We believe every caring adult in the life of a young child matters and every family deserves a safe space to play, learn and grow. We are committed to building bridges of connection to health, social and learning opportunities that build confidence in caregivers and ensure that every child has a strong start in life.“

For over 35 years, they have stood by their unwavering belief that food is a basic human right. They distribute millions of healthy meals every year, and are on the forefront of new approaches to ending hunger and poverty.

BOSS was created in 1971 to help individuals with severe and persistent mental illness who had become displaced because of public hospital closures. Programs and services expanded over the past five decades to include services for unhoused, disabled, and low-income individuals, families, and neighborhoods in Alameda County. In 2013, executive leadership expanded the mission and began developing solutions for mass incarceration and violence in the community as unaddressed crises stemming from racially biased policies and systemic inequities.

California’s Northern Alameda County is home to the country’s highest concentration of chronically homeless individuals, nearly all of whom struggle with addictions, physical disabilities, domestic violence, or severe and persistent mental illness. The Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center provide a safe space, warm meals, counseling, and support to identify housing to any homeless woman and her children during the day, when shelters are closed. WDDC serves an average of 150 women and children each month.

EBSC’s legal, social, and advocacy programs address the many challenges that immigrants face. They help to create a pathway to citizenship and more compassionate immigration policies.

Our founder is on the Board of Trustees and co-chair of the Ovation Gala. Known for its ambition, relevance, and excellence, as well as its adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968.