Trellis Fund
The Fund's grantmaking history is availabe online for the following years:
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
1. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & REGIONAL ADVOCACY
BREAD FOR THE CITY $30,000
1525 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
To hire a grass-roots community organizer to train DC residents to become effective advocates for their community.
12/17/2008
DC APPLESEED $50,000
1111 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
$25,000 in support of the DC CareFirst Reform Project, holding CareFirst accountable for its charitable obligations to the District of Columbia.
$25,000 in support of the DC Revenues Project, which seeks to remedy the approximately $1 billion tax shortfall that afflicts the District of Columbia.
7/31/2008
DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE $55,000
820 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
In support of analysis and transparency of budget and tax issues and protection of programs that benefit low and moderate- income DC residents.
12/17/2008
DC VOTE $85,000
2000 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Second installment of a two-year $170,000 grant in support of full voting rights for the citizens of the District of Columbia.
7/31/2008
MARY'S CENTER $50,000
2333 Ontario Road NW
Washington, DC 20009
In support of advocacy efforts on behalf of the immigrant community served by the Center.
12/17/2008
TENANTS AND WORKERS UNITED $55,000
3801 Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22305
In support of organizing and advocacy grass-roots work on behalf of low-income workers and their families in Northern Virginia. Issues include access to health care, education, and voting rights.
12/17/2008
NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON
HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY
$50,000
1411 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
In support of "Wiki Homeless Law and Advocacy" website, a national on-line collaborative resource for those involved in advocating on behalf of the homeless.
7/31/2008
WASHINGTON AIDS PARTNERSHIP $25,000
1400 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
For analysis of HIV/AIDS services and delivery systems in the metropolitan area, so that WAP grantees can develop effective, targeted public policy and advocacy initiatives.
12/17/2008
TOTAL DC & REGIONAL ADVOCACY GRANTS $400,000
2. THE ARTS
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART $60,000
500 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
First installment of a two-year $100,000 grant in support of the exhibition," Helios, the Art of Eadweard Muybridge."
12/17/2008
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM $35,000
Independence Avenue at 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20560
Final grant in support of the "Directions" series.
12/17/2008
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON $40,000
P.O. Box 6826
Houston, TX 77265
In support of curatorial research for the multi-year project, "We Bear Witness: Photographers Responding to War."
12/17/2008
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $200,000
6thSt. and Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20565
Third installment of a five-year grant in support of the Department of Photographs.
12/17/2008
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART $50,000
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
First installment of two-year $100,000 grant in support of the "Exposed" exhibition, which will examine the personal and political impact of photographs taken without the knowledge of the subject.
7/31/2008
UMBC CENTER FOR ART AND VISUAL CULTURE $25,000
Fine Arts Bldg. 105
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21212
In support of curatorial research for the exhibition," Color Pictures: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights."
12/17/2008
TOTAL ARTS GRANTS $410,000
3. GENDER EQUITY
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS $125,000
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
In support of international program that advance reproductive rights as human rights.
12/17/2008
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH $100,000
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
First installment of three-year $300,000 grant in support of the Women's Rights Division.
7/31/2008
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN $90,000
1012 14th Street NW
Washington DC 20005
In support of research and advocacy that will advance gender equality and women's rights throughout the world.
12/17/2008
TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER $50,000
6402 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church, VA 22042
Second and final installment of a two-year $100,000 grant in support of advocacy work on behalf of immigrant women and girls fleeing human rights abuse.
4/14/2008
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES $25,000
1875 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington DC 20009
Second installment of a four-year $100,000 grant to match a challengee from the Ford Foundation and help establish an endowment for the Partnership
12/18/2008
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER $25,000
11 Dupont Circle
Washington, DC 20036
Second installment of four-year $100,000 grant to match a challenge from the Ford Foundation and help establish an endowment for the Center.
4/21/2008
TOTAL GENDER EQUITY GRANTS $415,000
4. EXTRAORDINARY GRANTS
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION $1,000,000
Gainesville, FL 32604

Second installment of a $2,000,001 grant to endow the Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications, which will be housed in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida. This will be the first university chair in the nation to focus on the strategic practice of communications in the public interest.
7/11/2009
TOTAL EXTRAORDINARY GRANTS $1, 000,000
5. MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
THE FOUNDATION CENTER $2,500
1627 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
In support of general operations.
Employee Matching Grants
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES $100
WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION $50
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK $250
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS $2,900
TOTAL GRANTS (INCLUDING MATCHING GIFTS) $2,227,900
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