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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2025 Expires: July 2026

Hands On Bay Area

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(415) 541-9616
1504 Bryant St, Suite 100
San Francisco, CA, 94103
https://www.handsonbayarea.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Hands On Bay Area meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"exists to strengthen communities through volunteer action and leadership development." 

Year, State Incorporated:
1993, CA

HandsOn Bay Area creates opportunities for people to volunteer, learn and lead in their communities. It strives to provide volunteers with a high-quality experience that fuels further action, and envisions a day when everyone is inspired and equipped to be the change they wish to see in the world.

In 2023, HandsOn mobilized 24,584 volunteers in approximately 62,000 hours of service to the Bay Area.

HandsOn staff works with over 200 local nonprofits, schools and parks to identify high-impact, group-based volunteer projects.  HandsOns projects may meet an ongoing need of an organization or its clients, or they may be one-time, large-scale transformations of facilities or green spaces. it recruits volunteers to get the job done and match each project with a trained Project Leader to ensure that both the community partner and the volunteers are satisfied with the work.

To accommodate busy schedules, it offers programs on weekends and evenings, and through hoba.org, it gives volunteers an easy way to sign up for projects, track their service hours and learn about new opportunities.

HandsOn manages more than 80 direct-service projects a month while offering educational programming to help volunteers become well-informed community leaders. HandsOns leadership training programs allow community members to deepen their knowledge of community issues, develop personally and professionally and learn effective tools to create change.

For corporate clients, it offers comprehensive planning services for employee volunteer events. It works with companies to further their corporate social responsibility goals by engaging their employees in hands-on service


For the year ended December 31, 2022, Hands On Bay Area's program expenses were:

Hands At Work $1,865,693
Box $430,222
Extra Hands $406,565
Calendar $80,323
Youth Programs $63,953
Total Program Expenses $2,846,756

Chief Executive
Louis Reda, Executive Director

Compensation*
$211,963

Chair of the Board
Jacqueline Supman

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
TATCHA

Board Size
13

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Hands On Bay Area's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Source of Funds
Project Awards $2,109,848
Program Service Fees $582,114
Government Grants $514,638
Foundations $151,805
Individual Contributions $69,270
Corporate Contributions $38,092
In-Kind Contributions $29,727
Other $2,648
Total Income $3,498,142

Programs: 93% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 6%

Total Income $3,498,142
Total expenses: $3,044,774
  Program expenses $2,846,756
  Fundraising expenses $14,679
  Administrative expenses $183,339
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $453,368
Beginning Net Assets $1,167,739
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $1,621,107
Total Liabilities $1,071,125
Total Assets $2,692,232

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BBB serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Coastal California