2015 annual report - st. mary's center

2015 Annual Report

Dear Friends,

This year at St. Mary’s Center we expanded our programming significantly: doubled our supportive housing capacity, created a Council of Elders, established a Parents Education Program for our preschool parents and developed and piloted a Peer-to-Peer program to combat isolation among our seniors.

Without your support we would have been hard-pressed to have accomplished all that we did.

The backdrop for our work is the growing gap between rich and poor, exemplified in Oakland by a paradox. At over 20%, we have one of the highest poverty rates in the state, and at the same time one of the highest median rental costs in the country, more than $2,000 for a one bedroom apartment. And rental rates keep rising. It is almost impossible for our seniors, most of whom earn less than $11,000 a year, or our preschool parents, who struggle to provide for their families, to create and maintain a stable household.

St. Mary’s Center becomes their “safe” harbor. A space where children can play, learn and grow. A space where seniors learn skills to stabilize their lives, recover from trauma, and regain their dignity.

Our work is life-changing. Thank you for being a part of it.

Warm regards,

Carol Johnson, MSW William E. Kramer John GrafExecutive Director Board Chair 2013 - 2015 Board Chair 2015 - 2017

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Building Stronger CommunitiesCreating active partnerships is an important aspect of community building. No one organization can turn around a community, a neighborhood, or an issue single-handedly. In this spirit, St. Mary’s Center is proud to work with a number of other organizations to help build a better world. Here’s a brief look at some of our recent work:

● The Sisters of the Presentation Ireland were instrumental in helping St. Mary’s Center secure a second supportive housing site by letting us purchase their convent and giving a substantial financial gift to defray the cost. Presentation House opened in January 2015 and is now home to six homeless seniors who are learning skills so that they can transition to more independent housing. The Thomas J. Long Foundation and The Wilcox Family Foundation provided key funding to help complete the purchase and renovation.

● Through a partnership with Jewish Family Services, Preschool Director Quinetta Lewis and Psychologist Sarah Ross have developed a Parents Education and Support Program to

help preschool parents navigate the process of raising a child while combating poverty, violence, and homelessness. Parents learn how these conditions affect their children and what they can do about it.

● St. Mary’s Center is partnering with SAHA (Satellite Affordable Housing Associates) to provide support services for 30 previously homeless seniors living in Lakeside Apartments, a new permanent supportive housing development located close to Lake Merritt. We help seniors achieve greater stability by linking them to resources providing healthcare, nutrition, mental health and recovery services.

Throughout 2013 and into 2014, St. Mary’s Center hosted a series of healing circles to identify and incorporate the cultural characteristics significant to African-American seniors to serve the community better. Through this project, it became apparent that there was a need to take this process to the entire St. Mary’s Center community and the Council of Elders was formed.

This group of seven elders work with staff providing feedback on onsite services and activities affecting the varied communities they represent. The Council meets every other month and has become a vital component in organizing meaningful events at our community center. Council members help formulate new events, work at events, speak at events, and engage with their communities to build attendance.

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Our Council of Elders

Incoming council president, Dianna Davis enjoys the work of the council because through it, she can ensure St. Mary’s Center is “a safe and inclusive community for everybody” by “going out every day to greet and help the community, especially the people who are new.”

The Council of Elders has also helped to create a new community center program, Golden and Green. Here, seniors work to tend the gardens and help to beautify the Center while creating a space for participants to exercise, combat arthritis, and create a memorial garden.

Council 2014-2015 L – R: Keith Arivnwine, Guitar Whitfield, Ortencia Hoopii, Carol Johnson, Diana Davis, Leticia Evangelista, and Claudis Williams

Promoting JusticeSt. Mary’s Center is home to an active group of seniors who regularly travel to Sacramento to meet with legislators about issues affecting them and their peers. Their tireless dedication to ensuring their rights has kept them busy. These Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice have already traveled to Sacramento ten times this year! So far they have participated in rallies, been a part of press conferences, met with legislative offices, and even testified on the Assembly floor in support of legislation. What are they advocating for?

The first issue is to raise SSI. Most St. Mary’s Center seniors live on an SSI check of $889. This is a mere 90% of the federal poverty rate. As Hope & Justice participant, Angel McClain explained during her testimony on April 7th, “That leaves me $89 a month to survive on [after rent].” Through their impassioned testimony they’re working to increase SSI payments to 112% of the poverty level, raising monthly checks to $1098 a month.

Their other main issue is to help pass the Right to Rest Act, also known as the “Homeless Bill of Rights” which would make California the sixth state to pass such a bill. And as McClain said so eloquently while testifying before the Assembly, “We all want to end homelessness in California. Passing the Right to Rest Act is part of ending homelessness because when we incarcerate people because they are engaged in activities like sitting and sleeping we are exacerbating their ability to get out of the very situation we are here to solve.”

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Housing ClinicThe Bay Area housing landscape has changed dramatically in the past 5 years. There are fewer housing options available and even less for people on tiny incomes. To further complicate matters, many transitional housing sites and single-room occupancy hotels have closed. The demand for affordable housing has never been greater and waitlists are longer than they have ever been.

In response to this situation our Homeless Senior Services team created a housing clinic. This once-a-week workshop provides St. Mary’s Center participants with a supportive environment to fill out housing applications while ensuring they get up to date information on available units. Seniors first need to assemble documents for what our social workers call a “passport to housing”, a folder where all important documents are stored for them such as a birth certificate, social security card, proof of income, and letters of support. When you are homeless it is difficult to keep these documents together and safe, but they are necessary to qualify for housing.

The housing clinic also serves as a focused time to help clients identify housing opportunities that are best suited for them. Affordable apartments can pop up and then disappear quickly, so weekly diligence is often rewarded. Nearly 20% of clinic participants have found housing since the program launched in September 2014. This is very good news when you consider the enormous disparity between the cost of most housing in Oakland and what our seniors can afford.


Raising A Reader!We are pleased to announce a partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation to provide the “Raising a Reader” program to help our preschoolers acquire language and develop literacy skills. Perhaps you remember reading out loud to your children? Many of our favorite memories come from this intimate experience of sharing a story with our children, or being read to by our own parents. Favorite stories are read over and over again. It sets the stage for learning, developing a love of reading, understanding a narrative, and becomes a foundation for formal education and constructive family time.

Many low-income families, struggling to put food on the table, may not be familiar with good quality children’s books or cannot easily access them. There may not be a generational transmission of the practice – “My mother read to me” – or a sufficient understanding of its importance in child development. Whatever the reason, many children at our preschool have not had the opportunity to engage with books outside of the classroom.

Through Raising a Reader, every Thursday each child picks out a different book bag with four books in it to take home and then bring back on Tuesday. Parents and children read the stories together, which helps to develop a stronger parent-child relationship. Through discussing the characters in the stories, parents can instill ethical principles and ideals, helping the child understand the consequence of poor choices. The child can recreate the stories by looking at the pictures when parents are not able to read them out loud. This process starts children on the road to greater academic achievement.


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The Journey Begins at St. Mary’s Center

A Community of SupportWe are grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their financial support of St. Mary’s Center. These gifts were received between January 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015.

IndividualsCris AbisiaGary AddiegoEd AhearnNorma AhernRudy AlegreJoan Marie AlexanderTondelora AlexanderBrian AliBob and Lynda AllenGlenn Allen and Carrie MoultonWilliam AllensworthPhil and Leslie AltmanElizabeth AndersenMargaret Anderson and James SheehanMary Jane AndersonAnonymousHenry ApgarPatricia and Bruno ArenaJoe and Mary ArmentaKathy and Wally ArmitageMary ArnettJanet Arnold and Michael RubinBeverly and Alan AtchisonClaire BakerRalph Baker and Vanessa Rockell BakerAlessandro and Cheri BaldoJohn and Kathleen BalousekJeff and Karen BanksAllison BarnardJohn and Kathleen BarnardKristen BarnardEileen BarrettKathleen BarrowsJohn BartoleroPaul BastingJeanne BattaginJordan Battani and David BurtonFather John Baumann, S.J.James BeardEdward and Jeanie BeatsonKathy BedaynValerie Behrendt and Mel Behrendt Jr.Cecilia BeltramoEdith Ben AriFrancine BenassiniTimothy BenderDavid and Mary BengtsonLaura and Paul BennettTimothy Bennett, D D SJohn BerberichRoberta and Henry BergMindy BericalBrian BernardisKitty Bernick and Daniel FisherKenneth and Jill BerrickRon BersaglieriAndrea & Rita BiagioniJoan BichselMark Bichsel and Carol Johnson BichselRobert and Martha Bilbrey

Mary Lou and Jan BlumerPaul Boero and Alison FritziePeter and Linda BoeroRichard BolecekVincent Boleya and Bonnie ResnikSue BollingerDeacon Carolyn BoltonLuigi and Della BonaciniMaura BonnarensNicole BoonePaul and Carrie BosciaAlina and Colin BoweLarry and Meg BowermanJerry and Judy BoydRichard BrainardJoanna BrambleDaniel Brekke and Bonnie TrinclistiJohn and Kathleen BrekkePaul and Katrina Brekke-MiesnerJ. R. and Rebecca BreskaBill and Margaret BrockwayDaniel and Jeanne BrownDouglas and Carolyn BrownPaula BrucknerRobert and Suzanne BrunelGail BuccieriPat BuchananRita BucherWilliam and Rose Marie BueckerYolanda BuenoDennise BurgessRobert and Sharon BurkeJeffrey and Sabina BurnsJohn and Trudie BurnsidePeter Butler and Matthew BaileyRoss and Lillian CadenassoPatrick and Eileen CaffertyBernard and Diana CaldwellRichard CallahanPeter and Pamela CampagnaCarrie CampbellRobert CampbellWillie and Micheline CampbellPaul and Mary CanalesCass and Marlene CandellMitchell and Claire CaporAl and Marianne CarrascoAnita CarseSupervisor Keith CarsonPatricia Carter and Donald JohnsonAnnette CaryRaymond and Marian CasabonneVirginia CasavantKathleen CassonJohn and Nancy CecconiGregory and Josephine CennamoDarlene Ceremello and Jessea GreenmanHoward and Suzanne ChagnonErica ChanDoris Chapman


Br. Anthony ChavezRobert and Kay CheathamJohn and Susan CheliniGeorge ChenShirley CheneyChonita ChewSharon and John ChipmanRobert and Carol ChunMonica ClarkKelli Cline and Bob EllisMaura ClogherDionne ColaJoyce Colbath-StewartKimberly Cole and Brian BoeroVictor ColemanNorman CollinsE.M and J.B. ComptonDorothy ConnellJohn and Maryann ConnollyJohn and Mary Ellen ConnollyBob and Ricki ConwayThomas and Margaret CookeGary and Courtney CordaRoger Cormier and Sandra CohenHeide CorteseAlfred CostaAmy and Josh CostaSteve and Kate CostaLisa CraftJudith and Philip CrosbyWilchie and Elmira CrumpMarie Cumming and Victor RobergeMr. & Mrs. Robert CummingsMost Rev. John CumminsJim and Kelly CunniffeNatalie and Christopher CutlerMaria Da MarenMary and Ron DaneseJan DanielLawrence D’AnjouPeter and Iris DaveyBarbara DaviesDeborah DavisVernon DavisonDonald and Catherine De CossPaul De VincenziBernice De VriesClaudia DebusRobert DematteiElissa DennisSusan and Stephen DennisVictoria Derdivanis and Elizabeth ChapmanBill DeskinMs. Karen Di FrummoloJohn and Rosalie Di PalermoGeorge and Edna DiniKatie DinneenRonald and Nancy DiritoTan DominiquePamela and Kent Donahue

Laurie DoneganKathleen DonnellRonald DorfmanDolores and Len DoughertyDolores DowningJohn DoyleRick and Kathleen DraperJim and Mary DrennanMichael DultraDr. and Dr. Michael DurantNadine DurantMichael DutraEarlene DuttonEric DuttonMarie and Thomas DuttonOctavia EdgleyBetsy EdwardsTommy EdwardsChris EganBarbara ElentenyMatt EngelsSharon EntwistleDavid EpleyTheresa ErwinCathleen and Arnold EsposMarian EsserIrene EstelleApril EvansJack and Lynda EverittMary Fadhl and Carl BurtonMartin and Angelyn FaheyMary FallsDr. and Mrs. Richard FeachemEileen FeldmanJonathan and Michelle FeldmanRobert and Flora FeldmanBette and James FeltonAlfred and Janet FerreiraBernard and Lillian FichtenkortJonathan and Michelle FieldmanEmily FigueiraDorothy FingerJerome and Carol FischenichKathleen FishCathy and Jim FisherSr. Elizabeth FisherStephen and Susan FisherTheresa FitchPat and Janice FitzpatrickPatrick FlahertyAnne FlemingCarol Fleming MarksMeredith FlorianSister Mary Jane FloydJames FobroyMatthew FogelsonJerry FontesPierre and Louise FortayonPat FrazierThomas and Maggie FreemanEda FreggiaroValerie FreguliaGerald FriedJill FriedmanLindsey FrischerSister Elizabeth FuhrJane FunkPatricia Gannon

Kathy Gannon-Briggs and Jim BriggsLeo and Jane GaspardoneMartin GayentRon and Lori GazzanoPatricia Ann GeeRose Mary and David GereckeJames and Jeanne GeselbrachtDanielle GhiglieriStephen and Joanne GhiglieriMary GiachettoElizabeth and Kenneth GiannottiJohn and Patricia GilchrestB. R. GilkeyRichard and Carol GilpinDebbie GoedenSusan and Steve GoldenbergErnest and Henrietta GoldsbyShirley GolubAnn Gonski and John ScottBrendalynn GoodallLiu GoodwinBev and Tom GormanRichard and Ann GosleeMary GotelliDavid GraberJohn and Maureen GrafMoses GraubardMarian and Roger GrayMatthew and Michele GrebNina GreenGail GreenbergHeather GreenbergJacob GreenbergJames Greenberg and Judith BellKatherine Greenberg and Edward HernandezGretel GreenhousePatrick GreeningTom and Katherine GreertyKevin Gross and Laura Heidrick GrossKristiann GrovePaula GuenraJessie GuitonKenneth and Wendy Haase, Jr.Daniel and Sherilyn HaganLauralie and John HaikinElana HallCatherine HamlettJeffrey HargreavesMaurice HarperMaxine and Manina HarrisJeanne HassenzahlJames and Mary HatfieldGeorge Hauser and Michele LeprohnMelanie HawThomas Haw and Tamara NicoloffGeorge and Barbara HegartyDolores HeltonEd HernandezBrendan HickeyDr. Therese Hickey and Stephen HellerMary HigginsAurora HillLouise HillJeanine HindeNorah HippolyteJames HobenLinda Hoffman and Robert HaslerWill and Anna Hoover


Steve and Nancy HopkinsMarshall HopperR. Vernon and Nancy HowardWalter HubrigDave and Dolores HummRaymond and Mary HurdKristina InmanChristine IppolitoGlenn and Gabriella IsaacsonJose IuerdoAdriene IversonJacqueline JacksonDianne Jacob and Owen RubinMaureen and David Earl JacobsPaul JacobsNaima Jahi-Coleman and Fred ColemanRobert and Sue JardineJoyce JenkinsLouis and Margaret JenkinsKirstin JensenSandhya JhaCraig JohnsonJorgen and Shannon JohnsonLarry and Julie JohnsonPatricia Carter and Donald JohnsonGeorge JonarisAmy and Donald JonesDave and Susie JorgensenBernadine JosephWilliam JoyceToby KaplanMarilyn Karczewski and Mark OrtoljoCarmel KarrickMichael KatzKathryn and Warren KauffmanKathleen KearneyMike and Judy KeenanCheryl KehRoma KehoeHeather Keith-Spellman and Mark SpellmanRobert and Lolly KelleherCarolyn KelloggCharlotte KellyKathleen KellyShelly KellyKevin and Mary Anne KennedyNancy KennedyBetty Kennedy-TapscottChris and Paula KennyMargaret KetlyCasey KhoSister Karen KielbJoanne KillamCaroline KimJeannie and Jonnathan KimPearl KimBeatrice KirchnerJoanna Klaseen PaceChristopher Klein & Lizabeth Hauswald KleinKevin and Carolyn KnudtsonDenise Kogler and David JalufkaDale and Suzanne KohayaPatricia KohnenCarl KohnertRaymond KongDick and Albie KostyrkaMike and Michele KoureyKaren Kramer

Steven and Angelica RettigKen and Kate RichardsonJacqueline RichterMr. and Mrs. Burton RigleyPaul and Carolyn RinettiNaomi and Nelson RivasJoseph and Angela RivelloKaren RiveraCeleste RobinsonAdam and Kristi RocapNoreen RodgersAlma RoseEllen RosenCarole RothSandra RuliffsonAndrew RuppensteinChris and Lee RutterPatricia and Tim RyanLinda Safarik-TongKarla SalazarMadeline SalocksAnita and Steve SanchezRichard SandersPaul SanGiorgioAlex and Jean SarranJennie SchachtJoanne SchellRev. James SchexnayderJoseph H. Schieffer and Catherine McDonaldLeslie SchoenfeldDavid and Daly SchreckPatricia SchroederThomas and Kathleen SchuenzelFrancis Schumacher and Nina FriendMichael and Cami SchumacherRichard and Sally SchumacherMark and Nancy SchusterJohn ScottMarie SeberDoris SeyranianDebbie SharpWilliam and Noelle SheehanKathryn Marie SheffieldChuck Siebenand and Anna Marie FrancoDaniel Siegel and Anne WeillsErnie Simmons, Jr.Sheila SimsHerbert SingletonGary and Susanne SjobergMichael and Marsha SkinnerSally Slyngstad, SNJMCory SmegalJoan and Ralph SmithKathrin SmithLoretta SmithMargot SmithRev Nancy SmithRev. Wilton SmithOwen SolbergAmir SoltaniKathleen and Richard SoubletFrank SpagnolettiSheryl SpringerKathryn Stambaugh and Tom MazzottaLeigh StametsBruce and Susan StangelandMr. and Mrs. Randy StarkweatherMayoor Steinberg

Brian and Mary Stein-WebberMeg StengerAnthony StockGeorge and Britta StrattonMary StraussLeanne and Donald StumpMary SuilmannBonnie SullivanJacqueline and Thomas SullivanElizabeth SummersChristina SutherlandKay SweeneyNeil and Beverly SweeneyNancy SweetlandDean and Stephanie SwensonSusan SykesBetty and Ben TapscottAdriana TarantaJoe and Paula TarantinoGreg and Mary TarczynskiKimberly TarmanHelga TarverDiane TaylorPenny and Eugene TaylorFred and Susan TealdiDeirdre TerryJim and Mandy ThamThomas and Lorraine ThatcherKirsten and Henning ThorupVickie ThunMary TighMattie TolesAnn TompkinsSteve and Cary ToolEllen Torres and Tom KerrinsArwa ToulanKara TowKathleen TownsendGina TruexMark TudoDaniel and Elizabeth TurnerThomas and Linda TurnerKenneth and Connie TylerPaula and John TylerAnna-Lisa UlbrichGeoffrey UptonMsgr. Antonio ValdiviaAnne Louise Van HoomissenRobert and Deborah Van NestDr. K.L. van PuttenRev. Paul Ross VassarDan and Theresa VaughanWalter D. and Eleanor VaughnMonica VohryzkaSean WachobMichelle WaddellSusan WainwrightTravis Wall and Leslie KaplanJohn WallanTom Walsh and Maura FitzgeraldRaymond and Mary WanserCurtis Ward and Esther Niksich-WardGreg WardSurena WashingtonKim WayneRoger WedlEmily WeilJeffery Weiss


Jerome and Cathy WeitznerSusan WernerMaureen WesolowskiRev. Thomas Weston, SJDaniel and Katharine WhalenBetty and William WhartonStacy WheelerWendy WheelerBeverly WhittingtonSteve and Peg WilcoxPamela WilliamsPat and Phil WilliamsBarbara WilsonGladys and Benjamin WilsonJohn and Bobbie WilsonNancy WilsonFrank and Monica WnukNora WolfsonThomas and Kathleen WolinskiMargaret WoosterEric and Katie WunderlichBen and Helen YamanakaJohn and Valerie YeakelEmiliano and Karina ZamoraEleanor ZapantaNancy and David ZawadzkiLaura ZhangFred and Evelyn Zierten

BequestsAlberta Jannusch TrustEstate of Edna PucciEstate of Marilyn Werner

FoundationsArdea FundBaldacci Family FoundationBen & Jerry FoundationBernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable FoundationBrewster West FoundationCalifornia School Age ConsortiumThe Charles and Karen Couric Charitable FundCrescent Porter Hale FoundationDiamantine Family Foundation, Inc.East Bay Community FoundationEvelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. FundIdiart Family FundKazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons, Greenwood, Oberman, Satterly & Bosl FoundationLyda and Rico De Luca Foundation, Inc.Mazon: A Jewish Response to HungerNeil and Amelia McDaniel Charitable TrustOrder of Malta Western AssociationPhilanthropic Ventures FoundationS.H. Cowell FoundationSilicon Valley Community FoundationSisters of St. Joseph Healthcare FoundationT. Rowe Price FoundationThe California EndowmentThe Carl Gellert & Celia Berta Gellert FoundationThe Order of Malta ClinicThe San Francisco FoundationThe Thomas J. Long FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Matching Gift Program

William KramerIrene KudarauskasRichard and Alice KulkaMargot Kushel and Arthur KrantzLouis LabatGermaine LaBergeDonald LafrenzRay and Ann LageNatalie and Henry LagorioHeather LambertGary and Karen LaMonsPhilippe and Adrienne LamoureuxTina LanfriKatharine LangdonValda and Nicholas LapkassBarbara Anne LarsenMary Jane and Rich LaufenbergSuzanna and Robert LeachMr. and Mrs. Timothy LeahyJoe and Patricia LealBetty LebbertCynthia LeBlancSandra Ann LeeHelena LeinerGregory and Michelle LeiterArthur LenhardtTim and Julie LeongAndrew and Dorothy LevenKate Levinson and Stephen CostaChristine and Thomas LewKent LewandowskiShelly LiebermanMary LightTeresa LindbergGoodwin Liu and Ann O’LearyEli LongneckerMonica LopezNatalia LopezKaren LouisJeanne and Robert LoviAlan LovingJane and John LowSr. Eva LumasMary Louise LynchJohn and Carol LyonsStuart MacIntyreJohn Macy and Charlotte DicksonEdward and Carol MadiganLaura MagnaniMarguerite MagoffinCarolyn MahoneyCornell Maier and Deidre SmithMike MaitaLisa MaloneJames and Linda ManningFrancis and Delia MansellEleanor ManuelClaire and James MarchianoPat Marino and Al MusanteRalph and Kathleen MarkeRonald MarkhamHelen MarquetteKaren MartellJose and Diana MartinezTony MastriaPatricia MauletCleo MayerSheila Mc Alinden

John and Patricia Mc GuireMr. and Mrs. Tom McCaffreyGail McCallPatrick McCallElizabeth McClintockDavid and Sharon McCoskerJohn and Susan McCourtLenore McCrackenLaura and Robert McCreeryShivaun McDonaldThomas and Roedean McGowanDavid McGregorPaulette and Jim McHughBill and Karen McInerneyMichael and Debra McJiltonEd and Patricia McMillanKen McNamaraLori McPhersonEvan and Wendy McWilliamsJames and Sharon MeagherSr. Marilyn MedauRobert Mefford and Linda KamasJohn and Sylvia MelroseDaniel MelvinCharles and Julie MerrillMary Jo and John MetzgerMonte and Wanda MeyersNancy and Michael MikulichCharlotte Milcetich-PicalloDebra MillerRalph and Patti MillerNicholas Minorsky and Linda Franco-MinorskyRita MitchellKathleen MohnGiorgio MolinarioJohn and Nora MonfrediniPatricia and Jeff MonsonJoanna MooneyPamela MorenoWalter and Shirley MoresiPatricia MorganCarol MotteAndrew Moyce, M.D. and Mary MoyceRosemary MucklowJoseph MullenGerald MulliganGeri MurchisonGalen Murphy and Matthew LevesqueRegan Murphy and Helen BorganSusan MurphyBarbara MurrerAlfred Musante, Sr.Elizabeth and James MusbachCressey NakagawaRonald and Irene NakasoneFred NaseefBarbara NataleBonnie and James NelsonPatrick NelsonDiane NeptuneDoris NeubergerMartha NewhardFrank NicewiczJames and Leanne NoeFr. Michael P. NorkettIan NorstadFrederick and Marena NortonTerry Norton


Bob and Bea OatsTom and Marilyn O’ConnellKerry O’ConnorGail Odell BuccieriMargaret and Maureen O’HaraLaurence OliveriPatricia OlsenAnn OlsonJoseph and Therese O’MearaKathleen O’MearaBrian and Pauline O’ReillyClarice O’Reilly-CumminsJohn PapadakisGenia PauplisJoseph and Joel Ann PehanickJohn and Dorothy Pendergrass, Jr.Steve and Cec PenlandIgnacio Perez and Margaret Harrak-PerezRobert and Teri-Ann Peri, DDSKaren PermillionMike and Terry PerryCharles and Lois PersynNora PetersenJames and Geraldine PetersonLois and Allan PetersonPaula Petti and Lawrence HallKaren and Tom PetzoldtEdward and Mary PhillipsGladys Phillips-EvansDaniel and Rosanne PiccininiRosemarie PierceBetty PigfordElizabeth PigfordLeo PigozziFran PletschetCharles PlummerSr. Loraine PolacciKris and Dean PollackLaura PontiCatherine PowersNancy Ann and Joseph PowersSally and Rodger PowersJoy PrattChristopher PrideCarolyn ProvostLorraine ProvostHarry and Virginia PrudhommeRoss and Alana PrusinovskiRich and Cindy PuppioneSteve and Carolyn PurcellStephen PurserJames Puskar and Eleanor RushMargaret RaceCarla and Bill RaffettoEugene and Christine RaggioSteven and Susan RamosAmy RangerJennifer RannellsMartina ReavesMichael and Sandra ReddingMary ReidGail and Dennis ReillyRosemary ReillyBarabra Reiner and Janet KaplanPat and John ReiteWanda Remmers-MeyersJohn RengelDavid and Nanette Renzi

Foundations True North FoundationWayne and Gladys Valley FoundationWest Davis and Bergard FoundationWhalen Family FoundationWilcox Family Foundation

CorporationsArbequina/Rosetta/ SolariaCamp, Rousseau, Montgomery, LLPChevron Matching Employee FundsEthix Merchant ServicesGeneral Electric FoundationKaiser Permanente - Public Affairs Dept.Perforce FoundationPharmacy Compounding Consulting, Inc.The Clorox CompanyThe Staffing Solutions Group

OrganizationsAARP Chapter, 20, AlamedaAdvent ConsultingAT&T Employee Giving CampaignAttitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.Barbara Lee for CongressBeneficial State BankBerkeley Lodge No. 270Center for Elders’ IndependenceCommunity Economics, Inc.Community Health CharitiesEast Bay Asian Local Development Corpora-tionEpiscopal Senior CommunitiesExpressions GalleryFIJIP ConsultingIntero Real Estate ServicesKappa Gamma PiMathematica Policy ResearchMercy Retirement CenterNew Harbinger Publications, Inc.Oakland Athletics Community FundOakland Rotary EndowmentOakland Schools FoundationLifeLong Over 60 Health CenterPartners in Caring for SeniorsRaskob Learning InstituteSatellite Affordable Housing Associates Thrivent Financial for LutheransUnited Way Capital RegionUnited Way of the Bay AreaUniversity of CaliforniaVietnam Veterans of America

ReligiousAmerican Baptist Seminary of the WestAmerican Baptist Seminary of the WestCatholic Community of PleasantonCatholic Daughters of America #1934Court St. Raymond #2057Diocese of OaklandDominican Sisters of Mission San JoseDominican Sisters of OakfordKhmmu / Laotian Pastoral & Cultural Center

Knights Of Columbus Fr. John C. Murphy CouncilLakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, Inc.Lakeside Temple of Practical ChristianityNewman Hall - Holy Spirit ParishSanta Maria ChurchSierra Pacific SynodSisters of Social ServiceSisters of St. Joseph of CarondeletSisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and MarySisters of the PresentationSociety of the Sacred HeartSt. Agnes Catholic ChurchSt. Charles Borromeo ChurchSt. Cornelius ParishSt. Felicitas Catholic ChurchSt. Isidore ParishSt. Joan of Arc ParishSt. Leander ChurchSt. Mary Magdalen ChurchSt. Michael ChurchSt. Monica Men’s ClubSt. Monica’s ChurchSt. Monica’s Women’s GuildSt. Paschal Baylon ChurchSt. Paul Lutheran ChurchSt. Raymond ChurchSt. Theresa of the Infant Jesus

GovernmentCounty of Alameda: Behavioral Health Care Services Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Services Alcohol and Drug Prevention Services Innovations Health Care Services MediCal MediCal Administrative Activites Public Health Medication Safety Social Services Area Agency on Aging Fall Prevention Area Agency on Aging Visiting Program California Preschool California Child & Adult Care Food Program City of Oakland: OCAP Community Action Partner Permanent Access to Housing (PATH)Federal Emergency Management Agency

Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions and advise Tomas Moreno at 510-923-9600 x229 or [email protected].

St. Mary’s Center has earned Charity Navigator’s four star rating for its fiscal management five years in a row.


St. Mary’s Center Board of DirectorsJohn Graf, Chair 2015-2017William Kramer, Chair 2013-2015Dianne Jacob, SecretaryGail Greenberg, Treasurer

Mick DiedeKent DonahueNadine DurantKathy Gannon-BriggsTom McCaffrey, CFA Captain, USN (Ret) Thomas McGowan Ken RichardsonSally Slyngstad, snjm

Revenue by Source FY15Private Revenue $888,727Program Revenue $69,505Public Support $1,093,550

Expenses by Program Area FY15

Ways to HelpContact Regan Murphy at [email protected] or 510-923-9600 x236 if you need further information or have questions.

Monthly gifts add up fast! Make a re-occurring gift through our website (www.stmaryscenter.org)

Make a one-time financial contribution through our website(www.stmaryscenter.org) or mail in a check or credit card form.

Direct your United Way donation to St. Mary’s Center.

Matching gifts. Double or triple the impact of your gift! Ask if your company has a matching gift program.

Give a gift of stock or real estate.

Make a bequest. Name St. Mary’s Center as a beneficiary of your trust, will, or life insurance policy.

Volunteer. See our website (www.stmaryscenter.org) for details.

Wish List Contact Amy Vaughan at 510-923-9600 x 222 for a list of our most needed items.

Homeless Services 30%

Resources for the Third Age 22%

Recovery 55 8%

Preschool 10%

Food 7%

Shelter/Housing 9%

Administration 14%

FY15 Unaudited revenues and expenses.FY15 Audited Statements available December 15, 2015.


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St. Mary’s Center is a community of hope, justice, and healing that serves at-risk seniors and preschoolers in the heart of Oakland.

We strive to improve their quality of life through counseling, shelter, nutrition, advocacy and social support.

2015 annual report - st. mary's center

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