Grant Recipients 2025 January - May
First Graduate
First Graduate partners with San Francisco middle schools to provide tutelage, coaching and mentoring to low income students to support their becoming the first in their family to graduate from college, which creates a path toward college graduation for others in the family unit.
Pablove Foundation
The Pablove Foundation improves the lives of children with cancer through pediatric cancer research funding and the Pablove Shutterbugs art program. The Pablove Shutterbugs initiative provides therapeutic photography classes to over 500 children annually, enhancing their photography skills and offering emotional healing and a sense of normalcy during treatment. Funds are used to support the Shutterbugs program by providing photography equipment, program materials, instructor fees, class operations, outreach, recruitment, exhibitions, and program evaluation.
Mission Bit
Mission Bit inspires youth of color to explore the world of STEM with project-based computer science education that embraces their identities. Mission Bit programming helps keep our youth and residents part of the tech industry and prepares them for opportunities in tech and computer science they would otherwise not have access to.
Future of Reading
Future of Reading ensures all students read at grade level by fourth grade through a K-3 tutoring program. University students are trained as reading coaches, providing personalized support. Schools receive technology and training aligned with the Science of Reading for effective individualized tutoring. Funds would be used for training university students and supervising teachers to deploy the reading program.
Canopy
Canopy is a nonprofit dedicated to growing urban tree canopies in Midpeninsula communities, enhancing green spaces and providing environmental education. They intend to utilize the funds to support their Teen Urban Forester (TUF) program, which offers 60 paid internships annually to low-income, BIPOC high school students, empowering them with arboriculture training, leadership skills, and community engagement opportunities.