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Transforming Lives
Across the Bay Area

How We’re Different

FIND + FUND

Vet the Most Promising Solutions

Our team of experts rigorously vets every investment we make, providing grantees unrestricted funding for poverty-fighting solutions.

PARTNER + STRENGTHEN

Provide Tailored Resources Beyond the Dollar

We help organizations increase impact by providing customized support, from strategic planning to leadership development.

INVESTIGATE + CHANGE

Influence Policy Through Research + Advocacy

Tipping Point prevents poverty by investigating the root causes and changing the conditions that hold poverty in place.

Impact Areas

Tipping Point is committed to building a Bay Area where everyone can prosper. Last year, our investments funded life-changing services in housing, early childhood, education, and employment for 91,000 of our neighbors across the Bay Area. These milestones are just snapshots of our impact over the last year.

Snapshot on Housing

Ensuring everyone
has a home.

9,393 people housed

We invest in solutions that move people experiencing homelessness into safe, stable housing and prevent homelessness in the first place. 

Our work provided 9,393 people with services that either helped them transition out of homelessness or prevented them from experiencing it.

Snapshot on Education

Expanding pathways
to college.

64% college graduation rate

Students who enrolled in Tipping Point-supported programs have a 64% college graduation rate.

Despite serving students with higher needs who face more barriers to graduation, our grantees exceeded the statewide graduation rate.

snapshot on Early childhood

Providing early support for children and parents.

94% of Black babies born full-term

For grantees serving primarily Black clients, 94% were born full-term, compared to 88% of Black babies born in the Bay Area.

Snapshot on Employment

Increasing access to
livable wages.

133% wage increase

Clients who completed job-training programs funded by Tipping Point saw a 133% wage increase three years post-training.

Investing in Solutions That Work

We invest in solutions that support people at critical milestones in their lives: stable housing, a strong start in early childhood, a college degree, and a well-paying job. Last year alone, we impacted the lives of 91,000 people across the Bay Area.