Research and Publications
Poverty is an enormously complex challenge with root causes as diverse as its victims. To achieve our mission of ending the cycle of poverty in our community and help the 1 in 4 Bay Area families struggling to get by, we must be diligent in our ongoing research and reporting. Check out our most recent publications below.
Annual Reports
Impact Reports
- Fiscal Year 2025 Impact Report (Webpage)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Assistance Network Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2024 Emergency Assistance Network Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2022 Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2021 Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2020 Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2020 COVID-19 Relief Impact Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2020 Greater Bay Area Central Coast Wildfire Relief Fund Impact Report (PDF)
The Real Cost Measure
- Fiscal Year 2025 The Real Cost Measure (External Interactive Dashboard)
- Fiscal Year 2023 The Real Cost Measure (Webpage)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Alameda County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Contra Costa County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Marin County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Napa County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 San Francisco County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 San Mateo County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Santa Clara County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2023 Solano County Report (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2021 The Real Cost Measure Executive Summary (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2019 The Real Cost Measure Executive Summary (PDF)
SparkPoint® Research
- SparkPoint® Supports Student Success | 2023 (Webpage)
- Supporting Whole Families: SparkPoint® Community Schools | 2021 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Two Generational Programming for Families Economic Success: Lessons and Recommendations From SparkPoint® | 2021 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Programming During COVID-19: An Assessment of the Health-Wealth Connection | 2020 (PDF)
- The SparkPoint® Difference: Student Persistence Improvement at Community Colleges | 2020 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Overview | 2019 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® 101 Infographic | 2016 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Community Schools: 2015–16 Evaluation Findings Report | 2016 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Skyline College Report | 2016 (PDF)
- SparkPoint®‘s 2-Generation Approach | 2016 (PDF)
- SparkPoint®‘s 10 Key Findings | 2015 (PDF)
- SparkPoint® Bundled Services Analysis Report | 2014 (PDF)