Early Childhood
$50
can teach a frontline staff member to identify the effects of trauma on clients.
$100
can cover a year’s worth of leadership training to keep and develop a great teacher.
$500
can supply a child with daycare and preschool until their parents find work and can make ends meet.
$1000
can prevent eviction through subsidies and follow-up services for a family facing homelessness.
$5000
can provide an unemployed adult with vocational training, counseling and job placement services.
We invest in organizations that provide early literacy and positive parenting support to families with children ages 0-3, helping lay a strong early childhood foundation for positive outcomes later in life.
We invest in organizations that provide early literacy and positive parenting support to families with children ages 0-3, helping lay a strong early childhood foundation for positive outcomes later in life.
2018 IMPACT:
INVESTMENT: $800,000
PERCENTAGE OF CORE GRANTMAKING INVESTMENT: 6%
THE NEED: 44% of children arrive to kindergarten unprepared.
TIPPING POINT IMPACT:
97% of our grantee clients received prenatal care compared to only 73% of women in San Francisco who are on public insurance.
- Tipping Point grantees supported the birth of 674 healthy babies.
- 620 low-income mothers received prenatal care.