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===Penney Family Fund=== | ===Penney Family Fund=== | ||
| + | Formed in 1999, the Penney Family Fund supports organizations based in Oregon and California that work to advance human rights, community social, political, and economic empowerment, government accountability, and environmental sustainability. The foundation formed after the [[James C. Penney Foundation]] restructured in early 1999. Since its inception, the foundation has supported 282 organizations for a total of $5,770,010 up to 2009. The foundation focuses on two areas: "Green Pathways Out of Poverty" and "Youth Organizing & Leadership Development".<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Penney%20Family%20Fund CCF website: ''Penney Family Fund''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref> | ||
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| + | ====2008 Grants==== | ||
| + | In 2008, the Penney Family Fund awarded 29 grants totaling $465,000:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Penney%20Family%20Fund/2008%20Grants%20List CCF website: ''2008 Penney Family Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref> | ||
| + | *[[1000 Friends of Oregon]], Portland, OR, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[ACORN Peru]]/[[ACORN International]], New Orleans, LA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[ACORN International]]) | ||
| + | *[[American Rivers]], Nevada City, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy]], Ventura, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Children's Institute]], Portland, OR, $45,000 | ||
| + | *[[Communities for a Better Environment]], Huntington Park, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Democracy Reform Oregon]], Portland, OR, $25,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Western States Center]]) | ||
| + | *[[East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy]], Oakland, CA, $10,000 | ||
| + | *[[Ella Baker Center for Human Rights]], Oakland, CA, $2,500 | ||
| + | *[[Four Freedoms Fund]], New York, NY, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Public Interest Projects]]) | ||
| + | *[[Grassroots Exchange Fund of Common Counsel Foundation]], Oakland, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Common Counsel Foundation]]) | ||
| + | *[[Green Schools]], Berkeley, CA, $2,500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs]]) | ||
| + | *[[Hoopa Valley Tribe]], Hoopa, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Karuk Tribe of California]], Orleans, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy]], Los Angeles, CA, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Northwest Early Childhood Institute]], Portland, OR, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Hearing & Speech Institute]]) | ||
| + | *[[Oregon Action]], Portland, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Fair Share Research & Education Fund]]) | ||
| + | *[[Oregon Child Care Resource & Referral Network]], Salem, OR, $35,000 | ||
| + | *[[Oregon Tradeswomen]], Portland, OR, $15,000 | ||
| + | *[[Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste]], Woodburn, OR, $20,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Willamette Valley Law Project]]) | ||
| + | *Portland [[Jobs With Justice]] Education Fund, Portland, OR, $5,000 | ||
| + | *San Francisco [[ACORN]], San Francisco, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[ACORN Institute]]) | ||
| + | *[[Stand for Children Leadership Center]], Portland, OR, $45,000 | ||
| + | *[[Strategic Actions for a Just Economy]], Los Angeles, CA, $10,000 | ||
| + | *[[Sustainable Northwest]], Portland, OR, $25,000 | ||
| + | *[[The Klamath Basin Coalition]], Eugene, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Institute for Fisheries Resources]]) | ||
| + | *[[The Piper Fund]], Amherst, MA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Proteus Fund]]) | ||
| + | *[[Water Watch of Oregon]], Portland, OR, $15,000 | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====2009 Grants==== | ||
| + | In 2009, the Penney Family Fund awarded 15 grants totaling $297,500:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Penney%20Family%20Fund/2009-grants-list CCF website: ''2009 Penney Family Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Applied Research Center]], Oakland, CA, $20,000 | ||
| + | *[[Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy]], Ventura, CA, $30,000 | ||
| + | *[[East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy]], Oakland, CA, $20,000 | ||
| + | *[[Everybody Counts 2010 Census Collaboration]], Portland, OR, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[United Way of the Columbia-Willamette]]) | ||
| + | *[[Fair Share Research & Education Fund]] (DBA [[Oregon Action]]), Portland, OR, $30,000 | ||
| + | *[[Grassroots Exchange Fund of Common Counsel Foundation]], Oakland, CA, $10,000 | ||
| + | *[[High Atlas Foundation]], New York, NY, $10,000 | ||
| + | *[[InnerCity Struggle]], Los Angeles, CA, $7,500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Commnity Partners]]) | ||
| + | *[[Oregon Child Care Resource & Referral Network]], Salem, OR, $45,000 | ||
| + | *[[Oregon Rural Action]], La Grande, OR, $25,000 | ||
| + | *[[Piper Fund, The]], Amherst, MA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Proteus Fund]]) | ||
| + | *[[Portland YouthBuilders]], Portland, OR, $20,000 | ||
| + | *[[Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education]], Los Angeles, CA, $30,000 | ||
| + | *[[The Pangaea Project]], Portland, OR, $10,000 | ||
| + | *[[Verde]], Portland, OR, $25,000 | ||
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===Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund=== | ===Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund=== | ||
Revision as of 23:31, 6 October 2010
The Common Counsel Foundation
Personnel
David Bacon (photographer) is affiliated with the organization.[1]
Board of Trustees
As at October 7, 2010, the following served on the Board:[2]
- Patricia St. Onge, Board President, Partner, Seven Generations Consulting
- Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, Board Secretary, Staff Attorney, Public Advocates, Inc.
- Dan Ringer Barwick, Board Treasurer, Finance & Organizational Consultant, Small Hill Partners
- Stephen Kimball, President, Acorn Foundation
- Linda Burnham, Founder, Women of Color Resource Center
- Mark Kelley, Trustee, Lora L. & Martin N. Kelley Foundation
- Rosi Reyes, Communications Specialist
- Marcos Vargas, Executive Director, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
- George Wells, Trustee, Abelard Foundation
Staff
As at October 7, 2010, the following served on the Staff of the organization:[1]
- Ronald M. Rowell, CEO
- Larisa Casillas, Program Officer
- Luke Newton, Program Officer
- Holly Fincke, Windcall Director
- Layla Cooper, Finance Manager
Member Funds
The Foundation is home to the Abelard Foundation West, Acorn Foundation, Penney Family Fund, the Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund, the Grassroots Exchange Fund, and the Social and Economic Justice Fund. In partnership with its member funds, the foundatino provides grant support to "well over 200 community organizations each year" and helps advance a broad range of initiatives towards progressive social, racial, economic and environmental change.[3]
Abelard Foundation West
The Abelard Foundation is a family foundation with 50 years of experience in progressive philanthropy. The Foundation is committed to supporting grassroots social change organizations in predominantly low-income communities and communities of color that seek to expand community control over economic, social and environmental decisions affecting their communities' wellbeing.[3]
2008 Grants
In 2008, the Abelard Foundation West awarded 23 grants totaling $260,000:[4]
- 9 to 5 Colorado, Denver, CO, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: 9to5, National Association of Working Women)
- [[Anchorage Faith & Action - Congregations Together, Anchorage, AK, $10,000
- Arab Resource and Organizing Center, San Francisco, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center)
- Center for Intercultural Organizing, Portland, OR, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
- Colonias Development Council, Las Cruces, NM, $12,000
- Comite del Barrio, El Paso, TX, $8,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: La Mujer Obrera)
- Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund, Oakland, CA, $20,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Counsel Foundation)
- Common Counsel Foundation Social and Economic Justice Fund, Oakland, CA, $3,333 (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Counsel Foundation)
- Diné CARE (Citizens Against Ruining our Environment), Winslow, AZ, $11,000
- El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos, Albuquerque, NM, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Enlace Comunitario)
- Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA, $16,667
- Nevada Young Activist Project of Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Reno, NV, $15,000
- New Mexico Environmental Justice Working Group, Albuquerque, NM, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Networking Resources)
- Oregon Action, Portland, OR, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Fair Share Research & Education Fund
- Piñeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Woodburn, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Willamette Valley Law Project)
- PUEBLO Education Fund, Santa Barbara, CA, $13,000
- San Antonio del Rio Colorado Land Grant, Questa, NM, $3,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Mexicano)
- San Francisco Day Labor Program/Colectiva de Mujeres, San Francisco, CA, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: La Raza Centro Legal)
- Seattle Young People's Project, Seattle, WA, $12,000
- Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP), San Antonio, TX, $10,000
- Union de Vecinos, Los Angeles, CA, $11,000
- Washington ACORN, Burien, WA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN Institute)
- Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral (PDL), Austin, TX, $12,000
2009 Grants
In 2009, the Abelard Foundation West awarded 22 grants totaling $260,000:[5]
- 9 to 5 Colorado, Denver, CO, $12,500 (Fiscal Sponsor: 9to5, National Association of Working Women)
- Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters, Albany, CA, $12,000
- California Coalition for Women Prisoners, San Francisco, CA, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children)
- Center for Intercultural Organizing, Portland, OR, $12,500
- Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund, Oakland, CA, $20,333
- Community Alliance of Tenants, Portland, OR, $10,000
- Faith Action for Community Equity - Maui, Honolulu, HI, $9,000
- Hispanics in Philanthropy, San Francisco, CA, $16,667
- HOMEY - Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth, San Francisco, CA, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: International Child Resource Center)
- Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center, Houston, TX, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Interfaith Worker Justice)
- Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN), Boise, ID, $12,000
- Justice Overcoming Boundaries, San Diego, CA, $12,000
- KoreaTown Immigrant Workers Alliance, Los Angeles, CA, $10,000
- Land Rights Council, Inc., San Luis, CO, $8,000
- Nevada Young Activist Project of PLAN, Reno, NV, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada)
- Piñeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Woodburn, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Willamette Valley Law Project)
- Restaurant Opportunities Center of Los Angeles (ROC-LA), Los Angeles, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York)
- San Bernardino ACORN, San Bernardino, CA, $11,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN Institute)
- San Francisco Day Labor Program / Colectiva de Mujeres, San Francisco, CA, $9,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: La Raza Centro Legal)
- Sunflower Community Action, Inc., Wichita, KS, $11,000
- Voz Workers' Rights Education Project, Portland, OR, $10,000
- Western Shoshone Defense Project, Crescent Valley, NV, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Inc.)
Acorn Foundation
Not to be confused with ACORN (now defunct)
Established in 1978, the Acorn Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to advancing community-based organizations working for environmental conservation, sustainability and environmental justice.[3]
2008 Grants
In 2008, the Acorn Foundation awarded 13 grants totaling $126,000:[6]
- Cascadia Wildlands Project, Eugene, OR, $10,000
- Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund, Oakland, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Counsel Foundation)
- Diné CARE (Citizens Against Ruining our Environment), Winslow, AZ, $12,000
- El Paso ACORN, El Paso, TX, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN Institute)
- Gert Town Revival Initiative, Inc., New Orleans, LA, $12,000
- Gwich'in Steering Committee, Fairbanks, AK, $10,000
- Klamath Forest Alliance, Orleans, CA, $8,000
- Lynn Canal Conservation Inc., Haines, AK, $7,000
- New Mexico Environmental Justice Working Group, Albuquerque, NM, $8,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Networking Resources)
- Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands, Fairbanks, AK, $12,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Indigenous Environmental Network)
- Save Our Cumberland Mountains Resource Project, Lake City, TN, $8,000
- Western Shoshone Defense Project, Crescent Valley, NV, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Inc.)
- Western Slope Environmental Resource Council, Paonia, CO, $9,000
2009 Grants
In 2009 the Acorn Foundation made 12 grants totaling $120,000:[7]
- Black Mesa Water Coalition, Flagstaff, AZ
- Cascadia Wildlands Project, Eugene, OR
- Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund, Oakland, CA
- Dakota Rural Action, Brookings, SD
- Diné CARE (Citizens Against Ruining our Environment), Winslow, AZ
- Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Seattle, WA
- Gwich'in Steering Committee, Fairbanks, AK
- KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance, Honolulu, HI
- Klamath Riverkeeper, Ashland, OR
- Native Action, Lame Deer, MT
- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Big Stone Gap, VA
- Wind River Alliance, Ethete, WY
Penney Family Fund
Formed in 1999, the Penney Family Fund supports organizations based in Oregon and California that work to advance human rights, community social, political, and economic empowerment, government accountability, and environmental sustainability. The foundation formed after the James C. Penney Foundation restructured in early 1999. Since its inception, the foundation has supported 282 organizations for a total of $5,770,010 up to 2009. The foundation focuses on two areas: "Green Pathways Out of Poverty" and "Youth Organizing & Leadership Development".[8]
2008 Grants
In 2008, the Penney Family Fund awarded 29 grants totaling $465,000:[9]
- 1000 Friends of Oregon, Portland, OR, $15,000
- ACORN Peru/ACORN International, New Orleans, LA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN International)
- American Rivers, Nevada City, CA, $15,000
- Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, Ventura, CA, $15,000
- Children's Institute, Portland, OR, $45,000
- Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, CA, $15,000
- Democracy Reform Oregon, Portland, OR, $25,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Western States Center)
- East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, Oakland, CA, $10,000
- Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Oakland, CA, $2,500
- Four Freedoms Fund, New York, NY, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Public Interest Projects)
- Grassroots Exchange Fund of Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Counsel Foundation)
- Green Schools, Berkeley, CA, $2,500 (Fiscal Sponsor: Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs)
- Hoopa Valley Tribe, Hoopa, CA, $15,000
- Karuk Tribe of California, Orleans, CA, $15,000
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, Los Angeles, CA, $15,000
- Northwest Early Childhood Institute, Portland, OR, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Hearing & Speech Institute)
- Oregon Action, Portland, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Fair Share Research & Education Fund)
- Oregon Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Salem, OR, $35,000
- Oregon Tradeswomen, Portland, OR, $15,000
- Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Woodburn, OR, $20,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Willamette Valley Law Project)
- Portland Jobs With Justice Education Fund, Portland, OR, $5,000
- San Francisco ACORN, San Francisco, CA, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN Institute)
- Stand for Children Leadership Center, Portland, OR, $45,000
- Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, Los Angeles, CA, $10,000
- Sustainable Northwest, Portland, OR, $25,000
- The Klamath Basin Coalition, Eugene, OR, $15,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Institute for Fisheries Resources)
- The Piper Fund, Amherst, MA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Proteus Fund)
- Water Watch of Oregon, Portland, OR, $15,000
2009 Grants
In 2009, the Penney Family Fund awarded 15 grants totaling $297,500:[10]
- Applied Research Center, Oakland, CA, $20,000
- Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, Ventura, CA, $30,000
- East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, Oakland, CA, $20,000
- Everybody Counts 2010 Census Collaboration, Portland, OR, $10,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: United Way of the Columbia-Willamette)
- Fair Share Research & Education Fund (DBA Oregon Action), Portland, OR, $30,000
- Grassroots Exchange Fund of Common Counsel Foundation, Oakland, CA, $10,000
- High Atlas Foundation, New York, NY, $10,000
- InnerCity Struggle, Los Angeles, CA, $7,500 (Fiscal Sponsor: Commnity Partners)
- Oregon Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Salem, OR, $45,000
- Oregon Rural Action, La Grande, OR, $25,000
- Piper Fund, The, Amherst, MA, $5,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: Proteus Fund)
- Portland YouthBuilders, Portland, OR, $20,000
- Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education, Los Angeles, CA, $30,000
- The Pangaea Project, Portland, OR, $10,000
- Verde, Portland, OR, $25,000
Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund
CCF Grant Programs
Social and Economic Justice Fund
Grassroots Exchange Fund
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Common Counsel Foundation: Supporting CCF (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010) Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "staff" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: Board (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Common Counsel Foundation: Grant Programs (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2008 Abelard Foundation West Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2009 Abelard Foundation West Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2008 Acorn Foundation Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2009 Acorn Foundation Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ CCF website: Penney Family Fund (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ CCF website: 2008 Penney Family Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
- ↑ CCF website: 2009 Penney Family Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)