Financials - Heat
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Financials - Heat
Officers Chairperson Melanie DiLeo - Citigroup Vice Chairs James H. Buford - Urban League of Metro/STL James Knight, M.D. North County Surgical Chair Emeritus J. Kim Tucci - The Pasta House Co. President/CEO Gentry W. Trotter - MultiMedia PR Group Executive Vice President Kevin McGowan - McGowan and Walsh Vice President Joe Pepe* - Suburban Journals Secretary/General Counsel Atty. Norman S. Newmark - Norman S. Newmark, P.C. Corporate Treasurer Atty. Richard M. Wise, CPA - Wise, Reynolds & Scott, LLC Assistant Treasurer M. Michelle Ayala - TR,i Architects Board of Directors John Beck - Emmis Communications Grace Bumbry - Opera Singer Lee Clear - Clear Channel Radio Hon. Maida Coleman - MO State Senator Harold Crumpton (Ret.) - MO-PSC Beth Davis - KYKY/KEZK Tim Dorsey - KTRS-AM Dave Ervin - KMOX Radio Robert Wm. Fulstone - AviMail Midwest Region Chief Sherman George - St. Louis Fire Department Mary Ann Gibson - Mozaic Group Tim Gorline- MultiMedia PR Group Paola Harrell - Civic Volunteer Todd Holtmann - Mastercard International Dr. Charlene Jones - St. Louis Public Schools Doris Jones - Urban League of SCC Douglas Jones - Creative Juices Kevin J. Jones - St. Louis American Lt. Governor Peter Kinder - State of Missouri John Kijowski - Bonneville Radio Spencer Koch - KTVI-TV FOX 2 Bruce Kupper - Kupper Parker Communications Bill Lanesey - KPLR-TV WB11 Steve Lemley - Hardee’s Food Systems Denise Liebel, - Community Council/St. Chas. County Carolyn Marty - Suburban Journals Gena M. Mayer - UMB Bank Jason Miller - Radio Disney Chief Joseph Mokwa - St. Louis Metro. Police Dept. Reverend Earl E. Nance, Jr. - St. Louis Clergy Coalition Nancy Rice - Vigilant Communications Steven Roberts - WRBV-TV/UPN 46 Catherine Skow - Metro News Networks Robin Smith - KMOV, Channel 4 Thomas L. Tipton - KDNL-TV, ABC 30 Kathryn Voskuil - Charter Cable Advertising STL Chair, Auxiliary Donna Knight Volunteer Chairs Mandy Murphey, KTVI-TV FOX 2 Carol Daniel, KMOX, 1120 AM *Pepe resigned in late 2005. He’s replaced by Carolyn Marty. 100% of your donation goes to the needy! Mail Make a tax-deductible contribution by mailing a check to: Internet Give with Mastercard and Visa ONLINE by going on-line at Other Drop-off a donation to any teller at a UMB Bank Center in MO/IL Heat-Up St. Louis • c/o UMB Bank • P.O. Box 868 • St. Louis, MO 63188 heatupstlouis.org Consider us in your will, and we will accept marketable securities as gifts. Baby, It’s Cold Inside, Heat-Up St. Louis Be A Good Neighbor, Check On Your Neighbors Annual Report to the Community Thanks so much to all who donated your time and money to help us Heat-Up and Cool Down St. Louis. Your help is greatly appreciated! Donna Knight, Melanie DiLeo and Mandy Murphey Report Donated by: MAK Printing Graphics: Photography: Barlow Production & Gentry Trotter Heat-Up St. Louis, Inc., c/o UMB Bank . P.O. Box 868, St. Louis, MO 63188 www.heatupstlouis.org • Resource Help Hotline: 314-241-7668 Fundraisers and Volunteers wanted: [email protected] A message from the Chair Annual Meeting 2005 Heat Up St. Louis, Inc. • Revenue & Budget Report for 2005 Annual Meeting (un-audited) MELANIE MCVAY DILEO CHAIRWOMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS These have been trying and demanding times for literally thousands of qualified needy household with elderly, disabled and small infants throughout the St. Louis region. Volunteer board members and our social service partners continue to do the best we can to meet those increasing and challenging demands. Since our inception, our efforts have impacted more than 70,000 individuals throughout the St. Louis region. Nowhere else in the St. Louis region is there an all-volunteer energy assistance, not-for-profit-charity that includes as its obligations 1) a resource hotline 2) utility counseling and redress referrals, 3) health and safety public awareness and education, 4) advocacy and community outreach, 4) women’s auxiliary, and 5) strong donated media support. 100% of all administrative costs are underwritten, so that every cent helps the needy. This in itself is unique. Our corporate sponsors and board members are to be saluted for their ongoing commitments. We thank literally thousands of donors who have made donations to Heat-Up St Louis or Cool Down St. Louis, or both. Your donation has great service value with us, because 100% of all donations are used exclusively for servicing the qualified and most needy. When your energy assistance donations are tight, please consider us above all others and know that our volunteer effort is making a difference. We would like to take this time to thank our social service and community action partners in more than 16 Missouri and Illinois counties, including the City of St. Louis. The winter months are often gripping cold and can be deadly and costly to personal property. In the summer, we continue to work very hard as vascular surgeon Dr. James Knight, and St. Louis Fire Chief Sherman George, co-chairs of the charities’ health and safety committee continue to take a leadership role in education and public information. Our distributions of energy assistance grants have internal audit oversights. In addition, most of the social services provide accountability through certified public accounting firms. Our selection of these partnerships have years of expertise in qualifying applicants. Heat-Up St. Louis cooling and heating grants are supplement, but in some geographical areas, the charity’s efforts can be used as a primary source of funding. We’ve become the region’s safety net. We’re very fortunate in the balance of 2005 to have the opportunity to enter into a consumer protection arrangement with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. This partnership gives us an opportunity to be the “watch dog” for recipients who may have been ripped-off while getting a furnace or an air-conditioner repaired. Our resource hotline consistently has consumers who question what may appear to be utility irregularities with their respective accounts. The print and broadcast media play significant roles on various levels throughout the year. We credit our smooth day-to-day operations to the pro bono efforts of Tim Gorline and Gentry W. Trotter of MultiMedia PR Group. Summer '04Winter '05 Cash Donations In-Kind Donations Interest Income Total Inflows 869,815 468,605 209 $ 1,338,628 $ 302,020 73,662 375,682 214,852 276,703 $ 491,554 Allocations Urban League Urban League of Madison County Urban League of East St. Louis Northeast Comm. Action Agency** Catholic Comm. Svcs. Catholic Comm. Svcs. - Jefferson City Loving Hearts Comm. Action Agency (S.T.E.P.) East MO Action Agency South Central Comm. Action Agency MO Ozark Community Agency West Allied Kentucky Services Salvation Army (City & others) Catholic Urban Programs 228,050 59,350 3,500 114,800 42,500 9,400 17,700 128,900 39,100 3,500 6,500 1,000 101,600 50,500 $ 806,400 103,100 8,000 28,000 9,000 5,500 2,000 35,400 6,500 62,500 14,900 $ 274,900 69,600 2,500 24,500 6,500 4,000 33,400 47,000 18,500 $ 206,000 Summer '04 - Winter '05 Fundraising TENNIS BENEFIT CARDINAL'S BASEBALL RAMS/FIREFIGHTERS SCHNUCKS' SCAN AND GIVE HARDEE'S RISE AND SHINE PASTA HOUSE' BUY A FLAME HAPPY HOUR AT KASTLE CITY UTILITY TAX GRANT SUPERBOWL WEEKEND DRIVE GENERAL DONATIONS/BOARD Heat-Up St. Louis, Inc. (and Cool Down St. Louis) is a regional non-utility, independent, all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3), energy assistance charity that focuses on helping area elderly and disabled people, and low-income families, who can not afford to pay their high delinquent home heating or cooling bills in about 16 Missouri and Illinois counties, including the City of St. Louis. The charity is the safety net for area needy people, after all public, and utility funds have been exhausted. Heat-Up St. Louis becomes the life-line in many instances. The Allocation Committee distributes heating and cooling Fiscal 2004* Income Total Allocations The Mission In addition, the charity provides public education and awareness on summer and winter health and safety issues. Furthermore, the charitable group has a resource hotline providing utility counseling and referrals to area social service and community action agencies for those in need. Since Inception Chief Joe Mokwa, KMOV's Robin Smith,FOX 2's Mandy Murphey and Fire Chief Sherman George grants to partnering agencies with a reputation of professionalism and accountability. Heat-Up and Cool Down audit all of the grants, and the agencies include an auditing process of its professional partnerships through certified public accounting firms. Total * Fiscal 2004 includes the Summer and Partial Winter Campaigns ** Covers three service centers in Lincoln, Warren and St. Charles Counties 3,000 10,000 30,000 10,000 50,000 5,000 1,200 92,000 5,500 8,300 1 $ 215,000 History Heat-Up St. Louis was founded in 2001, when natural gas and home heating oil costs were at an all-time high. The charity began to advocate for affordable utility costs and testified before various regulatory agencies. At the same time, there was an informational void and a lack of consistently strong advocacy in the region. Area social service agencies, fuel funds and utility-run charities refused to discuss the realistic results of being without home heating or cooling. The Heat-Up and Cool Down charities began their public education programs, providing health and safety information. This documents that unanticipated health-related illnesses and deaths are often associated with needy households without a home heating or cooling source. Management and Board of Directors volunteer board, and some corporate sponsorships, 100% of every dollar donated is used strictly for servicing the needy. FOX 2's John Pertzborn, Rev. Earl E. Nance, Jr. and KMOV's Robin Smith 2005 Annual Meeting of Heat-Up St. Louis, Inc. Heat-Up St. Louis and Cool Down St. Louis are run by a fully constituted 46 member, all-volunteer board of directors. No director is allowed to accept compensation for his or her services. There are more deadly home fires during the months of November through February than any other time period throughout the year. The victims are often the elderly, disabled and small infants. The increase in home fires resulting in fatalities is frequently documented by the use of unsafe methods of heating homes. Space heaters for instance are used unwisely as primary sources for warmth. The St. Louis region repeatedly suffers from smothering and humid summers. The victims who are held hostage by high utility bills are small infants with various ailments, the elderly and routinely the disabled. The elderly and disabled people are often afraid of high electric bills, so refuse to turn on their air-conditioners. Many fall victim to serious aliments and often death. After they are rescued or their bodies removed from a home or an apartment it has noticeably surfaced that windows were closed. Several years ago in cooperation with some retailers and area congregations of various faiths, The board of directors has staggered terms. Anyone can be considered by the board for volunteer membership by merely e-mailing their resume to Nominating Committee, c/o [email protected]. A Board member has an obligation to make at least one cash donation in any amount during the calendar year and be willing to serve on at least one committee. The board of directors operates under Roberts Rules of Order. Each member must also sign a conflict-of-interest form. The Board of Directors meet at least twice a year, including the annual business meeting scheduled each June. In the absence of the full board of directors, the executive committee is empowered to make decisions with the exception of electing officers or members to the board. The president of the board of directors handles the day-to-day operations and makes executive decisions in counsel with members of the executive committee. The president is also the chief executive officer and the title is accepted on a pro bono basis. Heat-Up St. Louis, a unique regional concept without a check-off method, solely depends on direct donations, both small and large. Donations to Heat-Up St. Louis are taxdeductible. The organization partners with bi-state area community action and social service agencies in Missouri and Illinois. The agencies qualify potential recipients and distribute air-conditioners, primary or supplemental cooling and heating grants on behalf of HeatUp/Cool Down. Because all administrative costs are underwritten by members of the all- Heat-Up St. Louis accepts marketable securities in the form of donations. In addition anyone can consult their estate planning attorney to legally include Heat-Up St. Louis in their will or trust, etc. Heat-Up also accepts utility grants from municipalities through a contractual agreement. Throughout the calendar year, Heat-Up St. Louis sponsors various special event fundraising projects to engage the general public. Heat-Up/Cool Down Activities in Review Photo’s from left to right Top Row: Steamers Players Cynthia Jordan and Y-98's Guy Phillips Rev. Earl Nance, Jr., Carolyn Marty, Melanie DiLeo and Steve Lemley Cool Down St. Louis instituted a "Be A Good Neighbor, and Check On Your Neighbors," community outreach campaign. Donated new air-conditioners or used, in good working condition have aided needy seniors, and the disabled --- resulting in healthier and safer summer months. The print and electronic media have played a pivotal role in disseminating information directly related to Heat- Up St. Louis and Cool Down St. Louis. With unprecedented media support, lives are being saved, and households in need are being directed to neighborhood venues for energy assistance throughout the St. Louis region. Prior to the entrance of both Heat-Up and Cool Down to the energy assistance marketplace, utility firms provided infrequent and insignificant "where-to-howto" paid messages. The social service and community organizations with paid staff -- different telephone numbers and specific service territory coverage, couldn't always address more regional and broader media needs. Over several years, Heat-Up St. Louis eventually emerged in the leadership role of being a one-stop-shop for regional energy assistance, information, referrals, utility heating and cooling readdresses for abuses or irregularities. President George W. Bush lauds Gentry Trotter Bottom Row: Mo. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder Bruce Kupper,Rev. Earl E. Nance, Jr., "Smash," Melanie DiLeo and Kevin McGowan Chief Sherman George and Dr. James Knight Special Event Involvements The annual Hardee's Rise and Shine for Heat-Up fundraiser takes places each February, before or after Valentine’s weekend. It involves more than 400 volunteers, including civic, political, business and media types who sport aprons and serve as celebrity greeters in area Missouri and Illinois Hardee's restaurants. Customers purchase Sausage and Egg Biscuit sandwiches for the special price of $1.00, and the entire amount is donated to keeping area needy people warm. The greeters also collect small donations in their aprons. This is a media neutral community service event. Schnucks Scan and Give to Heat-Up St. Louis is an annual program executed through the supermarket chain in January through Super Bowl weekend. The fundraiser gives shoppers at the Missouri and Illinois stores a chance scan a $3 or $2, or both coupons onto their grocery bills. The Rams Boot Out Old Man Winter and Heat-Up St. Louis fundraiser has more than 200 volunteers from the business and media communities who are decked out in bright yellow caps (donated by Citigroup) at downtown area tailgate parties, inside and outside of the Edward Jones Domes before, during, and after the enthralling Rams’ games. Super Bowl/Heat Weekend: Area congregations of various faiths come together each Super Bowl weekend for a special Super Heat Weekend Collection. The drive ends at the end of March. Congregations of all denominations were asked to take up special collections to help needy people with their heating bills. Though many churches are facing difficulties with their own heating bills, the collection has modest participation with significant growth potential. These are the kinds of grass-roots fundraiser efforts which engage the public in the process of giving and helping their less fortunate neighbors…neighbors who are surviving on fixedincomes or have temporarily fallen on hard times. Many are first time recipients of local energy assistance. Cool Down St. Louis Night at Busch is routinely a three-day game series where more than 200 civic, business and media volunteers come out and ask generous Cardinals fans to help the elderly and disabled people with their electric bills, or the purchase of a new air-conditioner. The event co-sponsored by the St. Louis Cardinals, began several years back with the late Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile acting as campaign chairperson. Almost 70 volunteers from the social service and community action agencies, plus most recently pitcher Matt Morris pitched for cooling assistance dollars. Many of the elderly and the disabled are making difficult choices between heating and eating. The next step for the working poor may be forced homelessness -- because the utility bills take a large piece of their thinly stretched household budget. They struggle each winter and summer with rent, prescription drugs, food and utilities – life’s essentials. Those who can’t juggle their limited resources are often left out in the cold - literally. Best Buy and Public Help Cool Down St. Louis: Best Buy on several occasions has donated more than 300 brand new air-conditioners. In addition, the general public has donated more than 400 new, and used in (good working-conditioned) units. Retailers and the public are welcomed to call the resource hotline year round for pick-up or drop-off. The charity and partners reserve the right to reject a unit, based on its condition.