Our Bay Area neighbors rely on nonprofits for critical services and to connect with government programs. Tipping Point finds and funds the organizations with the strongest approaches that have the power to build a better Bay Area for all.
Armed with cutting-edge approaches to solving poverty, our grantees still need capital and strategic support to maximize their impact. Tipping Point maintains long-term, trust-based relationships, believing that a strong and effective nonprofit sector can transform our community. We don’t stop there—see how we’re creating the conditions for a better tomorrow.
Tipping Point Community invited us to be co-creators of a network of extraordinary leaders working collectively to solve today's complex problems rather than competing for resources. Being a Tipping Point grantee has opened doors to donors and advisors it would have taken me years to reach on my own. And their investment in me as a leader of color through the POC-Led Executive Fellowship has helped me unapologetically step out on behalf of Braven as myself.
Tipping Point empowers JobTrain to continually grow and improve both tactically and strategically. With Tipping Point’s support, JobTrain has built a more competent and healthy team, strengthened our impact evaluation capabilities, refreshed our brand during a period of growth and change, and much more.
As we grow and respond to the challenges of the times, Tipping Point’s support of our youth-serving organization and housing program has been crucial. The staff is deeply knowledgeable and delivers wise counsel with candor and compassion. Coupled with their generous financial support, it’s a visionary recipe for organizational success, impact, and systemic change.
What I treasure about our partnership with Tipping Point is that we address our challenges together as partners. I know that when I confide in Talia, our program officer, she will serve as a trusted thought partner. And whether we're facing a challenge or considering an opportunity, she will also consider it through the lens of how Tipping Point can leverage targeted investments to support our goals.
Meet our housing, early childhood, education, and employment portfolio grantees.
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Employment Portfolio
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Housing Portfolio
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Housing Project Investments
Youth Homelessness: We coordinate partnerships + improve systems to support youth to exit homelessness.
San Francisco Homelessness: We invest in organizations that prevent and combat homelessness in San Francisco.
Education Portfolio
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Early Childhood Portfolio
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Our youth homelessness initiative helps Bay Area youth move from homeless to housed. Watch how advocates connect young people with services and stable housing.
Before David helped youth move from homeless to housed, he struggled with housing insecurity himself. Watch how peer mentors connect young people with the services they need to move into stable housing.
“To see the parents find their energy and enthusiasm, helping them find a place in the community to share their talents––that’s what this work is all about.” Charlie Cervantes shares his work empowering fathers in their child’s development.
“Becoming a nurse had been a dream of mine ever since I was a kid.” Opportunity Junction helped Linh land a job in nursing through their innovative career coaching model, developed in partnership with Tipping Point.
“I made a promise to myself to make sure my story was not an exception.” Michael Lynch co-founded Improve Your Tomorrow to help more men of color with the support they need to graduate college.
In July 2023, the City of San Francisco began a five-year strategic plan to decrease the number of people who are…
With the help of The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, Ben turned his experience in fire camp into a career pathway.
With Tipping Point’s support, Life Learning Academy opened an on-campus dormitory, giving students experiencing housing insecurity the stability to thrive.
The Chronic Homelessness Initiative helped catalyze housing solutions by bringing together government and nonprofit service providers to spur innovation.
Tipping Point-funded compensation study supported Kidango in reevaluating their pay structure so now all staff make a living wage.
In addition to portfolio grantees, Tipping Point targets investments to fill gaps where and when they’re needed most.
