At Tandem, everything we do is in partnership. Through our network of over 100 program and funding partners, we are able to create something together that we would not be able to do on our own.

Program Partners

We are grateful for our diverse network of mission-aligned partners.

4Cs of Alameda

A Better Way

Alameda County Office of Education

BANANAS, Inc.

BMAGIC & Mo’Magic

Boston College, Lynch School of Education

Brilliant Baby

Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing

Children’s Council of San Francisco

Children’s Fairyland

City of Oakland Head Start

CoCoKids

Contra Costa Community Services Bureau, Head Start Program

Contra Costa Public Library

C.O.P.E. Family Support Center

Development and Research in Early Math Education Network

Early Childhood Mental Health

Early Literacy Network

East Bay Agency for Children

 East Oakland Little Free Library

Edgewood Family Resource Center

Education for Change

FACES SF

 

Family Connections Centers

Felton Institute

First 5 Alameda

First 5 Contra Costa

Good Samaritan Family Resource Center

Hawthorne Family Resource Center

Hayward Promise Neighborhood

Hayward Public Library

Heron’s Head Park EcoCenter

Kai Ming Head Start

Lincoln Family Services

Los Medanos College Child Study Center

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc.

Mission Promise Neighborhood

Mount Diablo Adult Education Preschool Programs

Oakland Literacy Coalition

Oakland Public Library

Oakland Starting Smart and Strong

Oakland Unified School District

PBS SoCal

 Pittsburg Unified School District

Potrero Hill Family Support Center Urban Services YMCA

Raising a Reader

 

Refugee & Immigrant Transitions

Room to Bloom

Roots Community Health Center

San Francisco Department of Early Childhood

San Francisco Public Library

San Francisco Recreation and Parks

San Francisco Unified School District

San Jose Public Library

SF Family Support Network

Shields Reid Park

Support for Families

The Oakland Public Education Fund

The Unity Council

Volunteers of America Los Angeles

Welcome Home Baby

West Contra Costa Unified School District

Wu Yee Children’s Services

YMCA Bayview

YMCA of the East Bay

YMCA San Francisco

YMCA Western Addition 

 

Funding Partners

The ongoing partnership and support from our community of funders helps to make our work possible.

Anonymous Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation

Ardian Foundation

Bank of San Francisco

Bella Vista Foundation

Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation

Chamberlin Education Foundation

Clorox Company Foundation

Crescent Porter Hale Foundation

Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation

Dodge & Cox

First 5 Contra Costa County

First 5 San Francisco County

First Tech Federal Credit Union

Fremont Group Foundation

Heising-Simons Foundation

Hellman Foundation

Horizons Foundation

Intero Foundation

Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment

Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Lemala Fund

Mimi and Peter Haas Fund

Mission Economic Development Agency

Metro Services Group

Oakland Fund for Children and Youth

Quest Foundation

 

Ray & Dagmar Dolby Fund at the Marin Community Foundation

Richard Lavenstein and the Parent Learning Opportunity of the Marin Community Foundation

San Francisco Department of Early Childhood

Schroeder Family Fund

Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation

Stocker Foundation

Vision Alameda County

Warriors Community Foundation

Yield Giving

StoryBlocks Partners

Thank you to our community of corporate volunteers.

Adobe

Andes

Apple

Atlassian

Congregation of Kol Emeth

Dodge & Cox

Gartner

Gene Academy

Heffernan Insurance Brokers

Juniper Networks

Lam Research

PagerDuty

Raymond James

Salesforce

Samsara

UCSF

Thank You!

Thank you to our community of individual donors and volunteers who contribute time and resources. We are grateful for your involvement in the Tandem community.

“This is a wonderful program to promote literacy and family engagement in underserved communities and families. Families who have limited resources in acquiring books or do not have time to visit the library found the green bags to be very beneficial! One family asked where they could purchase the books and shared how much her children enjoy reading and looking at books since receiving the green bags.”
Educator

StoryCycles participant

“I love and enjoy the idea that [my child’s preschool] sends books home. If we didn’t have this I truthfully don’t think I would personally pick up a book and read. This encourages the kids and parents to do so. Thank you.”
Parent

StoryCycles participant

“Literacy Champions has helped me to develop my 4-year-old son’s literacy skills, and now he can read me a whole book by just looking at the pictures even though he can’t read the words yet. Thanks to this program I’ve gotten really involved in early learning.” 
Albertina Ulloa

Abriento Puertas and Literacy Champions participant

“I have had the pleasure of collaborating with the Tandem Bay Area team on various occasions. Our initial collaboration was an invite to assist in their father-specific workshops. A true gift. Tandem Bay Area has also supported my children’s book series and included me in their community engagements. Tandem Bay Area’s work in the community is heartfelt, meaningful, and impactful. And as an independent author, their support is appreciated. Salute to the Tandem Bay Area team!”
Dr. Khalid White

Father, educator, and author

“I love this program because kids love the responsibility of taking care of the book bag, and the parent and the child get to have a moment together when reading books. Books are a great way to get families together!”
Educator

StoryCycles participant

“The StoryCycles program really helped my child to practice reading and to pay attention for a story she is listening to. It also helped my daughter to interact with the family and share her reactions. Thank you for the program and please keep it up.”
Parent

StoryCycles participant

“At First 5, we are proud of our vision, that all Contra Costa young children have what they need to be healthy and ready to learn. This is a lot to take on, especially now, when overwhelming inequities are seen across communities in our county. Thankfully, we have partners like Tandem, Partners in Early Learning who believe that families, no matter what race, income, or language, deserve accessible, culturally relevant, and inclusive early learning opportunities. It is this commitment that makes Tandem such an integral partner to First 5’s mission. One example of our partnership is our work together in an initiative called Ready Kids East County, which came out of our findings that African American young children in Contra Costa county were less likely to be ready for kindergarten than their peers in other races and ethnicities. It is an honor to be working with Tandem in this effort so that we can nurture and cultivate and realize the beautiful potential of every child. Gracias, Tandem!”
Ruth Fernandez

Executive Director, First 5 Contra Costa

“For over two years now, the Development and Research in Early Math Education network headquartered at Stanford University has been partnering with Tandem to design, develop, and deliver high-quality early math learning resources for families and practitioners not only around the Bay Area, but around the country. In fact, now that work has resulted in the delivery of family math kids to hundreds of thousands of kids around the U.S. and some of the largest school districts in the country. This is work that could not have been done without the expertise and commitment of Tandem leaders and staff and the ways that they have led our work in beginning to improve family engagement in early math for children, families, and communities around the country. Very grateful to be a partner of Tandem, Partners in Early Learning!”
Eric Dearing

Professor, Boston College and Development and Research in Early Math (D.R.E.M.E)

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