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San Francisco Chronicle
17-07-2025
- General
- San Francisco Chronicle
Hearst Foundations award $2.95 million in grants to California organizations
The Hearst Foundations announced $2.95 million in grants were awarded to 17 different California organizations and universities to support various education, research and outreach programs on Thursday. The foundations, including the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the Hearst Foundation, are independent private philanthropies that operate separately from the Hearst Corp., which owns The San Francisco Chronicle. The foundations began in the 1940s and have since awarded more than 20,000 grants. The foundations awarded $200,000 each to the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum in Alameda and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre to support education and outreach programs. UC Davis also received $250,000 to support the California Autism Professional Training and Information Network. The foundations also gave $250,000 to the Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego to support an initiative to enhance access to psychiatry in pediatric primary care offices. Another $150,000 went to provide Trail scholarships to student-athletes on the Rodeo Team at the California Polytechnic State University. A $200,000 grant was awarded to the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito to support the renovation of the entry pavilion. The philanthropies also gave the City of Hope in Duarte $200,000 to support the development of a guided care model for older adults with cancer and $200,000 to The People Concern in Los Angeles to provide mental health services to homeless individuals participating in the Inside Safe program. A grant of $125,000 went to the Ocean Discovery Institute in San Diego to support the Out-of-School program, which provides place-based science and conservation education for kindergarten to eighth grade students.
San Francisco Chronicle
22-04-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Hearst Foundations announce more than $3 million in grants to California organizations
The Hearst Foundations announced more than $3 million in grants sent to 16 California organizations and institutions Tuesday, supporting causes including research into regenerative therapy for heart failure and housing and education programs in the Bay Area. The foundations, which include the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and the Hearst Foundation, Inc., are philanthropies that operate separately from the Hearst Corporation, which owns the San Francisco Chronicle. The foundations were started in the 1940s and have awarded more than 200,000 grants. The recent round of awards includes $150,000 to For the People, an Oakland-based group providing re-entry services to formerly incarcerated people, and to AbilityPath in Redwood City to help with the costs of building Mitchell Park Place, an affordable housing complex to aid adults with developmental disabilities. The Foundation for California Community Colleges received a $150,000 to help with forestry career programs. The philanthropies also gave $250,000 to the Exploratorium in San Francisco toward teaching programs. Other education-related programs that received grants from the Hearst Foundations included Turnaround Arts in Los Angeles, to support youth education programs, and the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, to help cover tuition. The Gardens of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco received $150,000 to support educational programs for K-12 students. La Cocina, a San Francisco-based organization that aims to help women and people of color get into the food and restaurant industry, received $100,000.
