10 things we’re proud of from 2025
So much we’re proud of! Here are the top ten:
10. The city-wide support for SF Good Neighbor Week.
A Mayor proclamation, a Board of Supervisors resolution, city-wide bus stop ads, over 40 community partners, and 4000 San Franciscans attending events. We’re still boggled by how many partners jumped on board so quickly, and how many more want to get involved in 2026.
Don’t get us started about how special the Good Neighbor Hackathon was.
9. Running the country’s first neighborhood tech hackathon.
It is hard to describe how special this was but we’re working on a recap to try. Thanks to our moderator Deepti Doshi for writing about it too.
Recognizing wonderful San Franciscans with the 2025 SF Good Neighbor Awards
8. Winning the Grand Prize at the national Next Challenge for Media and Journalism.
This was a surreal moment. Ask Julia where she was when she found out.
7. Delivering 120 Good Neighbor Awards across San Francisco.
Running city-wide SF Good Neighbor Awards has been chaotic and incredible. We also found our first board member that way.
With Mayor Daniel Lurie when he gave the official proclamation for SF Good Neighbor Week
6. Building the only website that helps San Francisco residents form relationships with the local schools in their neighborhoods.
We launched the supportsfschools.org beta, with over 100 school profile pages across TK-12 schools in San Francisco.
El Tecolote community listening session
Photo by Pablo Unzueta
5. Having San Franciscans meet their neighbors for the first time.
This is really what it’s all about. And it happened!
4. Having six local newsrooms host community listening sessions at the same time.
Gosh this one feels good.
Successful Castro Feedback Day, May 2025
3. Running successful Neighborhood Feedback Days in the Mission and the Castro.
Our signature program, reimagining public sidewalks with neighborhood bulletin boards, continues to be a crowd favorite.
How surreal to see these ads across the city’s bus stops for the entire month of September
2. Being in the inaugural cohort of Yes SF Nonprofit Innovators.
We’re thankful every day to be part of the incredible support network at Yes SF and the SF Chamber of Commerce.
1. Volunteers who have stuck with us for years.
Someone called Julia “a volunteer magnet” and she hasn’t stopped smiling since. This summer we celebrated our rockstar user researcher Emi Fogg, who has volunteered on Support SF Schools every week since 2022.
It’s a pleasure to reflect on the year we’ve had. We are moving forward into 2026 with a renewed commitment to our core programming: strengthen neighbor-to-neighbor relationships, build resident-to-institution connections, and encourage hyperlocal innovation. In 2026 we also deepen our commitment to reach residents and neighborhoods experiencing more social isolation. A specific focus will be supporting San Francisco residents who are facing domestic violence. Support our holiday campaign to help us have the impact we want to have!
