Community Works Community Works (CW) seeks to provide disenfranchised populations in the San Francisco Bay Area with opportunities to build community and give voice to their experiences. Jails Arts Programs - Community Works Director Ruth Morgan developed the nationally renowned San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Jail Arts Program in 1979. Since founding CW as an independent nonprofit in 1994, Morgan has continued and expanded Jail Arts programming, bringing a diversity of artists in a wide variety of disciplines into the San Francisco County Jail and post-release facilities.
	Tall Ship Education Academy TSEA is an academic program based in San Francisco, CA that uses sail training vessels as a platform for experience-based learning and personal growth. Our signature program, the Tall Ship Semester for Girls, is an exciting 18 week academic semester for high school girls where the students spend the middle six weeks of their semester as crew of a tall ship in the Caribbean. Our Summer at Sea program allows girls to explore the ocean and expand their horizons along the California coast.
	Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco Founded in 1891, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF) serves over 1,200 youth and teens per day at nine neighborhood Clubhouses. Dedicated to helping kids from disadvantaged circumstances, BGCSF provides a broad range of programs to inspire young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. As state financial support to schools dwindles, the Clubs provide opportunities for at-risk youth to gain access to a wide variety of programs and activities, from technology and leadership skills to gang-prevention and intervention to fine arts and athletics. BGCSF also offers access to health services, daily homework assistance and tutoring, as well as specialized programs for young girls and teens.
	YMCA Embarcadero The Embarcadero YMCA serves the South of Market and East portion of the Financial District areas. We are a volunteer driven organization that strives to fulfill our mission: The Embarcadero YMCA builds strong kids, strong families, and strong communities by enriching the lives of all people in spirit, mind and body. Our staff is dedicated to providing each child, teen, and adult in every program positive, confidence-building feedback. We offer value-based programs with a commitment to four core values: respect, responsibility, honesty, and caring. The Embarcadero YMCA's programs are structured for participants of all skill levels and all ages. Instructors and teachers focus on an individual moving forward in the process of participating and learning in a positive environment. Elementary age day camp and swim lessons, fitness for teens and adults, and leadership programs like Youth & Government make the Embarcadero YMCA a place for all. YMCA Embarcadero website
	REDF REDF, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, provides human and financial capital to a Bay Area portfolio of nonprofit-run businesses which employ youth and adults overcoming histories of homelessness, mental illness, incarceration, substance use, and chronic poverty. These "social enterprises" provide real, wage-paying jobs and a supportive work environment to help employees successfully transition to the workforce. More than 3,200 people have been employed to date and 75% remain in jobs two years after hire. To promote this successful approach, REDF is intentional about measuring impact as well as developing practical tools and trainings to widen the practice of social enterprise and facilitate greater investment in strategies that move the most disconnected people into the workforce. For more information about REDF, please visit our website at www.redf.org.
	Kai Ming Kai Ming’s mission is to offer highly valued, reliable, comprehensive quality services for children and families. Through collaboration with parents we will: Incorporate individual and cultural considerations into daily operations; Assess and address changing community trends by working in partnership with other agencies and; Seek opportunities to be engaged with current issues in research and public policies related to our communities. Kai Ming understands that parents are the most important influence on a child’s development. An essential part of our program is including parents in program planning, classroom activities, and parent education. Many serve as members of the Policy Committee and the Citywide Policy Council where they have a voice in all decisions related to San Francisco Head Start operations. Kai Ming website
	Potrero Hill Neighborhood House The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (known as the NABE to community members) is a multi-purpose, multi-generational community center in continuous operation for nearly a century. It's mission is to serve those in need from the "cradle to the grave" with an emphasis on youth and education. The Neighbors for the NABE campaign is a grassroots community fundraising initiative to help close a funding gap caused by 2005 city budget cuts which directly impacts after school and other youth programs. Potero Hill Neighborhood House website
	Arriba Juntos The Arriba Juntos mission is to promote economic self-sufficiency for San Franciscans and their families through occupational training and employment opportunities. Arriba Juntos website
	Family Service Agency of San Francisco Our mission is to strengthen families by providing caring, effective, and innovative social services, with special emphasis on the needs of low-income families, children, the elderly, and disabled people, thus improving the quality of life for all San Franciscans. Not surprisingly, in a city filled with such astonishing cultural, economic, and ethnic diversity, FSA addresses a large and varied population. With 34 programs in 11 languages at sites throughout San Francisco, our comprehensive array of services reaches across all racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic lines. Our programs served more than 16,000 individuals last year, including 6,000 children and youth, 600 teen parents, and 5,000 elderly people. More than 70% of our clients have annual incomes below the poverty level, about 65% of the clients are of ethnic or racial minorities, and over half are female. Our programs have been recognized as national models and have received the highest possible ratings from San Francisco’s Department of Public Health. Family Service Agency of San Francisco website
	Chinatown Community Development Center The Mission of the Chinatown Community Development Center is to build community and enhance the quality of life for San Francisco residents. Based in the Chinatown neighborhood, Chinatown CDC also serves other San Francisco neighborhoods, including North Beach and the Tenderloin. We are a community development organization with many roles, serving as neighborhood advocates, organizers, planners, as developers and managers of affordable housing. We believe in a comprehensive vision of community, a quality environment, a healthy neighborhood economy and active volunteer associations. We are committed to the empowerment of low income residents, diversity and coalition building and social and economic justice. Chinatown Community Development Center website
	Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center works to preserve and enhance the ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity of Bernal Heights and surrounding neighborhoods. We promote community action to build a just and equitable community for all. BHNC focuses on the needs of people with low and moderate incomes. We work to accomplish our mission by: Developing affordable housing throughout San Francisco; Providing linguistically and culturally responsive services to our community's most vulnerable adults, seniors, youth, and families; Developing Leaders; organizing and empowering our tenants, clients, members, and allies to advocate for their needs and for the needs of the community. Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center website
	Glide Memorial Glide's mission is "to break the cycles of multi-generational dependency, poverty, and low self-worth by providing a spiritual home of unconditional love. Glide strives to create a healthy community by offering effective services that foster holistic healing in an environment of cultural integrity and diversity. Located at Ellis and Taylor in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments, Glide Foundation is an oasis that has served the poor and disenfranchised for over 40 years. From serving over 750,000 meals a year, to operating a professional medical clinic, to youth job training, to offering weekly spiritual celebrations at Glide Church, and much more - Glide touches the lives of many people. Glide has helped thousands of disenfranchised and poor people get back on their feet and find their way to jobs, housing and spiritual fulfillment. Glide Memorial website
	Enterprise for High School Students Enterprise for High School Students is a citywide youth employment/youth development agency that guides youth to find and retain jobs, to be trained and engage in experiential learning, and to explore career interests. We operate under a simple, yet vital mission: "to increase student preparedness to explore and pursue career paths through training and counseling and guidance; to offer a variety of experiential options within the work world; and to provide a support network to raise youth’s personal expectations for success". Enterprise for High School Students website

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