One Goal. Prevent Cancer. Read the full 2022 Impact Report here! As a rare disease nonprofit, we understand the challenge of having little information and no treatments. Our patient community are the educators themselves—with their family, their friends and with healthcare professionals. RRP has been committed to raising awareness of hereditary hematologic malignancies (familialblood cancers), [...more...]
Artists, storytellers, teachers, and community leaders have long understood the power of art and story to transform individual lives, as well as society at large. From ancient times, and in cultures around the world, music, [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
“Sometimes success feels like staying afloat,” says Briana, a former foster youth describing her uphill journey. At 18, “emancipated” from […more…]
Young people are on the frontlines, often literally, of the world’s cultural and political battles. But rarely given opportunities to […more…]
At Futures Explored’s new Concord studio, the air hums with possibility. Cameras roll, lights flicker, and a young director named […more…]
Social Justice
In communities across America, a tragic reality plays out daily: 92% of people facing legal issues do not have the […more…]
Gabriel was stunned when he opened a notice from his landlord: his rent was going up by 16.6%. “I felt […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 West Oakland – an area with deep roots in Black art, food, and community – access to fresh foods […more…]
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…]
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
The 14-year-old girl from El Salvador had never been away from home, but Carolina* knew she had to run. The […more…]
In the heart of Silicon Valley, students attend well-funded public schools, and yet another story unfolds in those same hallways. […more…]
When families have a child with a critical illness, not only do they face the medical crisis; they face emotional […more…]
For the Animals
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…]
In the San Francisco Bay Area, a family’s love for their pet can be tested by the high cost of […more…]
Family Well-Being
When Barbara Carberry’s extended family were welcoming a new baby, she faced a dilemma: what meaningful gift could she give parents who already had […more…]
Most baby care equipment assumes parents can reach over high crib rails and lift infants while standing. For the growing […more…]
Emergency Services
Four-Star Rating for 15th Consecutive Year Highlights Operational Excellence and Humanitarian Impact Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has […more…]
The Search Dog Foundation (SDF) has announced the deployment of seven specialized canine disaster search teams to Washington state as […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…]
In 2014, East Palo Alto sat in the shadow of Silicon Valley’s giants – Facebook, Google, Stanford – yet thousands […more…]
Who among us doesn’t have a cherished memory of a stellar teacher who made a crucial, lasting impact on our […more…]
Community Resilience
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. (PVI) was founded over 76 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
There is only one thing Brady: United Against Gun Violence (Brady) Chief Development and Engagement Officer Liz Dunning wants you […more…]