title: The Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement: a pioneering multi-ethnic human service organization (1971-2008).
abstract: The Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement is a nonprofit organization established in 1971 to defend the legal rights of African-Americans living in its community. Over the years, the agency diversified its services to include mental health and substance abuse treatment, violence prevention, youth programming, and HIV services. The organization has overcome multiple challenges during its 37-year history in relation to social, political, and economic changes that have influenced the way the organization has financed and delivered its services. The history of the organization presents a collaborative approach to community problem-solving and exemplifies the important role that external relationships play in relationship to nonprofit growth and survival.
authors.affiliation: Mack Center on Nonprofit Management in the Human Services, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Joe
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation / Q000266:history; D005006:Ethnicity; D005376:Financial Management / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012495:San Francisco; D012947:Social Work / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration