Cal OES Announces $39 Million in Awards to Help Nonprofit and Faith-Based Organizations Enhance Security and Safety

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SACRAMENTO — Reinforcing efforts to protect Californians from hate-motivated violence, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) today announced awarding $39 million to 193 community groups across the state. This announcement follows Governor Gavin Newsom’s additional $20 million investment in the program last October to further the state’s efforts to bolster safety and security at nonprofit organizations.

Funding for the program, which was approved by Governor Newsom and the legislature in the 2023-24 state budget, provides grants for physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs or mission. Since the inception of the program in 2015, the state has awarded $152,750,000 in state funding to 924 community groups.

“These important security investments will help protect diverse communities across the state from acts of violence and hate,” said Governor Newsom. “Regardless of background, faith, or identity, every Californian deserves safety and security.”

The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program experienced pronounced demand. Over the past few months, the state reviewed a record 1,254 applications – in aggregate totaling over $255 million in need in communities across California, nearly double the previous record. This competitive, rigorous process is administered by Cal OES. Possible security enhancements include:

  • Reinforced doors
  • Gates
  • High-intensity lighting and access control systems
  • Inspection and screening systems

Funds are awarded through a competitive grant process for which organizations, particularly those targeted on the basis of race, religious affiliation, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, immigration status or similar criteria may apply.

“We hope the resources provided through these grants will help local organizations take proactive steps to enhance their security,” said Nancy Ward, Director of Cal OES.

Applications are graded using scored criteria set out in the request for proposal, taking into consideration the risk of specific threat, vulnerability and infrastructure requirements.

The breakdown below shows the distribution of funds awarded today:

Nonprofit Organization City County Subaward

Amount

Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School Northridge Los Angeles $232,000
Academy Youth Service Organization Huntington Beach Orange $250,000
Academy Youth Services Properties dba Mikvah Chabad Long Beach Long Beach Los Angeles $131,583
Adas Torah Los Angeles Los Angeles $244,125
AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School Canoga Park Los Angeles $250,000
All Saints Episcopal Church (Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of All Saints Church Pasadena, CA) Pasadena Pasadena $176,925
Archbishop Riordan High School San Francisco San Francisco $250,000
Archdiocese of San Francisco/Our Lady of the Visitacion School San Francisco San Francisco $208,685
Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County San Jose Santa Clara $131,583
Ateret Israel, Inc. Los Angeles Los Angeles $59,010
Baba Sale Congregation Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Beach Cities Chabad Redondo Beach Los Angeles $189,000
Beis Medrash of Hancock Park Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Beit Hamidrash of Woodland Hills, West Valley Educational Association – 5840 Woodland Hills Los Angeles $143,341
Beit Hamidrash of Woodland Hills, West Valley Educational Association – 5850 Woodland Hills Los Angeles $71,299
Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine Irvine Orange $131,584
Brandeis Hillel Day School – Marin San Rafael Marin $248,865
Butte County Fair Association Gridley Butte $131,584
Calvary Murrieta Christian School Murrieta Riverside $131,583
Camp Ramah in California, Inc Ojai Ventura $250,000
Cancer Aid Global – South Spring Street Los Angeles Los Angeles $239,500
Cancer Aid Global – West 6th Street Los Angeles Los Angeles $244,000
Chabad Hebrew Academy San Diego San Diego $250,000
Chabad House Community Center Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of Beverlywood Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Chabad of Brookside Los Angeles Los Angeles $40,320
Chabad of Burbank Burbank Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of Chatsworth – 20731 Chatsworth Los Angeles $131,583
Chabad of Chatsworth – 20735 Chatsworth Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of Greater Los Feliz Los Angeles Los Angeles $220,000
Chabad of Malibu, Inc. – 22931 Malibu Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of Malibu, Inc. – 22943 Malibu Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of Melrose Los Angeles Los Angeles $63,000
Chabad of Moorpark Moorpark Ventura $250,000
Chabad of North Hollywood Sherman Oaks Los Angeles $214,000
Chabad of Northridge – 17142 Northridge Los Angeles $131,583
Chabad of Northridge – 17152 Northridge Los Angeles $131,583
Chabad of Pacific Beach San Diego San Diego $143,850
Chabad of Pasadena, Inc. Pasadena Los Angeles $250,000
Chabad of S. Francisco, Inc. San Francisco San Francisco $250,000
Chabad of the Valley – Burbank Boulevard Tarzana Los Angeles $248,425
Chabad Youth Playa Del Rey Los Angeles $208,425
Cheder Menachem Los Angeles Los Angeles $207,900
Congregation B’Nai Israel Tustin Orange $246,950
Congregation Beth Abraham of Oakland, California Oakland Alameda $242,105
Congregation Beth El of Humboldt County Eureka Humboldt $116,445
Congregation Beth Sholom San Francisco San Francisco $250,000
Congregation B’nai Tikvah Walnut Creek Contra Costa $250,000
Congregation Emanu El Redlands San Bernardino $250,000
Congregation Etz Jacob Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Congregation Ner Aryeh Valley Village Los Angeles $115,500
Congregation Ohel Moshe – 8646 Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Congregation Shaarei Tefila Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Congregation Sinai of San Jose San Jose Santa Clara $250,000
Congregation Tifereth Israel of San Diego, Inc. San Diego San Diego $249,000
Conservation Society of California dba Oakland Zoo Oakland Alameda $250,000
Crespi Carmelite High School, Inc. (Sports Complex) Encino Los Angeles $250,000
de Toledo High School fka New Community Jewish High School West Hills Los Angeles $250,000
Deshmesh Darbar Sikh Temple (of Lodi and Stockton) Lodi San Joaquin $250,000
Diocese of Orange Education & Welfare Corporation St. Barbaras School Santa Ana Orange $241,000
Drew School San Francisco San Francisco $225,345
École Notre Dame des Victoires School San Francisco San Francisco $250,000
El Carmelo Retreat House Redlands San Bernardino $249,536
El Dorado County Federated Church Placerville El Dorado $104,672
Emek Hebrew Day School – Chandler Boulevard Valley Village Los Angeles $180,360
Emek Hebrew Day School – Magnolia Boulevard Sherman Oaks Los Angeles $131,584
Emergency Aid International – Site 1 Los Angeles Los Angeles $245,000
Emergency Aid International – Site 2 Los Angeles Los Angeles $234,500
First Hebrew Congregation of Alameda Alameda Alameda $249,864
Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Gindi Maimonides Academy – Beverly Place Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Gindi Maimonides Academy – North Huntley Drive West Hollywood Los Angeles $250,000
Glide Foundation San Francisco San Francisco $131,583
Golden Gate Performing Arts San Francisco San Francisco $250,000
Gooddeed – South Broadway Los Angeles Los Angeles $229,000
Gooddeed – Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles Los Angeles $245,000
Gurdwara Gur Nanak Parkash, Inc. Tracy San Joaquin $250,000
Gurdwara Sahib Singh Sabha Milpitas Santa Clara $170,000
Heartkindness – 3055 Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Hindu Temple Ventura County Ventura Ventura $250,000
Holy Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church, Inc. Encino Los Angeles $250,000
Ilan Ramon Day School Agoura Los Angeles $250,000
International Society for Krishna Consciousness of the Bay Area Berkeley Alameda $250,000
Islamic Center of Bay Area Bosniaks San Jose Santa Clara $250,000
Islamic Center of Fremont – Albrae Street Fremont Alameda $250,000
Islamic Center of Fremont – Irvington Avenue Fremont Alameda $131,584
Islamic Center of Mill Valley Mill Valley Marin $131,583
Islamic Center of Modesto Modesto Stanislaus $131,584
Islamic Development Center, Inc. Moreno Valley Riverside $250,000
Islamic School of San Diego San Diego San Diego $250,000
Islamic Society of Rancho Cordova Rancho Cordova Sacramento $250,000
Islamic Society of Santa Rosa ISSR Santa Rosa Sonoma $250,000
Jewish Center of Glendale Glendale Los Angeles $65,600
Jewish Center of the Bay Cities, Inc. Santa Monica Los Angeles $250,000
Jewish Community High School of the Bay San Francisco San Francisco $191,147
Jewish Family and Children’s Services – Channing Avenue Palo Alto Santa Clara $213,137
Jewish Family and Children’s Services – Scott Street San Francisco San Francisco $161,815
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles North Hollywood Los Angeles $94,813
Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach and West Orange County Long Beach Los Angeles $250,000
Jewish Federation of San Diego County San Diego San Diego $250,000
Jewish Federation of Ventura County Ventura Ventura $131,583
Jewish Sunshine Circle Palm Desert Riverside $243,020
Kehillah Jewish High School Palo Alto Santa Clara $244,163
La Purisima Catholic Church and School Orange Orange $250,000
Lamplighters Jewish Academy Oxnard Ventura $250,000
Los Angeles LGBT Center – North McCadden Place Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,584
Los Angeles LGBT Center – North Schrader Boulevard Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Macedonia Baptist Church of Del Paso Heights, CA Sacramento Sacramento $131,584
Mater Dei Catholic High School of San Diego, Inc. Chula Vista San Diego $131,584
Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles Calabasas Los Angeles $250,000
Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles $148,778
Monterey Peninsula Jewish Community Carmel Monterey $250,000
Mount of Olives Lutheran Church Mission Viejo Orange $250,000
Mudita Shwe Kyaung Hayward Alameda $131,583
Muslim Community Association Of San Francisco Bay Area Santa Clara Santa Clara $250,000
Neighborhood Healthcare (Escondido) Escondido San Diego $26,420
Neighborhood Healthcare (Riverside) Riverside Riverside $180,075
Nestor Community Health Center San Diego San Diego $174,181
New Life Christian Center of Novato of the Assemblies of God dba Marin Christian Academy, North Bay Novato Marin $250,000
North Coast Church Vista San Diego $131,584
North Peninsula Jewish Campus Foster City San Mateo $250,000
Old Path Miracle Cathedral Vallejo Solano $131,584
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church North Hills Los Angeles $250,000
Pacific Beach Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, San Diego, CA, Inc. San Diego San Diego $131,584
Park Day School Oakland Alameda $210,500
Pastor of Saint Rita Catholic San Diego San Diego $212,546
Pilgrim Baptist Church Castro Valley Alameda $131,583
Prospect Sierra School – Avis Drive El Cerrito Contra Costa $250,000
Prospect Sierra School – Tapscott Avenue El Cerrito Contra Costa $250,000
Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Reality San Francisco Church -1325 San Francisco San Francisco $131,583
Rock Harbor Church Costa Mesa Orange $250,000
Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange – St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church Anaheim Orange $131,584
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services Sacramento Sacramento $131,583
Saint Abanoub and Saint Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church Norco Riverside $131,583
Saint Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church Bakersfield Kern $250,000
Saint Hedwig Church Los Alamitos Orange $131,584
Saint Monica Catholic High School Santa Monica Los Angeles $131,584
Saint Therese Catholic Parish in San Diego, CA San Diego San Diego $250,000
Samuel A Fryer Yavneh Academy Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
San Antonio de Padua del Canon Church Anaheim Orange $131,584
San Fernando Valley Hebrew High School dba Valley Torah High School – Chandler Boulevard Valley Village Los Angeles $250,000
San Fernando Valley Hebrew High School dba Valley Torah High School – Riverside Drive Valley Village Los Angeles $250,000
Sanatana Dharma Kendra San Jose Santa Clara $250,000
Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club Santa Clarita Los Angeles $84,000
Sephardic Union DBA Bnei Torah Congregation Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue and Yeshiva Valley Village Los Angeles $250,000
Shalom Institute Camp and Conference Center – Gold Creek Sylmar Los Angeles $250,000
Shalom Institute Camp and Conference Center – Malibu Malibu Los Angeles $250,000
Shia Association of Bay Area San Jose Santa Clara $150,000
Shiv Durga Temple of Bay Area Santa Clara Santa Clara $250,000
Shomrei Torah Synagogue – 6025 Woodland Hills Los Angeles $131,584
Sierra Community Center Fresno Fresno $250,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc. dba Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Sinai Temple Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School San Diego San Diego $249,900
Sonoma County Synagogue Center dba Congregation Ner Shalom Cotati Sonoma $138,210
South Peninsula Hebrew Day School Sunnyvale Santa Clara $250,000
Southern California Seminary El Cajon San Diego $131,584
Spivak Educational Center, Inc. Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
St. Brigid School San Francisco San Francisco $131,583
St. Catherine of Siena School Burlingame San Mateo $250,000
St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church, Inc. San Diego San Diego $131,583
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Bakersfield Bakersfield Kern $250,000
St. Joseph School – North Bradford Avenue Placentia Orange $131,583
St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church Colton San Bernardino $250,000
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Pomona Pomona Los Angeles $246,500
Tashbar Sephardic Yeshiva Ketana – 1227 Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,584
Temple Beth Am Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Temple Isaiah of Contra Costa County Lafayette Contra Costa $131,584
Temple Menorah Redondo Beach Los Angeles $250,000
The Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. Mary’s Parish Lompoc Santa Barbara $245,000
The San Diego Community Kollel San Diego San Diego $250,000
The San Leandro Hebrew Congregation San Leandro Alameda $250,000
The Village Synagogue of Los Angeles, Inc. West Hollywood Los Angeles $237,950
The Westside Kollel Inc. dba LINK Kollel Los Angeles Los Angeles $245,700
Torah Academy of Los Angeles Tarzana Los Angeles $249,375
Torah Institute of Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles $202,650
Truc Lam Buddhist Center Corona Riverside $250,000
Upper Room Pentecostal Church Sacramento Sacramento $131,584
Vaishnav Samaj of Southern California Irvine Orange $250,000
Valley Beth Shalom Encino Los Angeles $250,000
Valley Community Kollel Tarzana Los Angeles $250,000
Valley Presbyterian Hospital Van Nuys Los Angeles $131,583
Vedic Cultural and Spiritual Center of San Diego Poway San Diego $142,500
Vedic Dharma Samaj Fremont Alameda $250,000
Ventura County Jewish Council Ventura Ventura $131,584
Village Jewish Preschool Sherman Oaks Los Angeles $250,000
Westside Jewish Community Center, Inc. Los Angeles Los Angeles $210,650
Wilshire Boulevard Temple – West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, West Coast Talmudical Seminary Los Angeles Los Angeles $131,583
Yeshivat Ohr Chanoch Los Angeles Los Angeles $250,000
Zen Enso Chandry & Hermitage Ventura Ventura $131,584
Total $39,000,000

 

Since the inception of the program in 2019, the state has awarded $148,250,000 to 854 community groups.