Go the Distance with Foster Youth!
May is National Foster Care Month, and you can help foster youth achieve their dreams by supporting Pivotal today. Pivotal provides academic coaching, college scholarships, professional development, and career readiness support to foster youth in our community.
Show your support by joining Team Pivotal on June 22, 2025 at the Presidio Half Marathon, 10K, or 5K, hosted by The Guardsmen. Host a peer-to-peer fundraiser and whether you run across the Golden Gate Bridge or walk through Crissy Field, you can help foster youth build the lives they want for themselves.
Ready to run? Fill out this form or contact Serena at serena.ramirez@pivotalnow.org to set up your personal fundraising page today.
Let’s make a difference together!
Pivotal
Donate now!www.pivotalnow.org
Chief Development Officer: Chelsey Souza, CFRE
(408) 458-8394
Mission
As a population, foster youth struggle to succeed in school and the workplace. In fact, 89% want to go to college but only 3% will earn their bachelor’s degree. No matter how you look at it, being in foster care is a tough road. Pivotal helps their dreams become a reality.
Pivotal specializes in guiding foster youth towards academic and employment success.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s Director of Development and/or Executive Director.
Every young person deserves a life filled with opportunity and happiness. The work Pivotal is doing to support foster youth in their educational and life endeavors is transformative. Our family is grateful to support Pivotal through both volunteerism and as multi-year donors. We know that every resource is being put to work to transform lives.
Play a Pivotal Role in Supporting the Future of Foster Youth
Become a Dream Maker with a gift of $3,000
The Dream Makers Circle is a special group of donors who believe deeply in the potential of young people in and from foster care. By contributing $3,000 or more annually, Dream Makers help Pivotal scholars turn their dreams into reality.
Be a GEM (Give Every Month)
By contributing monthly, Pivotal GEMs invest in Pivotal’s students to help them achieve their goals. Monthly giving allows donors to spread out their gift over the year and creates a consistent stream of revenue to ensure the organization can continue to support foster youth into the future.
Key Supporters
Brandenburg Family Foundation
Elaine Cardinale
Tammy and Bill Crown
Ranae DeSantis
Louise De Putron
Thomas & Ellen Hogue
Family Foundation
Kieve Foundation
KLA Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
Margaret and Kapil Nanda
Family Foundation
John O’Farrell and Gloria Principe
Maribeth Portz and David Wanek
George and Sandra Quinn
Sarah and Carl Rosendahl
Michael and Leslie Saviage
Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation
Sobrato Philanthropies
Sheri Sobrato
Lisa and Matthew Sonsini
Mary and Mark Stevens
Taube Foundation
for Jewish life and Culture
Grace and Steven Voorhis
Daniel and Charmaine
Warmenhoven
Kevin and Stacia Wells