Tipping Point strategically invests in research projects that advance our mission of fighting poverty in the Bay Area.

Tipping Point strategically invests in research projects that advance our mission of fighting poverty in the Bay Area.

 

We invest in research and innovation when there is potential for large scale impact. Through research to better understand an issue or by evaluating a unique pilot program, we identify promising poverty-fighting solutions and interventions that can impact the entire Bay Area.

Projects by Topic

 

Poverty + Inequality

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Taking Count: A Study on Poverty in the Bay Area

· 1 min read

The Bay Area, a place of poverty, inequity, deprivation.
Taking Count: Poverty, Insecurity, and Privilege in the Bay Area

· 1 min read

Early Childhood

UC Davis Wheelhouse and Tipping Point Community
A Portrait of Student Parents in the California Community Colleges

· 1 min read

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Readying Our State: How Kindergarten Readiness Inventories Can Benefit California

· 1 min read

T Lab + ROC Project Summary

· 2 min read

Education

UC Davis School of Education: Tipping Point Community.
Understanding College Access and Completion for Bay Area Students

· 1 min read

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Increasing College Match: Insights from KIPP Northern California Schools

· 1 min read

UC Davis Wheelhouse and Tipping Point Community
A Portrait of Student Parents in the California Community Colleges

· 1 min read

Employment

Person holding a mobile phone.
Unlocking Career Advancement for Training Program Graduates

· 1 min read

Housing

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Reporting on The View from Outside

· 2 min read

Cash + Benefits

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Increasing Take-Up of the Earned Income Tax Credit

· 1 min read

Testing + Scaling Big Ideas

· 1 min read

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The Payback Problem

· 2 min read

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Relief from Government-Owed Child Support Debt and Its Effects on Parents and Children

· 1 min read

 

Tipping Point partners with organizations and major donors through a four-year initiative to spur the development of new solutions to poverty through Mobility LABs. Core to this project is the belief that people who are closest to the challenges are closest to the solutions.

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