Supporting Career Service Providers to Alleviate Poverty
To help workers enter and succeed in the job market, they need support in identifying and acquiring the specific skills…

It’s critical to understand the root causes of issues and invest in ways that prevent those challenges in the first place. We fund research on poverty-related issues, then support new ideas and policy changes that work to address them head-on.
Everyone can understand that getting a college degree while also being a parent can be challenging, but our team partnered on research to first understand the scope of the problem, and then pinpoint specific barriers that, if removed, could lead to increased graduation rates. Our research not only set the benchmark for the number of students who were parents in California, but also directly informed recently-passed legislation that will provide additional on-campus support for parents seeking degrees, bringing greater attention to their needs.
A deeper understanding of the barriers people face towards prosperity is critical to informing investments, new ideas, and ultimately, to change the conditions that will prevent poverty from occurring in the first place.
It is essential to invest in organizations advocating to change the systems that prevent people from reaching prosperity. By supporting leading advocacy organizations and specific policy changes, we help remove barriers to economic mobility for people across the Bay Area.
Housing
Early Childhood
Education
Employment
We invest in research-backed, innovative solutions driven by the community to create lasting and impactful change.
Tipping Point was the lead seed funder of an Oakland pilot program that provides 200 households with a portion of their monthly rent to stop their displacement from Oakland and prevent them from experiencing homelessness.
We are a co-funder of The Abundant Birth Project-Expecting Justice, providing seed capital to pilot a program that provides targeted basic income to Black and Pacific Islander women in San Francisco during pregnancy and after birth. The program was so successful that it has now been expanded into a statewide pilot.