Hearst charity’s grants top $1 million

The Hearst Foundations have announced more than $1 million dollars in grants to help support programs in California and the Bay Area focused on culture, education, health and social service.

The announcement came after the Hearst Foundations’ quarterly board meeting on Sept. 29 and was made by the foundations’ executive director Paul Dinovitz. Hearst Corp. owns The Chronicle.

The grants include $275,000 to Best Buddies International, a Miami organization, to expand its jobs program in the Bay Area, and $100,000 to support the Youth Career Pathways Initiative of the Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Service in San Francisco.

Tech bridge Girls also will receive $50,000 to assist its after-school programming in Oakland, San Jose, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

The Chinese Hospital Association in San Francisco will get $100,000 to help the construction of the new Chinese Hospital. UCSF will be provided with $200,000 to help back a five-year program for medical students. Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto will get $50,000 to help with building a new health center.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito are also getting grants. The Hearst Foundations will furnish the Marine Mammal Center with $150,000 to help it with its capacity-building initiative, while the aquarium will be given the same amount for an education initiative.

Mercy Housing California will be granted $200,000 to help with its resident service programs in the state.