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Crankstart Foundation

San Francisco, CA | crankstart.org/

    • About Us

    About Us

    Crankstart envisions a vibrant, thriving Bay Area, where our region’s prosperity is shared, strengthened, and realized by all who live here. We are a family foundation, based in San Francisco, working with others to address social issues and their underlying causes. Our main interests are education; a thriving democracy; economic mobility; housing security; the environment; and the basic sciences. In 2021, we made over $250m in grants, with about 60% going to nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area.

    Crankstart is very much a startup and consists of 11 core team members of diverse backgrounds. We value: authenticity, collaboration, learning, commitment, and hope.

    About Us

    Crankstart envisions a vibrant, thriving Bay Area, where our region’s prosperity is shared, strengthened, and realized by all who live here. We are a family foundation, based in San Francisco, working with others to address social issues and their underlying causes. Our main interests are education; a thriving democracy; economic mobility; housing security; the environment; and the basic sciences. In 2021, we made over $250m in grants, with about 60% going to nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area.

    Crankstart is very much a startup and consists of 11 core team members of diverse backgrounds. We value: authenticity, collaboration, learning, commitment, and hope.

    Issue Areas Include

    • Climate Change
    • Education
    • Financial Literacy & Personal Finance
    • Housing & Homelessness
    • Immigrants or Refugees

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