Tri-Valley Community Foundation
David Rice
5674 Stoneridge Drive, Unit 112
Pleasanton, California 94588
925-734-9965 | phone
925-961-8908 | fax
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Tri-Valley Community Foundation
Changing Lives for Good
The Foundation is a public charity with the long-range well-being of the Tri-Valley region as its singular focus. The Tri-Valley Community Foundation serves the communities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, Sunol, San Ramon, Danville and Alamo by raising funds to meet vital human needs in our region and support cultural and educational projects that enrich community life. The Foundation also "brokers" collaborative partnerships -- bringing together businesses, local governments, schools, service agencies, and grassroots community organizations and leaders -- to identify and address important and complex needs in our community that cannot be met by the efforts of a single organization.
OUR MISSION
The Foundation’s mission is to strengthen our region’s communities through civic engagement and sustainable philanthropy. We do this by:
Cultivating a commitment to philanthropy among people who live and do business in the Tri-Valley.
Building a permanent endowment for our region.
Providing expert technical assistance and making grants to strengthen our region's nonprofit infrastructure.
Taking the lead in forming philanthropic partnerships, convening community workgroups, and creating collaborative initiatives that respond effectively to current and emerging needs and opportunities in the Tri-Valley region.
Six funding priorities guide the activities of the Foundation: (1) youth development and education, (2) strengthening families, (3) assisting seniors, (4) access to healthcare and healthy living, (5) nature and the environment, and (6) arts and culture.
OUR HISTORY
In the early 1980s, local government and community leaders across the Tri-Valley became concerned that regional and national fund-raising groups were raising millions of dollars from residents in our communities, but were reinvesting very few of those dollars locally to help people in need right here in the Tri-Valley. In response to this concern, business and community leaders in the Tri-Valley launched the Tri-Valley Community Fund to help support local public schools and nonprofit organizations. For 22 years, the Fund distributed millions of dollars to Tri-Valley schools and nonprofits, fueled by workplace contributions from employees throughout the Tri-Valley, holiday giving campaigns, and the generosity of local friends of the Fund. Then in 2001, members of the Fund’s Board of Directors made a bold and visionary move. They voted to take the Fund to the next level by creating a community foundation for the Tri-Valley region — the Tri-Valley Community Foundation — a public charitable foundation for the specific and lasting benefit of our community.
OUR FUTURE
Our Foundation’s future is united with the future of the Tri-Valley. The Foundation is committed to growing a $50 million endowment for the Tri-Valley Region — a public charitable savings account that will allow the Tri-Valley to thrive as a community of compassion and to fund its dreams for the region and its people for years to come. The Foundation’s permanent endowment campaign is under way, and this campaign will be the centerpiece of our efforts throughout the decade.
The Foundation also is committed to expanding the reach of three things we do very well:
Serve Tri-Valley residents and businesses as an expert philanthropic resource — using our know-how to help individuals and corporations make charitable investments in the community that are effective and financially smart.
Through grant funding and technical assistance, strengthen and grow nonprofit organizations that serve our community in vital, sustainable ways.
Fund and host community working groups and collaborative partnerships that yield potent, measurable results for the Tri-Valley region.
