The Rebuilding Alliance - Rebuilding Hope: Veterans & Others w Disabilities

Address

The Rebuilding Alliance
235 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

Mission

A nonprofit organization, rebuilds homes & communities in regions of war & occupation. We advocate for policies towards these regions based on human rights & international law. With mutual commitment to justice, we create alliances among our supporters, partners, & those who suffer injustice & violence, yet resist through rebuilding. Our projects are symbols of hope that offer people around the world immediate ways to make peace, starting with the tangible support of a family's right to a home.

Programs

On May 24, 2007, we completed the building of a new home for the Gaza family whom Rachel Corrie sought to protect. In Gaza, their family and friends pitched in to make the home beautiful. Our “Contact Congress Teleconferences” reached ten elected leaders to advocate to save specific homes and communities from demolition and to intervene to help Americans get visa permission to continue to live with their families in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Personnel Overview

Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director
Donna is an M.I.T. engineer who founded the Rebuilding Alliance in 2003 to rebuild communities in conflict zones and make them safe.

Matt Poland - Rebuilding Alliance Board of Directors
Employment Coordinator, hired to to help create new program to counsel and place individuals with epilepsy in jobs at California Pacific Medical Center (PEP Jobs), currently providing training to individuals newly hired in employment services through JVS BEST Pro program. B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan. Eight years experience including supervisory experience.

Personnel Statistics

Donna Baranski-Walker, Executive Director
Founded in 2003
Employees: 2
Volunteers: 120

Financial Statistics

Budget (2006): 73,145
Budget (2005): 120,000
Maximum Budget: 322,291
Overhead: 17%
Other funding sources: speaking events, grants from foundations, religious groups, Rotary Clubs.
Religious Affiliation: none