Annual Report
2024
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History
Founded in 2006 by co-Directors Christina Maluenda Marchiel and Heather Lubeck, Mission Kids began as a small, licensed, in-home preschool program. Our school has gone through several periods of change and growth due to ever-increasing demand for affordable high quality childcare in San Francisco. First, we merged with an existing co-operative preschool at 1050 South Van Ness, which began our commitment to parent participation in the early childhood space. Next, after years of successful partnership with San Francisco’s Department of Early Childhood, Mission Kids launched a capital campaign to buy a piece of property and build a custom space for our program that would allow for even more expansion. Now serving over 80 children each year, Mission Kids students are primarily low-income children of color in the Mission District, approximately 25% of whom are from monolingual Spanish speaking families.
Mission and Vision
Our mission is to support multicultural, income-diverse families in San Francisco through inclusive, bilingual, play-based early education.
Our vision is to be a community beacon for early childhood care and education.
Quotes from happy parents:
“Me encanta MK me siento muy feliz de que mi hijo este en esta escuela me siento parte de una gran familia”
“The community that I have gotten to know has been invaluable. And our child has grown leaps and bounds in amazing ways and we have grown and learned with her. We will carry that with us hopefully for many many more years.”
Facilities
Mission Kids purchased a plot of land at 969 Treat Avenue near to its original location and built a facility from the ground up for our school. FY 2223 marked our 2nd full school year in the new space and we continued to implement improvements and adjustments, including adding a beautiful mosaic to one of our front entryway walls done by Dana Albany, the same artist who installed the butterfly mosaic in our old space. The building is ADA accessible, has solar panels and is a fantastic early childhood space!
Field Trips and Other Enrichments
One of the unique things about Mission Kids is our dedication to showing our students the sights of the vibrant City in which we all live. In school year 22-23, we went on field trips to the locations listed below. These trips are in addition to our near-daily outings to local playgrounds including Parque Niños Unidos, Garfield Playground, Mission Rec Center, Jose Coronado Playground, Mission Playground, Precita Park, Snake Park (24th and York Mini Park).
Alemany Farm
Bernal Heights Library
California Academy of Sciences
Chinatown
Garfield Park Story Time with the SFPL Bookmobile
Heron’s Head Park
Hidden Villa
Mission Cultural Center
San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Fire Department*
Tree Frog Treks*
*Onsite visitors
Community Benefits
In order to foster further community within our larger school, in school year 22-23 Mission Kids started a new monthly tradition of holding “Jueves de cafe” on the last Thursday of the month. Coffee and treats are provided for grownups and they are encouraged to stay and socialize after drop-off. In addition, we began providing simultaneous interpretation at every community meeting so that our caregiver training is accessible for all of our families.
Conclusion
School year 22-23 marked Mission Kids’ fourteenth year of providing high quality early childhood care to low income families in San Francisco.
Audited Financials
Income
Expenses
Donor List
GRANT DONORS
Mimi & Peter Haas Fund
San Francisco Garden Club
SMALL EVENTS AND SCRIPS
El Rio
Gus’ Community Market
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative, Inc.
El Rio
4505 Grove and Divisadero
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS
Jennifer Clevidence & David Gabriner
Chris Kellen
Geoff & Anna Koops
Peter Acker & Lindsey O’Connell
ANNUAL FUND DONORS
Peter Acker & Lindsey O’Connell
Jane Acker
Dana Adams & Malaika Fraley
Luisa Alberto
Alysabeth Alexander-Tut & Sergio Tut Lopez
Hana Ali & Constantine Zlatev
Armando Leal Alonso & Marien Villafana
Windy Andrews
Anonymous
Sebastian Arteaga & Olga Carlos
Juan Jose Arteaga
Estefania Arteaga
Heydi Avelar & Alex Tercero
Joanna Baena
Ben Baumgartner
Silke Becker and Christian Klassert
Farouk Benaissa
Merylee and Ed Bingham
Abe Bingham and Shruti Swamy
Laura Lara-Brady & Michael Brady
Jennie Cabrera
Gretchen Cabrera & Mark Pagan
Lindy & Kris Caldwell
Kris & Lindy Caldwell
Amy Cancelmo
Roberto Carlos
Rocio Catzalco
Susan Cervantes
Jennifer Chan
Jennifer Cheung
Helen & Tom Clevidence
Jennifer Clevidence & David Gabriner
Damaris Colorado Luna & Dario Hernandez Castillo
Melissa Cooper & Hitesh Soneji
Barbara Dale
Hollis Dale & Molly Goldberg
Chad DeHerrera & Lucy Nagle
Erin DeLano
Rich and Susan Diegnan
Peter & Patty Doane
Alyson Evans & Brendan Furey
Fetuli Faasavalu
Adam Feibelman and Jennifer Ta
Lori & Peter Feibelman
Nicolas Fernandez & Jenny Rodriguez
Joe & Sandy Finnerty
Dan Finnerty & Christine Marcelino
Alison Fisher
Jude & Stephen Fisher
Kleita Gaefka & Ed Joe
Chris & Shelley Gallivan
David Gartner & Liore Milgrom-Gartner
Carmen Gerardo Jimenez & Diego Banuelos
Elizabeth Gibbon
Carol Gima
Amelia Gima and Shawn Naputi
Carrie Goldberg
Eileen & Bob Goldman
Michelle Gomez & Raymond Booker
Shobha Patel
Ranita Patel
Adam Piaseczny
Michelle Ticknor and Miles Pickering
Felisa Preskill and Zachary Scholz
Melanie Puno and Ed Smith
Gloria & Jose Ramirez
Hanna Ramirez
Mauricio & Fatima Ramirez
Irvin & Pam Reid
Celsa & Dexter Reid
Ruth Reynaga-Sengo & David Sengo
Lisa Ricardo & David Martin
Micah Rivera
Sylvia Rivera
Nina Robertson and Jubran Kanaan
Lorena Rodríguez
Tony Rozzi & Klealy Pineda-Mena
Patricia & Robert Russell
Pantea Saeb & Bobby Moazzami
Samala & Skye Delano
Gustavo Santana & Mackinsey Russell
Po Savea
Abigail Sawyer and Jeremiah Moore
Dee-Dee & Yoel Sberlo
Tamar Sberlo & Jeffrey Sabin-Matsumoto
Rachel Sheinbein & Joe Greenstein
Sandra Sheinbein
Martine & Eugene Shelly
Cecily & Greg Sheppard
Reeves Sinnott-Zazzera and Mario Zazzera
David & Megan Steinwedel
Blyth Strachman & John Scianna
Amanda Swaim
Sue Swaim
Shruti Swamy & Abe Bingham
Jennifer Ta and Adam Feibelman
Tuipe Takapautolo
Chris Thomas & Amanda Gibbon
Katie Thompson-Peer
Nita & KaLei Tofaeono-Sabini
Vera Toulmin
Esparanza Trejo and Iswari Espana-Mejia
Lucy Trigueros
Maverick Tuufuli
Christina Ugaitafa
Becca Umu
Mary Upshaw
Al Uy & Kristy Pagel-Stumpp
Michelle Van Wambeke
Villa Family Foundation
Peggy Walls
Maya Whearty
Addy Williams & Carlota Malit
Hazel-Rue Woodies & Grey Larsell
Monika and Jose Zapata
Rozio Zaragoza & Hector Garcia
“Oscar Zavaleta
Montez Group, Inc.”
Marcia Zepeda
Caleb & Jennifer Zigas