February 21, 2013

Informational Session II – Multicultural Fellowship Program

The Foundation holds annual Informational Sessions designed to assist interested applicants in applying for the Multicultural Fellowship Program.

Please join us on Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon to hear more about the program from our current Fellows and Program Officers in Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, and Community Health.

These sessions are detailed, content-specific sessions, with time reserved for Q&A regarding the Fellowship program, as well as any general questions about the application and submission process.

Registration is not required. We do encourage you to review the materials in advance.

Start: February 21, 2013 10:00 am
End: February 21, 2013 12:00 pm
Venue: The San Francisco Foundation
Phone: 212-733-8500
Address:
225 Bush Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94104, United States

February 14, 2013

Informational Session I – Multicultural Fellowship Program

The Foundation holds annual Informational Sessions designed to assist interested applicants in applying for the Multicultural Fellowship Program.

Please join us on Thursday, February 14, 2013, from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m to hear more about the program from our current Fellows and Program Officers in Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, and Community Health.

These sessions are detailed, content-specific sessions, with time reserved for Q&A regarding the Fellowship program, as well as any general questions about the application and submission process.

Registration is not required. We do encourage you to review the materials in advance.

Please note that we will also be holding a second informational session on Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon.

Start: February 14, 2013 3:00 pm
End: February 14, 2013 5:00 pm
Venue: The San Francisco Foundation
Phone: 212-733-8500
Address:
225 Bush Street, San Francisco , CA, 94104, United States

December 5, 2012

Community Health How to Apply Workshop

The Foundation holds annual “How to Apply” workshops designed to assist grantseekers in effective approaches to requesting support.

Please join us on December 5th for this session focused on our Community Health Program Area.

These workshops are detailed, content-specific sessions, with time reserved for Q&A regarding specific requests for support, as well as any general questions about the online application, guidelines, and submission process.

We encourage you to review the goals, objectives, and strategies for all our Program Areas before selecting a workshop to attend.

Please register online to reserve your space in one of this fall’s sessions.

Visit our Workshops for Grantseekers page for more information and the complete schedule of workshops this fall.

 

Start: December 5, 2012 3:00 pm
End: December 5, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: East Bay Community Foundation
Phone: 415.733.8500
Address:
200 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland, CA, 94612, United States

November 27, 2012

Community Health How to Apply Workshop

The Foundation holds annual “How to Apply” workshops designed to assist grantseekers in effective approaches to requesting support.

Please join us on November 27th for this session focused on our Community Health Program Area.

These workshops are detailed, content-specific sessions, with time reserved for Q&A regarding specific requests for support, as well as any general questions about the online application, guidelines, and submission process.

We encourage you to review the goals, objectives, and strategies for all our Program Areas before selecting a workshop to attend.

Please register online to reserve your space in one of this fall’s sessions.

Visit our Workshops for Grantseekers page for more information and the complete schedule of workshops this fall.

 

Start: November 27, 2012 2:00 pm
End: November 27, 2012 3:30 pm
Venue: East Bay Community Foundation
Phone: 415.733.8500
Address:
200 Frank H Ogawa Plaza , Oakland, CA, 94612, United States

October 17, 2012

Mobilizing for a Just Economy in 2012 and Beyond

The FAITHS and Public Policy Programs of The San Francisco Foundation invite you to a regional convening
on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Mobilizing for a Just Economy in 2012 and Beyond

Featuring keynote speaker Robert B. Reich
Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy
at the University of California at Berkeley

The former Secretary of Labor will share his insights about the national landscape leading up to the November 2012 presidential elections and his perspective on the current economy and future policy options.

A panel of faith and community leaders will respond to Professor Reich’s analysis and provide insights on how these issues affect local communities. The panel will also share strategies focusing on organizing and nonpartisan get out the vote activities in California.


Wednesday, October 17, 2012
1:30 p.m. – Registration
2 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Program
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Reception

First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
For a map of the area and parking and transportation information, visit www.fccb.org/maps.php

RSVP online

Contact Emily Rosenberg at err@sff.org or 415.733.8529 with questions.

 

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Robert B. Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He also served on President-Elect Obama’s transition advisory board. He has written 13 books, including The Work of Nations, Aftershock, The Future of Success, Locked in the Cabinet, and Supercapitalism. His latest is an e-book, Beyond Outrage. Mr. Reich is co-founding editor of The American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His commentaries can be heard weekly on public radio’s “Marketplace.” In 2003, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel Vision Foundation Prize, by the former Czech president, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the ten most successful cabinet secretaries of the century. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, his M.A. from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Start: October 17, 2012 1:30 pm
End: October 17, 2012 6:00 pm
Venue: First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Address:
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

October 2, 2012

The San Francisco Foundation 2012 Community Leadership Awards

Join us to celebrate

The San Francisco Foundation
2012 Community Leadership Awards

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Honoring:

Brenda Way
Rita Semel
Aim High
Chinese for Affirmative Action

A celebration of F. Warren Hellman,
beloved San Francisco Foundation Trustee and Chair Emeritus,
Investment Committee Member, and Bay Area visionary

and the Koshland Young Leader Awards,
recognizing ten high school students
who are leaders in their community.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012
6:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Voices of Reason, a resident company of East Bay Center for the Performing Arts,
will perform at 6:15 p.m.
Awards ceremony begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.
ODC Dance will perform an excerpt from 24 Exposures (2001)
dedicated to Warren Hellman
Reception at 7:30 p.m.

Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Directions

Click here to RSVP

Special thanks to Trumer Brauerai, Dominic Phillips Event Marketing, Citizen Film,
and our media partners San Francisco Magazine and Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)/Bay Citizen

Start: October 2, 2012 6:15 pm
End: October 2, 2012 8:30 pm
Venue: Herbst Theatre
Phone: 415.733.8577
Address:
401 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA, United States

March 21, 2012

Supportive Housing: Bring Care into Homes

Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute for this interactive Web Forum on

Supportive Housing: Bring Care into Homes

Wednesday, March 21
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM PST

Moderator: Mark Cloutier, Program Director, Public Policy, Community Health, and Civic Engagement at The San Francisco Foundation

Register Online

The environment has a tremendous impact on our health and well-being. In the first two segments we learned that built environment policies and regulations have a deep impact on our health, and that better building materials, coupled with stronger policies, can advance environmental health and social outcomes. In this third segment we will demonstrate that providing supportive housing for the most vulnerable people in our communities helps people live more stable, productive lives, is cost-effective, and creates a better quality of life for all.
Permanent supportive housing has been proven to work well for those who face the most complex challenges-individuals and families who are chronically homeless, have very low incomes, and serious, persistent issues including substance abuse, disabilities, mental illness, or other serious barriers to housing stability. Research shows that supportive housing has consistently proven to have a positive impact on individuals, families, and entire communities, because with stable housing comes the possibility of more stable employment, school attendance, and mental and physical health.

During this final Web Forum you will hear from innovators in the supportive housing field. David Erickson, Manager of the Center for Community Development Investments at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will discuss the policy and fiscal opportunities and challenges presented by the current economic environment. Doug Shoemaker, President of Mercy Housing California, will highlight best practices of supportive housing development partnerships in San Francisco. Lastly, Joshua Bamberger, M.D., Medical Director of Housing and Urban Health at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, will present how effective delivery of clinical services, safety, and beauty contribute to improved health outcomes in supportive housing.

Join us in conversation on Twitter — The San Francisco Foundation will tweet live during the Web Forum from @tsff using the hashtag #HealthyPeoplePlaces.
“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” – A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities
People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health and the San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” 3 part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.

Start: March 21, 2012 11:30 am
End: March 21, 2012 1:00 pm
Venue: Online
Address:
Select a Country:

January 19, 2012

Healthy Homes: You Are Where You Live

Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health for the second in a three part web forum series on designing public-private partnerships to promote healthier communities.

Healthy Homes: You Are Where You Live
Thursday, January 19, 2012
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Moderator: Francesca Vietor, Program Officer for the Environment at The San Francisco Foundation
Register online

The built environment is directly related to our health: you are where you live. In our first segment, we learned that built environment policies and regulations have a deep impact on our health. In this second segment, we will demonstrate how better building materials, coupled with stronger policies, can advance environmental health and social outcomes. In some cases, these changes can decrease or even reverse some of the most profound negative health consequences.

On average, people spend 90% of their time indoors and two thirds of that time in their own homes. Indoor pollutant levels can be two to five times higher, and occasionally more than 100 times higher, than outdoor pollutant levels. In addition to affecting building occupants, toxic chemicals used in building products can harm the communities where those products are manufactured and contribute to the global toxic burden. Stronger building practices and policies are needed to eliminate or mitigate these chemical risks to health.

During this Web Forum you will hear leading experts on green materials. Arlene Blum, founder and executive director of The Green Science Policy Institute, will discuss the regulatory framework, science, and health implications of chemicals in building products and materials. Bill Walsh, founder and executive director of the Healthy Building Network, will review common building industry practices and how they can improve them. Dana Bourland, vice president of Green Initiatives program at Enterprise, will discuss best practices of specific local projects, with a particular focus on HOPE SF. HOPE SF is a public-private partnership whose goal is to build green, affordable housing units in eight of San Francisco’s severely distressed public housing sites, and overall, create healthy, thriving, mixed income communities without displacing current residents.

Join us in conversation on Twitter — The San Francisco Foundation will tweet live during the Web Forum from @tsff using the hashtag #HealthyPeoplePlaces.

“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places:” A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities

People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, The San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” and the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health three part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.

Start: January 19, 2012 11:30 am
End: January 19, 2012 1:00 pm
Venue: Online
Address:
Select a Country:

November 29, 2011

The Built Environment: Health Policy in Concrete

Please join The San Francisco Foundation and The Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health for the first in a three part web forum series on designing public-private partnerships to promote healthier communities.

The Built Environment: Health Policy in Concrete

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Speakers include:

Dr. Rajiv Bhatia
Dr. Richard Jackson
Vanitha Venugopal, Program Director for Community Development and Investment at The San Francisco Foundation
Julia Liou, Director of Planning and Development at Asian Health ServicesThe discussion will be moderated by Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., CEO of The San Francisco Foundation



Program Description: Across America, billions of dollars are being invested in the built environment – specifically in housing and transportation. These investments determine the type of communities that we live in and the opportunities we are afforded. They are, as Rajiv Bhatia states it, “social policies in concrete.” In this segment, we will argue that policies around the built environment are also “health policies in concrete.” Dr. Richard Jackson will give us an overview of how investments in housing and transportation have deep implications for health equity. Dr. Rajiv Bhatia will offer housing, transportation, and health practitioners policy tools to improve the impact of planning and development decisions on community health. An example of an innovative partnership to build more transit oriented affordable housing will follow – The San Francisco Foundation’s community development program director, Vanitha Venugopal, will discuss The Great Communities Collaborative (GCC), the Bay Area’s model transit oriented development network. A specific focus will be given to the GCC’s instrumental role in catalyzing the Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing (TOAH) fund, a $50 million partnership public private partnership. Asian Health Services director of planning and development, Julia Liou, will also highlight the innovative, neighborhood-level collaborations where health promotion has been at the center of their housing and transportation planning.

“Healthy People Live in Healthy Places:” A Three Part Web Forum Series on Designing Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Healthier Communities
People are healthier when the places where they live and work support good health. Without a healthy environment, people are more likely to suffer from obesity or many other chronic diseases plaguing United States populations: diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. A vision for healthy communities will be realized when all neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces offer safe places to play and be active. Achieving this vision requires the broad expertise and influence of policy makers, researchers, advocates, practitioners and funders working across multiple fields to change policies and environments. From the perspective of practitioners in the transportation, land use, and health fields, The San Francisco Foundation’s “Healthy People Live in Healthy Places” and the Public Health Institute’s Dialogue4Health three part Web Forum series will outline a vision for healthy communities and highlight some of the insights learned from successful endeavors to create healthy and livable communities across the country.

Part 2, Healthy Homes: You Are Where You Live
Moderator: Francesca Vietor, Program Officer for Environment at The San Francisco Foundation
Date and Time TBD

Part 3, Supportive Housing: Bring Care into Homes
Moderator: Mark Cloutier,  Program Director for Public Policy, Community Health, and Civic Engagement at The San Francisco Foundation
Date and Time TBD

Start: November 29, 2011 11:30 am
End: November 29, 2011 1:00 pm
Venue: Online
Address:
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November 15, 2011

Lessons Learned in Disaster Preparedness

Please join us on Tuesday, November 15, for a discussion about the outcomes and lessons learned from The San Francisco Foundation’s Disaster Preparedness Project (2007-2010).

Lessons Learned in Disaster Preparedness

Tuesday, November 15
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco

Melanie Moore, Principal of See Change Evaluation Inc., will present findings from the firm’s evaluation of this project, and offer highlights from the four strands of project activity – at the neighborhood level, with local nonprofits, with disaster intermediaries, and within philanthropy.

Following her presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to explore the implications of these findings for future work in this arena for foundations, intermediaries, government, and nonprofit service providers.

To attend, please RSVP by November 11 to Emily Rosenberg at err@sff.org or 415.733.8529.

Start: November 15, 2011 1:30 pm
End: November 15, 2011 4:00 pm
Venue: The San Francisco Foundation
Address:
225 Bush Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94104, United States