Marin Community Foundation is a leading philanthropic organization that mobilizes the power of community and the resources of philanthropy to advance equity for people, places, and the planet. Since our establishment in 1987, we have worked collaboratively with nonprofit partners and donors to build a better future for Marin County, the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and communities around the globe. We are among the top ten largest community foundations in the country, with more than 800 charitable funds totaling $3 billion in assets. Through our strategic grantmaking, community partnerships, advocacy, impact investing, and pursuit of new ideas, we work collaboratively to develop solutions to the most critical issues of our time.

At Marin Humane, we transform lives. It might be a small transformation, like a family that adopts its first four-legged friend. Or it could be big — like a child with autism coming out of his shell after participating in our Jumping for Joy program or a frightened dog who learns to trust people again after a life of neglect. We shelter animals in need, healing them when they’re sick and finding forever homes when they’re ready. We help more than 10,000 domestic animals and wildlife each year through rescue, adoptions, foster care, behavior and training, humane education, pet assistance for people in need, lost-and-found pet services, low-cost clinics, and more. We’re also responsible for 24/7 animal protection and rescue in Marin County, California. This means we are responsible for upholding county and municipal animal services ordinances through a decades-long contract with the County. Our Animal Services Officers stop abuse and neglect, reunite lost pets with their worried families, and rescue injured wildlife. A 2008 grand jury report praised Marin Humane’s dual role as animal services and nonprofit animal shelter. The report concluded that Marin Humane “is an important community asset, and the citizens, pets, and wildlife of Marin are better off for it.” We’re a local, independent organization and not a chapter or affiliate of any national organization. Your support of Marin Humane directly helps animals and the people who love them right in your community.

At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students.​ ​ Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning.​ ​ Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.

Founded in 1979 by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law, the Animal Legal Defense Fund blazes the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane treatment of animals in every corner of American life. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals. The organization's mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. To accomplish this mission, the Animal Legal Defense Fund files high-impact lawsuits to protect animals from harm, provides free legal assistance and training to prosecutors, supports tough animal protection legislation and fights harmful legislation, and provides resources and opportunities to law students and professionals to advance the emerging field of animal law. To learn more about the Animal Legal Defense Fund please visit aldf.org.

Established as a nonprofit in 1976, on land leased from Point Reyes National Seashore in Bolinas, California, Commonweal hosts more than 40 programs in the areas it champions: health & healing, environment & justice, and arts & education.

Nation's Finest is a community-based nonprofit with a 50-year history of providing housing, counseling, case management, employment services, health services, and more to veterans and their families. Today, we have more than 31 locations in 15 mostly rural communities in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

SEI is an environmental nonprofit that builds leaders to drive sustainability solutions. For 25 years, SEI has partnered with schools, communities, and businesses to develop a leadership pathway from elementary school to early career. Our flagship programs (Energize Schools, Energize Colleges, School of Environmental Leadership, and Climate Corps) educate and empower students and emerging professionals to create thriving, resilient communities.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul - Detroit is the local arm of The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization of approximately 700,000 men and women who voluntarily join together to grow spiritually and offer person-to-person service to those living in poverty and the largest social assistance organization in the world. The Detroit office of The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a major provider of human services. Programs include home visits, housing assistance, disaster relief, job training and placement, food pantries, clothing and utility assistance. The Society works in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Detroit, networking with 2,000 Vincentian volunteers in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, St. Clair and Monroe counties, and assisting 30,000 local households annually. SVdP's thrift stores in southeast Michigan support the society's other charitable operations including emergency food centers, youth summer camps and social services in the Van Elslander Family Center. For more information on the Society and its programs, please visit www.svdpdet.org.