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Students Rising Above
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Carlos Montejano, UC Santa Cruz, 2018
and SRA Advisor Susanna Anderson
Table Of Contents
Letter from the Executive Director
Student Stories: HOPE, OPPORTUNITY,
DETERMINATION, SUCCESS
Mission Statement
Living Up To Our Beginnings
SRA Success Rates
SRA Model
SRA Impact
Colleges, Universities, and Student Awards
The SRA Hub
Graduate Success
Audited Financial Statements
Board of Directors, Staff, Leadership Council
SRA Volunteer Community
List of Donors
Summer Internships and Career Development
Named Scholarships
You Can Make a Difference
Letter From The
Executive Director
It is my pleasure to deliver the 2015 Annual Report for Students Rising Above.
Working with our foundation and corporate partners, volunteer mentors, and individual supporters
over the past two years, we are proud to report the following:
• Our four-year college graduation rate remains
at 90%, nine times the national average for
students with similar backgrounds. 80% of
our graduates are in career-ladder jobs or are
attending graduate school within 12 months
of earning their degree. No other program
of its kind in the nation is as effective or
comprehensive as SRA’s.
With the support of SRA’s college prep,
financial assistance, tutoring, mentoring and
career development services, our students
are rising above the tremendous obstacles of
poverty, abuse, and neglect. They are making
a better life for themselves, their families, and
our communities. Thanks to all of you who
have worked with us side-by-side.
• Our new College2Careers Hub, an online
community for high school and college
students, has been a tremendous success.
The first of its kind, the SRA Hub is growing
more rapidly than we could have imagined.
More than 1,000 students are actively
participating on the SRA Hub. We expect that
number to more than double by the end of
2015.
Helping More Students
As gratifying as that is, we know we can do
more. This spring, SRA had more than 750
qualified applicants. They were all amazing,
but we could accept only 110 students into our
program.
• We completed a new strategic plan which
lays out a dynamic vision for future growth
and expansion. The 2016-2018 Strategic Plan
envisions deeper engagement with students,
increased technology integration, a greater
emphasis on career development, and a
roadmap for geographic expansion.
All of these accomplishments have enabled
SRA to successfully execute its mission to
break the cycle of poverty by giving students
guidance and support from high school,
through college graduation, and into the
workforce.
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STUDENTS RISING ABOVE
The increasing demand is the key reason we
launched the SRA Hub in September 2014.
The SRA Hub has been an immediate success
because it delivers what no other online
college completion program provides—realtime counseling from a professionally trained
advisor.
The uptake from students getting on the SRA
Hub has been overwhelming. So has the
response from educators. Today, 11 schools have
incorporated the SRA Hub into their curricula. We
anticipate 20 by the end of the year.
Strategic Plan: An Expanded Vision
The 2016-2018 Strategic Plan identified a
strategic role for the SRA Hub in our future.
The SRA Hub’s early success has enabled
If there is anything that
SRA has taught me, it’s
that we are not bound
by our past. And we
can accomplish more
than we think, if we
believe in ourselves
and are given a chance
to succeed.
- Patrick Armstrong, SRA Class
of 2003, UC Berkeley, 2008, New
York University School of Law,
2011, Policy Analyst, Council of
State Governments Justice Center
SRA to deliver professional college and
career guidance online, where we can serve
exponentially more students, irrespective
of geography. The SRA Hub gives us the
opportunity to share our experience and
expertise with schools and students in other
regions that lack resources like SRA.
Along with broader reach, the Strategic Plan
calls for extending our engagement with
students. We believe our future is not only
in empowering students to graduate from
college, but also helping them to prosper
economically.
As a result, we will have a greater focus on
transitioning graduating students into careerladder jobs. By placing more emphasis on
career development and job placement, SRA
can positively alter the future for students,
their families and communities.
Let’s Do More Together
One of the true joys of working at SRA is
watching young adults who had a difficult start
in life realize that they can change themselves
and the world.
SRA alumnus Patrick Armstrong, a graduate
of UC Berkeley and NYU law school, who is
now a policy analyst for the Council of State
Governments Justice Center, is just one of
those individuals whose SRA experience was
transformative.
Addressing the 2015 Gala, Patrick spoke for
everyone involved with SRA:
If there is anything that SRA has taught me,
it’s that we are not bound by our past. And
we can accomplish more than we think,
if we believe in ourselves and are given a
chance to succeed.
You, too, can change the world by giving more
students like Patrick an opportunity to succeed.
Let’s dream together and see what’s possible.
Lynne Martin
Executive Director
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Hope
Abraham Wordsworth
Tufts University, 2019
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The ultimate goal
is where my family
and I will end
up in the future.
College is the
next step. SRA
helped me navigate
the murky and
somewhat abstruse
process known as
college admissions.
Abraham Wordsworth, SRA Class of 2015
Students Rising Above invests in
low-income Bay Area students
who have demonstrated a
commitment to education and
strength of character while
overcoming tremendous odds
of poverty, homelessness, and
neglect. Many of our students are
the first in their families to attend
college. SRA students serve as
role models as they break the
cycle of poverty for themselves
and their future families.
Abraham Wordsworth
escaped war-torn Liberia
with his aunt after his
father was killed during the
civil war. They lived in a
refugee camp on the Ivory
Coast for four years before
coming to the United States.
Determined to fulfill his
family’s dream of higher
education, Abraham applied
to and was accepted at
Head Royce, an elite prep
school in Oakland. In
addition to his academic
achievements, he was
captain of the track and
field team, co-editor in chief
of the school newspaper,
and on the College Board’s
Advisory Panel on Student
Opportunity. Abraham will
be attending Tufts University
in the fall and competing on
their track team.
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Tia’s mother suffers from
mental illness. Her single
father suffered a terrible
motorcycle accident,
resulting in the amputation
of his leg, and leaving the
family essentially homeless.
Despite her family’s
challenges, Tia embraces
new opportunities including
teaching herself Korean to
better understand Korean
pop music and soap operas,
attending computer science
conferences, and being a
member of the winning team
at SMASH’s Hackathon. Tia
was selected as one of 60
Interns for the Facebook
University for Engineers
program. She is majoring
in Computer Science at
Carleton College.
Without SRA,
attending college
would have been
out of reach. They
provided me with
resources that I
didn’t know existed
and aided me
in becoming my
better self.
Tia King, SRA Class of 2014
Students Rising Above helps each student to realize his or her potential by
guiding and supporting the student from high school through college and
into the workforce. The SRA Hub is providing new opportunities to deliver our
unique combination of care and resources to more students throughout the
Bay Area and beyond. By thoughtfully expanding our capabilities, we believe
we can reverse the widening economic and societal opportunity gaps by
cultivating the next generation of engaged employees and community leaders.
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Opportunity
Tia King
Carleton College, 2018
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Determination
Ana Avalos
UC Santa Cruz, 2016
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I am from a family
of nine children
and I am the only
one who graduated
from high school
and who will
graduate from
college. I did not
believe I could do
it, until SRA. They
believed in me
and taught me to
believe in myself.
Ana Avalos, SRA Class of 2011
Each SRA student has shown a
determination to create a brighter
future for themselves and others.
SRA partners with its students,
guiding and supporting them until
they graduate from college. We
also help them gain meaningful
work experience, which provides
them with 21st-century skills,
confidence, and connections so
that they can transition successfully
from college to career.
At 14 years of age, Ana
Avalos made the agonizing
decision to leave her
parents in Guatemala to
continue her education in
the US. Living with her
sister who cleaned houses
to support them, Ana
quickly learned English
while attending and
graduating from Mission
High School with a 3.8 GPA.
During her sophomore year
in college, her father was
diagnosed with a terminal
illness and when offered a
medical leave from school,
she declined it. Ana
believed the best way she
could honor him was to
continue with her studies.
She will graduate from UC
Santa Cruz in 2016.
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Musadiq Bidar didn’t watch
the Taliban on TV; he
experienced their brutal
tactics as a child living in
Kabul, Afghanistan. Blankets
on the windows prevented
shattered glass from bullet
fire from coming into the
house, but didn’t stop a bomb
that fell on the courtyard
of his house and killed his
grandfather. In the middle
of the night during a ceasefire, Musadiq and his family
narrowly escaped to Pakistan
where at the age of five he
began working in a carpet
factory to support his family.
Six years later came word that
his family could immigrate
to the United States. Musadiq
went to school for the first
time as a sixth-grader and
quickly learned to read and
write in English. In June of
2015 he graduated from The
George Washington University
with a BA in Journalism and
is currently working for CBS
News in Washington, D.C.
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I am not sure where I’d
be right now if I hadn’t
come across SRA. No
one gets through college
alone. Many of my high
school peers had parents
to help them through the
nitty-gritty challenges
of college. My parents
lacked the knowledge of
the American educational
system; the only way they
could support me was
through unconditional
love. SRA stepped into my
life at a crucial time. They
recognized the potential
I had as a person, a
student, and as a leader
for my community.
Musadiq Bidar, SRA Class of 2010
90% of SRA students graduate
from college. They are the next
generation of employees and
leaders who are committed to
accelerating positive change.
More than 80% of our graduates
are either in career-ladder jobs
or in graduate school within 12
months of completing college.
They are assuming roles of
responsibility in education,
business, and government and
they are committed to giving
back to our communities.
Success
Musadiq Bidar
The George Washington
University, 2015
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Mission Statement
The Students Rising Above Community is dedicated to impacting the future through the
cultivation of extraordinary youth. SRA invests in low-income, first-generation college students
who have demonstrated a deep commitment to education and strength of character while
overcoming tremendous odds of poverty, homelessness, and neglect. We help our students
realize their potential by guiding and supporting them from high school, through college
graduation, and into the workforce. Our graduates are breaking the cycle of poverty within their
own families, serving their communities, providing a new generation of employees and leaders
from diverse backgrounds, and accelerating positive change.
SRA Career Development Program Manager, Aliza Heslop, Cynthia Ezeokoli,
UC Riverside, 2018, and SRA Volunteer Mentor Coordinator, Sarah Loughlin
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SRA served me from my
senior year in high school,
all the way to my final year
of college. They helped
me apply to colleges, and
offered me academic and
emotional support, financial
aid, mentorship, and a
network. Most importantly of
all, they gave me a second
family to count on.
- Sumat Lam, SRA Class of 2010, Stanford
University 2014, B.A. Anthropology and Spanish;
Technical Support Representative at Box
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Living Up To
Our Beginnings
Founded in 1998 by TV news anchor Wendy Tokuda, and
Javier Valencia, Students Rising Above began as a scholarship
program supporting Bay Area students who were beating the
odds. Students selected into the program are low-income
and many are the first in their families to go to college. They
all lack the financial resources and family support to fulfill their
educational dreams.
Students Rising Above was a pioneer in recognizing that
access and affordability are not enough to ensure college
completion. Low-income, first-generation college-bound
students need more than a tuition check in order to graduate. In
2003, Executive Director Lynne Martin and Director of Student
Programs Barb Hendricks transitioned this scholarship program
into a broad-based community supported 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization, providing students with financial assistance, oneon-one mentoring, access to healthcare, summer internships,
and career guidance. With these comprehensive services, the
average college completion rate for SRA graduates rose from
50% to 90%—nine times the national average for low-income,
first-generation college students.
In 2014, SRA launched the College2Careers Hub, an online
college-to-careers support for students throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The SRA Hub is the first online
college and career advising tool built to specifically meet the
needs of low-income youth by an established college support
program. The SRA Hub is a free service for high schools with
limited resources for college counseling. Students can access
webinars, tips, links, and receive personalized support from an
online SRA Advisor along every step in the critical pathway from
high school, through college, and into the workforce.
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SRA’s
college
graduation
success
rate is
90%—
nine
times the
national
average
for lowincome,
firstgeneration
college
students.
KPIX Reporter and SRA co-founder
Wendy Tokuda, SRA Gala Committee
Member Phoenicia Fitts, SRA Mentors
Cheryl Marsh and Karyn Brooks
SRA helped me to gain the
confidence that I desperately
needed to be my own person—
to be a responsible and
contributing member to society,
and to break away from the cycle
of abuse that I was raised in.
- Enoc Lira, SRA Alum and Mentor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2005
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Damont Hardnett, Franklin &
Marshall College, 2018
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SRA Success Rates
SRA
graduates
are either
in a careerladder job
or attending
graduate
school 12
months
from college
graduation
80%
90%
SRA
students
complete
bachelor’s
degrees
90%
SRA
students
enroll in
four-year
colleges the
fall after
high school
graduation
SRA
students are
accepted
into a fouryear college
98%
100%
of SRA students complete
bachelor’s degrees in 4.5 years.
100% are low-to-moderate income, including 61%
who live below the federal poverty line
92% are people of color
91% are the first in their families to attend college
45% are in foster care, legal guardianships, or not
living at home
32% have no functioning parent
21% have histories of homelessness
18% are raising siblings
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The SRA Model
The SRA Difference: A community dedicated to impacting the
future through the cultivation of low-income students.
The SRA Model is based on the belief that low-income youth should
have an opportunity to achieve prosperity through education and
hard work irrespective of their socioeconomic status. To do otherwise
creates two Americas–one for those students who are positioned to
succeed in the modern economy, and one for those who are not.
Our goal is to enable tens of thousands of students to realize their
full potential by supporting them from high school through college,
and into the workforce and our communities. We deliver a unique
combination of care, guidance, and resources to young people from
marginalized communities. As we serve more low-income youth,
we remain true to our founding mission to help students achieve
educational, career, and life success in the 21st century.
We’ve built an award-winning program that positions students for
success—not just in college—but in life. We identify students who are
rising above family and economic hardships and who, without SRA,
would be most at risk of not realizing their full potential. With SRA’s
help, 90% of our students will complete bachelor’s degrees. 80% of
our graduates are in career-ladder jobs or attending graduate school
within 12 months of college graduation.
Propelled by technology, we see opportunities to serve exponentially
more students in a cost-efficient way through the new SRA
College2Careers Hub. We are sharing our insights and resources to
meet the needs of thousands of low-income, college-bound students
who may not need the same level of support as higher-risk students,
but who will nonetheless experience difficulty—and in many cases—
failure without SRA’s assistance.
The SRA model of support consists of twelve distinct facets
working in concert to deliver academic support, mentoring, financial
assistance, healthcare, career guidance, job placement, community
networking, and fundamental social readiness.
We are excited by the opportunities that are enabling us to expand
our capabilities to reverse the widening economic and societal
opportunity gaps by cultivating the next generation of productive
citizens, engaged employees, and energized community leaders.
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80% of our
graduates
are in
careerladder
jobs or
attending
graduate
school
within 12
months
of college
graduation.
SRA Advisor Amy Niles with
Gavrielle Thompson, Lewis
and Clark, 2019, Blas Torres
Mendoza, UC Davis, 2019,
Brenda DeJesus Acosta,
UCSC, 2019, Eloisa Lopez
Castro, Sonoma State, 2019,
Christopher Rojo, UC Riverside,
2019, Gabriela Camarena,
Sonoma State, 2019
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The SRA Model
continued
Students at 2014 annual retreat
Gabby Camarena, Sonoma State, 2019
Selecting Low-Income
Students with Strength
of Character
Student Commitment
SRA identifies high school juniors
through an extensive 11-county Bay
Area outreach process conducted
by SRA staff, volunteers, and current
students. Our staff has years of
experience in selecting students who
have demonstrated strength of character
to rise above homelessness, poverty, and
neglect, the potential to impact others,
and a commitment to education, yet
are limited by their economic and social
circumstances. Our students possess
a range of GPAs (2.7 and above) and
represent the cultural diversity of the Bay
Area.
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As part of the SRA Community, students
commit to academic performance and
graduation. Students serve as program
ambassadors and peer mentors. They
complete workshops to ensure college
and workforce readiness, participate
in their own support through outside
scholarships, student loans, work-study,
and summer employment, participate in
community service, and join our alumni
program upon graduation. They commit
to their own success, and to the success
of those who come after them.
I am really excited for college
because I know that whenever
I need someone to talk to
regarding school or just about life,
SRA will always be there for me.
- Alondra Cabrera, San Jose State, 2019
Student Programs and Community Success Manager, and
SRA graduate, Lorna Contreras-Townsend leads student
workshop.
Joseph Williams, Lewis and Clark, 2016 working with
student.
Pre-College Readiness
Off-to-College Seminars
SRA hosts a series of college readiness
workshops and provides students with
one-on-one assistance in completing their
applications for college, financial aid, and
outside scholarships. We also help prepare
them for the rigors of college interviews,
help negotiate financial aid packages, and
guide them in the college acceptance
and registration process. Finding “right fit”
colleges for our students is another key
piece of the puzzle: SRA Advisors help
students explore a range of options so
they can select the college that is best
suited for them and avoid graduating with
burdensome student loan debt.
To prepare our students for a smooth
transition to college, we conduct Offto-College seminars prior to freshman
year, which include information on what
to expect at college, preparation for
academic and social adjustments, and
coaching on study and social skills.
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The SRA Model
continued
Rodaisha James, CSU Chico 2019, Joshua Cruz Salazar,
CSU Sonoma 2019, Jean Karavidas (advisor), Frederica
Webster, UC Riverside 2019, Blanca Fajardo, CSU Sonoma
2019, Marcelo Lopez, Middlebury College 2019, Vernon
Wetzel, UC Santa Cruz 2019, Precious Jacques, New York
Institute of Technology 2019, Deekota Brett-Blunt, Mills
College 2019, and Nirvana Felix, UC Berkeley, 2016.
Shobi Guan, San Jose State 2019 with SRA
Volunteer Mentor, Zeien Cheung
Financial Support and
Literacy
Volunteer Mentors
SRA counsels students on how to
maximize financial aid and obtain
competitive scholarships. SRA then pays
for expenses which are not covered
by financial aid, work study, summer
employment, and student loans.
By helping our students to effectively
leverage financial aid and scholarships,
SRA is able to focus its resources
towards meeting critical student needs
such as living expenses, medical
insurance, books, and computers. This
ensures our students do not leave college
with unmanageable student loan debt.
SRA also works with each student to
create an individualized school budget as
part of our financial literacy education.
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Many students are paired with a volunteer
adult mentor who offers support and
guidance. Navigating the demands of
college life can be a challenge for firstgeneration college students. Matched
one-on-one with a student, Social Mentors
offer students support, and provide
opportunities for fun and enrichment by
being a friend and role model.
CAREER MENTORS
Career Mentors have the opportunity to
impact a student’s career exploration.
Career Mentors are matched with
students based on students’ career
interests, and work with them by offering
informational interviews or job shadowing
opportunities on an individual basis.
Career Mentors also provide vital support
to recent college graduates as they enter
their chosen field.
SRA is a family. We’ll have
our up-and-downs, but they
will always have my back and
work with me to overcome any
obstacle I may encounter.
- Eric Manzanares, UC Merced 2017
SRA Volunteer Mentor Mitchell Weisman and Victor Magana,
Gonzaga University, 2019
Jennifer Guzman, Barnard College, 2018
Medical and Dental Care
Internships
The majority of students entering our
program have rarely seen a doctor or
dentist. As a result, many of our students
come to us with serious medical and
dental problems.
The SRA Summer Internship program has
built strong ties with Bay Area community
partners to provide meaningful summer
and full-time employment. Our students
build vital professional networks and
develop the qualities, confidence, and
experience employers seek as they
transition from college to career. Our
students enter the workforce with the
career and life skills needed for success
in the 21st century.
In order to address these needs, SRA
enrolls its students in government medical
assistance programs, educates them
on proper healthcare, and relies on its
network of healthcare providers and
volunteers to provide necessary care at
little or no cost.
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The SRA Model
continued
Antonio Godoy, Pitzer College, 2018 (lower left hand corner)
with fellow summer interns
Ben Johnson, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2016, Director of
Student Programs, Barb Hendricks, and Alex Arango, UC
San Diego, 2016
Career Development
Leadership and Community
Service
SRA encourages students to expand
their career horizons and explore
professional opportunities through
career assessment, campus career
fairs, networking and job shadowing
events, and summer internships. Career
Development workshops and webinars
and individualized support are provided
to develop job readiness skills such as
résumé and cover letter writing, interview
preparation, time management, and
professional etiquette.
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SRA encourages students to become
leaders who are committed to giving
back to the community. Leadership can
be formal or informal, wide-ranging or
local, and takes many forms (volunteering,
mentoring younger SRA students,
community service projects, networking,
philanthropy, etc.). Our students are
positive role models who teach others
to help themselves, demonstrate a
commitment to civic engagement, provide
opportunities to other students, and share
lessons learned.
I cannot thank you enough for all the
support you have provided me throughout
my job search journey. I am so excited to
begin my first job, as a recent college grad!
- Yecica Urena, Bryn Mawr College, 2015
Edward Nguyen, UC San Diego, 2017, and Eric Manzanares,
UC Merced, 2017 with Named Scholarship supporters.
Daisy Orellano, UC Santa Cruz, 2018
Building Community
The SRA College2Careers
Hub
SRA builds community between students,
volunteers, supporters and staff through
various events, community service,
workshops, and projects. Our students
are creating relationships that last well
beyond college graduation by building
strong SRA Alumni networks, bridging
cultures and laying foundations for
connections and relationships that will last
a lifetime.
SRA makes its expertise in college and
career advising available to students
nationwide through its new online collegeto-career support service and student
community. Complete with webinars,
tips, links, information, and access to 1-1
advising from professional advisors, the
SRA Hub provides students with both
the knowledge and the socio-emotional
support needed to successfully navigate
the critical pathway from high school to
college and into the workforce.
The SRA Hub is being integrated into
high school curriculum, college support
programs, and national education-oriented
organizations. Demand for this new
program component has been rapidly
growing since its launch in fall of 2014.
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Kevin Rangel, Sonoma State, 2016 and
SRA Volunteer Mentor, Joel Kaufmann
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SRA Impact
The need has never been greater for a
pipeline of employees like SRA students,
whose diverse backgrounds will help support
emerging global markets, build an inclusive
culture, and leverage varied perspectives to
yield innovative business solutions.
By 2020, 64% of all jobs in the United
States will require some form of higher
education,(1) yet the U.S. now ranks 19th
among 28 wealthier countries studied by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), a position which has
slipped steadily over the past decade.(2) If we
continue on this trajectory, the U.S. will have
a 5-million shortfall of qualified workers by
2020.(3) California alone—which ranks 46th in
the U.S. in the percentage of students who
complete degrees—is expected to have a
shortage of over one million college educated
workers by 2025.(4)
The good news is that research shows that
effective college and career development
programs, like SRA, have proven that there
is a model for increasing college graduation
rates for low-income youth. 100% of SRA’s
students graduate from high school having
met all requirements for college admission,
98% enroll in four-year colleges, and 90%
complete BA/BS degrees within 4.5 years.
Within 12 months of college graduation, 80%
of SRA alumni are in career-ladder jobs.
For every $1.00 spent on the SRA program,
over $4.00 is returned as direct fiscal benefits
represented by increases in federal and
state tax receipts (and reductions in federal
and state benefits) over the lifetime of SRA
students as compared to other low-income,
first-generation college students entering
four-year colleges.(5)
The full social value of the SRA program is
even greater. Each SRA student will generate
a present value savings of over $500,000
when fiscal savings are considered, such
as the full income gains to SRA students,
the value of improved health, the reduction
on the criminal justice system, and the
productivity gains associated with a more
educated workforce.(6)
This impact is replicated in future generations
as studies show there is a 84% chance
that a student will enroll in post-secondary
education if at least one parent holds a
bachelor’s degree.(7)
SRA is working to make sure we capitalize
on the potential of our youth and invest in our
future by developing the workforce our nation
needs to thrive in the global economy.
(1) Georgetown University Center on Education and
the Workforce, “Recovery: Job Growth and Education
Requirements Through 2020,” (cew.georgetown.edu/
recovery2020)
(2) “Education at a Glance 2013, OECD Indicators,”
Organization for Economic Cooperation an Development.
(3) “Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements
Through 2020”
(4) “Boosting California’s Postsecondary Education
Performance,” Committee for Education Development,
November 2013
(5) “Economic Returns to the Students Rising Above
Program”, Clive R. Belfield, Queens College, City University
of New York.
(6) Belfield Study
(7) National Center for Education Statistics, U.S.
Department of Education, “Finds from the Condition of
Education, 2001: Students Whose Parents Did Not Go To
College.”
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Colleges & Universities
SRA students are attending and graduating from the following four-year colleges and
universities across the country:
Agnes Scott College
CSU Long Beach
Alaska Pacific University
CSU Los Angeles
American University
CSU Monterey Bay
Babson College
CSU Northridge
Barnard College
CSU Sacramento
Boston College
CSU San Diego
Bowdoin College
CSU San Francisco
Brandeis University
CSU San Jose
Bryn Mawr College
CSU San Marcos
Carleton College
CSU Sonoma
Colby College
CSU Stanislaus
Colby-Sawyer College
Denison College
Colgate University
Dominican University of California
College of Alameda
Emory University
Columbia University
Franklin and Marshall College
Connecticut College
Georgetown University
CSU Cal Poly Pomona
Gonzaga University
CSU Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Guilford College
CSU Channel Islands
Harvey Mudd College
CSU Chico
Holy Names University
CSU East Bay
Howard University
CSU Humboldt
Laney College
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School was my saving grace.
- Lorna Contreras-Townsend, SRA Class of 2004, St. Mary’s
College of California, 2008, The Wright Institute, 2013, SRA
Student Programs and Community Success Manager
Lewis and Clark College
Tufts University
Loyola Marymount University
UC Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
UC Davis
McDaniel College
UC Irvine
Middlebury College
UC Los Angeles
Mills College
UC Merced
Mount Holyoke College
UC Riverside
New York Institute of Technology
UC San Diego
Notre Dame de Namur University
UC Santa Barbara
Occidental College
UC Santa Cruz
Pitzer College
University of La Verne
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Purchase College SUNY
University of San Diego
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of San Francisco
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Southern California
Santa Clara University
University of Wisconsin
Southern Oregon University
Wellesley College
St. Edward’s University
Wesleyan University
St. Mary’s College of California
Whitman College
St. Mary’s College of Indiana
Williams College
Stanford University
Yale University
The George Washington University
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Student Awards
SRA students are recognized for their academic merit. Over the past two years, SRA students
have been honored with national, statewide, and regional awards and scholarships including:
Bay Area Gardener’s Scholarship
Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship
Community Foundation Sonoma County Scholarship
Good Tidings Community Service Scholarship
Horatio Alger Association National Scholarship
Horatio Alger Association Northern California Scholarship
KIPP Scholarship
Kiwanis International Foundation Scholarship
Maisin Scholar Award
Meritus Scholar Award
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Scholarship
PG&E Bright Minds Scholarship
Phi Delta Kappa Future Educators Scholarship
QuestBridge National College Match
Ruppert Educational Scholarship
ScholarMatch Award
The Sequoia Awards Scholarship
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Scholarship
Southern California Golf Association Youth on Course Scholarship
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SRA has given me the confidence
to seek more for myself, my
family, and my community. It is
with SRA’s support that I am able
to strive as a student without
feeling alone in the process.
- David Padilla, UC Berkeley, 2019
Alexia Segura, Sonoma State, 2016
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Nasser Al-Rayess, UC Berkeley, 2018
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The SRA Hub
One of the most heartbreaking challenges
SRA faces every year is deciding which of
the deserving applicants we accept into our
program. On average, 750+ students apply
for 110 spots annually. We would take them
all if we had the financial resources.
In the past, the best SRA could do for those
students not selected was to refer them to
outside scholarships, school counselors, and
other college support programs. This year, we
are excited that we can offer them something
more - the SRA College2Careers Hub!
The SRA Hub is an online resource and
student community that allows SRA to share
its 16 years of experience and success in
helping low income Bay Area students. The
SRA Hub also enables us to provide free and
direct access to professional SRA Advisors.
Complete with webinars, videos, message
boards, tips, links, and texts, the SRA Hub
provides professional guidance as well as
socio-emotional support through every step
in the critical pathway from high school, to
and through college, and into the workforce.
Students can use the SRA Hub to find
comprehensive information on everything
from college applications, to financial aid, to
interview preparation. Students can also post
questions or comments on message boards
for real-time support from fellow students and
professional Advisors.
Importantly, students can privately contact
an SRA Advisor for personal assistance on
issues ranging from negotiating a better
financial aid award, to overcoming a family
crisis. The SRA Hub guarantees a 24-hour
response time, but usually SRA Advisors
respond within the hour.
The SRA Hub is the first online college
support tool built to specifically meet the
needs of low-income youth by an established
college support program, and the first to offer
FREE and DIRECT one-on-one assistance
by a professional SRA College and Career
Advisor. The individualized support, the online
conversations between “Hubsters,” and the
all-in-one resource for college and career
information, make the SRA Hub an invaluable
tool.
The response to the SRA Hub has been
overwhelming. Eleven Bay Area high schools
with limited resources for counseling have
integrated the SRA Hub into their 12th
grade curricula. Additional high schools are
preparing to join the SRA Hub during the
2015-16 school year.
We are eager to serve more students and
look forward to introducing the SRA Hub
to communities throughout California and
beyond.
Dion Campbell, UC Davis, 2016
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Graduate Success
Our graduates work in education, corporate, foundation, and government positions
across the country. Here’s a partial list of where you’ll find an SRA graduate:
Academy of Art
University
Community Works
West
Mills College Upward
Bound Program
Accenture
DES Architects +
Engineers
Minami Tamaki LLP
Alameda County
Medical Center
Altshuler Berzon, LLP
Apple
Athletic Scholars
Advancement
Program (ASAP)
East Bay Community
Law Center
Fidelity Investments
Five Prime
Therapeutics
Foothill Securities
Atlassian
Google
Berkeley Health
Center
Heinzen
Manufacturing
International
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
Hewlett-Packard
Bleu Marketing
Solutions, Inc.
Hillcrest Educational
Centers
Box
Hospitality House
Boys & Girls Club
InnVision Shelter
Network
CBS Corporation
Charles Schwab
Climate Corps Bay
Area (a program of
Strategic Energy
Innovations)
Coliseum College
Prep Academy
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JPD Financial
Juma Ventures
Kaiser Permanente
Inc.
Starbucks
Mission Bit
Starfish Family
Services
Mollie’s House
Students Rising Above
NASA Ames Research
Center
Sutro Biopharma
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Diseases of the NIH
NERA Economic
Consulting
Office of
Congresswoman
Karen Bass
Office of Elizabeth
Zuranich
Oracle
Proteus Digital Health
RadiumOne
Santa Clara County
District Attorney Office
Schomer Law Group
Local Motion
Seneca Family of
Agencies
Macys.com
Shopkick
McAfee
Siegfried Engineering,
Teach For America
The Hoffman Agency
Summer Search
The Law Offices of
Mayor Joseph L.
Alioto and Angela
Alioto
UCSB Office of
International Students
and Scholars
UCSD Medical Center
Univisión
Up on Top
US Bank
Vali Cooper &
Associates
VISA
Walla Walla High
School
Wells Fargo
WeWrite, LLC
Salote Tenisi, Colgate University, 2015
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Program Highlights
Each year, SRA continues to expand and reach out to more students. This growth is key
to our vision. We are committed to working with our students from their senior year of
high school until they graduate from college and transition into the workforce. Our goal
is to provide our students with the education, guidance, support, work experience, and
confidence they need to be successful in school, their careers, and in life.
Total Number of
Students In SRA
440
2015
Behind these numbers,
is a simple equation: the
more students we help,
the more we can reverse
the widening economic
opportunity gap by
cultivating the next
generation of engaged
employees and energized
community leaders.
Number of Students
on the SRA Hub
400
2014
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2,500
2015
Adding Up
Our ability to increase contributions and diversify funding sources enables us to select
more students into our program.
38%
Individual
Contributions
35%
Grants
24%
3%
Events
78%
Other
Program
Services
Contributions BY Funding
Source for 2014–2015
2007
10%
Fundraising
General &
Admin
Functional Expenses for
2014–2015
Our donors and community partners recognize
the value of supporting our students and
expanding our program efforts.
15
Students
12%
As we grow, we are continually expanding our
program support for our students.
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Students
28
Students
39
Students
59
Students
68
Students
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
77
Students
2013
113
Students
2014
175
Students
2015
Summer Internship Placements
Summer internships play a key role in preparing our students for success beyond college, and helping them
obtain a position in their chosen field after graduation.
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2014 Audited
Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
June 30, 2014
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents Grants and contributions receivable - net
Other receivable
Prepaid expenses
Total current assets
OTHER ASSETS
Grants and contributions receivable - long-term - net
Investment in marketable securities
Total other assets
$
851,924
390,763
744
23,757
1,267,188
176,803
4,720,040
4,896,843
$ 6,164,031
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Payroll liabilities
Total current liabilities
$
37,593
22,240
59,833
COMMITMENTS
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
–
$ 5,141,780
962,418
6,104,198
$ 6,164,031
Management estimates that the cost to fund all students currently in the program for their remaining tenure is
approximately $3.9 million.
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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
Year ended June 30, 2014
Unrestricted
Temporarily
Restricted
Total
Revenues and support:
Grants and contributions
$ 970,051
Special events (net of expenses of 96,000)
1,249,087
Investment return designated for operations
110,405
2,329,543
Net assets released from restrictions
1,044,135
Total revenues and support
3,373,678
$ 1,333,647
–
–
1,333,647
(1,044,135)
289,512
$ 2,303,698
1,249,087
110,405
3,663,190
–
3,663,190
2,314,270
287,499
438,551
3,040,320
–
–
–
–
2,314,270
287,499
438,551
3,040,320
374,995
(41,460)
333,535
–
–
–
374,995
(41,460)
333,535
666,893
289,512
956,405
4,474,887
$ 5,141,780
672,906
962,418
5,147,793
$ 6,104,198
Expenditures:
Program services
Management and general
Fundraising
Total expenditures
Other gains and losses:
Investment return in excess of amounts
designated for current operations
Inpairment of other assets
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
Net assets - beginning of year
Net assets - end of year
$
DZH PHILLIPS performed the 2013-2014 audit for Students Rising Above. These statements were excerpted from the audited
financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2014. To review our audited financial statements and IRS Forms 990, please visit
www.studentsrisingabove.org. Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2015 will be available upon request after January 2016.
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Board of Directors and
Leadership Council
SRA Board of Directors
Pam Adams
Partner
Brown Adams LLP
Susan Kay, Board Vice Chair
Vice President
MFS Investment Management
Jerry Burke
President and Chairman, HB Capital
Resources, LTD
Co-Founder, The Julia Burke Foundation
Haldane King
CEO/Founder
King Brown Partners
Carlyn Clause
Sr. Director, Litigation (retired)
Apple
Lois Cole
COO and Founder (retired)
Wealth Architects
John Diserens, Board Chair
Director
D.F.I.
Sidney Griffin Jr.
Vice President, Marketing and
Communications
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Lee Hanson
Vice Chairman
Heidrick & Struggles
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Andy LaVelle
President
Arborwell
Gail Lopes
COO (retired)
Law Commerce
Past SRA Board Chair
Mike Loughlin
Senior Executive Vice President
Chief Risk Officer
Wells Fargo and Company
Joe Malkin
Partner, Commercial Litigation
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Tim McCarthy
Author/Advisor Investments and Wealth
Chairman and CEO (retired)
Nikko Asset Management
Our new Strategic Plan is exciting
and challenging as we meet
our future objectives for growth
and service quality. With the
energy and commitment of our
SRA students, staff, volunteers,
mentors, and board members,
our continued growth and
success are assured.
- John Diserens, Director, Board Chair
Julius Robinson
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for the Americas
Union Bank
John Stock
Principal
Barney & Barney
Leadership Council
Caryl Cechettini
Ralph Cechettini
John Diserens, Chair
John Lee
Ron Longinotti
John McGee
Rand Rosenberg
Jim Wallace
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SRA Staff
Lynne Martin
Barb Hendricks
Executive Director
Student Programs Director
Jasmine Amar
Advisor
Susanna Anderson
Advisor & Executive Assistant
Vanessa Barbic
Online Program Manager
Jackie Barnett
Controller
Colin BlattelAdvisor
Lauren Brener
Internship Program Manager
Sushini Chand
Advisor
Lorna Contreras-Townsend Advisor & Student Program and Community Success Manager
Marisol CurielAdvisor
Karen Darger
Salesforce Database Administrator
Isabella Flores
Online Advisor
Paula Galvez-Anzano
Advisor
Gina GeckAdvisor
Jan Cox Golovich
Advisor
Aliza Heslop
Advisor & Career Development Program Manager
Christy Howard
Advisor
Kendall Jaramillo
Advisor
Jean Karavidas
Advisor
Jennifer Kockos
Community Outreach and Events Manager
Lisa Kossiver
Advisor & Selection and Outreach Chair
Robin Levi
Advisor & College Outreach Coordinator
Heather MacKenzie
Advisor & Mentoring Program Manager
Megan Malone
Advisor
Patty McGilvery
Bookkeeper
Sara MiersAdvisor
Polly MurphyAdvisor
Amy NilesAdvisor
Shelly Randesi
Advisor
Chelsea ReesAdvisor
Christina RiosAdvisor
Dee Dee Romo-Nichols
Advisor
Dixie Ruland
Student Healthcare Coordinator
Leah Tarlen
Grants Manager
Kris Van Giesen
Director of Advancement & Community Relations
Lorna Velasco
Advisor
Brenda Walker
Advisor
Alison Asher White
Career Development Advisor
Jessica Wenzel
Advisor
Allison Zisko-Dua
Advisor
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Jennifer Kockos, Community Outreach & Events Manager, Gail Diserens, Gala Chair and Barb Hendricks, Director of Student Programs
I don’t know how to really show
my appreciation for everyone
and what everyone has done for
all of us SRA students.
- E’Quacy Parker, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2017
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SRA Volunteer
Community
To the generous and talented individuals who share their time, experience, and expertise with
our students, we thank you for the many ways you support our students as they achieve their
goals of a college education and a meaningful career. The individuals listed below work oneon-one with students and offer friendship, career guidance, pro bono medical assistance and
serve as positive adult role models.
Social & Career Mentors
Alyssa Abbey
Veronica Abreu
Rose Aguilar
Monica Ahern
Bryce Anderson
Lauren Anderson
Marcella Anthony
Robert Baker
Andrew Balfour
Jenny Balisle
James Barolo
Joseph Barolo
Janos Barrera
Anna Barrett
Madeline Barry
Melissa Beidler
Brandi Bellamy
Maggie Bening
Phil Bradley
Marta Bright
Karyn Brooks
Hillary Marie Brown
Namita Brown
Patrick Brown
Anushka Brownley
Amy Budahn
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Thao-Linh Bui
Donna Burke
Jeannie Burke
Sean Buxton
Jill Callan
Tim Chang
Vincent Chang
Gaynell Chase
Guadalupe Chavez-Garcia
Andy Chen
Zeien Cheung
Peter Choi
Natalie Ashcroft Clark
Bernard Clouse
Perry Colin Stevon Cook
Santiago Corredoira
Andy Cortwright
Tina D’Angelo
Joseph Dang
Bob Daniels
Jolee David
Tom David
Scott Davidson
Aurelie Davis
Molly Daws
Stephanie de Maria
Alejandra Delgado
Sarah Devany
Anika Dokes
Jim Donatell
Aditya Dua
Caroline DuClos
James Dugdale
Mary Ann Dulcich
Beth Stelluto Dunaier
Russell Eberwein
Carol Cherkis Epstein
Rose Estrada
Anne Evans
Barbara Evans
Gabriella Evans
Adrian R. Fadrhonc
Debra Farb
Mattson Fernandez
Stephanie Fernandez
Nancy Finkle
Kevin Fox
Suzanne Fox
Tia Gaffen
Erin Galindo
Lupita Garcia-Reilley
Suzanne Garrett
Deirdre Gaynor
Melissa Gibson
Alix Giroux
Latondra Goode
Bruce Graham
Kim Graves
Don Gray
Karen Gray
Zachary Greenberg
Consuelo Griego
Sidney Griffin
Debbie Griggs-Smith
Maya Grinberg
Andrew Groves
Jessica Gunderson
Eugene Hahm
Bea Hartman
Trish Hayward
Kari Hendricks
Janasha Higgins
Lauren Hoffman
Mandi Holdorf
Stephanie Hom
Mariel Honigman
Brett Howard
Adrienne Huffman
Alison Hughes
Joseph Hui
Jaime Huston-Sylvester
George Jaber
Kelsey Jackson
Eric Johnson
Lauren Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Nick Johnston
Cindy Jones
Leona Jones
Doug Jordan
Dave Kamalman
Cameron Kauffman
Joel Kaufmann
Diane Kay
Susan Kay
Theresa Keating
Marjory Keenan
Jeffrey Kennedy
Judy Kennedy
Paul Kennedy
Shaina Khan
Nairobi Kim
Jennifer Kockos
Garrett Krueger
Chris Kukshtel
Yulia Lalutska
Andrea Lambert
Meredith Larsen
Christopher Lee
John C. Lee
Erica Lee
Valerie Lee
Erika Leonard
Maggie Leung
Carolyn Crockett Lewis
Charles Linder
Stephanie Ling
Enoc Lira
Lindsey Sherburne Little
Genevieve Locquiao
Jennifer Loh
Ron Longinotti
Olivia White Lopez
Katherine Loughlin
Angeline Luong
Deirdre Marblestone
Philip Marrow
Michelle Marshall
Eric Marton
Kirsten McCarthy
Priscilla McCarthy
Stephen McClure
Jane McFeely
Janet McKinley
Janet Medina
Eric Mendez
Gary Mills
Laurel Moeslein
Mike Monahan
Britton Montalvo
Ed Monterrubio
Brian Moore
Angela Moras
Trevor Morse
Shereen Motarjemi
Polly Murphy
Jillian Myers
Alice Nagle
Amy Neil
Glenn Newman
Jeanette Newman
Kelly Newton
Angie Ngo
Lynda Nguyen
Thuy Nguyen
Shaina Nishimoto
Suzanne Obst
Michelle Ochoa
Ian Ocon
Tamiko Olabintan
Lori Olson
Paul Ortega
Alvin Oswandy
Scott Pacult
Manuel Pastore
Ashmi Pathela
Lisa Payne
Colin Perry
Rachel Phythian
Andrea Potts
Linda Powell
Jeffrey Deloy Powell
Lori Powell
Tara Pramme
Jim Priestley
Daniel Quinn
Edgar Quiroz
Jordan Rattray
Douglas Lawrence Reilly
Nathalie Reinelt
Kim Riener
Sarah Riley
Alaric Robinson
Phyllis Robinson
Alicia Rodriguez
Paul Roesler
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SRA Volunteer
Community
Social & Career Mentors (continued)
Seth Rosenberg
Marian Ross
Allison Rossi
Myra Rothfeld
Alison Rubino
Dixie Ruland
Joan Ryan
Anjali Sahai
Maya Thornell Sandifor
Erin Santana
Jay Sathe
Todd Sholl
Gabriela Shultz
Lawrence Silva
Jillian Sinelli
Liliana Sirotzky
Ted Slaughter
Anitra Smith
Cheryl Smith
Tammy Samut Smith
Erika Snider
Robert Spiegel
Shannon Spiers
John Stame
Helena Stolka
Becky Storkson
Amanda Strauss
Jordan Stuhlmueller
Jonathan Symons
Eddie Tai
Linda Tai
Ngoc Tai
Michael Tang
Korshid Tarin
Kimberly Taylor
Jamie Lee Taylor
Teresa Thomas
Christiana Tiedemann
Veronica Toscano
Chelsea Tulin
Rich Villalobos
Fred Vogelstein
Lindsay Vriavas
Kristine Wagner
Rachelle Waksler
Brenda Walker
Amy Warehouse
Raymond Washmera
Keith Watson
Mitchell Weisman
Alison Asher White
Nini White
Shannon White
Colette Whitney
Jaimey Wiener
Bryant Williams
Carole Wilson
Alexandra Wolbach
Jason Wolfson
Jessica Wong
Lily Wong
Sau-ling Wong
Tina Wung
Dominique Yasin
Jack Yi
Karen Yolton
Pro-Bono Medical Providers
Tamara M. Adams, DDS
Michelle E. Agazzi, DDS, MSD
Daniel B. Armistead, DDS
Michael Y. Chan, DDS
William C. Chan, DDS
Mary C. Cooke, DDS
Gail H. Duffala, DDS
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Richard A. Fagin, DDS
Alex E. Ivanoff, DDS
Michael J. McDonald, DMD
Rick H. Tabor, DDS
Jennifer D. Terry, DDS
Tamir Wardany, DDS
UC Berkeley School of Optometry
SRA has been such an enlightening
experience for me. It has forced
me to be introspective with what
I say, how I coach, and the best
ways to engage open minds. SRA
is such a beautiful organization to
reconnect us with what makes the
drive of youth beautiful.
- SRA Mentor Nairobi Kim
Executive Director Lynne Martin and Walter
Berger at SRA Donor Appreciation Event
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List of Donors
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2015 (two years)
With gratitude and profound appreciation, we acknowledge the following donors for the past
two years (July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015) for their generous support of our students and the
program. We sincerely apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions.
$300,000 & Above
Anonymous
College Futures Foundation (Formerly
College Access Foundation)
Richard Aster Estate
The Julia Burke Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cechettini
$100,000 to $299,999
AT&T
S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
Louis L. Borick Foundation
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community
Benefit Grants Program
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lowe
May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Yahoo! Employee Foundation
$50,000 to $99,999
Atlassian, Inc.
Leonard & Martha Brutocao Foundation
Chevron Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kay
Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Loughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lowe
Mr. and Mrs. David Lowe
Mr. Joseph Malkin
Mr. Don Scherer and Ms. Lee Hanson
Union Bank Foundation
Wells Fargo
$25,000 - $49,999
“Bob and I love participating in the
inspiring journeys made by your
SRA students! What they are able
to accomplish, often against such
unbelievable odds, just takes our
breath away. We applaud you for the
excellence of the love, guidance and
support you provide and thank you for
all you do.”
- Sue and Bob Miller
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Anonymous
Arborwell
J. W. Bagley Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William Barulich
Bassett Furniture
Mr. Alexander Brainerd and Ms. Carlyn Clause
Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeHont
Mr. and Mrs. John Diserens
The Filippi Foundation
Ms. Vicky Friedman
Kimball Foundation
Mr. Robert Kukuchka
George Lucas Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Tevis Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCarthy
Mr. Dave Menninger
Ms. Shereen Motarjemi
Susan Flagg & Carlo Rocca Fund
Mr. and Mrs. David Schricker
State Street Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John Stock
Hans Thurnauer Family Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Quoc Tran
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Wong
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Apple Matching Gifts Program
Barney & Barney LLC
Bothin Foundation
Mr. Brian Buenneke
Comis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Connolly
Cox Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cuenin
The Morris Dantzker Foundation
Mr. Jeffrey Demain and Ms. Lauren Brener
The DeYoung Family
Dodge & Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Duemey
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ecker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emery
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feldman
Ms. Bettina and Mr. John Fruth
FusionStorm
Mrs. Anjali Gandhi and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Haas
Hanna Boys Center
Henry’s Fork Lodge
Ms. Kathleen Hobson
Mr. Shigefumi Honjo
Mr. and Mrs. David Irmer
Ms. Margaret Isherwood
Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Contra Costa Chapter
Mr. Philip E. Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Haldane King
Mr. Tom Landy and Ms. Esty Lawrie
The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation
LinkedIn
Thomas J. Long Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Lopes
George Lucas Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. William Matthes
Ms. Madeleine McCarthy
Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Miller
Mr. Allan Moir and Ms. Kathy Miller
Mr. Jim Moskovitz/JMJ Films
Mr. John Norheim and Mrs. Wendy Tokuda
The O’Shea Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ostby
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Retort
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rognier
Karl and Alice Ruppenthal Foundation for the Arts
Mr. Robert Salz
Mr. Roger Sears and Ms. Linda Rindt
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Simi
Sippel-Farb Family Fund
Smith Family Foundation
Solid Rock Foundation
The Rock Foundation
Mr. Les Vadasz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace
Mrs. Lynne Walter
Mr. Hal Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Corey West
Ms. Shirley Wong
The Saul Zaentz Company
$2,000 - $9,999
Mr. Steve Achelis
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Allen
Mr. Douglas Allen and Mr. Ricardo Segura
Mr. Ted Allrich and Ms. Darci Phillips
America’s Cup
Mr. Bryce Anderson
Mr. Tom Angstadt and Ms. Nancy Kivelson
Anonymous
Apple Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Arendt
Ms. Nancy Arendt
Astrale e Terra Winery
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bangert
Mr. and Mrs. Randle Barnett
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Barsotti
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Barulich
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bedford
Mr. David Behring
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Berardi
Mr. Allan Berenstein
Ms. Mem Bernstein
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beuthel
Mr. Randy Bigony
BlackRock Matching Gift Program
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Mr. Phil Bradley and Ms. Vicki Kooi
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bradley
Ms. Germaine Brennan
Ms. Linda Britt
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Brophy
Mr. and Mrs. William Brown
Ms. Katie Budge
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Burke
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Byruck
M.F. Cavanaugh
CBS SF Bay Area - 5 KPIX
Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Christianson
Ms. Diane Chur
Cisco Foundation
Mr. J. Cogan and Mrs. Beth Goldberg
Sadie Meyer and Louis Cohn Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cope
Crystal Cruises
Daiss Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Niel Davidson
DBO Partners
Ms. Diane Diggins
Mr. Jim Donatell and Ms. Lea Ann Tratten
Mr. and Mrs. Tim DuClos
Ms. Afaf Dudum
Edwards Family Educational Foundation
The Elfenworks Foundation
The Enersen Foundation
Mr. Phillip Estes
Ms. Whitney and Ms. Jeanette Evans
Ms. Barbara Evans
Exclusive Resorts
Ms. Sarah Farrell
Mr. William Fidelholtz
Fidelity Investments
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Donors continued
Mr. Robert Fleri
Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Mr. Kevin Fox and Ms. Susan Kay
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fox
Franklin Templeton Investments
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Frisher
Ms. Lisa Fuller
Fullerton Family Foundation
Ms. Dana Galante
Chris Galvin
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Garrett
Mrs. Jessica Geis
Genentech, Inc.
Ms. Gloria Getty
Mr. and Mrs. Mazi Ghorbani
Mr. and Mrs. Eppy Giles
Mr. and Mrs. James Gilliland
Google, Inc.
David B. Gold Foundation
Mr. Sam Goldstein
Mr. and Mrs. John Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Griffin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gruebele
Mr. and Mrs. Yaniv Gur
Hafner Vineyard
Hakman Family Foundation
Mr. John Hayes and Ms. Robin Levi
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayse
Mr. and Mrs. John Hendricks
Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC
Hilltop Group Charitable Foundation
Ms. Elana Holls
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hughes
Mr. Kenneth Jacobs
Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Jacobson
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Johnston
Ms. Cindy Jones
Mr. Campbell Judge and Ms. Kimberly Ellis
Juniper Networks
Ms. Nikki Justino and Ms. M.K. Cotta
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kangail
Mr. Joel Kaufmann and Ms. Susan Blake
Mr. Paul Kennedy
Ms. Nairobi Kim
Kipling Capital, Inc.
Ms. Jill Kirshner
Mr. and Mrs. William Kleinecke
Mr. Matthew Klyce
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kolda
Mrs. Jennifer Kostanecki
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Larson
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lauper
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew LaVelle
Liatis Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lurie
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Marks
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mathews
Mr. and Mrs. Greg McAdoo
Ms. Marjorie McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McDowell
Ms. Janet McKinley
Mr. Rakesh Mehta
Ms. Barbara Meislin
Ms. Brigid Mellon
MFS Investment Management
Ms. Memry Midgett
Mr. and Mrs. William Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Moriarty
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mosby
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Motta
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mudd
Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mueller
Mr. Stephen Nelson and Mr. Brian Yoshida
Ms. Sandra Nichols
Ms. Margaret Nongauza
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pacheco
Mr. John Paloglou and Ms. Dorothy Greene
Mr. and Mrs. William Parker
Ms. Francesca Peck
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pesiri
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Phelps
Mr. and Mrs. John Pogue
Mr. Edward Poleselli
Mr. and Mrs. John Powers
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rand
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Read
Ms. Ning Recio
Recurrent Energy Development Holdings, LLC
Mr. Douglas Lawrence Reilly and Ms. Rose Estrada
Mr. Ken Rice
Mr. Jim Richards
The Risk Management Association
Charles River Associates
Robert Half International
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roesler
Mr. Matthew Rogers and Ms. Kathy Vick
Rombauer Vineyards
Mr. Daniel Rose and Ms. Susan Gruber
“Income inequality will fade when
the transforming power of an
education propels these wonderful
young people forward. Students
Rising Above knows how to find and
nurture them; they cannot be stopped
even by unbelievable hindrances to
success. Can other organizations do
this? Maybe, but why look further?
This is the organization we can
wholeheartedly support.”
- Judy and Roger Ecker
Ms. Marian Ross
Ms. Joann Russell
Ms. Joyce Sakai
San Francisco Symphony
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Santana
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schuh
Schwab Charitable Fund
Mr. Daniel Sherman and Ms. Kathryn Donaldson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shortell
Sing for America Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Sirott
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Sketchley
Ms. Nellie Smith
Dr. and Mrs. David Souza
Ms. Pamela Stang
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Starr
Mr. Randy Strong
Dr. Kristine Steensma
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stees
Ms. Marrilyn Stein
Ms. Helena Stolka
Mr. Ronald Stovitz and Ms. Danell Zeavin
Mr. Chapman Stranahan
Summit Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Sweetkind-Singer
Ms. Masako Takahashi
Mr. Harry Tannenbaum
Mr. James Tarantino
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
Ms. Cheryl Thomas
Ms. Maggie Thompson
Thunen Family Foundation
Mr. Garret Thunen
Mr. Donald Ticknor
Ms. Rosalie Torres
Mr. Rick Turley
Tyco Matching Gifts Program
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tyson
U.S. Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Warehouse
Ms. Lisa Watts
Weese Family Winery
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weil
Mr. Mitchell Weisman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Whitehurst
Mr. and Mrs. Colin Wiel
Mr. Richard Wilmer and Ms. Ann Reeves
Mr. and Mrs. James Wong
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yeomans
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Yolton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young
Mr. Patrick Zetzman
$250 to $1,999
Mr. David Aaronson and Ms. Leslie Yuan
Mrs. Anita Aars
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ach
Adobe Employee Donations Program
Ms. Melinda Ahrens
Alameda Yacht Club
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Albert
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Alcantara
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Alcorn
Ms. Selma Alderson
Alpha Delta Kappa California
Ms. Lisa Amador
Shanthi Ambalavanan
Dr. Lesley Anderson
Ms. Janice Anderson-Gram
Mr. Peter Thomas and Ms. Rosamond Andrews
Ms. Cecilia Angat
Ms. Martha Angove
Anonymous
Ms. Diane Antraccoli
Applied Materials Employee Giving Program
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ardissone
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Argilla
Ms. Kathleen Armstead
Ms. Poe Asher
Ms. Robin Azevedo
Ms. Darlene Baker
Ms. Gabriela Barba
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barkhau
Mr. Joseph Barolo
Mr. and Mrs. William Bartlett
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Baskin
Mr. Michael Battaini
Mr. Michael Baxter
Ms. Melissa Beaumont Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Becher
Ms. Patty Becker
Mr. Jeffrey Behring
Ms. Melissa Beidler
Ms. Victoria Belco
Benevity Social Ventures Inc.
Ms. Sarah Benioff
Mr. and Mrs. David Benson
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Mr. Peter Benvenuti and Ms. Lise Pearlman
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Benz
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Berger
Mr. Jack Bertges
Ms. Martha Beshore
Congregation Beth Am
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Betke
Mr. and Mrs. Ansuya Bhatt
Ms. Leisa Biggers
Ms. Selma Blanusa
Blue Marlin Partners
Ms. Janine Boehm
Mr. Stephen Bogel
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bone
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bordow
Boston Properties
Ms. Catherine Boutros
Mr. James Boyd
Boys & Girls Club
Barbara Brackenridge
Bradley Electric
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Brady
BridgeView CFO Solutions, LLC
Mr. Doug Brien
Mr. and Mrs. David Brightman
Brocade Communications System, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Broglio
Mr. Eric Brown and Ms. Marion Peters
Mr. Elmer Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brown
Mrs. Gisela Brugger
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burdick
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Burness
Ms. Elizabeth Burnham
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Busch
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cabak
Ms. Jill Callan
Ms. Karen Campbell
Mr. John Candell
Ms. Suzanne Carder
Mr. and Mrs. Curt Carleton
Ms. Louann Carlomagno
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Carroll
Castellano Family Foundation
Ms. Donna Castillo
Ms. Debra Cauble
Ms. Mary Cebrian
Ms. Rae Ann Chalmers
Mr. Steve Champion
Ms. Bing Chan
Ms. Julie Chang
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Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Chase
Mr. Chimd Chekwa
Mr. Bobby Chen
Mr. WM Chenoweth
Mr. Vincent Choo
Ms. Claire Chow
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Christel
Mr. George Chu
Mr. Nick Cihak
Mr. Biff Clark
Mr. and Mrs. James Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Cocchi
Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cohen
Ms. Sarah Cohen
Mr. Kevin Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Casey Connelly
Ms. Maureen Conners
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connick
Cornerstone Research, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Corry
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corsiglia
Cosmic Prophets
Ms. Coleen Cotter
Mr. Alan Cox
C & J Cox Corporation
Ms. Elizabeth Crabtree
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crane
Mr. Spencer Crawford and Ms. Tiffany Obenchain
Ms. Susan Crocker
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Cronin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crossman
Mr. Robert Crow and Ms. Jasmine Claridad
Ms. Carolyn Csongradi
Ms. Donna Cummings
Mr. and Mrs. John Curcija
Mr. Dave Curry
Ms. Rachel Cusick
Mr. Theodore Cutler and Ms. Gemma Gallovich
Ms. Tina D’Angelo
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Darby
Ms. Danitra David
Ms. Linda Davidge
Mr. and Mrs. David Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davidson
Mr. Don Davis
Mr. George Davis
Ms. Christine Dawson
Ms. Linda Day
Ms. Mildred Day
Dealey, Renton & Associates
Rev. Willie Dean
Ms. Lori Dematteis
Mr. Jeff Depew
Mr. Will DeVries
Mr. and Mrs. Jim DeWitt
Mr. Eric Di Benedetto
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diamond
Mr. Robert Diestel
Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dodge
Ms. Linda Domeier
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Donoghue
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Donovan
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dorman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Douglass
Mr. Edward Downer
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Downer
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Downing
Ms. Susan Downing
Mr. and Mrs. Britt Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Draffen
Ms. Geraldine Drake
Mr. Bernard Druck and Ms. Karen Robson
Ms. Donna Duensing
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duerre
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duffala
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Duncan
Ms. Roselee Dunlavy
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Edwards
Ms. Tamika Edwards
Ms. Helen Embree
Ms. Gail Entrekin
Episcopal Church Women of St. Peter’s
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Esser
Mr. and Mrs. Petro Estakhri
Mr. Consuelo Estrada
Mr. and Mrs. Dane Faber
Mr. Adrian R. Fadrhonc
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Farmer
Mr. Thomas Fawcett and Mrs. Monisha Bhutani
Ms. Marjorie Feder
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Feinstein
Mr. Alan Fennema
Mr. Bob Ferguson and Ms. Janet Nexon
Mr. Scott Ferrell
Ms. Diane Fiddyment
Mr. Clark Finkbiner and Ms. Margaret Hungerford
Ms. Carole Flaxman
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Fleming
Ms. Meredith Florian
Mr. Wilmer Fong
Ms. Julie Fong
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fore
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foster
Mr. and Mrs. John Francis
Lew Franck Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Franco
Ms. Susan Frank
Ms. Margot Fraser
Ms. Hallie Friedman and Ms. Kim Mack
Mr. Erik Friend
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Fujimoto
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fujimoto
A. Fukuda
Mr. Robert Funk
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gabbard
Mr. John Gachina
Mr. John Gaetano
Mr. Nino Gaetano
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gallagher
Gap Foundation Gift Match Program
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett
Ms. Vilma Garrett
Ms. Rosemary Gee
Mr. Richard Geithman
Mr. Terrence Gentle
Genworth Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gerlach
Mr. Dan German
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Germano
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gidre
Mr. Wayne Gilbert and Ms. Diane Sklar
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gillen
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gin
Ms. Liz Girvin
Mr. and Mrs. David Given
Mr. Michael Glembourtt and Ms. Phyllis Ponte
Mr. Dean Glover and Ms. Marianne Gerson
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Golden
Mr. Harvey Goldenberg and Ms. Rosie Kaplan
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ms. Carolyn Goodman
Ms. Mimi Gorin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gormly
Mr. Lionel Goularte
Mr. Alan Gould and Ms. Diane Tokugawa
Mr. Dennis Govan
Ms. Margaret Goza
Ms. Doris Graesser
Ms. Evelyn Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Green
Mr. Zachary Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Griffin
Ms. Doris Grimley
Mr. and Mrs. David Gruber
Ms. Adele Grunberg
Mr. Michael Gutman and Ms. Gertrude Levy
Ms. Pamela Gwaltney
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haber
Mr. Eric Hairston
Ms. Jan Half
Ms. Bonnie Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Monty Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hall
Mr. Sean Hallinan
Ms. Julie Hammack
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hampton
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Handon
Mr. and Mrs. James Hannay
Ms. Janet Hargadon
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Harroch
Ms. Kim Hartley
Mr. Noboru Hasegawa
Ms. Gay Hass
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hearey
Ms. Adele Heinz
Ms. Charlotte Helvestine
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Mr. Joe Henri
Ms. Beverly Heslop
Mr. Ralph Hill and Ms. Winnie Chu
Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Hill
Mr. William Hilton and Ms. Lily Wong
Ms. Valerie Hing
Ms. Schyrl Hinrichs
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hirabayashi
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hirschfeld
Mr. Walter Hlavacek and Ms. Paulette Dudley
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hodges
Mr. Frank Hoenack
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoeveler
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hofacre
Mr. and Mrs. Marcian Hoff
Ms. Kathleen Hoffacker
Mr. Edward Hoffmann
Ms. Patricia Hoke
Ms. Mandi Holdorf
Ms. Nancy Holdridge
Ms. Joan Hollinger
Ms. Cheryl Holmes
Mr. Aaron Holstein
Ms. Stephanie Hom and Ms. Karen Wiggan
Mr. and Mrs. Su-Ling Hsu
Mr. Peter Hsu
Mr. John Hubenthal and Ms. Jennifer Dito
Ms. Caryn Huberman-Yacowitz and Ms. Lara Huberman
Ms. Beryl Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. David Hummel
Ms. Marian Huntoon
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hurst
Mr. Richard Ingrassia
Intuit Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Isaacson
Ms. Patricia Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Ian Jacobsen
Ms. Suzanne Jansson
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jensen
Mr. Wade Joffrion
Mr. Scott Johns and Ms. Michelle Campions
The Johnson Family
Mr. Eric Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston
Mr. Nick Johnston
Ms. Melody Jones
Ms. Dee Joyce
Mr. Anthony Kakis
Mr. Kenneth Kalani and Mr. Steven Currier
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Mr. Dave Kamalman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kaplan
Mr. Stuart Kaplan
Ms. Amelie Kappes
Ms. Angela Karanas
Dr. Ellyn Kaschak
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kasman
Mr. Jesse Katz
Ms. Diane Kay
Ms. Mary Alice Kelly
Ms. Lynn Kelly
Ms. Debbie Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kennedy
Mr. Donald Kihara
Mr. William Kimball
Mr. John King
KLA Tencor Foundation
Ms. Amy Klein
Mr. Nathan Klemin
Ms. Karen Kline
Mr. Frederic Knapp and Mr. Donald Currie
Mr. Arthur Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Alvydas Knasas
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Knievel
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koehler
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Ms. Susan Kopp Hoeffel
Mr. Sandy Koshkin and Ms. Barbara Levin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kress
Mr. Garrett Krueger
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kuhn
Mr. Arthur Kurkjian
Ms. Anne Kuschner
Ms. Michelle Kwatinez
Mr. Brad LaBass
Mr. and Mrs. Al Lammers
Ms. Gail Lang
Ms. Olivia Lapp
Ms. Mary Lasagna-Schnapp
Mr. Delaney Lauderback
Mr. Henry Lauf
Ms. Shakur Laurie
Ms. Brenda Law
Mr. Wayne Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Harlon Lee
Mr. John C. Lee
Ms. Josephine Lee
Mr. Kevin Lee
Ms. Lori Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lee
Mr. Ray Lee
Mr. and Mrs. David Leeming
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lehmkuhl
Ms. Kathy Lemke
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Leung
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Leupp
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Levich
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lewis
Pei Jun Li and Mr. David Cheah
Mr. Erich Lichtblau
Mr. Raymond Lifchez
Mr. and Mrs. Pi-Ying Lin
Mr. Michael Lindheim and Ms. Melissa Schwartz
Ms. Carole Lindsey
Daly City Gateway Lions Club
Mr. Peter Liou
Mr.and Mrs. Enoc Lira
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Little
Ms. Judy Lococo
Ms. Dawn Long
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Longinotti
Ms. Estela Lopez
Ms. Erin Loughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Louie
Mr. Rick W. Louie
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lucia
Mr. Jeffrey Lundquist
Mr. Marvin Lundwall
Ms. Rita da Luz
Ms. Ruth Lycette
Ms. Kristan Lynch
Mr. Irving Lyons
Mr. James M. Gower
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ma
Mr. John Maddox
Mr. Peter Magganas
Mr. Lorne Magnone
Ms. Deniece Mailloux
Ms. Jennifer Malkin
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Mansfield
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Marciel
Marin City Health and Wellness Center
Mr. Jonathan Marlowe and Ms. Toni Fox
Ms. Carol Marquis
Mr. and Mrs. David Martin
Mr. Ross Martin and Ms. Susan Gleason
Mr. Kenneth Martin
Ms. Patricia Martinez
Mr. Don Mathews and Mrs. Barbara Tomber
Mrs. Jeanette Mathews
Ms. Michele Matsubara
Mr. Encarnacion Matta Jr. and Ms. Carolyn Tom
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Matthews
Ms. Michal Maunsell
Ms. Agnes McAuley
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McCarthy
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen McClure
Mr. and Mrs. John McCoy
Mr. Jared McCray
Ms. Diane McCubbin
Dr. Michael McDonald
Mr. Douglas McElwain
Mr. Andre Mcfayden
Ms. Beulah McGary
Mr. David McGee
Mr. and Mrs. John McGee
Mr. Joseph McGee
Ms. Joanne McGrail
Mr. Kevin McGreevey
Ms. Terry McIntosh
Mr. and Mrs. Tod McKelvy
Mr. Shawn McLaughlin
Mr. Michael McParland
Mr. Norman Meites and Ms. Marianne Bonner
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michel
Mr. Scott Miller
“My whole family is engaged in
supporting these wonderful young
adults in getting a better footing in
life. We have always believed that
college is the fulcrum that will allow
individuals to develop better skills
and be more successful in life. It’s
always a privilege to support these
wonderful kids. Frankly, I am filled
with simple happiness when I see
what my contributions do for these
young rising stars.”
- Alan and Jean Kay
Mr. Todd Mills and Ms. Kim Nguyen
Mr. Sultan Mirza
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mitchard
Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell
Minami Tamaki LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Miyake
Mr. Theodore Miyasaki
Mr. John Moffat and Ms. Leah Tarlen
Mr.and Mrs. Mike Monahan
Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. William Moon
Ms. Mae Frances Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Rich Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Moore
Morehouse Family Fund
Mr. Bob Morse and Ms. Jennifer Kockos
Ms. Cindy Morse
Mr. and Mrs. Geordie Mosbarger
Mr. Jim Moskovitz
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Ms. Diane Mothershead
Ms. Susan Moy
Mr. Jay Von Muhammad
Mr. Aniruddha Mulay and Ms. Gauri Joshi
Mr. and Mrs. David Murphy
Mr. Sam Murphy
Mr. Bruce Naegel and Ms. Constance Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nakano
National Philanthropic Trust
Ms. Nicki Naylor
Ms. Elisa Ndour
Mr. and Mrs. Brett Newman
Ms. Jacqueline Ng
Ms. Shaina Nishimoto
Mr. and Mrs. John Nolen
Mr. Ed Nomura
Mr. and Mrs. James Noonan
Novartis
Mr. and Mrs. Valdimer Nunes
Ms. Evelyn Nussenbaum
Mr. Eamon O’Driscoll
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey O’Neill
Ms. Susan O’Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry Obayashi
Ms. Margaret Ohara
Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Antonio Oppus
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Orrock
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Orton
Ms. Shirley Osumi
Mr. Scott Pacult
Ms. Sharon Pancio
Mr. and Mrs. James Pann
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Parees
Ms. Laurie Parent
Ms. Linda Parent
Ms. Sheri Parker
Mehul Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Ryon Paton
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patten
Mr. and Mrs. Don Patterson
Pegus Properties
Mr. Thomas Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Peterson
Ms. Nancy Peterson
Ms. Elizabeth Peterson
Ms. Catherine Pfeil
PG&E Corporation Foundation
Mr. Mark Picciano
Mr. David Pier
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Pistole Walter
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Placer Partners V
Mr. and Mrs. David Poirier
Mr. Randy Pon and Ms. Christina Wong
Ms. Mary Jo Potter
Ms. Marian Potter
Ms. Andrea Potts
Ms. Leslie Price
Mr. Scott Price
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Priestley
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Primasing
Mr. Ralph Protsik and Ms. Susan Wolin
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Puleo
Mr. Daniel Purtell and Ms. Ashley Boren
Ms. Judy Putnam
Ms. Moria Pyne
Ms. Barbara Quay
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rabkin
Ms. Margie Rademan
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Radford
Ms. Jennifer Raike
Mr. Chidambaram Ramaswamy
Ms. Margarita Ramirez
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Randesi
Ms. Jordan Rattray
Mr. Santosh Rau
Mr. James Reed
Mr. Joel Reichert and Ms. Evelyn Chavez
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Reid
Ms. Laura Reiling
Ms. Mary Reilly
Mr. Jim Resor and Ms. Claire Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reveal
Mrs. Colleen Buckley Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Reynolds
Ms. Sara Rianda
Mr. Daniel Richard
Ms. Carol Richardson-Cole
Mr. David Riley and Ms. Sarah Friar
Robert & Ardis James Foundation
Mr. Clement Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robinson
Ms. Karen Robson
Ms. Rosemary Rodd
Ms. Kimberly Rodrigues
Mr. James Roe
Mr. and Mrs. Len Rohde
Ms. Lisa Romo
Mr. Seth Rosenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rosenheim
Mr. and Mrs. John Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rothenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ruiz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ruland
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ruley
Mr. and Mrs. David Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ryerson
Ms. Teresa Sabin
Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Sada
Safeway Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Salvagno
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sandbach
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sanford
Mr. Sanjiv Sanghvi and Ms. Caren Shapiro
Mr. and Mrs. John Santana
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Savetnick
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schaeffer
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Scherrer
Ms. Sue Schiffer
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schindler
Ms. Betty Schink
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schlossberg
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schmid
Mr. and Mrs. John Schmiedel
Mr. John Schnugg
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schroebel
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Scoscia
Ms. Elizabeth Scott
Ms. Lizbeth Seckler
Mr. John Seidell
Mr. David Selinger
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Serafin
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Serota
Mr. Pradyut Shah
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shain
Mr. and Mrs. Max Shapiro
“The greatest gifts that SRA has
given me have been the quality of the
relationships and the interactions with
the students. The connections with
the students, especially in my role as
a mentor, have been truly meaningful
and have only grown over time....it’s
just a special community, all around.”
- Jim Priestley
Ms. Carola Shepard
Mr. and Mrs. James Sheppard
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sierecki
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Ms. Florence Silverman
Ms. Ellin Simmons
Ms. Beth Sirull
Ms. Sasha Match and Mr. Randy Sloan
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith
Ms. Dee Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Smith
Mr. and Mrs. David Sondheim
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sortwell
The Soulé Foundation
Mr. Keith Spears
Mr. and Mrs. David Spielberg
Ms. Jane and Ms. Lisa Stallings
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stang
Mr. Alan Stangenberger
Ms. Tamara Stanley
Ms. Lisa Ginn Steel
Mr. and Mrs. John Steele
Mr. Robert Stein and Ms. Jessica Pers
Mr. Brad Steinle
Ms. Karen Stevenson
Mr. Timothy Stevenson and Mr. David King
Mrs. Anne Stewart
Ms. Trisha Stiles
Mr. Scott Stingel and Ms. Carole Wong
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stray
Ms. Nicole Strocen
Mr. Berry Stuart and Ms. Leslie Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stusnick
Mr. Mark Sugarman
Ms. Holly Sutton
Mr. Chris Swim
Mr. and Mrs. John Symes
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tague
Ms. Linda Tai
Ms. Leslie Takagi
Mr. Keith Takata
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Takayama
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Takehara
Mr. Alan Talansky
Mr. Donald Tamaki and Ms. Suzanne Ah-Tye
Mr. Vincent Tang
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Teague
Ms. Virginia Tebelskis
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tellez
Drs. Richard and Margaret Tempero
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Teppen
Ms. Jennifer Terukina
Mr. and Mrs. SteveTerwilliger
Mrs. Tiffany Testo
The Advisory Group of San Francisco, LLC
The Bay Institute Aquarium Foundation
The Behring Foundation
Ms. Patricia Thomas
Ms. Teresa Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas
Mr. Pierce Thompson and Ms. Darcy Provo
Ms. Annette Thompson
Ms. Stephanie Thompson
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Ms. Carol Tjian
Ms. Sharon Tobin
Ms. Cat Tolentino
Mr. Greg Toll
Dr. and Mrs. Brian Topkis
Ms. Veronica Toscano
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Townsend
Nha Tran
Ms. Colleen Traynor
Mr. Donald Tripp
Mr. Robert Tufel and Mr. Michael Sasso
Mr. Michael Tuft
Mr. J. Gregory Tull
Unlocking Doors Scholarship for Women
Mr. Javier Valencia
Mr. Alex Vallejo
Mr. John Van Dyke and Ms. Laura Chenel
Ms. Patricia Van Nordstrom
Mr. Lee VanDeKerchove and Ms. Catherine Wills
Mr. & Mrs. James Vanke
Ms. Marianna Vasquez Nickel
Ms. Jean Veit
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Vidlock
Mr. Rich Villalobos
Ms. Yolanda Villarreal
Mr. and Mrs. Jorgen Vindum
Visa USA, Inc.
Ms. Vanessa Waddy
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker
Ms. Victoria Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wall
Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Wallace
Ms. Patricia Wanzer
Ms. Denise Ward
Mr. Robert Wasley and Ms. Kathleen Hurson
Ms. Elayne Weinhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weis
Mr. Jonathan Weissglass and Ms. Lauren Willis
Ms. Amanda Weitman
Ms. Maria West
Mr. Bruce Wheeler
Mr. Dale Wheeler
Mr. Greg Whitaker
Ms. Alison White
Whole Foods
Mr. Matthew Williams and Ms. Lauren LaPietra
Mr. Bryant Williams
Ms. Leslie Williams
Ms. Marsha Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Williams
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilson
Mr. Dennis Winger and Ms. Barbara Waldman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Witczak
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Wolff
Mr. Brian Wong and Ms. Lai Chiu
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Wong
Mr. Scott Wong
Ms. Jan Woolsey
Mr. Ken Wornick
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wornick
Ms. Amy Yabut
Ms. Kay Yamagata
Mr. Po Hung Yau and Ms. Charing Cheung
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Yee
Yei Engineers
Ms. Carol Younglove and Ms. Patricia Hull
Mrs. Flavia Zaro
Ms. Beth Zelinski
Mr. Roberto Ziche and Ms. I-Fang Tsaur
Mr. Claus Zielke
Mr. David Zilberman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Zimmerman
Mr. Argyrios Zymnis
A special thank
you to KPIX 5 and
Bassett Furniture
for their ongoing
commitment to
share the stories
of our students
through college
and beyond.
SRA students warming up before the 2014 GRADWalk
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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Summer Internships
and Career
Development
SRA encourages students to expand their career horizons and explore professional
opportunities. Our students receive invaluable experience, confidence, and networking
opportunities that provide them with the career and life skills to be successful in the 21st
century. We thank our many community partners who have provided meaningful internships
and career advice to our students and full-time employment to our graduates as they transition
from college into the workforce:
826 Valencia
Aim High
Airbnb
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office
ALearn
Alliance for Climate Change
Alliance for Climate Education
American Red Cross
Amigos de las Americas
Bank of America Student Leaders Program
Bassett Furniture
Blue Shield of California
Boston College Computer Science
Department
Boys and Girls Club
Bozicevic Field and Francis LLP
Breakthrough Collaborative
Burns and Wilcox Insurance Agency
California Public Utilities Commission
CBS Interactive
Center for Youth Development Through Law
Children’s Hospital Oakland Research
Institute (CHORI)
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
Clinton Foundation
Colby Chemistry Lab
College Bound
CollegeSpring
Colorado Children’s Hospital 2015 Summer
Research Internship
Columbia Internship in Building Community
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Congressional Internship Program
Construction Industry Workforce Initiative (CIWI)
Diversity for Sustainability
Dodge & Cox Investment Management
Company
El Dorado Care Center
Errigal, Inc.
Facebook
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
FirstGEN (First Generation Civil Rights
Fellowship)
Foundation for Sustainable Development
Fragomen Worldwide
Fresh Air Fund
FusionStorm
Galileo Learning
Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute
Girls Inc.
Glide Emerging Leaders Program
Glide Memorial Emerging Leaders Internship
Program
Global Exchange
Google
Greenlining Academy
Halpern-Felsher Lab, Stanford University
School of Medicine
Health Career Connection
Hidden Villa Camp
Human Impact Partners
InnVision Shelter Network
Justice Now
Kaiser LAUNCH SYEP High School
Internship Program
Kaiser Permanente
Koru Business Emersion Program
LinkedIn’s High School Internship
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
MatchBridge Business Pathways
McKeany-Flavell Co., Inc.
Mentoring in Medicine & Science College
Clinical Immersion Program
Minami Tamaki LLP
Mission Bit
Mission Graduates
Monument Crisis Center
National Council of La Raza
National Institute of Health
NERA Economic Consulting
Nutanix
Office of Assembly member Rob Bonta
Oregon Health and Science University
Pacific Institute
Partners Program
PG&E
Placer Partners
Port of Oakland
Project AVARY
Project Pull
Proteus Digital Health
REACH Academic Peer Mentoring
Recommind
Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps
Rising Sun Energy Center
Running Start Young Women’s Leadership
Program
San Francisco Airport Commission
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
San Francisco Junior Giants
San Jose Downtown Association
Sand Hill Global Advisors
Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office
SAP Labs
Scarborough Insurance Agency
SCK‧CEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SocialWire
St. Paul’s Episcopal School Summer Camp
Stanford Institutes of Medicine
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer
Research Program
Stanford University School of Medicine
Summer Medical & Dental Education
Program (SMDEP)
Summer Public Health Scholars Program
Sutro Biopharma
Sutter Health
TerribyArtistic
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Undergraduate Program
The Center for Youth Development Through
Law
The Fresh Air Fund
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
The Wassaic Project
UC Berkeley Physics Lab
UC Berkeley Upward Bound
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego Lab Assistant for Psychiatry
Research
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Universal McCann
Wells Fargo
YMCA
Young Community Developers (YCD)
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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Named Scholarships
The Named Scholarship program provides a way for donors to create a scholarship and help
SRA students attend college. A Named Scholarship can be established in memory of or in
tribute to a loved one, as part of a corporate philanthropy portfolio, or as a way to recognize
one’s personal commitment to SRA students. Named Scholarships start with a minimum
annual contribution and are awarded to SRA college students (freshmen to seniors) who best
exemplify the values and qualities important to the donor establishing the scholarship, or to the
person for whom the scholarship is named.
SRA works closely with each Named Scholarship donor to craft a personalized scholarship
and provide opportunities to meet their scholars. As part of the scholarship award, each
recipient donates $25 to a charity of his/her choice (excluding SRA). By sharing their
scholarship award with others in need, SRA students are continuing the philanthropic tradition
and generosity established by their Named Scholarship sponsor.
D.E. Allen and R.O. Segura Scholarship
Arborwell Scholarship
Atlassian Scholarship
Bassett Furniture Scholarship
Leonard & Martha Brutocao Scholarship
The Julia Burke Foundation Scholarship
Carlyn Clause and Lex Brainerd Scholarship
Comis Foundation Scholarship
Wallace and Tania DeYoung Scholarship
East Bay Insurance Agents Charitable Fund
Scholarship
FusionStorm Scholarship
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Nick Gandhi Academic Excellence
Scholarship
John and Gwenda Hanson Scholarship
Jack and Jill of America - Contra Costa
Chapter Scholarship
Jean and Alan Kay Scholarship
Haldane King (Tuskegee Effect) Scholarship
Ed and Susan Lowe Scholarship
Florence and Joseph Nolan Scholarship
Linda Rindt Scholarship
Shartsis Friese Scholarship
Sue’s STEM Scholarship
The Named Scholarship Program
is an investment in our future.
A college degree equips these
promising young people to
support themselves and help their
families and communities. They
are tomorrow’s leaders and they
give me much hope for the future.
- Shereen Motarjemi, established Sue’s STEM Scholarship, in honor
of her late mother to support young women entering STEM fields
Alex Arango, UC San Diego, 2016
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
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SRA Volunteer Mentor Kirsten McCarthy, SRA Director Tim
McCarthy, and their family and friends celebrate at the Hoedown
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You Can Make
a Difference
Contribute
Make a tax-deductible donation and help us send even more students to college next
year. Many employers have a matching gift program.
Establish a Named Scholarship
Help our hard-working, motivated students go to college by establishing a scholarship
in your name, your company’s or foundation’s name, or in the name of a loved
one. SRA will work closely with you to craft a personal scholarship and to provide
opportunities to meet the students directly supported by your scholarship.
Leave a Legacy
Include SRA in your estate plans and support students in their pursuit of a higher
education for generations to come.
Attend the Annual Gala
SRA’s annual Gala raises critically needed funds to support our students through
college. Visit our website for details and to join our invitation list.
Volunteer
SRA has numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the year, including helping
students prepare a résumé, working at an SRA event, and even providing pro bono
healthcare or dental services.
Become a Mentor
Give of your time by serving as a role model and source of guidance and support for an
SRA student.
Employ an SRA StudenT OR HIRE AN SRA ALUM
Provide SRA students with paid internships or allow them to participate in “job
shadowing” to learn about your profession first-hand.
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Students Rising Above © 2015
www.studentsrisingabove.org
P.O. Box 29174
San Francisco CA 94129
415.333.4222
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