Full Circle Fund Announces Four New Community Partnerships and $150K in Funding.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 The Full Circle Fund (FCF FCF Free Cash Flow FCF Free Congress Foundation (conservative activist group) FCF Feline Conservation Federation FCF Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship FCF Functional Check Flight FCF Fluids and Combustion Facility ) has selected four new community partnerships in the areas of Education and Technology/Workforce Development. Each partnership includes a financial grant of up to $50K, for a combined total of up to $150K. Within Education, FCF is partnering with the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Unified School District's Secondary Schools Redesign Initiative (SSRI SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. SSRI n. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; a class of drugs that inhibit the reuptake of serotonin in the central nervous system, used to treat depression and other ). The two new schools within SSRI, Aim High and Small Schools for Equity, will share a $25,000 planning grant for their first year of operation, which can be renewed for a second year provided they hit predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: milestones. The funding and FCF's strategic team will go directly to the new schools to fund planning -- which is not provided by the district. This new grant represents quite a different approach to educational reform than FCF has adopted in the past -- which has focused on charter schools. FCF recognizes that having maximum impact will involve working with education entrepreneurs inside and outside the system. Within Technology/Workforce Development, Full Circle has selected to fund and provide strategic support to Conscious Youth Media Crew (CYMC) and One-Economy. Each of these organizations is receiving a renewable $25,000 grant. CYMC is an upstart media youth training venture that provides digital video production training to at-risk youth in San Francisco. FCF will be playing an active role in helping CYMC create a business plan, secure additional facilities, and recruit a strong Board. One-Economy is a two-year-old organization focused on providing technology access and skills to low-income housing projects. FCF will be providing an investment in One Economy's Digital Connectors program, which employs the youth who live on-site to provide IT support to residents. FCF will be working to create a strategic plan, prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. web content, develop collateral, and procure hardware and software. About the Full Circle Fund Full Circle Fund is an alliance of emerging leaders who address public problems through engaged philanthropy philanthropy, the spirit of active goodwill toward others as demonstrated in efforts to promote their welfare. The term is often used interchangeably with charity. and public policy advocacy. We partner with social entrepreneurs A social entrepreneur is an entrepreneur who works to increase social capital, often by founding humanitarian organizations. Historical examples of leading social entrepreneurs
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