In 2001, BART and the East Bay Community Foundation introduced a new campaign, "Tiny Tickets," to encourage BART riders to donate the unused portion of their BART tickets to local nonprofit organizations.

Tiny tickets are those hoards of BART tickets, often discarded or left in pockets or drawers, that have tiny bits of value left on them, a nickel, a dime, and more in some cases, that could be turned into cash.

Although currently the residual value of tickets may be consolidated, refunded or exchanged by BART, the majority of such tickets are left unused. The Tiny Tickets Program allows these resources to provide needed support to local community-based organizations.

The East Bay Community Foundation has registered more than 150 nonprofit organizations from around the Bay Area. A list of registered nonprofit organizations is available on this web site. BART riders can choose an organization that will receive their "tiny tickets." In this way the East Bay Community Foundation helps achieve its goal of connecting local donors with the nonprofit organizations serving their communities.

The East Bay Community Foundation is coordinating the program, including providing technical assistance to nonprofits who collect the tickets and dispersing funds back to those organizations once BART has determined the value of their tickets.

For more information, contact Aminika Stewart at 510/208.0801 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it