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Program Grants: DECEMBER, 2005

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Homelessness
 
Center for Community Change* (Nat'l, based in Washington, DC) $20,000

For the Housing Trust Fund Project

     
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers* (Chicago, IL) $20,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless* (Chicago, IL)  

Joint grant to prevent homelessness stemming from incarcerating mothers, particularly prostitutes. [Second half of grant is in drug policy grants below.]

     
DC Appleseed (Washington, DC) $10,000

For the housing project: To ensure low-income residents benefit from Anacostia River development.

     
Housing California (Sacramento, CA) $20,000

For the California coordinated policy program to prevent and end chronic homelessness.

     
Housing First! (New York, NY) $10,000

For general support.

     
Michigan Organizing Project* (Kalamazoo, MI) $15,000

For advocacy for the Kalamazoo Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

     
National AIDS Housing Coalition* (Nat'l, based in Washington, DC) $20,000

For general support.

     
National Low Income Housing Coalition* (Nat'l, based in Washington, DC) $3,000

To defray the expenses incurred by the disaster response conference calls.

     
Nat'l Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness* (Nat'l, based in Amherst, MA) $10,000

For general support.

     
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern CA* (San Francisco, CA) $15,000

To support the Inclusionary Housing Initiative, a San Francisco Funders’ Collaborative.

     
PICO Louisiana Interfaith Together ("LIFT") (Baton Rouge and across LA) $15,000

To support organizing around housing and homelessness in Louisiana.

     
San Francisco Organizing Project* (San Francisco, CA) $20,000

For the “Yes in My Backyard” Campaign.

     
Settlement Housing Fund, Inc. (New York, NY) $15,000

For a planning grant for supportive housing for families.

     
Southern Mutual Help (New Iberia, LA) $15,000

For work around housing and homelessness in rural Louisiana.

     
  Subtotal: $208,000
     
     
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM    
Juvenile Justice    
     
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (New York, NY) $15,000

For the Community Prep High School Replication Project.

     
Community Justice for Youth Institute (Chicago, IL) $20,000

For general support.

     
Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana* (New Orleans, LA) $25,000

For general support.

     
Death Penalty    
     
Capital Post-Conviction Project (New Orleans, LA) $18,000

For work on a moratorium on the death penalty.

     
Carolina Justice Policy Center* (Durham, NC) $15,000

For general support.

     
Life After Exoneration Program (“LAEP”) (Nat'l, based in San Francisco, CA) $15,000

For general support.

     
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty* (Chicago, IL) $20,000

For research on the Capital Case Organizing Project.

     
New Yorkers against the Death Penalty* (New York, NY) $20,000

For general support.

     
Drug Policy Reform    
     
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers* (Chicago, IL) $20,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless* (Chicago, IL)  

Joint grant to prevent homelessness stemming from incarcerating mothers, particularly prostitutes. [Second half of grant is in homelessness grants above.]

     
WISDOM (State of Wisconsin) $10,000

For work on a campaign around the Treatment Instead of Prison initiative.

     
  Subtotal: $178,000
     
     
OTHER    
     
Neighborhood Funders Group (Nat'l, based in Washington, DC) $2,000

For the Fund for the Future.

     
     
TOTAL ALL GRANTS (DECEMBER 2005):   $388,000
     
*Indicates renewed funding for the organization, but not necessarily the project.
     
The Butler Family Fund does not accept unsolicited proposals.