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1 Episcopal Charities 2014 Annual Review episcopal charities

2 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.

3 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

4 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 The Work Station at Holy Trinity/ La Santisima Trinidad provides afterschool tutoring to neighborhood children from low-income, non-english speaking families. Urban ReLeaf plants trees in impoverished areas of Oakland and Richmond, while teaching job-readiness skills and employing at-risk teens. Good Shepherd offers health education and support to day laborers in Berkeley. Contra Costa Deanery Trinity Center at St. Paul s Walnut Creek serves the homeless population with case management, counseling and referrals. Contra Costa Interfaith Housing provides permanent, affordable, supportive housing for formerly homeless families in which at least one parent is disabled. 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

5 Larkin Street Youth Services Marin Deanery 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. The Hannah Freedom School is a six-week summer literacy program in Marin City, focused on closing the achievement gap for low-income children. 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 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. Pacifica Resource Center links low-income families with resources in the area, offers nutritional education, and promotes food security. Home and Hope s comprehensive program provides overnight shelter, daily meals, case management and mentorship, helping homeless families regain self-sufficiency.

6 Episcopal Charities 2014 Annual Review San Francisco 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. Street Soccer USA brings sports activities to homeless teens and adults as a means to provide case management and transfer essential life skills. 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. 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. 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

7 The Wellness Center Southern Alameda 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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.

8 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 episcopal charities episcopalcharities.org