THRIVE ALLIANCE THRIVE - THE ALLIANCE OF NONPROFITS
556 CRINGLE DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065 www.thrivealliance.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Thrive was established in 2000, by a group of leaders from the nonprofit sector to promote collaboration and speak collectively to strengthen the economic and social health of San Mateo County. Thrive provides the opportunity to convene, connect, collaborate, communicate and celebrate.

Thrive is a robust, trusted network of nonprofit organizations,businesses,government agencies,elected officials and civic leaders in San Mateo County. We help to build the capacity of nonprofits,large and small,to strengthen San Mateo County's critical community organizations and connections. In an increasingly technology-driven world, Thrive is real people, meeting real challenges, with real collaboration -- on the ground,face-to-face, 200 strong and counting.Thrive's unique approach allows us to work across the social,public and private sectors, and facilitate and magnify outcomes through connections,collective voice, and person-to-person collaboration. Only Thrive includes nonprofits from every sector - from large foundations to small organizations, from human services to arts and education, hospitals,banks and County Departments. Together we form an ecosystem for San Mateo County that gets things done: for Nonprofits, for Government, for Business, for Everyone.Thrive's program service accomplishments for this period have included bringing a multitude of resources to the San Mateo County nonprofit community, as follows:Thrive continues to represent San Mateo County non profits and bring their voices to the tableWe have served as a resource hub during emergencies, including COVID-19 and wildfires.We have helped improve social capital for nonprofit professional (e.g. CEO Leadership Circle)We have connected community leaders with nonprofits (e.g. Networking Extravaganza)We have strengthened the people power of the sector (e.g Thrive's Job and Volunteer Board)We have promoted opportunities for cross-sector collaboration (e.g Thrive's Holiday Mix & Mingle; Thrive Policy & Advocacy; Thrive Philanthropy Roundtables)Our main programs and impact areas for this period were as follows:Thrive Convenes -Covenings and outreach to nonprofits regarding key community issues. This year, we had a variety of specialized convenings and capacity building support around pressing issues, including COVID-19 response efforts,informed by a survey of over 135 nonprofits on the pandemic's impact. We also partnered with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)to bring nonprofits together in their new CZI Community Space through our programs. In addition, we helped facilitated nonprofit covenings on behalf of the County of San Mateo to help strengthen partnerships between the County and nonprofits providing County services.Our Community Forums are quarterly programs that bring distinguished speakers to present relevant information for nonprofits. This year's topics ranged from our Networking Extravaganza featuring Linkedin on the topic of closing the network gap to further our community's social justice goals; to the national topic of public charge and its impcat on our immigrant communities featuring local philanthropy; to a state senate seat candidate forum; to dialogue between school districts and out-of-school-time providers in the era of COVID-19. We drew 1000+ people to our Community Forums this year.Thrive Connects - Facilitated peer support networks for executive directors and nonprofit professionals. ThriveConnects also features our Leadership Circle Luncheons for our member executive directors and CEOs who convene to discuss pressing topics. This year's topics ranged from nonprofit sector economic impact with CalNonprofits Presents California Causes Count Report to funding during the pandemic, with San Mateo County COVID-19 Nonprofit Response Efforts and Next Steps. We also provide a weekly member-to-member Listserv that keeps our community informed about importnant local initiatives and activities, often driven by the nonrofit sector and impacting the overall health of San Mateo County. We provide weekly job Announcements to our membership to support the sector's recruitment efforts. We also provide two important online community tools:Event Calendar and Job Board.Every day, Thrive members make strategic connections that enhance San Mateo County's business and community efforts with: expert consultation,co-sharing of staff,co-sharing of space,staff positions filled,funding opportunities and resources identified and supplied. This fiscal year, we have also served as a resource hub for nonprofits during the pandemic.Thrive policy and Advocacy - We completed our third year of Thrive Policy and Advocacy. The purpose of this initiative is the following:to monitor the policy landscape;to communicate potential changes;and to advocate for the overall health of the sector and community. We raise awareness on key issues and also provide special trainings in this domain.We also completed our third year of Thrive Action Groups (TAGs). Each of our TAGs meet monthly and are anchored by an organization that serves as an expert in the field. These action groups provide monitoring ,communication,and advocacy in five key areas. The action groups and their corresponding anchor organizations are as follows: Basic Needs & Safety Net, anchored by Samaritan House; Children & Education, anchored by Peninsula Family Service;Immigrant and Worker's Rights,anchored by Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County;Environment & Sustainability TAG, anchored by Sustainable San Mateo County; and our Arts & Culture TAG. We hosted conversations on topics ranging from climate change, to to the Bay Area Equity Atlas, to how arts organizations are pivoting in the pandemic. Our Environment & Sustainability TAG has experienced the most growth of all our TAGs this past fiscal year, with monthly meetings with an average attendance of over 40 people, the establishment of a program committee, and the launch of a collective impact effort on single -use plastics. We continue to co-lead the Voter Education and Outreach Committee (VEOAC), a community group that liasons with Elections Office of the County of San Mateo. We have grown our civic participation efforts in the voter education and outreach space, and we expanded our efforts in community orgainizing and mobilization for Census 2020, serving as Co-Chairs of the Complete Count Committee for San Mateo County and providing coordination and assistance for local and grassroots nonprofits funded for Census work.

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