The San Francisco Foundation in the News

The San Francisco Foundation’s expert staff and dedicated grantees are often featured in local and national press. Here are some of the latest articles.

Sunday, January 22, 2012
The San Francisco Chronicle
Movers and Shakers
The San Francisco Foundation has appointed Mark Cloutier program director for public policy, civic engagement and community health, and Francesca Vietor program officer for the environment.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Mongobay.com
Large tract of old growth redwood forest protected in the San Francisco Bay Area
8,532 acres of redwood forest and wildlife habitat in the Santa Cruz mountains will be protected after a coalition of San Francisco Bay Area conservation groups bought the land, under the Living Landscape Initiative, and to which The San Francisco Foundation contributed.

Sunday, December 11, 2011
SF Examiner
Hellman Meadow a fitting tribute to local benefactor
A tribute to renaming the meadow after Warren Hellman for his significant philanthropic and civic work in San Francisco, including his leadership at The San Francisco Foundation.

Saturday, December 10, 2011
Big Open Space Purchase to Preserve 'Cemex Redwoods' From Development
Patch.com
One of the largest pieces of unprotected redwood forest left in the Santa Cruz mountains has been preserved from future development with support from a number of organizations, including The San Francisco Foundation.

Friday, October 28, 2011
San Francisco Foundation scores grant for job training plan
San Francisco Business Times
The San Francisco Foundation won a $600,000 matching Social Innovation Fund grant to develop job training programs at Skyline College in San Bruno and Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz. It is the only such grant being awarded in California. The Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative, an 11-member consortium of foundations including the San Francisco Foundation, has already raised the full $600,000 match.

Thursday, October 13, 2011
El Tecolote
Community leaders and students honored at Herbst Theater
“This is a multigenerational acknowledgment of leaders, both students and mentors,” said Sandra Hernandez, CEO of The San Francisco Foundation. She added that the foundation was “awarding some of the best from public schools in San Francisco, including charter schools within the district.”

Monday, October 10, 2011
El Mensajero
Miles de dólares para la comunidad
La Fundación San Francisco (San Francisco Foundation), una fundación filantrópica entregó miles de dólares en premios a estudiantes, líderes comunitarios, activistas y artistas del Área de la Bahía, muchos de ellos inmigrantes latinos.

Friday, September 30, 2011
SFWire
San Francisco Foundation Inspires Audience at Community Leadership Awards
Sandra Hernandez, CEO of the Foundation reminded the audience that, “Bringing together multigenerational leaders will help spark revitalization in our neighborhoods, our region, and our community.”

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Oakland Post
Bishop Flunder Receives SF Foundation Award
This year The San Francisco Foundation honored Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, founder and director of Ark of Refuge, for courageously spearheading a movement of HIV/AIDS prevention, response, and care within the African American faith community and beyond.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Oakland Post
Five Bay Area Leaders Win Awards For Community Impact
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, The San Francisco Foundation’s 2011 Community Leadership Award winner, Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Gonzalo Rucobo, Jordan Simmons, John Santos, and Ravenswood Family Health Center, will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the Bay Area community.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Intuit.com
At One Publishing Startup, the News Is Still Fit to Print in the Digital Age
The San Francisco Foundation's support of San Francisco Public Press is highlighted.

Sunday, August 28, 2011
The San Francisco Chronicle
Movers and Shakers
The San Francisco Foundation has appointed Nick Hodges vice president for philanthropic services and Terezita Romo program officer for arts and culture.

Thursday, August 25, 2011
7x7
Test Your Balance at SOMArts' "Frontrunners" Exhibit
Every year, The San Francisco Foundation offers a series of monetary awards to up-and-coming local artists. The 23 involved in this show at SOMArts are all winners of this year's Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship, which awards $3,500 to MFA graduate students for continued academic study.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mission Local
A Young Filipino American Visits the San Francisco Art Institute and Decides, I Can Do That
The San Francisco Foundation was highlighted as a funder of The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts' survey exhibition of the works of Carlos Villa, circa 1970-2011.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011
SF Examiner
Corporate giving in Bay Area is up … because public giving is down?
CEO Sandra R. Hernandez, M.D. comments on shifts within the nonprofit sector and philanthropy.

Friday, July 15, 2011
San Francisco Business Times
Philanthropic foundations target young donors
Nick Hodges, vice president for philanthropic services at the San Francisco Foundation, comments on how The San Francisco Foundation is developing a major technology platform that will include mobile applications to engage people under 40.

Monday, July 11, 2011
SF 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.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Oakland Tribune
Congratulations!
Diablo Ballet is congratulated for receiving a $10,000 grant from The San Francisco Foundation in support of the Ballet's PEEK (Performing Arts Education and Enrichment for Kids) Outreach Program. In the past decade, PEEK has reached more than 65,000 elementary school students in low-income East Bay communities.

Thursday, July 22, 2010
The New York Times / 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, comments on a rising education administrator in the East Bay and his plan to enlist the entire community to improve Oakland’s schools

Friday, June 17, 2011
Contra Costa Times
West County Notes
The Koshland Program is highlighted as a major civic unity initiative as it officially kicks off in San Pablo, where 15 people selected the 15 recipients of the 2011 Daniel E. Koshland Civic Unity Awards.

Monday, June 6, 2011
Sacramento News & Review
Information Overload
San Francisco-based collage artist Hilary Pecis is highlighted as a Murphy and Cadogan Fellow in an interview about her latest achievements and awards.

Friday, May 27, 2011
San Francisco Chronicle
Portrait of California
Highlights of The San Francisco Foundation's support in publishing "A Portrait of California 2011."

Friday, May 20, 2011
New America Media
NAM Distress Index: Despite New Tech Boom, Many in SF Still Suffering
The S.F. Distress Index, developed with funding from the San Francisco Foundation and the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, is the first tool of its kind in the U.S. It measures the economic condition of the middle-class and poor in individual cities and towns by pooling together the most up-to-date data from a wide range of social services agencies and other local sources.

Monday, June 21, 2010
Oakland Post
Who’s Giving Non-Profits “Safety Net” Money While Economy Tanks
Denise Martin, Program Director, Public Policy, Advocacy, and Community Health, comments on a safety net funding report

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
East Bay Express
Gardening Eden
Koshland Fellow Susan Beck breaks ground at an urban farm in Cherryland

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene
12 Bay Area arts organizations win $250,000 in grants from the National Arts Marketing Project Awards

Monday, December 21, 2009
KQED Forum
How Would You Make a Difference?
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., joins Forum host Scott Schafer to discuss making a difference in our community

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
KQED Capital Notes Blog
A Conversation About The Crisis
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., joins a panel discussion on the good and bad of government and public policy in California

Friday, December 4, 2009
San Francisco Business Times
The San Francisco Foundation Approves New $5M Fund [PDF]
$5 million Program Related Investment (PRI) fund approved to preserve affordable housing, generate and preserve jobs, and protect the environment

Friday, November 20, 2009
San Francisco Business Times
Tough Times Aren’t Over [PDF]
Even in an improving economy, foundation giving will be affected for years

Sunday, November 1, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
Photo Gallery
Pictures of our 2009 Community Leadership Award winners and other attendees featured in the Chronicle’s Parties column

Monday, October 5, 2009
944 Magazine
The San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership Awards
Event photos from our 2009 Community Leadership Awards at the Herbst Theatre

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wisconsin Public Radio
Should a public option be a part of the national healthcare reform bill?
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., and Kathleen Dunn of Wisconsin Public Radio analyze a public option healthcare plan in San Francisco

Sunday, September 6, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Foundation's Caring Leadership
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., featured in the Chronicle's Sunday profile

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
ABC 7 News
Bay Area arts community reinvents itself
John Killacky, Arts and Culture Program Officer, discusses the impact of the economy on Bay Area arts organizations

Friday, July 31, 2009
San Francisco Business Times
Arts groups’ survival imperiled by hit to funding source [PDF]
The San Francisco Foundation's Nonprofit Transitions Fund

Thursday, July 2, 2009
San Francisco Examiner
Credo: CEO takes on public health with grace
Q&A with CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D.

Monday, June 1, 2009
San Francisco Examiner
The state of San Francisco nonprofits
Meet the Grantmakers series featuring Denny Martin, Community Health Program Officer

June 2009
San Francisco Magazine
In good we trust
How the Bay Area innovates at doing good

Friday, May 15, 2009
Blue Avocado
Survival Strategies for the Arts
John Killacky, Arts and Culture Program Officer

Thursday, April 30, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. charities face cut in city funding
Community-Based Task Force report released by The San Francisco Foundation and the City Attorney's office

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area charities unite, share aid to survive
The San Francisco Foundation gives charities $1 million to unite, survive

Friday, April 24, 2009
San Francisco Business Times
S.F. Foundation throws lifeline to nonprofits [PDF]
The San Francisco Foundation's Nonprofit Transitions Fund

Friday, April 24, 2009
San Francisco Business Times
The Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business [PDF]
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., recognized as one of The Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business 2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area nonprofits brace for 2010 shakeout
Impact of the economic crisis on Bay Area nonprofits and the Foundation response

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
Arts groups look for funding answers at YBCA
Noted economist Jeremy Nowak spoke at this convening, co-organized by The San Francisco Foundation
Related: Read Jeremy Nowak's presentation [download PDF] to our Board of Trustees on Monday, January 12, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
Foundations see assets dropping, demands rising
CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D., addresses current giving trends

Friday, January 2, 2009
KQED Radio - The California Report
Shakespeare Saved
John Killacky, Arts and Culture Program Officer

Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008
KQED Radio News
Bay Area Charities and Year-End Giving
Denny Martin, Community Health Program Officer

Sunday, October 19, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Foundation's honorees included...
Picture feature on our 2008 Community Leadership Awards celebration

Sunday, October 12, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle
Interest blossoms in point-click philanthropy
Front page feature article about The San Francisco Foundation

Monday, June 30, 2008
Tufts Medicine
The Catalyst 
A profile of CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D.

Friday, May 30, 2008
San Francisco Business Times
Finding 'magic in the mix'  [PDF]
CFO Monica Pressley recognized in special section on CFO of the Year Awards

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
East Bay Business Times
East Bay agencies awarded grants to hire more housing counselors
Recognition of the Foundation's support of the California Home Ownership Preservation Initiative

Monday, March 31, 2008
Hispanic Business Magazine
Tenacious Trailblazer: Sandra Hernández is Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year
Cover story featuring CEO Sandra R. Hernández, M.D.