Previous Grant Recipients

2025-2026 Recipients

$7,500

  • West Contra Costa Salesian Youth Club

$7,100

  • United Business Organization (fiscal agent: The Latina Center)
  • Weigh of Life

$5,000

  • Bay Area Community Resources
  • Bike East Bay
  • California Symphony
  • Fresh Approach
  • Growing Together -- Bay Area
  • Headwater Science Institute
  • House of Loving Hands
  • Kings Accountability Group, Inc.
  • Lake Elementary (fiscal sponsor: BACR)
  • San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association (fiscal sponsor: New Life Movement)
  • San Pablo Library (fiscal sponsor: Library Foundation of Contra Costa)
  • Touch of New Life

$3,300

  • San Pablo Baseball Association (fiscal sponsor: New Life Movement)

2024-2025 Recipients

$7,500

  • The Watershed Project (AB939)
  • Earth Team (AB939) 
  • San Pablo Baseball Association 
  • San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association 
  • San Pablo Rotary 
  • Wayfinder Family Services (fiscal sponsor: The Hatlen Center)
  • Weigh of Life
  • West Contra Costa Salesian Boys & Girls Club

$5,000

  • California Symphony 
  • Generations Vision for the Future 
  • House of Loving Hands
  • King's Accountability Group, Inc. 
  • Los Cenzontles Culture Arts Academy
  • Kiwanis Club of San Pablo (fiscal sponsor: The Latina Center) 
  • Morada De Mujeres Milenio
  • Safe Organized Spaces Richmond 

2023-2024 Recipients

$10,000

  • The Watershed Project (AB939)
  • Earth Team (AB939) 
  • West Contra Costa Salesian Boys & Girls Club
  • West County Reads 
  • Wayfinder Family Services (fiscal sponsor: The Hatlen Center) 

$7,500

  • Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy
  • Morada De Mujeres Milenio 
  • San Pablo Baseball Association  
  • San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association 

$5,000

  • California Symphony 
  • House of Loving Hands 
  • Kiwanis Club of San Pablo 
  • Weigh Of Life

No grant cycle 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 fiscal years due to COVID-19 Pandemic 

2019–2020 Recipients 

$10,000

  • West County Reads
  • Earth Team (AB939)
  • Strategic Energy Innovations (AB939) 
  • The Watershed Project (AB939)

$7,500

  • Wayfinder Family Services (The Hatlen Center)
  • San Pablo Historical & Museum Society

 $5,000

  • Bay Area Community Resources 
  • Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance 
  • Community Violence Solutions
  • California Symphony 
  • Jelly's Place
  • San Pablo Emergency Food Pantry
  • Mindful Life Project 
  • Meals on Wheels Diablo Region
  • Weigh of Life

2018–2019 Recipients  

$7,500

  • California Symphony 
  • Wayfinder Family Services (The Hatlen Center)  

$5,000

  • Earth Team (AB939)
  • Strategic Energy Innovations (AB939)
  • The Watershed Project (AB939)
  • 18 Reasons
  •  Cancer Support Community
  • Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance 
  • HL McLeod Memorial Foundation 
  • Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
  • Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa County 
  • Meals on Wheels Diablo Region
  • Mindful Life Project 
  • Read Aloud
  • San Pablo Baseball Youth Association 
  • San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association 
  • West County First 5 Center
  • West County Reads
  • Weigh of Life  

$8,333

  • California Symphony
  • Girls Inc. West Contra Costa County  
  • Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center

$7,500

  • Earth Team (AB939)
  • Strategic Energy Innovations (AB939)

$5,000

  • Animal Refugee Response
  • Cancer Support Community 
  • Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance 
  • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
  • HL McLeod Memorial Fund
  • Junior Blind (The Hatlen Center)
  • Meals on Wheels & Senior Outreach 
  • Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa County
  • Mindful Life Project
  • Read Aloud
  • San Pablo Rotary 
  • Weigh of Life   

2016–2017 Recipients 

$10,000
California Symphony 

$7,500

  • The Watershed Project (AB939)
  • Earth Team (AB939) 
  • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts 
  • K to College 
$5,000
  • Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance
  • Fresh Approach
  • Girls Inc. of West Contra Costa County
  • iCare
  • Inspiring Communities 
  • Junior Blind (The Hatlen Center) 
  • Meals on Wheels & Senior Outreach 
  • MultiCultural Institute
  • San Pablo Baseball Association 
  • San Pablo United Soccer Club
  • St. Paul School 
  • Weigh of Life

2015–2016 Recipients

$15,000
 The Watershed (AB939)

$10,000
San Pablo Historical & Museum Society

$7,500

  • Bright Futures Growth & Development Center
  • Metas Program / Contra Costa College

$5,000 

  • California Symphony Orchestra
  • Cancer Support Community
  • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts 
  •  Junior Blind (The Hatlen Center)
  • K to College
  • Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts
  • Meals on Wheels & Senior Outreach Services
  • MultiCultural Institute
  • San Pablo Baseball Association
  • San Pablo Cowboy Youth Association
  • West Contra Costa Family Justice Center
  • Weigh of Life

2014–2015 Recipients

$10,000

  • Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts
  • Prescott-Joseph Center for Community

$7,500

  • California Symphony Orchestra
  • Earth Team (AB939)
  • K to College
  • The Watershed Project (AB939)
$5,000 
  •  Bay Area Peacekeepers
  • Cancer Support Community
  • Courageous Women Association
  • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
  • Girls, Inc. of West Contra Costa County
  • Junior Achievement of No. California
  • Morada de Mujeres del Milenio
  • Public Health Institute
  • Weigh of Life
  • West Contra Costa Family Justice Center

2013–2014 Recipients 

$9,000

  • The Watershed Project (AB939)

$4,500

  • Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts
  • Bay Area Peacekeepers

$3,500 

  • Center for LAO Studies
  • Courageous Women Association
  • K to College
  • Weigh of Life
  • Morada de Mujeres del Milenio
  • Multi-Cultural Dance Foundation
  • Mariachi Nueva Luz y Cascables