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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — a private philanthropy founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan — distributed nearly $3.5 million in grants to 40 Bay Area organizations working to address critical community needs in East Palo Alto, the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park, North Fair Oaks and Redwood City, the philanthropy announced on Jan. 9.
The grants, which were awarded through the philanthropy’s CZI Community Fund, range from $25,000 to $100,000, and will be used to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in these communities, including food security, workforce development, homelessness, immigration, health care, mentoring and education.
“CZI Community Fund recipients are on the front lines of critical work to support our neighbors and strengthen our community,” said Cristina Huezo, director of CZI Community Fund.
Among the grant recipients are Project WeHope, an East Palo Alto organization that provides social services, such as mobile showering facilities and free certification courses for employment opportunities; and the nonprofit Live In Peace, which provides youth and young adults with resources focused on academic and career support.
Other recipients include the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula, Ecumencial Hunger Program, Youth United for Community Action, Girls to Women, and Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto.
In addition to receiving the yearlong grants, these organizations will partner with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to pursue ways to strengthen their nonprofit work, including training opportunities for leaders of nonprofits and other collaborative opportunities.
Launched in 2017, the CZI Community Fund has distributed grants to more than 70 local organizations. To qualify for the grants, an organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a budget of at least $100,000 and a fiscal agent or sponsor, or be a local municipality or government agency.
My poor community is so sad. Very poor conditions and rent is just unaffordable here on Willow Road.
Lowercase yay. $3.5M is a pittance compared to what Zuckerberg gave, and continues to give, political propagandists and click farms whose sole aim is to subvert our democracy.