Rosenberg Foundation helps garner over $4M in back wages for garment workers, brings garment worker abuses to national attention

San Francisco Foundation helps defeat Proposition 54

California Wellness Foundation helps educate voters on Prop. 188. Initiative loses in a landslide

When $10,000 sometimes equals $1,000,000

East Bay Community Foundation educates the public about Proposition 54

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In 1994, The California Wellness Foundation made grants of $4 million for a public education campaign on a critcial ballot measure affecting public health - Proposition 188, the statewide smoking initiative which would have loosened smoking regulations resulting in a negative impact on the health of California residents. The initiative was overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of approximately 30% to 70%. For more information on this success, please read "A Case Study in Using Private Foundation Funds to Educate Voters."