Trellis Fund
The Fund's grantmaking history is availabe online for the following years:
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES$ 50,000
Continued support of the Disability Vote Project to ensure equal voting rights and to enhance accessibility of the political process for people with disabilities in DC and surrounding MD and VA through improvements in polling places, technology and implementation of the "Help America Vote Act of 2002" (HAVA).
 
BREAK THE CHAIN CAMPAIGN$ 30,000
General operating support for the legislative advocacy and public awareness campaign to minimize the effects of human trafficking, modern-day slavery and worker exploitation.
 
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER$ 40,000
To support advocacy and public policy reforms to improve the quality of legislative, administrative and judicial policies in DC that affect children.
 
COUNCIL OF LATINO AGENCIES$ 50,000
Fifth and final grant in support of general operations and the Research, Policy and Advocacy Program, whose purpose in this phase is to reduce the political and socioeconomic marginalization of poor Latino children, youth and Families in the District of Columbia.
 
DC APPLESEED$ 50,000
To support the Carefirst Watch Coalition, whose purpose is to safeguard access to health care for the residents of the District of Columbia through careful monitoring and analysis of the conversion of CareFirst from a nonprofit to a for profit entity.
 
DC APPLESEED$ 10,900
To co-produce, in partnership with DC Vote, a briefing book as an initial step in planning a campaign to bring voting rights to District of Columbia residents.
 
DC EMPLOYMENT JUSTICE CENTER $ 50,000
General operating support to secure and enforce the rights of low-income workers in the District of Columbia.
 
DC FISCAL POLICY INSTITUTE$ 40,000
General operating support to bring an authoritative research voice to tax and budget debates in the District of Columbia, with a focus on low- and moderate income residents.
 
DC VOTE$ 8,700
To co-produce, in partnership with DC Appleseed, a briefing book as an initial step in planning a campaign to bring voting rights to District of Columbia residents.
 
FOOD RESEARCH AND ACTION CENTER$ 30,000
General operating support of DC Hunger Solutions, whose purpose is to assure that federally funded nutrition programs are more readily accessible and widely used in the District of Columbia.
 
FOSTER & ADOPTIVE PARENT ADVOCACY CENTER$ 40,000
To support the further development and expansion of the Peer Advocacy Support Program, and to support a second foster parent advocacy forum.
 
FOUNDATION CENTER$ 1,000
General operating support for the Center's programs.
 
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN$ 35,000
To support the Directions series, which consists of three shows a year that are devoted to the work of innovative and emerging artists.
 
LEGAL AID SOCIETY$ 22,700
Continued funding of the Child Support Enforcement Reform Project to remedy systemic failures in the District of Columbia's program to collect child support for poor families.
 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART$100,000
First installment of a $300,000 grant to support the inaugural series of exhibitions in the new Photography Galleries in the West Building.
 
NONPROFIT ROUNDTABLE$ 2,000
To support a process of identifying areas of commonality in order to improve the effectiveness of local advocacy groups.
 
NONPROFIT ROUNDTABLE$ 50,000
General and communications support to strengthen the collective voice of nonprofit leaders on issues of regional concern.
 
TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER$ 37,500
General operating support of its advocacy and public policy efforts to combat recent legal initiatives that have significantly diminished due process rights of immigrant women and prohibit their access to justice.
 
TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER$ 1,581
Support for professional development through Stanford University's Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders.
 
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY$ 40,000
First installment of a $200,000 grant to support a major acquisition of photographs created by the American photographer Robert Adams.
 
TOTAL FOR 2003 $684,381.00
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