The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
Sandra beat breast cancer several years ago, yet continues to struggle with anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, to […more…]
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) is rooted by the bonds of childhood friendship. Rodney Jackson, Jr. and […more…]
Often, the first question foster youth ask their court appointed special advocates, or CASAs, is: Who’s paying you? The answer: […more…]
In March 2020, the U.S. government awarded Seneca Family of Agencies an important contract to coordinate mental health services for […more…]
Not long after the pandemic immobilized supply chains, causing a shortage of basic necessities at San Francisco Bay Area food […more…]
Medicine often starts with a story. And the story Dr. Monique LeSarre tells about health and San Francisco’s African-American community […more…]
Ivana Jagodic Meholick was pregnant with her second child when she suffered panic attacks about a potential miscarriage. But they […more…]
When the pandemic forced the world to go virtual, the team at Pivotal – a nonprofit offering long-term coaching, scholarships, […more…]
Although you’ll seldom see them in comic books, search dogs are the closest thing to real life superheroes. Not only […more…]
Anne was a senior at Hollywood High School hoping to become a veterinarian. But the daughter of a single mom […more…]
Alvin Yu wanted to be the first in his family to go to college. But he needed a job to […more…]
Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) was founded in San Francisco in 1850, the same year as the State of […more…]
What if you could invest in an organization that, with an annual budget of $2 million, has produced $3.3 billion […more…]
“Helping kids in foster care reach their full potential.” The lightbulb went off, as it often does, during a walk. […more…]
For more than 40 years, Human Rights Watch has investigated human rights abuses, exposed the facts, and demanded change in […more…]
Out on the streets, Librado said his plans were “just to survive.” He worked full-time at a local electronics store […more…]
Lisa Truong was a new mom at home with her baby at the height of the Great Recession, when an […more…]
In 2023, on the Main Post of San Francisco’s historic Presidio, Futures Without Violence will open the Courage Museum, an […more…]
If news breaks about your giving, are you ready to respond? If you want to share a story about the […more…]
The first time Ali Knight walked into a prison at age 25, he was surprised to see a childhood friend […more…]
Rosemary “Rosie” Dyer spent 34 years behind bars for fatally shooting an abusive husband who’d dug a pit in which […more…]
Elaine Guarnieri-Nunn was attending a Facing History and Ourselves seminar about the steps that led to the Holocaust years ago […more…]
“I was one of those kids who thought he didn’t have a future.” This is what Samuel Carter, now 29, […more…]
Julia Chigamba, a master Zimbabwean dance instructor, had just begun a performance with a second-grade class at the former Roots […more…]
What do the hit shows Tony and Black Monday have in common? They feature writers – Dipika Guha and Christina Anderson – who got […more…]
For many, Marin County conjures the image of a wealthy enclave replete with mansions tucked into its verdant hills and […more…]
For more than a decade, Civil Eats has grown from a labor of love to the leading national nonprofit newsroom […more…]
City National has always been about doing business differently, one relationship at a time. The company always places people and […more…]
Executive Director Cindy Dickeson and her team see it all the time. Parents walk through the doors of CEID, the […more…]
Driving real, lasting social change requires clear vision, an ability to articulate that vision, and then the ability to ensure […more…]
Theo Ellington grew up in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood in the 1990s and 2000s. Then and now it remains […more…]
“Philanthropy shouldn’t be a lonely endeavor,” says Colleen Gregerson, executive director of Battery Powered. As Gregerson – a veteran philanthropy […more…]