2023 grant awards

Projects funded by the Community Challenge grants.

Community Challenge Grants

Burnside Mural+, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance  
Awarded: $135,041.20  
Project: Mosaic Stairway project at 50 Burnside Avenue   

Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco  
Awarded: $148,750.00  
Project: Community activation initiative at 41 Ross Alley featuring a series of artists-in-residence storytelling and artmaking in collaboration with community members  

Civic Center Community Benefit District  
Awarded: $110,500.00 
Project: Implementation of the Grove Street Lighting project from Hyde Street to Van Ness Avenue   

Climate Action Now!  
Awarded: $ 147,390.00  
Project: Sidewalk garden and internship program in North Beach   

Diamond Heights Blvd., sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance  
Awarded: $70,332.00  
Project: Expansion of the Diamond Heights Blvd. median greening project between Duncan Street and Berkeley Way  

 Discover Polk Community Benefit District  
Awarded: $32,000.00  
Project: Creation of a mural at 1946 Van Ness Avenue   

Dogpatch Green Benefit District - 20th Street 
Awarded: $126,072.00  
Project: Installation of a greening and community gathering space at 20th and Minnesota Streets  

Downtown Streets Team  
Awarded: $119,425.00  
Project: Expansion of the Mission Streets Team street maintenance program, providing transitional services to at risk/unhoused individuals   

East Cut Community Benefit District  
Awarded: $ 148,750.00  
Project: The "Folsom Stroll" neighborhood activation project, including a mosaic tiled stairway and lighting project  

Enterprise for Youth  
Awarded: $86,085.00  
Project: Summer Youth Environmental Stewardship Program, placing small cohorts of high school students at eleven San Francisco Recreation and Parks sites   

Friends of Alemany Farm, sponsored by Earth Island Institute  
Awarded: $78,500.00  
Project: Continuation of Friends of Alemany Farm’s Green Jobs Apprenticeship and Food Justice Educational Program   

Friends of Lakeside Village, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance  
Awarded: $53,193.00  
Project: Street maintenance and graffiti removal on Ocean Avenue between 19th Avenue and Junipero Serra Blvd  

Friends of the OMI Mini Parks, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance   
Awarded: $148,564.70  
Project: Installation of a nature exploration area and community hub on Brotherhood Way between Orizaba Ave and Arch Street  

Good Prospect Neighborhood Group, sponsored by Greening Projects   
Awarded: $ 148,750.00  
Project: Installation of a community garden and gathering space on Prospect Avenue between Cortland Avenue and Santa Marina Street   

Japantown Community Benefit District   
Awarded: $25,000.00  
Project: Installation of seven "shared spaces" in Japantown    

North of Market Tenderloin Community Benefit District  
Awarded: $127,500.00  
Project: Streetscapes project "Dodge Place Gardens" off Turk St between Larkin and Hyde Streets   

OMI Community Collaborators sponsored by The Good Rural  
Awarded: $92,667.00  
Project: Public art and community revitalization project in the Lakeview/OMI neighborhoods   

Peralta Hill Neighborhood Group sponsored by Greening Projects  
Awarded: $148,750.00  
Project: The "Cesar Chavez Greenway" community open space project, converting a vacant lot at 2829 Cesar Chavez into a community gathering space   

Project OLÉ  
Awarded: $26,000.00  
Project: Creation of a mosaic mural at the intersection of London Street and Excelsior Avenue   

San Francisco Parks Alliance  
Awarded: $140,296.75  
Project: Installation of a mural, sidewalk landscaping and community activation as part of Moss Metamorphosis Phase II 

St. Mary's Park, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance  
Awarded: $148,633.55  
Project: Median greening and mural project on College Avenue between Crescent Street and Benton Street   

Sutro Stewards, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance   
Awarded: $98,764.90   
Project: Restoration of the Woodland Canyon Creek at the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve   

Union Square Foundation 
Awarded: $148,750.00  
Project: Community activation initiatives and installation of public art at Union Square Plaza  

Urban Sprouts, sponsored by San Francisco Parks Alliance
Awarded: $96,283.75
Project: Installation of a prefabricated greenhouse and seating at the June Jordan High School Farm and Garden.     

 

 

Last updated November 21, 2023