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Ocean Blue Project
Ocean Blue is beyond lovely and was one of the most incredible cleaning experiences of my life. Their tireless effort to clean up our local PNW beaches has been awe inspiring - and the work they do to... more
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UniversalGiving™
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- San Francisco, CA
4.85644 stars 202 reviews
UniversalGivi wrote:
"Through Universal Giving, I identified two extremely worthwhile non profit organizations to support. Universal Giving's evaluation model helps provide the assurance that contributions will be put to good use. Andre, Individual Donor" more »
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Foundation For Students Rising Above
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- San Francisco, CA
4.98131 stars 107 reviews
jim-wallace wrote:
I first became interesting in Students Rising Above several years ago after watching a profile of a high school senior done by Wendy Tokuda as a news feature. The student was Student Body President at his high school. There were no parents in his life... more »
Education
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Healthright 360 Foundation
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- San Francisco, CA
1 stars 1 review
Taxpayer12 wrote:
They own a billion dollars in San Francisco real estate.They should not be asking for donations.Their huge building in Haight Ashbury alone is worth millions. Then they own other big buildings in Hayes Valley area of San Francisco.The building... more »
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Friends of School of the Arts Foundation
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 30 reviews
Therese F. wrote:
As a teacher, I have found FOSOTA extremely helpful with supplying the talents I lack as a teacher...writing grants. I have written ideas for three grants this year and FOSOTA grant writer has polished them. I have also truly appreciated the management... more »
Arts & Culture
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Global Gratitude Alliance
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 26 reviews
rachcrow wrote:
I currently volunteer with Gracias by helping with the newsletter, writing blog posts and with social media posts. We have also donated to the Kenya project where our son volunteered earlier this year. There are so many issues that need addressing in... more »
Mental Health
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JustGive
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
3.46667 stars 105 reviews
disasterheroines400 wrote:
I represent the Florida Association of Public Health Nurses, Inc.(FAPHN) We became involved with Just Give/GuideStar a year ago. We received recently our 1st donation through this program. Very efficient. Easy to use for donor and easy for FAPHN to... more »
Civil Rights
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United Way Bay Area
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
4.33333 stars 18 reviews
MealsOnWheels wrote:
This is a wonderful organization in the Bay Area with a broad scope of assistance. It was truly a pleasure working with them. more »
Human Services
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GiveWell
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
1 stars 1 review
tigervtd wrote:
I just donated on May 5, 2017 for $22 and they tried to charge my credit card for around $85,000. I had to cancel my credit card and get a new one and call my credit card company as well as they flagged it as a fraud alert. The charity sucks bad and I... more »
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Experience Corps Bay Area
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- San Francisco, CA
4.85 stars 40 reviews
ckehn3 wrote:
Experience Corps is a great program! I have been an AmeriCorps VISTA with this program for almost a year and have seen what a strong, positive impact Experience Corps makes in the lives of the students and our members. more »
Education
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GIVE A DAY GLOBAL
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 3 reviews
William85 wrote:
I volunteered for 3 weeks setting up Khan Academy for Give a Day Global in primary schools in Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province in 2015. The organisation was very focused, professional and supportive of every detail of my tasks there. It was a... more »
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PACIFIC FOREST TRUST INC
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 2 reviews
bernard wrote:
PFT is an excellent advocate for private forest land. They do traditional conservation easements, forest stewardship, and are pioneers in the mitigation of climate change through carbon sequestration with our planets natural "lungs". PFT has been successful... more »
Environment
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Taproot Foundation
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
4 stars 8 reviews
gfcorbett wrote:
The Taproot Foundation has one of the best business models I have ever seen for a non-profit organization and it does great work on behalf of many many non profit enterprises. Taproot is well organized, has top notch staff and from what I can tell has... more »
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One Brick
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
4.5625 stars 16 reviews
amendoza wrote:
I think Summer Movie Mania is a great idea for the local community. Even though the construction masks the entrance to the park where the movie was shown, the event was well attended and well staffed. more »
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Rudolf Steiner Foundation Inc
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 1 review
Healing Toolbox wrote:
RSF began as people peripheral to Waldorf schools. These schools are the only system of K-12 whole-child, age-appropriate education; that among other benefits, acknowledges the unique and individual spiritual aspirations of children and provides life-long... more »
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Tipping Point Community
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
4 stars 1 review
mokearney wrote:
I was recently introduced to Tipping Point Community through a good friend, Lorraine Fox, a portfolio manager at Clear Rock Capital, who recently put on a conference on endowments and business models for nonprofits. Lorraine introduced me to Kelly Bathgate,... more »
Human Services
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EARN
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 1 review
duane wrote:
Without the EARN program, life for me and my family would not be what it is today! I came from a non-traditional family, I never met my father and my mother passed away when I was six or seven. I was raised by my mother’s only sister with her family... more »
Children & Youth
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Full Circle Fund
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
4.75 stars 4 reviews
Robin wrote:
I've been involved with Full Circle Fund for five years and I think it's a fantastic organization. It's such a rewarding experience to help our grantees. The quality of the people involved in Full Circle Fund is incredibly high - I'm very inspired by... more »
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The Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 1 review
Marketeer wrote:
I worked with The Volunteer Center to promote The Board Match Event. During my two months there, I was impressed with their event planning skills. With minimal resources, this seasoned team of four pulled off a very well organized event. Despite rain,... more »
Mental Health
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Community Initiatives
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- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 1 review
AskManny wrote:
The Diabetes Hands Foundation was Model-C fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives for a number of months, during our 2009-2010 Fiscal Year. The service and value we received from the CI team was amazing! Since we first learned about them,... more »
Civil Rights
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Tides Foundation
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
2 stars 3 reviews
Marty wrote:
Tides was a great help as I started GMT. The organization provided us with HR, accounting and legal help. Our major donors knew that the operations end of our project was going to meet their expectations for fiscal management and legal compliance. By... more »
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Kickstart-International Inc
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
5 stars 1 review
ibutdc2010 wrote:
I've been both a volunteer and a consultant to nonprofits for more than 30 years. Nonprofits have come a long way, but not far enough! They must do better! KickStart International is an excellent example of how nonprofits need to learn to operate, and... more »
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Horizons Foundation
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
0 stars 0 reviews
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Horizons Foundation serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community by making... more »
Civil Rights
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The Center For Common Concerns Inc
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
0 stars 0 reviews
Build community capacity to end homelessness, reduce poverty and to foster thriving, inclusive communities. more »
Homeless & Housing
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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Period Instrument Tr
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
0 stars 0 reviews
To acquire and perpetually maintain instruments to be used in orchestral performances presented by philharmonia baroque orchestra.... more »
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Silent Film Festival
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
0 stars 0 reviews
We believe the best way to truly appreciate the power and beauty of a silent film is by seeing it as it was meant to be seen:... more »
Arts & Culture
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