Sacred Heart Receives Four Star Rating
Sacred Heart Community Service’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity...
View ArticleLa Mesa Verde Celebrates 10 Years of Growing
La Mesa Verde (LMV) is a program under Sacred Heart Community Services’ Self-Sufficiency Department. It is a leadership network of about 120 urban gardeners—with 2 full-time staff, Jacky and...
View ArticleFrom Injustice to Liberation
We are proud to debut Injustice to Liberation available in English and Spanish, Sacred Heart’s first research report highlighting some of the results from our biennial Community Action Plan. We hope...
View ArticleRapid Response Network trains 1,000th Volunteer
On a hot afternoon in August, Nora received an alert from the Rapid Response Network reporting suspected ICE activity at a business on Capitol Ave. When she looked at the address, Nora realized that it...
View ArticleVITA Volunteer Recruitment
We need volunteers to help with our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The VITA program offers free tax help to people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities and...
View ArticlePartner Spotlight: Applied Materials
Sacred Heart Community Service is fortunate to have the Applied Materials Foundation as a consistent supporter of our organization. For the past three years, the Applied Materials Foundation has...
View ArticleCalifornia Law Makers Pass Rent Control Bill
Californians have been thrown a life preserver in the turbulent seas of unaffordable housing, and the Sacred Heart Housing Action Committee played a critical role! The California legislature passed two...
View ArticleSacred Heart makes Silicon Valley Give List
Earlier this month, Fidelity Charitable, Magnify Community, and the Sobrato Family Foundation announced a new partnership: Silicon Valley Give Lists. The Silicon Valley Give Lists consist of four lists...
View ArticleHomelessness Prevention Program Preps for Expansion in Year Three
Juana is a retiree in her 70s living on social security. She lives alone in low-income housing and carefully manages every penny of her limited income. To make ends meet, she utilizes Sacred Heart’s...
View ArticleIncome Tax Assistance Program Recruiting Volunteers
We need volunteers for our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. No tax return preparation experience required! We need friendly volunteers to greet members and conduct simple document...
View ArticleJoin us for SURJ’s Open Mic Night
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) at Sacred Heart is sponsoring its first Open Mic Night! This event is the next in SURJ’s Cover Charge for Justice fundraising series of creative skills and...
View ArticleHelp change lives! Volunteer in the Economic Empowerment Program!
In addition to our VITA program volunteers, Economic Empowerment has other opportunities. Check out these testimonials from our volunteers: “I’ve volunteered in other parts of Sacred Heart, but I felt...
View ArticleCisco Honored at Philanthropy Day
Earlier this month, Cisco received Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker at the Association of Fundraising Professionals Silicon Valley’s annual Philanthropy Day. Cisco...
View ArticleWays to invest this holiday season, and beyond!
There are a variety of ways you can donate to Sacred Heart this holiday season including donating stock, making a charity IRA Rollover, or donating from a Donor Advised fund. A gift of stocks or bonds...
View ArticleSave the Date: Giving Tuesday 2019!
By now, you are probably familiar with Giving Tuesday, the non-profit sector’s response to shopping days like Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday...
View ArticleWe are Sacred Heart.
Our members are amazing! Just some of the many people who come through our doors include parents who have children in our programs stepping into leadership roles, high school students organizing toy...
View ArticleBank of America Names Sacred Heart Community Service and Charities Housing as...
Last month, Sacred Heart Community Service and Charities Housing were named as the 2019 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders® awardees for the Silicon Valley market. Sacred Heart was selected for our...
View ArticleHoliday 2019 Recap: We Are Sacred Heart
For 55 years our community continues to join together to ensure families continue their holiday traditions. We distributed 18,600 toys for 6,200 food boxes and 7,900 holiday food boxes between November...
View ArticleLyft “Wheels for All” grant will fund Sacred Heart’s Transportation Program
Sacred Heart is committed to addressing poverty among the communities we serve. One way we work toward this mission is by improving access to transportation. Throughout the years, members of our...
View Article2019 Year in Review
Check out some of the many things our community made possible in 2019! January: Staff and Promotaras Celebrate RFP-Infants New Partnership In January, our Promotoras helped organize an event at Sacred...
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