Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/O San Francisco Chronicle
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About Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/O San Francisco Chronicle
Provide emergency financial assistance and food bank support to Bay Area residents to prevent eviction, stabilize households, and address urgent basic needs.
Focus Areas
Emergency financial assistanceHousing stability / eviction preventionFood securityCommunity partnerships
Who They Fund
low-income individuals and familiesfood-insecure householdspeople experiencing homelessness
Funding Style
direct service / service deliveryemergency / crisis assistancebasic needs provisioningshort-term relief grants
About Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/O San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/o San Francisco Chronicle concentrates on emergency financial assistance and food bank support for Bay Area residents, with grants aimed at preventing eviction, stabilizing households, and meeting urgent basic needs. The fund’s recent awards show a pattern of large operating support to local service organizations that help low-income individuals and families with housing stability, rental and utility assistance, and emergency food distribution. The largest recent grant in the dataset was $3,521,150 to Holy Family Day Home - San Francisco for housing and critical needs assistance. Another major grant went to Sunnyvale Community Services - Santa Clara for the same purpose, at $2,189,882 in 2025. The fund also supported Catholic Charities - Alameda and Catholic Charities - Contra Costa with multi-year housing and critical needs assistance awards, alongside grants to Samaritan House - San Mateo and Community Action of Napa Valley. Food support appears alongside housing help, including awards to San Francisco Marin Food Bank - San Francisco and Alameda County Community Food Bank.
What Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/O San Francisco Chronicle Funds
Housing stability is the clearest through line in the fund’s recent giving. It awarded $2,480,450 to Catholic Charities - Alameda for housing and critical needs assistance, $1,947,925 to Sunnyvale Community Services - Santa Clara for the same purpose, and $1,305,500 to Samaritan House - San Mateo for housing and critical needs assistance. Basic-needs and community safety-net work also appears across several partners. Community Action Marin received $744,050 for housing and critical needs assistance, while Benicia Community Action Council - Solano received $734,989 for the same type of support. Food assistance is another named focus: the fund gave $431,870 to San Francisco Marin Food Bank - San Francisco and $431,870 to Alameda County Community Food Bank. The pattern suggests direct support for organizations delivering emergency help rather than project-specific funding.
How Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund C/O San Francisco Chronicle Gives
Typical grants are substantial: the p25 is $186,100, the median is $380,706, and the p75 is $1,104,253. The fund also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across multiple years, including Holy Family Day Home - San Francisco, Catholic Charities - Alameda, Sunnyvale Community Services - Santa Clara, Samaritan House - San Mateo, and Community Action of Napa Valley. That recurrence points to sustained support rather than one-time awards. It is classified as a Regular Funder, and the grants shown are operating-style support for direct service organizations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$13.3M
Total Assets
$8M
Total Revenue
$16.6M
Total Expenses
$14.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $186K and $1.1M, with a median of $381K.
25th Percentile
$186K
Median
$381K
75th Percentile
$1.1M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BILL NAGEL
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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