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Directors
Michael Bruck
Steven P. Burke
Carlos Cardenas
Kendra Ellis
Lester Ellis
Ann Frizell
H. Todd Harmon
Peg Kemper
Valerie Matzger
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Welcome to the first issue of our online newsletter. We hope you find it informative, easily accessible, and "green." Please let us know your comments -- about the email format, the contents and the work the Foundation is doing. Feel free to forward this email to your friends or associates whom you think may be interested in the work of the 1200 Foundation. Thank you. |
| Thanks to Our Donors for 2008 Support
In spite of the downturn in the economy, the generous support of our donors in 2008 enabled us to surpass our 2007 fundraising efforts. These contributions have made it possible for us to increase the number of programs we support and to increase the size of our grants.
In 2008 we awarded grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 to the following nonprofits serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties:
- The Bread Project
- Building Skills Partnership
- C.E.O. Women
- EARN
- Operation Access
- Opportunity Junction
- Sophia Project
- The Stride Center
- Wardrobe for Opportunity
Visit our website to learn more about each of these worthy organizations, their programs and services, and their participants. |
Working Poor Hit Hardest by Recession
"Low-income people are the big losers when the economy turns down," said Andrew M. Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University.
A kind of domino effect is beginning to squeeze out the least skilled or experienced workers -- those already on the bottom of the ladder -- who are settling for part-time employment and fewer hours if they can find work at all.
"The new administration will have to think several levels down the ladder," said Fred Davie, president of Public/Private Ventures, a group in Philadelphia that develops and studies antipoverty programs, "so the government invests not only in the top but also in infrastructure jobs and training for low-income people to get some of those jobs."
By Erik Eckholm, Extract from The New York Times, 11/8/2008 |
| Sophia Project Serves Families and Children in West Oakland for 10 Years
Starting with 8 children and 4 families in 1998, Sophia Project, one of the 1200 Foundation non-profit grantee organizations, now serves over 100 children and 40 families. Every one of these families remains housed and stable.
All of the children from their childhood education programs are thriving. But the true stories are in the individuals who are served not in the statistics.
Recently the staff of Sophia Project received a letter from one of their mothers. She thanked them for giving her a chance to obtain her GED, for caring for her children "as though they were delicate flowers," and for giving nurturing love and support to her and her children.
The breadth of the Sophia Project is described in more detail on our website. | |
Burke Joins 1200 Foundation Board
The 1200 Foundation recently named Steven P. Burke of Oakland as a member of the board of directors. Burke is an attorney in a San Francisco law firm and a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.
He became interested in the 1200 Foundation because "I feel very strongly that we need to do more as a society to encourage those who work and try to build a life for themselves." Read more about Burke in an article on our website. |
Foundation Presents New Grants
C.E.O. Women and Stride Center Receive $7,500
The 1200 Foundation recently presented $7,500 grants each to C.E.O. Women and to The Stride Center. Both nonprofit organizations have received grants from the Foundation in the past. Executive directors from both organizations have been speakers at 1200 Foundation annual meetings.
C.E.O Women (short for Creating Economic Opportunities for Women) is based in Oakland and seeks to create economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women to become entrepreneurs and improve their livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then provides women with intensive mentoring, coaching and small grants to start their businesses.
The Stride Center, located in San Pablo, is helping people acquire the skills they need to be self-sufficient. The nonprofit organization prepares its adult students for professional, well-rounded careers in the information technology field.
Read more about the organizations at our website. | |
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