The Big Lift was launched by Peninsula Partnership Leadership Council (PPLC), a coalition of government, education, nonprofit, foundation, and business leaders. PPLC developed a San Mateo County bill of rights for children and youth that was later adopted as a statewide resolution, then focused on the inflection point of 3rd-grade reading proficiency and its link to children’s success. Organizations in the county are working together in support of The Big Lift; yet, we will need even more of the county behind The Big Lift to ensure its success!

Big Lift engagement strengthens and invigorates our community partnerships, agencies, and residents around early literacy as critical to promoting student success!
Sharon Kamberg, Interim Superintendent, San Bruno Park School District
- AFSCME Council 57
- Aim High
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Assemblymember Kevin Mullin
- Assemblymember Phil Ting
- San Mateo County Superintendents Association
- California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
- Bay Area Council
- Bay Area Impact Investing Initiative
- Bay Area Industrial Areas Foundation
- Bay Area Legal Aid
- Bayshore Elementary School District
- Bella Vista Foundation
- Belle Haven Community Development Fund
- Belmont Redwood Shores School District
- Beth Am Congregation
- Bookopolis
- Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside
- Boys & Girls Clubs of North San Mateo County
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
- Bring Me A Book
- Brisbane Elementary School District
- Building and Construction Trades Council
- Burlingame Community Education Foundation
- Burlingame School District
- Cabrillo Education Foundation
- Cabrillo Unified School District
- California Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development
- California Reading Association, San Mateo County Chapter
- California State Controller Betty T. Lee
- California State PTA
- California State Senator Jerry Hill
- Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
- Canada College
- Catholic Charities CYO
- Child Care Partnership Council
- Child Development Services
- Children Now
- City of Brisbane
- City of Burlingame
- City of Daly City
- City of East Palo Alto
- City of Foster City
- City of Half Moon Bay
- City of Menlo Park
- City of Millbrae
- City of Pacifica
- City of San Carlos
- City of San Mateo
- City of South San Francisco
- Coastside Children’s Programs
- College of San Mateo
- CollegeTrack
- Community Gatepath
- Congresswoman Jackie Speier
- Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- County of Alameda
- County of San Mateo
- County of Santa Clara
- Daly City Partnership
- Edventure More
- Electronic Arts
- Everyday Labs (formerly InClass Today)
- Experience Corps Bay Area
- Families in Schools
- Family Connections
- Family Engagement Institute
- FarFaria
- Fatherhood Collaborative of San Mateo County
- First 5 San Mateo County
- Fox Theater
- Funding the Next Generation
- Genentech
- Greenfield Learning Inc.
- GreenLight Fund
- Half Moon Bay Chamber of Commerce
- Hands On Bay Area
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Healthier Kids Foundation
- Healthy Cities Tutoring
- Heart of San Mateo County
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley
- IHSD/Head Start of San Mateo County
- Jefferson Elementary School District
- Jefferson Union High School District
- Jewish Coalition for Literacy
- Jewish Community Relations Council
- John W. Gardner Center, Stanford University
- Kaiser Permanente
- La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District
- Lakeshore Learning Materials
- Las Lomitas Education Foundation
- Latino Community Foundation
- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
- McKinsey & Company
- Menlo Park City Elementary School District
- Menlo Park Parks and Recreation Commission
- Menlo Park Presbyterian
- Microsoft
- Millbrae Elementary School District
- Mills-Peninsula Hospital
- Notre Dame de Namur University
- Nuestra Casa
- Office of Supervisor Carole Groom
- Office of Supervisor Dave Pine
- Office of Supervisor David Canepa
- Office of Supervisor Don Horsley
- Office of Supervisor Warren Slocum
- One East Palo Alto
- Pacifica School District
- Palcare
- Parent Teachers Association; 17th District
- Partnership for Children & Youth
- Perry Foundation
- Peninsula Clergy Network
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
- Peninsula Covenant Church
- Peninsula Family Service
- Peninsula Family YMCA
- Peninsula Health Care District
- Peninsula Library System
- Peninsula Literacy Coalition
- Peninsula Temple Beth El
- Pescadero Education Foundation
- Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
- Pierry Interactive
- Portola Valley Schools Foundation
- Portola Valley School District
- Project Read Redwood City
- Project We Hope
- Puente de la Costa Sur
- Raising a Reader
- RAND Corporation
- Ravenswood City School District
- Reading Bonanza in The Park
- Reading Partners
- Ready Nation California
- Redwood City
- Redwood City 2020
- Redwood City Chamber of Commerce
- Redwood City Library Foundation
- Redwood City Parks
- Redwood City School District
- Rocketship Education
- Samaritan House
- San Bruno Education Foundation
- San Bruno Park School District
- San Carlos School District
- San Mateo City Library
- San Mateo County Board of Education
- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
- San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women
- San Mateo County Community College District
- San Mateo County Department of Housing
- San Mateo County Family Child Care Association
- San Mateo County Health
- San Mateo County Human Services
- San Mateo County Libraries
- San Mateo County Manager’s Office
- San Mateo County Office of Education
- San Mateo County Probation Department
- San Mateo County School Board Association
- San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office
- San Mateo County Youth Commission
- San Mateo Credit Union
- San Mateo Labor Council
- San Mateo Police Activities League
- San Mateo Union High School District
- San Mateo-Foster City Education Foundation
- San Mateo-Foster City School District
- Santa Clara County Office of Education
- SAP Software Solutions
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- Sequoia Healthcare District
- Silicon Schools Fund
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Silicon Valley Leadership Group
- Silicon Valley Social Ventures Fund (SV2)
- Skyline College
- Sobrato Foundation
- South San Francisco Parks and Recreation
- South San Francisco Public Library
- St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
- Stanford Graduate School of Business – ACT
- Stanford Graduate School of Education
- StarVista
- Teachers AFT #3267
- Tipping Point Community
- Third Sector Capital
- Thrive
- Town of Atherton
- Town of Hillsborough
- United Way of the Bay Area
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Wells Fargo
- WestEd
- YMCA Camp Jones Gulch