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CZI Community Fund

Launched in 2017, the CZI Community Fund supports organizations in Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City to address basic and most urgent needs identified by local communities. We proudly support and partner with local organizations working to solve these challenges.

Silvia Isaac and Juaquin, eating snacks at the East Palo Alto YMCA’s Nana Y Yo program to help caregivers and pre-school age children focus on developing and learn together.

September 28, 2017 | Silvia Isaac and Juaquin, eating snacks at the East Palo Alto YMCA’s Nana Y Yo program to help caregivers and pre-school age children focus on developing and learn together. Photograph By Chandler West

This second round of funding will support organizations responding to needs in Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City. Through the Community Fund, CZI aims to bolster organizations addressing the fundamental health and safety... This second round of funding will support organizations responding to needs in Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City. Through the Community Fund, CZI aims to bolster organizations addressing the fundamental health and safety needs of vulnerable families and individuals and are creating opportunities that could disrupt cycles of poverty and improve economic mobility.

In January 2018, the CZI Community Fund announced its inaugural cohort of 41 Bay Area organizations implementing community-led solutions. These organizations addressed some of the most basic and urgent needs identified by residents and local leaders... In January 2018, the CZI Community Fund announced its inaugural cohort of 41 Bay Area organizations implementing community-led solutions. These organizations addressed some of the most basic and urgent needs identified by residents and local leaders in critical areas. The feedback we received from these grantees, as well as from local community stakeholders, helped us refine and expand our approach to the second round of the CZI Community Fund.

View Past Recipients (41)
Title	Grantee Overview	Location	Issue Areas
Able Works Issue Areas Education, Housing	Equips youth and young moms with the knowledge, life skills and assets needed to live free from oppression and poverty. Their mission is accomplished through two core programs: FutureProfits, a financial education program for high school students; and LiveAble, a cohort-based coaching and peer support program for young mothers. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Housing
Art in Action Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	Provides classroom lessons that inspire critical thinking and creativity with engaging visual arts experiences. Students learn about STEAM (STEM + Art), cultural understanding, social justice, healing through art, art appreciation and technique. Art in Action empowers students to express unique ideas and develop 21st Century skills through hands-on-learning. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Workforce Development
Bayshore Christian Ministries Issue Areas Education	(BCM)’s mission, founded in 1984, is to equip the youth of East Palo Alto and Belle Haven to grow spiritually, gain life skills, and develop as leaders so they have hope and a future. BCM serves ~250 low-income youth each year in after-school and summer programs, using relational, holistic and collaborative approach to empower the next generation of community leaders. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education
Belle Haven Action Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Housing, Transportation	(BHA) promotes visibility and awareness of local issues for the Belle Haven neighborhood in Menlo Park. BHA advocates for equity and justice, acts as a local liaison for important community projects, initiates new programs for improved quality of life, and supports existing ones. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven	Education; Homelessness; Housing; Transportation
Belle Haven Community Development Fund Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	Belle Haven Community Development Fund is a volunteer resident-based non-profit striving to engage the Belle Haven community in advocating for common goals and brokering resources to foster sustainable community development. Resource examples include mini-grants, scholarships and Sponsored Employment Program expansion. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education; Workforce Development
Children’s Health Council Issue Areas Education, Immigration	Children’s Health Council is dedicated to removing barriers to learning, helping children and teens become resilient, happy, and successful at home, at school, and in life. They offer workshops, consultations, evaluations, programs and treatment for ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression, and Autism. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Immigration
College Track Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	College Track is a comprehensive, 10-year program that empowers underserved students with the skills and resources necessary for success in college and beyond. Their core service areas prepare students for the academic and social demands of college, ensuring they have the tools to matriculate into and ultimately graduate from college. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Education; Workforce Development
The East Palo Alto Academy Foundation Issue Areas Education	The East Palo Alto Academy Foundation advocates for, advances and raises funds to benefit the students and college-attending graduates of East Palo Alto Academy. Their vision is that all students will graduate college-ready, empowered with the knowledge, skills, and passion to positively impact their own lives, their community, and the global society. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Education
Eastside College Preparatory School Issue Areas Education, Housing	Eastside College Preparatory School serves 9th through 12th grade students who will be in the first generation in their families to attend college. Originally founded to prepare students for four-year colleges and universities, today they are committed to supporting students through their college experience and during their transition into professional careers. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Housing
El Concilio of San Mateo County Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Transportation, Workforce Development	El Concilio of San Mateo County is a community organization committed to increasing educational and employment opportunities and ensuring access to quality of life services for underserved communities in San Mateo County, including access to health services and environmental equality. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Homelessness; Housing; Immigration; Transportation; Workforce Development
Family Connections Issue Areas Education	Family Connections is founded on the idea that a positive family dynamic is key to a child’s “success.” In that spirit, Family Connections fosters a family learning community focused on discovery and growth for underserved children and their parents and caregivers. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education
Foundation for a College Education Issue Areas Education	Foundation for a College Education works with students and families from 6th grade through college graduation, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of students of color from East Palo Alto and similar communities who graduate from a four-year college or university. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education
Free at Last: Recovery and Rehabilitation Services Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Housing, Transportation, Workforce Development	Free at Last: Recovery and Rehabilitation Services provides community-based, culturally-appropriate bilingual (English/Spanish) treatment, intervention, and prevention services designed to reduce high rates of substance abuse and HIV infection, break the cycle of addiction, reunite and rebuild families torn apart by intergenerational addiction, provide alternatives to incarceration, and foster economic self-sufficiency. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Homelessness; Housing; Transportation; Workforce Development
Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo Issue Areas Education	(JMZ) is an early education science institute that believes that all children deserve access to high quality STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education. Their Science Outreach Program allows JMZ educators to bring vital, standards-based science instruction to local underserved schools in Belle Haven and East Palo Alto. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education
Generations United, Inc. Issue Areas Education, Immigration	Generations United, Inc.’s mission is to empower low-income families in Redwood City to reach their full potential. They accomplish this by offering educational programs through tutoring and homework centers located on Redwood City school campuses and local libraries, where they match volunteers with children for tutoring and mentoring. ... Read More — Read Less	North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Immigration
Girls to Women Issue Areas Education	Girls to Women provides broad-spectrum after-school and summer programming for low-income girls and young women. Their emphasis is on the whole person and they seek to impact academic, social, artistic, physical, and emotional support and development. At the core of their youth development approach is respect for the abilities, knowledge, and potential of each girl they serve. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education
GRID Alternatives Issue Areas Housing, Transportation, Workforce Development	GRID Alternatives‘s mission is to make renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities, providing energy cost savings, valuable job skills, and a source of clean energy that benefits all. Their Peninsula Energy & Transportation Equity Initiative will serve low-income families and leverage GRID’s well-established solar program and brand new statewide clean vehicle financing assistance programs. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, Redwood City	Housing; Transportation; Workforce Development
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco Issue Areas Housing	Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco provides local families with a springboard to secure stable futures through affordable homeownership and neighborhood revitalization. Their mission is to not only create new affordable homeownership opportunities, but also to sustain homeownership for longtime residents of their community. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, Redwood City	Housing
Hack the Hood Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	Hack the Hood’s mission is to empower low-income youth of color with the knowledge, skills, and relationships they need to pursue careers in tech. Through their “Bootcamp” program, youth ages 16-24 build websites for small businesses in their local community, learning coding, web design, and 21st century workplace skills. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Education; Workforce Development
Healthy Cities Tutoring Issue Areas Education	Healthy Cities Tutoring provides one-on-one tutoring and mentoring for students who struggle to find success in school. Community volunteers meet weekly with their assigned student and offer academic and social-emotional support. Currently, Healthy Cities Tutoring provides tutors for students in kindergarten through eighth grade at 12 local schools. ... Read More — Read Less	North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County Issue Areas Homelessness, Housing, Transportation	Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County (HLC) addresses the root cause of the housing crises by working with local government to create new sources of revenue, get access to great sites, and increase participation from community members that support housing. HLC works to engage educated advocates at the right time, with the right message, to change the course of development. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Homelessness; Housing; Transportation
International Institute of the Bay Area Issue Areas Immigration	International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) provides high-quality immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement opportunities to immigrants, refugees, and their families as they join and contribute to the community. IIBA offers immigrants the information and assistance they need to understand and exercise their rights and responsibilities. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Immigration
JobTrain Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	JobTrain’s mission is to help those most in need to succeed. Their purpose is to improve lives by providing a pathway out of poverty to quality employment. They serve San Mateo County, with a focus on the communities of East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks and Redwood City. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Workforce Development
Live In Peace Issue Areas Education, Transportation	Live In Peace exists to empower youth and young adults to reclaim the vision for their future. Live in Peace’s unique relational based approach creates positive peer groups and new norms, that help students take full advantage of the academic support. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, Redwood City	Education; Transportation
Menlo Spark Issue Areas Transportation	Menlo Spark partners with residents, businesses, and government to improve sustainability. Menlo Spark has been serving Menlo Park communities since 2014; their mission is to help Menlo Park become climate neutral (zero carbon) by 2025, while promoting community prosperity and protecting civic heritage. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Transportation
Multicultural Counseling and Educational Services of the Bay Area Issue Areas Education, Immigration	Multicultural Counseling and Educational Services of the Bay Area provides culturally appropriate services that assist individuals and families in developing culturally rooted problem-solving strategies for managing life’s many challenges and transitions, and to affirm and promote one’s cultural world-view, values, inherent worth and dignity. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education; Immigration
New Creation Home Ministries Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Housing	New Creation Home Ministries offers a two-year transitional housing program and a weekly parenting program that services pregnant and parenting at-risk girls ages 13-22. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Education; Homelessness; Housing
Pangea Legal Services Issue Areas Immigration	Pangea Legal Services offers legal defense services to immigrants at risk of deportation residing in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, and San Mateo county. They work with partners to train immigrants in participatory legal defense strategies, and to provide representation for immigrants in deportation proceedings through a community-led defense model. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto, Redwood City	Immigration
Peninsula Family Service Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Workforce Development	Peninsula Family Service‘s mission is to strengthen community by providing children, families, and older adults with the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy stable lives. They work toward a community where opportunity, financial stability, and wellness are secured for all through three core programs: early learning, services for older adults, and financial empowerment. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Homelessness; Workforce Development
Project WeHOPE Issue Areas Homelessness, Workforce Development	Project WeHOPE‘s mission is to help people become healthy, employed and housed, utilizing innovative solutions. They provide a 55-bed, adult-only homeless shelter, mobile hygiene units, drop training and a Kids NOW food program to serve families in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Homelessness; Workforce Development
Ravenswood Family Health Center Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Transportation, Workforce Development	Ravenswood Family Health Center‘s mission is to improve community health by providing culturally sensitive, integrated primary and preventive health care to all, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status, and collaborating with community partners to address the social determinants of health. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Homelessness; Transportation; Workforce Development
Rebuilding Together Peninsula Issue Areas Housing	Rebuilding Together Peninsula brings volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners, with a vision of creating a safe and healthy home for every person. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Housing
The Redwood City-Police Activities League Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	The Redwood City-Police Activities League (PAL) brings together police professionals and community members in a unified effort to provide school-age children and their families with access to academic support, life skills, and personal development activities. They focus on producing successful opportunities for underrepresented and underserved communities. ... Read More — Read Less	North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Workforce Development
The Rosalie Rendu Center Issue Areas Education	The Rosalie Rendu Center offers free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for adults, computer training and life skills classes, after-school homework help and supervised play for children of ESL students, and family outings. All classes all non-sectarian and open to anyone wanting to learn English. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Education
Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network Issue Areas Immigration	Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)’s mission is to empower low-income immigrants and refugees with community education and organizing, leadership development, policy, advocacy, and legal services. They believe that all people, regardless of legal status or nationality, are entitled to essential services, human dignity, basic rights and protections, and access to full participation in society. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Immigration
Spark Issue Areas Workforce Development	Spark is a Career Exploration and Self-Discovery Program that gives middle school students opportunities to understand, experience, and pursue what’s possible for their future. Through workplace mentorships and guided support, Spark helps students build new skills and explore potential careers at the most critical point in their journey of self-discovery. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Workforce Development
StreetCode Academy Issue Areas Education, Workforce Development	StreetCode Academy‘s mission is to provide economically disadvantaged people of color in East Palo Alto and surrounding communities with the high-tech skills, confidence and access to networks needed to enter the technology community. StreetCode offers free technology courses in three interrelated areas: coding, entrepreneurship and design. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education; Workforce Development
Teen Success, Inc. Issue Areas Education	Teen Success, Inc. is committed to the success of teen mothers and their children. Using a two-generation approach, Teen Success, Inc. empowers teen mothers to rise above their challenges and achieve their full potential in school and as parents. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks, Redwood City	Education
The Salvation Army East Palo Alto Issue Areas Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Transportation	The Salvation Army East Palo Alto provides low income families with basic needs services, including rental assistance, hygiene items for homeless people, back-to-school supplies and summer camp for children, transportation to medical appointments, and referrals to other agencies. ... Read More — Read Less	East Palo Alto	Homelessness; Housing; Immigration; Transportation
United Way Bay Area Issue Areas Education, Homelessness, Housing, Workforce Development	United Way Bay Area has a rich history of bringing together individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and government entities to fight for a strong, vibrant, and healthy community. By enabling neighbors to invest in one another, they fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in the Bay Area. ... Read More — Read Less	North Fair Oaks	Education; Homelessness; Housing; Workforce Development
Vida Verde Issue Areas Education	Vida Verde promotes educational equity by providing free overnight environmental education camps for students who would not otherwise get the opportunity. Since 2001, they have served over 10,500 students from low-income schools with a 3-day, 2-night program that powerfully impacts students’ connections to the outdoors, academics, and social and emotional learning. ... Read More — Read Less	Belle Haven, East Palo Alto	Education

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