Family Giving Tree Program Statistics

Holiday children helped since 1990:
718,488

Back-to-School children helped since 2001:
91,028

Year
Holiday Host Locations
Holiday Agencies Served
Holiday Children Helped Holiday Volunteers BTS
Host Locations
BTS Agencies Served BTS Children Helped BTS Volunteers

1990

28

3

2,010

not available -- -- -- --

1991

80

15

5,000

not available -- -- -- --

1992

120

30

10,000

not available -- -- -- --

1993

200

40

16,500

not available -- -- -- --

1994

250

56

17,500

not available -- -- -- --

1995

400

70

19,000

not available -- -- -- --

1996

500

67

22,000

not available ** not available not available not available

1997

505

93

23,364

not available not available not available not available not available

1998

575

100

30,000

not available not available not available not available not available

1999

703

136

35,000

not available not available not available not available not available

2000

775

150

45,000

not available not available not available not available not available

2001

775

175

35,000

not available

60

not available 3,200 not available

2002

766

180

40,473*

not available 80 37 5,009 not available

2003

851

202

48,500

not available 90 50 6,500 not available
2004 924 250 55,000 5,500 119 79 8,676 not available
2005 943 256 63,000 6,500 142 101 11,800 368
2006 974 239 68,000 6,000 183 105 12,000 599
2007 948 258 60,000 8,000 205*** 138 15,000 600
2008 1,037 261 62,073 6,000 245 127 15,000 650
2009 935 244 61,068 6,200 285 112 13,843 650
Counties Served: Alameda, Allengheny, Contra, Costa, King, Maricopa, Marin, Mendocino, Multnomah, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Stanislaus, Travis
*An additional 10,000 gifts were distributed in 2002 thanks to a generous donation of 10,000 music CDs.
**FGT began an informal backpack program in 1996.  In 01-06 we partnered with RAFT to establish The Back-to School Drive.
***In order to focus on their core mission of providing teaching support, RAFT handed over complete responsibility of The Back-to-School Drive to the Family Giving Tree in 2007.
(Last updated 1/20/2010)