• Interfaith Council of Alameda County Addresses Homelessness in Oakland

  Every month, we highlight a grantee that we’ve recently funded through our Equity Grants Program, which advances racial and economic inclusion in the Bay Area. If you’re interested in…

• One Day At A Time: A Community Anchor for Youth in East Contra Costa County

  Increasing numbers of working families of color, displaced from other places in the Bay Area, are moving into East Contra Costa but there are few education and enrichment opportunities…

• Meeting the New Superintendents

  On Wednesday, September 13, our donors, professional advisors, and partners gathered for a conversation with Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell and Dr. Vincent Matthews, new superintendents from Oakland and San Francisco…

• Contribute to Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund

  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…

• Colin Kaepernick Keeps Promise to Drive Change

  On February 3rd, USA Today reported on the philanthropic gifts that Colin Kaepernick has awarded to various community organizations following his protest of racial oppression and police brutality, including…

• Building Momentum: Rapid Response Fund Update

  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.…

• The San Francisco Foundation Announces Winners of the 2017 Community Leadership Awards

  For Immediate Release Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu[at]sff.org, 415-733-8565 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Since 1963, The San Francisco Foundation’s Community Leadership Awards have recognized the Bay Area’s most creative,…

• Bay Area Foundations Issue Grant to Support No Hate SF

  For Immediate Release Contact: Scott Walton Horizons Foundation 415.398.2333×112 San Francisco, CA — The San Francisco Bay Area is known the world over as a region that chooses diversity,…

• San Francisco Foundation Awards $11.5 Million to Advance Equity

  Media Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu[at]sff.org, 415-733-8565 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing racial and economic equity in the San Francisco Bay Area,…

• Duncan Robertson and Sheryl Wong Appointed Chair and Vice Chair of the San Francisco Foundation’s Board of Trustees

  For Immediate Release Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu[at]sff.org, 415-733-8565 SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2017 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today that Duncan Robertson and Sheryl Wong have been…

• Sonja Velez Joins the San Francisco Foundation as Chief Financial Officer

  For Immediate Release Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu[at]sff.org, (415) 733-8565 SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2017 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today that it has hired Sonja Velez as…

• Abdi Soltani, Executive Director at the ACLU of Northern California Joins The San Francisco Foundation’s Board of Trustees

  For Immediate Release Contact: Gail Fuller, 415.733.8589, [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2017 – The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF) announced today that Abdi Soltani has been appointed to its…