SFMade

SFMade provides local manufacturers in the San Francisco Bay area the resources to grow, and create employment opportunities for low-income individuals, with a focus on people of color, immigrants, and women. In 2020, SFmade served over 700 manufacturers, providing them with more than 1,700 hours of 1-on-1 advisory services to help them recover and rebuild. SFmade also works directly with manufacturers to help them to prepare for and hire from the local workforce. Our workforce programs serve both adults with significant barriers to employment and low-income youth by placing them directly into training, paid internships, and full-time employment. Finally, our regional policy/practice programs engage key stakeholders across all 9 bay area counties - including local government, community organizations, and higher education -to create a robust regional manufacturing sector by fostering regional collaboration and coordinating the covid crisis response from city governments to make sure manufacturing is a front and center priority and strategy to build a more inclusive and equitable economy.