Jobs, Safety Net, and Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Resiliency (SAN FRANCISCO) – Tuesday, November 22, 2011 – Dr. Sandra R. Hernández, CEO of The San Francisco Foundation, announced today $5 million in grants to Bay Area nonprofits focused on jobs, foreclosure prevention, and the safety net. With California’s unemployment rate hovering at 11.7% and home [...]
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 in The Oakland Post, “Bishop Flunder Receives SF Foundation Award” The San Francisco Foundation honored Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, founder and director of Ark of Refuge, for courageously spearheading a movement of HIV/AIDS prevention, response, and care within the African American faith community and beyond.
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Tuesday, September 6, 2011 – Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., CEO, and David Friedman, Chair of the Board of Trustees of The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF), announced today the appointment of Mark Cloutier, MPP, MPH, as Program Director for Public Policy, Community Health, and Civic Engagement, and Francesca Vietor as Program Officer for [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, April 28, 2011 in the Bay Area Reporter, “East Bay women’s cancer center celebrates its silver anniversary,” announces the 25th anniversary of a groundbreaking organization geared toward providing accessible education about cancer options to lesbian and women of color groups. The San Francisco Foundation proudly awarded the center a three year grant for the [...]
Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “‘We Were Here’: Film restarts conversation on AIDS,” discusses the film ‘We Were Here’, which explores the impact of AIDS on SF in the 1970′s. An anonymous grant from a donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation helped director Weissman fund his project.
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Friday, December 31, 2010 – Dr. Sandra Hernández, CEO of The San Francisco Foundation, announced today $5 million in grants to Bay Area nonprofits in response to the recession. While market indicators signal a measured upswing in the economy, many people in the region continue to suffer residual effects. Informed by community [...]
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Wednesday, September 22, 2010 – The San Francisco Foundation announced today its 2010 Community Leadership Award winners: Dr. Washington Burns, Anna Halprin, Sylvia Rosales-Fike, and East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation. The awardees will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the Bay Area community at the Awards Celebration on Tuesday, September [...]
Monday, June 7, 2010 in Philanthropy News Digest, “Bay Area foundations prioritized safety-net funding in response in downturn, report finds,” discusses a new report’s findings on an increased support for safety-net services during the current recession. Denise Martin, program director for public policy, advocacy and community health at The San Francisco Foundation comments on the [...]
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 on the Bay Area Reporter, “Film captures health workers’ role in early days of AIDS,” discusses the documentary that interviewed all who were touched by the early years of AIDS exposure in the gay male population in SF. CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., of The San Francisco Foundation speaks candidly about [...]