The Sand Hill Foundation funds organizations and programs in San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County, California – specifically, Daly City to Mountain View, from the coastside to the bay. They specifically fund local organizations with strong leadership, visionary plans for the future, and cultures of continuous learning. The Sand Hill Foundation will provide support for organizations within the following fields of interest:
Growing Family Economic Stability
Sand Hill Foundation funds programs in San Mateo County that help youth and families with low-income stabilize, grow, and thrive through:
Education
College access and completion programs for youth and young adults aged 11-25.
Job Training and Entrepreneurship
Creating career pathways through vocational and entrepreneurship training, and access to capital for small businesses.
Housing Security
Home preservation, shelter and rapid rehousing, and legal services to prevent homelessness.
Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being
Our goal is to develop seamless and equitable opportunities to access high-quality mental health and wellness supports in San Mateo County through:
Prevention and Early Intervention
Expanding access to culturally-informed and responsive mental health services and social-emotional programming designed to center the unique needs and experiences of young people and their families.
Systems Change in Mental Health
Our Wellness Partnership collaborative, building partnerships across the mental health care and youth-serving systems in San Mateo County to ensure delivery is more equitable, integrated, coordinated, and healing-centered.
Access to Nature
Elevating access to the restorative properties of time outside through environmental experiences and family-focused, nature-based programs.
Advocating for Nature and Sustainable Communities
We seek to preserve and protect our natural environment for future generations through advocacy and community engagement in these areas:
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Local policy planning and advocacy to ensure community resilience in the face of climate change, with a particular emphasis on the participation of disproportionately impacted communities.
Open Space Preservation
Opportunities to leverage public resources for open space protection, stewardship, and access improvements in San Mateo County.
Sustainable Agriculture
Efforts to build a more equitable, safe, and sustainable economy of local agriculture and fresh food distribution that benefits farm workers and families with low income.
Recent grant awards can be viewed here: https://sandhillfoundation.org/grantmaking/search-our-grants/
Within our focus areas of Opportunity, Wellness, and Environment, we support local efforts that build family economic security, promote mental health and wellness, and advocate for nature and sustainable communities
We prioritize support for community-based organizations rooted in San Mateo County, with a particular interest in the communities of Daly City, South San Francisco, Redwood City/North Fair Oaks, and the Coastside where the most families with low-income live in our County.
The Foundation will support only those organizations with strong and consistently applied non-discrimination policies. Please note that we do not fund or provide loans for individuals or efforts designed to elect public officers.