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About Bridging the Bay, Igniting Leaders of Change

Bridging the Bay, Igniting Leaders of Change, now in its fifth year, will offer experiential and intensive leadership development and support to executive leaders guiding pre-kindergarten through 12th grade youth serving nonprofits. The 42-hour program will be delivered in person through leadership development seminars.

In this critical moment, executive leaders of youth-serving nonprofits must invest in their own leadership to sustain impact. By modeling balance, at both the systems (macro) and everyday practice (micro) levels, they create the conditions for their teams and communities to thrive.

Participants will gain essential leadership skills, deepen sector connections, and strengthen self-care behaviors. The curriculum will be delivered over the course of six in-person sessions and will include experiential activities to learn and practice Coro’s six key leadership skills (self-awareness, communication, critical thinking, inclusion, collaboration, and influence). Topics may include: peer consultancy/coaching, navigating conflict and difficult conversations, financial leadership, systems and resource mapping, and more.

Celebrating its fifth year, Bridging the Bay continues to invest in the leaders who are shaping the future of Bay Area youth.
Generation Thrive is offering this program at no cost for all participants.

About Us

Generation Thrive, a partnership between the Golden State Community Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, works to advance educational attainment, wellness, and equity for Bay Area youth by providing capacity building and collaboration opportunities for youth-serving nonprofits and educators, and wellness programming for the youth they serve.
About Our Partner

Coro California is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that trains, supports, and connects leaders of all ages and backgrounds to foster a thriving democracy and tackle society's biggest challenges together.

Together Generation Thrive and Coro California launched Bridging the Bay, Igniting Leaders of Change. Bridging the Bay is a leadership program for executive directors and c-suite executives who lead San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits focused on educational equity and academic outcomes for Bay Area youth.
Program Outcomes
Strengthen executive leadership
  • Equip nonprofit executives with advanced leadership skills to effectively guide their organizations
Prioritize community
  • Build a trusted peer network of leaders who share strategies, resources, and explore partnership opportunities beyond the program
  • Renewed and refreshed commitment to the nonprofit sector
Advance organizational impact
  • Empower leaders to apply new perspectives and tools to address critical challenges within their organizations and communities
Provide tactical skill building
  • As informed by the cohort, deliver learnings on specific topics through modules and potential expert guest speakers
  • Potentially including but not limited to: financial management, legal navigation, sustainability, and balance
Program Components
  • 42-hour experiential learning curriculum over six sessions focused on six core leadership practices: self-awareness, communication, critical thinking, inclusion, collaboration, and influence
  • Peer consultancies where participants problem-solve real-time organizational challenges with the support and guidance of fellow participants
  • Dedicated time and structure to design and lead an Independent Project that addresses an organizational need, applies leadership skills, and results in a practical, high-quality deliverable.
  • Introduce practical leadership frameworks and tools while giving participants opportunities to practice inquiry, build strategic networks, and strengthen self-care.
  • Build an alumni community of leaders who continue collaboration, partnership, and connection
Participant Criteria
  • Nonprofit professional serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade Bay Area youth with at least 10 years of professional experience
  • Currently holds an executive and/or c-suite level position with a nonprofit organization in the Bay Area
  • Strong intellectual curiosity and desire to grow leadership skills
  • Passion for positively impacting the lives of young people and their communities
  • Able to attend ALL six full-day sessions, including graduation
  • Able to complete the pre-, post-, and intersession assignments
Attendance Policy

Participants should clear their calendars for all scheduled sessions. 100% attendance is the expectation for all participants. Leadership is about making hard choices. Given the limited number of sessions, you may be asked to leave the program if you miss a session. Each session is based on the knowledge, skills, and experience garnered in previous sessions. Therefore, any absence has an impact on the dynamics and the learning process of all participants. No activities or meetings conflicting with the program should be scheduled.
Program Dates

All sessions will take place at a Generation Thrive space in Oakland and/or San Francisco from 9:30am – 4:30pm with a 1 hour for a meal break from 12:00pm – 1:00pm. When applying for this program, you must hold the following dates to participate in Bridging the Bay:
  • Orientation and Program Kickoff: Wednesday, December 17
  • Session 1: Thursday, January 15
  • Session 2: Thursday, February 5
  • Session 3: Thursday, February 26
  • Session 4: Thursday, March 19
  • Session 5: Thursday, April 16
  • Session 6 and Graduation: Thursday, April 30 (including graduation celebration 5pm - 7pm)
Intersession Meeting Holds

This time is reserved for projection completion, peer consultancies, and additional meeting times, should it be necessary. The sessions will take place virtually from 9:30am - 10:30am.
  • Intersession 1: Thursday, January 22
  • Intersession 2: Thursday, February 12
  • Intersession 3: Thursday, March 5
  • Intersession 4: Thursday, March 26
  • Intersession 5: Thursday, April 23

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APPLICATION FORM

About Bridging the Bay, Igniting Leaders of Change:
  • Please complete and submit this entire application by Monday, November 17, 2025
  • Please do not submit any additional supplemental application materials
For more information and inquiries, please contact Golden State Community Foundation Senior Manager, Britt Burkett at bburkett@warriors.com

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