California’s juvenile justice system intervenes in the lives of some of the children who have experienced the greatest challenges, and promises to provide them treatment, care, guidance, rehabilitation, and a pathway to a better future. This promise is critical for the health of our youth and our communities. Education should be central to that mission. But too frequently, youth in the juvenile justice system are denied access to the supports and resources they need to [...more...]
We’re close to meeting the fundraising goal for our Equitable Recovery Action Plan but need help to get to the finish line. Thanks to the generosity of one of our donors, we were able to extend our [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Driving Social Change
To those who say we can’t reduce gun violence in America, Tony Porter has a response: “Remember when we didn’t […more…]
Brady released a new report and a webpage on the “Origin of an Insurrection: How Second Amendment Extremism Led to […more…]
The largest database of ATF gun store inspection reports ever released to the public, exposing gun stores cited for breaking […more…]
Environment
In what is being heralded as a historic win for advocates working to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, parties to […more…]
The cosmetics industry generates approximately US$ 341.1 billion annually—and 120 billion units of plastic packaging, most of which are not […more…]
The White House announced today that the Department of the Interior will reduce and eventually phase out the sale of […more…]
Events
We’re sharing news about our recent in-person event held at the The Battery in San Francisco. The event was hosted […more…]
Family Ties
We’ve been thinking a lot about what an equitable recovery means for individuals and families across Marin. For some people, […more…]
Ivana Jagodic Meholick was pregnant with her second child when she suffered panic attacks about a potential miscarriage. But they […more…]
Ryan had big plans as he looked forward to high school. As the school year began online, however, his dreams […more…]
For the Children
Caregivers are the earliest and best advocates for children, and have the lived experience and expertise to inform how and […more…]
May is National Foster Care Month, and during May, your donations up to $40,000 will be doubled. It’s the largest […more…]
Not long after the pandemic immobilized supply chains, causing a shortage of basic necessities at San Francisco Bay Area food […more…]
For the Youth
When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]
Juma Ventures, alongside The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, Year Up, and The San Francisco 49ers Academy, is […more…]
In December 2021, East Bay Children’s Law Offices, East Bay Family Defenders and Dependency Legal Services released results about their […more…]
Fostering Care
2022 Leadership Award recipients tackle the state’s most critical and high-profile challenges The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of […more…]
Often, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]
Please join us for our next free Continuing Education event! Did you know that when you volunteer with A Home […more…]
Giving Challenges
May is National Foster Care Month, and during May, your donations up to $40,000 will be doubled. It’s the largest […more…]
Juma Ventures, alongside The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, Year Up, and The San Francisco 49ers Academy, is […more…]
When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]
Homelessness
A message from At The Crossroads Executive Director, Charles Lerner: “I have worked in nonprofits for over 25 years and […more…]
No requirements. No finish line. Nobody gets kicked out. The San Francisco nonprofit At The Crossroads (ATC) practices a model […more…]
Everyone in Marin deserves the opportunity to have a roof over their head, nutritious food, and greater well-being. During 2021, in the face of unprecedented need and inequity and […more…]
Justice For All
Every nonprofit has its superpower. For the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), it might be predicting the future. “If […more…]
In 2023, on the Main Post of San Francisco’s historic Presidio, Futures Without Violence will open the Courage Museum, an […more…]
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and NCLR File Federal Complaint in Florida’s Northern District On March 31, 2022, lawyers from […more…]
Meeting Disaster
Although you’ll seldom see them in comic books, search dogs are the closest thing to real life superheroes. Not only […more…]
Social Sector Leaders
It didn’t take long for Darrell Booker to impact one of the largest tech corporations in the world: Microsoft. In […more…]
Every year, the Warriors Community Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the six-time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors – hosts […more…]
If news breaks about your giving, are you ready to respond? If you want to share a story about the […more…]
Teach The Children Well
Meredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over […more…]
For underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]
Veronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]
TGL Features
The Arts
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is rooted by the bonds of childhood friendship. Rodney Jackson, Jr. and […more…]
If you had the chance to speak to the world at this moment, what would you say? To what or […more…]
The Fourth Estate
Who hasn’t wondered why, in an immensely wealthy and creative city like San Francisco, no one can move the needle […more…]
The San Francisco Public Press works on behalf of its readers and listeners to deliver in-depth and data-driven investigative reporting […more…]
As devastating wildfires, a deadly global pandemic, and bitter political division make life feel chaotic, KQED has been a constant, […more…]
To Your Health
In March 2020, the U.S. government awarded Seneca Family of Agencies an important contract to coordinate mental health services for […more…]
Medicine often starts with a story. And the story Dr. Monique LeSarre tells about health and San Francisco’s African-American community […more…]
Sandra beat breast cancer several years ago, yet continues to struggle with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, to […more…]
Youth Justice
The Youth Law Center’s Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez knows just how hard being a child in the foster care and […more…]
YLC’s new investigative report, Designed to Fail, in partnership with Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) exposes the inhumane and abusive treatment […more…]
Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]