2014 Annual Review - Episcopal Charities

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2014 Annual Review - Episcopal Charities
Episcopal Charities
2014 Annual Review
episcopal
charities
Mission
Episcopal Charities serves
organizations that address
the root causes of poverty in
the Bay Area, both financially
and through mentorship
and guidance. Inspired by
the teachings of the gospel,
we share a vision of a world
without poverty.
Episcopal Charities 2014 Annual Review
2014 By the Numbers
Total Grants
$612,084
Number of Organizations We Support
31
Number of People Served
40,000
Episcopal Charities 2014 Annual Review
2014 Grant Recipients
A single gift to Episcopal Charities touches the lives of
thousands of people in need and the many agencies that
help them. The following highlights many of the lifechanging programs we support in the Bay Area:
Alameda Deanery
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The Work Station at Holy Trinity/ La Santisima Trinidad provides afterschool tutoring to neighborhood children from low-income, non-English
speaking families.
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Urban ReLeaf plants trees in impoverished areas of Oakland and
Richmond, while teaching job-readiness skills and employing at-risk teens.
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Good Shepherd offers health education and support to day laborers in
Berkeley.
Contra Costa Deanery
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Trinity Center at St. Paul’s Walnut Creek serves the homeless
population with case management, counseling and referrals.
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Contra Costa Interfaith Housing provides permanent, affordable,
supportive housing for formerly homeless families in which at least one
parent is disabled.
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Growing Hope connects low -income neighbors of the Holy Spirit
group of churches in the eastern part of the county with resources to
reduce food insecurity.
Ritter Center
Larkin Street Youth Services
Marin Deanery
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Gilead House offers hope to single mothers and their children by
providing transitional housing and life skills education that lead to
independence and a brighter future.
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The Hannah Freedom School is a six-week summer literacy program
in Marin City, focused on closing the achievement gap for low-income
children.
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Ritter Center operates a team of health and case management
professionals to provide support services to the homeless and
precariously housed to increase self-sufficiency.
Peninsula Deanery
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The Wellness Center at Holy Child and St. Martin in Daly City
provides health screening, referrals and education to its low-income,
uninsured and underinsured neighbors.
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Pacifica Resource Center links low-income families with resources in
the area, offers nutritional education, and promotes food security.
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Home and Hope’s comprehensive program provides overnight shelter,
daily meals, case management and mentorship, helping homeless
families regain self-sufficiency.
Episcopal Charities 2014 Annual Review
San Francisco
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Boys Hope Girls Hope provides high achieving students from lowincome families with financial, academic, and emotional support through
middle school, high school, college and beyond.
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Street Soccer USA brings sports activities to homeless teens and adults
as a means to provide case management and transfer essential life skills.
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Larkin Street Youth Services provides hope, stability, education and
job training to troubled youth from ages 14 to 24 on the streets of San
Francisco.
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Good Samaritan Family Resource Center offers English as a Second
Language classes to recent immigrants, while providing high quality early
literacy programming to their children.
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Village Project is a community based organization providing a safe
haven for academic, cultural and enrichment activities for youth growing
up in public housing in San Francisco’s Western Addition.
Village Project
The Wellness Center
Southern Alameda
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The Big Heart Wellness Center at St. Bartholomew’s Livermore brings colocated services, including case management, nutritional education, legal aid
and mental health support to its underserved and isolated neighbors.
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Sacred Space is a weekly homeless outreach program that offers case
management to help homeless individuals connect to services.
Brotherton and Social Ministry Grants
For a full list visit www.episcopalcharities.org
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Bay View Mission provides educational services, food, and supplies to
residents of the Hunters Point/Bayview neighborhoods. Episcopal Charities
is proud to sponsor their first efforts in early childhood education.
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The Community Pre-School at Grace Cathedral provides high quality
education to a diverse group of young children. Episcopal Charities helps
fund scholarships to children from very low-income families.
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Episcopal Community Services Skills Center offers day and evening
classes in literacy, basic education, and GED preparation to homeless and
low-income adults in San Francisco.
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Friends of the Urban Forest helps individuals and neighborhood groups
plant and care for street trees and sidewalk gardens in San Francisco.
Episcopal Charities helps fund their jobs training program for very lowincome youth.
Boys Hope Girls Hope
Sacred Space
Episcopal Charities Board of Directors
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Chair, Bishop of California
Allan Jergesen, President, Partner, Hanson Bridgett
Katherine Bella, Secretary, CEO Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
Michelle Myles Chambers, San Francisco Foundation
Ernest Guzman Jr., Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Betsy Jacobus, Retired Non-Profit Executive Director
The Rev. Anne Jensen, Associate Priest
Mary Kimura Thompson, Assistant Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kimberley Lally, Philanthropist
Christiana Geffen Macfarlane, Attorney and MPH
Doug MacKay, Director at ExecComm
Susan Malick, Philanthropist
The Rev. Frank Sterling, Deacon, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Oakland
Lisa Striebing, Treasurer, Tax Consultant
The Rev. Sylvia Vasquez, Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Walnut Creek
Lisa Wong, Commercial Manager
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