Everyone knows people who are ardent in support of local organizations and causes. For those folks, ideal gifts can be donations in their names to those organizations or memberships/subscriptions to places they frequently visit. Here are some suggestions.
San Francisco Baykeeper: Small but mighty, SF Baykeeper recently won a big decision against the Valero Oil Refinery and Amports shipping facility, who were dumping highly toxic petcoke into the bay at Benicia. SFB will watch them for three years as they upgrade and clean up, and as they pay $2.38 million to the Rose Foundation for grants to community groups restoring the bay. baykeeper.org
Source: East Bay Magazine