Namaste Foundation's 2014 Annual Report. The Namaste Foundation supports nonprofits in their inspiring pursuits of a more beautiful world.

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ANNUAL REPORT
2014

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Year In ReviewANNUAL
REPORT 2014
YEARINREVIEW
2014 was our first year of active gift giving at the Namaste
Foundation, and we’re proud to share that we supported 20+
nonprofits with over $300,000 in gifts. We are inspired by the
incredible work these organizations are doing to create a more
beautiful world.
This year we also developed our Namaste Foundation brand
design and published several blog posts. We’re excited to
keep adding stories to www.namaste.org, and we hope you’ll
find the website to be a useful destination for insights about
nonprofits and philanthropy.
In the spirit of transparency and sharing, this Annual Report
provides more detail about the organizations we supported in
2014, along with our Namaste Foundation financial details and
website statistics. If you have any questions or would like to
collaborate, please let us know.
Warm regards,
Matthew Monahan, Hamida Hamza
& Brian Monahan
ANNUAL
REPORT 2014

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Year In Review

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Gift GivingANNUAL
REPORT 2014
GIFTGIVINGThefollowingaretheorganizationstheNamasteFoundationsupported this
year.Learnmoreaboutourgifttypesand categories here. Toapplyforfuture
giftconsideration,please contactus.
IMPACT GIFTS
Bioneers
Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit educational organization
that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and
planet. Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific
innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s
most pressing environmental and social challenges. Make a
donation to Bioneers. Read more on our blog.
Mindful Schools
Mindful Schools is on a mission to integrate mindfulness into
education. The organization offers online training courses for
adults to learn mindfulness and use it with youth. The Mindful
Schools curriculum brings improvements in concentration,
attention, and empathy, while building a climate of calm in the
classroom. Make a donation to Mindful Schools. Read more on
our blog.

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Gift Giving
IMPACT GIFTS (Cont.)
Charity: Water
charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking
water to people in developing nations. charity: water funds
inspiring organizations who are providing long-lasting water
and sanitation services around the world. charity: water has
helped pioneer “birthday campaigns” and the “100% model.”
Make a donation to charity: water. Read more on our blog.
Loomio
Loomio is free and open source software for anyone, anywhere,
to participate in decisions that affect them. Loomio is being
built by a core team in Wellington, New Zealand, and a wider
network of friends and supporters all over the world. Loomio is
part of the social enterprise network Enspiral. Make a donation
to Loomio. Read more on our blog.
Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders,
is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental
organization and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its
projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing
endemic diseases. The organization seeks to provide medical aid
where it is needed most. Make a donation to Doctors Without
Borders. Read more on our blog.

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Gift GivingANNUAL
REPORT 2014
IMPACT GIFTS (Cont.)
GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly gives cash directly to poor households in Africa
via mobile transfers. Using the latest technology, GiveDirectly
locates recipients, integrates them into electronic payments
networks, and monitor transfers end-to-end. GiveDirectly
aims to reshape international giving, making direct transfers to
the poor the benchmark against which other, more expensive
approaches are evaluated. Make a donation to GiveDirectly.
Read more on our blog.
Free The Children
Free The Children is an international charity and educational
partner that believes in a world where all young people are
free to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change. Free
the Children works to empower youth to remove barriers that
prevent them from being active local and global citizens. Make a
donation to Free The Children. Read more on our blog.
Burning Man Arts
Burning Man Arts supports and promotes community,
interactive art and civic participation. Founded by several
of the partners who founded and produce Burning Man,
an annual arts festival in the Nevada desert, Burning Man
Arts was established to bring this modality of creating and
coexisting with art to the rest of the world, with the vision that
community-driven, inclusive, and interactive art is vital to a
thriving culture. Make a donation to Burning Man Arts. Read
more on our blog.

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Gift Giving
SUPPORT GIFTS
10 Books A Home
10 Books A Home is an early childhood education nonprofit
whose mission is to close the achievement gap by ensuring low-
income preschoolers are positioned in their homes for school
success. 10BH brings volunteer Role Models into the homes of
Learners to provide them and their parents with 1-on-1 tutoring,
positive role modeling, and home libraries. Make a donation to
10 Books A Home. Read more on our blog.
Pachamama Alliance
Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people
the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for
the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all.
Make a donation to Pachamama Alliance.
Dome to Dish
Dome to Dish builds sustainable dome greenhouses
to implement school garden programmes low-income
communities in New Zealand. Led by Michelle Leslie-McArthur
and part of the Kids Kai Time Charitable Trust, Dome to Dish
helps children receive the educational, health, and community
benefits of a local school garden. Make a donation to Dome to
Dish. Read more on our blog.

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Gift GivingANNUAL
REPORT 2014
SUPPORT GIFTS (Cont.)
SEED GIFTS
Carry the Vision
Carry the Vision offers tools, support, and inspiration for
community leaders who are interested in the power of
nonviolence to create positive change and a new way of living.
To realize the vision of a nonviolent world, Carry the Vision
begins with its own community, committing to simple and
profound acts that support a better world for all. Make a
donation to Carry the Vision. Read more on our blog.
Urban Flow
The mission of Urban Flow is to provide Bhakti Flow yoga
to San Francisco and beyond, to create global community
awareness, to serve the under-served, and to establish a model
that can be used in communities around the world.
Make a donation to Urban Flow.
Silicon Valley Gives
Silicon Valley Gives is a 24-hour online fundraising effort,
hosted by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation with the
help of sponsors, offering thousands of nonprofits the chance
to raise millions of dollars. During the inaugural SV Gives
Day event, held May 6, 2014, nearly 15,000 individual donors
contributed just over $8 million to charities based in three
counties. Make a donation to Silicon Valley Gives. Read more on
our blog.

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Gift Giving
SEED GIFTS (Cont.)
DreamCatchers
DreamCatchers works in affluent communities and school
districts, targeting students from low-income families who are
struggling to keep up with their more privileged classmates.
DreamCatchers creates afterschool classrooms for these
students, full of positive energy to inspire learning, hard
work, and big dreams, and a nutritious food environment
that helps fuel their brains for success. Make a donation to
DreamCatchers. Read more on our blog.
Committee for Green Foothills
The Committee for Green Foothills protects the open spaces,
farmlands, and natural resources of San Mateo and Santa Clara
counties through advocacy, education, and grassroots action.
Make a donation to Committee for Green Foothills. Read
more on our blog.
Collective Roots
The mission of Collective Roots is to promote food justice by
engaging youth and communities in garden-based learning and
nutrition education to positively impact health. The Collective
Roots vision is a community in which all people have access
to gardens and fresh, healthy and environmentally sustainable
food. Make a donation to Collective Roots. Read more on
our blog.

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Gift GivingANNUAL
REPORT 2014
SEED GIFTS (Cont.)
One Million Lights
One Million Lights’ mission is to improve the daily lives of
children and adults by providing clean and healthy lighting.
The organization’s goal is to distribute one million (1,000,000)
solar lights to replace dangerous and polluting kerosene lamps.
These solar lights enable children to study at night and adults
to extend their workday, all while eliminating carbon emissions,
improving household health, and greatly increasing income
savings. Make a donation to One Million Lights. Read more on
our blog.
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Bay Area
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Bay Area works
with teachers in schools across the Bay Area to implement
NFTE programs in their classrooms. Over the course of a
semester or a full school year, NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship
Trainers teach the NFTE curriculum as part of the ordinary
school day. NFTE’s curriculum is rooted in experiential
activities and project-based learning. Make a donation to
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Read more on
our blog.
Living Classroom
Living Classroom is on a mission to inspire children to learn
and value our natural world through garden-based education.
The organization collaborates with schools and communities to
develop school district-specific programs that provide engaging,
hands-on lessons that stimulate curiosity and create beautiful
and educational school gardens. Make a donation to Living
Classroom. Read more on our blog.

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Gift Giving
SEED GIFTS (Cont.)
Our City Forest
Our City Forest cultivates a green and healthy San José
metropolis by engaging community members in the
appreciation, protection, growth and maintenance of the urban
ecosystem, especially the urban forest. Make a donation to Our
City Forest. Read more on our blog.
Susty Kids, Inc.
Susty Kids, Inc. develops programs for girls (Susty Girl) and boys
(Susty Boy) and both girls and boys (Susty Kids) that support
these children as they learn, retain and apply sustainable
practices into their lives, families and communities. to Susty
Kids. Read more on our blog.

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Namaste.org Website StatsANNUAL
REPORT 2014
WEBSITESTATS
8804PAGE VIEWS
3442AUDIENCE SIZE
2.5AVG. PAGE VIEWS
PER VISITOR
WEB TRAFFIC TO NAMASTE.ORG 2014 TOTALS
MOST POPULAR BLOG POSTS
• What Can We Learn from the Ebola Epidemic?
• Better Routes to Black Rock
• Collaborative Decision-Making With Loomio
(Statistics from Squarespace)

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Financials
$288,566.00
TOTAL
$3,654,538.31
END OF YEAR BALANCE
$31,544.00
TOTAL
GIFTS MADE THROUGH SVCF IN 2014
SVCF FUND SUMMARY GIFTS OUTSIDE SVCF
FINANCIALS
TheNamasteFoundation’sprimaryresourcesaremanaged at
theSiliconValleyCommunity Foundation(SVCF).
Month
January
March
May
May
June
June
July
October
October
November
December
Beginning Balance
Gifts Made
SVCF Support Costs
Investment Gains
Investment Expenses
Dome to Dish
Urban Flow
Pachamama Alliance
Kickstarter
Indiegogo
Pledgeme
Organization
Give Direct, Inc.
Free the Children
Silicon Valley Gives (10 Organizations, $2500 each)
Silicon Valley Gives (Inflection Team Matching)
Black Rock Arts Foundation
Charity: Water
Enspiral Foundation (Loomio)
Doctors Without Borders USA, Inc.
Collective Heritage Institute (Bioneers)
10 Books A Home
Mindful Schools
$3,974,693.71
-$288,566.00
-$36,412.05
$7,755.06
-$2,932.41
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$5,000.00
$1,444.00
$3,600.00
$1,500.00
AMOUNT
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$8,566.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$50,000.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
$5,000.00
$50,000.00

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2014 Gift Types and LevelsANNUAL
REPORT 2014
SeethefulllistoforganizationsthatNamaste Foundationsupports on
ourGiftspage.Toapply forfuturegiftconsideration, please contact us.
SUPPORT GIFT
$5,000 TO $25,000
IMPACT GIFT
$25,000 TO $100,000
SEED GIFT
UNDER $5,000
2014GIFTTYPES

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2014 Gift Types and Levels