Family Violence Law Center is working to end domestic violence in Alameda County.  To achieve this mission, we employ a holistic approach, integrating a comprehensive service model with dedicated efforts to address and change institutional barriers for survivors.  Our integrated service model includes protection programs for people currently experiencing abuse, including legal services, advocacy services and prevention initiatives to eliminate future abuse.

Our Family Coalition promotes the rights and well-being of Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer headed families with children of prospective parents through education, advocacy, social networking, and grassroots community organizing.  Our Family Coalition creates opportunities where LGBTQ parents and their children are valued, embraced and celebrated.  We partner with others to create an inclusive, compassionate, and equitable world.

Niroga seeks to foster health and well-being through Transformative Life Skills (TLS), a multi-modality intervention including yoga, breathing techniques and meditation for at-risk and underserved individuals, families and communities by outreach, education and research.  Niroga programs are viewed as a front-line prevention and early intervention strategy for education, violence prevention, mental health, youth development, community development and social justice.

East Bay College Fund is a community-based nonprofit organization that provides substantial scholarships, mentoring, on-going college counseling and life skills training to East Bay (primarily Oakland) public high school students from low income families and communities with historically low college attendance rates.

East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) is a 25-year-old non-profit membership advocacy organization dedicated to working with communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to preserve, protect and expand affordable housing opportunities through education, advocacy, and coalition building.  EBHO works to create vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable communities where all families live in quality, safe, and affordable homes that meet their needs.

Ala Costa's mission is to empower school-aged children with developmental disabilities to find, use and express their unique strengths and talents.  Ala Costa provides each child with the skills and opportunities they need to become successful and productive members of society, and encourages them to have some fun along the way.  We offer support and guidance to families who face the challenges of raising a child with developmental disabilities.

DESTINY (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Arts Center exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people.  Through a deep-seated non-violent philosophy, Destiny uses martial arts, dance and theater in an after-school setting as methods to motivate youth, ages 3-18, to discover themselves and one another as significant, powerful and peaceful people.

4C's of Alameda County exists to develop and coordinate resources to strengthen families and children.  4 C's offers a variety of programs and services throughout Alameda County.  We work with thousands of families who are seeking child care referrals and information, child care payment assistance and quality child care services.  We also provide ongoing training and resources to support child care providers in their important work.

Girls Inc. of the Island City (GIIC) is part of a national research, direct advocacy, and education organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold^(SM).  Our programs help girls become economically literate and self-sufficient, prepare them to make healthy choices, encourage them to give back to their community, and empower them to pursue careers in sports, science, math, technology, and the media.

To ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our community, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing and assistance, and long term housing placement with support services to homeless individuals and families.  The agency hallmark is to provide services with compassion to foster a nurturing, healing environment that can effectively end an individual's cycle of homelessness.

Oakland Leaf Foundation strives to manifest creative educational environments for children, youth, families, and elders in the city of Oakland.  Our programs derive their strength and beauty from the interweaving of four essential strands: Social Justice, Urban Ecology, Youth Empowerment, and the Arts.

The mission of Leadership Excellence is to educate African American youth for personal and social change.  In particular, we have had significant success working with youth with multiple barriers to achievement.  Through personal healing work, skill development, and political education, we transform apathy to agency.

The Mentoring Center's mission is to utilize Transformative Mentoring™ to improve the quality and effectiveness of mentoring programs and to provide a direct service mentoring program model designed to transform the lives of the most highly at-risk youth.  TMC accomplishes its mission by providing effective direct serve programs, conducting technical assistance and training, and advocating for just policies that affect youth.

The Crucible is a nonprofit arts education organization that fosters a collaboration of arts, industry, and community.  Through training in the fine and industrial arts, The Crucible promotes creative expression, reuse of materials, and innovative design, while serving as an accessible arts venue for the general public.

Building Futures with Women and Children builds communities with underserved women and children where they are safely and supportively housed, free from homelessness and family violence.