Bread & Roses Benefit Agency Inc
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Bread & Roses Presents serves those who are economically, socially, emotionally and physically disadvantaged by bringing free, live music and performances to those who are isolated in Bay Area institutions. Many have suffered traumatic and often chronic challenges such as housing and food insecurity, substance abuse, loss of or diminished cognition or mobility, life-altering or terminal medical conditions, and poverty. Many find themselves suffering the debilitating effects of repetitive routines, the stigma of institutionalization and social deprivation. While these various institutionalized populations are receiving one or more essential services, such as food, housing, they may rarely if ever have access to enriching, cultural and life-enhancing activities that many of us take for granted. Our shows provide our clients the opportunity to have access to the unique, restorative experience of being lifted beyond their current circumstances through the healing power of live music.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Bread & Roses Presents brings hope, healing and joy through live music in over 600 annual performances for isolated audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area. We serve children, teens, adults and elders in over 125 different institutional settings.
Where we work
Awards
Heart of Marin -- Achievement in Nonprofit Excellence 2008
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership
Heart of Marin: Excellence in Leadership 2014
Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership
Community Engagement Champion Award 2015
California Association of Nonprofits
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of free performances given
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults, Seniors
Related Program
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We provided 624 shows in 125 facilities in eight Bay Area counties; on average more than one show every day of the year.
Total number of audience members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults, Seniors
Related Program
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We brought hope, healing and joy to 34,159 audience members.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth, Adults, Seniors
Related Program
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2018 we presented 843 talented performers with the help of 190 host and event volunteers to bring hope, healing and joy to our audiences.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
In 2018 we brought hope, healing and joy to 9671 children, of whom 82% are minority.
Number of audience members who are minorities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Hope and Healing Through Live Music
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Offer over 600 annual free high quality live music and performing arts programs
Expand audience impact and reach
Board development
Financial sustainability
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Maintain quality of shows by cultivating and scheduling professional caliber performers
Increase number of shows for youth and in the North Bay; replace audiences as needed
Expand roster of volunteers by continuing to actively recruit, particularly performers for youth and multi-ethnic audiences.
Expand and enhance committees of the board
Meet individually with board members to strategize their involvement for the year
Develop and Implement a Board of Directors Yearly Calendar
Grow the Endowment
Work with Board of Directors on cultivation of Major Gifts
Promote planned giving program
Secure new grant sources
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a highly talented staff team that are equipped to maintain the quality of shows and expand the roster of volunteers. Led by Vice President of Programs Carolyn Gauthier has been with the organization for 19 years. Both she and her team have the experience and commitment to continue to grow the program.
The program team has a wide reach of connections to add facilities. They are continually cultivating new relationships in the Bay Area social service community.
Executive Director Dave Perron and Vice President of Development Heidi James are committed to working with board members to increase the level of engagement and ensure that the board committees are working to have a positive impact on the community. In addition, staff work closely with the board to grow philanthropic revenue by identifying major gift donors, qualifying them for planned gifts and increasing grant revenue.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2018, we produced 624 shows , serving 34, 159 audience members. We had 65 new acts, 96 new performers and 116 shows by new performers.
We have maintained a board of 15, the limit of our bylaws and plan to bring on two new board members in 2018 for succession of members who are leaving.
About one-third of our annual performances are for low-income, disadvantaged children from high-risk neighborhoods. Many are homeless, or from immigrant families, or single-parent households who would otherwise not have access to high quality music or interactive shows. All over the Bay Area, we work with schools and community partners to help preschool-age children develop their motor skills, letter and word recognition, rhyming, socialization and much more.
We would like to increase the number of youth served, bringing more interactive programs to isolated children and increase the number of performers for these ethnically diverse audiences. We will continue to bring joy and educational experiences to our youngest audiences at their most formative time of life.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
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Bread & Roses Benefit Agency Inc
Board of directorsas of 04/13/2022
John Botti
Mt. Tam Capital Management
Term: 2018 - 2022
Raj Gopal
Bank of the West
Catherine Less
Baker Street Advisors, LLC
John Botti
Mt. Tam Capital Management
Donna Mezias
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alex Wellins
The Blueshirt Group, LLC
Matt Jaffe
Gene Barnes
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Robin Eber
Adam Fells
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Kay Tittle
Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance and Lawyers for Family Justice
Terry Noyer
Jane Scott
John Amster
Rowan TELS Corporation
Shaina Kerrigan
Molly J
Burl Toler
Architect
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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