Ada's Cafe
Ada's Cafe
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About this organization
Mission
Ada's Cafe is a 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation dedicated to hiring, training and empowering our employees with disabilities. Ada's Cafe is Where Good Food and Community Meet. We strive to create delicious food and drinks in an environment that is warm and friendly to let our customers know we care about them. Ada's also conducts collaborative research on improving workplaces for people with disabilities.
About
Ada’s Cafe provides training and jobs for adults with developmental disabilities living primarily in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The social mission of Ada’s is three-fold: (i) to hire and train adults with disabilities to work in its cafe and catering businesses, (ii) to engage teens and young adults through work and involvement with Ada’s disabled employees and (ii) to foster a better understanding among the general population about the contributions that can be made by developmentally disabled adults. The benefits of empowering and employing adults with developmental disabilities are clear, innumerable, and easy to document with social science statistics. The population of adults with intellectual disabilities is one of the most marginalized in our society, is often ignored, and suffers from an unemployment rate estimated at nearly 80%. The self-esteem and health benefits that come from having a job, the satisfaction that comes from making an important contribution to a sustainable enterprise and reducing the burden on an already overwhelmed and under-funded social welfare support system are just a few of the many benefits created by Ada’s. In addition, Ada’s believes that youth engaged in meaningful work will feel more connected to and invested in their communities. In all of its ventures, Ada’s Cafe brings diverse groups of people together in a warm and welcoming environment with a mission of creating good food and community.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
From their filing, the objective of the non-profit is stated as “Ada's cafe and catering is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to hiring, training, and empowering people with disabilities through its commercial food service business. ada's also engages local youth to participate in cafe operations as job buddies to partner with its disabled associates. ada's believes that youth engaged in meaningful work and life experiences will feel more connected to their communities.”.
When talking about its functions, they were outlined as: “To empower people with disabilities by providing training & employment at ada's cafe.”.
- The legally reported state of operation for the non-profit is CA.
- According to the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 is 839 Northampton Drive, Palo Alto, CA, 94303.
- The non-profit organization as of 2020 has a total of 0 employees reported on their form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $291,374.
- The organization has 2 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2008.
- The organization pays $193,738 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $7,988 in fundraising expenses.
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