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51		PETALUMA, CA
52		CHINO HILLS, CA
53		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
54		DANVILLE, CA
55		SAN JOSE, CA
56		WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
57		La Mirada, CA
58		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
59		PETALUMA, CA
60		Cardiff By The Sea, CA
61		CULVER CITY, CA
62		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
63		TRACY, CA
64		REDONDO BEACH, CA
65		PALO ALTO, CA
66		SONOMA, CA
67		ANDERSON, CA
68		NEWPORT BEACH, CA
69		LOS ANGELES, CA
70		SAN DIEGO, CA
71		ENCINITAS, CA
72		SARATOGA, CA
73		LAVERNE, CA
74		WEST COVINA, CA
75		Claremont, CA
76		ANAHEIM, CA
77		COSTA MESA, CA
78		San Francisco, CA
79		OAKLAND, CA
80		Valley Center, CA
81		Newport Beach, CA
82		MILPITAS, CA
83		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
84		SIMI VALLEY, CA
85		San Francisco, CA
86		Fremont, CA
87		SAN FRANCISCO, CA
88		LIVERMORE, CA
89		SANTA MONICA, CA
90		PETALUMA, CA
91		San Francisco, CA
92		SACRAMENTO, CA
93		SANTA MONICA, CA
94		LOS ANGELES, CA
95		San Rafael, CA
96		VALLEJO, CA
97		REDWOOD CITY, CA
98		Berkeley, CA
99		SACRAMENTO, CA
100		Grass Valley, CA

is a group of men and women between the ages of 20 and 39 that impact the community by improving the quality of life of children while fostering personal growth, friendships, networking skills and leadership development.

THE ORGANIZATION PURCHASED A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH INTENTIONS OF OPERATING A FOOD MARKET TO ADDRESS THE FOOD DESERT ISSUES IN POMONA, CALIFORNIA. THE ORGANIZATION WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL FARMERS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL FOOD AND ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, A GELATO, COFFEE, AND SANDWICH SHOP WILL OPERATE WHILE BEING A BUSINESS INCUBATOR FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN RESIDENTS TO LAUNCH BUSINESSES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND TUTORING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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TO GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO CONTRA COSTA COUNTY WOMEN BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED.

The is the bridge to a better understanding of the Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy and way of life because of our special needs in sobriety as women. We as women members of Alcoholic Anonymous are survivors. We have found a way to obtain meaning, depth and responsibility in our lives. This came about out of desire, decision, determination and spiritual guidance. An elevated sense of belonging that is brought about by the special services and a special need provided by our is our goal.

TO BUILD MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS INTO LIFELONG LEADERS SOCIAL CHANGE AS A STRATEGY TO BRING HOPE AND HEALING TO OUR BROKEN WORLD. BY EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION FAITH AND SOCIAL ACTION, IS DEDICATED TO MAKING SOCIAL JUSTICE INROADS IN MULTIPLE AREAS. THE SEEKS TO FIND PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADDRESS THE UNIQUE ISSUES IN INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AS IT INTERSECTS THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA INCLUDING LGBTQ EQUALITY AND SAFETY, FAMILIES, CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL JUSTICE, WOMENS RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, MENTAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

We are an outreach to women in secular recovery programs.

GIRLSTHEATRE DEVELOPS, PROMOTES AND PRESENTS NEW PLAYS BY WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS.

SOCIALIZE AND RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CAUSES THAT IMPROVE LIVES AND EMPOWER NEXT GENERATION.

PROVIDE SERVICES, PROMOTE AWARENESS AND RAISE FUNDS TO FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE , AND ACCESSORIES, TO AND TO THOSE IN NEED, FREE OF CHARGE, IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE PROVIDED TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY SERVE AND DISTRIBUTE TO AND THOSE IN NEED SUCH AS RESCUE MISSIONS AND WOMEN SHELTERS.

Mission: to transform the lives of women through exceptional artistry in performance and to bring the expressive power of their music to the community the nation and the world.

TO FAN OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND TO REACH ALL WOMEN, SO THAT THE FLAVORS OF JESUS CHRIST CAN BE SHARED. PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND INSPIRATIONAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL WOMEN IN NEED.

PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG WOMEN ENTERING UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO BUILD A MORE EQUAL RESILIENT WORLD ITS ACTIVITIES ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED BY CONTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDERS VIA THEIR DONOR ADVISED FUND ROYALTY INCOME DERIVED FROM COPYRIGHTS. THE COPYRIGHTS ENTITLE THE FOUNDATION TO ROYALTY REVENUES RELATED TO SALES OF TWO BOOKS AUTHORED BY ONE OF THE FOUNDERS. THE FOUNDATION BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER THROUGH TWO KEY INITIATIVES: LEANIN.ORG OPTIONB.ORG. LEANIN.ORG EMPOWERS WOMEN TO ACHIEVE THEIR AMBITIONS. IT RUNS PROGRAMS THAT COUNTER GENDER STEREOTYPES ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL WOMEN. LEANIN.ORG SUPPORTS WOMEN IN THREE WAYS: 1)BUILDING COMMUNITY BY COLLECTING EXCHANGING IDEAS, INFORMATION, STORIES; 2)OFFERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, LECTURES, PARTNERING WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF GENDER STUDIES; 3)FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEAN IN CIRCLES, SMALL GROUPS THAT MEET MONTHLY TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CONFIDENTIALITY TRUST.

ADVANCES AND CONNECTS WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND POLICY. WE SEEK TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION THROUGH DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

IS A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING WITH WOMEN, GIRLS, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; HELPING PARTICIPANTS REACH THEIR FULL CAPACITY EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY BY ADDRESSING THE CAUSES INJUSTICE AND POVERTY THROUGH ADVOCACY, AWARENESS, AND ACTION.

WIOPS) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED 2013 THAT STRIVES TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF . MISSION: TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM TO EMPOWER AND ADVANCE THROUGH MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION AND NETWORKING.VISION: TO ENHANCE BUSINESS OUTCOMES BY DEVELOPING AND RETAINING WHO SERVE AND EXECUTIVE ROLES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.

ARC CHANGES LIVES AND CREATES SAFE, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)A SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY NETWORK FOR, AND COMPRISED OF, FORMERLY INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN. TOGETHER WE ARE A BRIDGE TO TRANSFORMATION, PURPOSE AND REDEMPTION.

TO ASSIST PREGNANCY CENTERS IN OBTAINING UNITS.

TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY MONETARY ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL WOMEN EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISTRESS AS A RESULT A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

TO ACCELERATE CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF THROUGH EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND NETWORKING, RESOURCE SHARING AND BY BEING A BRIDGE TO EXECUTIVES, THEIR IDEAS, INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES

TO TRAIN, SEND, AND SUPPORT NATIONAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO STRENGTHEN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN . TO PROVIDE PRIMARY and SECONDARY EDUCATION TO POOR and NEEDY CHILDREN, AND ASSIST POOR WOMEN TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.

MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE WORLDWIDE THROUGH THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CREATE SPECIFICALLY TO COMBAT AND HUNGER, REHABILITATE AND EMPOWER BATTERED AND ABUSED WOMEN, CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY, AND TO SUPPORT ENDEAVORS AND PROJECTS AIMED AT MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN TERMS OF THEIR PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL NEEDS AS A WHOLE.

The supports programs whose goal is to strengthen the ability of women students to successfully complete PhD programs in the mathematical sciences to place more women underrepresented minorities in visible leadership roles in the mathematical sciences.

DEVELOPMENT AND REFUGEE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE . WORK WITH YOUTH, STREET CHILDREN, DISABLED AND ABUSED WOMEN, AND TRAINING AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS.

TO INSPIRE, EMPOWER, and INVEST IN WOMEN

mission is to provide the healing and empowering of sexually abused through physical creative somatic and mindfulness techniques. These programs will benefit the vulnerable young women survivors living in the San Francisco Bay Area and in other places in the world. Our vision is a world in which survivors of sexual abuse realize they have the power to achieve anything they want and believe that nothing can hold them back from the beautiful life they deserve

IS A COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZITAION THAT IS DEDICATED TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE IN DESPRATE NEED FOR AN OPPERTUNITY, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHO LACK BASIC SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MEANS.

To bring healing/freedom to abortion wounded women and men

How Lead elevates diverse leaders in the corporate, public, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors by cultivating a robust that trains and connects executives who are catalysts in their fields.

TO BROADEN THE PARTICIPATION OF THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTING EDUCATION.

The organization supports in the San Francisco Department and . They provide training to their members, represent employee concerns to the SFFD administration, help with recruitment efforts to get more in the department, provide social and networking opportunities, help other community organizations that support and children. They promote cancer awareness, and are involved with a first ever study on female firefighters and cancer.

GLOBAL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES WOMEN AND GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE WORK TO ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH PROGRAMS LEADING TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.

supports a stronger, more effective U.S. movement for reproductive justice by mobilizing new funding and capacity building resources to grassroots organizing and policy change efforts let to empower low income women, women of color, transgender people and (cont on pg 2)

To create a safe and inviting commmunity in which young women can share their musical excellence and build confidence,through singing, to realize their highest potential.

SUPPORT STEM EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

To support programs serving women and children in the San Francisco Bay Area through charitable donations of proceeds raised from promotions and events focused on , including, but not limited to, consumer education and appreciation of .

TO SUPPORT TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY HEAD OUT INTO THEIR FUTURES.

IS COMMITTED TO OFFERING FREE, NON-JUDGEMENTAL HELP TO WOMEN, (REGARDLESS AGE, RACE, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS OR FINANCIAL SITUATION) WHO ARE FACING UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES. OFFERS, LOVE, HOPE, AND SUPPORT TO EACH WOMAN IN ORDER TO HELP HER MAKE A REALISTIC PLAN FOR HER FUTURE AND THE FUTURE HER UNBORN CHILD.

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IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND CAMPAIGN TRAININGS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND POLICY DISCUSSION FORUMS FOR INTERESTED IN OR WHO HOLD ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICES.

PROVIDES FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS.

Provide education and training to women in under-privileged communities.

To support education in

To create an atmosphere healing at our live-in drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitations facilities which provide food clothing and educational needs for men women and children transitioning towards employment upon graduation and counseling services.

TO PROVIDE EDUCATONAL ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN OF DESCENT THROUGH MEETINGS, SPEAKERS AND NEWSLETTERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO RUNS AN ANNUAL FAIRE INCLUDING CULTURE, FOOD, CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE AND ADVANCE TRADITIONAL CULTURE.

International Development Programs: medical, prenatal, public health, education and social services delivered to poor persons in the USA, Central America, Mexico and developing countries.

TO BUILD CONFIDENT WOMEN OF CHARACTER WHO CELEBRATE SISTERHOOD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AROUND US.

INSPIRES HOPE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND SERVICES RELATED TO PREGNANCY AND SEXUAL HEALTH. SUPPORTS WOMEN WITH UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES WITH SERVICES ENABLING AN INFORMED DECISION FOR THEIR COURSE OF ACTION.

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