Monday, June 15, 2009 in Philanthropy News Digest, “Community Leadership Project announces grants totaling $5.7 million,” discusses the CLP’s announced grants to nonprofits that are led or serve people of color and low-income communities. The San Francisco Foundation is one of six organizations that will facilitate fund administration and expand capacity of these nonprofits.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 in Asian Week, “Chinese American hero: Rolland Lowe,” profiles Dr. Lowe and his philanthropic and civic work in the Asian American community.
Monday, June 1, 2009 in the San Francisco Examiner, “The State of San Francisco Nonprofits” describes the recent launch by The San Francisco Foundation setting up the Nonprofits Transition Fund. Denny Martin, program officer for community health at The San Francisco Foundation, is quoted on the issue recession as related to the effects on nonprofits [...]
Sunday, May 31, 2009 in the San Francisco Business Times, “Bay Area nonprofits are fearing for their lives,” reports on the affect of the current economic climate on nonprofits struggling to survive. The San Francisco Foundation has set up its own nonprofit fund to support nonprofit merging and reorganizations as well as a safety fund [...]
Friday, May 15, 2009 in the Blue Avocado, “Survival Strategies for the Arts” published an article written by John Killacky, Arts and Culture Program Officer at The San Francisco Foundation. Killacky emphasizes the necessity for the arts and enumerates ways for arts organizations to survive financially.
Thursday, May 7, 2009 in The Berkeley Daily Planet, “B-Tech students on their way to college,” profiles students at the Berkeley Technology Academy who have turned their lives around because of a small-class size and individual attention by teachers from not wanting to go to school to pursuing college level education. The San Franisco Foundation’s [...]
Thursday, April 30, 2009 in The San Francisco Chronicle “S.F. charities face cut in city funding” covers a Community-Based Task Force report released by The San Francisco Foundation and the City Attorney’s office addressing ways to slash nonprofit spending to meet budget cut needs. Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., CEO of TSFF, is quoted on the [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Bay Area Charities Unite, Share Aid to Survive” explains how The San Francisco Foundation takes $1 million to split up between giving directly to nonprofits, investment funds for charities and creating the Nonprofit Transition Fund, a fund that functions as a safety net for nonprofits against [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 on the Nonprofit Law Blog, “Charitable trusts & the financial meltdown – Erik Dryburgh,” discusses the latest presentation made by Dryburgh at The San Francisco Foundation regarding the recession’s impact on charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) made through foundations and offers viable solutions to help a failing CRT.
Friday, April 24, 2009 in The San Francisco Business Times, “S.F. Foundation Throws Lifeline to Nonprofits” covers the San Francisco Foundation’s Nonprofit Transition fund. The Nonprofit Transition fund is an emergency fund set aside to counter the current economic climate.