Our mission is to provide funding for the charitable, educational, and community activities of Sequoia Living through effective solicitation and distribution of gifts, bequests, endowments, and trusts.

You can have a positive impact on the lives of older adults throughout the Bay Area. When you donate to SSNC, you’re helping seniors stay healthy, live independently, and engage in meaningful and enriching activities. However you choose to support SSNC, we are truly grateful for your gift.

We regularly partner with subject matter experts to provide events and webinars to both our residents and the public regarding healthy aging. Visit our webinars page to register for current webinars or watch past recordings.

Senior Services for Northern California’s leadership team is made up of dedicated professionals from a variety of fields and backgrounds. They are diverse in their experience and united in their commitment to meeting the challenges of aging with energy, creativity and compassion.

As Chief Philanthropy Officer, David Madson works with Sequoia Living donors to help them achieve their legacy goals.

Before coming to Sequoia Living, David held fundraising positions at Stanford University, Alameda Health System Foundation, Sutter Health CPMC Foundation, University of California’s San Francisco and Berkeley campuses, and his alma mater, the University of Minnesota.

As a leader in the profession who is committed to ethical fundraising, David has earned the Advanced Certified Fund-Raising Executive (ACFRE) credential from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, where he has also served on the board of directors. David has always enjoyed working with older adults, and for over thirty years has volunteered with Little Brothers: Friends of the Elderly, in San Francisco and his hometown of Minneapolis.

• Marilyn Suey, Chair
• Ellen Fogarty, Sequoias-San Francisco Liaison Committee Co-chair
• Gary Freeman
• Gayle Geary
• Steve Herman

• David Jamison
• Helen Luey, Sequoias-San Francisco Liaison Committee Co-chair
• Nancy Mayeda
• Diana Richmond, Tamalpais Liaison Committee Chair
• TBD, Portola Valley Liaison Committee Chair

PHILANTHROPY is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

A DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS

I. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.

II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.

III. To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.

IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.

V. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

VI. To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

VII. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

VIII. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.

X. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.

DEVELOPED BY:

• Association of Fundraising Professionals
• Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
• Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits