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‘Life-saving services’: Oakland’s only LGBTQ center is in jeopardy under Trump 2.0
Woman With Alameda Ties Chosen For Hall Of Fame
‘Moronic’: Nonprofits slam Lurie’s new rules on free drug supplies
New Hope in Foster Care for Girls and Trans Youth Announced
Five years after COVID, child care workforce faces new threats, study finds
Stupski Foundation gifts $17.4M to expand opportunities for Hawai‘i youth
RYSE ‘Be a Kid!’ fundraiser to generate critical aid for local youth
What to know if immigration agents show up at your house or business
California Considers New Positive Test Score Labels
For East Bay day laborers with bills and fears, staying home is not an option
SF’s Black Social Equity Program, Mired in Scandal, Is Being Revived and Rebranded
BUSD pushes back on Trump, strengthens policy to protect immigrant families
‘We risk it all’: Bay Area nonprofits reel from Trump funding cuts and chaos
A commitment to justice: LeaderSpring’s General Solidarity Statement
In 2025, LeaderSpring Center is putting into practice writing Solidarity Statements and stand in unity with those impacted by systems of power that oppress, harm, and limit our communities.
On Inauguration Day, standing against hate
Theresa Harlan, a Native American and Alaska Native Women LeadStrong Fellow, represented as the descendant of the last Indigenous family to live along the west shore of Tomales Bay in Point Reyes Station.
Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.)
Curt Yagi, the Executive Director of ROCK SF and Class of 2007 San Francisco Fellow, shared the importance and programming of the organization for our youth.
3 West Berkeley nonprofits expand help with jobs and housing, thanks, in part, to Bayer
“We are really excited to enhance our economic development work, including our fair wage initiatives and making sure that individuals are connected to permanent and fair-wage jobs,” said Mirna Cervantes, the organization’s executive director.
2024 Annual Impact Report
We're excited to share the highlights from our 2024 Annual Impact Report, featuring our three cohorts and the growth in our Alumni Network, now serving over 10.8 million clients. Despite navigating leadership changes, we expanded our staff and advisory board, many of whom are proud alumni. Read more about our progress and future.
Healing is Justice
It is not a frivolous endeavor to center healing – our hearts, minds, bodies, spirits, relationships with one another and the earth, working environments, and movement spaces – as integral to justice, equity, and liberation. We see healing as a radical collective choice to bring about individual and societal well-being and wholeness.
How should nonprofits prepare for the 'nonprofit killer' bill becoming law?
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director of CAIR California, shares ““We are now managing people’s fears about this and other government targeting internally and externally to our workloads,” Billoo said. “That is in addition to everything we must do to serve our community and clients.”
Chinatown Public Health Center’s long-awaited remodel has a timeline
Malcolm Yeung, director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, said it’s a “relief” that voters overwhelmingly approved the measure.
BUSD celebrates mural recognizing Ohlone people
“I’m still here in the district, but you never hear anything about Indigenous people,” Betti said. “So to finally have something come up here, you know, (I am) really thankful for the Berkeley Public Schools Fund that continues to support diverse projects.”
After the election, programs under mayor to support Black residents will seek new home
“I’d like to see a service driven leadership style grounded in moral courage, and committed to bringing forward the wisdom of all the voices in the community to actualize the potential of the community,” Wilson said.
Rachael Meyers on Changemaking Through Environmental Justice
“In college, I was very engaged in anti-police brutality and fighting against mass incarceration. I had environmentalists saying what we were fighting for was a distraction from the cause because if we didn’t have a planet, it didn’t matter,” Meyers said.
For Támal-ko daughter, memory is medicine
Beneath a sky heavy with the promise of rain, supporters of the Alliance for Felix Cove—a group dedicated to rematriating the only Coast Miwok-built home that still stands within the Point Reyes National Seashore—assembled on Sunday morning to build and launch a traditional tule-reed canoe.
By supporting BIPOC fundraisers’ growth and amplifying our voices, we usher in a new way of funding movements
"But before pushing for diversity and inclusion, we must really ask ourselves, inclusion of what? Are we aiming to uphold the current status quo in nonprofit fundraising, or are we striving for something that truly transforms our field?"