End of Year Giving

2022 marked a historic shift for CounterPulse – we raised the funds we need to buy our building in downtown San Francisco!  As we work to make our dream a reality, we’re counting on our supporters who have seen us from the beginning of this campaign to support our work year-round. I want to offer my deep gratitude to all the people who have made this effort possible. It’s truly an incredible story, filled with a unique cast of characters!

CounterPulse was founded over 30 years ago in an oversized living room by a collective of artists who started producing shows and inviting their friends. They were fortunate enough to have that space to gather, so their community began to grow. We have always maintained the alchemy of those grassroots beginnings: part emergent and iterative, part magic and catalytic. I started working at CounterPulse as the Front of House Coordinator in 2008, when I was just 24 years old, and