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About Us

Who We Are

We are a diverse team of highly collaborative volunteers, passionate about helping our unhoused community members – our neighbors – and our community. 

We are engineers, finance and business professionals, lawyers, clinicians, university and high school students, as well as former clients who have experienced life unhoused. We bring different skills to help on-site and remotely.

Our Impact

2024 was a Year of Growth and Impact

Our volunteer-driven team achieved record-breaking results, helping more new clients than ever (595), and nearly doubling housing placements (69) compared to 2023! The numbers tell just part of the story; helping people put homelessness in the past is what’s life-changing.

595

New clients helped

90+

Clients helped with affordable housing waitlist applications

69

Clients found stable housing

1000+

Applications submitted for a range of services

40+

Clients helped with job searches

116

Cumulative clients housed since July 1, 2020

17

Clients helped with Homelessness Prevention System applications

100+

Collaborations with other service providers and organizations

New grants funded our ability to continually innovate and advance our impact. Along with our first in-person fundraiser and first Giving Tuesday campaign, we were able to:

  • Hire our first independent contractors to support growth
  • Provide temporary hotel stays for dozens of our most vulnerable clients
  • Fund client management software

Generous donations from individuals along with several generous grants amplified our ability to provide assistance to those in need of help. 

A few of our key milestones included inaugurating our first Lived Experience Advisory Board, launching a Self-Sufficiency Program, hiring a team of six former and current clients for MyConnectSV, as well as broad exposure, telling our story to more people through the Mercury News Wish Book campaign.

Read the full 2024 Impact Summary