The goal is to help protect basic human rights, including economic, social, cultural, civil, and political freedom. As defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these are not privileges granted by governments, nor can governments abrogate them.

Grantmaking is focused on San Francisco Bay Area programs working to:

• prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) by increasing public education about CSA and disclosure by survivors of CSA to enable them to recover mental and physical health;


• improve the fairness of elections and effectiveness of representative democracy with an emphasis on ending pay-to-play politics and providing for public financing by citizens of election campaigns; and


• achieve marriage equality through public education and policy development programs at the state and national level.

Annual Deadline: August 1 for a letter of inquiry.

Geographic priority: San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California for local projects, and California for statewide projects.