ORGANIZATION
Name: John Ohanian.
Title: Chief executive officer.
Organization: 211 San Diego.
Mission of organization: 211 is San Diego’s primary source for community, health and disaster services. Our mission is to help people by connecting them efficiently to the service delivery system, and providing vital trend information for community planning.
Telephone: 858-300-1300.
Web site: 211sandiego.org.
Founded: Established as Guideline in 1970, and then Infoline, the organization has evolved to what we now know as 211 San Diego, which was launched in 2005.
Milestone: Firestorm 2007 put 211 San Diego on the map when the agency answered more than 120,000 calls from San Diegans in 10 days. This is the same volume that the agency previously answered in one year.
Annual income: $2 million.
Expense allocation: 87 percent programs; 13 percent administration and fundraising.
Corporate support: N/A.
Corporate supporters: First 5 Commission of San Diego; county of San Diego; Qualcomm; SDG&E; and United Way.