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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/>
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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/> The program focuses on three goals:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Grassroots%20Exchange%20Fund CCF website: ''Grassroots Exchange Fund''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*To strengthen the ability of small organizations to participate in public debates
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*To strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements
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*To contribute to collaborative policy victories in the realms of social, environmental and economic justice
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====2008====
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In 2008, the Grassroots Exchange Fund awarded 53 grants totaling $43,950:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Grassroots%20Exchange%20Fund/2008%20Grants%20List CCF website: ''2008 Grassroots Exchange Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice]], Oakland, CA, $800
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*[[Border Action Network]], Tucson, AZ, $800
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*[[California Partnership]], Los Angeles, CA, $2,000
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*[[Catalyst Project]], San Francisco, CA, $750
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*[[Center for Third World Organizing]], Oakland, CA, $700
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*[[Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents]], Charlottesville, VA, $700
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*[[Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center]], Cincinnati, OH, $700
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*[[Community Alliance of Lane County]], Eugene, OR, $800
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*[[Critical Resistance]], Oakland, CA, $2,000
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*[[Desiree Alliance]], Henderson, NV, $1,000
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*[[Dine CARE]], Durango, CO, $700
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*[[Domestic Workers United]], Bronx, NY, $500
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*[[El Quinto Sol de América]], Lindsay, CA, $500
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*[[Good Jobs First]], Washington, DC, $800
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*[[Grass Roots Organizing]], Mexico, MO, $800
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*[[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], San Pedro, CA, $2,000
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*[[Green for All]], Oakland, CA, $500
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*[[Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice]], San Francisco, CA, $500
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*[[Gwich'in Steering Committee]], Fairbanks, AK, $800
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*[[Idaho Community Action Network]], Boise, ID, $500
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*[[Just Cause Oakland]], Oakland, CA, $800
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*[[Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance]], Los Angeles, CA, $800
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*[[Louisiana Bucket Brigade]], New Orleans, LA, $800
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*[[Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance]], Jackson, MS, $1,000
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*[[Mujeres Unidas y Activas]], San Francisco, CA, $1,000
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*[[Nashville Homeless Power Project]], Nashville, TN, $500
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*[[National Coalition for Burned Churches and Community Empowerment]], Gainesville, GA, $1,000
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*[[New Mexico Alliance/ Youth Group]], Chimayo, NM, $800
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*[[New Mexico Environmental Law Center]], Santa Fe, NM, $800
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*[[Nodutdol for Korean Community Development]], Woodside, NY, $800
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*[[Northwest Toxic Communities Coalition]], Seattle, WA, $800
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*[[Organizers' Forum]], Stinson Beach, CA, $800
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*[[Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action]], San Francisco, CA, $700
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*[[Peace and Dignity Journeys]], Phoenix, AZ, $500
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*[[Picture the Homeless]], Bronx, NY, $500
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*[[Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste]], Woodburn, OR, $1,500
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*[[Proyecto Del Valle]], Bakersfield, CA, $500
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*[[Pueblo Education Fund]], Santa Barbara, CA, $1,000
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*[[South Dakota Peace and Justice Center]], Sioux Falls, SD, $400
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*[[Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice]], Albuquerque, NM, $1,000
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*[[St. Peter's Housing Committee]], San Francisco, CA, $600
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*[[Student Action with Farmworkers]], Durham, NC, $700
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*[[Tennessee Alliance for Progress]], Nashville, TN, $500
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*[[Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition]], Nashville, TN, $500
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*[[Toxics Action Center]], Boston, MA, $800
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*[[Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action]], Oakland, CA, $800
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*[[UE Research and Education Fund]], Pittsburgh, PA, $800
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*[[Western Regional Advocacy Project]], San Francisco, CA, $1000
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*[[Western Shoshone Defense Project]], Crescent Valley, NV, $1000
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*[[Women of Color in the Global Women's Strike]], San Francisco, CA, $800
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*[[Women's Collective of the San Francisco Day Labor Program]], San Francisco, CA, $1,000
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*[[Working for Equality and Economic Liberation]], Helena, MT, $800
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*[[Young Workers United]], San Francisco, CA, $800
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====2009====
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In 2009 the Grassroots Exchange Fund made 45 grants totaling $36,700:<ref>[http://www.commoncounsel.org/Grassroots%20Exchange%20Fund/2009-grants-list CCF website: ''2009 Grassroots Exchange Fund Grants''] (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras]], Tucson, AZ, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Seventh Generation Fund]])
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*[[Allgo]] (Austin Latino)/a Lesbian Gay Organization)]], Austin, TX, $1,200
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*[[Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership]], Oakland, CA, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Asian Community Mental Health Services]])
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*[[Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network]], Oakland, CA, $1,000
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*[[Central Labor Council of Alameda County]], Oakland, CA, $1000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Urban Strategies Council]])
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*[[Chinese Progressive Association]], San Francisco, CA, $1,000
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*[[Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center]], Cincinnati, OH, $600
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*[[Colonias Development Council]], Las Cruces, NM, $800
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*[[Community Media Organizing Project]], Knoxville, TN, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Inc.]])
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*[[Domestic Workers United]], New York, NY, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities]])
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*[[Families United for Racial and Economic Equality]], Brooklyn, NY, $800
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*[[Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project]], Brooklyn, NY, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization]])
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*[[Grass Roots Organizing]], Mexico, MO, $800
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*[[Grassroots Global Justice Alliance]], San Pedro, CA, $300 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Southwest Community Resources, Inc.]])
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*[[Hope Street Youth Development]], Wichita, KS, $500
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*[[INCITE! Denver]], Longmont, CO, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition]])
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*[[Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida]], Immokalee, FL, $800
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*[[Interfaith Worker Justice]], Chicago, IL, $2,000
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*[[LaStraw (last straw), The]], Greensboro, NC, $800
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*[[LGBTQ Womyn of Color Conference]], Swarthmore, Pa, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Resources for Human Development]])
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*[[Media Mobilizing Project]], Philadelphia, PA, $800
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*[[Movement for Justice in El Barrio]], New York, NY, $500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[St. Cecilia's Church]])
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*[[National Coalition for Burned Churches & Community Empowerment]], Gainesville, GA, $500
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*[[National Day Labor Organizing Network]], Los Angeles, CA, $1,000
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*[[New York State Prisoner Justice Coalition]], Albany, NY, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Social Justice Center of Albany]])
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*[[North San Diego County Sponsoring Committee]]/dba: [[Faith Works]], Escondido, CA, $700
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*[[Nuestro Centro]], Asheville, NC, $500 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Asheville Buncombe Community Relations Council]])
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*[[Oregon Action]], Portland, OR, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[The Fair Share Research and Education Fund]])
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*[[People Organized to Win Employment Rights]], San Francisco, CA, $800
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*[[People Organized to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights]], San Francisco, CA, $600 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Tides Center]])
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*[[Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign]], Cleveland, OH, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Women's Economic Agenda Project]])
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*[[Prometheus Radio Project]], Philadelphia, PA, $800
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*[[Pueblo Education Fund]], Santa Barbara, CA, $1,000
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*[[Seattle Young People's Project]], Seattle, WA, $500
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*[[Southeast Indigenous Peoples' Center]], Jacksonville, FL, $700 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Community Futures Collective]])
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*[[Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice]], Albuquerque, NM, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Community Networking Resources]])
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*[[Street Academy Foundation]], Oakland, CA, $500
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*[[Texas Media Empowerment Project]], San Antonio, TX, $600 (Fiscal Sponsor: Office of Communication of the [[United Church of Christ]], OC, Inc
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*[[Toxics Action Center]], Boston, MA, $800
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*[[Transit Riders for Public Transportation]], Los Angeles, CA, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Labor/Community Strategy Center]])
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*[[Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action]], Oakland, CA, $800
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*[[Western Shoshone Defense Project]], Spring Creek, NV, $1,000 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development]])
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*[[Women for Genuine Society]], Oakland, CA, $800 (Fiscal Sponsor: [[The Agape Foundation]])
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*[[Women of Color Resource Center]], Oakland, CA, $800
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*[[Workers' Rights Center]], Madison, WI, $800
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Tides Center]]
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[[Category:IPS]]
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[[Category:ACORN]]

Revision as of 00:27, 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] The program focuses on three goals:[17]

  • To strengthen the ability of small organizations to participate in public debates
  • To strengthen key cross-region and cross-sector movements
  • To contribute to collaborative policy victories in the realms of social, environmental and economic justice

2008

In 2008, the Grassroots Exchange Fund awarded 53 grants totaling $43,950:[18]

2009

In 2009 the Grassroots Exchange Fund made 45 grants totaling $36,700:[19]

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)
  17. ↑ CCF website: Grassroots Exchange Fund (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  18. ↑ CCF website: 2008 Grassroots Exchange Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
  19. ↑ CCF website: 2009 Grassroots Exchange Fund Grants (accessed on Oct. 7, 2010)
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