Project Title: Breakthrough Sacramento Expansion

What We Do:

• Six-year, year-round, academic program for under-resourced youth in grades 7-12,
  leading them to become the first in their families to earn a college degree.
• Train diverse high school and college students as youth mentors and future leaders
  in education.

Who We Serve:

• Disadvantaged students ages 12–18
• 50% Latinx, 29% African American, 12% Asian, 5% Middle Eastern, 4% White/multiracial
• 53% female, 47% male
• 50% speak other than English at home
• 96% will be the first in their families to attend college

Last Year Served 225 Students:

• 100% of high school students graduated, compared to 86% in Sacramento City
  Unified School District (SCUSD).
• 100% completed coursework required to apply to a California state college or
  university, compared to less than 52% in SCUSD.
• Students attained a 3.7 average GPA.
• Students achieved a 95% college acceptance rate.
• Over $914,000 in scholarships were awarded to graduating seniors.

Grants Funded Will:

Make it possible to scale to meet demand, increasing from 260 in 2025, with projections of
320 students in 2026 and 400 in 2027.

This initiative transforms operations by:

• Leveraging technology to track student progress, enhancing program management,
  and improving evaluation.
• Expanding access to technology with a dedicated academic space where students can complete homework and receive tutoring in person, virtual, and at their school sites.
• Expand curriculum to add asynchronous learning through Dual Enrollment courses, equipping students with essential skills to increase college admission competitiveness and success.

It will achieve transformational impact by:

• Expanding geographic reach to serve up to five additional schools with tutoring.
• Enhancing student performance tracking and intervention strategies to address learning gaps.
• Preparing students for rigorous college-level coursework and asynchronous learning, ensuring they develop independent learning skills.

Project Title: El Dorado Ranch Wildlife Area Improvements

What We Do:

• Conservation: Protect and restore open space, biodiversity, natural habitat, working
  lands, and cultural resources – over 30,000 acres protected since 1989.
• Stewardship: Manage land, monitor conservation easements, habitat restoration
  and enhancement, trail maintenance, water quality monitoring. ARC stewards
  14,000 acres and over 35 miles of scenic foothill trails east of Sacramento, helping
  mitigate climate change impacts.
• Education: Provide place-based learning opportunities that connect thousands of
  learners of all ages with the outdoors, creating a more sustainable world for life
  today and tomorrow.

Who We Serve:  

ARC’s watershed conservation benefits over 2.41 million people who
depend upon the American and Cosumnes Rivers as their primary sources of fresh water.

Grants Funded Will:

Create a new regional recreation opportunity for residents and visitors to access and connect with nature.
Secured funding ($504,000 from CA Natural Resources Agency) covers engineering, design, planning,
environmental compliance, permitting, project management, construction labor costs, and trail construction.
Impact100 funding supports infrastructure, specifically:

• Grading, drainage, and materials for the El Dorado Ranch parking area and
  trailhead.
• Interpretive signage design and installation.

The El Dorado Ranch Trail Head and Parking Lot project is the most important component
of ARC’s effort to establish the 7,000 acre El Dorado Ranch Wildlife Area. The Cosumnes
River is the only river on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada without a hydroelectric dam,
making it the only remaining “natural” river system in the Central Valley/Sierra Nevada
region. El Dorado Ranch will establish the first public recreation opportunity on the “wild”
Sierra foothill lands of the Cosumnes River.

It will achieve transformational impact:

The project will have transformational impact to the region, and will improve access and
visibility for visitors, law enforcement, and emergency support services (Search and
Rescue, CAL FIRE, El Dorado County Sheriff).

Project Title: Mosaic West Sac Expansion

What We Do:

• For those who are unsheltered, provide emergency food bags, clothing, and hygiene
  items.
• For those impacted by substance-use, mental-health disorders and other traumas,
  provide daily safe space of Recovery Cafe, with hot meals, support groups, and life
  skills programming.
• For those from our priority population wanting to become employment-ready,
  provide paid, 12-month, trauma-informed internships through Jobs and Mentoring
  Academy.
• For those overwhelmed by medical or social-services systems, provide case
  managers to build relationships and monitor progress.
• For those needing housing, 20 units of permanent supportive housing next to the
  Recovery Cafe as part of holistic Mosaic Village vision.

Who We Serve:

Today, a child born in the West Capitol Corridor of West Sacramento has a life expectancy that is 20 years less than that of a child born in Davis, just 10 miles away.  That statistic, released by the Yolo County Department of Health, sadly and succinctly summarizes the generational poverty, substance use, homelessness, and trauma that plagues the most vulnerable West Sacramentans. These are the people served by Mercy Coalition.

Grants Funded Will:

• Expand availability and deepen quality of Recovery Café programming to include
  Saturdays.

• Expand physical space to accommodate more daily café visitors.

• Expand the amount and quality of recovery education/outreach.

• Expand income generation that will sustain these increases.

The award will annually facilitate:

• An additional 1,500 visits to Recovery Café.

• More than 100 unique individuals in programming.

• Result in at least 50 additional referrals to system navigation and supportive
  services.

• Expansion of Community Support and Enhanced Care Management services, both
  reimbursed through CalAIM at a billable medical rate, and the City of West
  Sacramento’s Edible Food Recovery program will generate approximately $90,000 net per year, making the project sustainable long-term.

Project Title: Community Food Hub

What We Do:

• Weekly food distribution and food recovery from local grocers to ensure nutritious
  options
• Diaper Depot helping families meet essential needs
• Family Meal Sacramento: 200 weekly meal kits, each with four nutritious,
  restaurant-quality meals
• Free Books! Over 10,000 distributed to promote literacy and family bonding
• Youth programs, offering healthy snacks for after-school and sports activities
• Volunteer opportunities through the Sheriff’s Alternate Sentencing Program (900+
  hours served)

Who We Serve Each Month:

• 4,430 households, including 5,200 children, 2,770 seniors, 266 unhoused neighbors, and 64 veterans

• Families served represent the diversity of the community: Hundreds of immigrant and refugee families from Ukrainian, Afghani, Hispanic, Russian, Asian backgrounds

• Neurodiverse and differently abled individuals, welcomed as both clients and volunteers

Grants Funded Will:

Help complete the Region’s first Community Food Hub, transforming food assistance into a dignified, market-style grocery store where families choose foods that fit their health, culture, and preferences; and add a community orchard, resource
center, and expanded food recovery program.

Critical investments with Impact100 funds include:

• Cold storage expansion, allowing for greater access to fresh produce, dairy, and proteins.
• Infrastructure improvements to create a welcoming, client-choice shopping environment, where individuals can select foods that align with their dietary needs, cultural preferences, and health goals, designed to honor dignity and agency.

Projected Impact:

Grant funds will accelerate project completion of the region’s first Community Food Hub. This investment will allow RCFL to serve an estimated 60,000 households annually, including seniors, veterans, working families, and individuals facing
economic hardship. Building Dignity, Agency, and Organizational Capacity.

Project Title: Girls Rock Sacramento Expansion

What We Do:

GIRLS Rock Sacramento (GRS) provides a safe place for marginalized youth
and adults to express themselves through music.

• Tiny Camp – ages 5-6 interact with different instruments, participate in movement,
  music games and activities, and learn foundational skills.
• Youth Camps – ages 8-11 and ages 12-17, each culminate with a live performance
  event. Curriculum includes instrument instruction, art projects, workshops
  (including social and gender justice, songwriting, yoga, self-defense, and more),
  and band rehearsals.
• Liberation Rock Camp – adults age 21+ who identify as women, non-binary, trans, or
  gender expansive. Participants learn an instrument and 2-3 cover songs, play a
  show/fundraiser for our youth camps, and find community.

Mentors are local musicians who have real-life experience in the music industry, allowing
campers to connect to role models, form bands outside of GRS, explore a career in music,
or simply build their confidence and nurture their creative potential.

Who We Serve:

Those who identify as women and girls, non-binary, or gender-expansive,
with an emphasis on those who are BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+.

Grant Funds Will: Build capacity to increase programming and sustained income.

• Infrastructure: Hire administrative staff, right-size salary of Executive Director, and
  hire additional teaching artists for programs. This will streamline processes to
  handle work and waitlists with greater efficiency and effectiveness. More campers
  will be enrolled, and revenue will increase through fundraising, sponsorships, and
  donor stewardship.
• Programming: Adult camp will grow from 12 to 60 participants, increasing revenue
  from each finale showcase that will fund our youth programs. More participants
  directly correlate to more ticket sales and donations.

GRS programs are an investment in arts education, critical for academic achievement,
social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Long-term impact is to help
create a vibrant and equitable community and foster a thriving cultural economy.

Project Title: Music in their Hearts, Instruments in their Hands

MusicLandria launched in 2014 as a music instrument library where anyone can check out instruments as one would check out books in a traditional library. MusicLandria has served over 20,000 people and lent over 28,000 musical instruments.

MusicLandria’s programs benefit low-income families, seniors, at-risk youth, youth experiencing homelessness, foster youth, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities with an emphasis on underserved communities. Roughly 40% of users are people of color. Over 30% have a household annual income of less than $25,000. Participants include aspiring musicians trying out their very first instrument to local bands, parents, youth and local
schools.

The Music Instrument Locker provides free access to musical instruments and equipment through a “Take What You Need, Leave What You Can” model. Rather than price tags, users are encouraged to give what they can. For some, this means leaving equipment they no longer need. For others, this means financial donations, volunteering time, or offering expertise. This year, MusicLandria has re-homed over 300 instruments and served over 150 people.

The Musician’s MakerSpace provides free on-site access to top-of-the-line music equipment and offers mentorship, paid residencies, practice space, audio and video recording services and an all-ages music venue. Through this program, local musicians have recorded over 2,000 songs and produced nearly 600 music videos and over 15,000 people have been hosted through concerts, festivals, meetups and club meetings.

Impact100’s grant allows MusicLandria to secure a permanent space and increase weekly service hours by 50%, public and corporate support by 20%, and instrument donations by 30%. Funding also allows MusicLandria to acquire a more diverse range of instruments and reach more individuals in need. Larger space means expansion of the free Music Instrument Locker and Musician’s MakerSpace and supports MusicLandria’s mission to empower individuals to explore their musical passions, regardless of financial barriers.

Project Title: Teen Empowerment Program

Soil Born Farms’ permanently-protected 55-acre urban farm and education center is located within the American River Parkway, and serves as a legacy resource for our Sacramento community. Funding from Impact100 will bring Soil Born Farms’ Teen Empowerment Program to fruition, engaging 400+ underserved urban teens in meaningful experiential education, career exploration and job training. This program brings teens into the core of Soil Born Farms’ work, aimed at empowering over 30,000 residents each year to learn, grow, eat and connect.

The Teen Empowerment Program is focused on unlocking teens’ capabilities, challenging them to learn and grow, and engaging them in the creation of a resilient, healthy, and sustainable Sacramento food system. They will be key contributors in using climate-smart agriculture to produce food for our community and school cafeterias, stewarding the farm’s diverse ecosystems, creating healthy prepared meals, and educating younger children.

The Teen Empowerment Program is a capstone experience in Soil Born’s K-12 career pathway in food, health and the environment for the Sacramento region. Youth come from throughout the county, with a focus on students of low-income Title 1 schools. Many teens served are students of the Agriculture and Culinary Academies at Cordova High School, located adjacent to Soil Born Farms. Cordova High School has a rich diversity of ethnicities, with 70% of students from communities of color. Within the neighborhood, 75% of students at local schools qualify for reduced-price meals, and many families have more access to fast food and liquor stores than healthy food options.

As a result of world-class learning experiences at Soil Born Farms, teens will gain the skills to lead healthy and productive lives and will be primed to become leaders in the fields of food, agriculture, health and environmental stewardship – all vital to the Sacramento economy and community.

Soil Born Farms Report

Project Title: Positive Spin Bicycle Collective

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates is collaborating with two other nonprofits to create Positive Spin, a youth-led community bike shop that will teach young people bicycle mechanics and repair, and business skills. Many low-income residents rely on bicycles to get to their job or school. A reason people don’t ride their bikes more often is because they don’t know how to fix them. Learning how to repair bicycles is a skillset in demand at bike shops nationwide and useful in places where a bike shop doesn’t currently exist. E-bikes are the fastest growing sector of the bicycle industry yet are too expensive for many. Retrofitting lightly used analog bikes with e-bike kits can put more e-bikes into the hands of people who most need them for transportation.

SABA is partnering with Community Shop Class (CSC) and Sierra Service Project (SSP). CSC is located on Stockton Blvd and works with neurodivergent youth who don’t always excel in traditional learning settings; instead, they thrive in experiential settings working with their hands and learning by doing. SSP teaches manufacturing and safe tool use so youth can gain necessary workforce skills. CSC and SSP currently run classes on building tiny homes, community gardens and food trucks. SABA is partnering with them to establish Positive Spin, enabling youth to build sustainable transportation and support others.

Impact100 funding helps SABA redesign existing space and expand into an additional 1,000 sq/ft area attached to CSC’s shop and access to a large backyard where students can work on projects while learning workforce development skills. Stockton Boulevard is a top Vision Zero High Injury corridor in the city and the Stockton Corridor Plan envisions 4 miles of new and improved bike access along the Boulevard. A bicycle collective in the area will serve the current community and future residents.

Project Title: UCP Saddle Pals

UCP programs help clients and their families to live a life with increased independence, productivity, and self-confidence. UCP ensures that clients of all ages and income levels can learn new skills. Because of UCP, many clients feel more connected to the community, have increased confidence, and experience more independence. Each month, UCP serves nearly 3,100 individuals with autism (48%), intellectual delay (25%), Down syndrome and/or epilepsy (17%), and cerebral palsy (10%). UCP provides 14 programs through four divisions – Family Respite, Transportation, Adult Programs, and Recreation.

UCP’s Saddle Pals program is an equine therapy program where children and adults with developmental disabilities learn to care for and ride horses. Participants build confidence and abilities while learning how to interact with horses and learn the basics of horseback riding over an eight-week program. They increase their riding capabilities on the Saddle Pals Sensory Trail where they perform structured tasks that will help with coordination and motor skills. This provides a multi-dimensional challenge in an environment outside of their familiar ones.

UCP Saddle Pals was a long-standing program prior to the mandated COVID lockdowns and in 2020 was shut down for the safety of clients, sta[, and volunteers. The shut-down has allowed UCP to redesign and relaunch the program in a more convenient location. Impact100 dollars will fund site upgrades and preparation such as grading, fencing, ADA bathrooms, and classroom space. Additional work is required such as recruiting and training new sta[ and volunteers, securing horses, and community promotion.

UCP is moving UCP Saddle Pals to the Sacramento Horseman’s Association (SHA). SHA has welcomed UCP and provides space to host programming and collaborates on fundraising for site improvements. The tenants at SHA are excited for the partnership with many already raising their hands to volunteer and allow UCP to use their horses.

Project Title: The (real) Talk: How to Start the Right Conversations with Your Kids & Keep Having
Them

One in four girls and one in six boys will be a victim of sexual violence before they graduate high school. Once they leave home, risks of sexual violence increase even more: college women are at three times greater risk for sexual violence and women not in college experience a four times greater risk for sexual violence. Violence against LGBTQ+ youth is at even higher rates and in one study, 81% of transgender youth reported experiencing sexual violence. And with more relationships beginning virtually and through apps, youth are left trying to navigate even greater risks from online predators.

Victims are harmed in the places where they should be safe – at school, in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Dating and sexual violence is preventable, and parents are well positioned to be their children’s best and most consistent teachers. When it comes to the subject of healthy relationships, parents are often ill-equipped. Barriers include their own history of domestic and sexual violence, limited experience identifying healthy vs unhealthy relationships, discomfort with discussing sensitive topics and a lack of information about prevention strategies.

With Impact100’s support, WEAVE will create a toolkit of robust resources designed for parents/caregivers and young people. This toolkit will include content designed to stimulate an ongoing conversation that is age and developmentally appropriate, responds to the different lived experiences of families in our region, responds to cultural differences, and respects the vast range of identities and relationships of parents/caregivers and their children.

WEAVE’s mission is to promote safe and healthy relationships and support survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. WEAVE trains over 8,000 youth and 12,000 adults through prevention programs annually and is well positioned to lead in developing the toolkit. WEAVE will leverage Impact100 funding to complete the toolkit, estimated to cost $156,000.