SF Politics New Group 'Shine on SF' Is Working to Clean Things, Install 'Golden Trees,' and Push for Civic Pride A new group that formed before the pandemic began but is just now getting its gears in motion is aiming to revive San Franciscans' pride in their city, after at least a decade in which the overall consensus has been that everything here is terrible.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Year In, Pandemic-Born Food Nonprofit SF New Deal Looks to the Future One startup organization set about solving two problems at once last March, mobilizing to put restaurants to work doing what they do best, and delivering meals to people who in many cases were newly food-insecure because of the pandemic.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink East Bay High School Student's Nonprofit That Makes Baked Goods for Those In Need Expands to Eight States A high school junior in Fremont who's been giving away her baked goods to local homeless shelters since she was 13 has launched a nonprofit to mobilize other teens to do the same — and it's now grown to 10 chapters in eight states.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Nonprofit Has Been Keeping 50 SF Restaurants Busy Feeding the Hungry and Underserved Working off of almost $1.5 million in donated funds and counting, SF New Deal has not only helped 50 San Francisco restaurants and food businesses keep some staff employed, it's also helping provide a bridge in terms of meal delivery for SF's hungry and homebound.
SF News Chronicle Exposé Suggests Socialite Joy Bianchi's Charity Is Up To Little Good Joy Venturini Bianchi has long been known around San Francisco as a fashion icon in thick oversized glasses, a perennial presence at red carpet galas, and as the proprietress of a nonprofit appointment-only
SF News A Few Ideas For Where To Give In SF This #GivingTuesday Now that Black Friday has spawned Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and probably something on Sunday I'm forgetting, it's time for #GivingTuesday, in order to help you atone for your consumerist sins of
SF News Black Lives Matter Now Accepting Donations, Grants Through Bay Area Nonprofit IDEX A newly announced partnership with a Bay Area 501(c)(3) public charity will allow the multifaceted and diffuse Black Lives Matter movement, technically a chapter-based global organization, to receive grants and tax-deductible
SF News More Than You Likely Ever Wanted To Know About The Bike Coalition's Contested Board Election When we learned two weeks ago that newly hired SF Bicycle Coalition executive director Noah Budnick was stepping down after just eight months, we also learned that this came after several months of
SF News Google Glass Wants To Help, Announces Contest For U.S. Nonprofits And just to show you that we here at SFist are not always about pouring a piping-hot demitasse of venom on Google Glass, the face computer you hate to hate (because, hey, growing
SF News Kid Serve's Founder Charged With Child Porn Anthony Josef Norris, 46, the founder and director of Kid Serve Youth Mural, was charged with possession of child pornography. He surrendered to FBI agents yesterday morning, who "reportedly traced Norris’ log-on name
Arts & Entertainment Volunteer! Attend The Board Match 2011 Tomorrow. Been thinking about volunteering? Have valuable skills to offer? Always wondered what it's like to be on a "board of directors?" Then hit up The Board Match 2011 tomorrow evening and find the
SF News High-Risk SF Non-profit Sees Stimulus Funds Yanked San Francisco-based non-profit agency Economic Opportunity Council (EOCSF) was expected to receive $159,000 in stimulus dollars for various/questionable "weatherization" projects. Today, however, those funds were yanked. "The CSD has deemed the
SF News Mission Neighborhood Centers in Trouble The Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., one of the oldest nonprofits in the neighborhood, which is responsible for putting together the annual Carnaval and Cinco De Mayo festivals, along with many other invaluable programs,
