Fall 2024:

2024 Access for All: $10,000.00

TMHA

Accessible Supporting Housing

$5,000

NatureTrack/Positive Ride

For Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature

$5,000

2024 General Grants-Arts: $57,000.00

KCBX, Inc.

Arts Education Reporting

$13,000

San Luis Repertory Theatre

Unrestricted

$24,000

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

Unrestricted

$20,000

2024 BUILD (Operating Budgets less than $500,000): $35,000.00

Pregnancy and Parenting Support of San Luis Obispo County

Client Management Tool

$5,000

Bike SLO County

Cycling Without Age

$5,000

Corazon Latino

Necessary IT Equipment for Latinx Outreach and Mental Health Support

$5,000

Ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit

Ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit Capacity Building

$5,000

Studios On the Park Inc.

Updating Atrium Lighting

$5,000

Creston Activites Town Center Helping Hand

Lighting Project – New patio lights and upgrade 40 year old interior lights

$5,000

Infinite Music

Operation Needs

$5,000

2024 General Grants-Environment: $64,500.00

Ecologistics

Unrestricted support for San Luis Beaver Brigade

$24,000

Morro Coast Audubon Society

Unrestricted

$17,000

Central Coast Aquarium

Unrestricted

$3,500

Ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit

Unrestricted

$20,000

2024 Growing Together: An LGBTQ+ Fund: $20,000.00

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County

The Center for Health and Prevention

$5,000

TMHA

Mental Health 101

$5,000

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

Gender Affirming Care

$5,000

Lumina Alliance

Lumina Alliance Close to Home LGBTQ+ Outreach Program

$5,000

2024 General Grants-Health & Human Services: $150,000.00

Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County

Unrestricted

$20,000

El Camino Homeless Organization

Unrestricted

$20,000

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

Unrestricted

$24,000

Lumina Alliance

Unrestricted

$24,000

Los Osos Cares

Unrestricted

$24,000

SLO Noor Foundation

Unrestricted

$19,000

Child Development Resource Center of the Central Coast

Unrestricted

$19,000

2024 General Grants-Seniors and People with Disabilities: $48,000.00

Senior Nutrition Program

Enhancing Senior Health and Community

$24,000

Hospice of San Luis Obispo County

Caregiver Support

$24,000

2024 Opportunity to Thrive Initiative: $30,000.00

Lumina Alliance

Direct Clint Assistance

$5,000

El Camino Homeless Organization

ECHO Client Assistance Program

$5,000

5Cities Homeless Coalition

Immediate Needs Financial Assistance

$5,000

JCC-Federation of San Luis Obispo County

Emergency Transportation Assistance

$5,000

South County Youth Coalition

Youth Fund

$5,000

Pregnancy and Parenting Support of San Luis Obispo County

Transition to Parenthood

$5,000

2024 Senior Dances: $56,750.00

Basin Street Regular

Live Music for Seniors

$10,000

KCBX, Inc.

Live Oak Music Festival

$5,000

Morro Bay Senior Citizens, Inc.

Tunes at Tidelands

$8,250

San Luis Obispo County Arts Council

Senior Dances to Build Community

$10,000

Santa Margarita Area Senior Citizens Club

Promoting Senior Dances

$4,500

Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club

Seniors in the Santa Maria Area

$10,000

San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra Movement to Music $9,000

2024 John S. Renner Memorial Genius Grant: $2,000.00

Renee Pepion

Materials for Cruise Control Gallery

$2,000

Spring 2024:

Robert H. Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund: $43,800

Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center

To support Camp Expedition

$3,800

Central Coast Junior Golf, Inc dba First Tee Central Coast

To support First Tee Central Coast

$5,000

Community Foundation of Estero Bay, Inc.

To support Youth Baseball in Estero Bay

$5,000

Five Cities Youth Football & Cheer

To support supplies for youth football

$5,000

Friends of Camp Natoma, Inc.

To support camperships

$5,000

Nipomo Football League, Inc.

To support the purchase of AED Mobile Defibrillators

$5,000

SLO County YMCA

To support youth Basketball Leagues

$5,000

South County Youth Coalition

To support the youth fund

$5,000

Surfing For Hope

To support Surf Camp

$5,000

Women’s Legacy Fund: $83,800

El Camino Homeless Organization

To support the Welcome Home Program which provides individuals with rental deposits

$28,800

Lumina Alliance

To provide children care services for survivors of sexual assault and violence.

$25,000

R.A.C.E. Matters SLO

To support the Black Girl Wellness program

$30,000

The Foundation’s next grant cycle will open in mid-January 2025. Click here to learn more. For a list of recipients prior to this year, please click here.

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Heidi H. McPherson Chief Executive Officer (805) 543-2323