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A new collaborative is looking to tackle the affordable housing crisis in Silicon Valley. Who's involved?
More funders in the Bay Area are looking to combat the region's rising inequity. Among those pushing the hardest is The San Francisco Foundation. Where are its latest grants going?
Like other funders right now, Blue Shield of California Foundation is hot on the trail of ways to deliver better healthcare at a lower cost. And like many, it seems greater coordination as the key.
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has been rapidly ramping up its giving in recent years, and Trump's election has only accelerated that. Where have grants been going in 2017?
The Sobrato Family Foundation recently expanded its commitment to improve the language and literacy skills of young English learners in California. Here's what's significant about the Sobrato model.
Joseph Pedott is the advertising legend behind two pop culture icons, the Chia Pet and the Clapper. Now, he's putting his wealth to use for kids in Chicago and San Francisco.
The Jewish philanthropy movement remains strong in America, yet many nonprofits write off these types of foundations as potential funding sources. The Jim Joseph Foundation is now a bit more accessible.
The 49ers Foundation is involved in a partnership with Chevron, which is a powerhouse in the area of STEM education. What's this work all about?
The first two Silicon Valley Community Foundation anniversary grants were recently awarded, and the theme of this round was financial education. We take a look at these grants—and what's next.
The Full Circle Fund has over 200 members who use their time, talent, connections, and financial resources to accelerate change in Bay Area communities. What's it been up to lately?
We recently looked at the work of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, but this isn’t the only place where Rotary members are giving back. We look at the Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation.
Bay Area real estate mogul Dennis J. Wong and his wife Shannon's Bay Area philanthropy focuses on health, education, the arts, and more. We provide an overview.
Billionaire Gap heir Bill Fisher also works in the finance world. He and his wife Sakurako's giving focuses especially on the Bay Area, where arts and culture is a top priority. We take a look.
With its confluence of soaring rents and responsive funders, the Bay Area is at the forefront of innovative efforts to stop nonprofits from being priced out—with lessons that apply nationally.
Collaboration continues to be the name of the game when it comes to fixing the Bay Area’s housing crisis, and a new partnership is taking the game to a whole new level, with key funders involved.
The Community Foundation for San Benito County has opened up a couple grantmaking opportunities for local groups. Its community impact grants represent big opportunities because there are so many different areas of interest covered with these grants.
Although Taube has dabbled in arts and culture, health and public policy giving as well, Jewish life is still the name of the game with this funder. We look at his recent local grants.
A year after the Irvine Foundation revamped its strategic focus, we take a look at its grantmaking to address the interlocking problems of economic and political inequality.
The Bay Area is one of many urban regions threatened by rising sea levels. Rockefeller is backing an effort there to get ahead of the curve, replicating a design competition used in NYC after Sandy.
While Jewish organizations have received a significant portion of this funder’s attention, it is broadly interested in helping vulnerable populations. We take a closer look.
TSFF is an edgy and progressive funder that's engaged in a new push to challenge the underlying structures that sustain racial and economic inequities. What's that mean for would-be grantees?
Ten years is a big milestone, and SVCF is gearing up to celebrate its anniversary in 2017 with special giving. Here's what grantseekers should know about the funder's new anniversary grants.
Fasten your seatbelts for tough fights ahead in the Golden State during a Trump administration. Leading the resistance: the California Endowment and its hard-charging leader, Robert K. Ross.
In the works months before the Ghost Ship tragedy, a new partnership between the city of Oakland and the region's leading arts funders aims to be a lifeline for artists in need of space.
We take a look at a new round of grants from the Jim Joseph Foundation, which has recently undergone some internal changes.
Does the tech industry have a social conscience? It's a fair question right now. But if this industry has a moral leader, it's philanthropist Marc Benioff, who once again is helping catalyze an anti-poverty push.
The housing affordability crisis is one of the toughest challenges for philanthropy, and it's especially bad in the Bay Area. What's a top tech giant doing to address it?
Where generosity should be focused is a sensitive issue, and nowhere is this more true right now than in the Bay Area—with its explosive mix of vast new wealth and growing local inequities.
