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San Francisco, CA

GLIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH (Glide Memorial Church)

EIN 83-1200617
Housing, Food & Basic Needs Shelter & Homelessness Services People experiencing homelessness Low-income
Mission

GLIDE provides compassionate, sustained, comprehensive care and advocacy to end poverty and marginalization by serving socially and economically disadvantaged and marginalized people in San Francisco and the broader Bay Area through radically inclusive community, direct services, and public-policy work.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About GLIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH (Glide Memorial Church)

GLIDE Community Church (often referred to as Glide Memorial Church) is an active, donor-facing 501(c)(3) congregation and social‑service organization based in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood that combines congregational life with large-scale community programs. The church partners closely with the GLIDE Foundation and runs integrated services—meals, harm reduction, case management, housing navigation, family and youth programs, and community outreach—focused on people experiencing poverty, housing instability, and marginalization. In the last 2–3 years GLIDE has emphasized mobile, street-level outreach (notably the Cecil Williams Community Ambassador Program launched in 2024), expanded harm-reduction and linkage services, and continued large-scale direct services (including its daily free meals program and hygiene/essential item distribution). The organization maintains an active web presence, publishes annual/impact reports and Form 990 disclosures, and remains a prominent community partner in San Francisco.

Notable achievements

Cecil Williams Community Ambassador Program (launched 2024)

GLIDE launched the street-based Ambassador program in July 2024 to extend mobile care across the Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill; within its first year the program substantially increased service connections (from roughly 2,000/month at launch to several thousand/month) and reported multiple overdose reversals via Narcan administered by Ambassadors, demonstrating a measurable expansion of outreach and life‑saving interventions.

Scale of direct services (meals & essentials)

GLIDE operates one of San Francisco’s largest direct-service operations, including a daily free meals program and distribution of hygiene kits, socks, and blankets; impact reporting in recent years has documented hundreds of thousands of meals served annually and thousands of people reached with basic essentials and case management supports.

Innovative neighborhood programs (The Shop & mobile care)

In recent years GLIDE opened pilot programs that pair community-facing cultural spaces with health and case-management resources (for example, The Shop — a barbershop model with integrated services) and has scaled partnerships with city agencies and neighborhood groups to pilot alternatives to punitive enforcement and improve community safety through care-centered outreach.

At a glance

Total assets
$218K
Annual revenue
$719K
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
83-1200617
Location
San Francisco, CA
Website
www.glide.org
On Mahalo since
April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Platinum-level transparency rating from Candid (formerly GuideStar), reflecting public financial disclosures and published impact reporting.
Frequent local and national media coverage and public recognition of GLIDE’s leadership and legacy (including attention following the passing of long-time pastor Rev. Cecil Williams in April 2024), underscoring GLIDE’s profile as a civic and social-justice institution.
Documented partnerships and funded contracts with San Francisco city departments and local coalitions for meals, outreach, and ambassador-style community programs—recognition of GLIDE as a trusted municipal partner in neighborhood-level solutions.

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