O U R S O L U T I O NFUNDS RAISED,WEALTH CREATEDShare Our Strength’s role is to add to the philanthropic pie — to createwealth, not just redistribute it — and to bring new people and new resourcesto the cause of ending childhood hunger in America. We do this <strong>through</strong> ourfundraising platforms, corporate partnerships and cause-related marketingactivities, and new business ventures.Share Our Strength’s Great AmericanBake Sale is a national campaign thatmobilizes people of all ages to help endchildhood hunger in America by holdingbake sales in their communities. Fundsraised are granted to local organizations thatwork to increase participation by lowincomechildren in summer and afterschoolfeeding programs and to support nutritioneducationprograms for low-income families.Since 2003, the campaign has raised over$3 million and engaged more than 1 millionpeople in baking, selling or buying goods.This fiscal year, The Great American BakeSale was sponsored by PARADE magazine,and awarded $700,000 in grants to 76community organizations.Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation,presented by American Express, is thenation’s largest and finest culinary benefitsupporting the effort to end childhoodhunger in America; it has raised more than$70 million since its inception nearly 20years ago. Every spring, thousands of thebest chefs and restaurants donate theirtime, talent and phenomenal food at events<strong>through</strong>out the United States and Canada.This fiscal year, Share Our Strength held 53Taste of the Nation events involving 1,500chefs and over 750 committee members, andresulting in $4.4 million in grants awardedto 173 organizations.Community Wealth Ventures ® , Inc., awholly owned for-profit subsidiary ofShare Our Strength, is a consulting firmthat leverages the power of market-basedapproaches to drive social change. CWVhelps nonprofit organizations becomemore self-sustaining by generating revenue<strong>through</strong> business ventures and corporatepartnerships. In addition, the firm helpscorporations improve their bottom lines<strong>through</strong> the design and implementationof community-investment strategies.Share Our Strength’s Restaurants for Reliefwas conceived this year in response to thedevastation wrought by Hurricanes Rita andKatrina, and has become part of our permanentportfolio. Thousands of restaurantsacross the country participate in a one-nightdine-around and contribute a portion oftheir proceeds to our continuing Gulf Coastrecovery efforts.This fiscal year, Restaurants for Reliefgranted out $1.6 million to help rebuildschool cafeterias, establish summer mealsprograms, support local restaurant workersand provide other food-related services inaffected Gulf Coast areas.Share Our Strength’s A Tasteful Pursuitfeatures the nation’s most renownedchefs touring the country to createextravagant, multi-course dinners pairedwith exquisite wines, all to support ShareOur Strength’s efforts to end childhoodhunger in America. This year’s officialsponsor was Saveur magazine.Social Franchise Ventures ® LLC (SFV)is a consulting firm that works exclusivelywith nonprofit organizations to identify,acquire and launch franchised businesses.It is a subsidiary of Community WealthVentures, Inc. SFV seeks to develop mutuallybeneficial partnerships between franchisorsand entrepreneurial nonprofits. The result ismore efficient opportunities for nonprofitsto pursue social enterprise, generate revenueand achieve their missions.Corporate Partnerships: Share OurStrength draws on the strengths, talentand creativity of leading corporations<strong>through</strong> strategic marketing programs totheir customers, employees and partnersin the fight to end childhood hunger inAmerica. This year, Share Our Strengthis grateful for the support of 20 generouscorporate partners and national sponsors,including some of America’s mostrecognized brands.THIS YEAR, WE INVESTED $5.5 MILLIONS H A R E O U R S T R E N G T H A N N U A L R E P O R T F Y 2 0 0 6 8
O U R S O L U T I O NFUNDS GRANTED FY <strong>2006</strong>:Total: $6.9 millionDomestic:$5.5 million *Hurricane Relief:$1.6 millionInternational:$1.4 million*Includes $1.6 million for hurricane reliefIN COMMUNITY GRANTS ACROSS AMERICA.9O U R S O L U T I O N
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