Chronic Homelessness Initiatives (CHI)
Our Chronic Homelessness Initiative which culminated in 2022 was a $100 million commitment to addressing chronic homelessness in the City of San Francisco.
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We round out our portfolio with targeted investments to achieve community-wide change.
We believe San Francisco can be a community where everyone has a safe place to call home. Built on the learnings from our Chronic Homelessness Initiative, our project to equitably and significantly reduce homelessness in San Francisco focuses on three key areas: homelessness prevention, key populations experiencing disproportionate rates of homelessness, and improved transparency and accountability.
In 2022, thanks to a generous investment from VISA Foundation, Tipping Point launched a $16 million, three-year project to address youth homelessness. The project convenes service providers across the Bay Area to ensure impactful partnership, while also funding services for youth currently homeless or experiencing housing instability. This work has already helped over 400 young people on their path to finding new homes or remaining housed. Watch how one organization helps youth in San Mateo find fresh starts.
Mobility Learning and Action Bets—or Mobility LABs—is a pioneering initiative to spur the development of new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty, and to promote dynamic leaders to change the conversation around social and economic mobility. Mobility LABS is a partnership of major donors, including Tipping Point and Robin Hood, which serves as the managing partner for Mobility LABs.
Additional investments include research and evaluation to increase our impact, pilot programs to test innovative solutions, and supporting existing funds addressing racial and social justice issues that intersect with poverty.
Active grants from January 2023 through January, 2024.
California Competes: Student Parents Project
California Employment Development Department: Employment Data
California Policy Lab: Research on Poverty in the Bay Area and California
Career Ladders Project: Expanding Dual Enrollment in the Bay Area
Heising-Simons Foundation + Tides: Provider Compensation
Insight Center for Community Economic Development – Let Us Exhale Project
James Bell Associates: Early Head Start Infant & Toddler Developmental Assessments
JSI Research & Training Institute: The Landscape of Mental Health Care and Needs
Our Roots
Public Policy Institute of California: Shedding Light on Bay Area Poverty
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
Shirley Ware Education Center: Expanded Partnerships to Promote Healthcare Career Pathways
Teachers Rooted in Oakland (TRiO)
Workforce Matters: Workforce Fund for Equity to Interrupt Systemic Racism