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| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Daniel Lurie |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, United States |
CEO | Sam Cobbs |
Revenue (FY17) | $44,271,108[1] |
| Expenses (FY17) | $32,110,248[1] |
| Website | tippingpoint.org |
Tipping Point Community is a grant-making anti-poverty nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by Daniel Lurie in 2005.
In 2017, Tipping Point committed $100 million to cut chronic homelessness in San Francisco in half by 2022. This initiative, in partnership with the City and County of San Francisco, aims to create housing, improve public systems like criminal justice and child welfare to reduce the rate of homelessness, and help the city leverage more state and federal funding.[2]
Tipping Point is modeled after the Robin Hood Foundation in New York, and has been described as "an organization that aims to not only help the poor, but actively change the systems that put them there in the first place."[3] In June 2017, Tipping Point raised over $25 million.[4] Its board is composed of local philanthropists, including former San Francisco 49ers player Ronnie Lott. The board underwrites all fundraising and operating costs.
On November 16, 2019, Tipping Point Community announced that founder and CEO Lurie would step down after 15 years of leading the organization, though he remained with Tipping Point as chair of the board. Sam Cobbs, Tipping Point’s president, succeeded Lurie as CEO on January 6, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tipping Point Community" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Nonprofit pledges $100 million to aid SF's chronically homeless". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ Rudolph, Heather Wood (December 2017). "Tipping into the Future" (PDF). Nob Hill Gazette.
- ^ "Record-breaking Tipping Point benefit tips the balance". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-03-05.