San Francisco Foundation 2010 Annual Report

Print report contains letter from the board chair and CEO, summary of 2010 activities, grant summary, funds list, and lists of board members and staff. Online report also contains links to grants lists and financial statements

Connecticut through Katrina-colored glasses

Compared with the poverty rate in hurricane-ravaged Mississippi (21.6 percent, the highest in the nation), Connecticut’s rate of 7.6 percent might not seem a cause for alarm. But Connecticut families struggling to make ends meet often encounter challenges facing the poor along the Gulf Coast.Poverty - Connecticut

On All Fronts: 2021 Annual Report

The Center for Reproductive Rights uses the power of law to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights around the world. We envision a world where every person participates with dignity as an equal member of society, regardless of gender; where every woman is free to decide whether or when to have children and whether to get married; where access to quality reproductive health care is guaranteed; and where every woman can make these decisions free from coercion or discrimination

San Francisco Foundation - 2008 Annual Report: Impact

Contains foundation and program information, donor profiles, grant summaries, financial statements, funds list, and lists of board members, committee members, and staff

“reverse Mortgage Buys Time”: A Qualitative Analysis Of Time In Scarcity, Timing Of Scarcity, Displacement Of Scarcity And Reverse Mortgages

As a financial product, reverse mortgage are often used by elderly homeowners to protect against future felt needs, or to address present and past felt needs. Today, reverse mortgages are increasingly used for the latter two. By converting equity in homes into cash, reverse mortgages effectively spend a resource saved from the past, in order to increase options in the future, often at the expense of limiting options in the future. This is in response to many and multiple forms of scarcity faced by elderly homeowner households. Reverse mortgages are an important case study for Shafir and Mullainathan’s theory of scarcity. This study conducts a qualitative analysis of thirteen semi-structured interviews with reverse mortgage holders (and their children) to explore how scarcity affects peoples’ decisions and experiences with reverse mortgages. The present article offers theoretical value to the emerging study of scarcity, and practical value to those working with populations facing multiple, concurrent forms of scarcity, at risk of falling into the “scarcity trap.