United Way of the Bay Area and Richmond Community Foundation are pleased to announce that Chevron has contributed $1 million to United Way to help establish the SparkPoint West Contra Costa Center, which opened today in the City of Richmond.
Created by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Centers are one-stop, financial-education centers that offer access to a full range of services that can help families and individuals achieve financial stability.
“Chevron is proud to support the new SparkPoint West Contra Costa Center, which will help families build futures. We view our support as an investment that can ultimately benefit our entire community,” said Mike Coyle, general manager of Chevron’s Richmond Refinery. “Chevron is committed to strengthening the communities in which our employees live and work. We applaud the Richmond Community Foundation for its efforts to bring this vital program to Contra Costa County, and United Way of the Bay Area for its leadership in establishing SparkPoint Centers.”
The Richmond Community Foundation is the lead agency for the SparkPoint West Contra Costa Center. The Richmond Community Foundation and the United Way of the Bay Area are working with the center’s other partner agencies, which collaborate to serve clients, including Anew America, Bay Area Legal Aid, Brighter Beginnings, City of Richmond - LEAP, Community Housing Development Corporation, Contra Costa EHSD, Contra Costa Health Services, Neighborhood Housing Services of the East Bay, Rubicon Programs, Stride Center and Supervisor John Gioia’s Office. These agencies will work in conjunction to provide financial services, tax preparation, homeownership and foreclosure prevention, and jobs and economic development services including small business development.
Bay Area SparkPoint Network Doubles in Size
At today’s celebration, United Way also announced that with the opening of the Richmond location, the number of SparkPoint Centers serving the Bay Area has now doubled this spring – from four to eight – with three centers opening last month. United Way of the Bay Area’s SparkPoint program now spans six counties, with centers in American Canyon (Napa), Bay Point (Contra Costa), Fairfield (Solano), Oakland (Alameda), Richmond (Contra Costa), San Bruno (San Mateo), San Rafael (Marin) and Vallejo (Solano).
“With one in five Bay Area families struggling to make ends meet, Chevron’s support for expanding SparkPoint into West Contra Costa could not come at a better time,” said Anne Wilson, CEO of United Way of the Bay Area. “I want to extend a special thanks to Chevron for its efforts to engage business and community leaders in supporting SparkPoint, which is a key component of United Way’s efforts to cut poverty in half in the Bay Area by 2020.”
Chevron is a long-time supporter of United Way of the Bay Area, with some of its executives serving on the board of directors for several years, championing participation in United Way’s annual Week of Caring, and providing $1 million to support the 211 helpline.
“We are pleased to have been selected as the Lead Agency for SparkPoint West Contra Costa,” said Joan Davis, President and CEO of the Richmond Community Foundation. “We appreciate the confidence our partner agencies have in our ability to lead this exciting initiative.”
Chevron has been a supporter of, and involved in, many RCF initiatives in the community. The new SparkPoint Center further illustrates that support and involvement and really demonstrates the vision shared by many for the community and the commitment to improving the conditions for families in Richmond for many years to come.
About SparkPoint
Created by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Centers are one-stop, financial-education centers that help individuals and families who are struggling to make ends meet. SparkPoint helps clients address immediate financial crises, get back on their feet and build financially secure futures. Each center brings together a full range of services at one convenient location, including job training, career development and financial coaching, as well as access to higher education and savings accounts. Every SparkPoint client is provided a coach, who helps create a step-by-step plan to set and achieve personal financial goals. United Way’s SparkPoint model has garnered both national and international attention, with poverty experts traveling from around the country, and as far as the Netherlands, to study it. Learn more at www.sparkpointcenters.org.
About Richmond Community Foundation
The Richmond Community Foundation is committed to making and facilitating change in Richmond, California. The Foundation works to build the capacity of the Richmond community by serving as a Community Leader, Collaborator, and Broker, and by leveraging assets of all kinds in order to create and sustain a strong, healthy city. We share a common interest with those dedicated to improving the quality of life in our community. We partner with and invest in organizations that create sustainable opportunities in Richmond. RCF invests in those organizations which build communities through Public Safety, Health, Jobs and Economic Development, Physical Environment, and Education.
About United Way of the Bay Area
United Way of the Bay Area is a nonprofit organization that creates pathways out of poverty. Our goal is to cut Bay Area poverty in half by 2020. We focus on helping working families and individuals, ensuring they can meet all of their basic needs, while creating opportunities for them to achieve lasting financial stability. We also invest in programs that empower the next generation for success. United Way convenes partners across sectors, advocates for policy change, runs community programs and educates residents about the issues most vital to a resilient community. Founded in 1922, United Way of the Bay Area serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Solano Counties. For more information, visit www.uwba.org.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
Contacts
United Way of the Bay Area
Micheline Savarin, 415-572-2433 (cell)
msavarin@uwba.org
or
Richmond Community Foundation
Jim Becker, 510-234-1200
jbecker@richmondcf.org
or
Chevron
Brent Tippen, 925-842-0456
Brent.Tippen@chevron.com
Created by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Centers are one-stop, financial-education centers that offer access to a full range of services that can help families and individuals achieve financial stability.
“Chevron is proud to support the new SparkPoint West Contra Costa Center, which will help families build futures. We view our support as an investment that can ultimately benefit our entire community,” said Mike Coyle, general manager of Chevron’s Richmond Refinery. “Chevron is committed to strengthening the communities in which our employees live and work. We applaud the Richmond Community Foundation for its efforts to bring this vital program to Contra Costa County, and United Way of the Bay Area for its leadership in establishing SparkPoint Centers.”
The Richmond Community Foundation is the lead agency for the SparkPoint West Contra Costa Center. The Richmond Community Foundation and the United Way of the Bay Area are working with the center’s other partner agencies, which collaborate to serve clients, including Anew America, Bay Area Legal Aid, Brighter Beginnings, City of Richmond - LEAP, Community Housing Development Corporation, Contra Costa EHSD, Contra Costa Health Services, Neighborhood Housing Services of the East Bay, Rubicon Programs, Stride Center and Supervisor John Gioia’s Office. These agencies will work in conjunction to provide financial services, tax preparation, homeownership and foreclosure prevention, and jobs and economic development services including small business development.
Bay Area SparkPoint Network Doubles in Size
At today’s celebration, United Way also announced that with the opening of the Richmond location, the number of SparkPoint Centers serving the Bay Area has now doubled this spring – from four to eight – with three centers opening last month. United Way of the Bay Area’s SparkPoint program now spans six counties, with centers in American Canyon (Napa), Bay Point (Contra Costa), Fairfield (Solano), Oakland (Alameda), Richmond (Contra Costa), San Bruno (San Mateo), San Rafael (Marin) and Vallejo (Solano).
“With one in five Bay Area families struggling to make ends meet, Chevron’s support for expanding SparkPoint into West Contra Costa could not come at a better time,” said Anne Wilson, CEO of United Way of the Bay Area. “I want to extend a special thanks to Chevron for its efforts to engage business and community leaders in supporting SparkPoint, which is a key component of United Way’s efforts to cut poverty in half in the Bay Area by 2020.”
Chevron is a long-time supporter of United Way of the Bay Area, with some of its executives serving on the board of directors for several years, championing participation in United Way’s annual Week of Caring, and providing $1 million to support the 211 helpline.
“We are pleased to have been selected as the Lead Agency for SparkPoint West Contra Costa,” said Joan Davis, President and CEO of the Richmond Community Foundation. “We appreciate the confidence our partner agencies have in our ability to lead this exciting initiative.”
Chevron has been a supporter of, and involved in, many RCF initiatives in the community. The new SparkPoint Center further illustrates that support and involvement and really demonstrates the vision shared by many for the community and the commitment to improving the conditions for families in Richmond for many years to come.
About SparkPoint
Created by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Centers are one-stop, financial-education centers that help individuals and families who are struggling to make ends meet. SparkPoint helps clients address immediate financial crises, get back on their feet and build financially secure futures. Each center brings together a full range of services at one convenient location, including job training, career development and financial coaching, as well as access to higher education and savings accounts. Every SparkPoint client is provided a coach, who helps create a step-by-step plan to set and achieve personal financial goals. United Way’s SparkPoint model has garnered both national and international attention, with poverty experts traveling from around the country, and as far as the Netherlands, to study it. Learn more at www.sparkpointcenters.org.
About Richmond Community Foundation
The Richmond Community Foundation is committed to making and facilitating change in Richmond, California. The Foundation works to build the capacity of the Richmond community by serving as a Community Leader, Collaborator, and Broker, and by leveraging assets of all kinds in order to create and sustain a strong, healthy city. We share a common interest with those dedicated to improving the quality of life in our community. We partner with and invest in organizations that create sustainable opportunities in Richmond. RCF invests in those organizations which build communities through Public Safety, Health, Jobs and Economic Development, Physical Environment, and Education.
About United Way of the Bay Area
United Way of the Bay Area is a nonprofit organization that creates pathways out of poverty. Our goal is to cut Bay Area poverty in half by 2020. We focus on helping working families and individuals, ensuring they can meet all of their basic needs, while creating opportunities for them to achieve lasting financial stability. We also invest in programs that empower the next generation for success. United Way convenes partners across sectors, advocates for policy change, runs community programs and educates residents about the issues most vital to a resilient community. Founded in 1922, United Way of the Bay Area serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Solano Counties. For more information, visit www.uwba.org.
About Chevron
Chevron is one of the world’s leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
Contacts
United Way of the Bay Area
Micheline Savarin, 415-572-2433 (cell)
msavarin@uwba.org
or
Richmond Community Foundation
Jim Becker, 510-234-1200
jbecker@richmondcf.org
or
Chevron
Brent Tippen, 925-842-0456
Brent.Tippen@chevron.com
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