More Than 50 Years of Unconditional Love
GLIDE has been serving the people of the Tenderloin and San Francisco since 1963. As a social justice movement, social service provider and spiritual community, GLIDE offers individual and collective transformation through compassionate, sustained, comprehensive care to all in need.
On a Mission to Alleviate Suffering & Stabilize Lives
GLIDE reaches those most in need, providing food, housing assistance, healthcare, and family services. We meet basic needs, stabilize lives, create pathways out of poverty, and work for systemic change. Our work is grounded in our values of radical inclusivity, unconditional love, truth telling, and celebration. We work on the front lines of poverty, look everyone in the eye, turn no one away, and transform lives.
Take Part in GLIDE Today!
You make the difference. Choose from the many ways you can get involved in GLIDE’s mission today.
Donate to GLIDE
Your charitable dollars provide services for individuals and families in dire need and support our efforts to make lasting changes.
Serve a Meal
Join the family of over 10,000 volunteers who dedicate their time to feeding the needy each year.
Fight HIV & Hep C
Join our Harm Reduction team in mitigating the harms of drug use through needle exchange, HIV & Hep C testing and education.
Help Children & Families
Give time to our Family, Youth & Childcare Center and see the smiles that your caring inspires.
Corporate and Foundation Partners
Learn about the ways in which your organization can support GLIDE.
Sunday Celebration
Join our joyous community gathering for music and social and spiritual uplift every Sunday at 9:00 and 11:00 am (also broadcast online).
Attend an Event
Take part in year-round festivities, or drop in for yoga, meditation, workgroups, bible study and more.
Your dollars go directly to those in need.
Our holistic service model alleviates the suffering and stabilizes the lives of individuals and families in dire need. Each dollar goes toward making a real difference in their lives.
Doing good feels good!
From serving meals to saving lives, you can join our community of people who are using their time to make a real difference.
Famous Sunday Celebrations at 9:00 and 11:00 AM.
Our joyful weekly gatherings welcome everyone into community with rousing gospel music, empowering voices and messages of hope.
Standing together for change.
Our grassroots organizing is geared to making significant and lasting improvements in policy at all levels of government on issues of poverty and civil rights.
Help is only a click away!
We are here for all individuals and families challenged by poverty, homelessness, hunger, drug use and more. Find out how we can help.
GLIDE Voices
Meet members of the GLIDE community through their stories and testimonials.
GLIDE News
Something noteworthy is always happening at GLIDE. Keep up on our latest endeavors.
Harm Reduction: A Love Story
It’s no secret that at GLIDE, we believe in love. We believe in radical, unstoppable, unconditional love. We also know that love manifests in as many ways as there are people in our community—people like Elena and Zach, two GLIDE interns who are helping to link hard-to-reach members of the community to harm reduction and
Read FullLove in Action: Reflecting on 50 years in community with Ernestine Nettles
On the first day of Black History Month, we are delighted to feature and honor Ernestine Nettles, who this Christmas celebrated 50 years of service—not only to GLIDE, but to her community in Oakland, the Civil Rights Movement, gender equality and voting rights. Ernestine is a beloved pillar of the holiday feasts GLIDE organizes for
We’re talking about our family
Crickette Brown Glad shares her truth and experience with GLIDE’s harm reduction outreach GLIDE Church has a long-standing tradition of featuring voices from the community in a segment of Sunday Celebration called “I Am GLIDE.” Personal testimonies on the strength and power of unconditional love from our program participants, congregants, donors and volunteers provide what
Upcoming Events
Join our community gatherings, forums and festivities taking place each and every week.