Transform & Transcend
People. Communities. Institutions.
ABOUT US
CORO is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization focused on redefining leadership. With substantive programs for youth, recent college graduates, and professionals, we cultivate emergent leaders at all stages of their lives and careers. CORO builds leaders who know when to step up and when to step back – taking ownership, sharing responsibility, and collaborating with others to ignite change in their communities and workplaces.
In an increasingly complex world, CORO program participants are passionate catalysts for change. We take an innovative hands-on approach towards developing leadership skills through experiential learning, group interaction, and collaborative communication. CORO programs are comprehensive and transformative, giving participants life-long skills as well as an extensive network of alumni, supporters, and partners. CORO graduates are successful leaders in all sectors including business, government, nonprofits, politics, and education.
CORO programs serve diverse communities and empower participants to apply their skills, character, and commitment to leading today and shaping tomorrow. Communities benefit directly from our on the ground presence and participation, as well as into the future with each new leader who graduates from a CORO program.
Find out more about our programs here.
"I find the CORO skills-building so effective that one can see the positive changes happening in a group right before your very eyes. This is an incredibly interesting, important, and empowering experience" Faculty Member, UCSF
Lead Funding Provided By Chevron.
Major Funding Provided by Bank of the West, Hellman Foundation, Linda Gregory, Thomas More Storke Fund of The San Francisco Foundation
Additional Funding Provided by American Civil Liberties Union, BART, Bay Area Open Space Council, Blaylock Beal Van, California Emerging Technology Fund, City of Hayward, Dodge & Cox, Drug Policy Alliance, FaceSF, MapLight, Oaklandish, Professional & Technical Engineers Local 21, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, State Coastal Conservancy
For the Full List of Supporters, Click Here
ABOUT US
CORO Center for Civic Leadership
Northern California
233 Sansome St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94104
T 415.986.0521
E coro@coronorcal.org
CORO empowers individuals to effect change in organizations and communities.
CORO is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization focused on redefining leadership. With substantive programs for youth, recent college graduates, and professionals, we cultivate emergent leaders at all stages of their lives and careers. CORO builds leaders who know when to step up and when to step back – taking ownership, sharing responsibility, and collaborating with others to ignite change in their communities and workplaces.
In an increasingly complex world, CORO program participants are passionate catalysts for change. We take an innovative hands-on approach towards developing leadership skills through experiential learning, group interaction, and collaborative communication. CORO programs are comprehensive and transformative, giving participants life-long skills as well as an extensive network of alumni, supporters, and partners. CORO graduates are successful leaders in all sectors including business, government, nonprofits, politics, and education.
CORO programs serve diverse communities and empower participants to apply their skills, character, and commitment to leading today and shaping tomorrow. Communities benefit directly from our on the ground presence and participation, as well as into the future with each new leader who graduates from a CORO program.
Find out more about our programs here.
OUR APPROACH
All CORO program participants learn by doing. Guided by one of our experienced program leads, participants actively engage with their colleagues to disrupt old patterns and make way for new ways of thinking, new skills, and new behaviors.
CORO learners discuss, present, role-play, and experiment with new ways of interacting. They analyze issues, collaborate, and give and receive feedback while completing significant projects and reflecting on their learning.
PROGRAMS
CORO Northern California’s unique, hands-on training method transforms the way people engage communities to address the most challenging issues. It does not deliver a specific solution but create the conditions for solutions to emerge. It provides the environment to connect and develop the skills and opportunities to address the increasingly complex issues we face as a society. CORO enhances the effectiveness of individuals, and they impact the communities they serve – the impact you can only achieve if you are working across sector, department, discipline, and ideology.
"I find the CORO skills-building so effective that one can see the positive changes happening in a group right before your very eyes. This is an incredibly interesting, important, and empowering experience" Faculty Member, UCSF
THANK YOU
CORO’s many programs are made possible by the generous contributions of individuals, foundations, and corporations. Thank you to all of our donors, your contributions empower us to cultivate the next generation of emergent leaders.
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Presenting Leaders
The San Francisco Foundation
$68,000
Dodge & Cox
$35,000
Charles Munger
$150,000+
Betty & Jack Schafer
$30,000
Visionary
PG&E
$12,000
Leadership ($10,000)
Kaiser Permanente
Anna Van Degna
SAP
Koret Foundation
Senator Dianne Feinstein & Mr. Richard Blum
Benefactors ($5,000)
Aaron Read & Associates
First Republic
Microsoft
Chevron
William G. Gilmore Foundation
Coca-Cola
Genentech
Merchants Exchange Productions
Dignity Health
David & Susan Coulter
Megan & Michael Janis
Mary Obelnicki & Craig Silverstein
Lennar Urban
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CORO programs serve diverse communities and empower participants to apply their skills, character, and commitment to leading today and shaping tomorrow. CORO programs directly impact lives and foster collaborative change.