Carla Dartis

Tides Center provides back-office services, a legal framework, and capacity-building support for projects. The firm’s projects work to effect change in the areas of social justice, economic development, civic engagement, environmental sustainability, environmental justice, human rights, community development, international affairs, and nonprofit capacity building, among others. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Founded in 1964, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: conservation and science, population and reproductive health and children, families and communities. The Foundation provides national and international grants and has a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc. operates a charitable organization for disadvantaged children. It offers diverse range of services for children at risk of poor educational, economic, social, and health outcomes. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

The East Bay Community Foundation is a resource for information about charitable giving and community needs in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. They promote philanthropy by providing an array of services to those who hold charitable funds with them and by focusing on advancing economic opportunity for adults and families in need and on helping very young children in the education system. The organization was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.