MNA Program

Well this is certainly concerning for nonprofit clients. How safe are your databases?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/20/hacking-attack-on-red-cross-exposes-data-of-515000-vulnerable-people

Hacking attack on Red Cross exposes data of 515,000 vulnerable people Global headquarters forced to shut down computer systems for programme that reunites families separated by conflict

Looking for something to do in the new year? How about participating in Silicon Valley Reads activities? They've announced their picks for 2022, and corresponding events will occur in-person and virtually in February and March.

Here are the book picks for Silicon Valley Reads next year The trio of nonfiction books for 2022’s spring programs focus on the themes of resilience, kindness and hope.

Before the pandemic, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank would plan volunteer shifts three-to-five months in advance with 30 to 80 volunteers coming in per shift. Today, there are only 7 to 10 people volunteering for each warehouse shift. Yet because of increased need, they need to serve 16,000 more families than before the pandemic.

As techworkers stay home, San Francisco food banks scramble for volunteers - The San Francisco Examiner ‘We have IT staff making sandwiches and executive assistants passing out meals’

The former Jaye’s Timberlane Resort in Ben Lomond is set to become the future Veterans Village, a permanent affordable housing solution for veterans and their families. A purchase proposal from The Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building was accepted on Wednesday.

Santa Cruz nonprofit converting San Lorenzo Valley resort into ‘Vets Village’ Initially, housing for as many as 16 pre-screened veterans and their families may be available on the turn-key property by early next year, after a Jan. 12 closing.

Swords to Plowshares, San Francisco’s leading nonprofit veteran service agency, is hosting its 25th annual Veterans Day celebration virtually today at 5:30pm PT at the link below.

VIrtual Veterans Day Celebration As is tradition, this year’s program will honor a veteran with the Profiles of Courage award and air their story. Additionally, we will honor our Pro Bono Partner of the Year, Seyfarth Shaw LLP. It will also feature remarks from Speaker Pelosi, our Executive Director, as well as our supporters and...

Community organizing and advocacy nonprofit, SV De-Bug, is among the growing number of organizations and individuals acknowledging that San Jose doesn't get the cultural or foodie recognition that it is owed.

San Jose Is the Bay Area’s Great Immigrant Food City | KQED There’s no better place in the Bay to sample all of the region’s diverse immigrant cuisines.

Recent tests on his ocean cleanup rig called System 002, invented to tackle the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic pollution, were a success, leading The Ocean Cleanup to predict that most of the oceanic garbage patches could be removed by 2040.

20,000 Pounds of Trash Removed From Pacific Garbage Patch: ‘Holy mother of god. It worked!’ The boy turned man who won't rest until the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is cleaned up has successfully tested his system for doing so.

While the recent media discussion of conservatorships has focused on pop star Britney Spears, there's an intensifying debate about whether California’s laws on conservatorship, made stricter half a century ago to prevent mass institutionalization, are too narrow, particularly in light of a stories similar to Abraham Siliezer, who was found in a ravine off a trail at Lands End near the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

A struggling veteran was found dead in an S.F. park ravine. Could conservatorship have helped prevent his death? The plight of a man wounded in the Marines reveals how challenging it can be for loved...

Marin County Board of Supervisors voted to apply for $16 million from Project Homekey to transform a shuttered facility in Greenbrae into permanent supportive housing for 43 chronically homeless people. Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco (ECS) identified the property as being eligible for the state's program, but some neighbors say the does not fit into the community and urged people to oppose the project.

Marin County Plans 43-unit Homeless Housing project in Greenbrae The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed last week to apply for up to $16 million in state funding for the project.

The decorated pumpkins showcased every year at the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits “Be Our Guest” affair were auctioned off to support the organization's programs. This year's virtual event also featured the presentation of SVCN’s Nonprofit Impact Awards, which honored Valley Palms Unidos/Together Valley Palms and Parents Helping Parents among others.

Pumpkin decorators tap into icons from ‘Squid Game’ to San Jose City Hall Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits’ virtual event showcased creative gourds that were auctioned to support its programs.

A drug bust by federal agents and San Francisco police netted 12.5 pounds of the deadly narcotic fentanyl and charges against 18 people suspected of supplying drug dealing operations in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood, authorities announced this week.

12 pounds of fentanyl seized in San Francisco drug bust SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A drug bust by federal agents and San Francisco police netted 12.5...

An attorney for members of the San Carlos Apache tribe has asked the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to back Apache Stronghold/Save Oak Flat’s efforts to keep a copper mining company from gaining federal Arizona land the Apaches consider sacred.

Apaches Ask Appeals Court to Oppose Transfer of Arizona Land An attorney for members of the San Carlos Apache tribe has asked the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to back a nonprofit group’s efforts to keep a copper mining company from gaining federal Arizona land the Apaches consider sacred.