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Your donations provide essential support, without which we would not be able to:

Build lasting, life-changing relationships between volunteers and students like Brett and Peter.

Support refugee youth like Richard in beating the odds and doing the impossible.

Empower refugees to lead change in their own communities through our Refugee Community Navigator Intern Program.

Enable families like the Copes to feel the pride of becoming U.S. citizens.

Provide refugee youth with a multicultural camp experience, where they gain leadership skills and have a blast in San Francisco's Presidio Park.

Offer critical family support to our highest need clients--recently resettled refugees--like Lah Doh.

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OUR SUPPORTERS: 2011

Refugee Transitions shows heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to our various supporters who allow us to fulfill our mission to help the community and change the world. Undoubtedly, our supporters have shown their faith and trust in Refugee Transitions by giving back to the community through their generous contributions used to sponsor our various programs and services.  Below is a list of all our supporters in 2011, categorized by sector.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

* indicates member of Refugee Transitions 3 Year Giving Circle

$10,000+
Joe and Malin Wolf 

$5000+
Samira Rahmatullah 
Stephen Roberts

$2000 + 
Jonathan Weiner
Nilima Patel

$1000+
Kimberly Sambrook
Philip Laird
Sharon Landwehr 

$500+

Lupita Beagle
Victor Smallberg
Melissa Kreisa*
Mimi Aung and Patrick Naing
Amy Slater
Barbara Malina and Scott Wachter
Rishi Sinha

$250 +
Bill and Renate Lytle*
Chrysty Esperanza
Sue and Steve Coates*
Tuuyen Do*
Elizabeth Read*
Justin Tansuwan*
Martina and Michael Knee
Brandee Marckmann and William Mooney*
John and Stephanie Allen*
David Harvison
Miranti Widjaja*
Aaron Rashba*
Leonides Jong*
Laura Vaudreuil
Bianca Walterspiel*
Robert Moffatt
Blythe Kelly Raphael
David Kimport

$100 +
Virginia Belsheim*
Marianne Hill*
James and Christine Vaudreuil
Nira Singh
Tin and Estella Nyunt
Sylvia Ulloa
John and Chantelle Masdea
Veronica Harris
Samie Phan
Ike and Sherry Berkman
Mimi Nomura-Weingrow
Ron Cantoni*
Michiko Collins*
Ann Julius*
Cristen Miller*
Vy Le
Jonathan Frankel
Bob Huynh
Tin and Estella Nyunt
Helena Leiner
Janet Burdick and Scott Miller*
Grant Burger
Ray and Sandra Aylsworth 
Ram Kandasamy
Sohail Desai
Danielle Do
Yasmin Vanya
Melanie Thuy Nguyen
Lauren Dau
Butch Kruse
Hayden Leadford and Denise Boland
Michael Nguyen and Angela Tu
Clare Collins*
Elma and Nestor Rivera*
Karen Sue Cotter*
Tiffany Price*
Nina and Gabriel Stricker*
Richard Heizman and Su Wai*
Deborah and Jerry Van Atta*
Amanda Oudin*
Grace Lau*
Sheafali and Gerry Forde*
Judith Pogue*  

Monthly Donors 
Kathy Winship
Pat and Greg Plant
Reverend Irene Pak 

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL

Brian Bainum Trust G
The Community Foundation for National Capital Region
Everett Family Fund
Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
The Ken and Judith Joy Family Foundation
Three Graces Foundation, Inc.
Uplands Family Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
The Walter S. Johnson Foundation

Zellerbach Family Foundation

CORPORATE FOUNDATION

Yahoo! Employee Foundation

CORPORATE

Nossaman LLP

EMPLOYEE MATCHING

BD
Cornerstone Research
Google
Levi Strauss Foundation
Microsoft

STATE AND FEDERAL

California Department of Education
ExCEL After School Programs
Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
Oakland Unified School District Refugee/Asylee Student Assistance Program
Office of Refugee Resettlement
(through partnership with Lao Family Community Development)
San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing, Community Development Division

FAITH COMMUNITY

Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church
The Presbytery of San Jose 

COMMUNITY PARTNER

Good Samaritan Family Resource Center
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County 

View our supporters from previous years:

Supporters: 2010
Supporters: 2009