Annual Report 2007

Annual Report 2007

205 W. Tulpehocken St. Philadelphia, PA 19144 P: 215.842.0428 F: 215.842.2025

Table of Contents 1.

President’s Welcome

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About BuildaBridge

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BuildaBridge Community Case Study

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BuildaBridge Institute Case Study

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BuildaBridge International Case Study

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Staff and Board Members

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Financial Information

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Grants and Giving

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Get Involved!

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A word of

Welcome

from the President Dr. J. Nathan

"Lalgarth, near Patel saw mill." That was the entry Daniel entered as his physical contact address for an email listserve he joined as part of BuildaBridge. Since meeting Daniel in Malyasia in 2006, he has consistently requested training in arts for transformation with his local staff. They work with a largely non-literate population of impoverished and marginalized women and children.

Here was a mixture of 21st century technology and an early 20th century context. I was reminded that while technology and higher education have become driving forces in my life, there are still many people in the world who live in contexts where poverty and under-development do not even merit a post office box. The Philadelphia scene, especially among the homeless, is not much different. A recent city research project reported that the majority of women living in emergency housing have little more than a ninth grade education. What might that say about the role of the arts in transforming lives and communities?

In the US context, there is a movement in business and urban renewal that takes creativity very seriously. Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry, now called the Creative Economy, generates "$166.2 billion in economic activity every year. In Philadelphia a recent report indicated that the non-profit arts produced "$573 million and provided 14,000 jobs, along with another 17,000 volunteer positions."

However beautiful and intrinsically valuable, and economically viable, the arts have a much deeper function in the lives of people and their communities and their struggles to learn, live, work, play, and worship. To millions of functionally non-literate people around the world, and global youth who are skipping the literate age through media technology, the creative arts communicate values, bring hope and healing in therapeutic ways, educate and create a true sense of identity and community. And this is what we, and a growing group of artists affiliated with BuildaBridge, take very seriously in our mission to bring hope and healing to those living in poverty in the tough places of the world.

Since our founding in 1997, from the first Institute in Limon, Costa Rica where we conceived of BuildaBridge, we have been committed to the basic principles of arts intervention and social justice--engaging the arts for transforming lives and communities. Beginning in 2000, we started with a single Saturday arts program in the educational building of Star of Hope Baptist Church in the Northeast of Philadelphia. This year, our tenth year, we have touched the lives of over 2500 people, globally, growing from the original 50 children in the Saturday arts program.

As you read this report, we hope you are encouraged and challenged with us as we continue to improve in our service to the most vulnerable of our city of Philadelphia and the world's populations.

Sincerely, J. Nathan Corbitt President and Co-founder of BuildaBridge 3

about

BuildaBridge Organizational Overview BuildaBridge was founded in 1997 out of the community work of Drs. J. Nathan Corbitt and Vivian Nix-Early. It was incorporated in 2000 as a 501 (c)(3) arts education and intervention organization. BuildaBridge Community provides direct service to vulnerable children and families in Philadelphia. BuildaBridge Institute is a research and training academy for community leaders, youth workers, ministers, teachers, and artists who want to integrate the arts effectively in community-based service. BuildaBridge International organizes, leads, and provides overseas service opportunities for sustainable arts relief and restoration, training, and goodwill tours and cross-cultural discovery trips.

BuildaBridge maintains its service with the help of five full-time staff, 15 part-time staff (including teaching artists and therapists) and 20 regular volunteers. Three BuildaBridge Associates have served in Europe, Palestine and Guatemala. A tenmember professional and diverse board oversees the work of BuildaBridge. An independent financial audit is conducted each year providing transparency.

BuildaBridge Mission BuildaBridge is a nonprofit arts education and intervention organization that engages the life-changing power of the arts to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communities in the tough places of the world. BuildaBridge spans barriers of race, class, faith, and culture to promote holistic, personal, family, and community development. Committed to principles of love, compassion, justice, reconciliation, and service to others, BuildaBridge motivates, enlists, trains, and connects artists with those in greatest need. BuildaBridge offers unique programs featuring cross-cultural perspectives and arts-integrated approaches to holistic, personal and community development.

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about

BuildaBridge

Organizational Goals

The overarching goal of BuildaBridge's work is to bring hope and healing to communities through the arts. The following strategic emphases will guide our growth and development through 2012:

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Deliver quality programming and services Inspire, train, engage and support artists Secure funding to sustain our mission Utilize technology to improve our service capacity Communicate the story transformation of vulnerable populations and our work with them Strengthen staff and organizational systems Develop strong networks and collaborations with organizations that assist in fulfilling our mission around the world Be a restorative presence in our own community

By 2010 we have set the goal to recruit 1000 artists globally who will commit their time and talents to artistic justice at home and around the world. We actively seek the collaboration of 100 organizations worldwide who share our vision and values in responding to the plight of poverty and catastrophe around the world. We call this "Artists on Call" and already have begun to enlist, train, and facilitate artists around the world, as an extension of the many volunteers who currently work with BuildaBridge locally. Volunteers remain key to our mission and success. This year over 85 volunteers gave 8394.75 hours of service. Based on standard rates (independentsector.org) this is worth $157,569.46. We are aware that volunteers need training and management and have set a goal to improve our professional staff and training opportunities.

BuildaBridge Philosophy At the core of our mission is arts intervention. This direct goal of seeking transformation through art-making occurs in arts-integrated and therapeutic art classes that intentionally focus on the child to develop artistic skills, academic improvement, social skill development and spiritual/character enrichment. We do this when we: 1. Engage the arts to inspire children’s holistic development 2. Give children a voice through artistic expression 3. Create an opportunity for children to perform and to rise to challenges 4. Provide role models and mentors who demonstrate love, compassion, community, and a vision for the child’s future 5. Offer consistency, stability, and safety in an otherwise chaotic environment 6. Collaborate with artists, supporters, clients and like-minded organizations 7. Involve parents as participants and recipients of classes that contribute to the welfare of the entire family

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BuildaBridge Community Arts-integrated Programming in Philadelphia, PA

Shelter Programs In 2002, the city of Philadelphia invited BuildaBridge to partner with the School District’s Homeless Children’s Initiative, and BuildaBridge now serves primarily homeless children in Philadelphia in as many as ten homeless shelters with professional resident and volunteer artists each year. Since BuildaBridge’s founding, the organization has touched the lives of more than 1200 children, youth and families, and enlisted the services of over 100 local artists to deliver community art intervention, therapy and programming.

BuildaBridge has had a successful year with the expansion of arts-integrated education to 8 shelters throughout Philadelphia now serving over 200 children annually. The organization stipends the most qualified teaching artists to work in teams in the shelters. Over 45 applicants applied for teaching positions for Fall 2007 programming. Out of these applicants, 30 moved on to the interview process and 20 were hired to work in shelters and transitional homes this year. Because of the large and competitive pool of applicants, BuildaBridge was able to select only the best teachers who strongly believe in our mission of providing services to disadvantaged children.

After School Program In October, BuildaBridge was awarded an $84,000 grant to launch afterschool programming in the Germantown area for youth who are from lowincome families without access to after school programming. 18 youth participating in the program must be eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families so that the children in greatest need can receive services.

Second Baptist Church of Germantown who provided the facility. This new after-school initiative expanded on the curriculum and programming implemented in shelter programs and focused on academic, social, spiritual and character development through visual arts, drama, , music, creative writing, and dance.

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BuildaBridge Community Arts-integrated Programming in Philadelphia, PA

Artology In partnership with the Bridging the Gaps program at Drexel University, Artology fused art and biology to give children a holistic approach to learning science through the arts . Youth were exposed to the natural resources of Philadelphia, techniques of conservation, recycling, and transforming “trash” into art. They were able to participate in a quality and consistent program that allowed them to leave the often chaotic shelter environment. This improved youth attitudes, behavior, and commitment to learning.

Act Out for Peace The second summer program, Act Out for Peace taught methods of peace and conflict resolution to area youth at the Wissahickon Boys and Girls club under leadership from professional director, Lisa Jo Epstein. Methods of forum theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed were used to instruct youth in how to work through issues of conflict and violence. From these two programs, youth were identified to continue working as emerging leaders and assistants to children in BuildaBridge’s after school program. Young people who consistently attend BuildaBridge programs gain the confidence and skill to be mentors to younger

The Healing Place In January 2007, The Healing Place, funded by Enon Community Reinvestment Fund, was developed and introduced on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. This program provides parents, educators, and human service providers with training in recognizing and responding to trauma in children due to violence, catastrophe, or disaster. Subsequent to its introduction, Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health awarded BuildaBridge a $9,000 grant to officially launch programming. The first training began in October of 2007 with an enrollment of 35 participants who gained skills in dealing with trauma in Philadelphia youth. This training was offered in partnership with City Lights, a nonprofit located in Southwest Philadelphia that provided facilities and participants for the training. BuildaBridge maintains relationships with grant-makers and supporters so that they are informed of events and programs allowing for their ownership through volunteer participation.

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BuildaBridge Community Arts-integrated Programming in Philadelphia, PA

Thanks to Philadelphia's Community Design Collaborative (CDC) our dream of a community studio now has a face. Following an award by the CDC to develop initial renovation and restoration design of the carriage house. BuildaBridge worked with professional architects to visualize and design the studio space. After six months of work, BuildaBridge staff met at CDC offices for an official presentation of the design. Valued at over $13,000 as an in-kind donation, the plans allow BuildaBridge to take the next steps in seeking appropriate approvals, developing our capital campaign, and in serving the needs of neighborhood and transitional kids through arts education and therapy in our own backyard in the near future. Thanks to Heidi Segall Levy, AIA, Project Manager, and volunteer architects Juliet Koczak and Toby Horton for their contribution.

is coming!

The Community Studio will: • Serve as a unique and welcoming place to introduce arts programming into the German town community • Foster and sustain relationships with children and families • Establish a revenue stream to support the charitable work of BuildaBridge • Act as the public "face" for the organization.

Preliminary design for the Community Studio at the BuildaBridge House.

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Community

A Case Study

Mindy Flexer Teaching Artist Apart from being involved in BuildaBridge’s community arts projects, I also spend time teaching science and today I drive to a high school in Philadelphia’s wealthy suburbs, to teach an advanced physics class. The students who take this class are all extremely dedicated over-achievers groomed for success and the room is buzzing with physics equations all day.

These students are highly confident about their abilities, but equally anxious about whether they can live up to the high standards that have been set for them. They are privileged, attending one of the wealthiest high schools in Philadelphia, and I marvel that their world is less than a thirty minute drive from the safe house for women and children experiencing domestic violence where I will be teaching art tonight. I wonder how we can tolerate a society in which some young people have so much while others have so little.

After school, I meet two students at a state school in the city of Philadelphia. I bring the proof copy of a book they created as part of an interdisciplinary workshop I am helping lead, which explores the issues of imprisonment in the U.S. The students are excited about the book and together we decide on alterations we want to make to the proof.

These students are the generation that will inherit the imprisonment problem and they will carry both the burden and the possibility of finding a creative, humane solution to it.

In the evening I head to the safe house where I will be teaching an art class. I’m really looking forward to seeing my students again and I wonder who will be there and who will already have left the house. The safe house building is like a big dormitory: orderly, clean, and a little impersonal, except for some children's artwork hanging on the walls.

As soon as I walk down the hall, children rush to greet me, Sarah, and Tess, two of the wonderful volunteers who make up our teaching group each week.

Once in the classroom, everyone gets on with their projects – children are making sketchbooks of their own lives. I chose this project because I wanted to teach them how to use both drawing and writing to record their lives in the present, as well as their hopes and dreams for the future. It also teaches the children the concept of having a personal history and of drawing strength and inspiration from their ancestors.

Sarah, Tess and I talk to each child individually about their projects. Sometimes they talk to me about what they are making, sometimes about their day at school, sometimes about how much they miss their fathers, friends, homes and pets. Sometimes they don't talk at all. I often feel sad that their lives are in so much turmoil, but most of the time, I'm with them in the moment, just as excited as they are about what they are making.

At the end of class, we go around the room and we each say something we learned or appreciated in class that night.

I am always interested to hear what each child says and glad to have a chance to tell the group what I appreciated that particular night. Tonight it is seeing a lot of people being courageous about trying new things and seeing people working well together as a team.

As each child leaves, I look them in the eye, shake their hand, and say a real goodbye. I've learned over time that this may be the last time I will ever see them. I feel profoundly grateful to have had this time with these children. They are magnificent individuals, coping with the most difficult of circumstances - trying to be children but also having to carry the cares of all the adults around them on their small shoulders. It is very humbling. I am happy to be able to give them the chance to be artists and I hope that in my own small way I have helped them stand tall and take joy in who they are and what they create.

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BuildaBridge Institute 2007 Learning and Training Academy

The 2007 BuildaBridge Institute for Arts and Transformation was a great success this year with its largest registration in its six-year history. Fifty-five (55) participants gained skills in arts-integrated education, service and community development. Six countries were represented among the participants, as experts in the field came together to network, collaborate, and train others in skills of engaging the arts in service to

Methods Lab Students and participants had the opportunity to observe and assist a master teacher with a program for youth at the St. Vincent’s Tacony and Teen Placement Diversion in youth theater, drumming, dance and creative writing.

Skills Workshops Drumming Banner-Making Dance Visual Arts Transformational Drama

Courses Arts in Spiritual Development Arts in Education Arts Creativity and Human Development Arts in Transformation The theme of Engaging the Arts in Transformation and Community Service was integrated throughout the Institute with a special focus on teaching arts in education and spiritual development through arts integration. This year BuildaBridge partnered with Eastern University for the Master of Arts in Urban Studies (an accredited institution) with an emphasis on arts in transformation. Seven graduate students joined the Graduate Residency Institute (May 30-June 6, 2007), part of the Arts in Transformation Concentration that prepares artist practitioners to become effective leaders committed to transforming urban communities.

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BuildaBridge Institute 2007 A Case Study

Leah Samuelson, MA in Urban Studies, Arts in Transformation student discusses how she applied her learning from the BuildaBridge Institute 07.

She started employing some ideas and methods she learned at the BuildaBridge Institute in teaching an arts program at her local church and with the kids in her neighborhood.

I teach a brief arts/project course at the beginning of kids' church. Our time, space, and resources are limited. We service between 8 and 24 kids per Sunday from ages 2-14.

This last Sunday for the first time we had room available to split the kids into two age groups. I was thinking of the "Creativity and Play" video- it emphasized creating a safe place for exploration and allowing kids freedom to play with materials as a form of self expression. Developmentally, the youngest children's levels of motor control and grasp of abstract concepts were incompatible with working through an artistic process with those 7 and older. We let the younger kids color and play with blocks and instruments, knowing that would be a learning and development time for them.

Being able to concentrate on the older half of the group I tried to utilize two concepts/ strategies: youth participation and the power of arts to access and address "soul" issues.

We were using colored pencils to polychrome a poster gridded with squares made with low-tack tape. The kids worked in teams to apply the tape in straight lines, finding handson mathematical methods for keeping things even. We had a discussion about what color schemes to choose and which color patterns to follow. There were enough squares remaining to allow for phases of coloring using several color suggestions, so we made a plan and did a few short color tests for next week. The kids' increased interest and sense of ownership were obvious.

Working gave us an opportunity to talk about the kids' lives, so I opened up a discussion about summer break, and asked what was important to them about summer. We learned of one girl's hatred of bugs (we are in the summer of the 17-year locus) and she recounted the differing bug conditions in the locations of her frequent travels around the Midwest. She shared that all her family is very far away and though she has to travel a lot, she doesn't get to see them. One boy didn't have anything to say about summer. Eventually he shared he doesn't enjoy sports but he loves to draw. We discussed briefly the relationship between being healthy and cultivating one's imagination, as well as what the metaphor might be relating us to our project. That was the extent of our conversation. We are building trust and familiarity with each other- creating an environment to which kids will want to return because they know they are heard and will be able to contribute ideas that can manifest in a project.

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BuildaBridge International Arts in Transformation around the World BuildaBridge International travels the world to restore hope and healing to communities affected by cultural and religious conflict, environmental catastrophe, poverty, illness, and social injustice. Through its specialized team service projects and arts intervention programs, BuildaBridge International promotes dialogue, understanding, healing, reconciliation, and community development with partners throughout the world.

Middle East Programming is has taken place in the Middle East since 2006. Mission and goodwill trips have maintained an annual presence with: 1. Second Baptist Church of Germantown mission exploration trip to Egypt in fall 2006; 2. A BuildaBridge-sponsored student film crew that spent 4 months (May-August 2007) in Israel and Palestine documenting hope among children and youth in war-torn circumstances; 3. An interfaith dialogue between Israelis, Palestinians, and Europeans facilitated by BuildaBridge co-founder Nathan Corbitt and sponsored by BuildaBridge’s European faith partner organization, Atlantic Bridge. The dialogue took place in the Netherlands in the fall of 2006; 4. A BuildaBridge Associate, working with women living in refugee camps in the West Bank providing teaching English.

Malaysia In August, BuildaBridge artist and chaplain Lynne Farrow journeyed to Malaysia where she taught arts and spirituality to children while networking with local artists and organizations for potential partnerships and regional offices in the area. The groundwork for her visit was laid during the first visit to Malaysia by co-founders Nix-Early and Corbitt, who held a training Institute at the Malaysia Baptist Seminary in May 2006 in pastoral, education for youth leaders of organizations across Asia.

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International

Arts in Transformation around the World

Central America In a follow-up to its initial fact-finding trip to Guatemala in December, 2006, BuildaBridge was able, through support from the Huston Foundation, to send a graduate intern to Guatemala where she worked in the neighborhood slum of La Limonada teaching art and English to children.

Based on our Philadelphia model for arts education and intervention, her primary goal was to organize local artists to serve the neediest children in their communities and youth in prisons, and to lay the groundwork for a BuildaBridge Institute to be held in 2008 to train Central American artists and service providers. A second trip to Guatemala City, with a team of six artists, was completed over the Thanksgiving holiday. As a direct result of this service trip, BuildaBridge has been invited to train local artists for service in slums and with gangs in prison. BuildaBridge will partner with the National Children's Museum in training teachers and caregivers through a Spanish version of The Healing Place.

For the future, BuildaBridge is planning satellite offices in Central America and Malaysia (where an Institute was begun in 2006 prior) in order to expand consistent and quality outreach abroad in developing countries.

BuildaBridge is positioning itself to more efficiently engage domestic and international artists to carry out programming in Philadelphia and around the world. To that end, BuildaBridge has developed Artists On Call. This database allows artists to register their information and become alerted when there is a need for their skills.

The database will streamline the process of supplying experienced and qualified artists to meet the need for arts-integrated relief-work, education, training, service and outreach.

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BuildaBridge International Arts in Transformation around the World

Europe In August, Elisa Schwab-Clewis, the International Program Director led the Intermezzo, a choir group of 30 people, on a spiritual singing tour of Europe that included: Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Italy. In Vienna, a city known for its music and arts tradition, Intermezzo sang in one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in Austria (The Church Minoritenkirche in Center City, built in the 13th Century). High arched ceilings and reverberating acoustics presented a challenge to the rich harmonies and rhythm of AfricanAmerican gospel. But church members and tourists visiting the city from around the world moved close to the choir to experience their sound and feel the warmth of their spirit. Ancient cathedrals built in the Middle Ages (and later) provided space for chants and acappella singing. It is much like singing in a very large cage where the echoes reverberate and music bounces about the room.

European listeners appreciate gospel music and are eager to hear the music first-hand. With appreciation for the professional sound of Intermezzo and the friendly nature of the group, intercultural exchange was accomplished.

International Outreach

Statistics: 71 11 60 1809 625 11125 2265 4430

total participating artists participating staff members volunteers total volunteer hours people reached directly contact hours secondary audience members secondary audience contact hours

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BuildaBridge International Case Study

Kathleen McLaughlin Outreach in Palestine

November 26, 2007 I am finally settled in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. In the camps you can see poverty and the poorest living conditions in the town, but living in the camp builds a sense of community with those I will be working with.

Last week I arrived safely in Tel Aviv, Israel and traveled from there to Jerusalem and to the checkpoint for Bethlehem. The checkpoint was no problem for me as an American, I breezed right through after they called for all tourists to come forward. Many Palestinians had to wait, who knows how long. As a tourist I have more access to their land than they do. I wanted to wait along side them in solidarity until they too gained entry, but I kept walking through the terminal not acting upon this guilt. I made it finally to my destination Bethlehem, Palestine in Dheishah refugee camp where I stayed temporarily in their guest house. I met with directors from Al-Rowwad in Aida refugee camp shortly after recovering from the 7 hour difference and jet lag. This is where I’ll be living for three months in their guest house with three women from France (not only will I be learning Arabic, but I will able to speak French, a skill that has not been used in years). It is exciting to finally be settled and begin work today!

Al-Rowwad is a theatre training and educational center for children living in the refugee camp. They are developing a forum theatre program to be launched in the upcoming year.

Similarly, BuildaBridge successfully piloted a drama program in Philadelphia over the summer called “Act Out for Peace”, forum theatre based on the Theatre of the Oppressed and teachings of Augusto Boal. Youth in Philadelphia gained skills in non-violent resistance and the ability to deal and cope with violence through peaceful means. Al-Rowwad will do similar programming to deal with life as a child in a Palestinian refugee camp developing ways for children to resist the oppression of their situation through peaceful methods. Life in the camp is difficult, over seventy percent of people are unemployed and the majority of those living in the camps are under the age of 18. It is crowded. Since 1948 people have been living here, unable to expand in borders, but only build upwards, one house on top of the other.

While the exact details are still being discussed, during my time in Palestine I will be helping with the drama program in the center. Drama is a safe forum for the children of the camp to express themselves and it also gives another face to nonviolent resistance in the West Bank.

They call it “Beautiful Resistance.” If change is to be achieved it must start with the children.

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BuildaBridge Staff and Board Members BuildaBridge reached another milestone this year with a record number of volunteers who work directly with children and assist in the management of programs. 85 volunteers gave 8394.75 hours of service in 2007. In addition, we are grateful for a growing paid and volunteer staff who provide direction, quality and substance to our programs and services.

BuildaBridge Staff Dr. J. Nathan Corbitt- President, CEO, and Co-founder (volunteer) Dr. Vivian Nix-Early - Chief Operations Officer and Co-founder (volunteer) Elisa Schwab-Clewis - Director of International Programs Charlene Melhorn- Director of Community Programs Jason Nicholas - European Communications Coordinator (volunteer) Bethann Jensen- Community Program Resource Coordinator (Vista) Trista McGetrick- Community Studio Coordinator (Vista) Alina Tudose – Institute and Create! Opportunity Coordinator Saman Khan – Resource Development Coordinator (Vista) Liz Herrera--Central American Institute Coordinator Kathleen McLaughlin – Development Associate Kent Kissinger-Accountant Kari Reed-Graphic Design (Volunteer) Ripley Robinson -Web Design and Maintenance Luis McPherson-BuildaBridge House (Volunteer)

Community Teaching Artists Danielle Boyer-Graves --Culinary Arts Mindy Flexer, --Visual Arts Nicole Jenkins --Music Brandi Jeter --Drama Shavon Norris --Dance Elizabeth Pearson --Visual Arts Robb Rineer--Drama Gina Stickney--Dance Rich Robinson--Drumming

Create! Opportunity Actors Michael Jackson Cecily Mitchell Kala Moses Baxter Jonathan Steadman Josephine Edge

Creative Arts Therapists Wiseman, Stephanie

Board Members Tanya Bardliving John Clarke Mark Halsey Ron Hevey Roxanne Hill David Knipel Diane Robertson, Carla Romarte-Knipel Cheryl Wade Gary Nicholas

Associates and Interns (Volunteer) Rosa Lennox (Guatemala) Allen Nash (Philadelphia) Akua Peprah (Philadelphia) Aleea Slappy (Philadelphia) Kathleen McLaughlin (Palestine)

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Financial Information Income 2007

Fundraising, $8213.5, 2%

Registration & Trip Fees, $162993.91, 44%

Individual & In Kind Contributions, $29043.62, 8% Corporate & Organization Contributions, $24818.08, 7%

Grants, $144832.38, 39%

Expenses 2007 Trave & Conferences, 19,251.35, 5%

Program Expenses, 227,412.76, 58%

Total Income: $369,901.49

Development, 19,587.25, 5% Facilities & Services, 67454.28, 17% Payroll, 57495.15, 15%

Total Expense: $391,200.79

Net Income: -$21,299.30

Please note the deficit appears as a result of invoices which were outstanding from a service provider and carried over to the following year.

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Grants and Giving 2007

Grants Advanta Corporation Chestnut Hill Health Care Foundation Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation City Wide Capital Grant City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health Community Design Collaborative Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Total: $209,588.15

Giving Lutheran Settlement House Lutheran Theological Seminary MassMutual Jetaun Maxwell Ruth L. McCoach Diane McCormack Trista McGetrick Suzanne McGuire Sharon McLaughlin William Mclaughlin Charlene Melhorn Mary Jane Melhorn Mennonite Foundation Mt. Airy Church of God Claudia Munford National Christian Foundation New Heart Community Church Dr. Verolga Nix-Allen Dr. Vivian Nix-Early, Ph.D. Brett R. Oesterling Elizabeth and Thomas Parke PEARS Food Service Program Susan Peterson Philadelphia Cultural Fund Dareema Primus Wesley Proctor Project H.O.M.E Kari Reed Resources for Human Development, Inc. Diane Robertson Edward R. Robertson Gregg Robertson Carla Romarte-Knipel Elizabeth Kukielka Patricia Lacey Michael Leeds

First United Methodist Methodist Church of Germantown Huston Foundation Philadelphia Safe and Sound, After School Initiative School District of Philadelphia Wayne Presbyterian Church Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls

Sarah Thompson Allan Amtrust North America, Inc. Ayuda Community Center Eileen Beach Marcia Beach Jonathan Jay Belding Sonja Blatchford Beverly R. Boyd Ken Bush Dina Carregal Gail Carregal Robert Carregal Irene Carter Leah C. Carter Ralph W. Carter Catholic Social Services Bruno Circolo Gerald L. Clampet John H. Clark John Connolly Kathleen Connolly William Cooling Vickie Corbitt Doris Costner Jacqueline V. Crawford Victoria Lee Crenshaw Alaina Cronkright Department of Community and Economic Dev Elizabeth Dexter Joanne Diblasio Adisa Douglas Victor Dupuis Eape/ Kingdomworks Inc. William C. Early Eastminster Presbyterian Church Denise Edmond Education Works Albert Wolf Gail A. Zoerner David Knipel Dr. J. Nathan Corbitt

Nancy Elfant Estilo Dance Studio Barbara A. Evans Rachel Falcove - Masch Lynne Farrow Wes E. Fasnacht Ruth Naomi Floyd Pat Fuchs Rita Gaffney Lorraine Gaines Farrah Gaskins Marianne Gatton Dorothy Gillespie Kelly Gillespie GoodSearch Jessica Gorelick Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coaltion Groundspring.org Calvin L. Hackney Evelyn Hahn Helen Hale Mark C. Halsey Carl Haywood Stephen Heimann Lawrence Helms Lisa M. Hess Ronald W. Hevey, Sr. Riki D. Hobson Herbert Hollinger Sister Connie Howe Ralph Hudson Innovation Frontier Inc./ Physlink.com J R Masterman School Shelita Jackson Margaret Jensen Joule Andrea Karns Zakiyyah King Tom and Loretta Witt

Esteban Sanchez Eloise R. Scott Jacquelyne E. Scott Second Baptist Church of Germantown Charles Shue Jennie Skerl Anne Marie Slodysko Christine N. Smith Janet Smith Donna Snyder Kathy Spillman Marjorie Staub Sarah Staub Rabbi George M. Stern Diana Stickney Gina Stickney Patricia Stickney Sussman Honda Kaori Suzuki Rhonda Terhark Albert Trust The Photo Workshop Lavon Thompson Rhoda Todd Traveler's Aid Society United States Treasury Susan Van Doren Reverend Charles Vander Kooi Verizon Online Mary Virtue Cheryl H. Wade Gretchen Webb Mary Webb Michelle Wendowski Liberty Wetherill Leonard H. Whitmore, Jr. Andy and Sally Williams Lorraine F. Williams Mary Williams Dorette Ligons - Ham

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Get Involved!

You can help to sustain BuildaBridge’s mission

BuildaBridge relies upon the support of its individual and organizational partners for programmatic work and financial support to continue our vision to reach every homeless child in Philadelphia, and to serve the most vulnerable 20% of the world’s youth. We need your help and support to develop and maintain quality programs that respond to the needs of an underserved world community.

Volunteer BuildaBridge has many exciting and meaningful opportunities, including direct service with children and families in our partner sites, program administration, and special projects and events. In addition, we invite you to participate in international programming or to attend our annual Institute.

Donate We gratefully welcome monetary or in-kind donations to support programs and operating costs. Donations can be mailed to the address below or made via our secure website listed below.

Contact Us 205 W. Tulpehocken St. Philadelphia, PA 19144 P: 215.842.0428 F: 215.842.2025 Email: info@buildabridge.org Website: http://www.buildabridge.org

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