At Mission Action, our housing programs are more than just a place to sleep—they are spaces of safety, affirmation, and dignity for San Francisco’s most vulnerable communities. Grounded in a trauma-informed and harm-reduction approach, programs are designed to provide immediate stability and to cultivate resilience, foster empowerment, and open pathways to long-term housing. In December, [...more...]
Meredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over two decades ago she came to understand that for tens of thousands of first-generation or [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
Young people are on the frontlines, often literally, of the world’s cultural and political battles. But rarely given opportunities to […more…]
“Sometimes success feels like staying afloat,” says Briana, a former foster youth describing her uphill journey. At 18, “emancipated” from […more…]
What began in the heart of the Castro as a community dance for LGBTQ+ youth has blossomed into a life-changing […more…]
Social Justice
Gabriel was stunned when he opened a notice from his landlord: his rent was going up by 16.6%. “I felt […more…]
In communities across America, a tragic reality plays out daily: 92% of people facing legal issues do not have the […more…]
Homelessness
In the heart of San Francisco’s Bayview district, Diana had called the same house home for over two decades. But […more…]
Health & Wellness
In Sierra Leone, a struggling mother of two named Christiana sought an abortion from the only source she knew. Untrained, […more…]
February is the coldest month of the year — and the need for shelter from theelements is urgent. You can […more…]
In West Oakland – an area with deep roots in Black art, food, and community – access to fresh foods […more…]
For the Environment
The banana slug moves silently across the forest floor, a strange but welcoming ambassador to the redwood cathedral above. For […more…]
For the Children
When families have a child with a critical illness, not only do they face the medical crisis; they face emotional […more…]
In the heart of Silicon Valley, students attend well-funded public schools, and yet another story unfolds in those same hallways. […more…]
The Teaching Well was on on KTVU FOX 2! As the new school year approaches, teacher burnout remains one of the […more…]
For the Animals
In the San Francisco Bay Area, a family’s love for their pet can be tested by the high cost of […more…]
Each year in the U.S., hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs are surrendered to shelters – or tragically euthanized […more…]
Wilma Melville founded the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in 1996, a year after witnessing the dearth of rescue dogs […more…]
Family Well-Being
A mom in East Palo Alto went to jail for stealing diapers; her kids went to foster care. According to […more…]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latest data from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System […more…]
Emergency Services
Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief has been awarded the 2025 Seoul Peace Prize for its longstanding humanitarian work in delivering medical resources to […more…]
The Search Dog Foundation believes that they can help every dog that enters theiur program be successful in whatever type […more…]
Education
The National Writing Project (NWP) operates as the nation’s largest network of teacher-leaders focused on writing, with 150 university-based sites […more…]
Being the first in your family to attend college is a remarkable achievement, but one that also comes with a […more…]
In 2014, East Palo Alto sat in the shadow of Silicon Valley’s giants – Facebook, Google, Stanford – yet thousands […more…]
Community Resilience
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. (PVI) was founded nearly 80 years ago in Menlo Park by a group of forward-thinking women in […more…]
Since 2019, the cost of living in the city by the Bay has skyrocketed by 54%, forcing teachers, essential workers, […more…]
The call came on a Tuesday morning in July. Eliana*, 22 and struggling with her homework, learned that her parents […more…]
Advocacy
Gun violence. The phrase has become almost blandly ubiquitous in American culture. But to those who have experienced the piercing […more…]