CZI Community Fund: How We’re Furthering Our Impact in San Mateo County

Each fall at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we look forward to welcoming our newest Community Fund partners, who play a crucial role in our local work and impact. Launched in 2017, the CZI Community Fund is an annual funding opportunity for organizations that are helping create a more socially, economically, and just San Mateo County.

Through their programs and services, Community Fund partners are increasing access to the building blocks of social and economic well-being, including housing, healthcare, education, job and career skills and other social supports. CZI’s goal is to ensure that this funding stream gives people the tools, resources, and power to shape their lives and communities.

We’re thrilled to support 45 organizations through the Community Fund in the upcoming year. Grantees will receive two-year grants, enabling them to have greater flexibility to address the most urgent needs facing the local community.

“The Community Fund is at the heart of our commitment to San Mateo County, and we believe in the power of our local community to create lasting, meaningful change,” says Alma Pulido, Community Affairs Program Officer at CZI. “These organizations are doing incredible work and we’re proud to support them as they continue to make impactful change in the lives of so many. Together, we can build a stronger, more resilient community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”

CZI continued its participatory grantmaking practices this year, enlisting a review panel of community members with lived experience and CZI staff members to help guide grantmaking decisions. This collaborative funding approach builds trust and prioritizes community voices.

We’re thrilled to share CZI’s newest Community Fund grantees:

• Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
• Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC)
• Belle Haven Action
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
• Brilliant Corners
• Children’s Health Council
• Climate Resilient Communities
• Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY)
• CASA of San Mateo County
• East Palo Alto Community Alliance and Neighborhood Development Organization(EPACANDO)
• East Palo Alto Community Archive
• Ecumenical Hunger Program
• El Concilio of San Mateo County
• Envision Your Pathway
• EPACENTER
• Evergreen Collective
• Fortitude Careers
• Foundation for a College Education
• Free At Last Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services
• Friends for Youth, Inc.
• Golden State Opportunity
• HealthRIGHT 360
• HIP Housing
• Hope Horizon East Palo Alto
• Live in Peace
• My New Red Shoes
• Nuestra Casa de East Palo Alto
• One East Palo Alto Neighborhood Improvement Initiative
• Pahali Community Land Trust
• Peninsula Bridge
• Peninsula Family YMCA of Greater San Francisco
• Pivotal
• Retraining the Village
• RISE — Reaching and Inspiring Success through Education
• Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
• Siena Youth Center
• Silicon Valley Education Foundation
• St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room
• StreetCode Academy
• Tahirih Justice Center, The
• Institute for Families and Nannies, The
• United Way Bay Area
• Voices of Recovery San Mateo County
• Women and Allies (WANDA)
• Youth Law Center

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About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our communities. Through collaboration, providing resources and building technology, our mission is to help build a more inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone. For more information, please visit chanzuckerberg.com.