August 16, 2023

An update from PRC CEO Chuan Teng

Dear Friend, I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. For PRC, the past ten months have been a dynamic time of transformation, one in which we have become a stronger, more resilient, and more effective organization. As we embark upon the new fiscal year, I am pleased to report on […]

July 13, 2023

A note from Gary Virginia and Donna Sachet

Dear Friend, Our 25th annual Pride Brunch on Saturday, June 24, was a huge success! A record-breaking 350 guests attended, net proceeds of $78,000 exceeded all previous years, and every SF Pride Community Grand Marshal spoke passionately to our attendees. The Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square came alive with colorful decor, lively entertainment, […]

May 26, 2023

Celebrating our most important asset — our staff!

PRC Recognizes May as Staff Appreciation Month Here at PRC, we help more than 5,000 of San Francisco’s most underserved adults each year go from a place of crisis to stability by giving them the foundation they need to transform their lives for the better. And by “we”, we’re referring to the more than 200 […]

March 23, 2023

PRC Brief — Honest feedback from PRC clients

As we continue to incorporate our organizational values into everything we do, we’d like to emphasize the importance of honesty, particularly in the realm of integrated legal, social, and behavioral health services. Courage and vulnerability are essential components of honesty and necessary for both clients and providers for meaningful growth to occur. As a provider, […]

February 28, 2023

PRC Brief: Black History Month Highlight — Sylvester

As Black History Month comes to a close, we’d like to highlight someone with profound significance to PRC. Sylvester, “Queen of Disco”, was known for his gender-bending persona and performances, flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s. An inspiration to countless LGBTQ+ people, Sylvester was […]

February 16, 2023

Introducing PRC Brief: Our commitment to you

With new leadership and a new year, we wanted to rethink our communicationsto you, so we’re launching PRC Brief — shorter, more frequent, and moreengaging bites of content to keep you informed. We also recently surveyed you, our dedicated supporters, and we heard you. You want to know what’s going on with PRC You want […]

January 26, 2023

PRC Names Chuan Teng as New CEO

As a valued supporter, we wanted you to be among the first to know: we areelated to formally announce that PRC’s Board of Directors has appointed ChuanTeng as the permanent Chief Executive Officer of PRC! Since September, Chuan has served in this role on an interim basis andchartered a path to organizational sustainability by strengthening […]

October 27, 2022

An interview with retiring PRC CEO Brett Andrews

After two decades of visionary leadership, PRC’s Chief Executive Officer Brett Andrews has decided to retire. Since stepping into the role in 2003, Brett has grown PRC from a staff of 18 and an annual operating budget of $1.25 million to a staff of more than 300 and an annual budget of more than $30 […]

October 7, 2022

Brett Andrews Reflects on His Decades of Service at PRC Following the Announcement of His Retirement

Donna Sachet; the Queen of the Castro, fundraising powerhouse, fierce LGBTQ+ advocate, and longtime friend of PRC – recently interviewed PRC’s Brett Andrews to give readers of her SF Bay Times column a chance to learn more about how Brett views his twenty years of leadership at PRC. Give it a read and you’re sure […]

September 28, 2022

Joanie Juster, A Super Volunteer, Advocate, and All-Around Beautiful Human Being!

Last spring, we sat down with Joanie Juster, one of our super volunteers, who was previously on staff and served on the board of the AIDS Emergency Fund (AEF), the precursor to PRC’s Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) program. Joanie has supported AEF, PRC, and so many SF nonprofits since the early 1980s. When we spoke, […]

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