92 Bay Area Nonprofits Receive Grants From Cisco Foundation

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2007) - The Cisco® Foundation today announced the 2007 recipients of its annual Silicon Valley Impact Grants, a program that provides funding to nonprofit organizations within 50 miles of the Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) headquarters in San Jose. 92 organizations each received a $15,000 grant from the Silicon Valley Impact Grants to support programs providing educational access and health services in underserved communities. In total, the Cisco Foundation awarded $1,380,000 in Silicon Valley Impact Grants to assist well-managed, innovative Bay Area nonprofits.

Since 1993, the Cisco Foundation has provided nearly $17 million in grants to 1,300 nonprofits serving local area communities. The 2007 Silicon Valley Impact Grants focused on two funding priorities including organizations that create educational opportunities and foster classroom innovation, and supporting health-related programs that benefit underserved populations. The Cisco Foundation gave primary consideration to programs that can be replicated through use of technology and offer online resources to support the community.

"Cisco and the Cisco Foundation are focused on building stronger, healthier global communities through strategic social investment that include cash, products and people expertise," said Michael Yutrzenka, executive director, Cisco Foundation. "We are excited to be supporting local nonprofits that share similar values and demonstrate sustainability in both business practices and programs."

Improving educational opportunities is a core focus of Cisco's social investment strategy. Of this year's Silicon Valley Impact Grant recipients the majority offer a range of educational services, such as providing teacher training, fostering classroom innovation, promoting the arts and supporting adult job re-entry training programs.

"The support of the Cisco Foundation helps offset the costs to recruit, train, support, and provide ongoing professional development for our corps of teachers who are working relentlessly to ensure children growing up in San Jose's lowest income communities make significant academic gains," said Eric Scroggins, executive director for Teach for America. "Cisco is helping to channel the talent and energy of our nation's most accomplished college graduates toward improving opportunities for children growing up in poverty, creating an unparalleled pipeline of leadership for educational and social reform."

"The Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association is delighted to be a recipient of a Cisco Silicon Valley Impact Grant to support our marine education program," said Linda Hunter, executive director of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. "The LiMPETS program is an in-depth education and monitoring curriculum designed to provide students with the opportunity to experience the scientific process first-hand. By conducting monitoring projects in both the rocky intertidal and sandy beach ecosystems, junior high and high school students develop an understanding and interest in the scientific process, not found in the traditional classroom setting."

The following nonprofit organizations are recipients of a Cisco Foundation 2007 Silicon Valley Impact Grant:

K-12 Enrichment Programs

Organizations                                       Location
A Schmahl Science Workshop                        San Jose, CA
Aim High                                          San Francisco, CA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County     Santa Cruz, CA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area          San Francisco, CA
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula             Menlo Park, CA
Bring Me a Book Foundation                        Mountain View, CA
Bring Me a Book Foundation                        San Francisco, CA
California Dictionary Project                     San Francisco, CA
City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley                 San Jose, CA
Community Bridges                                 Aptos, CA
Community Partners for Youth, Inc.                San Jose, CA
Community Resources for Science                   Berkeley, CA
Family Supportive Housing, Inc.                   San Jose, CA
Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association           San Francisco, CA
Francisco Connection                              San Francisco, CA
Future Families, Inc.                             San Jose, CA
Girl Scout Council Inc. Santa Clara County        San Jose, CA
Girl Scouts of San Francisco Bay Area             Oakland, CA
Industry Initiatives for Science &
 Math Education                                   Santa Clara, CA
Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley &
 Monterey Bay, Inc.                               Santa Clara, CA
Junior Achievement of the Bay Area, Inc.          Walnut Creek, CA
JUST READ: Teaching High School Students to Read  Palo Alto, CA
KIDPOWER*TEENPOWER*FULLPOWER International        Santa Clara, CA
Mission Dignity/ Community initiative Funds       San Francisco, CA
of the San Francisco Foundation
MK Level Playing Field Institute                  San Francisco, CA
National Engineers Week Foundation                San Jose, CA
National Foundation for Teaching
 Entrepreneurship                                 San Francisco, CA
New Leaders, Inc.                                 Oakland, CA
Omega Boys Club                                   San Francisco, CA
Pacifica School Volunteers                        Pacifica, CA
Partners in School Innovation                     San Francisco, CA
Project High Expectations Learning Program        Sunnyvale, CA
Ravenswood Cities in Schools, Inc.                East Palo Alto, CA
Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic                Palo Alto, CA
Resource Area for Teachers                        San Jose, CA
San Francisco Center for the Book                 San Francisco, CA
Teach For America - Bay Area                      Emeryville, CA
The Peninsula Bridge Program                      Menlo Park, CA
The Role Model Program                            San Jose, CA
Third Street Community Center                     San Jose, CA
YES Reading                                       Milpitas, CA

Arts in Education Programs

Organization                                         Location
Asian Art Museum                                  San Francisco, CA
AXIS Dance Company                                Oakland, CA
Carnaval San Francisco - Mission
 Neighborhood Centers                             San Francisco, CA
Film Arts Foundation                              San Francisco, CA
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center                San Pablo, CA
Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc      San Francisco, CA
Oakland Asian Students Educational
 Services (OASES)                                 Oakland, CA
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation                   Palo Alto, CA
Performing Arts Workshop, Inc.                    San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Jazz Organization                   San Francisco, CA
San Jose Repertory Theatre                        San Jose, CA
Tapestry Arts San Jose, Inc.                      San Jose, CA
Z Space Studio                                    San Francisco, CA
Zeum                                              San Francisco, CA


Adult Vocational Programs

Organization                                         Location
Achievekids                                       Palo Alto, CA
Ascent Employment Program                         San Jose, CA
Clausen House                                     Oakland, CA
Community Association for Rehabilitation          Palo Alto, CA
Homeless Prenatal Program                         San Francisco, CA
Narika                                            Berkeley, CA
Pacific Autism Center                             Sunnyvale, CA
Sensory Access Foundation                         Sunnyvale, CA
Services for Brain Injury                         San Jose, CA
Springboard Forward                               Belmont, CA
Street Tech                                       San Pablo, CA
The Family School                                 San Francisco, CA
Women's Audio Mission                             San Francisco, CA
Youth UpRising                                    Oakland, CA


Health Programs

Organization                                         Location
Aphasia Center of California                      Oakland, CA
Blind Babies Foundation                           Oakland, CA
Caduceus Outreach Services                        San Francisco, CA
Coastside Family Medical Clinic                   Half Moon Bay, CA
Community Breast Health Project                   Palo Alto, CA
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County         Oakland, CA
Eastfield Ming Quong, Inc.                        Campbell, CA
Friends for Youth, Inc.                           Redwood City, CA
Hospice of the Valley                             San Jose, CA
Huckleberry Youth Programs                        San Francisco, CA
InnVision the Way Home                            San Jose, CA
Institute on Aging                                San Francisco, CA
LIFE ElderCare, Inc.                              Fremont, CA
National Alliance on Mental Illness -
 Santa Clara County                               Campbell, CA
National Kidney Foundation of Northern
 California, Inc.                                 San Francisco, CA
Parents Helping Parents, Inc.                     Santa Clara, CA
RotaCare Bay Area, Inc.                           Gilroy, CA
Santa Clara Family Health Foundation              Campbell, CA
South Bay Children's Medical Center               Los Gatos, CA
St. Joseph's Center for the Deaf and
 Hard of Hearing                                  Hayward, CA
Sunday Friends Foundation                         San Jose, CA
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society                   San Jose, CA
Youth and Family Enrichment Services              San Carlos, CA

Cisco Foundation, with a $165M endowment, awards approximately $10M each year in impact grants worldwide. Additional information about the 2007 Silicon Valley Impact Grant recipients can be found at: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac48/sv_grants_recipients_fy2007.html

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