Walk San Francisco Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$25,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/10/2017
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
Walk SF Foundation promotes walking as a safe and sustainable form of transportation, and seeks to improve San Francisco’s walking environment by educating residents, city agencies, and policymakers about the need for more pedestrian-friendly streets. During this grant period, Walk SF Foundation will continue to focus on three primary strategies: (a) Vision Zero, to redesign particularly unsafe streets and intersections, increasing pedestrian safety; (b) increasing walking and walkability; and (c) Safe Routes to Schools, which promotes events to encourage students and families to regularly walk, bike, and use public transportation to go to school and back. Many of the city’s most dangerous and heavily trafficked streets are in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods. By making the environment safer for walking and biking in these areas, Walk SF Foundation improves quality of life and reduces pedestrian injuries and deaths.
About the Grantee
Address
333 Hayes Street, Suite 202, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for technology planning and new CRM
This grant will help Walk SF implement a new, scalable Customer Relationship System to meet the organization's capacity and growth needs. This system will help manage information about volunteers, donors, vendors, partner agencies and the public-at-large.
for development of pedestrian safety policies
Walk SF Foundation promotes walking as a safe and sustainable form of transportation, and seeks to improve San Francisco’s walking environment by educating residents, city agencies, and policymakers about the need for more pedestrian-friendly streets. During this grant period, Walk SF Foundation will focus on three primary strategies: (a) Vision Zero, to redesign particularly unsafe streets and intersections, increasing pedestrian safety; (b) Increasing walking and walkability; and (c) Safe Routes to Schools, which continues to work on reducing speed limits to fifteen miles per hour around 181 San Francisco schools.
for executive search
This OE grant will help Walk SF during the executive director transition and support in identifying and selecting a strong candidate.