Our 2022-23 Pleasanton Weekly Holiday Fund campaign raised and granted over $83,000 to support eight safety-net nonprofits right here in the Tri-Valley. More than 250 donations of all sizes from individuals, local businesses and family foundations, including many anonymous contributions, made it possible to distribute grants to these organizations that provide vital assistance to residents in our community.

A list of the grantees and donors will appear to the right throughout our 2023-24 Holiday Fund, and articles written about previous campaigns and grant recipients over the years are below.

A unique feature of the Holiday Fund is that every dollar raised is given away each year in grants, with no administrative or marketing costs. The Weekly covers all the expenses and donates all the advertising. The program is managed by the Embarcadero Media Foundation, which means every dollar donated to the Holiday Fund will go directly to the designated groups – and be fully tax deductible for donors, as well as eligible for corporate matching where applicable.

It is a tribute to the caring people of the Tri-Valley that substantial money is raised and distributed in the Holiday Fund each year toward local nonprofits working hard to serve those most in need in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and the San Ramon Valley. It gives us great joy to connect donors with grantees so that so much good work can be done to make lives better.