Foundation

The Foundation was formed in 1994, and in that time has disbursed over $12 million in grants to a wide array of community and civic organizations. Our mission is to benefit the public through grants to organizations and individuals.

• » We support research into causes of, treatment for, and prevention of occupational and environmental diseases;
• » to increase and improve public awareness about work-place health and safety, and public health;
• » to enhance access to, participation in, and education about the legal system and governmental processes;
• » to advance programs that provide services which lessen the burdens of government and/or provide relief to the poor, distressed or under-priviledged;
• » and to combat community deterioration and lesson neighborhood tensions.

We have supported internships and fellowships for public interest positions at the following organizations:

• » The Impact Fund
• » Hastings College Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
• » Golden Gate Law School Northern California Innocence Project
• » Bay Area Legal Aid
• » East Bay Community Law Center

We have also funded scholarships and stipends for youth at:

• » Boalt Hall Center For Youth Development Through Law
• » Carlos Ynostroza Youth Law Academy
• » The Cruz Reynoso Social Justice Fellow
• » Oakland Technical High School Washington DC Program

We have funded medical research for cures of asbestos diseases in cooperation with:

• » The Mesothelioma Applied Research Fund
• » UCSF Oncology Department
• » The Oncology Program at Creighton University

We have also been able to respond to recent global disasters including Hurricane Katrina, the Indonesian Tsunami, the earthquake in Pakistan and the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. We are honored to be funders of Abby Ginzburg's film on Thelton Henderson. And we are proud funders of Worksafe, a non-profit dedicated to promoting occupational safety and health.

We are a public charity under IRC 501 (c)(3), with a volunteer part-time staff and a volunteer working board. The Foundations' expenses are defrayed by the Firm, which means that all donations go directly to charitable services.