The Palo Alto Community Fund (PACF) distributed over $1.8 million to 62 nonprofit organizations serving Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park in the first six months of 2020. PACF’s 2020 distribution includes $660,000 in annual grants for local nonprofits that help families, uplift the vulnerable, improve education opportunities, and enhance community life; and $1,000,000 in COVID-19 Relief Fund grants to nonprofits working to mitigate hardship related to the pandemic.
This year we also launched our inaugural Dave Mitchell Community Impact Grant, which honors the memory of longtime supporter, Dave Mitchell. Funds for the $75,000 Dave Mitchell Community Impact Grant came from donations to the PACF and a grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Thank you to our hundreds of donors, who made this investment in our community possible.
A full list of 2020 PACF grantees can be found below.
Standing together
As we look towards our grant-making for the latter half of 2020 and beyond, we pause to stand with our grantees in acknowledging the disparity of opportunity and systemic racism that continues to hold back people of color in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The tragic deaths of George Floyd, David McAtee, Amaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others have prompted PACF to ask ourselves what we can proactively do to address these issues through our work in our community.
About the Palo Alto Community Fund
Palo Alto Community Fund is a 40-year young nonprofit community foundation focused on the unique needs of our community, and channels charitable giving of local donors to effective organizations that improve the quality of life for everyone in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
About the PACF COVID-19 Relief Fund
For more information about the recipients of the first allocation of funds, please visit our FAQ web page at: https://paloaltocommfund.org/covid-19-relief-fund-faqs/
PACF is committed to both listening to our local nonprofit partners and finding ways to better support their critical work to relieve hunger, address education inequity, increase job opportunities, and represent the underserved members of our community.
PACF is grateful to our donors for their belief and generosity, and to our grantees for reminding us that helping our community is a responsibility we all share. PACF will keep learning and improving as we move forward together.
Grant Recipients
ANNUAL GRANTS
49ers Academy
Adolescent Counseling Services
All Students Matter
Art In Action
Avenidas
Beechwood School
Beyond Barriers Athletic Foundation
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
Bring Me A Book
CASSY
Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto
CORA
East Palo Alto Academy Foundation
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation
East Palo Alto YMCA
Environmental Volunteers
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)
Habitat for Humanity, Greater San Francisco
Health Connected
Home & Hope
JobTrain
KARA
Kids & Art Foundation
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
LifeMoves
LitLab
Music in the Schools Foundation
Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto
Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County
One East Palo Alto
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
Palo Alto Housing
Palo Alto Jr. Museum & Zoo
PARCA
Peninsula HealthCare Connections
Pets In Need
Project WeHOPE
Ravenswood Education Foundation
Ravenswood Family Health Center
Rosalie Rendu Center
Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange
St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room
St. Elizabeth Seton School
Tax-Aid
TheatreWorks
Upward Scholars
Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Youth Community Service
DAVE MITCHELL COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANT
Canopy
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
COVID-19 RELIEF FUND
49ers Academy
Ada’s Café
Avenidas
Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula
Children’s Health Council
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
CORA
Downtown Streets Team
DreamCatchers
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation
Ecumenical Hunger Program
Family Giving Tree
Kafenia Peace Collective
KARA
La Comida
LifeMoves
Live in Peace
Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation
Palo Alto Community Child Care
Peninsula HealthCare Connections
Project WeHOPE
Ravenswood Education Foundation
Ravenswood Family Health Center
Second Harvest Food Bank
St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room
St. Elizabeth Seton School
Posted Jun 4, 2020