Tides Partners

The Ryan’s Well Foundation, together with local partners, provides access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene education in the poorest regions of developing countries. We educate and motivate people to share our passion and contribute to achieving change in the world.

The San Francisco Beacon Initiative is an organization that coordinates public and private partnerships and funding that enable schools, communities, and families to offer academic, social, and emotional support to their youth. SFBI is an intermediary organization that supports the sustainable and quality implementation of the Beacon Model in San Francisco through capacity building, technical assistance, leadership development for the San Francisco Beacon Network including it’s CBO partners, funders and staff.

Beacon Centers transform public schools into youth and family centers that become a beacon of activity for the surrounding neighborhood. Drawing on the existing wealth in their communities, Beacon Centers create pathways to lifelong learning through which young people and adults can always find the next challenge or step in their process of learning, growth, and development throughout a lifetime.

Emerging from the movement to end violence against women, the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium (SFDVC) is dedicated to eliminating domestic violence and ensuring the basic rights of safety, self-determination and the well-being of victims and survivors of domestic violence. Founded in 1982, the SFDVC is a network of seventeen domestic violence service agencies that come together with the goal of providing high quality, coordinated, and comprehensive services to San Francisco’s victims of domestic abuse. Services of the individual agencies include emergency shelter, transitional housing, crisis lines, counseling, prevention programs, education, and legal assistance.

The mission of the International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF) is to save our oceans one film at a time. The annual film festival takes place every March, with additional screenings year-round.

The IOFF is a registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization made possible by the spirit, passion, and hard work of our board of directors, screening committee, and numerous volunteers.
Dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.

Every year, IOFF produces an acclaimed festival of ocean-themed films from all over the world that are largely unavailable to the general public. Themes range from marine science and industry to sports and adventure. We look for films that entertain, educate, and encourage active participation in ocean conservation.

We are a global community making mindfulness and emotional intelligence practical and accessible. Together, we’re working toward a more peaceful world in which all people feel connected and act with compassion.

The Seed Fund supports creative work that transforms our experience and perception of the city.

We support exemplary projects in the arenas of art, education, architecture and ecology that enliven the public realm and advance the quality of civic life. The Seed Fund was founded in 2007 with a spirit that the public needs to see its dreams made manifest. In addition to our grants, the Seed Fund creates opportunities for bringing people together in forums that foster cross-pollination and further public discourse.

SEED Impact equips under-resourced, community-serving initiatives with what they need to envision, measure, report and scale outcomes. Organizations (and their investors) most appreciate:
• Customized evaluations that bring best work to light
• Clarity of vision and goals for each outcome target
• Impact reports that attract resources
• Ability to measure and deepen Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Ability to quantify life-changing results
• Using evaluation to learn and improve

Founded by family members of those killed in the 2001 attacks, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows seeks to open up a public dialogue about the complex issues involved in responding to political violence. By developing and advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice, they hope to break the cycles of violence engendered by both war and terrorism. Acknowledging common experience with all people affected by violence throughout the world, they work to create a safer and more peaceful world for everyone.

The mission of SPACEs (Safe Places for the Advancement of Community and Equity) is to reverse and eliminate the generational effects of race, racism and poverty. It does this through a creative combination of organizing, leadership development and cultural work.

SPACEs is an inter- disciplinary social justice organization that unleashes the capacity of people and organizations to create communities of HOPE (Healing, Opportunity and Possibility for Everyone). SPACEs creates a “space” where “real listening” happens; where there isn’t a rush to get through an agenda or to make a decision and where the goal is to converse not convince.