2011 Victor & Lorraine Honig Fund Grants
In 2011, the Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund awarded 49 grants totaling $513,000.
PROGRAM GRANTS
Asian Pacific Environmental Network • Oakland, CA
To empower low-income Asian Pacific Islanders to demand environmental and social justice for their communities in Richmond and Oakland, California.
AYPAL • Oakland, CA
To support youth organizing among Asian and Pacific Islander communities, and push for educational equity, racial and economic justice, and healthy communities.
California Coalition for Women Prisoners • San Francisco, CA
To support organizing among women prisoners and their families and advocacy for the rights and needs of women prisoners in California.
Causa Justa : Just Cause (Formerly Just Cause Oakland) • Oakland, CA
For general support to organize and empower low-income tenants in San Francisco and Oakland to fight for strong neighborhoods, affordable and safe housing, tenant protections, and immigrant rights.
Chinese Progressive Association • San Francisco, CA
To support education and organizing in San Francisco's low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in order to build collective power and demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) • San Francisco, CA
To support the nation’s first LGBTQ anti-violence organization in efforts to prevent and respond to violence against and within diverse LGBTQ communities.
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) • Oakland, CA
To support efforts to end low-wage poverty and increase economic equity in the East Bay by creating and supporting strong labor, community, and faith-based coalitions.
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children - All of Us or None • San Francisco, CA
To support organizing and leadership development among formerly incarcerated people in order to advocate for civil and economic rights, and an end to the mass incarceration of low income communities of color.
Oakland Rising • Oakland, CA
To support civic engagement and political empowerment for marginalized communities in Oakland.
POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) • San Francisco, CA
To support this multiracial organization which works to build the power and voice of no- and low-wage workers in San Francisco.
Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) • San Francisco, CA
To support organizing and leadership development among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated transgender residents in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Youth Together • Oakland, CA
To support this organization's efforts to address the root causes of educational inequities by developing multiracial youth leaders and engaging school community allies to promote positive school change.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
ACLU Foundation of Northern California (ACLU-NC) • San Francisco, CA
To support litigation, public education and community organizing programs in defense of civil liberties, the freedom of expression, the right to privacy, and the right to be free of discrimination.
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)-Pacific Mountain Middle East Program • San Francisco, CA
For the Pacific Mountain region of the AFSC, and its Middle East Program which works to address the root causes of injustice, and war, and advocate for peaceful and just conflict resolution through community organizing and education.
American Jewish World Service • New York, NY
A renewal grant to support this organization's efforts to build civil society, foster sustainable development and promote human dignity for all people.
Center for Constitutional Rights • New York, NY
To support the empowerment of poor communities and communities of color, and to protect and advance the constitutional and human rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources.
Center for Investigative Reporting • Berkeley, CA
For the work of this news organization that seeks to strengthen democracy by revealing injustice and abuse of power.
Coalition on Homelessness - San Francisco • San Francisco, CA
To support the Coalition's work to unite homeless people and service providers with concerned community members in developing program and policy changes that result in the creation of exits from poverty.
Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth • San Francisco, CA
To support this community organization that works to transform San Francisco's services and policies for children, youth and their families in order to create a more family-friendly community.
Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund • Oakland, CA
To support capacity building, networking and collaboration for grassroots social change and environmental justice organizations accross the nation.
Community Music Center • San Francisco, CA
To support this San Francisco-based music center that focuses on serving low-income families through its music education programs.
Death Penalty Focus • San Francisco, CA
To educate the public about the inherent inequities and flaws of the death penalty system.
Defending Dissent Foundation • Silver Spring, MD
To support programs that expose encroachment by government agencies on the rights of free expression, and that educate audiences about existing threats to the First Amendment.
Democracy Now! • New York, NY
To support this progressive radio program and its efforts to put out robust daily news and analysis of current events.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) • New York, NY
For the work of this national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship and advocates for greater diversity in the press.
Global Exchange • San Francisco, CA
To support the work of this international human rights organization, dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world.
Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training • Oakland, CA
To support training and capacity building for community-based organizations on grassroots fundraising for social justice.
Henry Lefferts Scholarship Fund of the City College Fund • New York, NY
To help bridge a gap in areas that are not supported by public funds such as scholarships for needy students and academic programs.
In These Times • Chicago, IL
For general support of this magazine which is dedicated to informing and analyzing popular movements for social, environmental and economic justice.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) • Minneapolis, MN
For the organization's work to promote resilient family farms, rural communities, and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
Institute for Policy Studies • Washington, DC
In support of this multi-issue think tank that strengthens and links social movements and transforms ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment.
Institute for Public Accuracy • San Francisco, CA
To gain wide media access for progressive researchers, activists and analysts from the public policy field focusing on peace and security, environmental protection, civil liberties, federal budget priorities and economic justice.
Jewish Music Festival • Berkeley, CA
In support of music that celebrates the Jewish experience and explores what it means to be Jewish in a multicultural world, challenging stereotypes and fostering engagement with the broader community.
Jewish Voice for Peace • Oakland, CA
To support solidarity organizing within Jewish communities in the San Francisco Bay Area to promote a lasting peace in the Middle East that recognizes the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination.
KWMR • Point Reyes Station, CA
To support this community radio station, which promotes independent media, and creates and broadcasts local programming that gives voice to the diverse passions and concerns of residents of West Marin in northern California.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of SF Bay Area • San Francisco, CA
To provide free legal assistance to people of color, poor people, and immigrants and refugees on civil legal matters, and for policy impact cases that focus on important legal rights issues.
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) • Point Reyes Station, CA
For general support of this member-supported nonprofit organization with a mission to permanently preserve Marin County farmlands for agricultural use.
National Day Labor Organizing Network • Los Angeles, CA
To support organizing and national coordination among immigrant worker centers to advance immigrant and worker rights.
National Domestic Worker Alliance • New York, NY
To support alliance building and collaborative campaigns that advance the rights of immigrant and low-wage domestic workers in the US.
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) • Oakland, CA
For efforts to promote a just immigration and refugee policy in the United States and to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status.
New Israel Fund • San Francisco, CA
To provide support for this fund which provides legal and practical assistance to Palestinian residents of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and which advocates for changes to abusive policies.
Prison Radio • San Francisco, CA
To support this radio program and it’s reporting on the conditions of political prisoners.
Progressive Jewish Alliance & Jewish Funds for Justice • New York, NY
General support for this organization's work to bring a progressive Jewish voice to civil rights, worker's rights and social justice campaigns.
Rosenberg Fund for Children • Easthampton, MA
To support children of progressive activists whose parents have been targeted because of their progressive activities, and for youth who are targeted activists themselves.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival • San Francisco, CA
In support of this organization's work to utilize media arts to foster cultural understanding.
Save the Bay • Oakland, CA
To support work to celebrate, protect and restore the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Delta as a healthy and biologically diverse ecosystem.
The Dance Palace • Point Reyes, CA
For this non-profit community center providing a wide variety of educational, recreational, cultural and community services for people of all ages and backgrounds in West Marin.
The Progressive, Inc. • Madison, WI
In support of this monthly publication that champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights and liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.
Z Magazine • Woods Hole, MA
To support this independent publication of critical thinking on political, cultural, social and economic life in the U.S., which aims to assist activist efforts for a better future.
