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Annual Report
August 2008
21st Edition
In this Report:
Page 1:
Letter from Executive
Director
Page 2:
Introduction
Page 3:
Program Updates
Page 4:
Volunteering, Events,
and Board of Directors
Page 5-9:
Donors and Support
Page 10-11:
Finances and Grants
This report updates
those who support us
about our work and
mission. Thank you
for your ongoing support.
A Year of Opportunities and Challenges
Our 21st year as an organization certainly presented itself with a number of challenges, both to our
mission and to our finances. At a time when our services are being requested more and more often, we
paradoxically continue to see resources pulled away from AIDS Service Organizations. The greatest opportunity arising from this has been a strong outpouring of community support, for which we, and all the
thousands we serve each year, remain tremendously grateful.
Here’s how that partnership functions between our agency, those we serve, and those who support us:
•
Each contribution we received last year stayed in state, with a majority of funding supporting lowerincome Vermonters with HIV/AIDS in 10 of the state’s 14 counties. Additionally, we supported over 200
prevention education talks around the state, and provided over 1,200 rapid HIV tests.
• The need for Vermont CARES’ diverse programming is increasing. We have more than doubled the
number of HIV tests we provide, and we are serving a large proportion of new clients across Vermont.
This last year we started serving six new people with HIV under the age of 25, including our first young
pregnant woman. Overall, just under 30 new HIV-positive individuals sought our services this year,
about twice as many as the year before.
• Donations this past year directly funded housing support, hot prepared meals, transportation to medical appointments, as well as counseling and family services. Overall, our focus with 90% of those whom
we serve remains mitigating the poverty so often associated with HIV infection and the stigma around
HIV infection. In this way, the anti-poverty programs we offer are tantamount to HIV supportive services, segueing those we serve to enough self-sufficiency that their HIV care can remain a priority instead
of, for instance, securing housing. Dr. Siplon’s letter on the cover of this report talks about this trend in
more depth, and it remains a critical strength of Vermont CARES’ work.
• With a projected shortfall at the mid-point of last year’s budget, and knowing our services remained
strong, a great fundraising initiative taken up by volunteers all around Vermont made up most of what we
needed to stay solvent. Each year is going to become increasingly challenging for finances, and with client needs increasing, we will continue to build on the successful partnerships we know are making a difference in the state.
To that end, we hope you and all of our neighbors and supporters will continue to visit CARES’
website at www.vtcares.org to learn more about our upcoming advocacy and outreach events throughout
Vermont. We’re proud of our work, and we are confident you will want to remain involved as well.
Thank you sincerely for your continued support.
With gratitude,
Peter Jacobsen
Executive Director
Vermont CARES
187 St. Paul St.
PO Box 5248
Burlington, VT 05402
1.800.649.2437
www.vtcares.org
Vermont CARES’ Mission and Vision
Vermont CARES envisions a world of compassionate neighborhoods where people live free of the stigma, poverty, and oppression associated with the HIV/
AIDS epidemic; and where the people of Vermont make informed decisions
about HIV prevention, services, and treatment; and where there isn’t a need for
Vermont CARES
Guest Introduction: Professor Patricia Siplon
St. Michael’s College, Vermont
It is an honor to have been asked
by Vermont CARES to offer a
brief reflection about how the work
of combating AIDS in the United
States has changed over the last
two decades. Every year I have the
opportunity to teach a course on
the politics of AIDS – in the
United States and around the
world. And every year the first
myth I have to dispel is that AIDS
here in the US is “under control”,
that it’s no longer a problem because we have medical treatments
that have made it manageable.
In order to combat this myth I
start by taking my students back to
the early 1980s, to those days
when the spread of the disease was
widely misunderstood, and treatment options were rare to nonexistent. Initially, the government
agency known as the Centers for
Disease Control, the CDC, recognized four demographic groups as
especially hard-hit by HIV infection: the so-called “AIDS 4-H
club” of homosexual men, heroin
users, hemophiliacs and Haitian
immigrants. But of these and other
severely impacted demographic
groups, it was primarily gay men,
together with lesbians from the
larger gay community, who
stepped forth squarely into the
breach and began to provide services for the those living with HIV,
as well as education and advocacy
for more progressive legislation,
research and government services.
They were able to do so for a variety of reasons, including the fact
that the gay community had many
members who were veterans or
current members of the struggles
for women’s and gay civil rights,
and the fact that many gay community members already lived in networked communities in urban centers. Vermont CARES obviously
was a smaller organization serving
a smaller population than many of
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the other early AIDS service organizations such as New York
City’s Gay Men’s Health Crisis or
Boston’s AIDS Action Committee.
But it was like those in that it was
rooted in the local gay community,
which came together to provide
services, education, outreach and
advocacy, and like them, it has
struggled through over two decades of changing conditions to
continue to provide these essential
functions.
What are these changing conditions? Certainly, a key difference
has been the breakthrough in the
mid-1990s of combination therapy,
what we commonly refer to as the
“cocktail”. Combination therapy
changed AIDS from a fatal to a
chronic disease, manageable if one
had access to quality health care,
good insurance and a stable living
situation. Facilitating access to the
new treatments was the passage of
various pieces of national legislation extending health insurance
coverage, and providing more
funding for AIDS drug therapies.
For many of the gay white middleclass men who had been both the
initial leaders and the initial clients
of AIDS service organizations, the
disease had become manageable.
So why has the number of people living with AIDS gone up
every year, and why are an everincreasing proportion of people
living with AIDS also people from
the lowest income brackets? The
answer goes back to the original
nature of HIV infection. AIDS is a
disease that spreads because of
discrimination, disempowerment
and lack of choices – all conditions
of poverty. In the late 1980s or
early 1990s the typical client being
served by an AIDS service organization like Vermont CARES was a
person whose life had been devastated by AIDS. Often, before
AIDS he had a steady income,
good health and a good housing
situation. AIDS, and the illness
and stigma it brought, had deprived him of some or all of these
keys to quality of life. The typical
client being served by AIDS service organizations like Vermont
CARES now is likely to be dealing with a much more complicated set of challenges. She often
has been struggling with a whole
variety of issues, possibly drug
and/or alcohol dependency, unor underemployment, mental
health problems, abusive relationships, or homelessness, and it is
these underlying conditions
which made her vulnerable to
HIV infection in the first place.
At the same time that the work
of Vermont CARES has become
exponentially more complicated,
this complication has not registered in the mind of the public, on
whose support Vermont CARES
must rely. To middle America,
AIDS is no longer a death threat;
it is a chronic disease for which
there are now very good (albeit
expensive) medications. We
Americans who turned out in
droves in the 1990s to walk for a
cure or raise money for treatment
now believe our work is done: the
treatment exists; the clients’ lives
are restored. What we don’t see
are the clients who continue to
rely on Vermont CARES and
similar AIDS service organizations around the country. For
them, the problem of AIDS is not
simply the problem of access to
medicines. The problem of AIDS
is the manifold problems of poverty: of paying for transportation
and child care in order to make
medical appointments; of finding
affordable and decent housing; of
accessing treatment for addictions
or mental illness which can make
staying on an AIDS medication
schedule difficult to impossible;
or of finding employment or income support to allow for independent living. These are a few of
the problems facing clients today,
and by extension the organizations
like Vermont CARES that work
with them.
AIDS is not over. Instead
many of its worst dimensions have
been rendered invisible to middle
America, like the homelessness
and discrimination and health
problems that are fueling it. We
should all feel enormously proud
of the tireless work of Vermont
CARES. And like the committed
staff and volunteers of this dedicated agency, we should all redouble our efforts to ensure that prevention, services and advocacy
can continue where they are still
sorely needed here in Vermont.
Website Updates
We have added a new blog
to the Vermont CARES website. You can link to it through
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w e b s i t e
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www.vtcares.org. This will be
a rapid response way for us to
keep in touch with those we
serve, as well as those who
want to learn more about Vermont CARES and how to support our work. Stay tuned for
event updates, advocacy positions, and more.
Also, our website now offers a
demonstration of what it’s like
to get a free HIV test at Vermont CARES. Combined with
new anti-stigma tools and other
resources, our website is a
strong tool for learning more
about supporting our neighbors
with, or at risk of, HIV.
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PROGRAM UPDATES: CARE AND PREVENTION
The Case for Case Management
People who are HIV+ are definitely living longer due to advances in medications, so why do we offer the programs that we
do? Many of those we serve are impacted by other compounding
factors such as physical disabilities, mental health challenges, and
substance abuse issues. In addition, the majority of our clients live
under the poverty line and have very few additional resources. Most
do have health insurance, though shifts in funding have changed
coverage of some medications and services. Our case management
services and programs serve as invaluable resources throughout the
year for the clients we serve in Vermont. We have known for years
how our work is evolving “on the ground,” and we want to be clear
with you how HIV case management is now much more than responding to HIV.
We provided case management services to more than 150
people living with HIV during the course of the year. This is just a
glimpse of what it looked like….
• Ongoing...Direct financial assistance to get clients to medical
appointments, therapist visits, or to help access medication.
This assisted clients to maintain their overall health and well
being and also kept many clients on the their HIV medications
when the cost of transportation or co-payments may have made
this impossible.
• For the unexpected...when the bills pile up, when oil prices
rise, when one cannot plan for an expense...We also provided
direct emergency assistance in the form of food vouchers, fuel
assistance, rent offset, and utility bill aid. The majority of our
clients received this type of assistance and were therefore able
to remain in their homes and budget more proactively.
• Shelter...Vermont CARES’ housing program assisted 21 families affected by HIV or AIDS. Through assistance from Meals
on Wheels, we also provided over 700 warm, prepared meals to
residents of our Dalton Drive apartments. In addition, case
managers assisted with coordinating housing services for 5
families that were homeless or temporarily housed. We also
advocated for keeping an additional 3 families in their homes
who were at risk of being evicted.
• Building relationships and collaboratives with the communities in Vermont...We provided transportation to medical, social
work, and other necessary appointments. Case managers also
participated in many meetings with clients and other care providers in order to assist in coordination of care. We also offered
the support of trained volunteers who visited with clients on a
regular basis and worked with them on reading and life skills,
job preparedness, and service coordination. Through a collaborative food program called Healthy Cities, we provided weekly
organic fresh produce during the harvest months for 10-20
families. The Flynn Center for Performing Arts provided a
number of reduced tickets for our clients and their families
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Stretching the mind and the body...Yoga
classes, massage, gym memberships, and holistic
care opportunities were provided to many clients. One of our case managers and our Services
Director teach weekly yoga and meditation
classes that are free to our clients and their partners.
Being social...Educational socials were held in
Burlington, Montpelier, St. Johnsbury, and Rutland. These monthly events served as opportunities to connect with others who are HIV+ and
also share knowledge about resources, upcoming
advocacy opportunities, and build relationships
Prevention Services
Vermont CARES’ Prevention Department
had a productive year in 2007. Our independent
Rapid HIV Testing program provided over 1250
free tests to individuals at a wide variety of testing
clinics around the state. We have been, and remain,
the only rapid HIV testing center that can offer mobile testing. Throughout 2007, we regularly conducted free, onsite rapid testing clinics at these sites
and more: Maple Leaf Farm, Underhill; Serenity
House, Rutland; University of Vermont, Burlington;
the People with AIDS Coalition, Montpelier; Johnson State College, Johnson; Green Mountain College, Poultney; and Middlebury College, Middlebury. These clinics are always very well attended
and we test an average of 5-20 individuals at each
visit. Our outstanding team of staff and volunteer
testers provide clients a level of care and understanding that is essential to the sensitive experience
of taking an HIV test.
In 2007, we also continued our contract work
with the Vermont Department of Corrections. Six of
our staff are assigned a specific correctional facility
around the state and visit that site each month to
provide prevention education and rapid HIV testing
to inmates. We have conducted over 102 presentations on HIV/AIDS and related topics such as Hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and the challenges of prevention during incarceration. We have
provided free, rapid HIV tests to over 360 inmates.
Our corrections work has been both challenging and
rewarding. Even in Vermont, HIV continues to affect incarcerated populations at a high rate and we
welcome the opportunity to make a difference
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Volunteerism and Fundraising
Volunteering for Vermont CARES
Each year, we get inquiries for a range of volunteer
projects, and we strive to ensure that volunteerism is
productive and helpful for those we serve and for
those who want to make a difference. There’s
more information about volunteering on our website, at www.vtcares.org, and you can always call us
to ask for specific opportunities.
With shrinking federal resources, we always need
strong help in areas of the organization for which
we used to have staff support. For instance, a volunteer grant writer at five hours a week, or an office
supply organizer at one hour a week would each
make a huge difference! We currently have volunteers helping arrange mailings, preparing fundraising events, and performing administrative tasks for
our prevention and services departments. We’re so
grateful for the help, as it allows us to remain focused on serving our neighbors affected by HIV/
AIDS.
Board of Directors
and Management
2007 Fiscal Year
Anise Richey — Board Chair
Jennifer Gregg — Vice Chair
Steven Cooley — Treasurer
Beth DeBernardi — Secretary
Emina Burak— Board Member
Sondra E. Solomon — Board Member
Sarah Woodard— Board Member
Kurt M. Pickett — Board Member
Peter Jacobsen — Executive Director
Kelly Brigham—Program Director*
Eileen Peltier—Finance Director*
*At the time of printing this report, new
staff are in these roles.
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Fundraising Events
Border Stories in February
This past February, Vermont CARES was proud to partner with Professor Greg Ramos and the Flynn Center to
put on a benefit run of Border Stories, a one-man play
exploring the dynamics of HIV/AIDS, race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, border politics, and family dynamics.
A huge success with audiences and reviewers, the play
raised awareness about the work of Vermont CARES
and parallels to related social movements. Additionally,
we raised an impressive $4,000 to support our local
HIV/AIDS programming. Our thanks to Professor
Ramos and the strong crew of volunteers and sponsors
who made the event such a success.
Annual Fundraisers
This year was also a success for our annual fundraisers,
such as the Live and Silent Auction in March as well as
the Champ Ride for HIV/AIDS – both of which hit fiveyear highs in 2007. The Auction raised $18,500 to support our neighbors living with HIV/AIDS, and the
Champ Ride netted over $32,000. With such great momentum, we plan to keep these events moving strongly
for years to come. The annual AIDS Walk in September
will be stronger and more successful in future years, but
we need your help, expertise, and feedback to make this
success happen. You can volunteer to help organize
these and other events, and you can sponsor a walker or
rider with a donation to support Vermont CARES. With
so many ways to help, visit www.vtcares.org periodically to view this month’s events.
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WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR IN-KIND & CORPORATE
DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS*
A Single Pebble
Abbi Jaffe
Above Reality Hot Air Balloon
Rides
Admiral's Landing
Adriana's
American Flatbread
AmeriGas
Amy Huntington
Anichini
Anything's Pastable
Appalachian Mountain Club
Apple Mountain
April's Home Improvement
Archer Inn
Architectural Salvage
Arvads Grill and Pub
Athena Spa
Augustus Nasmith
Authentic Designs
Axel's Gallery
Balloons of Vermont
Banana Republic
Barnet School District
Barre Opera House
Basin Harbor Club
Bates & Murray, Inc
Bates and Murray, Inc.
Beaconlight Guesthouse
Bear Pond Books
Bed Bath and Beyond
Bella Donna & Queen Anne's
Lace
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Bertha Church
Beth Israel Medical Center
Bickford Construction Corporation
Blodgett, Watts, Volk, & Sawyer, P.C.
Blue Cat Café
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Vermont
Blue Paddle Bistro
Bolton Valley
Borders
Boston Ballet
Boston Bruins
Boston Celtics
Boston Duck Tours
Boston Opera House
Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Boston Red Sox
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Bove's
Boyden Valley Winery and
Farm
Brad Highberger
Bradley Cleaners, Inc
Broadway CARES
Brown Electric
Bruegger's Bagels
Burlington Futon Company
Burlington Jazz Festival
Burlington Yoga
Burton Snowboards
Cabot
Cannon's Restaurant
Capitol Grounds
Capitol Video
Casey's Caboose
Catamount
Champlain College
Chioffi, David - Technology
Telesales, Inc.
Chittenden Bank
Church and Maple Glass Studio and Gallery
Circuit City
Cirque du Soleil
Clearlake Furniture - Woodstock Gallery
Clearwater Sports
Cleary Stone Company
Climb High
Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista
Commodores Inn
Conant Custom Brass
Concept 2
Conley Country
Coombs, Davis & Hill, LLP
Cottage at Junction Hill
Crabtree & Evelyn
Craft Producers
Crosswinds
Crowne Pointe, Historic Inn
Dakin Farms
Danforth Pewterers, Ltd.
David Brown
Days Inn Hotel Downtown
Disney
DBA Polly Joncas, Massage
Therapist
Delta Dental
Designers Circle
Diageo North America Foundation
Dok Wright Photography
Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown
Dosha
Dosha Salon and Day Spa
Eastham's Exxon Servicenter,
INC.
Ecco Clothes for Women
Edel Byrne
Embassy Suites Hotel Orlando
Resort Lake Buena Vista
Eric Berta
Erik Rehmon
Essex Cinemas
Evans Maple Farm
Exquisite Mind
Five Spice Café
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Four Seasons Hotel
Fox Creek Inn
Foxfire Inn and Italian Restaurant
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Frog Hollow Vermont State
Craft Center
Gardener's Supply Donation
Inquiries
Gay & Lesbian Fund of Vermont
GE Foundation
General Dynamics Armament
and Technical Products
General Dynamics/ECAC
Gillian Randall Photography
GMC Unicef
Go Trading Post, LLC
Goldwell of New England
Goodrich Foundation
Gracie's Restaurant
Grand View Winery
Grannis Gallery
Great Northern Construction,
Inc.
Green Mountain Climbing
Center
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Green Mountain Spinnery
Gregory Supply Co., Inc.
Groton Inn
Gulliver's Doggie Daycare
Hampton Inn Orlando Lake
Buena Vista
Harpoon Brewery
Hawthorne
Heart of the Village Inn
Henry's Diner
Heritage Flight
Higher Ground
Highgate Manor
Hilton Boston
Hob Knob Inn
Home Port
Hotel Commonwealth
Howard Center for Human
Services
Hurricane Cove Bungalows
In Full Bloom
Inn at Montpelier
Institute of Contemporary Art
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum
Isis
Jager Di Paola Kemp Design
Jamieson Insurance Agency
Inc.
Jane Koplewitz Collection
Jeannie Bennet
JMM Associates
Joan AC McKee
Joan Jagielski
Johnson State College
Jordan Silverman Photography
Katharine Monstream
Katie's Jewels
Key Bank
Killington
Kinney Drugs Foundation, Inc.
Kiss the Cook
Kitchens & Interiors International
Klingers Bread Company
Kornbluh Designs
Kwiniaska
Lake Champlain Shoreline
Cruises
Land America
Lang Associates Inc.
Law Office of David M. Sunshine
Lenny's Shoe & Apparel
Leunig's Bistro
Lincoln Pottery
Lintilhac Foundation
Lochlin Smith Designs
Louis Garneau
Lynne's Obsession
Magic Hat Brewery
Manning Creations
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Mansfield Tax Service
Maple Grove Farms of Vermont
Margaret Roy
Marie Davis Designs
Marilyn's
Masters Inn Orlando Maingate
MD Cosmetic Lazer and Botox
Megan Humphrey
Merchants Bank Foundation, Inc.
Middlebury College Center for
the Arts
Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op
Middlebury Union High School
Mirabelles
Mohegan Sun
Monelle
Montpelier Public Schools
Moose Meadow Lodge
Morrissey, Inc., J.A.
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Brone
Mr. Pickwick's
Mr. Twitter's Garden Gift Gallery
Ms. Berne Broudy
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Science
Nathaniel Group, Inc.
National Life
National Life Group Charitable
Foundation
New England Aquarium
New England Patriots
New World Regulatory Solutions, Inc.
New York Mets
Nicholls Gallery
North Star Sports
Northeast Delta Dental
Northeast SkyCrusiers, LLC
Oatmeal Studios
Okemo Mountain Resort
Onion River Chiropractic
Orchid Chinese Buffet
Ottaugquechee Valley Winery
Otter Creek
Outback Steakhouse
Outdoor Gear Exchange
Palms Suites Lakeside
Paw Prints Press
Penelope Wurr
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Perrywinkle's Fine Jewelry
Pet Food Warehouse
Petra Cliffs Climbing Center &
Mountaineering School
Pico Mountain
Pink Shutter
Pizzagalli Construction Company
Polo Ralph Lauren
Polymer Clay & Mixed Media
Pompanoosuc Mills
Port in a Storm Bookstore
Positive Pie
Racquet's Edge
Rag Rugs
Redberry Boutique
Ritz Carlton Boston Commons
Rosen Hotels & Resorts
Russ Fellows
Rutland Regional Medical Center
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
Santa Night - FunRaising 101
Sappi
Sarducci's
Savoy Theater
Schneider's Liquor Co
Scribbles
Sea Cliff Bed and Breakfast
Shelburne Athletic Club
Shelburne Farms
Shelburne Museum
Shelburne Vineyard
Sheraton Boston Hotel
Sheraton Burlington
Silver Maple
Simon Pearce
Sleepy Hollow Inn Ski & Bike
Center
Small Dog Electronics
Smugglers' Notch
Sneakers Bistro and Café
Sneakers Bistro and Café
Snow Farm Vineyard
Soapdish
SoverNet
Splash Naturals
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Stephen & Burns
Stowe Gems
Stowe Mountain Resort
Stoweflake Hot Air Ballooning
Stoweflake Mountain Resort &
Spa
Stratton Mountain
Studio STK
Suburban Energy Services
Sugarbush
SUI International, Ltd
Sweet Cecily
Tantra
Terra Luna Hair Salon
The Automaster Spa
The Blue Plate Ceramic Café
The Busy Chef
The Center for Cosmetic and
Medical Dermatology
The Colonnade Hotel
The Condo Guy
The Daily Planet
The Drawing Board
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Energy Room
The Flynn Center for Peforming
Arts
The Gay and Lesbian Fund of
Vermont, Inc.
The Green Room
The Inn at Baldwin Creek/Mary's
Restaurant
The Lang House
The Men's Room
The Middlebury Inn
The North Face Store
The Peach Tree
The Pitcher Inn
The Riverside School
The Robert Fleming & Jane Howe
Patrick Foundation Inc
The W
Three Mountain Lodge
Tick Tock Jewelers
Tilley's Café
Times Argus
Tina's Home Design
TopNotch Resort & Spa
Trapp Family Lodge
Trillium Café
Twin Oaks
Udell, C. Leland & Susanne
Umiak Outdoor Outfitters
Uncommon Grounds
Union Street Studio
Until There's A Cure Foundation
Vermont Clay Studio
Vermont Gay Men's Chorus
Vermont Harvest Specialty Foods
Vermont Lake Monsters
Vermont Mozart Festival
Vermont National Country Club
Vermont Skydiving Adventures
Vermont Soap Works
Vermont Stage Company
Vermont Trading Company
Vermont Tubbs
Vermont Wildflower Farm
Vet 2 Pet
Village Pizza
Vinalia
Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom
Walt Disney World Co.
Wanamaker Restoration
Warren Kimble Gallery
Waterfront Diving Center
Webster Construction
Western Feng Shui
Willard Street Inn
Williston Federated Church
Windy Ledges Metalworks
Woodbury Mountain Toys
Yankee Tattoo
YMCA
Yoga Vermont
Zerafa
THE FOLLOWING
TOWNS SUPPORT US
Bridport
Calais
Canaan
Charlotte
Chelsea
Colchester
East Montpelier
Essex
Glover
Guildhall
Hinesburg
Ira
Jericho
Leicester
Leicester
Lowell
Middlesex
Morgan
Richmond
Roxbury
Shelburne
Shoreham
South Burlington
Starksboro
Tinmouth
Underhill
Wells
Westford
Wheelock
Williston
Winooski
* This list includes donors in the reported fiscal year, not of donors through time of printing. Vermont CARES attempts to maintain a
complete list of donors. If you are not listed and believe you should be, please contact us.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR INDIVIDUAL DONORS*
Major Donors: $1,000 & above
Berk, Frank & Regina
Hoppenjans, Jill
Mentes, Amy
Rath, David & Michelle
Skinner, Scott & Mary Just
Smolkova, Marieta
Sprengler, Wayne
Steele, Elizabeth
Tarrant, Amy
Venner, Bruce & Lillian
Major Donors: $500 to $999
Berk, William and Judith
Brigham, Nancy W.
Cohen, David and Katherine
Cohen, Michael
Dowling, Michael
Elder, Glen
Gallagher, Amy
Gregg, Jennifer
Hunziker, Bruce
Jacobs, Janine and Paul
Lasaponara, James
May, Shawn
O'Connell, John
Rubin, Angela
Sama, John L
Schuster, Jay
Shayne, Liz
Stevens, Annie
Toomer, Charles E
Major Donors: $100 to $499
Adams, Liz
Alther, Richard
Anderson, Holly and Thomas
Anderson, John
Bartlett, A. Barbara
Belcher, Roy
Benjamin, Jennifer J
Bergeron, Gary P.
Bhattar, Raja G
Blakely, Judy
Bliss, Mark A
Bogorad, Ruth P.
Bolduc, Vince and Allyson
Bradie, Susan
Brennan, Jennifer
Briggs, Joan
Brink, Daniel
Brower, William and Dreama
Brown, Kimberly
Call, Marie P
Carson, Joan
Chaikin, Joshua
Chasan, Rabbi Joshua & Katharine
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Clemons, James E.
Conlon, Miriam
Cook, Rebekah
Cooley, Steven
Corey, Marcia & Randall
Costas, Timothy
Dandru, Liz
Danon, Beth
Davis, Elizabeth
Debernardi, Beth A
DeLeonardis, Kara
Dennison, Steven & Mary
DeWitt, Janet M.
Dickson, Donald and Judith
Dinitto, Cheryl
Dooley, Sandra and John
Dousevicz, Kelly and Jed
Dowling, Mark
Duell, Lois
Dumont, Donald
Dwight, Heather B
Eastman, Jan
Ehrlich, Amy
Ellenbogen, David
Ely, Thomas and Martha
Farrow, John & Rachelle
Fife, Elizabeth & Daniel
Fontaine, Patricia
Gaillard, Anne
Gaillard, David
Gallagher, Kevin P.
Galloway, Shayne
Gardiner, Altin
George, Ashley
Geuting, Tom and Maggie
Gillaim, Julie
Gills, Paula A.
Giroux, Robert W.
Goldstein, Ronald
Gorlow, Tony
Goulette, Kelley
Greenhalgh, Susan
Griswold, Teresa and Steele
Guyer, Susanne A
Hamerslough, John B.
Hamilton, L. Blair
Hamme, Amy and Andrew
Hart, Winston and Mary
Hartley, Wayne
Hauke, William R
Hays, Katherine
Heath, Barry
Hesse, Donald E
Hill, Kathleen
Hobler, Marget E.
Hodgkin, Rosalie Jean
Hoff, Philip
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FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2007 FISCAL YEAR
Vermont CARES: Income October 2006 to September 2007
Other Income,
$13,069 , 2%
Private
Contributions,
$86,545 , 11%
Events, $68,563 ,
9%
Federal Grants,
$282,632 , 36%
Private Grants,
$65,053 , 8%
State Grants,
$267,202 , 34%
Vermont CARES: Expenses October 2006 to September 2007
Fundraising
Expenses,
$110,656 , 15%
General
Administrative,
$70,754 , 9%
Services to People
w ith HIV/AIDS,
$340,408 , 46%
Client Financial
Assistance,
$70,020 , 9%
Testing, Education,
and Prevention,
$158,110 , 21%
As many of our supporters learned and responded to, Vermont CARES faced many challenges in Fiscal
Year 2007. During that fiscal year, ever-reducing federal and state funding combined with private
grants shifting focus. As a result, the organization needed an immediate short-term plan to shore up
revenue with a goal of raising $100,000. We held focus groups and forums with people living with
HIV/AIDS across our service area during that time of financial difficulty, and the consensus was the
programs could not be cut back or eliminated. With community generosity, sharply reduced staffing
patterns, and other saved costs, the organization was able to keep providing services to people living
with, or at risk of, HIV/AIDS. Our goal still remains building cash reserves for future cash flow
crunches, and increasing revenue so our programs remain strong.
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2007 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND GRANTS
Federal funding for our case management and care program has been decreasing for the last six grant years from
the Health Resources and Services Administration. Much of this funding has paid directly for financial assistance
to people living with HIV/AIDS. This assistance pays for food, housing, medical costs, utility costs, and HIVrelated costs necessary to successfully treat HIV. Without housing, for instance, an HIV medication regime may
be impossible to adhere to. The Case Management Report on Page 3 of this report shares specific outcomes of our
housing program and related work.
With income decreasing both overall and from this source specifically, client assistance has remained relatively
steady at around 10% of total expenditures as an organization. The biggest drop in financial assistance came between 2003 – 2004 as the dictates about uses of federal funds banned some of our assistance, from childcare to
hospice to respite funding. Still allowed is transportation help, food, medications, housing, and other necessities.
The final analysis of these figures is that our commitment to direct assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS remains strong and remarkably constant despite strains and shifts in funding. With less funding, more clients, and
increasing strain on client finances, we nevertheless continue to meet a vital need.
Ryan White Grant Income by Year
All Client Financial Assistance by Year
2003
$170,025 (21% of income)
$86,935 (11% of expenses)
2004
$166,416 (20% of income)
$76,592 (11% of expenses)
2005
$110,558 (15% of income)
$71,454 (9% of expenses)
2006
$102,268 (14% of income)
$73,065 (10.5% of expenses)
2007
$124,889 (16% of income)
$70,020 (9.5% of expenses)
2008
$88,605 (12% of income)
figures not yet available
Grant Sources - Vermont CARES
State and Federal Contracts and Sources
Private Grants — Continued
Burlington Housing Authority (HUD)
Champlain Volley Office of Economic Opportunity
Vermont Housing Conservation Board (HUD)
Department of Health (HRSA/State General Funds)
Department of Corrections (State General Funds)
Gamma Mu Foundation
Lintilhac Foundation
Samara Foundation
Lion and Hare Fund—N.Y. Community Trust
Agnes Lindsay Trust
Robert Fleming and Jane Howe Patrick Foundation
Citizens Bank
Merchants Bank
Chittenden Bank
Vermont Eastern Star
Shelburne, Charlotte, and Hinesburg Interfaith Projects
Private Grants
Jessie Cox Charitable Trust
Vermont Community Foundation
MAC AIDS Fund
Broadway CARES
Quest Diagnostics Foundation
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We are so grateful for our ongoing grants which help
Vermont CARES serve thousands in need each year!
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