San Francisco Suicide Prevention`s 2012/2013 Annual

San Francisco
Suicide
Prevention
2012/2013
Annual
Report
From
Eve R. Meyer,
Executive Director
On September 13, San Francisco
Suicide Prevention held an
observance of National Suicide
Prevention Week in Yerba Buena Gardens. Attending it were a large number
of friends, family members, volunteers and staff who knew and cared about
Suicide Prevention. We gave out flowers to every one who wanted them, to
symbolize memory and hope.
And we wanted to have some music at this event – not just speeches. In a burst
of great generosity, Kim Nalley, prominent San Francisco jazz stylist, offered to
sing for the assembled group. One of the songs she chose was “You’ve Got a
Friend.”
Some of us had not heard this James Taylor anthem since the 1970’s, but it
meant so much in so many new ways that day. The whole purpose of our
volunteer crisis services is to be a friend when there are no friends to be
found. When it is the middle of the night, or when the pain has lasted longer
than friends expected, or when the pain brings on thoughts you just don’t
want to tell a friend – San Francisco Suicide Prevention is there.
For over fifty years we have answered the call when someone needed a friend.
And when people told us, “You can’t help someone over the phone,” we did.
Now we help people online through our chat service and when people tell us,
“You can’t help someone over a computer,” we do.
We help young people take care of their friends who are in crisis. Through
training classes, they become an extension of us, so that they can be there
when someone needs help.
We help people who have lost someone they love to suicide support each other
in our bereavement groups program. And – newest of all – we help people
who struggle with repeated thoughts of suicide to construct a safety plan for
themselves and to find sources of pain relief in the Survivors of Suicide
Attempts program developed and operated jointly with the Mental Health
Association of San Francisco.
YOU can be a friend too – in many different ways!
You can volunteer to help in our crisis services. Or you can volunteer to let
people know where to find help in our outreach services. You can donate
money or gifts to keep the services going. Or you can find out what to do if
you ever need to be a friend to someone in trouble. We can send you a
small list of actions to take that will fit in your pocket.
You can be part of our family. We’d love to have you on board!
- Eve R. Meyer, Executive Director
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
2012-2013 Services
50 Years of Crisis Hotline Services
In 2012/13, San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) answered over 40,000
calls on our 24-hour Crisis Line and responded to local calls on the National
Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
HIV Nightline
2014 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the HIV Nightline, a unique program
that provides emotional support to people with HIV during hours when other
agencies are closed. The program served over 8,000 people in 2012/13.
Línea de Crisis
Partnering with other crisis centers in Northern California, SFSP coordinated the
opening of a new hotline for the Spanish speaking community. Sharing staff
and resources, this new hotline rotates between multiple agencies, assuring
that the entire Bay Area has access to Spanish-speaking crisis services.
SFsuicide.org and Electronic Counseling Program
Our website provides 24-hour access to information about recognizing the signs
of depression, hints on helping friends in trouble, information about grief,
youth suicide and more. The website is utilized by health care providers,
teachers, parents, students, and anyone interested in saving lives. In addition,
the website gives immediate access to our volunteers through live-chat. Over
3,000 youth and young adults utilized the chat services in 2012/13.
Overnight Coverage Program
SFSP is much busier at night than during the day, as most clients call us at
night. Because SFSP is one of the few agencies open around the clock, other
agencies have found it more cost-effective for SFSP to answer their hotlines
overnight and on weekends. Hotline coverage services are contracted and
these funds account for approximately 10% of our annual income.
Community Education and Outreach Program
SFSP’s Education and Outreach Program provides crisis intervention training
to adolescents, young adults and mental health and healthcare professionals.
Our goal is to train 100,000 people in ten years on how to intervene when a
friend, client or family member is in crisis. In 2012/13 we added another
5,000 people to the list of community responders.
Survivor / Grief Program
Agency staff facilitate support groups for individuals affected by suicide. In
addition, the survivor / grief program talks to individuals on our hotline who
have lost a loved one to suicide. Five survivors groups were organized in
2012/13 serving 35 family members who had just lost a loved to suicide.
New Survivors of Attempts Group
Partnering with the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, the agency
has just started the very first support group in the City for people with a
history of attempting suicide. This is one of a handful of agencies nationwide
to try this innovative approach for people struggling with thoughts of suicide
who are often at very high risk to complete a suicide.
Kim Nalley, Tammy Hall and Marcus Shelby Star In Suicide Prevention Week Concert
San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s First Annual “Survivors Healing Concert,”
starring Kim Nalley, Tammy Hall and Marcus Shelby, attracted a crowd of jazz
lovers to Yerba Buena Park on a warm Friday afternoon for an hour of music,
poetry and reflection. Because this concert marked National Suicide Prevention
Week, over 200 “Remembrance Roses” were given out – each tied with a
ribbon bearing the San Francisco Suicide Prevention Crisis Line phone number
and website, www.sfsuicide.org.
Eve R. Meyer, Executive Director of SFSP spoke briefly about the sacred role of
survivors as potential healers of other people in pain. Staff members Michelle
Thomas and Lilyana Gonzales-Hudson read poetry by Emily Dickinson and other
local survivor-poets. An information table staffed by Joe Palacios, Jeremie
Garza and Jane Tsang was piled with brochures, cards and – of course – roses.
College, then moved to Brussels, playing in Europe until 1989 when she
returned to the Bay Area to work with a broad array of jazz artists.
A recent mayoral appointee to the San Francisco Arts Commission, Marcus
Shelby has been part of the Bay Area jazz community for many years. He was
named one of the “Top Ten Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area”
by City Flight Magazine and is currently the Artistic Director and leader of The
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, The Marcus Shelby Hot 7 and The Marcus Shelby Trio.
Ms. Meyer described the concert as “a wonderful way to recognize the special
role any survivor can play as a healer for others. When you have been
through the forest, you can pull other people out.”
Kim Nalley, born into a family with several generations of jazz singers, has
gained an international reputation as one of the world’s finest blues vocalists.
She has performed in concert halls from Moscow to Lincoln Center. She has also
been a featured columnist for Jazz West and the San Francisco Chronicle. She
dedicated her music on this occasion to her brother, whom she had lost to
suicide when he was young.
Tammy Hall, multi-talented keyboardist, began to play the piano at age four in
Dallas, Texas. Her mother and uncle were both pianists and her two grandmothers pooled funds for her lessons. She won a music scholarship to Mills
Prop 63: Saving Lives
in the Bay Area
The California Mental Health Services Authority
(CalMHSA) is an organization of county governments
working to improve mental health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. Programs implemented by CalMHSA are funded through the voter-approved
Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63).
San Francisco Suicide Prevention is the lead agency for a three-year regional
capacity building grant for the Bay Area funded by CalMHSA, partnering with
our sister agencies in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties. The
Bay Area’s CalMHSA grant has been and continues to be extremely important
to expand and improve services here at the agency. The grant has established
electronic crisis centers in the Bay Area providing counseling by chat, especially
to youth and young adults. These public funds have also created a Bay Area
Spanish language crisis hotline, expanded outreach to the LGBT community,
expanded outreach to the Latino, African American, Asian American and Native
American communities and much more.
Prop. 63 has provided the funding and framework needed to
expand mental health services to previously underserved
populations and to all of California’s diverse communities.
Learn more at www.CalMHSA.org.
Kim Nalley (L) and Tammy Hall (R) receive applause at
the end of the concert
Eve R. Meyer, Executive Director,
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
Community Health and Risk Reduction
Goals
1. Reduce the number of suicides among the residents of the San Francisco.
2. Reduce the incidence and severity of self-destructive behaviors in people,
including substance abuse, homicide, unsafe sex, and risk taking behaviors
that result in accidents.
3. Provide emotional support and crisis intervention to assist people facing a
wide variety of mental health challenges.
4. Provide widespread crisis training to the community so health care workers,
family members and friends can be gatekeepers to care with the skills to
reduce emotional pain and suicidal behaviors.
5. Provide targeted training and peer support in San Francisco public schools
and youth agencies to reduce the number of youth suicides.
6. Provide targeted outreach and support services to assist people with HIV.
7. Provide multicultural and multilingual outreach to all communities.
8. Provide educational, internship and volunteer opportunities to community
members wishing to serve the community or pursue careers in social work,
counseling and psychology services.
9. Provide a comprehensive educational and mental health resource through
our website.
10. Continue the agency’s reputation for innovation by being one of the first
crisis centers to offer crisis counseling by online email and internet chat.
2012-2013
Year-End Fiscal Report
INCOME
Contributions - Individuals
Contributions - Corporate/Foundation
Fundraising Events
Government Grants
Program Service Fees
Interest/Dividend Income
United Way Donor Option
Other
Total Support and Revenue
$
66,950
98,647
152, 502
474,854
105,755
667
7,617
29,604
$ 936,596
Making a Donation
San Francisco Suicide Prevention depends on individuals, corporations, and family foundations.
The agency handles over 60,000 client contacts on a budget of just under $950,000. Because we
utilize volunteers, we are able to keep our community services cost-effective.
Please help by making a donation.
By Mail:
Send a check payable to:
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
P.O. Box 191350
San Francisco, CA 94119
By Internet:
Visit www.sfsuicide.org and hit the “Donate Now” button.
By Phone:
Call 415-984-1900 x106 and ask for David Paisley.
Community Thrift:
Clean out junk and designate SF Suicide Prevention as the
recipient at Community Thrift Store, 623 Valencia at 17th.
Cars and Boats:
Call Donate For Charity at 1-866-392-4483 and designate
San Francisco Suicide Prevention as the beneficiary.
Planned Giving:
Want to create your legacy to the Community? You don't need to be rich or
famous to leave a legacy. Anyone can make a difference through our
planned giving program. Here are four ways to leave your mark on the
community:
EXPENSES
Salaries
Personnel Benefits and Taxes
Rent
Professional Services
Office Supplies & Computer Expenses
Telephone
Postage and Delivery
Insurance
Special Event Costs
Equipment Rental and Repair
Printing & Advertising
Dues, Memberships & Conferences
Miscellaneous
Travel
Depreciation
Total Expenses
$ 530,021
95,129
111,656
26,561
13,220
17,246
5,505
12,269
59,484
6,042
36,325
11, 809
1,552
1,649
18,947
$ 947,415
2012/2013 Income Over Expenses
Total Agency Assets on 6/30/12
-10,819
$ 616,352
Thank You for Making 2012/13
a Very Successful Year!
• Charitable Trusts
• Bequest in Your Will
• Retirement Charitable Gift Annuities
• Life Insurance Policies
For more information about planned giving or major gifts, contact Eve R.
Meyer, Executive Director, at 415-984-1900 x101 or at [email protected].
Become a San Francisco Suicide Prevention Volunteer
San Francisco Suicide Prevention depends on the over 100 volunteers that serve the community every year at our agency. There are many ways to become involved.
Hotlines / Chat: The core of our volunteer programs is becoming a hotline/chat volunteer, directly communicating with people in need. We provide extensive training to
compassionate people who make a real difference one call at a time.
Outreach:
Outreach volunteers perform a number of functions, from tabling at events and public speaking to distributing outreach materials in the community.
Fundraising:
Fundraising volunteers assist at our various special events, either in planning stages or at the events themselves.
Board:
San Francisco Suicide Prevention is always looking for qualified members for our Board of Directors. The Board manages and supervises agency programs
as well as significantly assists in acquiring financial and other resources for the agency.
To learn more about volunteering, visit www.sfsuicide.org.
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
Donors 2012-2013
San Francisco Suicide Prevention would like to thank the following individuals, corporations,
and foundations who donated funds received between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
Michelangelos • $10,000 or more
City and County of San Francisco
Furlotti Family Foundation
Brian and Kate Healy
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Link2Health
San Francisco AIDS Foundation - AIDS Walk
The Marcled Foundation
The Moca Fund
The Nick Traina Foundation
The Tom Merit Hancock Family Fund
United Way of the Bay Area
Validant Consulting
Leonardos • $5,000 to $9,999
Tony and Mary Bianco
Brian Byrne and Beth Lapachet
Community Marketing Inc.
Saul and Gloria Feldman
George H. Sandy Foundation
PJ, Philip and Victoria Grasso
John and Lisa Grotts
Kaiser Permanente
Bernard Mayes
Matthew Meiners
Rock for Life: Rico Colley
and Stephanie Diaz
Lionel Shaw
The Max and Victoria
Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
The Shaw Family Charitable
Gift Fund
Thelma Doelger Charitable Trust
Wells Fargo Foundation
Yahoo!
Raphaels • $1,000 to $4,999
Anonymous
Abraham Ayad Memorial Fund
Rusty Best and Mark White
Nancy Carlson
Br. George Cherrie, OFM, conv.
Clarence B. Coleman & Joan F.
Coleman Charitable Foundation
Community Thrift Store
Tim Daniels
Narsai David
Dodge & Cox
Howard Epstein
Geoffrey Evans and Bernard Katz
Feldman Family Fund
FirstGiving
Heather Garcia
Mark Gedymin
Richard Grosboll, Esq.
James Hormel
Jane Kahn and Michael Bien
Kazan, McClain, Abrams,
Fernandez, Lyons, Greenwood,
Harley & Oberman Foundation
Kevin Swanton and R.M.B.R.
Diana Knigge
Richard Lassiter
Lee and Linda Meier Family
Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Amanda Long
Lookout and La Monistat
Colleen McCarthy
Vicky Morel
Tal Morris
Neyhart, Anderson,
Flynn & Grosboll
Christopher and Regine Nelson
Bruce and Anita Ochieano
Oakland Athletics
Kristin Oliveira, Esq.
OptumHealth
PNC Wealth Management
Powerhouse
Janet and Clinton Reilly
Revolver U.S.A.
Condoleezza Rice
R.M.B.R.
Peter and Arlene Rojo
Helen Rosen
Tom Roth and Scott Torgan
San Francisco Police Officers Assn.
Silva Watson Moonwalk Fund
Arnold Slatin
David Spellmeyer
Kevin Swanton
The Libra Foundation
The Louis R. Lurie
Foundation
The Morrison & Foerster
Foundation
The Negley Flinn
Charitable Foundation
The TJX Foundation
TRI Commercial
Under One Roof, Inc.
URS Corporation
Van Loben Sels /RembeRock
Foundation
Visa International
Debra Wetherby
Chris Wilkins
Raymond Win
Donatellos • $500 to $999
Ty Albers
Tom Anderson
Joe Andresen
Aspiranet
Brandeis Hillel Day School
Alan Breus and Eloise Stigiltz
Robert Chang
Minh Chang
Carol Chuang
Marc Cleven
Hugh Coughlin
Crawford Communications
Daniel Ripley Catering
Petra DeJesus
Markus Dobler
Charles Eggert
David Glasser
Golden Gate Overhead Door Co.
Google
Brian and Elizabeth Grossman
Joseph Guydish
Jeffrey Helfer
Hill & Co. Property Management
Steven Paul Huish
Philip Katcher
Stephen Kochis
Dennis Lorette
Lucasfilm Foundation
Andrea Mahon
Amanda and Craig Marmer
Tom and Margaret McCarthy
Ken McKinney and Peter Waldran
Eve R. Meyer
Kathleen Mulaney
Peter Nantell
David Paisley and David Marshall
David Pating, MD
Albert Peruzzo
Valera Robertson
St. Giles International
Salesforce.com Foundation
Susan Silva
Hatim Sukhla
Michael and Kathleen Texido
Turner Consulting Group
David Werdegar, MD
Lisa Zayas
Supporters • $100 to $499
Jennifer and Gregg Abernathy
Richard Adamczyk
Emogene Alexander
Alliances Management, Inc.
Lisa Aliferis
Ann Alioto
Jean Pierre Alotte
Atmosphere
Carol Anderson
Patricia Arnold
Derek Aspacher
Charles Aspinall
Karl Baculik
Randy Bailey
Sherry Barto
Wilma Bass
Alvin Baum, Jr.
R. Bernstein and M. Patchell
Douglas Bitz
Helen Bogner
John Bors
Cynthia Brandt
Charlotte Brewster
Lenny Broberg
Shanna Brough
Sheila Brown
Alexandra Buck
Brian Cahill
Jerry Cahill and Kathy King
Rosa Carrillo
Joseph Cecere
Nigel Chanter
Wendy Chapman
Mathew Chayt
Charles and Melisa Christensen
Edward Cohen
Janice Cohen
Paul Colfer
David Cooperberg
Jennelle and Dennis Crothers
Elaine Culverwell
Cynthia D’Anna
Gene Dale
Linda Dallin
Mark De Jong
Alison de Jung
Bruce Deming and Jeffrey Byrne
Darryl DeWald
Stuart Dick
Elisay DiGiuseppe
Andrew and Mae Domescik
Carol Duffield
Chris Duncan
Mary Dunnigan
Marc Duste and
Helen Margaret Archer-Duste
Dennis Edwards
Kenneth Eisen
David Faber
Maria Farber
Paul Findlay and Doug Ward
Howard Flaks
Robert Foster
John Fox
Fred and Annette Gellert
Judy Glaeser
Dena Goldberg Gardi
MaryJane Golden
William Goldstein
Alan Goldstein
Ben Golvin and Karen Klein
John Gressman
Larry Grey
Craig Hall
Tom Hancock
Thomas Hanley
Dave Hanson
Gail Hawthorn
Martha Stacey Hawver
Stephanie Heckman
Myron Ho
David Hoemann
Agatha Hoff
Edward Holterhoff
Jim Illig and Lawrence Dotz
David Jolley
Stephany Katsur
Carol Kearns
Robert Kellett
John Kinch
Marlene Kniveton Rosenberg
Jaclyn Kokores
Maya Kraft
Raymond Krein
Beth Kyman
Neil and Maryann Laughlin
Matt Leckey
Jan Lecklikner
Alson Lee
Heather Leu
Cynthia Levy
Kristin Long
Stephanie Long
Romola Lucia
Elinore and Lawrence Lurie
Matarozzi • Persinger Builders
Esther Marks
Larry Marty
Stephanie Mazow
Tim McCormick
Kevin McGirr
Kathleen McKenna
Henry McKenzie
Douglas and Regina McKenzie
Shelley Menger
Paul Mertel
Matthew Meschery
Tom Meyer
Nancy Meyer
Nick Meyer
Kenneth Mills
Grace and Eric Montgomery
Lisa Morello
Scott Mosser
Ricardo and Patsy Munoz
David Murphy
Murphy Burr Curry, Inc.
Vivienne Newman-Donig
Glen Nielsen
Mohammed Nuru
Susan O’Sullivan
Ellen Obstler
Gregory and Janice Papedo
Bobby Patri
Michael Patton
David Peakers
Rebecca Pedroza
Jodi Perelman
Carla Phillips
John and Henrietta Plessas
Harriet Prensky and
Bill Pomeranz
Charles Quinn
Amy Radlinsky
RAMS, Inc.
Ruth Ramsey
Margaret Reid
John Reuland
Judy Reuland
Robert and Emily Rich
Maria Ronstadt
Justin Rubinstein
Jo Ruffin
Nancy Salamy
Steve and Risa Salat-Kolm
SF Fire Fighters Local 798
Paula & Ruben Santos
Schwab Charitable Fund
Gerald and Kathie Schwartz
Dennis Jaffe and Cynthia Scott
Robin Seltzer and Bill Wertberger
Charles Smith
Chehie Songstad
Daniel Sonnenfeld
Stephen Spaulding
Jane Steel
Diana Stephens
Kathryn Supple Kelly
Molly Taylor
Nancy Terry
Sean Theriault
David Thomas
Judith Tornese
Reiko Homma True
Lyndon Valerro
Jeremy Voss
Linda Wang
Vanessa Watt
Ann Wei
Margaret Welch
Jordie Wells
Jeanne Wetherby
Maribeth Wieck
Lynne Wilsey
Kirsten Wolberg
Kimberly Woolley
Mike Yang
Michelle Young
Merlin Young
Fred Zemke
Murray Zucker
Zitrin Foundation
We would also like to acknowledge the hundreds of individuals who gave less than $100.
And we especially thank those who donated to our World Travel Raffle, silent auction and many special events.
Thank You to Our Special Event Product Donors
Allegro Chicago
American Conservatory Theater
Aperto Restaurant
Aquarium of the Bay
Beach Blanket Babylon
Best Western Dry Creek Inn
Bluestem Brasserie
Mayor Willie L. Brown
Buca di Beppo
Cheesecake Factory
Chow
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites
Community Marketing, Inc.
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Seattle
Narsai David
EOS
Eric Schumacher Photography
Fountaingrove Inn
Frameline
Goat Hill Pizza
Green Apple Books
John and Lisa Grotts
Hotel Carlton
Hotel Monaco Seattle
Hotel Vintage Plaza
Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf
Kabuki Springs & Spa
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Massage Envy
Maui Sunseeker
Michael Merrill Design Studio
Eve R. Meyer
Oakland Marriott City Center
Omni San Francisco Hotel
Peppermill Reno
Perbacco
Pier 39
PRP Wine International
Recology Golden Gate
Robert Mondavi Winery
Scoma’s Restaurant
Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel
St. Regis Hotel San Francisco
TAJ Cellars
The Grand Resort and Spa
Thirsty Bear Brewing Company
Jane Tsang
Yoga Tree
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