Representatives of local groups smile as they accept checks from DCCF in a past round of grants.

    The Davis Food Co-op and the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation are proud of the assitance to vital groups in our community through grants from the Davis Co-operative Community Fund. Over $11,000 in grants have been awarded to organizations based in Davis or serving Yolo County, and dedicated to working on issues in agriculture, food and hunger, community and social problems or the environment.
    2008 Community Fund Grant Applications have all been received -- the deadline for applications was Friday, April 11, 2008 at 5 PM. Organizations interested in applying for awards from the Fund must meet a few requirements, such 501(c)3 status with the Internal Revenue Service, or incorporation as a cooperative. Grants will be awarded in the spring and announced at the Co-op Annual Member Meeting at the Davis Farmers Market in Central Park, Wednesday May 21. For more details, contact Doug Walter, Membership Director, Davis Food Co-op, dwalter(at)davisfood.coop or (530) 758-2095-8-11.
    2007 grant recipients were announced at the Annual Membership Meeting of the Davis Food Co-op, held May 23 at Central Park, Davis during the Davis Farmers' Market Picnic in the Park. Grants were awarded to:

• Citizens Who Care -- for supplies for art therapy sessions
• Davis Musical Theatre Company -- for support of a senior volunteer workshop
• Eleanor Roosevelt Circle Resident Cooperative Council of Davis Senior Housing Co-op, Inc. -- for a composting equipment for their garden
• Fred T. Korematsu Parent Teacher Organization -- for their Social Justice garden
  
• Lavender Library Archives & Cultural Exchange -- for acquisition of new materials 
• Rancho Yolo Community Association -- for communications about cooperative ownership of their park
• Yolo Family Service Agency -- for support of mental health services to low-income families
  

    2006 grant recipients were awarded to:

• ASUCD Experimental College Community Garden
• Bannon Creek Elementary School PTA
• Knights Landing Children's Center
• Pence Gallery
• People Resources Inc. Elderly Nutrition Program
• Pine Tree Gardens
• Yolo Adult Day Health Care
• Yolo Crisis Nursery of Families First
• Yolo Family Resource Center

    Here are the May 2005 winners:

• Davis Community Network
• Davis Joint USD Childrens' Center and School Age Room Parents Association
• Fairfield School PTA
• La Leche League of Davis
• Solar Community Housing Association
• Waking The Village
• Yolo Family Service Agency , and
• Yolo Literacy Council

    The May, 2004 winners were:

• Davis Community Television for KDRT Low Power Community Radio
• Yolo Community Care Continuum
• Yolo Adult Day Health Care
• Davis High School Gay/Straight Alliance
• Habitat for Humanity, Yolo County
• Yolo Crisis Nursery of Families First
• Yolo Mutual Housing Association
• Citizens Who Care

    The thirteen recipients of 2003 grants from the Fund were:

• Community Alliance With Family Farmers
• Community Housing Opportunities Corp.
• Davis Adult School (Nutrition/Cooking class)
• Davis Community Network
• Davis Flower Arrangers (for three PTAs)
• Elderly Nutrition Program Meals On Wheels
• Fairfield School PTA
• Marguerite Montgomery Elementary School PTA (Running Club)
• Mindful Education
• Pine Tree Gardens
• Whole Earth Festival
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organizations, Northern California Affiliate
• Yolo County Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

    The twelve recipients of grants from the fund in May, 2002 were:

• AmeriCorps Ambassador Mentoring Project, Yolo Connections
• César Chávez Elementary PTA Garden
• Citizens Who Care
• Davis Community Meals
• Davis Education Foundation Farm to School Connection
• Norwood 4 H
• Pierce Co-op (Cooperative Living on Campus)
• STEAC (Short Term Emergency Aid Committee)
• Solar Community Housing Association
• Willett Elementary PTA Garden
• Yolo County Gay Pride Day Committee
• Yolo Family Service Agency

    The twelve recipients of grants from the fund in May, 2001 were:

• Davis Community Television
• UC Davis National Youth Sports Program
• Winters Friends of the Library
• Yolo County Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center
• Davis Mutual Housing Association
• Davis Campus Cooperatives
• Yolo Basin Foundation
• Senior Citizens of Davis, Inc.
• Davis Community Clinic
• Yolo Adult Day Health Care and
• Food Bank of Yolo County

    The ten recipients of grants from the fund on June 1, 2000 were:

• Yolo Family Service Agency,
• Freedom From Hunger,
• Pine Tree Gardens,
• American Farmland Trust,
• The Children's Therapy Center,
• Sustainable Utility Network Cooperative,
• Davis Community Church Nursery School,
• The Pence Gallery,
• The Davis Farm-to-School Connection, and
• Yolo Land Trust.

   Eight organizations received checks from the Fund in May of 1999 for use in their programs. Recipients were:

• Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center of Yolo County,
• Yolo Hospice,
• Citizens Who Care,
• Applegate Nursery School,
• Solar Community Housing Association
• Community Alliance With Family Farmers
• Citizens for Inter-American Cooperation
• Davis Mutual Housing Association.

   The Fund was started with seed money donations of $10,000 by the Co-op and Twin Pines. Other donations have come from Co-op shoppers, and from members receiving patronage refunds.

   You are always welcome to make a donation by sending a check to:
          Davis Food Co-op
          Attn: DCCF
          620 G Street
          Davis, CA 95616-3753