Grants
A trusted resource for child care and preschool needs for parents living and working in San Mateo County. 4Cs supports the county’s 1,000 licensed child care providers and preschool programs, investing in professional development and improving program quality.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$40,000 |
2022 |
general support, $40,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $120,000) |
| Responsive |
$20,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$40,000 |
2021 |
general support, $40,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $120,000) |
| Responsive |
$20,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$40,000 |
2020 |
general support, $40,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $120,000) |
| safe spaces |
$35,000 |
2019 |
general support |
A short-term residential care facility that provides supportive services to families who are in stress or crisis by offering free and temporary 24-hour residential care for children ages 0-11. Each year, it serves over 250 children, two-thirds of whom are ages 0-5.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2022 |
general support, $30,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $90,000) |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2021 |
general support, $30,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $90,000) |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2020 |
general support, $30,000 per year for three years |
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2019 |
general support, $30,000 per year for three years |
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2018 |
general support, $30,000 per year for three years |
| safe spaces |
$30,000 |
2017 |
general support |
A children’s science museum that serves over 150,000 children and families on-site and off-site at public education programs each year. It offers an interactive playground for children to discover the power of real science through play and experimentation.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2016 |
Community Outreach Programs |
| safe spaces |
$1,000,000 |
2016 |
capital campaign to remodel and expand current museum, allowing for additional exhibit space, more classrooms, expanded school programs, and outdoor play. |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2022 |
general support |
A nonprofit organization that works to provide annual resources to support San Mateo County Libraries’ goals and system initiatives.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$75,000 |
2021 |
the Outdoor Children's Area project at North Fair Oaks and East Palo Alto |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2019 |
Brisbane Library Children’s Area |
A nonprofit providing high quality, comprehensive early care and education and family services in San Mateo County. It operates 12 centers and contracts with family care providers to offer child care to more than 650 young children.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2021 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| safe spaces |
$20,000 |
2019 |
strategic planning and rebranding project |
| bright spots |
$10,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
The largest single provider of preschool in the Bay Area. It serves over 4,000 children each day across 50 sites in four counties. Ninety-five percent of families receive free or reduced-cost services.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responsive |
$100,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$200,000 |
2021 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| safe spaces |
$200,000 |
2020 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| Responsive |
$35,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$200,000 |
2019 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| safe spaces |
$200,000 |
2018 |
general support, $200,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $600,000) |
| safe spaces |
$200,000 |
2017 |
general support |
A nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the community by providing children, families, and older adults with the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy, stable lives. As part of its early learning initiative, it operates nine child development centers in San Mateo County, providing quality preschool for 500 children.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2021 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$15,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2020 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Responsive |
$10,000 |
2020 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$40,000 |
2019 |
a feasibility study for the Midway Early Learning Center Capital Campaign |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2019 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment three of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2018 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment two of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| bright spots |
$10,000 |
2018 |
general support |
| bright spots |
$10,000 |
2017 |
General support |
| safe spaces |
$100,000 |
2017 |
general support, $100,000 per year for three years (payment one of three, total grant amount $300,000) |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2019 |
Early Childhood Makerspace |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2017 |
capital support of early learning spaces |
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| sector support/research |
$100,000 |
2021 |
the LatinExcel Fund |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2020 |
San Mateo & Santa Clara County Fire Relief Fund |
| Responsive |
$270,000 |
2020 |
COVID-19 Coronavirus Regional Response Fund, with $120,000 to support organizations in San Mateo County and $150,000 to support organizations in Santa Clara County |
| 2020 census |
$50,000 |
2019 |
San Mateo and Santa Clara Census Pooled Fund, $60,000 in 2019 and $50,000 in 2020 |
| 2020 census |
$60,000 |
2019 |
San Mateo and Santa Clara Census Pooled Fund, $60,000 in 2019 and $50,000 in 2020 |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2017 |
Choose Children 2018 |
A nonprofit dedicated to raising funds to support learning and literacy at South San Francisco Libraries. Its initiatives include funding library collections, children’s services, literacy programs, cultural and educational classes and events for all ages, access to current information and technologies, community connections, and improved facilities.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$75,000 |
2019 |
capital campaign for new main library |
An environmental justice agency that offers educational and outdoor activities for under-served Tuolumne riverside communities. It works with nearly 300 households in Modesto's Airport Neighborhood to address food access, play spaces, and community health and safety.
| Giving Areas | Amount |
Year |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2021 |
neighborhood initiatives in Modesto |
| Responsive |
$25,000 |
2021 |
general support |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2020 |
neighborhood initiatives in Modesto |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2019 |
initiatives in Modesto's Airport Neighborhood |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2018 |
initiatives in Modesto's Airport Neighborhood |
| safe spaces |
$50,000 |
2017 |
initiatives in Modesto's Airport Neighborhood |
