The Directors of the Foundation are authorized and encouraged to award grant funds of $100,000 to appropriate organizations during the year. These Discretionary Grants do not go through the regular grant process but must be in alignment with the mission statement of the Foundation.


Ballet of San Jose Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
Education and Outreach program.
          $2,500.00

The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Support project of the conversion of the Philobiblon database program from the MS-DOS operating System to Windows.
          $5,000.00

Center for Youth Development through Law
Berkeley, CA
Support Summer Legal Fellowship Program that provides educational and employment opportunities to disadvantaged Eat Bay young people.
          $5,000.00

Children's Theatre Ltd.
Oakland, CA
Grant for the Special Handicapped Program - Support of this program will go toward scripts being printed in Braille, recording studio rent and master tapes and copies of six plays for the blind and handicapped children.
          $1,000.00

Close Up Foundation for Alexander McGee
Middletown, CA
Help fund a trip to the Nation's Capital for a student in the Close Up program.
          $250.00

Dumbarton House
Washington, D.C.
Support educational program for grade school children in the Washington D.C. area.
          $2,500.00

Hispanic Youth Theatre
Oakland, CA
Contribution to Theatre's annual Christmas Toy Give-Away Program.
          $1,000.00

Marin Theatre Company
Mill Valley, CA
Support for artistic and educational programs.
          $2,000.00

Middletown High School
Middletown, CA
Continued support of Sober Grad Night.
          $1,500.00

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
San Francisco, CA
Funding for presentation of the 2006 Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar.
          $7,000.00

Smith Valley Schools
Smith, Nevada
Helping enrich the educational experiences for students of Smith Valley School. Funds used to hire Artists and art supplies.
          $3,500.00

University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Purchase of equipment for research for the ecosystems at the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources.
          $7,175.00

TOTAL:  $38,425.00