The Youth Law Center’s Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez knows just how hard being a child in the foster care and […more…]
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Every year, the Warriors Community Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the six-time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors – hosts […more…]
Lea másOutdoor education is a right, not a privilege – everyone deserves to know the joy of a bracing hike among […more…]
Lea másWho hasn’t wondered why, in an immensely wealthy and creative city like San Francisco, no one can move the needle […more…]
Lea másFor the Cohen sisters, taking on the embodiment of the fossil fuel and climate crisis – plastic – started with […more…]
Lea másMeredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over […more…]
Lea másEvery nonprofit has its superpower. For the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), it might be predicting the future. “If […more…]
Lea másIt didn’t take long for Darrell Booker to impact one of the largest tech corporations in the world: Microsoft. In […more…]
Lea másUnbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]
Lea másIn 2005, Napa County officials came to On The Move, a local nonprofit, desperate to move the needle on positive […more…]
Lea másFor underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]
Lea másIf you drive through the Tenderloin, a rough-and-tumble part of San Francisco where California’s income inequality gap is on full […more…]
Lea másTwo decades ago, André V. Chapman was torn between his executive sales job in Silicon Valley and a nonprofit he’d […more…]
Lea másGetting older is an isolating experience for anyone. For disabled and formerly unhoused veterans of a largely forgotten war, it’s […more…]
Lea másWhen COVID-19 shut down the Bay Area in March 2020, Sunday Friends Foundation had to pivot from hosting programs at […more…]
Lea másVeronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]
Lea másThe year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
Lea másSandra beat breast cancer several years ago, yet continues to struggle with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, to […more…]
Lea másThe San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is rooted by the bonds of childhood friendship. Rodney Jackson, Jr. and […more…]
Lea másOften, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]
Lea másIn March 2020, the U.S. government awarded Seneca Family of Agencies an important contract to coordinate mental health services for […more…]
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