The CCHE was established in 2004 to fund projects through a competitive grant process to tell the stories of California as a unified society and of the many groups of people that together comprise historic and modern California. The CCHE funded by voter-approved bonds from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, more commonly known as Proposition 40. There is 122 million dollars up for grabs and three Amador County groups are looking for their shares. The three groups include the Fiddletown Preservation Society, the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek and the Kennedy Mine Foundation in Jackson. The Fiddletown Preservation Society is looking to fund the Restoration of two Chinese Structures in the amount of $225,000. The Kennedy Mine Foundation is asking for $ 150,000 for the Kennedy Mine Archives Building and finally the(VIDEO) Knight Foundry is hoping for their requested amount of  $1,074,706. The meeting of the state endowment will be August 22 and 23 in Sacramento. The local groups will be headed to the meeting, each being afforded the opportunity to present their project to the endowment’s board.