The Palo Alto Community Fund grows, sustains, and uses its endowment and other donated funds to support the work of new and existing nonprofit organizations serving the greater
Palo Alto area.
10 Books A Home: Child-Parent Home Tutoring program providing private tutoring, parent-child interaction modeling, and book donations. www.10booksahome.org
AbleWorks: FutureProfits education program equipping at-risk high school students with life skills and financial knowledge. able.is
Ada’s Café: Operating expenses associated with their commercial kitchen. Adascafe.org
Art of Yoga: Yoga and creative arts curriculum for youth in the juvenile justice system.
www.theartofyogaproject.org
Avenidas: Door-to-door transportation services for Palo Altans who are no longer able to drive or take public transportation. www.avenidas.org
Beyond Barriers Athletic Foundation: Swim lesson scholarships at the Belle Haven pool. www.beyondbarriersaf.org
Bring Me A Book: Take Home Books family literacy program and First Teacher’s literacy training programs. www.bringmeabook.org
Building Futures Now: Five-week summer program strengthening academic knowledge, study skills and interpersonal skills for 4 th -8 th grade students.
www.buildingfuturesnow.org
Caminar: Jobs Plus program providing vocational services to clients with severe mental illness. www.caminar.org
Canopy: Healthy Trees, Healthy Kids! Initiative to engage kids and families in revitalizing East Palo Alto schoolyards through tree plantings. www.canopy.org
Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto): Housing clinics and legal services for low-income tenants at risk of losing their homes. www.clsepa.org
Dreamcatchers: After school academic tutoring program for low-income PAUSD middle school students. www.dreamcatchersyouth.org
East Palo Alto Charter School: Science education academic program. www.epacs.org
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation: Education Micro Grant program providing grants to educators in the Ravenswood
School District to promote educational achievement for students in the classroom. www.epak.org

East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring (EPATT): STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) summer program for K-5 students. www.epatt.org
East Palo Alto Youth Court: Alternative to Suspension restorative justice program for youth offenders. www.epayouthcourt.org
Edgewood Center for Children and Families: Kinship Support Network providing critical services to families in which children are being raised by a relative caregiver. www.edgewood.org
Environmental Volunteers: Science education academic program at Costano Elementary School. www.EVols.org
FLY (Fresh Lifelines for Youth: Legal Eagle program providing Legal Education and Leadership Training to youth. www.flyprogram.org
Hidden Villa: Summer camp scholarships. www.hiddenvilla.org
InnVision Shelter Network: Haven Family House program, providing transitional housing and comprehensive support services to families in need of housing & Opportunity Services Center providing critical services for homeless residents. www.ivsn.org
JobTrain: General operating expenses providing support of vocational training, academics, and life skills development, for local student. www.jobtrainworks.org
KARA: Wrap-around grief services for individuals and communities. www.kara-grief.org
KIDPOWER:
‘People Safety’ and Social-Emotional development training and Coaching for children, their families and teachers. www.kidpower.org
Mural Music & Arts Project: “Voices of East Palo Alto” project to install murals and implement youth-driven arts programming to promote peace and unity. www.muralmusicarts.org
New Creations Home Ministries: Holistic Residential Care facility support that provides housing to low-income minority teen mothers and their children. www.newcreationhome.org
Palo Alto Art Center: Cultural Kaleidoscope program, building bridges between diverse communities by partnering elementary school classrooms to work with a resident artist on collaborative art projects. www.paacf.org
Palo Alto Housing Corp: Stepping Stones to Success program providing out-of-school academic support and skillbuilding opportunities to low-income Palo Alto youth. www.paloaltohousingcorp.org
Parca: Page Mill Court apartment complex program, providing on-site supervision, independent living skills training, and social and recreational activities to residents. www.parca.org
Peninsula HealthCare Connection: Street outreach and navigation services to potential patients who are disconnected from medical services. www.peninsulahcc.org
Ravenswood Family Health Center: Ravenswood Early Childhood Caries Prevention Project, providing high quality dental treatment and oral health promotion for young children. www.ravenswoodfhc.org
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center : Entrepreneurship training program, providing business training, technical assistance and business networking to low-income business owners. www.rencenter.org

Stanford University, Office of Science Outreach: Raising Interest in Science & Engineering (RISE) Summer
Internship program for disadvantaged high school students. oso.stanford.edu
Stevenson House: Nutritious meals for residents of Stevenson House. www.stenensonhouse.org
Teen Success: Support groups for teen mothers in East Palo Alto. www.teensuccess.net
Teen Talk Sexuality Education: In-school sexual health programs to 5 th -7 th graders. www.teentalkca.org
Vida Verde Nature Education: Outdoor educational opportunities for elementary aged underserved students. www.vveducation.org
Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired : Vision rehabilitation services for Seniors. www.vistacenter.org
Youth Community Service:
‘Who is My Neighbor’ life skills and leadership program for underserved youth. www.youthcommunityservice.org