For more than 30 years, The Taylor Family Foundation has been serving children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses, developmental differences and youth at-risk, such as:
- Asthma
- Autism
- Brain tumors
- Bereavement
- Burn survivors
- Cancer
- Celiac disease
- Congenital hand differences
- Crohn’s, colitis, & IBD
- Developmental delay
- Diabetes
- Down syndrome
- Foster Youth
- Family Violence
- Hearing impared
- Juvenile arthritis
- Hemophilia
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Pediatric pulmonary hypertension
- Rett syndrome
- Sickle cell
When it was founded in 1990, TTFF had one wellness program. Check out the various programs that we support year-round.
A self-made man, Barry believed there are no limits to what a young person could achieve when given a helping hand. TTFF established the Barry Taylor Scholarship Fund (BTSF) in 2018 to assist young people, youth at-risk and foster children who exhibit strong character and work ethic to not only enrich their own lives but also the lives of others.
This scholarship fund provides future self-made women and men of Northern California with the opportunity to further their education with scholarships available for students at a junior college, tech school, vocational school or four-year college. For more information, email TTFF@ttff.org.
The Taylor Family Foundation (TTFF) provides funding for local Northern California nonprofits to provide a residential camp experience to children who are medically fragile and youth at-risk free of charge.
We host roughly 29 different visiting nonprofit organizations at Camp Arroyo, 10 weekends a year during the spring and fall and every day during the summer. Each organization we fund serves a different population of kids with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Each organization brings its own camp staff and campers. At camp, campers receive extra care and attention from highly trained, round-the-clock medical staff. Trained counselors give campers undivided attention (two-on-one, if necessary) and build friendships based on dependability and trust.
Camp is held at Camp Arroyo, a facility owned by East Bay Regional Park District and operated by United Camps, Conferences and Retreats.
Camp Arroyo
5535 Arroyo Rd
Livermore, CA 94550
Camp is a unique experience, where kids with special needs are free to just be kids. Campers are given the opportunity to experience the magic of camp in a fun, untroubled, safe environment, where they feel comfortable, happy, and secure. Our wish is for the kids who attend camp to check their worries at the door, make new friends and feel included in every activity. When they leave, our dream is that they take with them joy, love, hope, memories and friendship!
To register a child for a camp program, please contact the camp group directly. Click HERE for a list of TTFF Funded groups.
For More Information
For more information and to see photos and camp amenities, visit United Camps, Conferences and Retreats.
To learn more about Camp Arroyo, visit East Bay Regional Park District.
To view the aerial tour of Camp Arroyo, click here.
TTFF funds equine therapy for children to aid in the physical and mental development areas such as: strength, mobility, coordination, balance, communication and cognition.
Equine therapy allows for not only a physical connection for the child and horse, but also fosters mental and emotional development.
Learn more about our equine therapy partners Reins in Motion here and Sonrise Equestrian here.
Sibshops are events where kids will meet other sibs of a special needs brother or sister, to have fun, laugh, share information, and build friendships in a supportive environment.
Millions of people in the United States and around the world who have a developmental difference also has at least one typically developing brother or sister. These siblings need and benefit from ongoing information and support. Investing in siblings results in positive, long-term outcomes for entire families.
To learn more about Sibshops and visit The Sibling Support Project and watch their videos Sibling Support Project and Introduction to Sibshops and Kindering’s Sibling Support Project: Meet Anya.
If you have questions, please contact Jeanette Somers at ttff@ttff.org or 925-455-5118
In 2013, The Taylor Family Foundation (TTFF) launched Sophie’s Place, a mobile music therapy program, in partnership with Wells Fargo and the Forever Young Foundation, to bring music therapy to children at camp and patients in Northern California hospitals and hospice homes.
Sophie’s Place was established in loving memory of singer, songwriter and friend, Sophie Barton, who collapsed while on a hike at camp in Utah in 2010 and passed away. Sophie often sang in hospitals because she understood music’s power to heal.
This fund supports STEM and technology education opportunities for children who are blind. These children fall behind in school due to the specialized training and educational materials not available in many school districts.
With financial resources, blind children are able to attend virtual classes at tech Vision and learn how to access educational materials so they can succeed in schools and universities.
Chris Coffee was a beloved architect who studied at UC Berkeley and practiced primarily in Berkeley and Oakland for 22 years. His vision, curiosity, patience and even-temperament were unparalleled. The Chris Coffee Young Designer Fund supports New World Architects, an organization that holds architecture camps in Berkeley and Oakland for Bay Area middle schoolers. Founded by Cameron Toler and Jeremiah Tolbert, the camps expose architecture and design thinking to students through hands-on activities and mentorship from local designers and architects. The money raised will provide scholarships for students to attend at no cost. $150 sends one child to a one week camp. Additional funds will be used to support camp set-up costs as well as support individual students as needed.
Urgent Need Fund
TTFF partners with local hospitals to provide financial assistance to families for items such as food, gas, prescriptions, utilities and treatments that insurance won’t cover.
We understand that a medical crisis can throw a family into financial disarray and our goal is to help ease some of the burden, so parents are able to concentrate on their children.
Team KC
Established in 2008 in memory of Korrine Croghan, who passed away at 14 from a rare form of ovarian cancer, Team KC was established to honor Korrine’s wish to help other kids suffering from cancer at Kaiser Oakland, where she had received care.
TTFF honors Korrine’s wishes by partnering with Kaiser Oakland Pediatric Oncology child life specialists and social workers to support families in need.
