Non-Profit Fighting Poverty in the Bay Area

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$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.

$5000

can provide an unemployed adult with vocational training, counseling and job placement services.

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FIND + FUND + SUPPORT

We find the best non-profit organizations in the Bay Area led by proven leaders. We provide them with unrestricted funding to aid the fight against poverty, and deliver customized capacity-building support to help increase their impact.

CHANGE SYSTEMS

We work across sectors—government, business, non-profit—to bring effective solutions to scale through better public systems and policies.

RESPOND

We act in times of crisis, bringing together our community to support our neighbors who don’t have the resources to meet their basic needs.

In the Bay Area, 1.1 million people don’t have the resources they need to meet their basic needs. Since 2005, Tipping Point has invested nearly $300 million for housing, early childhood, education, and employment solutions in the region. Our board covers 100% of our operating costs, so every dollar donated goes where it’s needed most. Last year, our grantees provided life-changing services to more than 500,000 of our neighbors across the Bay Area.

Due Diligence

We do the homework for you. We find, fund, and partner with the most effective non-profits and organizations fighting poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area.

100% Impact

Our board covers all operating and fundraising costs, so every dollar donated goes where it’s needed most.

Beyond Dollars

We connect grantees with best-in-class pro bono partners to provide services and expertise that many groups could not access on their own.

Unrestricted Funding

Our grants are unrestricted and flexible⁠—the most coveted type of capital in the non-profit sector.

R&D

We support the development of new poverty-fighting solutions by providing grantees with the risk capital and tools to think big.

Policy

We collaborate with the public sector to leverage our impact and create scalable change.

Read our founding story here.