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San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds Grant
Organization - San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds
Grant Amount - $500,000
Foundation - California Endowment
Grant Purpose - Communities of Opportunity: To create healthy neighborhoods, assist individuals and families to become self-sufficient, and develop and implement more effective strategies for city agencies to serve families in distressed neighborhoods to improve the health of underserved individuals in the Bay Area.
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Association for Enterprise Opportunity - $225,000 from the Mott Foundation - Founded in 1991, the Association for Enterprise Opportunity is the national trade association of organizations committed to microenterprise development. It provides over 450 members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote enterprise...
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