SAN FRANCISCO, December 8, 2009 — Tipping Point Community, a charitable organization dedicated to preventing poverty in the Bay Area, announced a $1 million donation from the Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki Foundation. Tuesday’s donation was made at Tipping Point Community's Third Annual Awards Breakfast and is one of Tipping Point’s largest donations to date.
In the Bay Area, one-quarter of families are too poor to meet their basic needs. “When it comes to poverty, it’s too late for pessimism,” said Tipping Point Founder and CEO, Daniel Lurie at the annual Tipping Point Awards Breakfast. “We thank Sergey and Anne for their generous donation, which will allow us to further our mission to break the cycle of poverty for good.”
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
KIPP featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
See how KIPP is working to close the achievment gap:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/33182615#33184467
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/33182615#33184467
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tipping Point Community Grantees to Receive $290,000 in HP Technology
“Without access to this technology, KIPP schools in the Bay Area would be at a serious disadvantage to other schools across the country. HP’s extremely generous donation lets our teachers take full advantage of technology-based innovations so that our students can continue to learn and succeed,” said Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Speaker Pelosi Announces Expansion of SingleStop
On August 10th, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined us at the Homeless Prenatal Program to announce the expansion of SingleStop in the Bay Area. "There is no work more important than what is being done here. We're talking about our children and the future of our country," Pelosi said. "What I saw today is a national model, of national significance, about how we can better invest our resources."
Press:
- "Bay Area to get two new SingleStops" – Sarah Duxbury, SF Business Times
- "Pelosi Visits Homeless Prenatal Program In San Francisco" – Wall Street Journal
- "SF provides Pelosi shelter from D.C. storm" – SF Chronicle
- Official press release – SingleStop USA
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
What we're reading at Tipping Point this week
"10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media"
Mashable, July 14, 2009
"Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. That global conversation is an extremely powerful platform for spreading information and awareness about social causes and issues. That’s one of the reasons charities can benefit so greatly from being active on social media channels. But you can also do a lot to help your favorite charity or causes you are passionate about through social media..."
"How to get your teen off the sofa this summer"
Associated Press, July 13, 2009 (Reading Partners, a Tipping Point grantee, is mentioned on page 2!)
"One organization that lists opportunities on the site is Reading Partners, which provides one-on-one tutors in California elementary schools. A third of the group's 900 volunteers are high school and college students, including Nalini Jain, 16, who organized a summer Reading Partners program at a Mountain View elementary school..."
Read more about Tipping Point's relationship with Reading Partners HERE.
Mashable, July 14, 2009
"Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. That global conversation is an extremely powerful platform for spreading information and awareness about social causes and issues. That’s one of the reasons charities can benefit so greatly from being active on social media channels. But you can also do a lot to help your favorite charity or causes you are passionate about through social media..."
"How to get your teen off the sofa this summer"
Associated Press, July 13, 2009 (Reading Partners, a Tipping Point grantee, is mentioned on page 2!)
"One organization that lists opportunities on the site is Reading Partners, which provides one-on-one tutors in California elementary schools. A third of the group's 900 volunteers are high school and college students, including Nalini Jain, 16, who organized a summer Reading Partners program at a Mountain View elementary school..."
Read more about Tipping Point's relationship with Reading Partners HERE.
Friday, June 19, 2009
What we're reading at Tipping Point this week
"Bay Area has lost 130,000 jobs"
SF Business Times, June 19, 2009
"The Bay Area lost 90,000 jobs in the year from May 2008 to May this year, pushing unemployment to 10.7 percent from 5.4 percent last year, according to employment figures released Friday by the state Employement Development Department.
That doesn’t include 40,000 jobs lost in the south bay during the same period..."
"More Studies Extol Virtues of Green Jobs"
NY Times, June 18, 2009
"Following on the heels of a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts last week, two more reports from a broad coalition of environmental groups and research institutes suggest that clean-energy investments have the potential to kick-start the economy and employ millions of workers — particularly those at the lower end of the economic scale..."
SF Business Times, June 19, 2009
"The Bay Area lost 90,000 jobs in the year from May 2008 to May this year, pushing unemployment to 10.7 percent from 5.4 percent last year, according to employment figures released Friday by the state Employement Development Department.
That doesn’t include 40,000 jobs lost in the south bay during the same period..."
"More Studies Extol Virtues of Green Jobs"
NY Times, June 18, 2009
"Following on the heels of a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts last week, two more reports from a broad coalition of environmental groups and research institutes suggest that clean-energy investments have the potential to kick-start the economy and employ millions of workers — particularly those at the lower end of the economic scale..."
Thursday, June 11, 2009
What we're reading at Tipping Point this week
"5 Job Hunters for Each Opening in April"
by Tom Abate
From the SF Chronicle -- June 10, 2009
"There were more than five job hunters for every job opening in April, according to a new U.S. Labor Department report that looks at employment in a different light.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, released Tuesday, estimates how many U.S. firms are hiring in a given month. These detailed figures usually come about 30 days after the monthly unemployment rate is released.
Tuesday's report said there were 2.5 million job openings in April, the lowest number on record since this survey began in December 2000..."
by Tom Abate
From the SF Chronicle -- June 10, 2009
"There were more than five job hunters for every job opening in April, according to a new U.S. Labor Department report that looks at employment in a different light.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey, released Tuesday, estimates how many U.S. firms are hiring in a given month. These detailed figures usually come about 30 days after the monthly unemployment rate is released.
Tuesday's report said there were 2.5 million job openings in April, the lowest number on record since this survey began in December 2000..."
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