"comunidad del valle." we have a new clip plus a new exhibition at the mexican museum in san francisco. we begin today with a grant offer to nonprofits all over the bay area by nbc universal. it's a challenge grant and so if you run a nonprofit, here is a website for you. it's a $1.2 million local grant for nonprofit organizations implementing new programs. we want to find organizations that are challenging conventional thinking and putting innovative programs into action. so if you run a nonprofit or benefit from a nonprofit, give them this web address. and then we'll be able to get you information on how you can benefit from this $1.2 million local grant. boy, do we need that now. >>> we do begin this day here on "comunidad del valle" with the skip fund near and dear to the hearts of many of us. frank alvarez runs the organization out of san francisco. welcome to the show. >> thank you so much for having me. >> tell us, first of all, globally, how are we competing? how are we competing globally when it co