Organizations Filed Purposes:
AT SOLID GROUND, WE WORK PASSIONATELY TO END POVERTY AND BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. OUR SERVICES SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY HELPING THEM ACHIEVE STABILITY AND EXPAND THEIR SKILLS TO REALIZE THEIR DREAMS. AND THAT'S JUST WHERE OUR WORK BEGINS! IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING IMMEDIATE SERVICES, WE ORGANIZE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY POVERTY, TO PARTICIPATE IN ADVOCACY THAT MAKES OUR REGION MORE JUST FOR ALL.
SOLID GROUND IS A COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY WHICH WORKS TO END POVERTY AND UNDO RACISM.
TRANSPORTATION: TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES OR ON LOW INCOMES TO ACCESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES. IN 2019, PROVIDED OVER 280,000 TRIPS TO CLIENTS TO GET TO WORK OR OTHER LIFE ENRICHING ACTIVITIES.
STABILIZATION SERVICES: TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH TOOLS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT JEOPARDIZE HOUSING THROUGH HOUSING ADVOCACY, CASE MANANAGEMENT, AND LIMITED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE FIND AND/OR MAINTAIN SAFE, PERMANENT HOUSING. IN 2019, PROVIDED COUNSELING, LOANS AND GRANTS TO HELP OVER 4,600 INDIVIDUALS, LEGAL AID TO 402 INDIVIDUALS TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, OVER 18,000 INDIVIDUALS WERE LINKED TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES THROUGH TELEPHONE REFERRALS, AND OVER 900 INDIVIDUALS WERE EDUCATED AND EMPOWERED TO ACHIEVE GREATER FINANCIAL STABILITY.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: TO PROVIDE SERVICE ENRICHED HOUSING, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT HOUSING, LIFE SKILLS, CHILDRENS PROGRAMS, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS. IN 2019, SAFELY HOUSED 335 HOUSEHOLDS, HELPED ANOTHER 427 HOUSEHOLDS OBTAIN SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PROVIDED 365 MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN A SAFE HAVEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gordon Mchenry Jr | PRESIDENT AND CEO (TO 10/2019) | 40 | $194,082 |
| Caitlen Daniels | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER/INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO | 40 | $134,350 |
| Humberto Alvarez | DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 40 | $119,357 |
| Shelly Holmes Parrish | FINANCE DIRECTOR | 40 | $119,357 |
| Maya Hemachandra | RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR | 40 | $119,197 |
| Barbara Gangwer | HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR | 40 | $113,157 |
| Michael Buchman | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR | 40 | $108,229 |
| Kari Ware | TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR | 40 | $106,587 |
| Sherry Williams | BOARD MEMBER | 1.19 | $0 |
| Wendy Werblin | BOARD MEMBER | 2.81 | $0 |
| James Watts | BOARD MEMBER | 1.19 | $0 |
| Julie Silverman | BOARD MEMBER | 1.27 | $0 |
| Sunil Sanghani | BOARD MEMBER | 0.29 | $0 |
| Andrew Miller | BOARD MEMBER | 1.11 | $0 |
| Heidi Eisenstein | BOARD MEMBER | 1.05 | $0 |
| Alain Dias | BOARD MEMBER | 0.76 | $0 |
| Sofia Deglel | BOARD MEMBER | 1.21 | $0 |
| John Babauta | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Angel Mitchell | SECRETARY | 1.02 | $0 |
| Justin Heiler | TREASURER | 1.16 | $0 |
| Lauren Vlas | VICE PRESIDENT | 1.49 | $0 |
| D'Adre Cunningham | PRESIDENT | 3.3 | $0 |
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