The San Francisco Foundation

Contact: Ling Woo Liu, lliu[at]sff.org 

Retha Robinson’s nearly half-century at the San Francisco Foundation (SFF) has given her a rare, lived view of community philanthropy—how resources move, how trust is built, and why listening to reside...

Retha Robinson, who retires from SFF today after 46 years, first heard about a job opening at the San Francisco Foundation from a high-school friend.

“She said, ‘Oh, I think my mom is hiring at the San Francisco Foundation.’ And I said, ‘What’s that?’ And she said,...

May 5, 2026

Impact Alpha: Big DAF platforms drop Southern Poverty Law Center, underscoring need for impact investors to choose partners wisely

[…] Last week, Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable and DAFgiving360, Schwab’s affiliated donor advised fund, or DAF, one by one 

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On April 23, SFF donors and friends from across the region gathered for our third annual Bay Area Giving Summit. From the moment ...

There is a moment – familiar to too many families in the Bay Area right now – when ordinary life suddenly stops. A landlord posts an eviction notice. The food pantry becomes thin. Sudden changes to one’s citizenship status makes paying off debt impossible.