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Donor Desk: Janet Lee Chen
Education has always been a family priority. My mother-in-law, Rose T.Y. Chen emigrated from China to the United States to become a teacher, but World War II disrupted her…
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Reflection After VOICE: Marin County
We’re half way through the VOICE listening sessions we are holding throughout the Bay Area and what we are learning will have practical application, informing our immediate work and…
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Landmark Data Tool Spotlights Bay Area Inequality — And Solutions — for Policymakers, Advocates
Contact: Ling Woo Liu lliu[at]sff.org SAN FRANCISCO, CA —The Bay Area economy is soaring, yet rising inequality and displacement are making it impossible for working-class people and communities of…
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Expanding Youth Access to Nature
Seeing the ocean for the first time, looking up at towering redwoods, getting dirty in the soil—these are the formative experiences in nature that all children deserve. Since 2016,…
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Multicultural Fellowship Program
The mission of the San Francisco Foundation’s Multicultural Fellowship Program is to equip emerging leaders of color with the experience, knowledge, and network to increase racial and economic equity…
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Oakland Launches One of the Nation’s First District-Wide Outdoor Nature Programs
Contact: Ling Woo Liu lliu[at]sff.org For Immediate Release OAKLAND, CA — Today, a new program, Oakland Goes Outdoors, was launched at the Children & Nature Network International Conference in…
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Alameda County Announces $1 Million Fund to Drive Affordable Housing
On May 9, The Independent (serving Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and Sunol) covered our $1 million investment to address the affordable housing crisis in Alameda County. “Providing the support that…
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A Community Foundation Steps Up its Impact Investing
On April 30, Inside Philanthropy covered our new Mission-Aligned Investments Pool. “Given its ambitious equity agenda, it’s not surprising that TSFF is putting aside some serious new cash for…
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Oakland Goes Outdoors
https://youtu.be/O_8-WmmF6xw Video by The Redford Center. Watch the full Oakland Goes Outdoors film on our YouTube Channel. Oakland is blessed with an abundance of natural spaces, but unfortunately, many…
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Grantee Highlight: Equality Labs is Strengthening Digital Defenses for Activists
The weekend in 2017 that neo-Nazis descended on Berkeley, California, Brian Nadler* was volunteering with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). He was manning one of the local hotlines which…
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Little Giant: How San Quentin News Prepared Eddie Herena for Life on the Outside
Like any other Friday at lunchtime, La Santaneca de la Mission, a Salvadoran favorite, is packed. Eddie Herena flips his menu back and forth, deep in consideration, before ultimately…
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Reflection After VOICE: West Contra Costa County
Last week, we kicked off the first of seven listening sessions throughout the Bay Area in West Contra Costa, joining with residents, community leaders and public officials from Richmond,…