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Wherever your passions for giving lie, Giving List nonprofits are on the frontlines of making our community stronger.


Youth Development

Giving Black Boys and Men Multigenerational Support Brotherhood of Elders Network

How can we ensure young people have healthy, promising futures? By giving them the resources, relationships, and environments that support […more…]

Poetry in Motion America SCORES Bay Area

Soccer and poetry may seem like an unusual pairing, but America SCORES Bay Area knows it’s a magical mix with […more…]

Teaching a Person How to Fish and Feeding Them for Life Dustys’ Fishing Well/City EMT

Sherry “Dusty” Harris was a single mother raising three daughters in a subsidized housing complex in the Western Addition of […more…]

Well Being & Health

Rebuilding Lives After Human Rights Trauma Partnerships for Trauma Recovery

Bembe* – a 32-year-old father and husband – experienced severe physical and emotional violence in Guatemala because he is Maya […more…]

The Author’s Salon Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.

Join Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. (PVI) for our 34th annual Authors Salon on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at the fabulous Grand Bay Hotel (former […more…]

Healing, Connection, and Hope: The African Communities Program (ACP) Partnerships for Trauma Recovery

In Alameda County and across the Bay Area, African communities continue to face unique barriers in accessing mental health care. […more…]

Getting the Message Out

How Journalism Fights on the Frontline for Nature Conservation Mongabay

Rhett Ayers Butler describes himself as a lucky child. With collected airline miles from his father’s job and a travel […more…]

The Power of Movies to Make Momentous Change California Film Institute

Maty Thiane was a 14-year-old teenager from Senegal when she was uprooted from all she knew and loved and moved […more…]

Why Does Mongabay’s Nonprofit Journalism Matter? Mongabay

Unlike mainstream media, Mongabay is dedicated to consistent, in-depth reporting on deforestation, biodiversity, and environmental justice. Our investigative journalism has: […more…]

Fostering Care

Go the Distance with Foster Youth! Pivotal

May is National Foster Care Month, and you can help foster youth achieve their dreams by supporting Pivotal today. Pivotal provides academic coaching, college […more…]

Giving Foster Youth the Keys to Success Pivotal

Sarah Gentle was 17 and in foster care when she had a meeting with her Individualized Education Plan (IEP) team. […more…]

Harnessing the Best of Human Kindness A Home Within

“What appeals to me so much about A Home Within is the kind of person that makes the commitment to […more…]

Events

The Giving List’s 2023 Launch Bay Area The Giving List’s 2023 Launch Bay Area

The Bay Area philanthropic community turned out in droves for The Giving List’s 2023 Launch event held at the beautiful […more…]

Emergency Services

Direct Relief Awarded Seoul Peace Prize for its Humanitarian Medical Work Direct Relief

Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief has been awarded the 2025 Seoul Peace Prize for its longstanding humanitarian work in delivering medical resources to […more…]

SDF-trained team deploys to assist recovery efforts in aftermath of Texas flooding National Disaster Search Dog Foundation

In the wake of catastrophic flooding across parts of Central Texas, search efforts began in affected areas, where first responders […more…]

Delivering Life-Saving Medical Aid During the World’s Toughest Crises Direct Relief

Direct Relief navigates the war zones in Ukraine to deliver cystic fibrosis medications, transports Mpox vaccines to clinics in the […more…]

Education

Meeting Basic Needs to Fuel Learning: The Schools Fund’s Partnership for Food Security Berkeley Public Schools Fund

In Berkeley, a city known for its resources and progressive values, 1 in 3 students face socio-economic barriers, contributing to […more…]

Closing the College Knowledge Gap for High School Students Matriculate

Imagine a high school student in the 90th percentile or higher of their class who is enthusiastic about learning and […more…]

A Warm Welcome to College Advisors Matriculate

This winter, Matriculate officially welcomed 700 college advisors to support high-achieving high school students from low-income communities. Orientations were held on various […more…]

Advocacy

Supporting Secure Storage: Brady United’s Efforts to Protect California Communities Brady | United Against Gun Violence

In response to the tragic unintentional shooting death of 15-year-old Ethan Song in Connecticut, Ethan’s Law was introduced in Congress […more…]

Baby’s First Good Deed: A New Way to Celebrate New Life Help a Mother Out

When Barbara Carberry’s extended family were welcoming a new baby, she faced a dilemma: what meaningful gift could she give parents who already had […more…]

Representing Youth in Crisis Legal Services for Children

Legal Services for Children deeply believes that every youth deserves to grow up feeling safe and nurtured. Unfortunately, there are […more…]

A Helping Hand

State Cuts Funding That Keeps Babies Clean Help a Mother Out

A mom in East Palo Alto went to jail for stealing diapers; her kids went to foster care.  According to […more…]

Building the Leadership of Young People to Dream Beyond Bars Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice

Xochtil Larios was only 16 when she found herself behind bars and caught up in the criminal justice system. She […more…]