RECENT GRANTS MAY 2006

Action Council

$18,000 for the ECHO Leadership Program in high schools

Animal Friends Rescue Project

$10,000 for spay/neuter costs for rescued dogs and cats

Big Sur Arts Initiative

$15,000 for general operating support

Big Sur Health Center

$15,000 for completion of the new clinic

Breast Cancer Action Group of the Monterey Peninsula

$10,000 for administrative costs and office rent for one year

CASA Monterey County

$10,000 for a specialized training initiative in 2006

to strengthen educational and emancipation planning for youth

Central Coast Citizenship Project

$18,000 for general program support

Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition

$20,000 for Partnership for Children, a rural care coordination project

Compassionate Care Alliance

$ 8,000 for operating support for the Caring Resources Program

Global Majority

$20,000 for the Education and Training Program

(teaching conflict resolution skills to Monterey County youth)

Gonzales Community Collaborative

Gonzales Unified School District

$30,000 for the construction of a new animal shelter for the City of Gonzales

Hartnell College Foundation

$14,000 for capacity building for the Hartnell College Foundation

Hastings Natural History Reservation

$ 6,000 for the purchase of a new backhoe attachment for the tractor

Interim, Inc.

$12,000 for construction costs for the Shelter Cover rehabilitation project

Legal Services for Seniors

$20,000 for support of the Income Protection and Advocacy Program

Monterey County Police Activities League

$32,000 for project FLASH (positive enrichment and athletic programs for youth)

Monterey County Symphony Association

$10,000 for the Music in the Schools program

Monterey History & Art Association

$20,000 for the 75th Anniversary exhibit in 2006

featuring local historic artifacts and buildings

Monterey Museum of Art

$10,000 for the expansion of the Art Educational Outreach Program

O'Neill Sea Odyssey

$12,000 for ocean-based ecology and science program for youth

Seniors Council of Santa Cruz & San Benito Counties

$10,000 for first-year operations for the Tri-County In-Kind Donations Program

Shelter Outreach Plus

$15,000 to improvement of case management at Hamilton Shelter in Seaside

Soledad Community Health Care District Foundation

$20,000 for the purchase of new exam tables, clinic computers, and other medical equipment and instruments

Sun Street Centers

$12,000 for the South County Parent Empowerment Program

Sunrise House

$18,000 for providing crisis intervention and drug intervention/prevention

services to at-risk youth

Western Stage

$10,000 for the Journeyman Internship program

Young At Heart Project

$ 7,500 for the presentation of music programs at senior residential

and convalescent facilities

Youth Arts Collective (YAC)

$10,000 for operating support

Youth Music Monterey

$ 5,000 for the South County Strings Program

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