Congratulations to our 2024 Grant Recipients!

• GUSD Choral and Music programs – Restoration of vintage grand piano

• Gilroy High School Culinary program – Classroom supplies

The Competitive Grants Committee would like to acknowledge the following Funds for providing the funding for the Competitive Grant Program:

Gilroy Foundation General Fund, Sam & Judy Bozzo Family Fund,Children’s Artistic Enrichment Fund, Val and Elsie Filice Agriculture Fund, Goldsmith Family Trust Fund, Growing Up Gilroy Fund, Neilson Family Fund, Fenton O’Connell Trust Fund, Sacco Family Fund, Sacco Family Music Fund, Shirley M. Silva Memorial Fund, South Valley Hospital Fund, Theater Angels Art League Fund, Jim Trelut Memorial Fund, Wood Family Fund, Community Needs Funds: Art, Agriculture, Education, Health and Technology.

For our Competitive Grant cycle, we received 56 grant applicants, requesting a total of $388,275. With limited resources in this category of the Foundation’s charitable giving, it was a challenging task.

• Live Oak Adult Day Services – Warming oven for client lunches $    740.04
• Edward Boss Prado Foundation – New shoes for children in need $ 1,000.00
• Brownell Middle School Athletic Department – Basketball uniforms $ 2,335.28
• Pink Ribbon Girls – Essential care for individuals diagnosed with cancer $ 2,500.00
• Las Animas Elementary School – Arts Alive Program $ 3,000.00
• GHS Physics – Data collection devices $ 3,395.00
• St. Mary School – A museum and planetarium experience $ 3,490.00
• Gilroy Unified – Luigi Aprea – Enriching field trip $ 4,279.15
• The Rod Kelley Parent Club – LEGO education sets $ 4,799.25
• Carry the Vision – Workforce development program $ 5,000.00
• Hope Services – Hands-on art project $ 5,000.00
• Child Advocates of Silicon Valley – Activities for foster youths $ 5,000.00
• Gilroy Historical Society – History film highlighting local senior citizens $ 5,000.00
• Nueva Vida Community – School-readiness programs and supplies $ 5,000.00
• PitStop Outreach – Meals for unhoused residents $ 5,000.00
• Parents Helping Parents – Program for Spanish-speaking parents of children with special needs $ 5,000.00
• 6^th Street Studios & Art Center – Ceramics classes $ 5,000.00

• CARAS – $750
• PitStop Outreach – $750

Gilroy Senior Advisory Board Fund:

City of Gilroy Senior Programs – $433

Ernie & Del Filice Family Fund

St. Mary School – $471

Christine and Paul Wheeler Family Fund

DreamPower Horsemanship Foundation – $523

Frank Della Maggiora Fund

Canada de los Osos – $529

Gilroy Dog Park

City of Gilroy – $591

Chuck & Rosemary Anderson Family Fund

Operation Freedom Paws – $597

Jay Minzer & Peter Ciccarelli Memorial Fund

Rebekah Children’s Services, Culinary Program – $677

Janice Krahenbuhl Memorial Fund

Rucker School – $761

Don & Karen Christopher Fund

South County Compassion Center – $790

Al & Bunny Filice Family Fund

Gilroy Historical Society – $890

Lai Family Canada de los Osos

Canada de los Osos – $961

Elan Family Investments Youth Fund

City of Gilroy – Youth Recreation – $1,027

R.J. Dyer Family Fund

Informed Choices – $1,111

Sorenson Lake Fund

Gavilan College Scholarship Program – $1,133

Gary Filice Memorial Fund

City of Gilroy – Youth Recreation – $1,332

St. Mary School Development Foundation Fund

St. Mary School – $1,365

Santos Family Fund

St. Joseph’s Family Center – $1,403

Ayer Family Fund

First Tee Silicon Valley – $1,492

Peter and Genevieve Blaettler Family Fund

St. Mary School – $1,556

Rudy Melone Fund for Music & the Arts

Gavilan College Music and Arts Program – $2,049

Kai and Libby Lai Family Fund

Gavilan College Scholarship Program – $3,192

Sean Michael Merriman Operation Freedom Paws

Operation Freedom Paws – $3,352

Sean Michael Merriman Youth Rec. Fund

City of Gilroy – Youth Recreation – $3,407

Froom Family Fund

Santa Maria Historical Society – $4,902

Ray and Frances Lindeleaf Family Fund

Gilroy Historical Society – $5,701

Sean Michael Merriman SJ Family Center Fund

St. Joseph’s Family Center – $13,020

Gilroy Center for the Arts Endowment Fund

Gilroy Arts Alliance – $18,936

Don Christopher Fund for CHS

Christopher High School – $95,329

                                              

David & Patty Chantler Family Fund

San Martin Animal Shelter – $475

Bhandal Family Fund

Leadership Gilroy – $485

Dorn Family Fund

Christopher High School Band – $500

Michael and Dia Hoshida Family Fund

Cal-SOAP – $500

Michael Oshan and Susan Meyers Fund

South County Compassion Center – $250

Community Solutions – $261

Jack & Atsuko Obata Family Fund

Operation Freedom Paws – $541

Sherri Stuart Family Fund

Carry the Vision – $560

Tim and Janice Filice Family Fund

South County Tail Waggers – $595

Sanford Family Fund

To be determined – $635

Bill Anderson Memorial Fund

To be determined – $679

Sacco Family Fund

South County Compassion Center – $700

Drewitz Family Fund

Gilroy High School Choir – $718

The Brothers Fund

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital – $723

The Becker Family Fund

United Help Ukraine – $780

Ron & Donna Pray Family Fund

Operation Freedom Paws – $782

Steve & Teresa Costa Family Fund

Operation Freedom Paws – $804

Sisters’ Family Fund

Awaso Hope Foundation – $829

Habing Family Fund

Gilroy Historical Society – $937

Baksa Family Fund

ISPF – AAUW for Gilroy local scholarship – $1,000

Jeff and Jennifer Speno Family Fund

Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund – $1,051

Steve & Jan Peat Family Fund

Community Solutions – $1,075

Kraemer Family Fund

St. Joseph’s Family Center – $1,134

Daly-Wallace Family Fund

St. Mary Church – $1,157

Jerry Anthony Perino Memorial Fund

To be determined – $1,197

Sarah Villar Memorial Grant Fund

To be determined – $1,209

CamBrink Family Fund

Food What?! – $1,345

Morsilli Family Fund

Ladies of Charity – $1,500

Patty Filice Family Fund

St. Joseph’s Family Center – $1,500

Susan J. Seledon Endowment Fund

To be determined – $1,514

Ann Barham Fund

Love Has a Home – $1,000

Maui United Way – $650

Robert Barham Fund

Edward Boss Prado Foundation $1,795

The Filice Family Fund

To be determined – $1,630

David Cline Angel’s Fund

Brain Support Network – $1,664

TEACH Fund

Las Animas Home & School Club – $750

South Valley Middle School Science Department – $750

South County Basketball Academy of Morgan Hill – $403

Margarita Ibarra Memorial Fund

The Edward Boss Prado Foundation – $1,906

Katie McKinley Memorial Fund

YWCA Spokane – $2,579

The Bress Family Fund

To Be Determined – $2,822

Ashford Family Fund

To be determined – $2870

Heinzen Family Fund

Gavilan College Ceramics – $1,548

Rucker Elementary Home and School Club – $1,548

Jeff and Pam Martin Family Fund

St. Joseph’s Family Center – $1,131

Community Solutions – $1,131

Kneaded Bakery – $1,131

John & Dolores Kent Family Fund

Community Solutions – $4,046

Lai Family Fund

To be determined – $4,285

John & Lee Blaettler Family Fund

Gilroy High School Ceramics Pottery Wheel – $2,581.88

Gilroy Gators Swim Club – $3,000

ASMS Athletic Department – $4,796.12

The Hope Project Fund

Informed Choices – $5,000

Unravel Pediatric Cancer – $3,500

Chemo Crew – $1,693

Scholarship – $2,500

Susan J. Seledon Fund

Veterans of Foreign Wars – $500

Go-Kids – $500

HOPE Services – $500

Nueva Vida Community – $500

South County Compassion Center – $500

PitStop Outreach – $500

Christopher High School – ASB – $500

Gilroy High School – ASB – $500

MANOS – $1,000

CHS/GHS Choir Program – $1,000

Mt. Madonna YMCA – Senior Meal Program – $1,000

Gavlian College Education Foundation – $1,000

CAL-SOAP – $1,000

Work-2-Future – $1,000

South Valley Symphony – $1,000

Poppy Jasper International Film Festival – $1,000

Catholic Charities – $2,000

Community Solutions – $2,000

Salvation Army – $2,000

Gilroy Exchange Club – School Clothes – $2,500

St. Josephs Family Center – $3,500

Digital Nest – $10,000

Connell Family GUSD Music Fund

GUSD Music Program – $61,373

• Sabor del Valle – South Santa Clara Co. Youth Latino Entrepreneurship Project $635.42
• Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services –  Crisis and mental health support $1,000
• Rebekah Children’s Services – Parent Cafes program/peer support groups $1,000
• CARAS –  Funding for a Youth Hub program $1,250
• Parents Helping Parents –  Programs for parents and children with disabilities in Spanish  $1,250
• Nueva Vida Community –   Expand wellness programs by purchasing supplies $1,250
• Academic Wellness Center – Support operational costs of programs $1,250
• The Salvation Army –  Send 4 children to Salvation Army’s Camp Redwood Glen $1,250
• Digital Nest – Support programming offered at the Gilroy NEST Center $1,250
• SourceWise – Personal care items to seniors living below the Federal Poverty Line $1,250
• Bay Area Community Health – Bring mobile clinics to the Arturo Ochoa Migrant Center  $1,250

Gilroy Assistance League Youth Fund

Gilroy Assistance League Grant Program – $558

South Valley Symphony Permanent Fund

South Valley Symphony – $760

Jimmy Hirasaki Fund

Japanese Community Group – $6,412

South Valley Symphony Fund

South Valley Symphony – $8,911

Gilroy Historical Society

Gilroy Historical Society – Gilroy Museum – $13,603

GUSD Educational Fund

GUSD Scholarship Program – $29,656

 

** St. Joseph’s Family Center will not be taking a payout this year **

** Operation Freedom Paws will not be taking a payout this year **

** Gavilan College Education Foundation Fund will not be taking a payout this year **

** Community Solutions will not be taking a payout this year **

** Leadership Gilroy will not be taking a payout this year **

** Go Kids will not be taking a payout this year

Esther Costales Forman Scholarship – $250

Robert J. Galaviz Memorial Scholarship – $500

Kevin A. “Mike” Gilroy Memorial Scholarship – $500

Erin Kinkel Scholarship – $500

(2) Jacob Vasquez Memorial Scholarship – $500

(4) Gilroy Garlic Festival Scholarship – $1,500

(4) Gilroy Garlic Festival Scholarship – $750

(4) Gilroy Garlic Festival Scholarship – $500

Alice Sakahara Memorial Scholarship – $750

Alice Sakahara Memorial Scholarship – $700

Alice Sakahara Memorial Scholarship – $500

Richard R. Corona Memorial Scholarship – $600

(4) SakaBozzo Scholarship – $1,000

(3) Kai and Libby Lai Family Scholarship – $1,000

(4) Gelman Family Educational Scholarship – $1,000

Gilroy Foundation Technical Education Scholarship – $1,000

(2) Terri Ortiz Family Scholarship – $1,000

Tom S. and Hedy Obata Memorial Scholarship – $1,000

Sontag Family Scholarship – $1,000

St. Louise Regional Hospital Scholarship – $1,000

Sorenson Lake Scholarship – $1,000

(2) Sarah Villar Memorial Scholarship – $1,000

Tony Vigna Memorial Scholarship – $1,000

(5) “We Are All Connected” Scholarship – $1,000

(6) Sean Michael Merriman Scholarship – $1,000

(2) Ashford Family Scholarships – $1,200

Kimberly Ordaz Memorial Scholarship – $1,250

Avis and Jan Kelley Memorial Scholarship – $1,500

David & Valerie Vanni Agriculture Education Scholarship – $2,000

(2) Natalia Salcido Legacy Foundation Scholarships – $2,000

Valerie Roberts Memorial Scholarship – $2,000

(4) Don & Karen Christopher Community College Scholarships – $2,000

Donna and George Archer Scholarship – $2,500

Ken Christopher Scholarship – $5,000

(4) Don & Karen Christopher Scholarship – $5,000

(2) Dr. Joseph Kraut, Jr. Memorial Medical School Scholarship – $5,000

Bill Christopher Scholar Athlete Scholarship – $10,000

Don and Karen Christopher Scholarship – $10,000

Don Christopher Scholarship – $20,000

(15) Uvas Creek Scholarships – $20,000

Julio Mata Family Scholarship – $50,000