The Skoll Foundation seeks to catalyze transformational social change by investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and other social innovators who together advance bold and equitable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Jeff Skoll, the first employee and first President of eBay, created the Skoll Foundation in 1999 to pursue his vision of a sustainable world of peace and prosperity for all. Led by CEO Don Gips, the Skoll Foundation is at an exciting inflection point in its two-decade long history. With equity at the center of an evolving strategy, the Foundation seeks to fundamentally shift the trajectory of urgent global challenges including health and pandemics, inclusive economies, climate action, effective governance, and racial justice. Over the past 20 years, the Foundation has awarded more than $935 million worldwide, including investments in 165 organizations of social entrepreneurs and other social innovators across five continents. Skoll also operates the annual Skoll World Forum, the premier conference on social entrepreneurship, and shares the stories of social entrepreneurs through partnerships with leading film and broadcast organizations including the PBS NewsHour and the Sundance Institute, to drive awareness of social entrepreneurship and its potential to address the critical issues of our time. For more information, visit www.skoll.org.

The Heising-Simons Foundation supports its many partners to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking research in science, enhance the education of our youngest learners, and support human rights for all people. We envision a world where people are free to live whole, safe, and dignified lives; all children have access to opportunities that support them to thrive in school, at home, and in the community; scientists encounter and benefit from a more inclusive, robust, and innovative physics and astronomy community in the U.S.; and energy is clean, affordable, safe, and reliable for all. For press inquiries – DM or email [email protected]

We share the tools and resources educators need to transform high schools. Get insights from our models, and inspiration to guide you every step of the way. As the nation’s leading organization dedicated to rethinking the high school experience, we’re making sure every student graduates ready to succeed in life - will you join us? https://xqss.org/xq-xtra

Maddie's Fund® is a family foundation established in 1994 by Dave and Cheryl Duffield and is the fulfillment of a promise to their inspirational dog, Maddie. She provided them much joy from 1987 – 1997 and continues to inspire them today. The Foundation has awarded nearly $250 million in grants toward increased community lifesaving, pioneering shelter medicine education and establishing foster care as a standard across the U.S. Maddie’s Fund proudly offers the industry a national voice, important funding opportunities for bold ideas, learning resources and access to collaborate and share lifesaving ideas. The Foundation invests its resources in a commitment to keeping pets and people together, creating a safety net of care for animals in need and operating within a culture of inclusiveness and humility. #ThanksToMaddie

Started in 2002, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK) is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early stage, high impact social enterprises. Borrowed from our venture capital legacy, DRK finds, funds and supports exceptional leaders building innovative solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems. Since beginning this work nearly 20 years ago, DRK has invested in more than 180 organizations who have collectively impacted over 150 million lives to date.

The mission of the Community Foundation is to inspire philanthropy and be a catalyst for strengthening communities throughout Monterey County. We partner with individuals, families and businesses to create charitable funds to help them realize their philanthropic vision. We have granted more than $137 million to hundreds of nonprofits in the areas of arts and culture, community and social services, health, education, animal welfare, environment, and historic preservation. Through the Center for Nonprofit Excellence we offer leadership development training, workshops and other resources to strengthen local nonprofits and grassroots groups. Stay connected on Facebook www.facebook.com/cfmco Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cfmco Check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/cfmontereycounty

Sempervirens Fund works to protect and permanently preserve redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, wildlife habitat, watersheds, and other important natural and scenic features of California’s Santa Cruz mountains, and to encourage public appreciation and enjoyment of this environment.

HIP Housing is nonprofit agency specializing in creative affordable housing solutions throughout San Mateo County. Founded in 1972, HIP Housing is known for providing effective solutions to the affordable housing crisis. Its programs are nationally recognized and have been highlighted in Newsweek, USA Today, Metropolitan Home and on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Through its Home Sharing, Self-Sufficiency, and Property Development programs, HIP Housing impacts the lives of over 3,000 people. HIP Housing's mission is to invest in human potential by improving the housing and lives of people in its community. Through affordable housing, HIP Housing is providing hope and stability to those in need.

At Housing Trust, we use transformative housing finance and public and private partnerships to create more equitable and affordable communities. As a certified CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution), we lead the greater Bay Area in delivering innovative financial solutions and creating a strong affordable housing market. Housing Trust Silicon Valley was created in 2000 by affordable housing activists, local businesses, public and private sector leaders, and foundations. We are now one of the largest housing trusts in the nation, and the first nonprofit CDFI to receive a Standard & Poor’s rating, AA-. Through our innovative programs and deep partnerships, we bring together people and resources to create affordable and sustainable housing opportunities for all our neighbors, from those experiencing homelessness, to renters, to first-time homebuyers. When everyone in the community has safe, stable, and affordable housing, we all benefit. Housing Trust is making loans in the 14 counties where we live and work in the greater Bay Area, including Sacramento, that have one thing in common – a critical need for affordable housing and more capital to support its development.

We provide resources for people to do good. We're your local community foundation in Santa Cruz County, California. We have total assets over $135 million and awarded over $5.8 million in grants in 2017. We connect with donors, professional advisors and nonprofit leaders to provide them with the resources and tools they need. In 2010, we opened the Jack & Peggy Baskin Center for Philanthropy, which received Gold Level LEED certification for the U.S. Green Building Council.

What began as a golf game between friends in 1937, Monterey Peninsula Foundation has consistently hosted world-class golf charity events, using the proceeds to power positive community change across Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties. Our mission, and everything we do, centers on golf and giving. Monterey Peninsula Foundation stages two celebrated golf tournaments: the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on the PGA TOUR and the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach, a PGA TOUR Champions event. Each year, the community investments that stem each of these golf tournaments support hundreds of nonprofits working to impact thousands of lives in the Central Coast region in California.

The mission of Foundation for Hearing Research/Weingarten Children's Center is to transform lives of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, teaching them to listen, speak, and learn through: • proven spoken language and cognitive development curriculum • family-centered education • innovative technology Weingarten Children’s Center (WCC) was established in 1967 by parents of children with who were deaf or hard of hearing who believed that their children could learn to listen and speak. For past 54 years, WCC has been a model of excellence in Listening and Spoken Language Education. Foundation for Hearing Research, Inc. dba Weingarten Children’s Center (“FHR”) is a California 501(c)(3) that teaches listening and spoken language (LSL) to children ages 0 – 6 who are deaf or hard of hearing. FHR operates four lines of service: (i) Weingarten Children’s Center (“WCC”), the leading specialized early-intervention school and clinic on the San Francisco Peninsula, (ii) the BabyTalk Teleintervention Program developed by FHR in conjunction with Stanford University, (iii) TeachLSL™ Distance Listening and Spoken Language program bringing education, therapy, and parent coaching to children throughout the state of California and their families, and (iv) Talk2Me™ Digital Parent Learning with Live Coaching Program.