Past Grants

Grant Awards – Fall 2019

	The ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County and Project R: Rethink, Reconsider, Respect, which engage people with disabilities and develop their leadership skills to advocate for access, inclusion, and equality. www.arcvc.org
	Buen Vecino (fiscal sponsor: Alliance for Global Justice) – $8,000 for immigrant advocacy, empowerment and leadership programs in East Ventura County. www.buen-vecino.org
	CAUSE – $40,000 per year for two years for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County. www.causenow.org
	Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $20,000 for Eastside Neighborhood Council /Transit and Pedestrian Organizing, to organize residents of Santa Barbara to advocate for pedestrian safety, improved bus service, and to establish a neighborhood council. www.coast-santabarbara.org
	Community Environmental Council – $10,000 for facilitation costs for the Central Coast Climate Justice Network, which strives to expand the collective power of environmental and social justice groups in pursuit of the social, economic, and environmental well-being of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. www.cecsb.org
	Family Service Agency – $25,000 for the Guadalupe Parent Academy and Parent Engagement Coordination to create greater parent and community participation in public policy. www.fsacares.org
	Food & Water Watch – $27,000 for two community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations to lead campaigns related to oil and gas extraction practices. www.foodandwaterwatch.org
	Future Leaders of America – $35,000 (2nd year of a two-year grant) for youth leadership and advocacy programs to empower youth in the Santa Maria Valley to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities. www.futureleadersnow.org
	Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $40,000 per year for two years for the Justicia Laboral project, to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers who advocate for improved working conditions in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. www.mixteco.org
	One Step A La Vez – $30,000 (2nd year of a two-year grant) for One Step Adelante, which empowers youth in Fillmore to expand the community’s voice for social change to address environmental issues, educational equity, the needs of LGBTQ youth, and juvenile justice concerns. www.myonestep.org
	Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas – $25,000 to train farm worker women to develop solutions to address and prevent sexual violence in the workplace and launch a campaign to combat this problem in Ventura County. www.liderescampesinas.org
	People Helping People – $20,000 for Inclusion SYV (Santa Ynez Valley), to empower students and parents to advocate for policies and programs to improve inclusion and equality and reduce bullying in schools. www.syvphp.org
	Peoples’ Self-Help Housing – $17,500 for the Resident Leader Community Organizing Project, to engage residents at the agency’s affordable housing complexes in Santa Barbara County in projects that affect change around issues that impact their communities and quality of life. www.pshhc.org
	VC LULAC (Ventura County League of United Latin American Citizens) – $13,000 for Padres Juntos Education Project, a parent leadership project in Oxnard to educate Latino parents about the educational system and prepare them to assume leadership roles within the School District in order to change institutional barriers to academic achievement for students. www.vclulac.org
*Census Mini-Grants:*
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center — $5,000 Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas — $5,000 Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project — $5,000