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Program Grants: June, 2002

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Homelessness
 
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities*+ (Wash., DC; National)

$30,000

Part two of a two-year grant for policy/advocacy work on the intersection of housing and welfare.

     
Center for Community Change*+ (Wash, DC; National) $70,000

For the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support.

     
Center on Policy Initiatives* (San Diego, CA) $25,000

To spearhead the Campaign on Affordable Housing in San Diego.

     
Coalition on Homelessness*+ (San Francisco, CA) $20,000

For the Family Rights and Dignity Project (defending the rights of homeless families).

     
Corporation for Supportive Housing* (New York, NY; National) $15,000

For the National Advocacy Program.

     
Fifth Avenue Committee* (New York, NY) $10,000

For the Displacement Free Zone Campaign (organizing to prevent displacement and eviction of long term low-income residents in South Brooklyn).

     
JHP, Inc. (formerly Jobs for Homeless People)*+ (Washington, DC) $15,000

General support for empowering homeless/low-income people to find jobs and housing.

     
McAuley Institute* (Silver Spring, MD; National) $15,000

To support national advocacy on homeless issues.

     
National Coalition for the Homeless* (Wash., DC; National) $10,000

For general support.

     
National Low Income Housing Coalition* (Wash., DC; National) $40,000

To support the national Housing Trust Fund Campaign.

     
Neighbors Consejo* (Washington, DC) $15,000

For general support (homeless prevention and outreach in Latino immigrant neighborhood).

     
Project H.O.M.E.*+ (Philadelphia, PA) $15,000

For the Education and Advocacy Project (around housing/homelessness and welfare).

     
Repairers of the Breach* (Milwaukee, WI) $15,000

For general support (for multi-faceted daytime center for homeless people).

     
Welfare Law Center*+ (New York, NY; National) $25,000

For general support (litigation on welfare issues).

     
  Subtotal: $335,000
     
     
Criminal Justice Reform    
     
Juvenile Justice    
     
Community Dispute Resolution Center (Washington, DC) $20,000

To support a pilot mediation program for juvenile offenders.

     
Florida Justice Institute (Florida and National) $30,000

For the Juvenile Death Penalty Initiative (to eliminate the juvenile death penalty in the U.S.).

     
Juvenile Law Center* (Philadelphia, PA) $25,000

General support for juvenile justice and death penalty efforts.

     
Justice 4 DC Youth! Coalition (Washington, DC) $20,000

For an organizer to help close Oak Hill Detention Center and improve juvenile justice in DC.

     
Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE) (Washington, DC) $6,500

Part two of a two-year grant to support lawyer working on teen dating violence.

     
  Subtotal: $101,500
     
Death Penalty    
     
The Constitution Project (Wash.,DC; National) $20,000

For the Death Penalty Initiative.

     
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Chicago, IL) $20,000

For general support.

     
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (Boston, MA; National) $15,000

For general support.

     
Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta, GA and National) $25,000

For impact work and community education around capital punishment.

     
Tides Foundation (San Francisco, CA; National) $25,000

For the Death Penalty Mobilization Fund--State Strategies Pool.

     
  Subtotal: $105,000
     
Drug Policy Reform    
     
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, CA) $30,000

To support the evaluation and promotion of drug policy reform in California.

     
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (National) $30,000

For the Smart on Crime Campaign (addressing mandatory sentencing laws).

     
Mobilization for Human Family (Los Angeles, CA) $25,000

For a project to secure effective implementation of Proposition 36 in Los Angeles.

     
  Subtotal: $85,000
     
  Subtotal Criminal Justice Reform: $291,500
     
     
Global Warming    
     
Sierra Club Foundation (San Francisco, CA; National) $100,000

For the Fuel Economy Campaign to help prevent global warming.

     
  Subtotal: $100,000
     
  Total All Program Grants: $726,500
     
*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.
+Includes a welfare component.
     
The Butler Family Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals.