2008 annual report - India Community Center

India Community Center
Unite Serve Celebrate
2008 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR MISSION
The mission of the ICC is to promote Indian culture and values
by providing social, cultural, recreational and community programs,
in this way uniting the Indian community and raising awareness
about Indian culture in the local community.
Unite
Serve
Celebrate
Health & Wellness
Free Medical Clinic
Auditorium & Banquet Facility
Community Advisory Council
Free Legal Clinic
India Immersion Program
Community Partner Program
Senior Programs
State Months
Table Tennis
Career Resources Center
The Forum@ ICC
Clubs
Youth
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Dear Friends,
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The India Community Center unites, serves and celebrates our culture. I am proud to be associated with this ins tu on as my family
and I have benefited greatly. There are a few individuals (our founders, trustees and guarantors) who have provided much needed seed
capital to start this center. All the people who visit this center feel proud of this ins tu on. But, I must honestly tell you that we s ll have
not succeeded in achieving financial viability. In spite of huge challenges in the economy, we must reach opera onal break-even this
year for this ins tu on to become sustainable.
We will be taking several new ac ons to cut costs and increase revenues and we ask for your support as we do so. I welcome you to
contact me directly to be part of this change; we are looking for people who can give us Work, Wealth or Wisdom - the three W’s for any
successful non-profit. Finally, I am personally helping broaden the leadership team for ICC and hence, do let me know if you wish to
ac vely serve in any capacity!
Warm Regards,
Naren Bakshi
President, Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Gree ngs,
The India Community Center (ICC) is the largest Indo-American community center in North America. We serve the San Francisco Bay Area
from our primary 40,000 square foot facility in Milpitas, CA. The ICC creates a pla orm for celebra ng our culture by offering over 120
programs and classes for youth, seniors and families. In addition, we unify the community by hosting a variety of clubs that have a
following of their own and have chosen to use the facility for their events. We serve the community by providing free services such
as medical, legal and career development. Finally, we have a world class banquet facility that can be rented for corporate and social events.
All these services and programs are funded by revenues generated through memberships, class fees, rentals, dona ons and fundraising. For
the last couple of years since we moved into our new facility, we have had annual opera ng deficits, which have been funded by borrowing
from our capital campaign funds. Star ng this year we have ini ated an aggressive fundraising campaign to meet this annual opera ng
deficit through donor directed programs, corporate sponsorships, fundraising events and broad-based community campaigns.
We will be reaching out to our community throughout the year to meet our goal to make this center an economically sustainable ins tu on
so that we can con nue to grow in the future. As your new execu ve director; I am looking forward to this challenge and would welcome
your support.
Sincerely,
Seshan Rammohan
Execu ve Director
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UNITE
Programs
Health & Fitness
Dedicated table tennis facility
A 13,000 square foot state-of-the-art Fitness and Wellness
At 10,500 sq ft., as a USATT registered and approved
Center, which includes cardio and strength equipment, a spa,
club, the ICC has created the largest dedicated table tennis
saunas, showers, lockers and a dedicated Yoga studio.
facility in North America. This center not only serves as a
Serving as a center of excellence in Yoga and group exercise,
recrea onal mee ng place for a large por on of the local
the ICC has added Kids Fitness and a partnership with the
community, but has also produced Olympic contenders and
South Asian Heart Center for preventa ve care. Our center
won “Best Club of the Year” by USATT magazine.
offers a over 45 group exercise classes weekly like Bollywood
aerobics, BodyPump, and salsa fusion. As an added service
to our members with children, our friendly staff provide
an hour and 45 minutes of safe childcare in our Playcare
center.
“This is the best program for Sports I have seen in Bay Area with
amazing quality and tremendous output in a small time.”
- AASHAY PATEL
TT Highlights
Trains more than 100 children under the age of 12 in group
and private lessons
Serving 200+ people per day with 15 professional instructors
Hosting three annual tournaments that draw crowds of
1500-2000 people per tournament
ICC Table Tennis Director (Rajul Sheth) was awarded
Development Coach of the Year by USA-TT 2008
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Karaoke Club
Community Partner Program
ICC Karaoke has remained a vibrant member ac vity since
The Community Partner Program (CPP) mission is to bring
2003 and showcases the dynamic cultural poten al of our
together non-profit organiza ons to collec vely contribute
community. Every Friday night, singers and music lovers -
in building a community that is prosperous, healthy, culturally
from casual bystanders to karaoke addicts - gather at the ICC,
rich, diverse, harmonious, and is respected by mainstream
making “Karaoke Friday” a happening club in the Bay Area.
America for their achievements.
Bridge Club
The network of over 70 organiza ons serves to bring together
The ICC hosts bridge every Wednesday evening when bridge
the diverse Indian American community, supports and interacts
enthusiasts from ace players to beginners display their skill
with each other and jointly creates community oriented programs
and mental agility.
and events.
“The ICC is doing an amazing job of providing so many services to
the community. I commend the people who take time to provide
such great service especially at the Free Medical Clinic. Thanks to
the doctors and to the volunteers who make this happen.”
- J.C. NAGABHUSHANA
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SERVE
Programs
Seniors
The very popular program hosts 300+ seniors weekly
pla orm for seniors to overcome isola on and loneliness
in three locations: Milpitas, Cupertino and Fremont.
which afflicts many elderly immigrants.
They enjoy a rich mix of activity including Yoga and
Pranayam, discussion groups and a lecture series.
Seniors meet four mes a week in Milpitas on: Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; three mes a week in
The ICC Senior Program has mul ple clubs: a dance troupe
Cuper no on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and
called “Jollywood Dancers,” who have performed all over
on the first and third Monday of every month in Fremont.
the Bay Area; a bridge and billiards club and a kni ng
club that provides shawls and scarves for the homeless.
Most importantly, our program serves as a socializa on
“ICC is an Indian Community College, where we acquire so much
knowledge from other’s experiences and talents.’’
- KANU SHAH
Senior Program Highlights
Rang Manch (Talent Showcase) and Chajju Ka Chaubara
(CreaƟve Showcase)
Senior Nutrition – Subsidized and healthy meals in
Milpitas and CuperƟno
Friends On The Same Wave Length (FOSWL)
– Monthly lecture series
Holiday and fesƟval celebraƟons
Senior Day celebraƟons
Community Ambassadors Program for Seniors (CAPS)
Outreach for homebound seniors
Financial and cultural resources
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Free Medical Clinic with AAPIO
Free Legal Clinic with SABA
The ICC Medical Clinic started serving patients from
‘Lawyers in the Library’, in partnership with the ProBono
October 2007 in partnership with the American Associa on
Project and the South Asian Bar Associa on (SABA), offer
of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO). We provide 1200 sq .,
free legal consulta on to the public. The clinic is open to
of space with three examina on rooms, a wai ng room,
anybody regardless of race or ethnicity every Sunday from
a recep on area and doctors’ offices.
10 am- 12 pm at the ICC in Milpitas. Every second Sunday
of the month, an attorney specializing in immigration is
It aims to serve the local community and is open to anyone
available.
regardless of race or ethnicity and provides high quality free
Health Care in a compassionate environment.
Free Career Resource Center
The Career Resource Center (CRC) provides assistance in all
The clinic is staffed by voluntary physicians and is free for
aspects of career planning, development and management
the uninsured. The clinic operates Wednesdays from
across the en re age and socio-economic spectrum through
5 pm - 8 pm & Saturdays 9 am - 12 pm at the ICC in Milpitas.
awareness, educa on, expert help and resources so that
Monthly Events: ‘‘Health and Wellness Lecture Series.”
par cipants achieve their full poten al in all endeavors of
their professional and personal lives. The CRC offers oneon-one career counseling on the first Friday 11 am - 1 pm
and the first Saturday 3 pm - 5 pm of each month.
“I found out about the free medical clinic from my physician
Dr. Shashwati Kale. The Free Medical Clinic is very helpful for
people without insurance. I brought my mother who is visiting
from India and who doesn’t have insurance. She was having pain
in her right eye. The doctor gave sufficient time to her. The ICC is
a good community facility. I wish it more success in the future.”
- YASMEEN FATIMAH
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CELEBRATE
Programs
Youth
‘All About India’ – an event that takes Girl Scouts on a
Summer Camps - ICC celebrates diversity and enrichment
journey to India right here at ICC where they learn about
through innova ve and popular camps that give children
Indian history, geography, dance, music, fashion and cuisine.
an opportunity to explore and celebrate their heritage through
a weeklong explora on of yoga, Indian songs, dance, Indian
India Immersion – classes that encourage children to
trivia games and games like Kho Kho and cricket. In addi on,
explore Indian culture through songs, games, storytelling
ICC hosts a variety of speciality camps including robo cs
and hands-on ac vi es. Children of all ages learn about
and anima on, table tennis, science, bollywood dance,
India’s history, geography, cuisine, dance, music, language
chess, cra s of India, Gandhi camp and more!
and sports through visual, tac le and experien al ac vi es
designed to s mulate their imagina on about all things
Indian.
“I learned how to sing the Indian National Anthem and had lots
of fun making the map of India with ice cream. Did you know
India’s highest mountain is Kanchenjunga? That was the highest
point in our ice cream model as well!”
- MEERA SHAH
Youth Program Highlights
Youthsava Dance & Music Competition – this
signature event is a celebra on of Indian dance and music.
Children aged 4-18 dance or sing to folk and film melodies
in a friendly contest that results in a day long event that
is colorful, vibrant and extremely lively!
‘Images of India’ Art Contest – this annual event
empowers children aged 4-12 to capture their impressions
of India and allows them to express their ideas through
art. This mul media contest draws children of all ages
from all over the Bay Area.
Free Family Workshops – Family workshops with topics
ranging from Indian folk dance to henna art and cricket
allow parents and children to spend an a ernoon at ICC
learning a new skill or prac ce an old one in a fun and
family focused atmosphere.
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State Months
The Forum @ ICC
The ICC celebrates India’s diversity by hos ng one regional
Unites and educates our community in global and
culture every month by displaying exhibits from that
cultural discussions on a variety of social, poli cal,
region for a whole month and one Sunday showcasing
and cultural issues.
its cuisine, its traditional dress and its cultural
performances.
Creates an intellectually s mula ng environment
by bringing distinguished speakers from all areas
Auditorium and Banquet Facility
of public life including former Indian President
Abdul Kalam; Ambassadors Ronen Sen, K Shankar
Over 8,000 sq. , space with a 1,200 sq. , permanent
Bajpai and G Parthasarathy; and, authors Shashi
stage will be used for holding cultural, social, professional,
Tharoor, Wiliam Dalrymple, Gurcharan Das and Ahmed
entertainment and other events in a high - quality
Rashid.
facility dedicated to serving the Indian community.
Fully equipped with state-of-the-art ligh ng, sound,
The Forum @ ICC partners with Stanford University,
drop down projec on screen and much more! Perfect
UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, The Asia Society and
for mee ngs, conferences and concerts and is fully
World Affairs Council.
equipped with tele and video conferencing.
“A group of us attended the ICC New Year’s Bash this year and
had a fantastic time.The food was exquisite, the service and staff
were very helpful, and the music kept everyone on the dance
floor well into the wee hours of the morning. We enjoyed
spending New Year’s at the ICC – it provided a fun, family
environment to relax with your friends and family.”
- OMAIR M. FAROOQUI
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS
OperaƟng Revenue total $4.55 Million
Programs & Services
18%
DonaƟons &
Fundraising
11%
OperaƟng Deficit*
Memberships
38%
13%
Community &
Social Events
20%
*This deficit of $1.77 million has been funded by borrowing from capital campaign funds
OperaƟng Expense total $4.55 Million
DonaƟons & Fundraising
Finance Costs
4%
11%
FaciliƟes
Memberships
13%
21%
G&A
Community &
Social Events
16%
15%
Programs & Services
20%
These are unaudited figures for the fiscal year 2008. For audited statements, please email [email protected]
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General Membership
Senior Membership
Youth Program
Events
Classes
Students
Camp RegistraƟons
Table Tennis Program
Members
Students
League Players
Camp RegistraƟons
Community & Social Events
Bridge Club Members
Karaoke Club Members
Toastmaster Club Members
Community Advisory CommiƩee
Community Partner Program
Medical Clinic PaƟents
Legal Clinic Clients
Donors
1240
300
10
300
3500
400
200
110
120
500
200
150
700
100
60
75
250
400
200
ICC Donors
The ICC is made possible through the generous contribuƟons of our donors. To show our deep graƟtude, we are acknowledging individuals, businesses, foundaƟons and
organizaƟons whose support has energized the ICC to serve the community through vibrant programs and acƟviƟes. In our inaugural annual report, we are acknowledging
giŌs and pledges made from December 2005 through December 2008 for $100 and higher.
$1,000,000+
Anonymous (Matching Donor)
The Dhanam FoundaƟon
Godhwani Family
Talat & Kamil Hasan
Vijaya & Kumar Malavalli
Ann & Kanwal Rekhi
$500,000-$999,999
Anonymous
Vinita & Naren Gupta FoundaƟon
$100,000-$499,000
Amber India Restaurant
Anonymous
Anuradha & B.V. Jagadeesh
Gita & Ashok Vaish
$25,000-$99,999
Shail & Jagdish Prasad Goyal
& Nimita & Chandra Prakash Agarwal
Kusum & Naren Bakshi
Asha & Manish Chandra
Preetha & Venky Ganesan
Seema & Ajit Gupta
Padmaja & Raju Indukuri
Anita & Sridar Iyengar
Jayashree & Bala Joshi
Pammy & Jag Kapoor
Jagmohan (Joy) Kapur
Charlene Akers & Nate Levine
Surjit K. & Anmol S. Mahal
The MiƩal Family
Asha Jadeja & Rajeev Motwani
Sushma & Yagyensh C. PaƟ
Sudha Kidao & Vivek Raghavan
Sunita & Devang Shah
Silicon Valley Club LLC
Sukhi & Ravinder Paul Singh
Melinda & Peter Weck
Anita & Steve Westly
$10,000-$24,999
AAPIO
Komal & Gurpreet Anand
Komal Shah & Gaurav Garg
Gopi & Khemo Godhwani
Nirmala & Nevand Godhwani
Jeannie Thomas & Syed Zafar Hamdani
Reshu & Rajiv Jain
Kiran & V.K. Jotwani
Ranjana Advani & Pradeep Jotwani
Nayna & Gambhir Kaushek
Ro Khanna
Shweta & Rajesh Mathrani
Sangeeta & Sanjay Mehrotra
Coomie & Vish Mishra
Jackie & Rohit Mishra
Palo Alto Medical FoundaƟon
Amrat & Madhu Kuverji Patel & Family
Alka Gupta & Sharad Rastogi
ParvaƟ & Rahul Roy
Vimla & Ashok Teckchandani
Veena & Mohan UƩarwar
Kathy & Romesh Wadhwani
$5,000-$9,999
Tanuja & Dinesh Bahal
Sabeer BhaƟa
HSBC
Kalpana & Raj Jaswa
Hem & Kailash Joshi
Pamela & Vijay Kapoor
Sheila & Ketan Kothari
Suman & Anil Lal
Deepka & Prem Lalwani
DipƟ & Rakesh Mathur
Usha Mishra
Raj-Ann Rekhi
Dean Shokes & Kathy Riggins
Snehlata (Meenaxi) & Ambrish Sethi
State Farm Insurance
Shing Li Sung
Preetha & Immanual Thangaraj
Riaz Vallani
Wells Fargo FoundaƟon
$1,000-$4,999
Sara Abbasi
Gulu & Indra Advani
Madhu & Avnish Aggarwal
Garima & Babu Anand
Anonymous
Volney Arora
B J Arun
Jonna Hunter & Josh Becker
Tanuja Bali & Ash Bharadwaj
Krishna Bharat
Vijay BhaƟa
Judith & Abhay Bhushan
Sonia & Puneet Chandak
AarƟ & Asheem Chandna
Mala & Ashok Chandra
Virender Chibber
Sushma & Vinod Chopra
The Chugh Firm
Pragna & Sharad Dadbhawala
Rupal & Sanjay Dandia
Prakash Daryani
Dolly & Vinod Dham
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Mona & Sham Godwin
Benedict Gomes
Vidyahara Gubbi
Pinkie & Shirish Gupta
Headstrong
Chi-Pei Hsing
Nita Itchpuriia
Lakhjinder Jauhal
Shaila & Sunil Joshi
Vidya & Pradeep Joshi
Jasvinder Kapoor
Ram Kathuria
Rajesh Kotadia
KPMG
Rajani Kulkarni
Ashok Kumar
Monika & Sanjaya Kumar
Meena & Noor Laiwala
Sushma Malhotra
Jaya Mehta
PDDN Inc.
Jerry & Linda Purcell
Sunil Rahan
Rekha & Ganesh Raikar
Anasuya Rao
Bakshish Sandhu
Sriram Sankar
Krishna & Subbalakshmi Sankar
Sonia & Krishna Saraswat
Kusum & Kanu Shah
Bijal Shah
Pingali Shivkumar
Anita Singh
Sharat Singh
AarƟ Bakshi & Navneet Singh
Poonam & Ritu Srivastava
Krishna Tamanna
Mario Vargas
Zhen Wong
Raj & Neelu Yadav
WSGR
$100-$999
Huma Abidi
ShanƟ Agarwal
Pushpinder Ahuja
H. Atwal
Dagmara Avanindra
Mythili Sankaran & Shekar Ayyar
Neena Arora & Rajesh Bagga
Sundari Balan
BernadeƩe & Niraj Baxi
Jeannie & James Brookshire
Carl Danner
Saurabh Desai
Susan & Jose Esteves
Susan & William Friedman
Sanjay Gangal
Mohinder P. S. Gill
David Gilmore
Rahul Goel
Nilu & P. C. Gupta
Lisa Hayashi
The Health Trust
Vijay Jayshree (Sita FoundaƟon)
Renu & Mehul Joshi
Vishin Jotwani
Surinder Kaur
Gurmukh Singh & Surjit Kaur
Sujata & Ravi Keswani
Carmen & Manish Kothari
Ram Krishnan
Krispian Lawrence
Daniel Lewis
Lawrence M Y LLE
Prabha & Ramesh Mathur
Hilarie Kaplow & Steve Mcadmas
Rajeet Nabha
Pushpa & Ashok Nalamwar
Ram Narula
Net Enrich, Inc.
Rajiv Parikh
Gautam & Raj Parimoo
Dheeraj Mohania
Lakshmi Nagaraja
Nexus India Capital LLP
Deepinder Nijjar
Quantros
Balbir Rehal
Saroj Sabherwal
Mona Sampath
Shalini & Sanjeev Sardana
Harjeet Sekhon
Asha & Vishnu Sharma
Satya & Roma Sharma
Toral & Rajul Sheth
Abha & Venkatesh Shukla
Neera Singh
Anil & Sheetal Singhal
Joginder & Jasbir Soni
Sterling Stamos
SuniƟ & Sanjay Subhedar
Prabhakar Sundararajan
Surinder Walia
Madhu & Ruby Walia
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THANKS TO
MANY OTHERS
We are grateful to many others
throughout the community who
have contributed through their
ICC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ICC MANAGEMENT
Talat Hasan, Chairperson
Anil Godhwani, Secretary
Gautam Godhwani
Kanwal Rekhi, Trustee Emeritus
Kumar Malavalli
Sheena Vaidyanathan
Seshan Rammohan
Execu ve Director
Farooq Abbasi
Project Manager
Tanuja Bahal
Associate Execu ve Director, Programs
Ɵme, money, goods, services and
Virender Chibber
professional experƟse that enable
Director, Banquet Sales
the ICC to provide outstanding
service to our community, this
year and beyond. Whether or not
your name is listed in this report,
please accept our hearƞelt thanks.
India Community Center
Unite Serve Celebrate
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
(408)934.1130
www.IndiaCC.org
ICC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sharad Dadbhawala
Naren Bakshi, President
Anil Godhwani, Secretary
Venky Ganesan
Talat Hasan
B.V. Jagadeesh
Bala Joshi
Jag Kapoor
Dr. Anmol Mahal
Vibhu Mi al
Alan Sataloff
R. Paul Singh
Ashok Vaish
Mario Vargas
Director, Finance
Neha Kothari
Director, Marke ng
Kabir Kumar
Director, Development
Simone Leube
General Manager, Memberships
Vishnu Sharma
Associate Execu ve Director, Community Partners
Rajul Sheth
Director, Table Tennis
Pramod Somarapu
Manager, IT