Past Work

We have funded multiple visionaries and helped institutions create and sustain organizations that have improved the economic, social, and environmental health of their communities and the world.

After Innocence
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After Innocence

More than 1,700 people in the U.S. have been exonerated and released from prison after having demonstrated that they were convicted and served time for crimes that they did not commit. These “exonerates” emerge traumatized, broke, and usually without job skills or housing.

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Astia
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Astia

Astia is a curated, global community of experts committed to the success of women-led, high-growth startups in areas such as healthcare, finance and information technology. The non-profit organization has a distinct focus and mission: to propel women's participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses.

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Autism Speaks
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Autism Speaks

The Althea Foundation funds research through the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and The National Alliance for Autism Research on pediatric and adolescent neurobiological disorders.

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Autistica
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Autistica

Autistica is Europe’s leading independent funder of autism research, focused on creating long, happy, healthy lives for everyone on the autism spectrum through the power of cutting-edge science.

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Bridge Rail Foundation
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Bridge Rail Foundation

Every year 20 or more families are devastated by suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge remains the number one suicide destination location in the world.

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Compassionate Death Notification Program (at UCSF)
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Compassionate Death Notification Program (at UCSF)

This project produced the first comprehensive online training and treatment program designed to provide a compassionate notification practice and address the needs of both survivors and death notifiers.

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Creativity Explored
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Creativity Explored

This initiative seeks to celebrate the importance of art in the lives of people with developmental disabilities and to promote the talent and creative capacity in which these artists contribute to our understanding of people of all abilities.

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Founders4Schools
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Founders4Schools

Founders4Schools is a multi-award winning Gov-Tech charity operating in the educational sector. It is dedicated to improving the life chances and employability of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing technologies that enable individuals, partner charities and communities to connect youths to the leaders of successful, growing businesses across the corporate, creative and social enterprise parts of the job market.

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Friends of George Peabody Foundation
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Friends of George Peabody Foundation

Over 150 years ago, wealthy American philanthropist and financier George Peabody founded Peabody, a London housing provider. His vision, the relief of hardship and distress amongst the hardworking poor of London, continues through its mission to build thriving and vibrant communities, not just homes.

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Fulbright US-UK Foundation</a>
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Fulbright US-UK Foundation

The Fulbright Program was the idea of Senator J. William Fulbright, whose vision was of a peaceful and prosperous world. His chosen vehicle was a competitive global academic exchange program.

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International Business Leaders Forum
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International Business Leaders Forum

The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) was a global organization of multinational companies that worked with CEO and board-level executives, government and civil society in more than 90 countries.

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Main Street Launch
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Main Street Launch

Main Street’s mission is to create economic opportunity by empowering entrepreneurs. Through innovative partnerships they provide small business owners with capital, education, and relationships that allow them to flourish.

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Rare Disease (at UCSF)
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Rare Disease (at UCSF)

The Althea Foundation is funding research into one of the most rare skin diseases, Hailey-Hailey, at UCSF. The Althea Foundation hopes that understanding Hailey-Hailey's genetic structure may lead to discoveries for other diseases.

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Robert Davies Competition at Oxford Business School
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Robert Davies Competition at Oxford Business School

The International Business Leaders Forum was the first non-profit global entity to focus on the role of business in society. Supported by corporations and multi-nationals, the International Business Leaders Forum was able to make a significant contribution to business leadership and to business practices over a period of 24 years.

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Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
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Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (formerly the International Tourism Partnership), brings together 14 of the world’s leading hotel companies with a vision of responsible hospitality for a better world. The organization has taken on the work of the International Tourism Partnership, its global youth employment program, Youth Career Initiative, and the sustainability communications platform, Green Hotelier.

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UCSF Young Adult and Family Center
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UCSF Young Adult and Family Center

The University of California, San Francisco's Young Adult and Family Center (YAFC) is among the first academically-based psychiatry programs in the United States dedicated to advancing the understanding and care of transitional aged youth (aged 16–24).

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Working Chance
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Working Chance

Working Chance was set up in 2007 to assist women offenders in making the transition into the world of work and employment.

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Youth Business America
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Youth Business America

The Althea Foundation was the founding donor and investor of Youth Business America, Inc. (YBA), a hybrid micro-finance venture fund with a banking license.

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Youth Career Initiative (YCI)
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Youth Career Initiative (YCI)

Through its partnership model, The Youth Career Initiative (YCI) have galvanized some of the world's largest and most reputable hotel companies to offer training and employment to vulnerable young people.

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