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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative on Thursday announced the newest recipients of its Community Fund, awarding two-year grants of up to $200,000 to 37 local nonprofits working in housing, healthcare, education, job training and other social services. Now in its ninth year, the fund has invested more than $34 million in over 200 organizations since 2017.
This year’s grantees include groups such as LifeMoves, which provides shelter and supportive services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness; JobTrain, which offers career training and job placement in high-demand fields; and AbilityPath, which supports children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area pairs young people with adult mentors, giving them a consistent source of support to help build confidence and improve academically.
Kara, a grief support organization, offers peer counseling, support groups and crisis response services for children, teens and adults coping with loss.
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) provides safety, advocacy and legal services for survivors of domestic violence.
Fresh Approach connects families to healthy food by running farmers’ markets, nutrition education and community gardening programs across the county.
The full list of 2025 grantees: AbilityPath; Able Works; Adolescent Counseling Services; All Five; Art in Action; Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area; Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside; Building Skills Partnership; Canopy; Casa Círculo Cultural; Center for Creativity; Centro Community Partners; Coastside Adult Day Health Center; Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA); Daly City Youth Health Center; Dream Volunteers; Family Connections; Fostering Promise; Fresh Approach; JobTrain; Justice At Last; Kainos Home & Training Center; Kara; LifeMoves; One Life Counseling Center; PAL Center; Peninsula Family Service; Rebuilding Together Peninsula; San Mateo County Health Foundation; Science is Elementary; Sonrisas Dental Health; South County Community Health Center, Inc., dba Ravenswood Family Health Network; The Peninsula College Fund; Society of St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County; United Through Education – Familias Unidas; WeHOPE; and YMCA of Silicon Valley.
