“By supporting Big Brother Big Sisters, MetLife Foundation has an effective vehicle to reach young people, to improve their education outcomes and achievement, and also to connect more young people with caring adults.”

- April Hawkins,
MetLife Foundation

Non-profit charitable foundations have been the backbone of BBBSBA funding. We have been the recipients of generous donations and program funding from some of the region’s most discerning foundations, as well as local, state, and federal grants.

These funds are a trust, and we are committed to keeping that trust by spending these dollars effectively to have as large an impact on as many children as possible, and then measuring our results for continuous improvement.

The merger of the three Bay Area Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies into BBBSBA in 2006 has enabled us to reduce redundancy, leverage economies of scale, and focus on efficiency. Our measures of success include the number of children served, our overall impact on the community, the number and quality of the partnerships we are able to make with businesses, foundations, other agencies, and more.

We are uncompromisingly committed to sustainable growth and excellence in service delivery.

Opportunities for support from foundation partners include:
• Support for mentoring the children of incarcerated parents.
• Support for Community-based mentoring in targeted neighborhoods across the Bay Area.
• Supporting school-based mentoring in San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Oakland; Daly City
• Supporting Site-based mentoring programs at YMCAs and Boys and Girls Clubs in San Francisoco, San Mateo, and Contra Costa counties.
• Efforts to reach out to minority communities.
• And many others.

Contact Karen Berke, Director of Institutional Giving.