We mourn the passing of beloved philanthropist and thought partner in The San Francisco Foundation family, Larry Stupski. Born in Houston, Texas, Larry grew up working-class, earning a football scholarship to Princeton University and later Yale Law School. He was well known in the Bay Area and beyond for his tenacity and his distinguished role [...]
Growing up in the heart of Illinois farmland during the Great Depression, Kay Riddell was raised with a love of the land, and values of giving to those in need. When she and her husband Bob Riddell, a theoretical physicist, moved across the country to Berkeley, their joint appreciation of the land only grew. “Land [...]
Thursday, February 21, 2013 in the Oakland Tribune, “Black History Month, Lunar New Year make for busy February at Peralta colleges,” profiles how a donor who has a donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation gave an anonymous gift to support college students.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 in the Laney Tower, “Peralta foundation hires new director,” discusses the grant offered to the Peralta Colleges Foundation through a donor advised fund at the San Francisco Foundation and how it will be applied by the new executive director.
Thirty years ago Martha Ryan had a vision to provide care for one of the City’s most vulnerable and under-resourced populations, homeless pregnant women. She brought this vision to The San Francisco Foundation and received seed funding to launch Homeless Prenatal Program. As the once small clinic grew to become the nationally recognized care model [...]
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 in the Mercury News, “Perfect opportunity for zoo to invest in multilingual signs,” discusses the $1 million anonymous donation made through a donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation to the Oakland Zoo.
January 4, 2013 in The Oakland Tribune, “Oakland Zoo Receives Surprise $1 Million Gift From Anonymous Donor” announces the large donation made through a donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation.
Sunday, December 23, 2012 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Oakland Zoo receives $1 million donation,” reports on the generous anonymous donation through a donor advised fund, the Serendipity Fund, at The San Francisco Foundation. The $1 million contribution to the Oakland Zoo will be for general purposes.
Hurricane Sandy, the “superstorm” that made landfall on Monday, October 29, severely impacted communities and infrastructure throughout the eastern United States. The toll has been heavy, with more than 100 deaths, $30 billion in property damage, and $20 billion in economic losses. New York and New Jersey were particularly hard hit by the storm, and, [...]
Strategy, Discipline, Impact—that is the title of our latest Annual Investment Report. Discipline isn’t a word we hear too often in today’s financial lexicon.When I watch the news the conversation remains focused on swift course corrections, bumps in the road, and a “new world” of short-term reactions. However, this year more than ever, we have [...]