Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund

Since 1986, the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund has raised more than $113 to help Bay Area individuals and families in need. During this time, nearly $50 million has been distributed to help residents of Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties.  

The Season of Sharing Fund offers grants to help individuals and families in crisis so they can pay for housing and emergency needs. Through a network of more than 120 community service agencies, the Fund works to identify people in need and provide short-term, critical assistance grants.

In 2015, the Fund distributed $7 million throughout the nine-county Bay Area, which included more than $1 million to local food banks for the purchase of fresh food. The Season of Sharing Fund provided services to 1,800 individuals and families in San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, and served an additional 2,700 in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.

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