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Our lives are touched by those who lived centuries ago, and we hope that our lives will mean something to those who will live centuries from now. It's a great 'chain of being,' someone once told me, and I think our job is to hope, to dream and to do the best we can to hold up our small segment of that chain.
-- Dorothy Day
 
Biennial Report

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & JUSTICE

Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy

(2007)                                    $15,000

www.changecalifornia.org

In support of  Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy.  Center for Environmental Health served as fiscal sponsor.

Collaborative on Health and the Environment

(2008)                                    $10,000

www.healthandenvironment.org

www.sfms.org

To support work of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment with The San Francisco Medical Society to advance science and advocacy in environmental health.  The San Francisco Medical Society Community Service Foundation served as fiscal sponsor.

Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives

(2007)                                    $5,000

www.no-burn.org

To support a meeting in Brussels in 2008 to strengthen GAIA’s European network and policy strategies.  The Ecology Center served as fiscal sponsor.

Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health

(2007)                                    $15,000

www.rockpa.org/special_programs/gulf-coast-fund/

For general support.  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors served as fiscal sponsor.

National Research Center for Women and Families

(2008)                                    $5,000

www.center4research.org

To support work on cancer with the Collaborative on Health and the Environment.

Women’s Health and Environment Initiative

(2007)                                    $10,000

www.womenshealthandenvironment.org

To support the convening of Women’s Health and Environment Initiative’s Coordinating Team in February 2008.  Commonweal served as fiscal sponsor.

Living on Earth

(2007)                                    $10,000

www.loe.org/index.htm

For general support.  World Media Foundation served as fiscal sponsor.

BOLINAS COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Bolinas Children’s Center

(2007)                                    $1,000

For general support.  Community Action Marin served as fiscal sponsor.

Bolinas Community Center

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.bocenter.org

For general support.  Bolinas Community Inc. served as fiscal sponsor.

Bolinas Museum

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.bolinasmuseum.org

For general support.

Bolinas-Stinson Beach Library Improvement Society

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/LB/main/wmarin/Bolindex.cfm

For general support.

Bolinas Stinson Science Summer Camp

(2007)                                    $1,000

For general support.  Bolinas Community Inc. served as fiscal sponsor.

Coastal Health Alliance

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.coastalhealth.net

For general support.

KWMR Radio

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.kwmr.org

For general support.

Stinson Beach Pre-school

(2007)                                    $1,000

To provide tuition assistance for low income families.

West Marin Literacy Program

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.marinliteracy.org

To support a weekly English language class for women.   LVA Marin Literacy Project served as fiscal sponsor.

West Marin Senior Services

(2007)                                    $1,000

www.wmss.org

For general support.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Regenerative Design Institute

(2007)                                    $10,000

www.regenerativedesign.org

In support of the Commonweal Healing Garden.

Institute for Jewish Spritiuality

(2007)                                    $5,000

www.ijs-online.org

To support the Prayer Project: developing a contemplative approach to prayer.

COMMONWEAL

Commonweal

(2008)                                    $385,000

www.commonweal.org

For general support.

GRANTMAKER ACTIVITIES

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

(2007)                                    $3,000

www.cgbd.org

Membership support for the 2008-2009 biennium.     

Council on Foundations

(2007)                                    $1,680

www.cof.org

Membership support for 2008.

Environmental Grantmakers Association

(2008)                                    $1,440

www.ega.org

Membership support for the 2008-2009 biennium.     
Rockefeller Family Fund served as fiscal sponsor.

 

The Jenifer Altman Foundation, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Presidio Building 1016, First Floor, P.O. Box 29209, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA. 415.561.2182 info@jaf.org