Budgeting and Service Delivery

Question: "A budget is a statement of values." Discuss the way your Community Partner gets and spends its money or resources is a reflection of its values. Which Hallmarks, if any, are expressed in the way your Community Partner manages its budgeting and service delivery?



The Day Worker Center of Mountain View is a 501(c)3 non-profit that has been supported by grants from organizations such as:
 


Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation,
the Zellerbach Foundation, 
the Mountain View Voice, 
the Catholic Campaign For Human Development 
and many individual supporters

This money is used to run the center and its day to day operations. The center was able to purchase their worker-maintained facility on Escuela Avenue in Mountain View, California through very generous donations from the community and businesses. This capital investment allows for the organization to remain stable and not worry about monthly rental or lease costs that are contracted or may end up being increased. The center includes a large multi-purpose room that is used for weekly worker meetings, classes, and events.

Most of the classes offered by the center are volunteer-led classes so there is not any cost to the center for providing these services. These classes include instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), high school equivalency (GED), computers, blogging, music, sewing, cooking, canning, green housecleaning, CPR, and after-school tutoring programs for kids.

The DWCMV currently has two or three office workers that are employed by the center to answer calls and maintain office operations. Maria is the executive director and probably obtains a small salary from the organization but overall costs and spending are low which allows the center to offer its services free of charge.


Here is a picture of the renovated warehouse that was purchased by the DWCMV organization!

To donate visit their website or stop by in person: Day Worker Center of Mountain View, 113 Escuela Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040