhance the connections between learning in the classroom and learning in the workplace.
Verde • Portland, OR • $25,000
To improve the economic health of disadvantaged communities by creating environmental job training, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, fostering the connection between economic vitality and environmental protection and restoration.
Western States Center • Portland, OR • $45,000
A general support grant for the Center's work to develop leadership and organizational capacities within emerging and historically disenfranchised communities.
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) • East Palo Alto, CA • $20,000
To support positive systemic change through grassroots community organizing led by young people of color.
