Bay Area Community Foundation

This Is Our Vision for the Bay Area Bay Area Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization created by and for the people of the Bay Area. We offer a range of flexible giving tools to help our donors make a positive impact on the community and causes that align with their interests and passions. In addition to first-rate donor service, we manage our community’s permanent endowment and award grants to address the community’s most pressing needs and promising opportunities. Since 1982, our community has used our resources to make charitable gifts more effective. We provide maximum flexibility in establishing, managing, and distributing your gifts. Through our donors’ generosity, we can help support arts and culture, community initiatives, education and youth, environment, health and wellness, human services, and recreation in our area. Our Mission Building community through generosity, leadership, and strategic grantmaking. How it Works: Give. Grow. Grant. - Individuals, families, and businesses make gifts to existing funds or establish new funds at Bay Area Community Foundation. Gifts come in all shapes and sizes. - These gifts are pooled together and invested for long-term growth. Most funds at Bay Area Community Foundation are endowed. - A portion of the growth is available each year for grants to nonprofit organizations, scholarships, and to support collaborative leadership activities to find solutions to community challenges.