The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

To analyze the impact of federal and state budget proposals on Knight priority areas and help grant partners access and use budget and tax policy data

Center for Economic Progress

To support the National Community Tax Coalition in providing intensive technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to organizations running Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)/Prosperity Campaigns in up to 10 Knight communities

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

For the Young Readers-Future Leaders Early Literacy Initiative focused on ages 0-8

Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley

For 45 ballet school scholarships for underserved students

The Creative Community Index II

To publish "The Creative Community Index II," a study analyzing the cultural vitality of the Silicon Valley

One Economy Corporation

To partner with Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino America (MACLA) and Mercy Housing to help youth and families acquire the skills to join the economic mainstream via art and technology

San Jose Unified Educational Foundation

To implement a pre-K to grade five professional development school as a regional center for dissemination of best practices that accelerate student achievement and for training educators, parents and childcare providers

Alum Rock Counseling Center

To provide both referral and intensive case management/mental health intervention services for up to 280 low-income families with children 0-5 years residing in the Mayfair neighborhood of East San Jose

San Juan Bautista Child Development Center

For a comprehensive public relations and marketing campaign and to support a sick-child center

San Jose Unified Educational Foundation

For the Step Into K project that provides a transition program for children in high-risk neighborhoods who have not had any previous access to early learning opportunities

The Health Trust

To determine the impact of the oral health program on three neighborhoods in Santa Clara County

Mexican American Community Services Agency

To plan for the reconfiguration of wing of flagship community center and development of early childhood learning strategies