Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 in Beyond Chron, “Gordon Chin, longtime Chinatown and SF affordable housing leader, retires,” announces the retirement of Chin from his position with the Chinatown Community Development Center. In the early stages of his activist career he helped to start the foundation by applying for a grant at The San Francisco Foundation.
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Tuesday, September 20, 2011 – Five Bay Area leaders are being honored for their outstanding impact in our Bay Area communities. On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, The San Francisco Foundation’s 2011 Community Leadership Award winners—Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Gonzalo Rucobo, John Santos, Jordan Simmons, and Ravenswood Family Health Center–will be honored for [...]
Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 on Re:Philanthropy, “Community Foundations Redefine Redevelopment,” The San Francisco Foundation’s own James Head, vice president of programs, writes on the Hope SF initiative, which seeks to create urban development that provides affordable housing and is green friendly.
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Wednesday, July 13, 2011 – On Thursday, July 14, more than 60 District 10 high school students who were at risk of flunking their respective grades will celebrate achievements that have led them back on the path to high school graduation. Their success was made possible in part through the Bayview-based Young [...]
Friday, May 20, 2011 in New American Media, “NAM Distress Index: Despite New Tech Boom, Many in SF Still Suffering” explains the S.F. Distress Index, developed with funding, in part, from The San Francisco Foundation, is the first tool of its kind in the U.S. It measures the economic condition of the middle-class and poor [...]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 on PR Newswire, “First-ever California human development report, A Portrait of California, reveals Californians experience the nation’s highest–and lowest–levels of well-being, often in the same local area,” discusses the findings of the American human Development Project’s “A Portrait of California”. The San Francisco Foundation is a proud supporter of A Portrait [...]
Friday, April 1, 2011 on Multi-Housing News Online, “Bay Area transportation commission creates affordable housing fund,” reveals the newly established $50M Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund has been launched. The San Francisco Foundation presented $500,000 toward the fund, which seeks to provide financial backing to affordable housing developers to commence housing projects for [...]
Friday, March 24, 2011 on progressiverailroading.com, “Bay Area’s MTC kicks in $10 million to transit-oriented housing fund,” heralds the newly established Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund. The $50M fund was supplied, in part by a $500,000 contribution by The San Francisco Foundation, toward a loan program for developers to create thousands of units [...]
Thursday, March 24, 2011 in San Francisco Business Times, “Bay Area agencies set up $50M affordable housing fund,” announces the Bay Area Transit Oriented Affordable Housing Fund has been furnished for affordable housing developers to create about 1,100 to 3,800 units for spaces designed “priority development areas” for low income members of the community. The [...]
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 on Metropolitan Transportation Commission, “MTC contribution keyes new affordable housing fund: first deal slated for San Francisco,” announces the establishment of a $50M fund for affordable housing. The San Francisco Foundation provided $500,000 toward the cause. CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., of TSFF was at the launch. TSFF is part of [...]