2005-2006 YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula DAF Grant Partners


Foundation for a College Education

$15,000

East Palo Alto.  General operating support for the College Bound and College Success programs.


Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County

$15,000

Pleasant Hill.  To support Got Choices, a year-round life skills program that serves an ethnically diverse group of girls ages 11 through 17 who are involved in the juvenile justice system.


Girls Club of the Mid-Peninsula

$15,000

East Palo Alto.  General operating support for after-school and summer programming for girls in East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park.


Girls for a Change

$15,000

San Jose.  Funding for the implementation of its mid-Peninsula Girl Action Teams. In partnership with women volunteers, 13 teams of girls will work to identify a social issue in their community and develop and implement a solution.   


Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice

$15,000

San Jose.  Funding for the Camp Everytown program at each Palo Alto High School for the 2006-07 school year.


Women's Action to Gain Economic Security

$15,000

Oakland.  To support the Peer Leadership Program, which works with members of a Redwood City cooperative to help them become leaders and mentors in their businesses and communities.  


Young Women's Christian Association in Berkeley

$15,000

Berkeley.  To support the Racial Justice Program, a program that provides services and leadership opportunities for teens, pre-teens, Head Start students and university students.