January 2022 Update
By Giving List Staff   |   January 21, 2022

We’ve laid a table at Homeward Bound with inspiring events for 2022, starting with a graduation for trainees at Fresh […more…]

We Just Launched Our Gun Store Transparency Project
By Giving List Staff   |   January 21, 2022

The largest database of ATF gun store inspection reports ever released to the public, exposing gun stores cited for breaking […more…]

Brady Responds To Remarks By President Biden
By Giving List Staff   |   January 10, 2022

Brady released a new report and a webpage on the “Origin of an Insurrection: How Second Amendment Extremism Led to […more…]

Family Justice Initiative Report
By Giving List Staff   |   January 10, 2022

In December 2021, East Bay Children’s Law Offices, East Bay Family Defenders and Dependency Legal Services released results about their […more…]

Broadening Our Impact Through Resiliency and Innovation
By Giving List Staff   |   January 10, 2022

Many of the individuals that At The Crossroads works with report that accessing services can be difficult. During COVID-19 these […more…]

Creating Fair and Lasting Change
By Giving List Staff   |   January 10, 2022

Help us to Make It a Brighter 2022 for All. What not everyone realizes is that that there are still […more…]

A Personal Commitment to Philanthropy
By Giving List Staff   |   November 2, 2021

When John Armour joined Capital Group Private Client Services more than 20 years ago, one of his first assignments was […more…]

Turning Trauma into Resilience for Oakland’s Vibrant Community
By Giving List Staff   |   November 2, 2021

When a flood of Afghan refugees began arriving in the Bay Area this fall, their plight was immediately understood by […more…]

Building Trust by Supporting Homeless Youth and Young Adults Unconditionally
By Giving List Staff   |   November 2, 2021

No requirements. No finish line. Nobody gets kicked out. The San Francisco nonprofit At The Crossroads (ATC) practices a model […more…]

Anchoring The Bay With Trusted Programming During Tumultuous Times
By Giving List Staff   |   November 1, 2021

As devastating wildfires, a deadly global pandemic, and bitter political division make life feel chaotic, KQED has been a constant, […more…]

We Can End Gun Violence by Taking Action – Not Sides
By Giving List Staff   |   November 1, 2021

To those who say we can’t reduce gun violence in America, Tony Porter has a response: “Remember when we didn’t […more…]

The Transformational Power of Therapy
By Giving List Staff   |   November 1, 2021

A child comes into your life. Your response is an unqualified commitment to them – no matter what they say […more…]

Giving Back
By Giving List Staff   |   November 1, 2021

We launched The Giving List to help the important nonprofits featured in this book spend less time fundraising and more […more…]

40 Years of Transforming the Lives of Children and Youth in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

The Youth Law Center’s Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez knows just how hard being a child in the foster care and […more…]

An Honest Broker with a Big Megaphone
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Every year, the Warriors Community Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the six-time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors – hosts […more…]

Fighting Inequality Through Hands-On Environmental Learning
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Outdoor education is a right, not a privilege – everyone deserves to know the joy of a bracing hike among […more…]

Public Service Journalism That Punches Above Its Weight
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Who hasn’t wondered why, in an immensely wealthy and creative city like San Francisco, no one can move the needle […more…]

Visionary Sisters Collaborating to Create a More Just and Healthy Planet
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

For the Cohen sisters, taking on the embodiment of the fossil fuel and climate crisis – plastic – started with […more…]

“It’s college affordability that keeps me up at night”
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Meredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over […more…]

We Serve With Love
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Every nonprofit has its superpower. For the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), it might be predicting the future. “If […more…]

On a Mission to ‘Activate’ the Bay Area’s Charitable Foundations Behind the Tech Needs of Its Black-Led Nonprofits
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

It didn’t take long for Darrell Booker to impact one of the largest tech corporations in the world: Microsoft.  In […more…]

Transforming the Lives of Formerly Incarcerated Youth through Healing and Justice
By Giving List Staff   |   October 14, 2021

Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]

‘Let the Youth Lead’
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

In 2005, Napa County officials came to On The Move, a local nonprofit, desperate to move the needle on positive […more…]

Bringing Students’ Potential into Focus
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

For underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]

Doing the Hardest Jobs to Help California and Its Unhoused Residents
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

If you drive through the Tenderloin, a rough-and-tumble part of San Francisco where California’s income inequality gap is on full […more…]

For Foster Youth, Unity Care Means Home Sweet Home
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Two decades ago, André V. Chapman was torn between his executive sales job in Silicon Valley and a nonprofit he’d […more…]

Helping Formerly Homeless Vets Age with Dignity and a Strong Dose of Joy
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Getting older is an isolating experience for anyone. For disabled and formerly unhoused veterans of a largely forgotten war, it’s […more…]

For Sunday Friends Foundation, the Pandemic Offered a Silver Lining
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

When COVID-19 shut down the Bay Area in March 2020, Sunday Friends Foundation had to pivot from hosting programs at […more…]

‘Navigational Capital’
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Veronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]

The Social Sector’s Preeminent Source of News and Knowledge
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]

Because Nobody Should Have to Choose Between Feeding Themselves or Their Pet
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Sandra beat breast cancer several years ago, yet continues to struggle with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, to […more…]

Fighting for the Cultural Soul of the City
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is rooted by the bonds of childhood friendship. Rodney Jackson, Jr. and […more…]

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things for Foster Children
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Often, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]

Todo Por Mi Familia Offers Families More Than Mental Health Services, it Provides Them Everything
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

In March 2020, the U.S. government awarded Seneca Family of Agencies an important contract to coordinate mental health services for […more…]

A Child Abuse-Ending Ecosystem
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Not long after the pandemic immobilized supply chains, causing a shortage of basic necessities at San Francisco Bay Area food […more…]

Letting the Body Come to Life
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Medicine often starts with a story. And the story Dr. Monique LeSarre tells about health and San Francisco’s African-American community […more…]

Helping Mothers Overcome Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Ivana Jagodic Meholick was pregnant with her second child when she suffered panic attacks about a potential miscarriage. But they […more…]

Indelibly Changing the Lives of Silicon Valley Foster Youth
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]

Rescue Dogs. Rescue People.
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Although you’ll seldom see them in comic books, search dogs are the closest thing to real life superheroes. Not only […more…]

Getting into the Ideal College: A Reality for Everyone
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Anne was a senior at Hollywood High School hoping to become a veterinarian. But the daughter of a single mom […more…]