Our Commitment to Community
The relationships we form spark ideas, provide sustenance in our professional and personal lives, and make the pursuit and attainment of goals worthwhile.
Making creative and innovative contributions to our communities in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, the Napa Valley, New York, and beyond is an important part of our firm's mission. We sponsor events for our profession and endow scholarships for the accounting departments of selected universities. Many of our partners and managers serve on boards of directors and chair committees for local foundations, professional organizations, and community relief and assistance organizations.
We are committed to empowering our employees to make effective and valuable contributions to our communities. We provide training for employees who are interested in serving on a non-profit board—including providing an overview of board member guidelines and responsibilities, and opportunities for involvement in local organizations. We also provide training for employees with previous board experience that is designed to enhance their skills and help them to deliver even greater value to the communities they serve.
Community Activities
Our partners, managers, and associates volunteer with organizations such as the CalCPA Financial Literacy program, the Foothill College Entrepreneur Center Business Plan Competition, the Cleantech Open Business Competition, and Junior Achievement. The firm provides associates to assist in reconciliations and year-end close of the financial records for The Health Trust and its 34 non-profit clients. The Health Trust is a charitable foundation providing a catalyst for community partnerships that identify health issues and work to find innovative solutions. We also participate as a company in community service projects, including the annual EMQ Families First holiday program, One Warm Coat Project coat and clothing drive, and food drives for Second Harvest, Redwood Empire. San Francisco and New York City Food Banks.
Community Events:
By aligning our professionals' valuable expertise, talent and time with the needs of the community, our firm makes substantial contributions to local programs.
2011
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Fundraiser (March 2011)
One of the great things about our firm community is the tremendous response to natural disasters around the world. When the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami killed several thousand people and destroyed a large swath of northern Japan, our employees were encouraged to make monetary contributions to the American Red Cross relief effort. The firm matched employee donations and we were able to contribute $14,260 toward meeting the critical needs of the communities affected.
2nd Annual St. Vincent de Paul Clothing and Coat Drive (January 2011)
At the beginning of every year, the employees of Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP come together in an annual clothing and coat drive to help the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, by donating basic survival necessities to those in need in San Mateo County. This year, we donated more than 8 barrels of clothing and personal grooming supplies to this cause.
Volunteering at the VA Hospital (January 2011)
On Saturday January 22nd, a group of our auditors volunteered spent a few hours of their time with patients at the Veteran's hospital in Palo Alto, showing their gratitude and support for our veterans. Talking with an 86 year-old veteran of the Korean War for about 3 hours left a lasting impression on one associate, who later said "What I realized when I left the VA hospital is that my life would continue as normal with all the excitement of being a young professional and being active outside of work through exercise and social activities. Everyday will potentially be the same as the last for these veterans, but if an outsider choses to spend some time with those who selflessly fought for our country, it can brighten up their day."
2010 >>
Pets Lifeline Fundraiser (Holidays 2010)
One of our senior managers serves as a board member for Pets Lifeline , an animal shelter serving Sonoma Valley. This year, he played Santa for a have your pet's photo taken with Santa fundraiser hosted by the animal shelter.
Our Annual Holiday Program was a huge success again this year. We shopped, we wrapped, we delivered, and we made the Holidays a little bit brighter for 250 children through EMQ FamiliesFirst .
A contingent of Frank, Rimerman employees joined the Save the Bay organization to plant three types of native species seedlings and help increase habitat for endangered birds and wildlife. They also removed non-native plants like fennel, mustard, and pepperweed.
Several associates spent the afternoon volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank in San Carlos, helping prepare food to be delivered to low-income families. Some of the team members prepared bags of sweet potatoes while others prepared cabbage to be boxed and sent to families in need. After only two hours, four crates of sweet potatoes and four crates of cabbage were unloaded and prepared, which totaled a few thousand pounds of food!
The Alzheimer's Memory Walk is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support, and research (raising more than $300 million since 1989). Two teams of Frank Rimerman employees participated in the 3-mile memory walks—one group at the Arena Green in downtown San Jose and another group in Mission Bay, San Francisco.
In the aftermath of the San Bruno Explosion, Frank Rimerman partnered with Silicon Valley Community Foundation to raise funds in support of victims of the explosion and devastation of a neighborhood in San Bruno.
Several members of the firm again participated in the 2010 Cleantech Open (see above).
 A group of interns, audit associates, and audit seniors volunteered at Family Giving Tree for their annual Back to School event. The volunteers spent an afternoon unloading hundreds of backpacks full of supplies from donors' cars, and checked the donated backpacks to make sure they contained all of the necessary supplies. The backpacks included supplies such as three ring binders, lined paper, calculator, pens, pencils, and other essentials.
Our 2010 interns spent the day in the presence of pigeons and ducks at the Palo Alto Baylands. They worked with Save the Bay , in the native plant nursery, to plant over 1200 seedlings, which will contribute to the planting of 8,000 seedlings along the shoreline this year.
Local non-profit organizations have an ample need for people with financial expertise. Our not-for-profit board training helped to meet that need. All of our partners, managers, and associates were encouraged to participate in the training. Though individuals at the beginning of their careers may not necessarily be serving as a board member, we want all of our associates to begin thinking about how they can help their local non-profits. The training was led by a Senior Project Director from CompassPoint, a consulting, research, and training organization providing nonprofits with management tools, strategies, and resources to lead change.
The firm's first Jeans Day fundraiser organized by the Sustainability Team raised $1,516 for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) to help with cleanup efforts related to the Gulf Oil Spill. In exchange for a donation employees are entitled to wear jeans to work for the day. Over 115 participants (including people from all five offices and mobile employees) raised $758, which was matched by the Firm.
A member of the Frank, Rimerman team recently got involved in Rebuilding Together, the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable home ownership and revitalize communities by providing free home modifications and repairs. She joined a group of 40 other volunteers and together they made a great impact on the home of an elderly woman in East Palo Alto by clearing and replanting her yard and completing electrical and structural projects in her home.
 The 2010 Fight for Air Climb in San Francisco was a climb of 1197 stairs—52 floors—to the top of the Bank of America building. An associate of the firm participated in this event with a team of friends formed in honor of a team member's child, who recently received a lung transplant at Stanford Children's Hospital. They successfully raised $1,400 to support the American Lung Society.
 One of our employees donned her underwear for the Undy 5000, a 5K fundraiser benefiting and bringing awareness to the Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA). Along with running the race, she also volunteered to organize the event, which raised nearly $50,000 and had close to 450 participants.
 Several members of the firm participated in the 2010 Cleantech Open—volunteering to set up, register and clean up at the launch of the event and acting as mentors and judges in the event's final rounds.
The loss and suffering from the catastrophic series of earthquakes in Haiti moved us to create a firm relief fund. Our employees' donations along with our firm matching totaled over $13,000. We contributed this to the Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund to support emergence relief and recovery efforts.
1st Annual St. Vincent de Paul Clothing and Coat Drive (January 2010)
Frank Rimerman held its first annual clothing and coat drive for our Audit and Tax client, Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Members of the firm rallied together to donate over 40 bags of clothing to St. Vincent de Paul of San Mateo County.
2009 >>
Winter 2009 Sharing the Holiday Cheer With Some Local Charities
Fall 2009 Not-for-Profit Director Training
In-house training designed to encourage our people to become community leaders by teaching them what it takes to serve on a board.
Fall 2009 Careers in Accounting
Frank, Rimerman + Co., LLP professionals discussed careers in accounting with students from Foothill College.
July 2009 Pacifica Trails and Parks Maintenance
Our 2009 Interns led an excursion to help maintain trails and parks in Pacifica.
June 2009 Annual Meeting
As part of our company's annual meeting this year we sought to expand community involvement and to contribute to local educational and humanitarian outreach programs. This year, rather than practicing the usual team building exercises we had done in the past; we chose to focus on the community and partner with the Red Cross.
We coordinated with the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter (www.siliconvalley-redcross.org) and received disaster training at a series of stations set up by them. Over the course of the afternoon, we learned first aid and CPR, met with local Red Cross disaster response workers on how to best respond to an emergency, learned how to put out a fire, and created over 100 Disaster Preparedness Kits. The disaster preparedness kits were donated to Community Options, a national non-profit organization that provides housing, support services, and advocacy assistance to help empower people with disabilities. The kits can be worn as backpacks and include items that an individual might need in the event of an emergency, such as an emergency solar/crank style radio, food bars, blankets, and basic first aid supplies. For more information about Community Options, visit www.comop.org.
Frank, Rimerman + Co., LLP and Google were recognized by Foothill College as key participants in its 2009 Business Plan Competition.
On May 21, 2009, Frank, Rimerman + Co., LLP and Google were honored by Professor Glenn Violett of Foothill Community College in Los Altos, California, after the winners were announced for the 2nd annual business plan competition hosted by the Foothill Entrepreneur Center and the Business Economic Association.
Frank, Rimerman made the kick-off presentation for the 2nd annual competition, with a presentation and question and answer session on the importance of financial statements and forecasting for business plans. Steve Baroni, Tyler Bertain, Amreet Kaur, and Eric Zellhart provided guidance on topics ranging from the current economic situation to structuring cash-flows.
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