A mother passing you on the sidewalk. An elderly man waiting for the bus. A child playing soccer with your son or daughter. The teenager handing you your groceries. Homelessness and poverty permeate the areas all around us, yet often go unnoticed. This is a crisis that knows no boundaries in California. As a multi-service provider, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa is uniquely positioned to address this crisis. Their team operates homelessness [...more...]
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Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
JBAY is closing in on its first year of the Critical Needs and Opportunity Fund and one thing is clear: it has […more…]
Jessica Kahlman knows that many Bay Area students have yet to lay eyes on a majestic coast redwood or dip […more…]
May is Foster Care Awareness Month and John Burton Advocates for Youth is delighted to be celebrating it with a […more…]
The Arts
In this golden age of documentaries, turbocharged by the streaming revolution, who is making sure that film’s potential to drive […more…]
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” This quote from civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman is the guiding force […more…]
Co-founder of the only tech news website for Black millennials; head writer for Disney+’s upcoming superhero series starring a Black […more…]
Social Justice
We make it possible for people in Marin to achieve well-being by providing the education, mental health, and vital services […more…]
Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the country, Marin County is one of the least racially equitable in […more…]
We are so proud of YLC’s Policy Director, Jenny Pokempner, on being named the American Bar Association’s Fearless Children’s Lawyer […more…]
Public Square
When tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch launched a private social club, dubbed The Battery, in San Francisco almost a […more…]
The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
The San Francisco Public Press wants you to know two things: the truth behind the major problems afflicting the Bay […more…]
Homelessness and Housing
A mother passing you on the sidewalk. An elderly man waiting for the bus. A child playing soccer with your […more…]
Tom is a Bay Area native and has been a dedicated community builder and fundraiser. As a board member for […more…]
Summer opens with a clear path to ending veteran homelessness in Marin County! Crews demolished old warehouses this spring and […more…]
Health
Five-year-old Noah was almost legally blind, pressing his nose against the page to make sense of the words. Then a […more…]
Founded in 1971 and nestled on 12 acres in Woodside, the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT) is internationally […more…]
Before 2009, Tim and Monica Babich were living in denial about Tim’s RUNX1 familial platelet disorder (RUNX1-FPD). After Tim’s aunt […more…]
Fostering Care
Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […more…]
A Home Within is thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired approval through the American Psychological Association (APA) to offer CE […more…]
At 18, after a youth spent in foster care, homeless shelters, and other county institutions, Dontae Lartigue rolled up his […more…]
Family Well-Being
The San Francisco Bay Area is an exceptional place to live and raise a family. But it shouldn’t be just […more…]
Dr. Monique LeSarre wakes up in the middle of the night, over and over again, with the same thought: “I […more…]
Environment
The Continuum Foundation, a two-year-old nonprofit with big ambitions, is developing a completely sustainable and regenerative retreat center on 30 […more…]
Doria Robinson grew up in a tough neighborhood in Richmond, California. Liquor stores and fast food restaurants lined almost every […more…]
Mercy Center in Burlingame has been a spiritual oasis for the last four decades, a place of healing and transformation. […more…]
Emergency Services
In 1945, William Zimdin, an Estonian immigrant who had fled fascism to California, dedicated his fortune to sending relief parcels […more…]
When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]
Education
Believe. Partner. Connect. These three values animate the work of 10,000 Degrees, a uniquely successful Bay Area organization supporting students […more…]
“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.” This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]
For 24 years, Students Rising Above (SRA) has helped thousands of students facing poverty and systemic barriers achieve success. “We […more…]
Community Resilience
Mayor Shen Thao’s office nominated CERI staff member Sophal Yin as an honoree for the AAPI Heritage Month for the […more…]
Perhaps, if you were watching the Giants and Padres play in Oracle Park one recent evening, you might have seen […more…]
On April 11, 2023, CERI officially opened the doors at our new office on Grand Ave in Oakland. We marked […more…]
Advocacy
In 2022, Brady launched a statewide End Family Fire campaign in partnership with the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to […more…]
In contemplating the scope and destruction wrought by gun violence, it is understandable to despair. But inaction won’t save your […more…]
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]