Monday, July 11, 2011 in the San Francisco Examiner, “SF Foundation Arts Program Director Welcome Reception” On June 27, more than 100 artists and patrons welcomed new San Francisco Foundation arts and culture chief Tere Romo.
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 [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in the Half Moon Bay Review, “Passionate Ruth Passen inspires at Coastside Adult Day Health Center,” profiles Ruth Passen, recipient of The San Francisco Foundation’s Daniel Koshland Award for her work with the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in 1984, and her influential work.
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 [...]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in The Journal Record, “Charity Inc.: Social media: A gateway to better nonprofits,” explores the age of social media as it relates to communicating the nonprofit’s message and strategies worth adding to its repertoire . The San Francisco Foundation, along with the Columbus Foundation and Saint Paul Foundation commissioned a study on the [...]
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, April 1, 2011 in The Sacramento Bee, “NYC-Based Research Group Advising Democrats on Tax Message,” discusses the public policy firm Demos working with democrats on a message to constituents about taxes. The San Francisco Foundation has arranged the funding to support local legislative and political figures, allowing them to attend the confluence, promoting an [...]
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 [...]