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On San Francisco’s foggy Treasure Island, a daughter and father duo found a place to call home that addresses their […more…]
Check out these videos to keep up with the amazing work that Friends of the Children are doing in our […more…]
Support local students from low-income backgrounds to and through college at 10,000 Degrees’ annual gala, ONE Amazing Community, April 29th: […more…]
The work we’re doing to advance racial and economic justice across the county is about inspiring hope and transforming lives. […more…]
YLC launched the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) over a decade ago as a national movement committed to ensuring that all […more…]
Music, cheers, and applause energized guests and staff as Homeward Bound of Marin celebrated the Grand Opening at Jonathan’s Place, […more…]
While extracurricular and enrichment activities like summer camp, dance lessons and sports are a key part of most children’s childhood, […more…]
At Community Action Marin we are focused on supporting family well-being through necessary direct services, childcare services and supports, and […more…]
Youth Law Center’s Quality Parenting Initiative has created a national movement to change the policies, practices, and culture of foster […more…]
Running the county’s largest nonprofit social services agency keeps the Community Action Marin team of over 200 staff busy. A […more…]
The participation of directly impacted youth in reform of our punitive and ineffective juvenile justice system is both necessary and […more…]
California’s juvenile justice system intervenes in the lives of some of the children who have experienced the greatest challenges, and […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…]
The White House announced today that the Department of the Interior will reduce and eventually phase out the sale of […more…]
We are very excited to welcome Artavia Berry aboard as At The Crossroads’ new Executive Director. Artavia joins ATC with […more…]
YLC’s new investigative report, Designed to Fail, in partnership with Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) exposes the inhumane and abusive treatment […more…]
We’re close to meeting the fundraising goal for our Equitable Recovery Action Plan but need help to get to the finish line. […more…]
Preventing gun violence] is the number one issue for me.” — Coach Steve Kerr Thirty-six years ago, Golden State Warriors […more…]
We’re sharing news about our recent in-person event held at the The Battery in San Francisco. The event was hosted […more…]
May is #NationalFosterCareMonth, a time to recognize and highlight the experiences of those impacted by foster care systems. But at […more…]
A housing community that will end homelessness for 18 people is poised to bloom in Corte Madera as the newest […more…]
Please join us for our next free Continuing Education event! Did you know that when you volunteer with A Home […more…]
We’ve been thinking a lot about what an equitable recovery means for individuals and families across Marin. For some people, […more…]
May is National Foster Care Month, and during May, your donations up to $40,000 will be doubled. It’s the largest […more…]
YLC launched the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) over a decade ago as a national movement committed to ensuring that all […more…]
If you had the chance to speak to the world at this moment, what would you say? To what or […more…]
The San Francisco Public Press works on behalf of its readers and listeners to deliver in-depth and data-driven investigative reporting […more…]
Caregivers are the earliest and best advocates for children, and have the lived experience and expertise to inform how and […more…]
We invite you to join Community Action Marin, along with other community leaders and advocates for equity, to a special evening. […more…]
“Testimonies are perhaps the most powerful tool in bringing Justice to the victims.” —Reb Shlomo of Bobov In commemoration of Holocaust […more…]
A message from At The Crossroads Executive Director, Charles Lerner: “I have worked in nonprofits for over 25 years and […more…]
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and NCLR File Federal Complaint in Florida’s Northern District On March 31, 2022, lawyers from […more…]
The American tax code favors the generous by offering significant financial benefit to those that give to charity. On the […more…]
In what is being heralded as a historic win for advocates working to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, parties to […more…]
With the eruption of war in Ukraine, Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) quickly mobilized to begin accepting donations for […more…]
Marin County has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than other parts of California and the country. With high vaccination rates […more…]
Each year the At The Crossroads (ATC) team sits down to reflect on our organizational goals and progress, and set […more…]
Mentors 4 College, a unique, one-to-one college mentoring program for high school students and their parents, announced today that it […more…]
Today, the United States Senate voted 66-31 to confirm Chantale Wong to serve as the Director of the Asian Development […more…]
Listening to the needs of community this past year changed how Community Action Marin worked. Our Safety Net Services team […more…]
2022 Leadership Award recipients tackle the state’s most critical and high-profile challenges The James Irvine Foundation today announced the recipients of […more…]
The cosmetics industry generates approximately US$ 341.1 billion annually—and 120 billion units of plastic packaging, most of which are not […more…]
CURYJ youth are organizing for a future free from policing and incarceration. Xochtil Larios, our Youth Justice Program Associate and […more…]
While she had built a successful career, Lisa Greer wasn’t born into wealth. But when her husband Josh’s company, RealD, […more…]
Ryan had big plans as he looked forward to high school. As the school year began online, however, his dreams […more…]
Juma Ventures, alongside The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, Year Up, and The San Francisco 49ers Academy, is […more…]
The lingering COVID-19 pandemic has required agencies across the health care spectrum to review their service-delivery models to ensure they […more…]
We’ve laid a table at Homeward Bound with inspiring events for 2022, starting with a graduation for trainees at Fresh […more…]
The largest database of ATF gun store inspection reports ever released to the public, exposing gun stores cited for breaking […more…]
Brady released a new report and a webpage on the “Origin of an Insurrection: How Second Amendment Extremism Led to […more…]
In December 2021, East Bay Children’s Law Offices, East Bay Family Defenders and Dependency Legal Services released results about their […more…]
Many of the individuals that At The Crossroads works with report that accessing services can be difficult. During COVID-19 these […more…]
Help us to Make It a Brighter 2022 for All. What not everyone realizes is that that there are still […more…]
When John Armour joined Capital Group Private Client Services more than 20 years ago, one of his first assignments was […more…]
When a flood of Afghan refugees began arriving in the Bay Area this fall, their plight was immediately understood by […more…]
No requirements. No finish line. Nobody gets kicked out. The San Francisco nonprofit At The Crossroads (ATC) practices a model […more…]
As devastating wildfires, a deadly global pandemic, and bitter political division make life feel chaotic, KQED has been a constant, […more…]
To those who say we can’t reduce gun violence in America, Tony Porter has a response: “Remember when we didn’t […more…]
A child comes into your life. Your response is an unqualified commitment to them – no matter what they say […more…]
We launched The Giving List to help the important nonprofits featured in this book spend less time fundraising and more […more…]
The Youth Law Center’s Executive Director Jennifer Rodriguez knows just how hard being a child in the foster care and […more…]
Outdoor education is a right, not a privilege – everyone deserves to know the joy of a bracing hike among […more…]
Who hasn’t wondered why, in an immensely wealthy and creative city like San Francisco, no one can move the needle […more…]
For the Cohen sisters, taking on the embodiment of the fossil fuel and climate crisis – plastic – started with […more…]
Meredith Curry is a veteran in the field of college access, having advised and led student-support organizations throughout California. Over […more…]
Every nonprofit has its superpower. For the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), it might be predicting the future. “If […more…]
It didn’t take long for Darrell Booker to impact one of the largest tech corporations in the world: Microsoft. In […more…]
Unbroken. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Those three words, says George Galvis, succinctly describe the character of the Bay Area youth leadership and […more…]
In 2005, Napa County officials came to On The Move, a local nonprofit, desperate to move the needle on positive […more…]
For underperforming public schools across the country, the myriad challenges are plain to see. Too often, for students in those […more…]
If you drive through the Tenderloin, a rough-and-tumble part of San Francisco where California’s income inequality gap is on full […more…]
Two decades ago, André V. Chapman was torn between his executive sales job in Silicon Valley and a nonprofit he’d […more…]
Getting older is an isolating experience for anyone. For disabled and formerly unhoused veterans of a largely forgotten war, it’s […more…]
When COVID-19 shut down the Bay Area in March 2020, Sunday Friends Foundation had to pivot from hosting programs at […more…]
Veronica Toscano has overcome tremendous obstacles, regularly facing poverty and violence throughout her childhood in the South Bay. Her family […more…]
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…]
As early as I can remember, my life has been an emotional rollercoaster. My family would go from being stable […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…]
CalMatters was founded to fill the gap left by a shrinking press corps in order to empower people to engage […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…]