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| California Youth Connection | The Community College Foundation was CYC's initial fiscal sponsor, during the period of 1994-1998. | Between 1999-2008, government contracts, foundation grants, and individual donors helped CYC's budget grow from $200,000 to $1.48-million. | CYC is headquartered in San Francisco, and has 12.5 FTE staff. |
| Cby25 | 2005 funding from the Eckerd Family Foundation. | The Eckerd Family Foundation’s initial investment has leveraged more than $1 million in additional support from private funders and public agencies. | |
| Elevate | Elevate started small, with start-up funds from Decat funds and a grant from one of their casinos. At first, they only thought they'd be able to establish one chapter. | Chaffe funds, United Way, CWLA, allocation from legislature, Federal grant through University of Iowa, fundraising events and private donations. | |
| FosterClub | FosterClub has tried to develop a diverse stream of funding: grants, fee-for-service contracts, sponsorships, product sales revenue. | FosterClub recently submitted a few federal grant proposals: one as community service or service-learning through CNCS, another as Peer Mentors through DOJ. | |
| Honoring Emancipated Youth | HEY was started by United Way of the Bay Area in 1999. | A small organization with an annual budget of $250,000, HEY's budget revenue comes from local foundations grants and individual donors. | An Executive Director, Project Manager and Program Coordinator, in addition to hiring four alumni for an 11-month term. |
| PAL-STEP | The PAL program has changed leadership and ownership on a regular basis, based upon who has the money to coordinate it each year. | Currently funded by a grant awarded by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau. | This project has been awarded on a three-year-basis to The University of Houston and The University of Texas at Arlington. |
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| Voices of Youth | VOY did not have their own 501(c)(3) status, but did have contracts with service providers. Funding came about through contracts with NYC Administration for Children’s Services, and from the Annie Casey Foundation and Youth Communications. | VOY was a 100% grant-funded program promoting youth voice. Their groundbreaking work inspired others to do the same, and those organizations began competing for the same grants. VOY eventually decided they had outlived their time. | Three FTE, two of whom were foster care alumni. |
| YOUTH | The Y.O.U.T.H. Project began in May 2001, with a grant from the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | | Initial staffing was two staff and one youth. |