Just two months ago, fires tore through several northern California counties. Now, parts of southern California are burning. The destruction is again devastating and wide reaching, and the number of destroyed homes continues to rise. Our thoughts are with the residents and relief workers who are on the ground fighting the blazes and supporting the […]
With more than six million residents in the greater Houston area impacted by Hurricane Harvey, the need for humanitarian assistance is mounting. The Houston region already has had catastrophic flooding, and emergency crews have rescued thousands, as record-breaking rains inundated the city and surrounding suburbs. Today, we know that millions of Texas residents will continue to […]
I grew up in a small border town in California that is over 95 percent Latino. I visit Calexico every month to be with my parents for a weekend. For a year now, I have seen the level of anxiety increase significantly in my hometown as more uncertainty and confusion grows around the direction of […]
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards called the recent widespread catastrophic flooding spawned by the region’s pounding rain across the southern part of the state a “truly historic event” that won’t be over anytime soon. The rain battered the parishes around Baton Rouge. There are record levels of flooding and cresting along rivers and creeks that […]
When St. Anthony Foundation’s Executive Director Barry Stenger met The San Francisco Foundation’s Fred Blackwell for an impromptu lunch, he was expecting good things. “We had received a notification that we were going to get this significant amount of money,$140,000, so I had presumed that the meeting would be to explain this one-time gift, and why […]
In January we invited a group of our donors to a focus group on the Foundation’s new strategic direction. The discussion was rich, inspiring and demonstrated how donors are such important partners in our work to build a more inclusive Bay Area for all. Those in the room reflect the diversity of interests and aspirations […]