Press

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Media Coverage and Press Releases

2012

• "How to Create Great Infographics" .net magazine, February 16, 2012

2011

• "Full Circle Targets the Next Generation of Social Leaders - Focus and Leadership Critical to Breaking Through" Microsoft Silicon Valley Blog, December 12, 2011
• "Social Entrepreneur: Peter Werner" The Deal Pipeline, December 9, 2011 - profile of Board Member Peter Werner
• "Full Circle Fund Finances Good Works In The Bay Area," CBS San Francisco, October 29, 2011 - Josh Becker interviewed by Mark Sayre
• "Movers and Shakers," The San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 2011
• "Kiki Mills Johnston Named Full Circle Fund CEO/Executive Director," press release, July 14, 2011
• "Full Circle Fund boosts community change," The Western Edition, February 27, 2011 - article about Full Circle Fund.
• "Teacher and Principal Evaluation: Managing Our Context," OnPoint, The Blog of Pivot Learning Partners, January 14, 2011 - blog post about Teacher Effectiveness Conference co-sponsored by Full Circle Fund.
• "Good advice to new state Super," Thoughts On Public Education (TOP-ED), January 3, 2011 - blog post featuring Jeff Camp and Full Circle Fund's EACH Platform.

2010

• "Amy Lesnick Inducted into Forever Influential Honor Roll," press release, June 3, 2010
• "Behavior Change, Facebook and the Obama Campaign," Triple Pundit, May 25, 2010 - post about Jumo Founder Chris Hughes at Full Circle Fund's Event, by member Amie Vaccaro
• "Generating "Radical" Ideas for Government Innovation -- A Starter List," The Huffington Post, May 2, 2010 - article that highlights Full Circle Fund as an example of a great model for using private sector innovation to solve public challenges.
• "Full Circle Fund Calls For New Approach To Education Reform," press release, May 15, 2010
• "Education Foundation Hosts Forum on Teacher Pay," San Jose Mercury News, March 10, 2010 - article about teacher pay forum mentioning Jeff Camp, Full Circle Fund's Education Circle Chair, and a panelist for the event.
• "Full Circle Fund and the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Launch Partnership, Innovative Philanthropy Curriculum," press release, March 4, 2010
• "Innovative Models In Philanthropy," Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), March 1, 2010 - newsletter article mentioning Full Circle Fund.
• "Full Circle Fund's RX for Schools," The Educated Guess, February 17, 2010 - blog post about Full Circle Fund's Education Platform.

2009

• "Changing the Face of Yoga," East Bay Express, December 30, 2009 - article highlighting our grant partner Niroga.
• "Five nonprofits to receive Chevron job-creation grants," Contra Costa Times, December 1, 2009 - mention of our grant partners The Stride Center and Niroga.
• "Yoga's Calming Influence on Crime," The Oakland Tribune, October 11, 2009 - article highlighting our grant partner Niroga.
• "Wanted: Innovative Solution to World's Water Crisis. REWARD: $70,000," grantee press release, September 1, 2009
• "Special session must solve $4 billion problem," editorial, August 20, 2009
• "Local Organizations Host Community Event Discussing California Constitutional Convention," press release, August 11, 2009
• "Full Circle Fund CEO Amy Lesnick Named Among Most Influential Women in Business for Second Year," press release, June 4, 2009
• "Water Crisis Inspires New Prize, Incubator Program," grantee press release, May 5, 2009
• Andrew S. Ross' Bottom Line Column, brief mention of Tamin Pechet and Environment Grantee Imagine H20 in San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2009
• "Should Local Schools Adopt "performance pay"?" (download PDF), Oakland Tribune, April 1, 2009
• "PACE and Full Circle Fund Host Teacher Pay Conferences," press release, March 30, 2009
• "PACE Hosts Teacher Pay Conferences," UC Berkeley press release, March 26, 2009
• "Conference to Tackle Teacher Pay," University of Southern California News, March 10, 2009
• "People In Your Neighborhood," brief mention of Full Circle Fund and co-Founder Josh Becker in Common Ground, January 2009

2008

• "Our Generation's Promise," video and posting, OneWorld TV, November 14, 2008
• "Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Address Young Philanthropists"," press release, November 13, 2008
• "Young Philanthropists Build Bold Models for Social Change"," Divine Caroline, November 2008
• "Green Jobs Now Concert and Rally," Green For All press release, September 22, 2008
• "Inside Richard Goldman's Green World," mention of Amy Lesnick and Full Circle Fund in San Francisco Business Times, October 10, 2008
• "People Funded Journalism Budding," MediaShift Idea Lab, hosted by PBS, July 1, 2008
• "Green For All," - brief mention in article on Van Jones, Ella Baker Center, the first grantee of Full Circle Fund's new Environment/Energy Impact Circle Next American City Magazine, Spring 2008
• "Digital Inclusion Efforts Give Training, Gear," mentions both Hamilton Family Center and CTN, Full Circle Fund Nonprofit partners, PC World, April 13, 2008
• "Translating Skills and Passion into Philanthropy," Divine Caroline, March 2008
• "Giving Back Through Giving Circles," Kiplinger's Personal Finance, January 2008 - Full Circle Fund on article's second page

2007

• "Ellen Moir honored by SF philanthropy group," UC Santa Cruz press release, November 28, 2007
• "Bring Eco-Power to the People," Time Magazine, November 21, 2007 - brief mention in article on Van Jones, Ella Baker Center, the first grantee of Full Circle Fund's new Environment/Energy Impact Circle
• Leah Garchick gossip column, San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2007 - mention of 2007 Forum
• "Green jobs will clean up the economy, communities," ZDNet News, November 19, 2007 - brief mention in article on Van Jones, Ella Baker Center, the first grantee of Full Circle Fund's new Environment/Energy Impact Circle
• "The 3-minute interview with Richard Goldman," Examiner, November 14, 2007 - brief mention in article on Richard Goldman, award recipient at our 2007 Forum and new Full Circle Fund donor
• "Full Circle Fund Launches Environment/Energy Impact Circle," Full Circle Fund press release, November 14, 2007
• "Last Word with Jennifer Anastasoff," AWARE Magazine, May-June 2007 - profile on one of our great members
• "Tapping Internet to help non-profits" ( download PDF) Mercury News, May 26, 2007 - quotes Full Circle Fund founder Josh Becker
• "Profiting from Failure: What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm," by Paul Shoemaker, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2007 - brief mention in article on SVP Bay Area
• "Us, Not You for Person of the Year," by Paul Lamb, Computerworld, January 29, 2007 - mentions Full Circle Fund's Digital Divide survey on pg 2

2006

• "Giving Circles: Putting Their Heads Together, Then Their Cash" ( download PDF), The New York Times, November 13, 2006
• "Young givers create way to pool funds, experience: Giving circles encourage donors to participate" ( download PDF), San Francisco Business Times, November 10-13, 2006
• "Google launches new charity, Google.org," interview of Dr. Brilliant filmed at Full Circle Fund's 2006 Full Impact Forum, CBS5/KPIX, broadcast date November 14, 2006
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2005

• Photos from 2005 Forum featured in Nob Hill Gazette ( download PDF), December 2005
• "Randolph Ward an unsung hero," op-ed by Jeff Camp, Chair of Full Circle Fund's Education Impact Circle ( download PDF) Oakland Tribune, September 26, 2005

Reports

	EACH: A Vision for California's Future, Full Circle Fund, January 2010 - Full Circle Fund's Education Circle's Systemic Change project team produced and disseminated this report. download PDF
	Local Revenues for Schools: Limits and Options in California, EdSource, September 2009 - Full Circle Fund's Education Circle's Local Funding Project supported the production and disemmination of this report. download PDF
	No Strings Attached - Nonprofits' Role in Municipal Wireless Programs, NTEN, February 20, 2007 - see page 15 for a profile of Full Circle Fund's work on the SF Tech Connect grant project download PDF
	More Giving Together: The Growth and Impact of Giving Circles and Shared Giving, The Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers, 2007 - see pages 18 and 19 for mentions of Full Circle Fund download PDF