2022-23 Annual Report

Partnerships & Collaborations

A s w e eme r ged f r om t he w hi r l w ind of t he p a st fe w y ea rs and w i t h a v a r ie ty of go v e r nmen t eme r genc y financial supp o rt ending , w e faced a comm u ni ty v e ry m u ch st ill in need of t he e xtr ao r dina ry s afe ty - ne t s e rv ice s t ha t t he Cen t e r pr o v ide s. The boa r d and st aff in pr e v io us y ea rs ha s b u dge t ed and sp en t t ho u gh t f u ll y , and all ca p i t al pr ojec ts w e r e en t e r ed in t o w i t h t he long t e r m heal t h of t he Cen t e r in mind . In 2019 The Dee p ening Roo ts Endo w men t w a s c r ea t ed a s a w a y t o en sur e t he financial heal t h of t he cen t e r in p e rp e tu i ty. The s e financial fo u nda t ion s pr o p el us in t o ne w pr ojec ts , ne w str a t egic v i s ion s and ne w p o ss ibili t ie s ! Thi s w a y of t hinking abo ut t he Cen t e r ’ s c urr en t y ea r and f utur e v i s ion p o s i t ioned us w ell t o emba r k up on o ur E x ec ut i v e Di r ec t o r tr an s i t ion w i t h confidence and cla r i ty. An y la r ge change in an o r gani z a t ion a s dee p l y r oo t ed in t he comm u ni ty a s o urs , need s ca r e a t all le v el s , e sp eciall y financiall y. Thi s y ea r ended w i t h a surp l us t ha t w ill b u o y us in t o ne xt y ea r. A s t he fi s cal y ea r pr og r e ss ed and dail y ac t i v i t ie s a t t he Cen t e r w e r e back in f u ll sw ing , w e began t o look ahead t o w a r d s ec ur ing o ur f utur e pr og r amming need s , and o ur n u mbe rs r eflec t t ha t. Tho u gh w e did no t need an Endo w men t F u nd di str ib ut ion fo r fi s cal y ea r 2022 , w e did t ake tw o Endo w men t F u nd di str ib ut ion s t hi s fi s cal y ea r. We an t ici p a t ed t hi s in o ur b u dge t p lanning a s demand s on t he Cen t e r inc r ea s ed and p andemic f u nding channel s dec r ea s ed . We w e r e al s o able t o t ake a di str ib ut ion f r om o ur A rts F u nd w hich w ill hel p us con t in u e w i t h str ong a rts pr og r amming in t he coming y ea rs. The “ F u nd a Need ” dona t ion cam p aign a t o ur ann u al Gala e x ceeded all e xp ec t a t ion s j u m pst a rt ing o ur f u nd r ai s ing effo rts fo r t he y ea r su cce ss f u ll y supp o rt ing o ur y o ut h pr og r amming . Indi v id u al s , fo u nda t ion s and t he co u n ty con t in u e t o pr o v ide c ru cial f u nd s t ha t hel p us e xp and o ur im p ac t. A s infla t ion and r i s ing co sts con t in u e t o affec t t he Cen t e r , w e a r e w o r king diligen t l y t o con tr ol co sts b y b u dge t ing ca r ef u ll y fo r e v e ryt hing f r om facili t ie s t o e v en ts. We ha v e b u il t p a rt ne rs hi ps w i t h all o ur v endo rs incl u ding con tr ac t o rs and in sur ance b r oke rs in o r de r t o r ed u ce co sts. We r ecei v ed o ur fi s cal y ea r 2022 a u di t d ur ing t hi s p a st y ea r and a r e ha ppy t o r e p o rt t he r e w e r e no finding s. Th r o u gh str a t egic p a rt ne rs hi ps , t he Comm u ni ty Cen t e r i s able t o e xp and i ts im p ac t in t he Valle y and Nica s io and ac r o ss g r ea t e r Ma r in Co u n ty. A s a lead agenc y in We st Ma r in , w e ha v e t he hono r of p a rt ne r ing w i t h o t he r g r ea t o r gani z a t ion s t o mo v e fo rw a r d w o r k in t he a r ea s of eme r genc y r e sp on s e , su b st ance us e pr e v en t ion , ed u ca t ion , HEAL ( heal t h y ea t ing ac t i v e li v ing ), LGBTQ + supp o rt , food syst em s , and DEI ( di v e rs i ty , e qu i ty , and incl us ion ) . FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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