Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in San Francisco Magazine, “The new, (hopefully) improved, totally DIY school,” profiles a novel, self-paced school that nods at how children learn at various speeds. CEO Sandra R. Hernández M.D., CEO of The San Francisco Foundation expresses that a one size fits all model is antiquated toward helping all children succeed [...]
Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Oakland’s McClymonds High is a full-service school,” heralds the McClymonds Youth and Family Center as a model to be replicated. Krishen Laetsch, the center’s advisory board chairman, and consultant at The San Francisco Foundation explains the impact the resources will have including a health clinic, computers and [...]
Monday, January 16, 2012 in The Bay Citizen, “On MLK Day: remembering former Richmond Mayor George Livingston,” explains how Livingston was a strong ally of The San Francisco Foundation’s funded $3 million program to assist poor children, making sure the funds were appropriated properly.
Friday, October 28, 2011 in the San Francisco Business Times, “San Francisco Foundation scores grant for job training plan,” describes how The San Francisco Foundation winning a $600,000 matching grant to develop job training programs at Skyline College in San Bruno and Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz. As a member of the Bay Area Workforce [...]
(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 [...]
Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 in the Episcopal News Service, “Building public will for public schools, faith groups organize to ‘Prepare the Future,’” reports on the efforts of the faith community uniting to create Prepare the Future California, which seeks to raise awareness of, and promote action on, the unsatisfactory numbers of youth graduating from high [...]
(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 [...]
Thursday, July 22, 2010 in The New York Times / The Bay Citizen, “Oakland Schools Struggle, but Emeryville May Point a Way Up – New York Times / Emeryville Schools as a Model – Bay Citizen” Lisa Villarreal, program officer for education at The San Francisco Foundation, comments on a rising education administrator in the [...]
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in the San Francisco Business Times, “UCSF, developers team up on center,” reports on a novel infrastructure deal between UCSF and a developer. The San Francisco Foundation will help back the bonding.
Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 on Examiner.com, “Hispanic Scholarship Fund 2009 alumni hall of fame event,” announces the event honoring those who have contributed toward supporting latino higher education. Among distinguished inductees is CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., of The San Francisco Foundation.