We are building new city models for:
- Future Workforce
- Thriving Downtown
- Housing Affordability
- Human Services
- Social Connection
- Public Education
San Francisco’s next evolution takes all of us.
The region delivering AI to the world must also lead on new models for big-city challenges. Collective Impact brings owners, operators, tech leaders, creatives, and public partners together to solve the Bay Area’s hardest problems.
How we create new models
Every engagement draws on three disciplines to shape what comes next for our region.
Reimagined Real Estate
Repurposing underutilized spaces to unlock our future city. We uncover the highest and best use for what's sitting quiet: closed college campuses, office towers, empty ground-floor retail, and undeveloped land. Strategy and stakeholder engagement leads to sales, leases, and creative partnerships that bring value for owners, operators and the whole community.
AI Applied Locally
San Francisco is bringing innovation to the world. We put that innovation to work on the city itself, connecting SF's AI community with policy and impact leaders. Together we create new models for how cities operate, from social services to downtown recovery. The tools built here should make SF the model city the world expects us to be.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
We facilitate culture change from scarcity to abundance. Public and private leaders pool resources and expertise to go bigger together. New shared tools bring alignment and consistency. The result is new models that create more value together than any organization could alone.
The event, and the building behind it.
“Working with Collective Impact across our San Francisco portfolio gave us a partner who thinks about both the event and the building behind it. Collective Impact brought creative ideas, strong execution, and a clear sense of how activations support leasing and tenant engagement at properties like One Market Plaza.”
Laura DowekVP, Retail Special Projects, Elecor PropertiesA bridge from policy to practice.
“Policy only matters if it reaches the people who can put it into practice. Collective Impact has become a vital bridge between the Bay Area Council and the tech community, and it’s leading collaborations on homelessness that bring new partners to the table. Its vision for reimagining how our buildings and campuses serve the region is exactly the kind of thinking we need on our board.”
Jim WundermanPresident & CEO, Bay Area CouncilInfrastructure for human connection.
“Collective Impact is building the infrastructure for human connection in the city that’s building the future. It rallied a diverse group of stakeholders to launch our San Francisco chapter in record time, and it’s leading on our biggest challenge: resourcing this work for the long haul.”
Aaron HurstFounder, U.S. Chamber of Connection
A 60-acre campus, reimagined.
“Collective Impact has rallied hundreds of public and private stakeholders to reimagine our 60-acre campus for a new purpose. It’s turning a legacy property into lasting value for the community and everyone invested in its future.”
Jim BrooksPresident, BH PropertiesVeterans, connected to tech careers.
“Collective Impact built programs, partnerships, and infrastructure that moved VetsinTech forward. From launching Vets in AI to leading our gala and creating our national conference, it helped connect veterans to meaningful tech careers and brought dozens of technology partners to our mission.”
Katherine WebsterCEO, VetsinTechA founder’s own story.
“Michael understands that the most powerful thing we can share is a founder’s own story. He led content strategy and stakeholder engagement for Google for Startups Accelerator across 12+ global regions, aligning our internal teams, VC networks, media, and leadership around one narrative. His Ideas to Reality series put founders using advanced technology on camera and generated millions of engagement points. He brought the same authenticity to two $25M Impact Challenges with Google.org, helping us reach the organizations doing the most important work.”
Danny NavarroHead of Google for Startups Americas