AbilityPath has been a cornerstone of our community for 100 years, providing a lifespan of support services to individuals with special needs and developmental disabilities in the greater Bay Area. With educational, therapeutic, vocational, and family support services, they are distinctive in providing support to an individual throughout their lifetime. AbilityPath is able to bring the highest quality services to the children, youth, and adults in their programs. Working to create a world where people of all abilities are fully accepted, respected, and included in all aspects of life – in the classroom, the workplace, and in our communities - “Turning Disabilities into Possibilities.”

In 1947 a group of young San Francisco professionals, who were to become known as The Guardsmen, joined together to help disadvantaged children in the Bay Area.  With more than 60 years of service to Bay Area youth, and more than 60 years of friendship and camaraderie as an all-volunteer organization, The Guardsmen will continue to build on its heritage, ever-mindful of the changing and expanding needs of at-risk youth, and their importance to our future.

HSF was one of the first nonprofit public school foundations in the country, a leader in the movement to secure private funding for public schools. For 30 years, the parents and neighbors of Hillsborough have supported HSF, creating one of the most successful public school foundations in the nation, supporting all areas of our schools’ curriculum.  HSF is now a crucial part of the Hillsborough City School District’s (HCSD) funding