Supplybank Org

On September 24, 2021, SupplyBank.Orgs Board of Directors approved the agencys draft strategic plan, built throughout 2020, which included the following updated mission, vision and value statements. The Board of Directors are planning to revise in the Fall of 2022.Vision All people have the essential supplies they need.Mission SupplyBank.org works through trusted local partnerships to strengthen the social safety net and deliver essential supplies to children and families in need.Values Equity and Diversity: We work to increase equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, internally and externally. Innovation: We seek new ways of working to maximize our mission by leveraging and transforming existing systems and infrastructure. Collaboration: We work to develop and strengthen partnerships and collaborative relationships with mission-aligned organizations and initiatives. Service and Humility: We approach our work with humility to ensure our programs incorporate empathy and compassion.General OverviewThe nonprofit SupplyBank.Org combines direct relationships with a global supply chain and more than 600 high-leverage partnerships with public and nonprofit safety net organizations to provide a more cost-effective and scalable solution for distributing supplies to vulnerable populations. This approach enables trusted local organizations to increase the amount of critical resources they provide to their clients. Through cost savings related to both purchase price (cost per unit) as well as last-mile distribution (to individuals) through local organizations, this approach provides resources where they are most needed for pennies on the dollar. While working within the existing safety net to maximize available resources, SupplyBank.Org also works to remodel and strengthen systems to become more efficient and responsive to the material needs of vulnerable populations. Beyond improved efficiency and responsiveness, SupplyBank.Org prioritizes systems changes that create and expand pathways out of poverty by ensuring vulnerable communities have their materials need met when most needed.COVID ResponseSince the onset of the Pandemic, SupplyBank.Org utilized its relationships with numerous State agencies, FEMA representatives and several other local agencies to establish and administer 58 county specific emergency supplies programs totaling several million dollars each quarter. Thousands of organizations throughout the State are beneficiaries and several Counties made supplemental appropriations towards the effort to increase scope and impact.As part of this response, in the last fiscal year our agency has provided coordinated 58 county emergency supply programs and complimentary programs in partnership with hundreds of local agencies. The total distributions included the following items:Item Total UnitsCleaning/Disinfectant Products 92,294,180Baby Wipes 21,660,240Child & Adult Disposable Face Masks (3Ply & KN95) 16,613,800Diapers 9,011,026Gloves 4,675,000Cloth Face Masks 2,601,900 Menstrual Hygiene Products 524,584 Hand Sanitizer/Hand Soap 335,040 Isolation Gowns 216,610COVID-19 Home Tests 192,780 School Supply Kits 45,625Formula 28,680 Assorted School Supplies 13,828 Adult Incontinence Products 10,556 Dental Kits 1,350 Assorted Dental Supplies 468 Toilet Paper 80 Thermometers 13 Grand Total 148,225,760 Oakport Street Project Oakport.orgAs an expanding Oakland community based organization, the Oakport Street Project will enable our agency to more than triple in size the first year and set in place the framework for rapid growth thereafter. This project will enable us to provide several tens of millions of dollars worth of basic needs materials (PPE/disaster response, diapers, laptops, hygiene items, school supplies, household essentials, etc.) to impoverished children and families and victims of disasters such as the recent firestorms that displaced tens of thousands of people. Its a proven model and were all excited and honored to be working on it. As part of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), the project would develop the approximately 16-acre EBMUD pipe storage yard on Oakport Street into a new 130,000 sq. ft. warehouse building (split into two units) and a 160,000 sq. ft. five-story office building with associated parking and landscaping improvements. There will also be several other improvements to the northern side of the development specifically for EBMUD use which are described below. Per the project plans, the site is broken into two areas; there are two sides of this development (north and south). The southern end is what consists of the office building and the SupplyBank.Org half of distribution center. The northern end includes improvements were doing as part of a transaction where we are exchanging land improvements to our local water utility in exchange for the land. As a transit oriented development, the 160,000 square foot MASS TIMBER styled office building will be a new Class A structure with below market/reduced rents initially exclusively offered to nonprofit organizations located in the Bay Area. It will provide a free BART shuttle (light-rail transit; 5 minute ride to the Coliseum Station), shared conference rooms, outdoor gathering spaces and other shared common spaces that include a rooftop garden and other amenities. We are also exploring a 1.25 acres rooftop farm on the warehouse. Leases will be structured up to 50+ years for qualified nonprofits and other organizations. Our goal is to create a unique community of the most passionate, equitable and socially minded organizations and people in the region all serving the same community in different ways. In short, we hope to build a campus of like-minded organizations with the ability to create social change.The cost to administer the Oakport Street Project as the project developer is reflected in the Statement of Functional Expenses under the Program Services Column section under the column entitled, Oakport Street Project. The total cost of $424,571 is reflective of all stated expenses. In future years the Organization will move the assets and costs of the Project to SBO Development Company LLC.The agency expects planning commission approval by the City of Oakland in 2023.