All parents want their babies to grow up happy, healthy, and well cared for. But with diapers costing a monthly $100 per child, half of families in the United States struggle to afford a healthy supply of diapers for their babies (source: The NDBN Diaper Check, 2023). Despite the need, diapers are not covered under federal safety net programs like food stamps or WIC. “Families are having to make impossible choices. It is not uncommon [...more...]
“It’s not the thoughts or the prayers.It’s the actionsIt’s how we stared down the barrel. Stared untilthe barrel lowered until the kill countsflew up and away.Stared until the guns were put down…”-From the poem “Futurescapes” [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
By the end of high school, Isaiah C. had already mapped out his future political career path. First, he’d get […more…]
“It’s not the thoughts or the prayers.It’s the actionsIt’s how we stared down the barrel. Stared untilthe barrel lowered until […more…]
Growing up in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, a diverse yet historically under-resourced community, Zaria Clemmons knew from a young age […more…]
The Arts
“It’s not the thoughts or the prayers.It’s the actionsIt’s how we stared down the barrel. Stared untilthe barrel lowered until […more…]
Holocaust Museum LA broke ground on November 15, 2023 on the Jona Goldrich Campus, designed by award-winning architect Hagy Belzberg. […more…]
On a recent morning at Holocaust Museum LA (HMLA), Betsy, a docent, was leading a tour group of 20 LA […more…]
Social Justice
This past May, Legal Assistance to the Elderly fielded a call about a 92-year-old senior being evicted in San Francisco. […more…]
“It’s not the thoughts or the prayers.It’s the actionsIt’s how we stared down the barrel. Stared untilthe barrel lowered until […more…]
As Rachel Bryant, a Black-Latina alumna of the counseling psychology graduate program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in […more…]
Homelessness and Housing
Raphael House was founded in 1971 in Northern California as the first homeless shelter specializing in keeping families together. The […more…]
When Cody Van Felden turned 18, she became homeless after her foster parents kicked her out of the house because […more…]
This past May, Legal Assistance to the Elderly fielded a call about a 92-year-old senior being evicted in San Francisco. […more…]
Health
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. (PVI) was founded in the old-fashioned spirit of charity. A group of forward-thinking women in Menlo Park […more…]
For the last 65 years, Ohlhoff Recovery Programs has treated people battling drug and alcohol addiction. That experience, together with […more…]
All parents want their babies to grow up happy, healthy, and well cared for. But with diapers costing a monthly […more…]
Global Reach
In the wake of Maui’s tragic 2023 wildfires, relief organizations and the goodwill of the world at large poured into […more…]
Fostering Care
When Alyssa was 15, she came under court protection due to physical abuse. In the foster system, she endured 17 […more…]
When Cody Van Felden turned 18, she became homeless after her foster parents kicked her out of the house because […more…]
Elizabeth* received the heartbreaking call that no grandmother is prepared for: her daughter, Maria, was neglecting her six young children […more…]
Family Well-Being
Elizabeth* received the heartbreaking call that no grandmother is prepared for: her daughter, Maria, was neglecting her six young children […more…]
All parents want their babies to grow up happy, healthy, and well cared for. But with diapers costing a monthly […more…]
As a new parent raising her daughters in the Bay Area, LuLu Roberts found herself far from her own large […more…]
Environment
Before the pandemic, Brad Adams, then the executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division, would often drive his two […more…]
International poaching and smuggling crimes may seem distant to people who live in California, but the consequences of these illegal […more…]
Originating in Yosemite National Park high in the glaciers above Tuolumne Meadows, the Tuolumne River flows through diverse landscapes and […more…]
Education
Yeardley Love was a vibrant University of Virginia lacrosse player when she was killed by her ex-boyfriend three weeks before […more…]
International poaching and smuggling crimes may seem distant to people who live in California, but the consequences of these illegal […more…]
Julie López played soccer for as long as she can remember. Growing up in a family of seven in Sylmar […more…]
Community Resilience
When Creativity Explored began in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1983, the nonprofit for artists with disabilities operated out of […more…]
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. (PVI) was founded in the old-fashioned spirit of charity. A group of forward-thinking women in Menlo Park […more…]
ACCESS U Foundation’s co-founders, Brad Rothenberg and Joaquín Escoto, ran a successful for-profit youth soccer company for nearly twenty years, […more…]
Animals to the Rescue
In the wake of Maui’s tragic 2023 wildfires, relief organizations and the goodwill of the world at large poured into […more…]
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1 in 5 children ages 3 to 17 has a […more…]
Advocacy
Maria Venegas, a PICO California leader based in San Francisco, is an immigrant mother. Evicted twice during the pandemic, she […more…]
This past May, Legal Assistance to the Elderly fielded a call about a 92-year-old senior being evicted in San Francisco. […more…]
When Cody Van Felden turned 18, she became homeless after her foster parents kicked her out of the house because […more…]