Past Awards

LEF California supports a variety of projects and institutions, primarily in California, Hawaii and New Mexico, focusing on the categories outlined below. These sample grants from 2009 illustrate LEF California's funding interests and priorities. 

Architecture & Restoration

		Architecture for Humanity $10,000 Funds in support of Architecture for Humanity’s design fellowship program
		Cornerstones $6,000 Funds in support of Cornerstones Community Partnerships, community-based restoration efforts in New Mexico and Texas

Mills College Art Museum
$5,000
Funds in support of the Museum’s exhibition Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, in which sixteen artists reconsider modern architecture and what it means to a new generation

Old Spanish Trail Association
$5,000
Funds in support of the Taos Public Library Speaker Series on the Native American origins of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail

St. Joseph Apache Mission Restoration Project
$6,000
Funds in support of St. Joseph Apache Mission Restoration Project, a grassroots community development and restoration project

Film, Performing Arts & Visual Art

Ali Akbar College of Music
$5,000
Funds in support of the Audio Preservation Project, a comprehensive collection of over one hundred years of Indian classical music

ETHEL'S Foundation for the Arts
$5,000
Funds in support of ETHEL string quartet for their “Truckstop” program of innovative commission, collaborations, outreach and education

KRCB
$5,000
Funds in support of Moments in Time, PBS station KRCB’s film project about the Point Reyes National Seashore, made in collaboration with filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto

Mark Kitchell
$2,500
Funds in support of A Fierce Green Fire, Mark Kitchell’s documentary about the history of the environmental movement

Sangati Center
$4,000
Funds in support of Silhouette of Songs, a cross-cultural exhibition and performance featuring artists Susan Chen, Minette Lee Mangahas, Walter Kitundu and Robin Sukhadia

Stephen Most
$5,000
Funds to support the completion of River of Renewal, Stephen Most’s film about the Klamath River 

UC Berkeley Art Museum
$2,000
Funds in support of artist Rigo 23’s installation Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet

Environment & Community Needs

Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed
$2,000
Funds in support of the Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed restoration activities

Global Exchange
$5,000
Funds in general support of Global Exchange’s strategic campaigns to promote peace

Hawaii People’s Fund
$15,000
Funds in support of the Hawaii People’s Fund’s re-granting program for social justice and environmental projects throughout the Hawaiian Islands

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
$6,000
Funds in support of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s efforts to preserve over nine million acres of uncommon lands