Oct 12, 2022
Today, there are nearly 200,000 nonprofit organizations in California but just a fraction of them have been around for more than a few decades. Felton Institute is different. Today, over 130 years after its inception, Felton Institute stands as the oldest...
Oct 3, 2022
Benson Nadell brings compassion, curiosity, and decades-long expertise to his role as Co-Director of Felton Institute’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. A federally mandated visiting advocacy program, Ombudsmen are professionally trained staff and volunteers who...
Sep 5, 2022
In 1962, a red telephone in the basement of a Polk Street tattoo parlor in San Francisco became a lifeline for those contemplating suicide. Answering the distressed callers was Bernard Mayes, a gay, British Episcopalian priest and correspondent for the BBC. Alarmed at...
Sep 1, 2022
You have likely heard the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In recent decades, social services have been appropriately shifting their focus towards upstream solutions to community issues. This shift is a crucial change in how nonprofits,...
Aug 8, 2022
For over fifty years, Felton Institute has fostered the educational endeavors of children and their families who have limited access to financial resources. These communities are far too often negatively impacted by disparities in education as well as institutional...
