Hope Productions Foundation is a Sacramento-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides support and training at no cost to local charities serving children and youth. Services include leadership training and guidance for nonprofits to improve their marketing, fundraising, partnerships and board cultivation so that the nonprofits become more efficient and increase their potential for long-term sustainability.

With continued support from the community through their Walk ‘N Rock for Kids event, the Foundation has distributed over $1.5 million in contributions, resources, marketing and in-kind business training to local children and youth nonprofits since its inception in the fall of 2008. Walk ‘N Rock for Kids is an annual fundraising walk and benefit concert that Hope Productions Foundation hosts at Raley Field over Memorial Day weekend.

The Foundation is currently working with seven Nonprofit Partners that encompass the following areas of service: Advocacy, At-Risk Youth, Education, Illness/Research, Wellness and Youth Development.

The inaugural group includes: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento, Cristo Rey High School, Keaton Raphael Memorial, Okizu, People Reaching Out, Wind Youth Services and The River Cats Foundation. These partner organizations are in their final year of Hope Productions Foundation’s three year training program, coupled with leadership development and fundraising support. This summer, the group will celebrate their graduation from Hope Productions Foundation’s program.

Upon submitting their strategic business plan and completing an evaluation, each organization will be considered a Hope Productions Foundation certified nonprofit, complete with a seal of certification to be displayed on the organization’s website. Local corporations and grantors are being alerted of the significant commitment to fundraising and nonprofit management best practices that each organization has made by completing the program.

Hope Productions Foundation and commencement host Wells Fargo would like to thank and congratulate each of the graduating organizations on their accomplishment. Organizations will be honored at Walk ‘N Rock for Kids on May 29 and at the graduation ceremony on June 29.

The next class of Nonprofit Partner organizations will be selected from the current 15 Nonprofit Affiliate organizations. Applications for the next group of Nonprofit Affiliates will be available and accepted this June. For more information, visit the Hope Productions website.
 

To support any one of the 22 children’s charities benefiting from Walk ‘N Rock for Kids, you can join or start a walk team on their behalf at www.walknrock.org.