For Young People, Juma is More Than a Job It’s a Stepping Stone to Success
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Alvin Yu wanted to be the first in his family to go to college. But he needed a job to […more…]

Here to Help the Healing Begin
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) was founded in San Francisco in 1850, the same year as the State of […more…]

The Power of Policy Change
By Giving List Staff   |   October 5, 2021

What if you could invest in an organization that, with an annual budget of $2 million, has produced $3.3 billion […more…]

Moving Fast and Fixing Things
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

“Helping kids in foster care reach their full potential.” The lightbulb went off, as it often does, during a walk. […more…]

Defending Rights, Securing Justice
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

For more than 40 years, Human Rights Watch has investigated human rights abuses, exposed the facts, and demanded change in […more…]

Ending Homelessness for Everyone It Touches
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

Out on the streets, Librado said his plans were “just to survive.” He worked full-time at a local electronics store […more…]

Boundless Love Drove this New Mom to Start a Grassroots Diaper Bank
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

Lisa Truong was a new mom at home with her baby at the height of the Great Recession, when an […more…]

A Bold, Living Monument to a Future Without Violence
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

In 2023, on the Main Post of San Francisco’s historic Presidio, Futures Without Violence will open the Courage Museum, an […more…]

Trusted Media Advisors to Drive Social Change
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

If news breaks about your giving, are you ready to respond? If you want to share a story about the […more…]

Dismantling the Pipeline to Prison
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

The first time Ali Knight walked into a prison at age 25, he was surprised to see a childhood friend […more…]

Giving Female Intimate-Abuse Survivors a Second Chance
By Giving List Staff   |   October 4, 2021

Rosemary “Rosie” Dyer spent 34 years behind bars for fatally shooting an abusive husband who’d dug a pit in which […more…]

‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Upstanders’
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

Elaine Guarnieri-Nunn was attending a Facing History and Ourselves seminar about the steps that led to the Holocaust years ago […more…]

Compassionate Representation for Children and Youth
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

“I was one of those kids who thought he didn’t have a future.” This is what Samuel Carter, now 29, […more…]

Driving Equity Through Artistic Expression
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

Julia Chigamba, a master Zimbabwean dance instructor, had just begun a performance with a second-grade class at the former Roots […more…]

Telling Truth Through Theater
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

What do the hit shows Tony and Black Monday have in common? They feature writers – Dipika Guha and Christina Anderson – who got […more…]

Helping People, Changing Lives
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

For many, Marin County conjures the image of a wealthy enclave replete with mansions tucked into its verdant hills and […more…]

Exposing Injustice at the Nexus of Power and Food
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

For more than a decade, Civil Eats has grown from a labor of love to the leading national nonprofit newsroom […more…]

Helping Students Make Sense of Dollars and Cents
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

City National has always been about doing business differently, one relationship at a time. The company always places people and […more…]

Communicate with Joy
By Giving List Staff   |   October 1, 2021

Executive Director Cindy Dickeson and her team see it all the time. Parents walk through the doors of CEID, the […more…]

Forever Changing California’s Commitment to the Emotional Well-Being of its Children
By Giving List Staff   |   September 30, 2021

Driving real, lasting social change requires clear vision, an ability to articulate that vision, and then the ability to ensure […more…]

Building a Bay Area Movement for Social Change
By Giving List Staff   |   September 30, 2021

Theo Ellington grew up in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood in the 1990s and 2000s. Then and now it remains […more…]

Crowdsourcing Philanthropy
By Giving List Staff   |   September 29, 2021

“Philanthropy shouldn’t be a lonely endeavor,” says Colleen Gregerson, executive director of Battery Powered. As Gregerson – a veteran philanthropy […more…]