Removing barriers to economic mobility isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.
We target. We customize. We investigate. We change.
There are thousands of organizations, nonprofit leaders, and new ideas that have good intentions of creating opportunities, but we do the homework for you by rigorously vetting every investment we make and only funding the most effective and promising. We build strong partnerships, trusting that the leaders behind the solutions know the best path to serve their communities.
Our Strategy to Find + Fund SolutionsRemoving barriers to economic mobility isn’t a one size fits all approach, and that goes for organizations, too—once we write a check, we tailor our partnership to provide support wherever it’s needed through customized workshops, leadership development opportunities, and cohort-based programs that meet organizations and leaders where they are.
Our Work to Partner + Strengthen OrganizationsWe’ve learned in our nearly 20 years that it’s not enough to only provide an intervention at the moment it’s needed. It’s also essential to understand the root causes of poverty and invest in ways that prevent those challenges in the first place. We dig deep into the issues we’re fighting to solve and use those learnings to change systems for maximum impact.
Our approach to investigating + changing conditions of poverty
Tipping Point empowers JobTrain to grow and improve both tactically and strategically continuously. With Tipping Point’s support, JobTrain has built a more competent and healthy team, strengthen our impact evaluation capabilities, refresh our brand during a period of growth and change, and much more.
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.
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.
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.
Through its comprehensive model, Tipping Point acts as a force multiplier in advancing solutions to poverty. Not only do they fund best-in-class organizations, but they also have deep expertise in early childhood, education, employment, and housing and work closely with leaders to widen their impact and promote lasting change. By leveraging the work of a broad spectrum of grantees and partners across sectors, Tipping Point achieves far more than any nonprofit could alone.
Tipping Point’s commitment to gratitude, accountability, and equity are vitally important for building partnerships that are changing people’s lives and systems day in and day out. It feels good to be part of a community that believes everyone in the Bay Area deserves a chance to prosper—and is taking bold action to make it happen.
Our impact is seen in the people our grantees serve every day, in the growth of an organization and their leaders, and in policies that will impact our community for years to come.
Hear from Sam Cobbs, Tipping Point CEO, on how POC-Led: Impact Through Equity equips leaders of color with the resources needed to address the Bay Area’s challenges.
Read more about POC-Led Supports Organizations and Leaders on the Frontlines
Grantee LifeMoves transforms a vacant lot into supportive interim housing community for individuals and families at record speed.
Read more about New Interim Housing for 124 People
Tipping Point-funded compensation study supported Kidango in reevaluating their pay structure so now all staff make a living wage.
Read more about Livable Wage Standards for Early Childhood Education Providers
Together, we can make the Bay Area better for all of us by investing in solutions that create transformative pathways out of poverty.
