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In Gratitude

My work brings me into my clients’ beautiful homes but I also find real joy from helping and working with my wonderful clients. To honor and thank each client and every person who has referred business to me, I donate to charities each year to express both my gratitude to them and to help someone, somewhere in the world who is in need.

2023 | International Rescue Committee

The 2023 recipient is the International Rescue Committee who helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. The IRC delivers lasting impact to children, individuals and communities through a web of programs too numerous to list here. In 2022, the IRC and its partners reached over 32.9 million people affected by crisis. You can learn more by visiting www.rescue.org. Together we are helping this committed organization continue their good and essential work.

2022 | San Francisco SPCA. ACCESS TO CARE. ADVOCACY. SHELTER LEADERSHIP.

The SF-SPCA offers high-quality veterinary care and protection to animals in need and to San Francisco’s pet community (and the people who love them) through public hospitals, a shelter hospital and offsite community veterinary clinics. They are committed to ensuring that “access to care means access to all.”

2021 | SF-MARIN FOOD BANK. A STEADFAST BEACON OF COMMUNITY, COMPASSION AND CARE.

In November 2021, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank once again received my “In Gratitude” contribution. The pandemic and resulting economic collapse almost doubled our neighbors’ need for food assistance and the Food Bank responded heroically.

2020 | SF-Marin Food Bank. A steadfast beacon of community, compassion and care.

In November 2020, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank once again received my “In Gratitude” contribution. The pandemic and resulting economic collapse almost doubled our neighbors’ need for food assistance and the Food Bank responded heroically. I hope that you will take a moment to read about the Herculean efforts of all the good people at our local Food Bank. My clients and I join them in making a positive difference in peoples’ lives. SF-Marin Food Bank

2019 | SF-Marin Food Bank. A steadfast beacon of community, compassion and care.

The 2019 recipient of my In Gratitude contribution is once again the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. The Food Bank helps our neighbors fight hunger and they do so with commitment and innovation. It is through their efforts that 141,000 people receive food each week, totaling 48M pounds of food this year.  

2018 | SF-Marin Food Bank


In 2018, we will help the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank continue their good work. The Food Bank helps 225,000 of our neighbors fight hunger and they do so with commitment and innovation. It is a hard-to-handle fact that in our community of world-class restaurants, one in four residents needs food assistance. The Food Bank is a vital lifeline. By distributing fresh produce and other nutritious food to those in need, the Food Bank makes it possible for children to learn, adults to focus on work and family, and for seniors to remain active and healthy. 

2017 | Building a Health Clinic in Zambia | World Connect

In 2017, we will be converting an existing house in Musungu, into a small health clinic, making use of the home’s many rooms to serve as miniature wards, waiting rooms and meeting spaces. Musungu has a large population that is geographically isolated and, therefore, far from services. The nearest health clinic is a great distance away and residents must make considerable journeys to receive medical care, often 20 kilometers or more. The project also calls for a devoted pediatric ward in the construction plans to serve the area’s infants and young children, a population group facing high mortality.

2016 | Bringing Solar Electricity to a Senegalese Health Post | World Connect

In 2016, we installed solar electricity panels at the Missira Dantila Health Post in Senegal, allowing the nurses and midwives to provide care at any hour of the day. 

These opportunities are made possible by World Connect, a charity started by a client. World Connect invests in and builds dynamic relationships and partnerships at the grassroots in the developing world, catalyzing local knowledge and initiative, and supporting women and communities to prioritize and tackle their own development challenges in their own unique ways. If you are interested in learning more about World Connect, please contact me and visit: worldconnect-us.org/projects/missira-dantila-health-post-improvements


Compass Community Fund

Through volunteering and charitable donations, I actively support local organizations in their efforts to improve the City and the living conditions of others.

I donate a portion of every one of my sales to the Compass Community Fund that distributes money to a variety of worthy organizations who make a positive difference in our community – from shelters to school arts programs, from food drives to counseling. Since 2004, the Compass Community Fund has provided over $650,000 in donations to over 100 local organizations, including:

  • AIDS Memorial Grove
  • Asian Pacific Islanders Wellness Center
  • The ARC of San Francisco Senior Center
  • CASE
  • Centro Las Olas
  • Claire Lilienthal School PTA
  • Community Housing Project
  • Dance Out Diabetes
  • EARN
  • edMatch
  • Enterprise for High School Students
  • Family Builders By Adoption
  • Family House, Inc.
  • Gateway High School
  • Glide Foundation
  • Grupo De La Comeda
  • GSA Network
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hearing and Speech Center
  • Brandeis Hillel Day School
  • Jewish Family and Children’s Services
  • Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
  • Larkin Street Youth Services
  • Leap Arts and Education
  • Leadership High School
  • Leah’s Pantry
  • Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly
  • Maitri
  • Mission Graduates
  • Music In Schools Today
  • Musical Theater Works
  • North Beach Citizens
  • Our Family Coalition
  • PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support)
  • Project Eye-to-Eye
  • Project Night Night
  • Random Acts
  • Refugee Transitions
  • Richmond/ERMET AIDS Foundation
  • Rooms That Rock for Chemo
  • The San Francisco Community Fund
  • San Francisco-Marin Food Bank
  • SF SAFE
  • SF Sewing and Quilting Collective
  • SF/SPCA
  • Seven Teepees
  • Stonestown Family YMCA
  • Stop AIDS Project
  • Support for Families
  • Zambaleta