We live in a region that believes in possibility, acts on potential, and is relentless in responding to our community’s most pressing problems. Together, we can make the Bay Area a place where everyone has the opportunity to prosper by investing in solutions that create transformative pathways out of poverty.
Last year, Tipping Point supporters helped our community turn investment dollars into meaningful impact.
Our multifaceted approach invests in poverty-fighting solutions to create both immediate and long-term change.
Our team of experts rigorously vets every investment we make, providing grantees unrestricted funding for poverty-fighting and life-changing solutions.
We help organizations increase impact by providing customized support, from strategic planning to leadership development.
Tipping Point prevents poverty by investigating the root causes and changing the conditions that hold poverty in place.
Of babies born to people served by our grantees, 93% are fully immunized by age 1.
Nationally, only 61% of children from a similar socio-economic background are fully immunized.
Creating better outcomes for children living in poverty requires both providing direct support to families and championing solutions with greater reach. Tipping Point grantee Kidango is leveraging on-the-ground expertise to create statewide impact. In addition to providing programs to children and parents, Kidango sponsored a state bill (the Childcare and Development Services Act) that has expanded access to early learning and care programs for infants and toddlers, making these critical services more easily accessible to families who need them most.
Students who enrolled in Tipping Point-supported programs have a 58% college graduation rate.
In the Bay Area, the graduation rate for low-income college students is 25%.
For 25 years, College Track has equipped first-generation scholars from underserved communities to earn a bachelor’s degree. Through Tipping Point's capacity-building services, College Track has built robust data systems to more deeply understand the journey from ninth grade to college graduation. Today, 98% of Bay Area College Track scholars enroll in college and are on track to earn a degree each year. Nationwide, they graduate college at more than 2.5 times the rate of their demographic peers, reflecting the organization’s position as a leader in college completion.
Of Tipping Point grantee clients in workforce programs, 88% land full-time jobs.
Nationally, 78% of those employed after leaving a workforce program get a full-time job.
A stable job is a critical foothold on the path towards economic security. Tipping Point grantees like JVS provide the support and training needed to assist on that journey. 80% of JVS skills-training program graduates land a job paying an average of $30 an hour, and are on track to increase their earnings by 91% on average within two years. For Jamice Jones, a graduate of JVS’ automotive training program and the first female apprentice automotive machinist employed by the city of San Francisco, this investment means she can afford to stay in her hometown and raise her two children in safety and with financial security. Hear Jamice’s story.
— Jamice Jones
Last year, more than 33,000 Bay Area residents did not have a place to call home on any given night.
Our work provided 6,133 people with services that either helped them transition out of homelessness or prevented them from experiencing it.
In the Bay Area, one in four renters have little to no confidence they can make their next month’s rent. Through its innovative shallow subsidy rental assistance program, Tipping Point grantee Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is helping families maintain housing stability. BACS is providing over 200 low-income households at risk of experiencing homelessness in Oakland—where in some neighborhoods, rent has increased up to 90 percent—with 18 months of rental assistance, ranging from $500 to $800 per month. With Tipping Point’s support, UCSF is partnering with BACS for a long-term study to better understand the benefits of shallow subsidy programs as a tool to promote economic stability.
— Participant in BACS rental assistance program
With the right resources and support, organizations led by people with proximate experiences to the clients they serve can create greater impact. Tipping Point’s inaugural POC-Led Fellowship gathered seven leaders of color from across our grantee portfolio for a collaboratively designed program, providing them with professional development, peer-to-peer networking, and access to more funding opportunities. Providing grantees with the support they need is changing the philanthropy landscape and making economic mobility possible for those they serve. Tipping Point is launching a second cohort in April 2023.
Being a Tipping Point grantee has opened doors to donors and advisors it would have taken me years to reach on my own. Their investment in me as a leader of color has helped me unapologetically step out on behalf of the young people Braven serves.
Thanks to a generous initial $12M investment from Visa Foundation, Tipping Point has launched a three-year, $16M effort to address youth homelessness in the region. Our work will focus on: supporting programs that help young people transition out of homelessness or prevent it in the first place; deepening the impact of agencies that provide youth-specific homelessness services; and strengthening local communities to create stronger safety nets and sustained funding sources to support young people impacted by or at-risk of homelessness. By supporting and coordinating organizations on the ground, advocating for policy change, and providing seed funding for new approaches, Tipping Point can champion holistic approaches to more effectively put resources where they can have the most impact.
On any given night, 3,000 young people are experiencing
homelessness in the Bay Area. This isn't just
heartbreaking—it's unacceptable. This project draws on
Tipping Point’s strength as a trusted convener, uniquely
bringing together partners from across the region in the
nonprofit, government, and business sectors, along with
those who have lived experience with housing
instability, to address and prevent the cycle of
homelessness.
