The history of Mission Neighborhood Centers is woven into the fabric of the Mission District itself. In the late 1800’s the Mission was home to struggling immigrants from across Europe. Two of those immigrants, sisters Eva and Rae Wolfsohn, established a Settlement House – the San Francisco Girls Club at the turn of the century to provide a welcoming place for girls and women in need. The Settlement House the Wolfsohn sisters developed and nurtured is now MNC’s Capp Street Center. MNC respects the vision and commitment of Eva and Rae Wolfsohn. We are proud stewards of this tradition of community service and leadership.
MNC was founded in 1959, resulting from a merger of the Capp Street Settlement House and two other community centers. MNC has become a backbone institution for San Francisco’s vulnerable children, families and seniors by providing a continuum of programs that support an individual’s life span. Through high quality early childhood and youth development programs as well as senior services, MNC reaches across generations providing culturally appropriate safety net services. Programs are offered in 14 centers throughout the Inner and Outer Mission, Excelsior, Mission Bay and Bayview-Hunters Point districts.
MNC is a leader in preserving the integrity of San Francisco’s diverse cultures through coalition building and preventing ethnic isolationism. While most of our clients are Latino, we also serve hundreds of African-Americans, Filipinos, Asian-Americans, and other ethnic groups yearly.
