Recommended

Organization

Website

Area served


Amount

Project Description

Bread of Life EPA

http://www.breadoflifeepa.org/

East Palo Alto and Belle Haven in Menlo Park

$15,000

Support for hot meals to low-income individuals.

City of Redwood City/Fair Oaks Community Center

http://www.ci.redwood-city.ca.us/parks/cc/fairoaks.html

Redwood City, north Fair Oaks, Woodside, Atherton and Portola Valley

$30,000

General operating support for the Information and Referral Program’s food and shelter work.

Coastside Adult Day Health Center

http://www.coastsideadultdayhealth.org/

San Mateo County coast, including Montara, Half Moon Bay and Pescadero

$15,000

Support for a daily hot nutritious meal to frail, elderly and disabled clients to decrease risk factors that lead to poor nutrition and more significant health problems.

Coastside Hope

http://www.coastsidehope.org/

San Mateo County coast, including Montara, Half Moon Bay and Pescadero

$20,000

Support for a new part-time position to keep the food program functioning and an increase in part-time caseworker hours to service a rapidly growing client base.

Coastside RotaCare Clinic

http://www.setoncoastside.org/services/Pages/CoastsideCommunityOutreachPrograms.aspx

San Mateo County coast, including Montara, Half Moon Bay and Pescadero

$40,000

Support for added staffing and supplies for the Coastside RotaCare Clinic, which depends entirely on donations and has seen an increase in patients due to the abrupt closure of the Coastside Family Medical Clinic in Half Moon Bay

Collective Roots Garden Project, Inc.

http://www.collectiveroots.org/

East Palo Alto

$15,000

East Palo Alto Fresh Checks Program will increase the food purchasing power of vulnerable low-income people by providing coupons to purchase healthy fruits and vegetables at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market.

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

http://www.clsepa.org/

East Palo Alto

$25,000

Support to expand CLSEPA’s ability to prevent tenants from becoming homeless after the foreclosure of their landlord’s property, the need for which has increased dramatically as a result of the current economic crisis.

CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse)

http://www.corasupport.org/

San Mateo County

$35,000

CORA’s Emergency Response Program provides immediate telephone crisis counseling to domestic violence victims at the scene of a 911 domestic violence-related call.

Daly City Community Services Center

http://www.dalycity.org/

Daly City, Colma and Broadmoor

$10,000

Support for emergency food, shelter and discretionary funds to address the needs of the residents of Daly City, Colma and Broadmoor.

Ecumenical Hunger Program

http://www.ehpcares.org/

East Palo Alto and Menlo Park

$20,000

Support to enable EHP to continue alleviating immediate and long-term hunger needs in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park while helping families and individuals improve nutrition and health.

El Concilio of San Mateo County

http://www.el-concilio.com/

East Palo Alto and Menlo Park

$40,000

Support to address the increasing number of requests for emergency food provisions, shelter and critical needs of individuals and families in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

Family Service Agency of San Mateo County

http://www.familyserviceagency.org/

San Mateo County

$54,000

Funding to expand and support the Second Careers Program, providing employment development such as job training, placement and search assistance to meet the demand from older workers.

HIP Housing

http://www.hiphousing.org/

San Mateo County

$25,000

Support for the Home Sharing Program, which matches persons who have a home and need to reduce housing costs with persons who need a home at an affordable price.

InnVision the Way Home

http://www.innvision.org/

Southern San Mateo County

$15,000

Support for InnVision's Safety Net Program, which provides emergency shelter and transitional housing with connected support services to homeless families and individuals in southern San Mateo County.

JobTrain, Inc.

http://www.jobtrainworks.org/

San Mateo County

$55,000

Support for a career development specialist to provide counseling, employment search guidance and case management for clients and to systematically expand JobTrain’s network of employer partners.

Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County

http://www.legalaidsmc.org/

San Mateo County

$55,000

Support for the eviction prevention program, Homesavers, to expand the half-time attorney and bilingual project coordinator positions to full-time.

Mental Health Association of San Mateo County

http://www.mhasmc.org/

San Mateo County

$15,000

Support for the Spring Street Emergency Shelter in Redwood City.

North Peninsula Food Pantry & Dining Center of Daly City

http://www.fooddc.org/

North San Mateo County

$15,000

Support to provide shelf stable groceries and hot meals to an increasing number of clients.

North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center

http://www.neighborhoodservices.org/

Brisbane, San Bruno and South San Francisco

$40,000

To continue and expand safety-net services, specifically addressing the critical needs of food and shelter for people in crisis.

Pacifica Gardens (Pacifica's Environmental Family)

http://www.pacifica-gardens.org

Pacifica

$5,000

General operating funds in support of the Food Donation Program.

Pacifica Resource Center, a project of the Tides Center

http://www.pacresourcecenter.org/

Pacifica

$11,000

General operating support to sustain the agency’s ability to serve people in need of food, shelter and referrals to other helping agencies in this economic downturn.

Peninsula Volunteers Rosener House Adult Day Services

http://www.penvol.org/

South and Central San Mateo County

$20,000

Support for the Meals on Wheels and Supplemental Meals on Wheels programs.

Puente de la Costa Sur

http://www.puentedelacostasur.org/

Pescadero, San Gregorio,
La Honda, and Loma Mar

$20,000

Support for a Rural Coordinated Case Management and Advocacy Program that will offer safety-net program participants a path to self-sufficiency and seek to leverage additional funding for services from state, regional, county and private partners.

Ravenswood Family Health Center (South County Health Center)

http://www.ravenswoodfhc.org/

East Palo Alto, Belle Haven in Menlo Park and North Fair Oaks in Redwood City

$50,000

To help provide start-up dental operating funds to maximize the number of uninsured patients who benefit from low-cost dental care at its new dental clinic in East Palo Alto.

Samaritan House

http://www.samaritanhouse.com/new/home/index.shtml

Central San Mateo County

$50,000

To support food services for low-income, disadvantaged children and adults and shelter services for adults.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties

http://www.2ndharvest.net/

San Mateo County

$100,000

Support for the Food Assistance Program, which reduces hunger for approximately 191,000 individuals per month through a network of 260 safety-net organizations feeding an unprecedented number of households, a number of which are seeking food assistance for the first time.

Senior Coastsiders

http://www.seniorcoastsiders.org/

San Mateo County coast, including Montara, Half Moon Bay, Pescadero and east to Skyline

$15,000

Support for meals through the nutrition program for which demand has increased by 25% in the past year.

Service League of San Mateo County

http://www.serviceleague.org/

San Mateo County

$15,000

General operational funds for a new, six-bed transitional living residence for men exiting incarceration.

Shelter Network of San Mateo County

http://www.shelternetwork.org/

San Mateo County

$75,000

General operating support to enable the agency to continue providing shelter and transitional housing to homeless families and individuals in San Mateo County

Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County

http://www.svdp-sanmateoco.org/

San Mateo County

$40,000

To fund the increased demand for rental and utility assistance throughout San Mateo County provided by the Society's Peninsula Family Resource Center.

St Anthony's Catholic Church Padua Dining Room

http://www.paduadiningroom.com/

South San Mateo County

$40,000

Support to provide free hot meals to the less fortunate.

St. Francis Center of Redwood City

http://www.stfrancisrwc.org/

Redwood City and North Fair Oaks

$20,000

Support to purchase specific food items to supplement what is received from Second Harvest Food Bank given a 47% increase in requests for food assistance from low-income families and seniors.

$1,000,000