2006 AHEAD Program Grant Recipients

Location	Member	Sponsor	Grant Amount
Phoenix, AZ	Arrowhead Community Bank	III Cord Foundation	$25,000
Project Description: The project seeks to partner with faith-based organizations and other nonprofits to establish a youth entrepreneurship program that will provide 10 months of employment readiness training for 25 youth. The grant will pay architectural, building and equipment expenses, and fund grant writing and expenses associated with training staff, instructors' salaries, and curriculum development.
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California rural communities	Exchange Bank	California FarmLink	$25,000
Project Description: California FarmLink will capitalize a $1 million loan pool that will provide loans of up to $25,000 to low- and moderate-income, small family farmers throughout California to strengthen or expand their operation. The grant will fund a loan loss reserve and other start-up costs.
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Imperial, Salinas, and San Joaquin valleys	Rabobank	Radio Bilingue and ACORN	$25,000
Project Description: The sponsors will conduct a financial education radio campaign by collaboratively producing five live interactive talk shows and educational and promotional messages targeting low-income rural families in California's major agricultural regions. The programs will be broadcast throughout the Imperial, Salinas, and San Joaquin valleys in several languages by a network of public FM stations, and will be made available nationally by satellite. Printed materials will be made available through community-based organizations in each targeted community. The grant will fund curriculum and material development, program development, production, and air time.
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Los Angeles, CA	Citibank (West), FSB	The Canaan Group	$25,000
Project Description: The sponsor will develop 136 units of workforce housing and industrial/commercial/retail space. Located adjacent to a light rail station, this one-block development will also house a fashion incubator that will support small businesses and provide skills training for employment in a significant regional manufacturing sector. The grant will fund predevelopment expenses, such as studies, architectural fees, entitlement costs, and permit fees.
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Oakland, CA	Citibank (West), FSB	Unity Council	$25,000
Project Description: The project will provide an affordable commercial incubator space, shared management services and technical assistance to support micro and small business owners in their startup, management, and expansion phases. The grant will fund program development costs.
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Oakland, CA	Silicon Valley Bank	Mandela MarketPlace Inc.	$25,000
Project Description: The sponsor will create the Mandela Foods cooperative, a worker and community-owned grocery cooperative and nutrition education center in West Oakland. The grant will fund a capital campaign to finance the Mandela Foods Cooperative.
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San Diego, CA	Mission Federal Credit Union	St. Vincent De Paul Management, Inc.	$25,000
Project Description: The sponsor will construct a nine-story building in downtown San Diego with three floors of transitional housing, three floors of permanent supportive housing, and the Village Child Development Center in the bottom three floors. The center will provide comprehensive child care services and after-school programs for 340 homeless and impoverished children. The grant will fund predevelopment cost for the Village Child Development Center. These costs may include architectural and engineering fees and environmental testing and remediation.
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Sparks, NV	Charles Schwab Bank	Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc.	$25,000
Project Description: The program is a strategic fundraising initiative to ensure that the Housing Department of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc., continues to provide homeownership training, technical assistance, and subsidies to the 17 affiliated tribes. The grant will pay the salary for the housing coordinator.