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==Member Funds==
 
==Member Funds==
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The Foundation is home to the [[#Abelard Foundation West|Abelard Foundation West]], [[#Acorn Foundation|Acorn Foundation]], [[#Penney Family Fund|Penney Family Fund]], the [[#Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund|Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund]], the [[#Grassroots Exchange Fund|Grassroots Exchange Fund]], and the [[#Social and Economic Justice Fund|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.<ref name=grants>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Grant%20Programs Common Counsel Foundation: ''Grant Programs''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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The Foundation is home to the [[#Abelard Foundation West|Abelard Foundation West]], [[#Acorn Foundation|Acorn Foundation]], [[#Penney Family Fund|Penney Family Fund]], the [[#Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund|Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund]], the [[#Grassroots Exchange Fund|Grassroots Exchange Fund]], and the [[#Social and Economic Justice Fund|Social and Economic Justice Fund]]. In partnership with its member funds, the foundation 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.<ref name=grants>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Grant%20Programs Common Counsel Foundation: ''Grant Programs''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
  
 
===Abelard Foundation West===
 
===Abelard Foundation West===
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===Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund===
 
===Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund===
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The Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund has operated for over 30 years to support community organizations that are "working to advance equality, opportunity, justice, and civil rights for low-income communities and communities of color" in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.  The Fund also works to support organizations that connect local social justice efforts with national and international movements for peace and justice.<ref name=grants/> The Fund has been a donor advised fund member of the [[Common Counsel Foundation]] since Summer 2005.<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Victor%20and%20Lorraine%20Honig%20Fund Common Counsel Foundation: ''Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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====2008 Grants====
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In 2008, the Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund awarded 72 grants totaling $406,000:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Victor%20and%20Lorraine%20Honig%20Fund/2008%20Grants%20List CCF website: ''2008 Victor & Lorraine Honig Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters]], Willow Creek, CA
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*[[American Jewish World Service]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Arab Resource and Organizing Center]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Black Alliance for Just Immigration]], Berkeley, CA
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*[[Brit Tzedek V'Shalom]] ([[Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace]]), Chicago, IL
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*[[Center for Media Justice]] (formerly [[Youth Media Council]]), Oakland, CA
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*[[Center for Popular Economics]], Amherst, MA
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*[[Center for Young Women's Development]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Coal River Mountain Watch]], Whitesville, WV
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*[[Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools]], South Pasadena, CA
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*[[CODEPINK]], [[Women for Peace]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Communities for a Better Environment]], Huntington Park, CA
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*[[CorpWatch]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Courage to Resist]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Death Penalty Focus]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Ella Baker Center for Human Rights]], Oakland, CA
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*[[FACTS Education Fund]] ([[Families to Amend California's Three Strikes]]), Los Angeles, CA
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*[[Free Battered Women]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Gay Straight Alliance Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training]], Oakland, CA
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*[[H.O.M.E.Y.]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Institute for Public Accuracy]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Jewish Voice for Peace]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Just Cause Oakland]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, Inc.]], New York, NY
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*[[Los Angeles Community Action Network]], Los Angeles, CA
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*[[Military Families Speak Out]] Education Fund, Jamaica Plain, MA
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*[[Our Family Coalition]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Parent Voices - San Francisco]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[People Organized to Demand Economic & Environmental Rights]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Progressive Jewish Alliance]], El Cerrito, CA
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*[[Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities]], Encinitas, CA
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*[[PUEBLO Education Fund]], Santa Barbara, CA
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*[[San Francisco Day Labor Program]]/[[Colectiva de Mujeres]] ([[Women's Collective]]), San Francisco, CA
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*[[San Francisco Jewish Film Festival]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[San Francisco Senior Action Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[South of Market Community Action Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Tri-Valley CAREs]] ([[Communities Against a Radioactive Environment]]), Livermore, CA
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*[[Young Workers United]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Western Regional Advocacy Project]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Western States Legal Foundation]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Women of Color Resource Center]], Oakland, CA
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====2009 Grants====
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In 2009, the Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund awarded 68 grants totaling $410,500:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Victor%20and%20Lorraine%20Honig%20Fund/2009%20Victor%20and%20Lorraine%20Honig%20Fund%20Grants/52 CCF website: ''2009 Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[ACLU]] Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
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*[[American Friends Service Committee]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[American Jewish World Service]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Arab Resource and Organizing Center]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Brit Tzedek V'Shalom]] ([[Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace]]), Chicago, IL
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*[[California Coalition for Women Prisoners]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Center for Constitutional Rights]], New York, NY
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*[[Center for Investigative Reporting]], Berkeley, CA
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*[[Center for Young Women's Development]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy]], Ventura, CA
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*[[Chinese Progressive Association]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Coalition for Alternatives Militarism in our Schools]], South Pasadena, CA
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*[[Coalition on Homelessness - San Francisco]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Communities for a Better Environment]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Communities United Against Violence]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Community Music Center]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Courage to Resist]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Critical Resistance]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Defending Dissent Foundation]], Silver Spring, MD
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*[[East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]], New York, NY
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*[[Filipinos for Affirmative Action]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Gay Straight Alliance Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Global Exchange]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training]], Oakland, CA
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*[[H.O.M.E.Y. - Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Henry Lefferts Scholarship Fund of the City College Fund]], New York, NY
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*[[In These Times]], Chicago, IL
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*[[Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy]], Minneapolis, MN
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*[[Institute for Policy Studies]], Washington, DC
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*[[Institute for Public Accuracy]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Iraq Veterans Against the War]], Philadelphia, PA
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*[[Jewish Music Festival]], Berkeley, CA
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*[[Jewish Voice for Peace]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Just Cause Oakland]], Oakland, CA
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*[[KWMR]], Point Reyes Station, CA
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*[[Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of SF Bay Area]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Legal Services for Prisoners with Children - All of Us or None]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Marin Agricultural Land Trust]], Point Reyes Station, CA
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*[[Military Families Speak Out]] Education Fund, Jamaica Plain, MA
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*[[National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights]], Oakland, CA
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*[[New Israel Fund]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Oakland ACORN]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Oakland Rising]], Oakland, CA
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*[[People Organized to Demand Economic & Environmental Rights]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Progressive Jewish Alliance]], El Cerrito, CA
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*[[Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities]], Encinitas, CA
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*[[People United for Economic Justice Building Leadership through Organizing]], Santa Barbara, CA
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*[[Rosenberg Fund for Children]], Easthampton, MA
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*[[San Francisco Day Labor Program Women's Collective]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[San Francisco Jewish Film Festival]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[San Francisco Senior Action Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Save the Bay]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Service Women's Action Network]], New York, NY
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*[[Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition]], San Jose, CA
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*[[South of Market Community Action Network]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[St. Peter's Housing Committee]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[The Dance Palace]], Point Reyes, CA
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*[[Women of Color Resource Center]], Oakland, CA
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*[[Young Workers United]], San Francisco, CA
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*[[Youth United for Community Action]], East Palo Alto, CA
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*[[Z Magazine]], Woods Hole, MA
  
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==CCF Grant Programs==
 
 
===Social and Economic Justice Fund===
 
===Social and Economic Justice Fund===
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The Social and Economic Justice Fund is a collaborative grants initiative that supports organizations working on civil and human rights, youth organizing, alternative media, and economic justice for low-income immigrant communities, and communities of color in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.<ref name=grants/> Created in 1999 as a joint program between the former [[Progressive Way of the Bay Area]] and the [[Common Counsel Foundation]], it is funded by individual donors and has made 45 grants totaling $111,500 since 2000.<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Social%20and%20Economic%20Justice%20Fund CCF website: ''Social and Economic Justice Fund''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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====2005 Grants====
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In 2005, the Fund made 8 grants totalling $9,500:<ref name=sej05-07/>
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*[[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]], Oakland, CA $1,500
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*[[Centro Laboral de Graton]], Graton, CA $1,000
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*[[Ella Baker Center for Human Rights]], Oakland, CA $1,000
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*[[Just Cause Oakland]], Oakland, CA $1,000
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*[[Mujeres Unidas y Activas]], Oakland and San Francisco, CA $1,000
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*[[National Radio Project]], Oakland, CA $1,500
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*[[Oakland Congregation of Organizations]], Oakland, CA $1,000
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*[[Women of Color Resource Center]], Oakland, CA $1,500
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====2006 Grants====
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In 2006, the Fund made four grants totaling $11,000:<ref name=sej05-07/>
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*[[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]], Oakland, CA $2,000
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*[[East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy]], Oakland, CA $5,000
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*[[Ella Baker Center for Human Rights]], Oakland, CA $2,000
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*[[Oakland ACORN]] Oakland, CA $2,000
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====2007 Grants====
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In 2007, the Social & Economic Justice Fund awarded 5 grants totaling $9,500:<ref name=sej05-07>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Social%20and%20Economic%20Justice%20Fund/2005-2007%20SEJ%20Grants%20List CCF website: ''2005-2007 SEJ Fund Grants List''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Asian Pacific Environmental Network]], Oakland, CA, $2,000
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*[[Deporten a la Migra Coalition]]/[[St. Peter's Housing Committee]], San Francisco, CA, $1,000
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*[[East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy]], Oakland, CA, $2,000
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*[[Generation Five]], San Francisco, CA, $1,500
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*[[The Gathering for Justice]], New York, NY, $3,000
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====2008-2009====
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In 2008 and 2009 the Fund awarded the following grants:<ref name=sej08-09>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Social%20and%20Economic%20Justice%20Fund/2008-2009-sej-grants-list CCF website: ''2008-2009 SEJ Fund Grants List''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Black Alliance for Just Immigration]], Berkeley, CA, $500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Bay Area Black United Fund]])
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*[[Californians for Justice]], Oakland, CA, $500
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*[[Center for Third World Organizing]], Oakland, CA, $500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Center for Third World Organizing]])
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*[[Coalition Against Police Executions]], San Francisco, CA, $300 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Peace Development Fund]])
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*[[Just Cause Oakland]], Oakland, CA, $1,500
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*[[Oakland ACORN]], Oakland, CA, $1500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[ACORN Institute]])
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*[[Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases]], Oakland, CA, $1,500
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*[[Young Workers United]], San Francisco, CA, $1,500
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===Grassroots Exchange Fund===
 
===Grassroots Exchange Fund===
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The Grassroots Exchange Fund is a community-guided rapid response small grants program established to build bridges between grassroots social and environmental justice organizations throughout the United States. GXF grants help community-based organizations to engage in collaborative campaigns, strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements, and participate in organizing and technical assistance trainings.<ref name=grants/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 00:06, 7 October 2010

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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]

Staff

As at October 7, 2010, the following served on the Staff of the organization:[1]

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 foundation 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]

2009 Grants

In 2009, the Abelard Foundation West awarded 22 grants totaling $260,000:[5]

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]

2009 Grants

In 2009 the Acorn Foundation made 12 grants totaling $120,000:[7]

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]

2009 Grants

In 2009, the Penney Family Fund awarded 15 grants totaling $297,500:[10]

Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund

The Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund has operated for over 30 years to support community organizations that are "working to advance equality, opportunity, justice, and civil rights for low-income communities and communities of color" in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The Fund also works to support organizations that connect local social justice efforts with national and international movements for peace and justice.[3] The Fund has been a donor advised fund member of the Common Counsel Foundation since Summer 2005.[11]

2008 Grants

In 2008, the Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund awarded 72 grants totaling $406,000:[12]

2009 Grants

In 2009, the Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund awarded 68 grants totaling $410,500:[13]

Social and Economic Justice Fund

The Social and Economic Justice Fund is a collaborative grants initiative that supports organizations working on civil and human rights, youth organizing, alternative media, and economic justice for low-income immigrant communities, and communities of color in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.[3] Created in 1999 as a joint program between the former Progressive Way of the Bay Area and the Common Counsel Foundation, it is funded by individual donors and has made 45 grants totaling $111,500 since 2000.[14]

2005 Grants

In 2005, the Fund made 8 grants totalling $9,500:[15]

2006 Grants

In 2006, the Fund made four grants totaling $11,000:[15]

2007 Grants

In 2007, the Social & Economic Justice Fund awarded 5 grants totaling $9,500:[15]

2008-2009

In 2008 and 2009 the Fund awarded the following grants:[16]

Grassroots Exchange Fund

The Grassroots Exchange Fund is a community-guided rapid response small grants program established to build bridges between grassroots social and environmental justice organizations throughout the United States. GXF grants help community-based organizations to engage in collaborative campaigns, strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements, and participate in organizing and technical assistance trainings.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Jump up to: 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
  2. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: Board (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Common Counsel Foundation: Grant Programs (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  4. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2008 Abelard Foundation West Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  5. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2009 Abelard Foundation West Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  6. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2008 Acorn Foundation Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  7. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: 2009 Acorn Foundation Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  8. ↑ CCF website: Penney Family Fund (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  9. ↑ CCF website: 2008 Penney Family Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  10. ↑ CCF website: 2009 Penney Family Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  11. ↑ Common Counsel Foundation: Victor and Lorraine Honig Fund (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  12. ↑ CCF website: 2008 Victor & Lorraine Honig Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  13. ↑ CCF website: 2009 Victor & Lorraine Hong Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  14. ↑ CCF website: Social and Economic Justice Fund (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  15. ↑ Jump up to: 15.0 15.1 15.2 CCF website: 2005-2007 SEJ Fund Grants List (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  16. ↑ CCF website: 2008-2009 SEJ Fund Grants List (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
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