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About Mini-Grants
The Columbia College Foundation offers mini-grants that support its mission "to promote
student success by providing community resources that support and expand educational
opportunities for Columbia College's students." Applications are reviewed by a committee
of the Foundation Board of Directors.
Mini-Grant Applications Are Now Closed
Click the button below to apply for a Foundation Mini-Grant. Be sure to download the
application before completing for the best results. Questions about the mini-grants
program can be directed to Amanda Stephens, Director of Development, 209-588-5065, stephensa@yosemite.edu The Spring 2025 Mini-Grant application will open soon!
Past Projects Supported by Mini-Grants
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Total awards: $12,788.26
Equipment for the Columbia College Orchestra: $3,782.61
High Speed Centrifugation for Biology: $4,077.65
NAEYC Professional Memberships: $828
ICES Early Childhood Educators' Conference Registration: $600
Trainings for Foster and Kinship Care Education: $3,500
Total awards: $21,771.17
Empowering Columbia College Athletics: $5,000
Community Chorus: $1,500
Vacuum Pump for Chemistry: $4,767.46
Chemistry demonstration supplies for outreach: $581.71
"Your Inner Fish" classroom set of books: $300
Picture a Scientist Film viewing event: $480
Chess Tournament for the Chess Club: $1,500
Yarn Club Supplies: $300
International Folkloric Dance Club supplies: $3000
Campus Program Banners: $4,342
Total awards: $9,924
DSPS Graduation Cords: $500 International Folklorick Dance Club: $2,000
TRiO SSS Graduation Regalia: $725
Student Outreach Materials: $1,500
2023 Fire Program student equipment: $3,000
Child Development Center T-shirts: $999
ICES Early Childhood Educators Conferences: $1,200
Total awards: $29,602.54
Student Learning Books: $1,934
Math Books for SCC: $190
Chid Development Professional Membership: $1,035
Field Trips for Former Foster Students: $2,500
OJT Uniforms: $5,000
Ticketing Equipment: $2,500
Wildlife Interpretive Sign: $1,750
Mens Basketball Travel Expenses: $2,500
Womens Vollyball Travel Expenses: $2,500
Lactation Space: $1,000
Music Lessons: $3,200
Music Technology Software: $2,750
Automotive Department Travel out of state: $2,743.54
Total awards: $13,695
Child Development Future Educators Club Membership: $1,035
Hospitality "Warm up Wednesdays": $660
Child Devlopment Graduation Recognition: $500
Math Jams and Math Lab Revitalization: $8,500
Chess Chasers: $500
Jump Start/ New Student Welcome: $2,500
Total awards: $18,743
American Heart Association Heartcode EMS Testing: $1,457
EMS 157 and FIre CCAP Course at Sonora High: $1,786
Athletics-Covid Recovery for Volleyball & Basketball: $10,000
Classified Senate Fundraising Seed Money for Scholarships: $500
Child Development/Future Educators Scholarship: $5,000
Total awards: $ 2,800
Commencement Cheer Packages: $800
Columbia Culinary Club Membership and Travel: $1000
Outdoor Club - Supplemental Pads: $1,000
Total awards: $7,343.79
TRiO SSS Graduation Regalia: $525
Mens Basketball travel expenses: $2,500
Womens Basketball travel expenses: $2,500
Optical Emission Analysis-Chemistry: $970
High Accuracy GPS Surverying: $1,785.84
Portable Air Quality Sensor: $1,562.95
Welcome Back Health and Wellness Care Packages (Dorms): $2,500
Total awards: $15,270.23
Music Master Classes: $1,800
Chem Water Labs: $1,878.98
Lecture Series: $1,600
Community Nets: $905.42
Climbing Itembs: $480
Child Development Professional Memberships: $897
Little Free Libratry: $500
Food Services: $1,000
Guest Speaker - Students Fight Back: $2,700
Total awards: $19,151.62
Heath Services Cart: $5,642.17
Hydration Stations: $6,000
Mens Basketball travel expenses: $2,500
Womens Volleyball travel expenses: $2,500
Crash Pads Outdoor Club: $730
Guest Speaker - Madagascar: $1,179.45
Total awards: $20,006
Professional Memberships - student support services: $966
Hospitality Managment Club: $1,000
Men's Basketball travel expenses: $2,500
Women's Volleyball travel expenses: $2,500
Phi Theta Kappa PTK: $1,500
Semester Loan Calculators: $1,400
NIST Mas Spec Library: $2,090
San Diego Reservior ROV: $3,600
CC Campus Weather Station: $2,650
Music Master Classes: $1,800
Total awards: $20,737.85
GIS Program-Multiple mini drones: $921.04
Disability Awareness-Documentary and Guest Speaker: $1,500
New Program-Making Alternative Transformers MAT: $1,500
Over the County Medication Vending Machines: $2,000
Made in the foothills Writers Series: $500
The Spring Review - 2nd Edition: $2,000
STEM club:Hobby Hill Radio Tower Renovation and Equipment: $1,566.81
Evening Bat Symposium: $600
Volleyball team travel: $2,500
Basketball team travel: $2,500
Install of Scoreboards: $3,650
Speech and Debate Team - 2018 Paul Winter Invitational: $1,500
Total awards: $12,875
STEM club- high speed camera: $600
STEM club- GoKart project kit: $750
Fire Academy- Smoke machine and supplies: $1,000
Snack Bar: Artwork wall hanging system: $1,650
Student Support Services- Financial literacy event: $1,000
Student Support Services- Reference books, Health and Wellness: $450
Student Support Services- Three Chromebooks: $700
Hospitality- Spring TLC events: $250
Child Development NAEYC Memberships: $966
Student Support Services- Mental Health pamphlets: $509
Debate Team travel: $1,000
Volleyball Team travel: $2,000
Men's Basketball travel: $2,000
Total awards: $15,042
Fall 2017 Shakespeare Production: $1,000
Women's Volleyball Team Travel Fall 2017: $2,000
Men's Basketball Team Travel Fall 2017: $2,000
Resurface and repaint Oak Pavilion gym floor: $4,500
Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament Fall 2017: $1,000
Making Alternative Transformations MAT, assisting non-traditional students: $1,717
Art with Impact - short film event to assist students who suffer from stress, depression,
anxiety, grief and emotional challenges: $1,000
Two-part lecture series - Ethnic Studies: $500
Bookstore vouchers for students in need: $1,000
DSPS - cords for graduation: $325
Total awards: $12,515
Volleyball Team Travel: $1,000
Basketball Team Travel: $1,000
Science Equipment: $1,065
Biology and Earth Science travel fees: $500
3D Printer: $500
Made in the Foothills Writers Series Event: $500
The Spring Review, student publication: $2,500
Speech and Debate Team: $1,000
One day bus trip to Aurora Theatre in Berkeley: $550
Funds for Automotive exams and programs: $1,000
Support field studies costs for students: $500
Drama production - April 2017: $1,000
Start up costs for Annual Tea Party fundraiser for Child Development Center: $650
Child Development Membership costs: $750
Total awards: $12,060
Volleyball Team Travel: $1,000
Basketball Team Travel: $1,000
Padded Wall (Oak Pavilion): $2,500
Biology supplies and services: $1,475
Water flow meter interface: $300
Computer for 3D mapping: $1,625
Speech and Debate Team: $1,000
Trip costs to Ashland, OR (film festival): $450
Drama production - Dec. 2016: $1,000
Guided Imagery MPS players: $210
Fitness Trail Signage: $1,500
Total awards: $13,825
Volleyball Team Travel: $2,000
Basketball Team Travel: $2,000
Child Development Memberships: $750
Auto Signs and Testing: $500
Software subscriptions: $1,500
Wacome tablets (multimedia tool): $1,500
Fire Academy ladder, ladder testing: $3,000
Debate Team: $1,000
DSPS high school outreach: $1,000
Shakespeare at Berkeley Rep: $575
Total awards: $9,690
1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle w/ camera: $1,490*
Stipend for 4 faculty to develop additional online transfer courses: $3,200
Women's Volley team - offset recruiting costs, volleyball camps, new equipment and
travel gear: $2,000
Men's basketball - team travel and referee costs; also to offset cost of running Spring
High School All-Star games and summer camps: $2,000
Materials to complete electric vehicle: $600
Certification training for HVAC: $400
Total awards: $7,855
Volleyball team travel: $2,000
Basketball team travel: $2,000
Earth Science mineral samples and compasses: $850*
Debate team travel: $1,000
Adaptive PE scooter sets: $1,155
Child Development Club memberships: Up to $500
Workshop video production: $1,000
Counseling books: $200
Total awards: $11,400
Speech & Debate camp: $1,000
Pre Med/Pre Health career conference for students: $400
EMT exam fees (up to 30): $2,100
Museum of Tolerance field trip:$1,000
"Majors" events (2 in 2014-15 school year): $250
Unmanned aerial vehicle + cameras: $1,450
Fire Academy maintenance of safety equipment: $2,000
Basketball tournaments: $1,600
Volleyball tournaments: $1,600
Total Awards: $10,100
Digitized Carkeet forestry landscape slides: $700
Astronomy cameras and software: $1,500
Child Development student memberships: $500
Speech & Debate competitions: $1,000
Women's Volleyball : equipment (uprights/nets): $2,000
Men's Basketball: team travel: $2,000
Choir: Spring Tour: $1,000
Automotive license exams: $600
MAPS lecture series (student travel to MJC): $800
Total Awards: $5,000
Library - Umbrellas for outside seating area: $1,500
Health and Human Performance: Kettlebell equipment: $1,500
Women's Volleyball Team: $1,000
Men's Basketball Team: $1,000
Total Awards: $14,960
Speech & Debate Team – two Forensics competitions: $1,000
Guest lecturer Pam Houston, UC Davis Creative Writing: $1,200
Online registration software for Community Education: $4,000
Fire Academy – Safety gear, training props and field trips: $3,000
Child Development Club – student memberships in NAEYC: $500
Professional Development Institute: $3,800
Choir 2013 Spring Tour: $1,000
Portable white boards for library: $460
Total Awards: $7,850
University field trips for 25 students: $750
Fall 2012 Wellness Fair: $2,000
GED Exam fees for 10 students: $1,600
Transportation for Berkeley Repertory Theatre field trip: $525
ASE Certification for Auto Technology students: $1,000
Laptops for ESL students (Jamestown Family Resource Center): $1,000
Improvements to the Mental Health counseling area: $975
Total Awards: $5,659
Academic Wellness Educators Spring 2012 Wellness Fair: $1,325
Piano software: $350
Choir Annual Tour: $1,000
Library- Children's book collection: $1,000
Transportation for Oregon Shakespeare Festival field trip: $550
Transportation for Berkeley Repertory Theatre field trip: $525
Development of a Medical Coding certificate: $409
Child Development Student Club: $500
