2010
$10,000 - $14,999
S. Mark Taper Foundation. Put in a little quality time with an online search engine and you'll soon see that this foundation's generous footprints are everywhere in Southern California: supporting a theatre for the deaf in North Hollywood, kids' climbing towers at Kidspace, a new wing at the Cabrillo Aquarium ... and, as the saying goes, much, much more.
Van Nuys Charities. Programs of interest for this terrific Southern California charity include medical clinics, shelter programs, health education programs and other projects benefiting the Los Angeles area. We're grateful that we're on the list, too: the Van Nuys Charities supported us in 2008, and again in 2010.
$3,000 - $5,999
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation. TransitPeople's original benefactors! Attorney Tom Himrod of the Lions helped TransitPeople get off the ground in early 1999, then introduced what we do to the downtown Lions club. The result: some of our earliest and most appreciated donations. The Lions have supported us every year since 1999.
2009
$10,000 - $14,999
David Bohnett Foundation. In 1994, David Bohnett founded GeoCities, which became one of the most trafficked sites on the Internet by 1999. Today the Bohnett Foundation is giving back to the community -- including TransitPeople, the grateful recipients of Bohnett Foundation grants in 2003, 2006 and 2009.
$6,000 - $9,999
Transit Race Fundraiser. Thank you, Heritage Square, fearless transit race team leaders, transit race team members, Flickr volunteers, teacher helpers and participating children for helping to make our first-ever fundraiser a success! For a race report, please see the 2008 news page.
$3,000 - $5,999
2008
$50,000 - $100,000
TransitPeople Endowment Fund Endowment means that the principal of this special, one time gift won't be spent, except in case of emergency. Instead, interest income will help us pay for TransitPeople field trips for years to come. A big, big thank you to the generous family of TransitPeople founder Tim Adams, for helping to make this gift possible.
$6,000 - $9,999
Getty Silent Auction Thanks to the employees, volunteers and community service team of the J. Paul Getty Trust for supporting TransitPeople in the Getty's Annual Food and Toy Drive Silent Auction. We were the grateful beneficiaries of the auction in 2007, and received the funds this year.
Van Nuys Charities
$3,000 - $5,999
$1,000 - $2,999
Pergo Foundation Hooray, Pergo Foundation, for supporting TransitPeople for the third year in a row! The Pergo Foundation supports a wide variety of charities in Southern California.
Sherry Jackson Foundation. A big welcome to another first-ever contributor. Sherry Jackson created this foundation in 2004 to assist underprivileged youth and young adults. The mission: to enhance the educational success, employment opportunities and emotional health of children and young adults who face economic, environmental or emotional challenges, through an array of programs that create opportunities to enable wise life choices.
2007
$3,000 - $5,999
$1,000 - $2,999
Lluella Morey Murphey Foundation Special thanks to this independent Pasadena foundation, which provided a grant for the first time ever in 2007. The Lluella Morey Murphey Foundation supports many charities in Southern California, with an emphasis on education, youth, the arts and human services.
Good Works Foundation. Founded in 1993 by Laura Donnelley-Morton and John Morton, this Santa Monica family foundation focuses on funding for arts and environmental education programs, particularly those that take an innovative approach.
Pergo Foundation
2006
$10,000 - $14,999
Ahmanson Foundation. Established by Savings & Loan financier Howard Ahmanson in 1952, the Ahmanson Foundation concentrates its' funding on the arts and humanities, education, medicine and health, and a wide range of human service projects based in and serving the greater Los Angeles community.
$3,000 - $5,999
Walter Lantz Foundation. Widely regarded as the dean of American animation, Walter Lantz and Lantz Studios created Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy and other staples of 20th century cartooning. Today his foundation supports a wide variety of Southern California charities -- including, we're happy to say, ours.
$1,000 - $2,999
Sidney Stern Foundation. This Pacific Palisades foundation and long-standing benefactor of Southern California charities also supported us with donations in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
Pergo Foundation
2005
$10,000 - $14,999
$3,000 - $5,999
$1,000 - $2,999
Flagg Foundation. The Flaggs are "hands on" foundation managers, with a special interest in kids' youth programs. That makes TransitPeople a natural fit. They learned of what we do in 2001 and supported us with a generous donation that year, and in 2002 and 2003!
UPS District Grant. Everyone's heard of United Parcel Service, but not everyone know about their district grant program, which supports charities large and small nationwide. Thanks, UPS!
2004
$10,000 - $14,999
Times Mirror Foundation. Electric street lamps were still a novelty here when a former Union Army officer incorporated Times Mirror in 1884. Today the newspaper he published sells nearly a million copies daily. Now affiliated with Tribune, the Times Mirror Foundation and the Los Angeles Times support nonprofits that improve the quality of life in communities in Southern California.
$6,000 - $9,999
$3,000 - $5,999
Peter Norton Family Foundation. If you know what a C: prompt is, you know the name Peter Norton: the California computing guru has advised PC owners since the days of DOS. Today the Peter Norton Family Foundation primarily supports contemporary visual art, and has a small giving program in human/social services in Southern California.
Walter Lantz Foundation
Weingart Foundation. Established as the B.W. Foundation by the late Ben Weingart in 1951, the Weingart Foundation has supported Southern California social services, educational and community programs with almost five hundred million dollars in grant funding since 1972.
$1,000 - $2,999
James Irvine Foundation. The James Irvine Foundation is a private, nonprofit grantmaking foundation dedicated to expanding opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, inclusive and successful society. The Foundation has made a grant via their Staff Discretionary Grants Program to TransitPeople in 2004.
Sidney Stern Foundation
$250 - $999
Council District 9. Several elementary schools in the city's ninth council district travel regularly with TransitPeople. Councilwoman Jan Perry wanted to lend a helping hand. Thank you, Ms. Perry, for supporting field trips conducted for your district's kids!
2003
$3,000 - $5,999
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation
$1,000 - $2,999
Flagg Foundation
$250 - $999
Winnick Family Foundation. One of the Winnicks met our kids during our trip to the Los Angeles Times Book Festival in 2001. Shortly afterward, a program officer called; TransitPeople thanks them for their donations to us in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
2002
$3,000 - $5,999
Anonymous
Citigroup Foundation. Community involvement and support are vital goals for this corporate foundation, which is supported by gifts from Citibank and other Citigroup businesses. They helped us welcome in the new year by making an important donation to TransitPeople in early 2002.
Flagg Foundation
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation
$1,000 - $2,999
Good Works Foundation
Stern Foundation
$250 - $999
Winnick Foundation
2001
$3,000 - $5,999
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Flagg Foundation
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation
$250 - $999
Winnick Foundation
2000
$1,000 - $2,999
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation
Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation. The giving arm of this well-known supermarket chain supported us with a donation in 2000.
$250 - $999
Stern Foundation
1999
$1,000 - $2,999
Lark Ellen Lions Foundation