Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    SINCE JULY 1, 2017, THE BREAD PROJECT ENROLLED 105 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS OVER A PERIOD OF THIRTEEN BAKERY BOOTCAMP SESSIONS. UPON ENTERING OUR PROGRAM, 100% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE LOW-INCOME AND UNEMPLOYED FOR AN AVERAGE OF 27 MONTHS. 79% WERE RECEIVING PUBLIC BENEFITS, 20% RELIED ON SAVINGS OR ASSISTANCE FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND 30% WERE FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS. 36% HAD LIMITED ENGLISH CAPABILITIES, 9% WERE REFUGEES AND ASYLEES, 29% WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, 19% DID NOT HAVE A GED OR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, 31% REPORTED A DISABILITY AND 42% LACKED PERMANENT HOUSING. WE HAD 88, OR 84% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE FROM OUR PROGRAM. OVER 83% OF THESE GRADUATES WERE PLACED IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WITHIN AN AVERAGE OF 60 DAYS, PAYING AN AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE OF $15 (7.29% INCREASE OVER PY).
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $787.7K

  • The Bread Project Job Training Program

    BETWEEN JULY 1, 2022, AND JUNE 30, 2023 THE BREAD PROJECT ENROLLED 77 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND GRADUATED 54 OVER A PERIOD OF NINE FOOD PREP & BAKING JOB TRAINING & PLACEMENT PROGRAM SESSIONS. EACH PROGRAM SESSION IS 5 WEEKS LONG, 150 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, WITH A COHORT OF 8-12 PARTICIPANTS. WITH 54 GRADUATES @ 150 HOURS EACH, THATS A COMBINED 8,100 HOURS OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. 96% OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WERE LOW-INCOME, 88% WERE UNEMPLOYED UPON ENROLLMENT, AND 35% WERE RECEIVING SOME FORM OF PUBLIC BENEFITS. THE GRADUATES FACED MANY BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT: 49% LACKED PERMANENT HOUSING, 58% HAD MINIMAL FORMAL EDUCATION ENDING WITH HIGH SCHOOL OR A GED, 41% WERE REENTRY OR JUSTICE-INVOLVED, 10% WERE IMMIGRANTS OR REFUGEES, AND 14% HAD A DISABILITY. 89% OF THE GRADUATES SEEKING EMPLOYMENT WERE HIRED WITHIN 30-60 DAYS OF GRADUATION, 86% WERE STILL IN THEIR JOBS AFTER 90 DAYS, AND THE AVERAGE WAGE WAS $20 PER HOUR. DEMOGRAPHICALLY, 60% WERE FEMALE, 40% WERE MALE, AND OF THOSE, THE PREDOMINANT POPULATIONS WERE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN 55%, HISPANIC/LATINO(A) 26%, AND WHITE/ CAUCASIAN 10%. AGEWISE, 20% WERE 18-24, 56% WERE 25-45, AND 23% WERE OVER 45.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $450K

  • Community Meal Program

    OUR COMMUNITY MEAL PROGRAM FOR THE HOMELESS AND FOOD INSECURE WAS ON HOLD WHEN OUR NONPROFIT PARTNER OPERATING A HOMELESS SHELTER LOST ITS FOOD CONTRACT.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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