Historical

History of The Elfenworks Foundation

Our early years were marked by efforts in a wide range of efforts, from targeted local support to international efforts to awards programs and education. By the time 2020 – our year of vision – had rolled around we had so many efforts we created a tree graphic to illustrate them all. Some serious pruning was needed before we could arrive at our current focus of Preservation, Transformation and Innovation.

Details of all of our early efforts are available in the following PDF. It goes into details that include: efforts supporting nonprofit IT Security practices; support of colleges such as Stanford, Harvard, UCSF, CSUMB, St. Mary's College, Mills College and Golden Gate University; international efforts in Asia, Europe and the Middle East; film efforts including The Concert for Hope; details about our 2007 book and gallery; multiple music projects; and our awards programs, including the In Harmony with Hope Social Entrepreneurship Award, which ran for ten years and celebrated 30 outstanding individuals.

The historical-projects PDF, Concert for Hope film and Tracks of Hope eBook are available below. Please note that the film and book were published in 2007, before the Great Recession, and are included here for archival purposes only.

• Historical Projects [PDF]
• eBook: Tracks of Hope [PDF]
• eBook: Tracks of Hope [epub]

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A Concert for Hope

Highlights from Concert for Hope

These excerpts from the 2007 Concert for Hope, which launched the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, feature Stanford President Richard Saller, who was Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at the time of the Center's launch, Center Director David Grusky, PhD., and Elfenworks Foundation CEO Lauren Speeth, PhD. Also included is a 2021 live stream that brought the leaders of this concert together again to recall that event and listen to a variety of Giancarlo's music as well as the iconic Gospel music that completed the program.

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