Bay Area groups get $725,000 from The Hearst Foundations

The Hearst Foundations awarded $725,000 worth of grants to nine Bay Area organizations this summer for their work spanning a wide gamut from mentoring programs for children in low-income communities to aiding the construction of an experimental learning ship.

A grant of $100,000 was given to Education Outside in San Francisco to support hands-on garden science education to students in kindergarten through the fifth grade.

A grant of $50,000 was given to Call of the Sea in Sausalito to help construct the Matthew Turner tall ship, a tool used in educating students on the marine environment.

Coaching Corps received funding to support the first year of a three-year, country-wide feasibility assessment; CuriOdyssey to support the $35 million Serious Science Playground Renovation campaign; Sterne School to integrate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming into its core curriculum and Young Men’s Christian Association to enhance and expand STEM Academy programs.

Additionally, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation continues to administer and fund the United States Senate Youth Program for high school juniors and seniors and the Journalism Awards Program for undergraduates at accredited schools of journalism.