The Directors of the Foundation are authorized and encouraged to award grant funds of $29,800 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 San Jose
San Jose, CA
Support Education and Outreach Program.
          $2,500.00

The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Web enhancement of the PhiloBiblon database.
          $3,000.00

Cambridge University Press
New York, NY
Support publication of "The Political Economy of Free and Slave Labor".
          $2,500.00

Camp Spirit, Camp Gailee
Glenbrook, NV
Support of Camp Spirit 2008 Summer Session. The program will host up to 40 children whose parents (one or both) are in prison.
          $3,800.00

Friends of Oakland Municipal Band
Oakland, CA
Support Lakeside Park Summer Concert Program for the 2008 Season.
          $1,000.00

St. Dunstan's Haiti Ministry
Carmel Valley, CA
Support the program at St. Andre's School in Haiti.
          $2,500.00

Middletown High School 2008 Sober Grad
Middletown, CA
Continued support for 2008 Sober Grad night.
          $1,000.00

Minnie Cannon Elementary
Middletown, CA
Support 3rd Grade class educational field trip to Discovery Museum.
          $500.00

San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA
Support the cost of a guest conductor for the 2009 production of Jacques OffenBach's "Orpheus in the Underworld".
          $6,000.00

The Santa Fe Opera
Sante Fe, NM
Contribution to the fiftieth Anniversary compaign for Opera.
          $5,000.00

Smith Valley School
Smith Valley, CA
Funds for the art program.
          $2,000.00

TOTAL:  $29,800.00