Philanthropy, incorporated for the public good, can and should make all its investments accordingly. In 2021, Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill to more tightly regulate donor-advised funds, commonly referred to as DAFs. While the Accelerating Charitable Giving (ACE) Act’s reforms were far from sweeping, the bill set off a bitter debate over who controls charitable funds: the donor or the public. The Act’s supporters plausibly argued that wealthy donors [...more...]
When Susan Hirsch started Hirsch Philanthropy Partners in San Francisco in 1999, the field of philanthropic advising was nascent. As one of the nation’s first philanthropic advising firms, Hirsch set out to change the game [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
In 2018, a few months after Elizabeth Clews exited the foster care system at 18 years old, she was pregnant […more…]
In Scotty Kober’s eyes, soccer is the most versatile sport in the world. Anywhere, anytime, anyone can play – all […more…]
After emigrating from Bulgaria in 1928, Alexander Angel Krem graduated from George Williams College in Chicago with a degree in […more…]
The Arts
Co-founder of the only tech news website for Black millennials; head writer for Disney+’s upcoming superhero series starring a Black […more…]
“You can’t be what you can’t see.” This quote from civil rights activist Marian Wright Edelman is the guiding force […more…]
The Marin Art and Garden Center was established in 1945 through the foresight of a group of local women who […more…]
Social Justice
Please join us for the first virtual Unsung Heroes event on Thursday, December 8th, 2022 from 3-4:30pm PST. We will be celebrating […more…]
Every week, JFCS East Bay resettles three to four refugee families, the majority of whom have been arriving from Afghanistan […more…]
Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the country, Marin County is one of the least racially equitable in […more…]
Public Square
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…]
When tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch launched a private social club, dubbed The Battery, in San Francisco almost a […more…]
Homelessness and Housing
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]
Support doesn’t end when you leave Raphael House, a long-term family shelter with a legacy of breaking barriers in Lower […more…]
Robynne Jeisman simply wants young people to find a safe place where they feel like they truly belong. As the […more…]
Health
Despite living with RUNX1 familial platelet disorder (RUNX1-FPD), Tim Babich lived a happy life with his wife, Monica. After the […more…]
Esperanza was 19 years old and living in Malawi when she faced a serious health crisis. While giving birth to […more…]
Founded in 1971 and nestled on 12 acres in Woodside, the National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT) is internationally […more…]
Fostering Care
Anthony Pico was homeless, unemployed, and had aged out of the foster care system when he started seeing a therapist […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…]
For 24 years, Students Rising Above (SRA) has helped thousands of students facing poverty and systemic barriers achieve success. “We […more…]
“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.” This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]
Community Resilience
The American Dream tells us that with enough grit and determination, anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and […more…]
Kanley Souet-Pich was familiar with the struggles of refugees as a young mother living in Oakland in 2019. Born in […more…]
Ian, a former prison inmate paroled on the streets of San Francisco, knows how to do a tough day’s work. […more…]
Advocacy
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]
In contemplating the scope and destruction wrought by gun violence, it is understandable to despair. But inaction won’t save your […more…]
Young women in the world often find themselves in perpetual combat with a system that has historically silenced and oppressed […more…]