Expired/Repealed Fund Descriptions
Asthma and Lung Disease Research Fund
Contributions were used to provide medical research grants to develop and advance the understanding of the causes, treatment, and cure of lung disease.
For more information, the taxpayer may contact the American Lung Association of California.
Birth Defects Research
Contributions were used to find causes of birth defects.
California Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund
Contributions will be allocated to the State Department of Health Services for making grants to foundations that qualify as exempt organizations and whose mission is the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer. The grants shall contribute toward the expansion of community-based colorectal cancer education and culturally sensitive and appropriate prevention activities targeted toward communities that are disproportionately at risk or afflicted by colorectal cancer.
California Election Campaign Fund
Contributions of $1, $5, $10, or $25 were made to one of these political parties: American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, or Republican. The maximum contribution was $25 per person.
California Lung Disease and Asthma Research Fund
Contributions were used to provide medical research grants to develop and advance the understanding of the causes, treatment, and cure of lung disease.
California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial
Contributions were used to beautify and enhance the existing Mexican American Veterans' memorial.
California Military Museum Fund
Contributions were used to support the museum's effort to do the following:
- Collect, exhibit, and preserve California's military history from 1775 to date.
- Assist in educating the general public, especially school children, about our American military heritage and thus instill pride therein.
- Recognize all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and the contributions of ethnicity of their members throughout military history.
- Maintain and operate the facilities required.
California Missions Foundation Fund
Contributions were used to fund programs for the restoration and repair of Spanish colonial and mission era missions and to preserve the artworks and artifacts of these missions.
California Olympic Training Fund
Contributions were used by the United States Olympic Committee for Olympic activities in California.
California Prostate Cancer Research Fund
Contributions funded research toward finding a cure for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, striking 230,000 men each year in the United States, including 27,000 in California.
California Public School Library Protection Fund
Contributions were used for the purchase of books and other library resources for schools.
California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund
Contributions will be allocated to the State Department of Health Services for allocation to the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) for the award of grants to support CALCASA rape crisis center programs for victims of rape and sexual assault.
For more information, visit their Website at CALCASA.
D.A.R.E. California (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Fund
Contributions were used to support D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) programs and provide proven effective, in-classroom anti-drug, anti-gang, and anti-violence education for California school children.
Lupus Foundation of America, California Chapters Fund
Contributions provided financial assistance to the California-based operating chapters of the Lupus Foundation of America. Funding went for public education and research grants to find ways of combating and hopefully finding a cure for Lupus. The Lupus Foundation of America, California Chapters Fund, was repealed because it did not receive the required minimum contribution.
National World War II Veterans Memorial Trust Fund
Contributions were used for the construction and maintenance of a National World War II Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The National World War II Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund was repealed because it did not receive the required minimum contribution.
Veterans Memorial Account
Contributions were used to pay for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of a veteran's memorial.
Veterans' Quality of Life Fund
Contributions will be allocated to the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund to provide additional funding for each of the veterans' homes.
For more information, visit their Website at Department of Veteran's Affairs.