Columbia College Foundation 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.
The Fall 2024 Mini-Grant application is NOW OPEN
The application closes on Thursday October 31, 2024 at 5 PM
APPLY HERE
(download the form before completing for the best results).
Questions about the mini-grants program can be directed to Amanda Stephens, Foundation Specialist, 209-588-5065, stephensa@yosemite.edu
Past Projects Supported by Mini-Grants
Spring 2024 Total awards: $12,788.26Equipment 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 Fall 2023 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 Spring 2023 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 Fall 2022 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 Spring 2022 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 Fall 2021 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 Spring 2021 Total awards: $ 2,800 Commencement Cheer Packages: $800 Columbia Culinary Club Membership and Travel: $1000 Outdoor Club - Supplemental Pads: $1,000 Spring/Fall 2020 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 Fall 2019 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 Spring 2019 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 Fall 2018 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 Spring 2018 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 Fall 2017 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 Spring 2017 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 Fall 2016 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 Spring 2016 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 Fall 2015 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
Spring 2015 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 Fall 2014 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 Spring 2014 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 Fall 2013 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 Spring 2013 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 Fall 2012 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 Spring 2012 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 Fall 2011 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
