2014 Annual Report

MissionOur mission is to help youth

transform harmful behavior and lead meaningful lives through mindfulness

meditation and emotional awareness.

“This class has helped me find inner peace. I find myself

meditating at home when I am about to lose my temper. It is helping me stay sane.”

– Youth from Camp Sweeney, San Mateo

Letter from the Executive Director

Roger MillerExecutive Director

2014 was a powerful year of transition for the MBA Project. The excellent work that my predecessor Samuel Himelstein did to expand our core programs for youth in juvenile justice settings and build our school based programs bore fruit. The organization and I personally am in a debt of gratitude to Sam and our strong instructor team for that excellent work. Over the past few years, the MBA Project has also been on a track to enhance the mindfulness mental health framework for our work. In late 2014, we hired Jennie Powe Runde to be our new Director of Clinical Services. She came to MBA with enthusiasm, smarts, deep experience with delivering services to high risk young people and a beautifulgroundedness that anchors our programs. The strong board, instructor, intern and office team that we've developed over the past year are all amazing. We're deeply blessed to have their support. We served 2,372 youth with quality mindfulness, meditation and emotional awareness programs in 2014. More importantly, the youth respect, appreciate and value our programs: 84% report that our classes help them manage their difficult emotions and 94% note that they decrease stress. Of course, there's nothing more than what the youth say about our programs themselves.

On behalf of the MBA Project team and the youth we serve, many thanks!

Total Liabilities

$ Finances

3%

2%

2014 Revenue

46%32%

17%

Foundations

Individuals

Government

In-kind

Events &Program Fees

ASSETS

Current AssetsCheckings/SavingsReceivables & Security Deposites

Fixed Assets

$39,774$6,735

$2,358

Total Assets: $48,867LIABILITIES & EQUITY

$1,325$2,167$3,493

EquityNet AssetsNet Income

$69,371($23,996)

$45,375

Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2014

EXPENSES

Personnel

Professional Fees

$223,622$37,636$22,390$14,980

Total Income: $274,630

INCOME

Government Contracts

Program Service FeesEvent Revenue

$126,014$88,599$36,468$10,125

$8,700$2,500$2,224

Total Expenses: $298,628Net Income ($23,998)

Profit & LossJanuary through December 2014

2014 Expenses

77%

15%

8%

Programs

Development

Admin

Total Equity

on 1/1/2014

“I really appreciate you all coming here. And now everybody around the school kind of

connects more to each other and gets along.”— Student from Bridge Academy

“Meditation has been helping me sleep. Before I go to bed, I focus on my breathing. It helps.”

— Youth from San Mateo County Juvenile Hall

Impacting the lives of youthMeet Michael, a young man who

was able to cope with his grief when he attended MBA Project groups at

Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center.

WATCH HIS STORY

MBA brings youth together

During a session in San Mateo one youth participant, Shawn, shared about the death of his grandmother who had been his sole caregiver. He described how his grief over her death led him to make impulsive decisions and commit crimes. As he spoke about how much he loved his grandmother, he started to cry. “I’ve done some really bad stuff since then,” he said. Rodrigo, another youth participant, connected with this profound loss and guilt. He witnessed his cousin’s murder and blamed himself. Shawn reached out to Rodrigo, consoling him: “You can become a better person because of the lessons you learned from the experience; whatever happened in the past was in the past.” Seeing what others struggled with gave Shawn a new perspective on his own difficult emotions. The youth felt safe enough to connect, empathize and recognize their shared experiences, which led to greater collective insight and understanding.

MBA Project Probation Program MBA partners with the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center and the San Mateo Youth Services Center to deliver mindfulness-based services in their juvenile hall and long-term camp facilities (Sweeney and Glenwood). In calendar year 2014 MBA served:

971 unique youth in the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center 418 youth in the San Mateo Youth Services Center

MBA Project Schools Program

MBA partners with the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Newark Unified School District (NUSD) to deliver mindfulness-based services in alternative education schools through programs that are similar to our probation programs with a focus on violence reduction and impulse control. In 2014, MBA also administered an afterschool program at OUSD’s Community Day School. In calendar year 2014 MBA served:

644 youth in OUSD 340 in NUSD

2,372youth served

MBA is building safe environments for youth to break free through the mind.

100%of MBA youth

surveyed felt that MBA groups provided

a safe place to share

94%of MBA youth

surveyed agreed that MBA groups

helped them manage emotions

84%of MBA youth

surveyed agreed that MBA groups helped

them decrease their stress

The youth range in ages from 15-18, and come from a wide range of ethnic and racial backgrounds.

37%41%

LatinoMixed RaceAfrican AmericanPacific IslanderWhite

12%5%

5%

MBA TeamStaff ListKamal Ahmed, InstructorMicah Anderson, Senior InstructorPamela Fong, Grant WriterShelby Jackson, Operations and Communications ManagerRoger Miller, Executive DirectorJennie Powe Runde, Clinical Services DirectorSyra Smith, InstructorPhoenix Soleil, Instructor

InternsBritney Carbajal, DevelopmentJannelle Garcia, Media and PRChristiana Oatman, CommunicationsAdolfo Oseguera, Graphic DesignJasmine Punihani, DevelopmentDavid Rothschild, DatabaseLaney Rupp, Curriculum Evaluation

VolunteersBryan Giese-Gardner, InstructorOmar Hamze, InstructorSkye Weir-Matthews, Web

Board of DirectorsIvy Ang

Graham BetchartDr. Kyra Bobinet

Joy GlenwrightJosh Leichter, JD

Noah LevineVanessa Mason

Frederick L. MooreSantosh Philip

Isaiah Seret, M.A.

2014 StaffIamani Carey Simms, Instructor

Enrique Collazo, InstructorLauren Funiestas, Instructor

Sam Himelstein, Program and Clinical Services DirectorKathleen Kim, Office and Communications Manager

Greg Mitchell, InstructorJulia Ris, Instructor

Dawn Scott, InstructorAmir Sulaiman, Instructor

Kekoa Won, Program Coordinator

2014 InternsAlice Cowens, Development

2014 Board of DirectorsConnor Aiken

Joy Aiken

DonorsKaren Alexander

Daniel AllenIvy Ang

Carolyn AtkinsonCarole Baker

Gretchen BladekGraham Bretchert

Kyra Bobinet & Joshua LeitcherWilliam DuaneMark FolkinsPatricia Fong

James M. ForbesRobert Garcia

Yvonne O’HareKathleen O’Sullivan

Santosh PhilipElizabeth SacklerNaomi Schiesel

Isaiah SeretIra and Sylvia Seret

Sophia SkodaStuart Sovatsky

Chade-Meng TanJulia Ward

Signal Wilnal TzooreGabrielle Wichern

Susan HartsockCasandra Higuera

Shirwin HuCharmaine Hughes

Romy IlanoJon & Myla Kabat-Zinn

Mary KaderaMichelle Lessans

Noah LevineMichael Lin

John LintelmannRoger Miller

Frederick Moore

Alameda County Health Care Services AgencyNewark Unified School DistrictOakland Unified School District

San Mateo County Probation Department

Government Partners

APS FoundationCity College of San Francisco

EngagedInGoogle

Homestead FoundationJindhag Foundation

June and Julian Foss FoundationKalliopeia Foundation

NateraNathan Cummings Foundation

Quest FoundationRuddle Memorial Youth Foundation

Trust for Meditation Process

Foundations and Corporations

Individual Donors

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415-824-2048@mbaproject

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