Mission’s headquarters is based in Portland, Oregon, and employs 12 full-time employees. We have additional offices based in San Jose, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, with a combined staff of 10 full-time employees.
Our board of directors consists of five members who serve two-year terms. Recent elections were held in 2020. Current board members include:
In 2020, Mission volunteers donated more than 19,200 hours worth of time to our projects. We currently have more than 250 volunteers across the United States who dedicate their time and hard work to our organization.
Mission works with 72 partners throughout the United States. From large corporations and businesses to nonprofits and educational institutions, our local partners play an instrumental role in helping us reach our designated goals.
Before founding Mission in 2005, Laura Bradford spent 8 years in Africa teaching literacy programs to children and young adults. While teaching abroad, she grew frustrated over the lack of basic educational supplies necessary to ensure a proper education for her pupils. Upon her return to the United States, Bradford set out to form a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that the youth of sub-Saharan African communities would be equipped with the tools and resources necessary to succeed in the educational world and beyond.
Since its founding, Bradford’s dream has impacted the lives of thousands of individuals. Bradford received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Nonprofits Professionals Organization in 2015 and, in 2017, she was awarded the Nonprofit Innovation and Excellence Award by the Oregon Community Foundation. In 2019, Bradford received national recognition from the U.S. Nonprofit Coordinating Committee for her leadership and dedicated efforts toward educational equality in underdeveloped countries.
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