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Advancing the most promising poverty-fighting solutions.

We're more than a grantmaker. By vetting, investing, and testing solutions to poverty, we can ensure our neighbors get the help they need today, and create conditions for a better tomorrow.

Critical Services for our Neighbors

Every Dollar Counts

Since our Board covers our operating costs, 100% of what you give goes to our community. We do this by vetting each investment we make, ensuring every dollar funds the strongest approaches to combating poverty in our region.

Maximum Impact

Like any organization, nonprofits need both capital and discrete investments to build on their success. This custom support helps the nonprofits that deliver life-changing services to our neighbors in need achieve maximum impact.

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TIPPING POINT’S SUPPORT IS CRUCIAL.
THEIR COUNSEL + GENEROUS FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, IMPACT, AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

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Craig Miller + Teri Lynch Delane
Life Learning Academy Co-Founders

Meet Our Grantees

Investing in a Better Tomorrow

We investigate the conditions that keep our neighbors in poverty, so we can identify and uplift policies that remove barriers to prosperity.

Research + Advocacy

We investigates the conditions that keep our neighbors in poverty, so we can uplift policies and advocacy organizations that help remove those barriers to prosperity. Research guides our grantmaking strategy, ensuring every dollar we invest is backed by the latest learnings from the field.

How We Use Research to Target Investments

Our Impact

Together, we can make the Bay Area better for all of us by investing in solutions that create transformative pathways out of poverty.

SEE OUR 2024 IMPACT

Why We Invest

Why We Invest

As a longtime supporter of Tipping Point, I feel compelled to continue my parents’ legacy of helping people who need it most. Tipping Point listens to those in our region who have not been heard and works to elevate their voices as part of building solutions.

Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer + entrepreneurTipping Point Board Member

Why We Invest

I trust Tipping Point to identify, partner with, and elevate organizations working to alleviate and prevent poverty. I love being part of and learning from a community of people who share a deep commitment to making the Bay Area a better place for everyone.

Carolyn Press ChathamTipping Point Leadership Council Member

Why We Invest

Not only do we feel great about supporting inspiring Bay Area leaders through Tipping Point, I have learned a lot from the way Tipping Point conducts due diligence and provides capacity-building support to grantees. We have applied many of these practices to our own grantmaking and have funded Tipping Point grantees through our foundation.

Charlie Wolfson, Executive Director, Arrow ImpactTipping Point Board Member

Why We Invest

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.

Samir Kaul, Founding Partner, Khosla VenturesFormer Tipping Point Leadership Council member

Our Issue Areas

Housing Early Childhood Education Employment

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