SFSU’s Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team facilitates and strengthens relations with companies and foundations to advance the University’s and our campus partners’ missions. Please contact the Corporate and Foundation Relations team for more information about partnering with CFR.
Faculty
We assist faculty and administrators in all aspects of securing funding from corporations and foundations. We also work closely with the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs and The University Corporation to ensure consistency with University policies and guidelines.
Foundations
Support for SFSU faculty, students and programs aligns closely with the priorities of a wide range of national, regional and local foundations. Find out more about how we can connect your foundation to our University.
Corporations
SFSU is committed to developing a highly-skilled, creative, and diverse workforce that contributes to a robust and thriving economy in the Bay Area and beyond. CFR can connect your company directly with the wealth of faculty, staff and student resources at our campus, and work with you to develop partnerships to support exciting initiatives.
Campus partners in their own words
Sharon Bliss | Director, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery
“I work with Joel Streicker of CFR in my role as Director of the SFSU Fine Arts Gallery. Joel is an incredible partner in all aspects of fundraising, including prospect research, careful listening to our program ideas, planning and crafting successful proposals. Joel’s feedback, guidance and editing allow us to develop competitive applications while maintaining and growing relationships with our funders. He takes the time to understand our programs and is an ally for all that we do.”
Soumyaa Kapil Behrens | Lecturer and Director, Documentary Film Institute at SFSU
“I work with CFR to explore funding opportunities for the Documentary Film Institute. It's been my pleasure to work with Joel Streicker—he's been thoughtful, attentive, and proactive in helping me develop proposals, budgets, and strategies to attract external funding from foundations and corporate partners. Joel is an excellent researcher and grant writer and is supportive and collaborative. My position at the University involves a number of facets including teaching, research, creative works and contracts. The delicate balance I aim for is complemented by Joel—he can sense when he needs to lean in or hang back, showing an intuitive quality to his work that is hard to replicate.”
Susan Zieff | Professor, Department of Kinesiology
“I have been interacting with staff at CFR for almost two years. I have found CFR to be a significant and important resource for fundraising. My projects have received consideration and time, and every avenue has been explored for potential funding. In particular, my interactions with Julie Moed have been wonderful. She has been invaluable throughout the process in identifying appropriate funding agencies, developing and editing proposals and monitoring the process through ORSP. I have thoroughly appreciated her serious interest in my work and her attention to the process at every level. She recognizes the particularities of my position as a grant writer, researcher and faculty member at SF State, and I have continually felt supported and valued in that process.”
