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San Francisco Chronicle - November 29, 2006
Sabin Russell, srussell@sfchronicle.com.
Richard Goldman said the gift is made in recognition of the fact that 2006 marks the 25th year of AIDS -- it was in June 1981 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published the first medical report about the disease, which has since claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide.
"It seemed like a good time to emphasize that this is still an epidemic, even in the Bay Area," Goldman said.
The San Francisco philanthropist and his late wife, Rhoda, are internationally renowned for the $125,000 prizes awarded to each of six "grassroots heroes" chosen every year for their work on environmental causes. Since 1951, however, their foundation also has distributed $450 million to various Bay Area charities and international organizations involved in environmental issues and Jewish affairs.
On Friday, which is designated World AIDS Day by the United Nations, the Goldman Fund will formally announce the 14 grants. They range from $250,000 for Project Open Hand -- which provides groceries and cooked meals to homebound patients with AIDS and other diseases -- to $25,000 for the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
None of the recipients had applied for the grants.
"It came out of the blue. We were literally jumping up and down," said Bob Brenneman, director of development for Project Open Hand.
Brenneman said cuts in federal funding have made for difficult times at many organizations serving people with AIDS in San Francisco. "One of the reasons the Goldman Fund gave these grants was to encourage other private funders to do the same," he said.
Other recipients include the AIDS Emergency Fund, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, American Foundation for AIDS Research, Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center, Dolores Street Community Services, Healing Waters, Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center, the Maitri hospice, Project Inform, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Shanti and Tenderloin Health.
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