There are few moments in a lifetime where a community, country, and world can share a universal before and after. As we near the end of 2021, it is clear that all of our lives have been distinctly marked, in a range of ways, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The last 18 months have no doubt been full of heartbreak and communal grief at a depth that few of us have experienced.
This time has also exposed and forced us to confront systemic racism in ways we have yearned for but did not think possible in this lifetime. At the San Francisco Foundation, we are focusing our efforts on a just recovery that helps all communities regain stability, and beyond that, we are working with our partners to radically reimagine a better reality for all. With this community-driven vision for a more equitable and just Bay Area, we can dismantle the old systems and build a new way.
That is why, in the last year, we granted $166 million to nearly 3,000 community organizations, added our voice to push for systemic change through 42 policies, and, thanks to donor participation, grew our Mission-Aligned Investments pool — an option we offer to our donors who are interested in values-based investing — to $115 million. This past year, we also dedicated an additional $10 million toward power-building efforts in Black, Indigenous, and People-of-Color (BIPOC) communities in the Bay Area and throughout the state. To date, this has allowed us to make a significant investment in the California Black Freedom Fund.
And, as part of our 2021 Annual Report, we are announcing:
- A new $3.4 million initiative supporting Black-led organizations focused on organizing and advocacy right here in the Bay Area.
- A brand-new effort that we are seeding, Activate California, to mobilize the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
- The launch of an analysis of Latinx power-building needs.
These unprecedented times have called for unprecedented action, and we’re proud of the ways that we’ve doubled down on our work to advance racial equity and economic inclusion. We extend our deepest thanks to community organizations and leaders for your work and dedication to the people of our region, and to our donors who have stepped up and helped clear a path for a more equitable Bay Area. Thank you for coming together as only this community can. We are honored and eager to continue this work together.
Fred Blackwell
CEO, San Francisco Foundation
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2021 SFF Donors
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the following donors in FY21. Thank you for sharing our vision to make the Bay Area a better place for all.
Click below to expand the lists of our 2021 SFF Donors.
FY21 Corporate and Foundation Donors
Arrow Impact
Bank of America Foundation
California Wellness Foundation
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Citi Community Development
Community Foundations Leading Change
Crankstart
Deloitte & Touche LLP
East Bay Community Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Genentech, Inc.
Grove Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kelson Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Sobrato Family Foundation
SPARCC
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Endowment
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Stupski Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Wells Fargo Foundation
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Y&H Soda Foundation
Bay Area Leads Fund Donors
Neil Adames
Nahri Ahn
Cyna Alderman
Melissa Allen
Eric Alves
Anonymous
Karolo Aparicio
Ophelia B. Basgal
Eric and Cole Bellomo
Emily Bender
Christal Biers
Blue Shield of California
Micah Botkin-Levy
Jack Brady
Jennifer Braun and Raymond J. Ryan Charitable Gift Fund
Craig Brenner
Brickyard Family Fund (C)
Burnett Fund
Kent Chiang
Karen Conway
Corcoran Global Living
Council on Foundations
John Crew
Crewcial Partners
The Dayton Foundation
Emergent BioSolutions
Lisa M. Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons
Meredith Shuey Etherington and Simon Etherington
Euphrat Family Fund
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Joellen Ferrer
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Financial Architects Partners
Five Arts Fund
David Friedman and Paulette J. Meyer
Robert E. Friedman
Matthew John Frost
Gartner Research
Graham Gelwicks
Genentech, Inc.
Google Inc.
Otto and Rachel Guedelhoefer
Hearthill Family Foundation
Trevor Howarth
Walter Hu
Karina Hughes
David ibnAle and Mollie Ricker
Intuit, Inc.
Jasper Ridge Partners
Karla Free Jones
Emily Kaltenbach
Kintone Corporation
Douglas Elliott Koshland
Justina T Lai
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Michael Levin and Lindsay Levin
Ling Woo Liu
Gary Loeb
Betsy and Edward McDermott
The Meeker Rom Family Foundation
John Robert Meloney
The Minneapolis Foundation
The Morgan Stanley GIFT Fund
MUFG Union Bank Foundation
National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
Ruben D. Orduña and Elizabeth Hill
Osterweis Capital Management, Inc.
Jeffrey M. Ostrum
Eve Pell
Pinecrest Endowment Fund
QuinStreet
Yvette Radford
RBC Global Asset Management
Realize CPA, LLP
Margaret Rhee
Christopher Roberts
Ian Duncan Robertson
Kristin Rolph
Roxanne Ryan
Stephen Schwarz
Lew D. Serbin
Xuting Sheng
Erica Sigal Philanthropic Fund
Vickrum Singh
Abdi Soltani and Grace Kong
Sally and Justin R Steele
Sarah Stein and Michael Cohn Fund
Barry R. Taylor
David and Susan Tunnell
WarnerMedia
Karen Weiss
Susan G. West
Kimberly Wicoff
Sheryl L. Wong and Robert R. Wong
Xylem Inc.
Alex Zylstra
Agency Fund Donors
Bethel Heritage Foundation of San Francisco
Buen Dia Family School
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Children’s Book Project
Code Tenderloin
Edith P. Merritt Memorial Lecture Fund
George Washington High School Alumni Association
Intercept Poverty Foundation
June Jordan School for Equity
Lyon-Martin Health Services
Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
Oakland Promise
PACT (Plan of Action for Challenging Times)
Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory
Raphael House
San Francisco Achievers
San Francisco Boys Chorus
San Francisco Interfaith Council
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin