• 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,…

• Reflection After VOICE: South Alameda County

    Last week for VOICE: South Alameda County, we met with over 100 residents and service providers, public officials and advocates, congregational leaders and teachers from Newark, Union City,…

• 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…

• Still We Rise: A Conversation with Young Leaders

  This event was part of our People, Place & Power series, made possible by support from the San Francisco Foundation’s Bay Area Leads Fund. Presented in association with KQED.…

• Reflection After VOICE: San Francisco County

  Growing up in a house of community advocates where social justice was an everyday conversation–from the dinner table to car rides to and from school–the importance of place and…

• Reflection After VOICE: East Contra Costa County

    Last week in East Contra Costa County, we came together with residents from across the region — from Pittsburg to Pleasant Hill — to talk about the issues…

• Reflection After VOICE: North Alameda County

  Last week, with residents from Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Leandro and Emeryville, we came together to lift up and talk about the issues of the day in North Alameda…

• City keeps promise with Hunters View housing project

  The San Francisco Chronicle covered amazing work being led by HOPE SF — the opening of brand-new affordable housing in Bayview Hunters Point....

• A Conversation with Former Attorney General, Eric Holder Jr.

  On October 20, our foundation, in partnership with the Raben Group, hosted former attorney general, Eric Holder, for a livestreamed discussion about the ways in which California is uniquely…

• A Tale of Two Cities: Leaders from Detroit and San Francisco Discuss How to Strengthen Communities

  San Francisco and Detroit are each home to highly diverse and vibrant communities with strong community leaders and anchor institutions, but they suffer from historic disinvestment and are in…

• Mayor Lee’s family creates fund in his honor

  Five days after the sudden passing of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the San Francisco Chronicle helped inform readers that the mayor’s family had set up a donor advised…

• Newsmaker: Fred Blackwell, CEO, The San Francisco Foundation

  Philanthropy News Digest interviewed foundation CEO Fred Blackwell on what he defines as racial equity, the foundation’s program areas and how they came to be, how donors have responded…