Raphael House is a shelter in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California,[1][2] that provides transitional housing and support programs for parents and children who are experiencing homelessness.
Established in 1971 at Gough and McAllister Streets,[3] Raphael House was the first shelter for homeless families in the city.
It is a nonprofit organization and accepts no government funding,[3][4][5] relying on San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy.
From 1978 through 1999, Raphael House also operated Brother Juniper's Restaurant,[9] an on-site breakfast café named for Saint Juniper.
Although it brought Raphael House a small net profit for twenty years, the expense of renovating its kitchens and the need for additional space for the children's afterschool tutorial center combined to impel its closure.