Chancellor s Community Partnership Fund 2017-18 Grant Cycle Community Mixer October 25, 2016
Today s Agenda I. Mixer II. Partnership Fund and Pre-Application Process a. Meet Partnership Fund Board Members b. Background: Partnership Fund, Lessons Learned c. Pre-Application Overview III. Questions & Answers IV. Partnership Conversation
The 2017-18 Cycle Total Funds Available Up to $276,000 Amount and Length of Award Range is $5000 - $20,000 Average $10,000 - $15,000 1-year grants only
Eligibility Must be a collaboration and partnership between community partner(s) AND a university partner(s): Eligible community partners include: Neighborhood, civic and merchant associations Primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools Community-based organizations, such as social service and faithbased organizations Local governmental departments, agencies and commissions Eligible university partners include: UC Berkeley academic departments or faculty Non-academic staff or departments Students/groups (with least one staff or faculty advisor)
Grant Timeline December 15, 2016 February 2017 March 2017 May/June 2017 Pre-Application Forms Due Full Applications Requested Full Applications Due 2017-2018 Partnership Grant Awards Announced
Education Grants For education-based grants, applicants are required to identify how the project or program aligns with and forwards the goals of the 2020 Vision for Berkeley Children and Youth. The 2020 Vision is Berkeley s communitywide effort to end disparities in academic achievement that exist along racial lines among children and youth in Berkeley.
2006-2017 Partnership Fund Grant Distribution Environmental Stewardship 15% Economic Development 5% Community Safety and Livability 20% Arts and Culture 19% Education 41% 2006-2017 Category Breakdown Category # of Projects Community Service 108 Neighborhood Improvement 40 Total 148 total $2.4 million
Recent Projects Berkeley Baby Book Project (2015-16) Primary Partners: YMCA Headstart, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education
Recent Projects Print Public (2012-16) Primary Partners: Kala Art Institute, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design: Department of City and Regional Planning, UC Transportation Center
Recent Projects Partnerships for STEM in Middle School (2015-17) Primary Partnerships: Community Resources for Science (CSR), UC Berkeley Department of Microbial Biology
Recent Projects Strawberry Creek Watershed Action Program (2015-17) Primary Partners: Kids for the BAY, Office of the Environment, Health, and Safety
Recent Projects Waterside Workshops (2015-17) Primary Partnerships: Rebuilding Together, Berkeley Youth Living with Disabilities, Cal Corps, UC Berkeley Public Service Center, UC Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Recent Projects Screen Play (2016-17) Primary Partnerships: Berkeley Repertory Theater UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Over 1,000 Berkeley community members gathered for the first free screening of the presidential debates on September 26, 2016, at BAMPFA. Co-organized with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Photo courtesy of Berkeley Rep.
Recent Projects Bay Area Book Festival (2016-17) Primary Partnerships: BAMPFA, The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, BUILD, UC Press, The Berkeley MBA Haas Consulting Club, Downtown Berkeley Association
Past Projects A Parklet and Artlot for the Lorin Primary Partnerships: Youth Spirit Artworks, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, Geoffrey Holton and Associates
Past Projects Athletics for All: Goal ball (2014-16) Primary Partners: BORP, UCB Graduate School of Education
Past Projects Berkeley Project Day (2012-14) Primary Partners: Rebuilding Together East Bay-N., Berkeley Project, UCB Public Service Center
Past Projects Equal Read: Building Identity-Safe Literacy Programs for BUSD Primary Partnerships: UC Berkeley Public Service Center, BUSD
Past Projects S. Berkeley Bioremediation Garden & Public Education (2012-14) Primary Partners: Berkeley Partners for Parks, Ecology Center, City of Berkeley, Spiral Gardens, Community Food Security Project, Berkeley Community Gardening, Collaborative; UCB Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management
Past Projects Pasangan Partners (2012-14) Primary Partners: Gamelan Sekar Jaya, UCB Department of Music
Past Projects Berkeley United in Literacy Development (BUILD) : Equity Through Literacy (2012-2014) Primary Partners: Berkeley Alliance (now BUSD), UCB Public Service Center
Past Projects Berkeley Unzipped: The Green Tour Program (2011) Primary Partners: Bay Area Green Tours; UCB The Green Initiative Fund
Past Projects Skydeck/Berkeley (2011) Primary Partners: Downtown Berkeley Association, UCB Office of Technology Licensing