Lightbulb Challenge
Explore 20 of our grantees' Lightbulb Challenge photos! This page consists of DCYF Grantees whose names begin with J - T.
Jamestown Community Center
Cesar Chavez held a Lights On Afterschool event. Every year, they have each class lead various activities, and the students get to participate and rotate.
Legal Services for Children
Legal Services for Children (LSC) provides free representation to children and youth who require legal assistance to stabilize their lives and realize their full potential. Through a holistic team approach utilizing legal advocacy and social work services, our goal is to empower clients and actively involve them in the critical decisions that impact their lives. LSC uses this model to achieve safety and stability at home, educational success, and freedom from detention and deportation for our clients.
Mission Graduates: Everett Middle School
Mission Graduates: Sanchez Beacon
Mission Graduates: June Jordan
Mission Science Workshop
Mission Science Workshop (MSW) provides hands-on science and engineering experiences that inspire children to become lifelong explorers, experimenters, builders, and creators. MSW partners with over 60 schools and community organizations in San Francisco to offer bilingual STEM programs from 3 community spaces in San Francisco’s Mission, Excelsior, and Bayview districts, as well as a robust mobile program.
MNC
At the heart of our mission are the guiding principles of empowerment, cultural affirmation, and personal responsibility. We provide a comprehensive range of educational programs, workforce development, homelessness prevention, and social services to those in our community who need it most. Our commitment to offering culturally sensitive, multi-generational, and community-based services is tailored for underserved families, including predominantly Latino, African American, Russian, and Asian communities living in the Mission, Excelsior, Mission Bay, and Bayview Districts. Through our programs, we nurture and promote leadership skills, empowering families to create strong, healthy, and vibrant neighborhoods. Together, we strive to uplift our community and ensure that every individual has the support they need to thrive.
MyPath
MyPath's Mission: MyPath fosters pathways for upward economic mobility by connecting BIPOC youth from under-resourced communities with opportunities to bank, save, and build credit and financial confidence as they earn their first income. We help cities, nonprofits and financial institutions integrate banking, saving, and credit-building tools directly into their existing youth-serving programs. Advocates for a New ERA (New Economic Rights for All) trains San Francisco-based high school students in grades 9-12 to take leadership roles in their communities while building financial, leadership, and advocacy skills.
Oasis for Girls
Every girl deserves the space, resources, and mentorship to step boldly into her power. At Oasis for Girls, we partner with young women of color from under-resourced SF neighborhoods, equipping them with the confidence, creative tools, and career pathways to design their own futures.
Occupational Therapy Training Program - NorCal
OTTP-NorCal’s mission is to empower youth by creating greater opportunities for personal, educational, and vocational success. We provide mental health services to children, youth, and their families across Northern California, helping them overcome barriers rooted in racial and social injustice.
Pomeroy Center
The Pomeroy Center offers a range of stimulating, interactive, diverse, and enriching social recreation activities for children, teens, and transition age youth with disabilities (5-22 years old with an active IEP). Activities include cooking and culture, art and crafts, music and movement, swimming, sports, community outings, life skills classes, sensory integrative activities, and developmental social groups. Our Staff have an average of 3+ years of experience working exclusively with individuals with disabilities and all lead teachers have a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Kinesiology, or Art and Design. Our team partners with Occupational Therapists, SLP clinics, and Behavioral Consultants to offer an individual and adaptive curriculum focused on developing fulfilling social relationships, fostering independence, and leading healthy, happy lives.
Project Avary
Project Avary creates a community of belonging for children and young adults impacted by parental incarceration. Through year-round outdoor adventures, retreats, peer support, mentoring, and leadership opportunities, young people ages 8–25 build lasting relationships with peers and caring adults who understand their experience. At Avary, youth have a place to be themselves, have fun, grow, and know they are not alone.
Project Commotion
Project Commotion is a San Francisco nonprofit that supports children of all abilities through movement, play, and strong relationships with families and communities. The idea is that children learn and grow through moving their bodies, exploring, and connecting with others.
Its programs include:
- Movement classes for children.
- Schools on the Move, bringing movement programs into schools.
- Jardín, early childhood programming and family playgroups.
- Camp Commotion, movement and play-based camps.
Activities draw from dance, tumbling, music, yoga, martial arts, and sensory play to help children develop physical skills, self-awareness, and self-expression.
Reading Partners
Reading Partners helps children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. We envision a future where all children in the US have the reading skills necessary to reach their full potential.
Real Options for City Kids
Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) empowers youth in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley to learn, grow, and thrive, both in and beyond the classroom. Through year-round programs that combine academics, enrichment, sports, and outdoor adventures, R.O.C.K. provides safe and supportive spaces where young people build confidence, develop leadership skills, and connect with caring mentors. By fostering belonging and opportunity, R.O.C.K. helps every child discover their potential and strengthen their connection to community.
Samoan Community Development Center
The Pacific Islander Youth Alliance (PIYA) is dedicated to supporting youth in their academic success while strengthening their cultural awareness and connection to their Samoan heritage. Learning the Samoan language through music, dance, arts and crafts, cooking, and other enriching activities, PIYA provides meaningful opportunities for young people to learn, grow, and build confidence.
Above all, we are committed to creating a welcoming and safe space where every young person can learn, grow, connect, and thrive.
San Francisco Education Fund
Advancing equitable education for SFUSD students, educators, and schools.
SF Parents Coalition
Since our founding, SF Parents has been a driving force in creating a more responsive public school system. By building a strong community and running parent-led campaigns and initiatives, we’ve uplifted parent voices and shaped policies and practices that directly impact their children and families. By channeling parents’ collective power, our coalition has been critical in moving the needle towards important educational reforms at SFUSD. In just a few years, we’ve achieved many wins for SF’s kids.
The Art of Yoga Project
The Art of Yoga Project is proud to partner with @sf_dcyf, providing youth in our communities with mindfulness, yoga and creative arts programming that positively impacts their emotional and physical wellbeing. For over 20 years, we have been putting powerful tools for self-regulation and self-awareness into the hands of incarcerated and underserved youth across the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Richmond Neighborhood Center: Alamo
The Richmond Neighborhood Center is committed to nurturing a diverse and inclusive community by providing high quality youth and family programs where children can learn, grow, and thrive. We strive to support students' development of confidence, independence, and a strong sense of belonging. Our programs provide academic support, enrichment opportunities, recreation, and experiences that promote social-emotional and personal growth. We aim to nourish and empower young people and families by creating a safe, supportive environment where every child has the opportunity to succeed.