About Us
Hospitality House Staff Members (September 2023)
Our History
Hospitality House was founded in 1967, when the Tenderloin was experiencing an influx of LGBT youth flocking to one of America’s first epicenters for the burgeoning queer liberation movement: San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Despite the positive legacy created by this movement, more than 3,000 of these youth found themselves living on the streets. Concerned residents in the Tenderloin partnered with this struggling population to form Hospitality House, initially a simple drop-in space offering food and activities to help homeless youth take an intermission from another night on the street. By 1985, Hospitality House had developed into the multiple-program agency it is today. The agency has shifted its demographic focus to meet changing needs of the community, transitioning from youth in the Tenderloin to now serving predominantly adult residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin, Sixth Street Corridor, and Mid-Market neighborhoods struggling with homelessness, poverty, and the range of other socioeconomic issues facing residents here.
Building community by supporting the whole person
Hospitality House has a long history developing peer-based and culturally appropriate programs for the communities we serve. Our programs create a positive impact, raising the quality of life for all residents and making our neighborhoods healthy and rich with diversity and culture.
Our Community
The Tenderloin. Mid-Market. Sixth Street
It’s a roughly 50-square block area encompassing historic buildings, world-class theaters and notable art and cultural institutions. It was the setting for The Maltese Falcon. It lies in-between the Pac Heights mansions and the South Beach start-ups, the Union Square center of commerce and the Civic Center core of public policy.
No matter what you call it or how you define its boundaries, it’s the heart of the city. The people who live here have the same hopes and dreams as you and me. Together, with your support, we can make the heart of San Francisco a better place for us all.
Hospitality House was founded in 1967, when the Tenderloin was experiencing an influx of LGBT youth flocking to one of America’s first epicenters for the burgeoning queer liberation movement: San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Despite the positive legacy created by this movement, more than 3,000 of these youth found themselves living on the streets. Concerned residents in the Tenderloin partnered with this struggling population to form Hospitality House, initially a simple drop-in space offering food and activities to help homeless youth take an intermission from another night on the street. By 1985, Hospitality House had developed into the multiple-program agency it is today. The agency has shifted its demographic focus to meet changing needs of the community, transitioning from youth in the Tenderloin to now serving predominantly adult residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin, Sixth Street Corridor, and Mid-Market neighborhoods struggling with homelessness, poverty, and the range of other socioeconomic issues facing residents here.
Building community by supporting the whole person
Hospitality House has a long history developing peer-based and culturally appropriate programs for the communities we serve. Our programs create a positive impact, raising the quality of life for all residents and making our neighborhoods healthy and rich with diversity and culture.
Our Community
The Tenderloin. Mid-Market. Sixth Street
It’s a roughly 50-square block area encompassing historic buildings, world-class theaters and notable art and cultural institutions. It was the setting for The Maltese Falcon. It lies in-between the Pac Heights mansions and the South Beach start-ups, the Union Square center of commerce and the Civic Center core of public policy.
No matter what you call it or how you define its boundaries, it’s the heart of the city. The people who live here have the same hopes and dreams as you and me. Together, with your support, we can make the heart of San Francisco a better place for us all.
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Our Mission
To build community strength by advocating for policies and rendering services which foster self-sufficiency and cultural enrichment. Hospitality House encourages self-help, mutual respect, and increased self-esteem. The goal of these efforts is to make the heart of San Francisco a better place for us all. |
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