Links to External Resources
Center for Community Benefit Organizations
Organization seeks to build the professional capacity of community benefit organizations serving the East Bay.
CompassPoint Services
A nonprofit consulting and training organization that provides nonprofits with the management tools and concepts necessary to best serve their communities.
East Bay Funders Directory
This free online directory is available via the CompassPoint website. Searching hint: if you’re looking for a particular family foundation and the search returns no results, try searching by the last name. For example, instead of typing in “Y&H Soda Foundation” in the search box, type in “Soda, Y&H.”
The Foundation Center
312 Sutter Street, #606
San Francisco
415-397-0902
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Taproot Foundation
The Taproot Foundation leverages the talents of the business community to provide pro bono business services to nonprofit organizations through the award of service grants. Services include fundraising, marketing, information technology and talent management (HR).
Guidestar
GuideStar's mission is to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving. You can also access Soda Foundation financial information from here.
The Finance Project is a specialized non-profit research, consulting, technical assistance and training firm for public and private sector leaders nationwide. We help leaders make smart investment decisions, develop sound financing strategies, and build solid partnerships that benefit children, families and communities.
The Community Network for Youth Development (CNYD) has served the Bay Area for the past twelve years as a youth development intermediary organization. In this role, CNYD offers support, training and capacity building resources to youth-serving organizations and programs. They strive to strengthen programs and services for youth by providing workers and organizations with a practical link to research being done in the field.
Forum for Youth Investment
The Forum for Youth Investment is a national initiative dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of youth investments and involvement in the United States by promoting a big picture approach to planning and policy development. Its goal is to create strategic alliances among the full range of organizations that invest in youth. The Forum has published numerous articles on the youth development field and practice. These publications are available in print, and most are available on this Web site as PDF or HTML files.
Youth Development Strategies Inc. (YDSI) is a national nonprofit research, evaluation and technical assistance organization that helps communities improve long-term outcomes for their youth.
The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
The JGC partners with communities to research, develop and disseminate effective practices and models for developing well rounded young people.
The Coalition for Community Schools is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K-16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school networks. The Coalition advocates for community schools as the vehicle for strengthening schools, families and communities so that together they can improve student learning.