GenesisHOPE Annual Report _FY 2010_

GENESIS HARBOR OF OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
GENESISHOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Jeanine Hatcher
Executive Director
Skip Wachsmann
Founder
Your generosity was inspiring. We wish to express our deep gratitude for your
steadfast support as we renew our commitment to help people and communities
achieve sustainability. Thank you!
Willie Scott, PhD
Chairperson
HOW YOUR SUPPORT
CHANGED LIVES AND COMMUNITIES
Wayne Nabors
Vice Chairperson
Joan Moss
Interim Treasurer
Robin McCants
Secretary
Carrie Pettway
Director
John Shelly
Director
Mark Stutrud
Director
GenesisHOPE helped 49 households combat the economic crisis by providing
safe affordable childcare for the working poor and grandparents living on fixed
incomes.
GenesisHOPE helped 65 children, ages 5-13, develop socio-cognitive skills; a
deterrent from risky behavior that is crucial in the holistic development of young
children.
Over 500 lbs. of produce was grown, marketed and sold by five young
entrepreneurs given an opportunity, by GenesisHOPE, to develop leadership
skills while learning about our food systems and urban agriculture.
GenesisHOPE is helping a shattered impoverished community on the near
eastside rebuild by organizing collaborative clean, safe and beautiful initiatives.
Thank you again for continuing to help GenesisHOPE grow young minds, bodies and
hearts through our youth development programs. Thank you for continuing to
support efforts that promote young healthy sprouts, and a future generation of
entrepreneurs to grow our economy. Thank you for continuing to stand with
GenesisHOPE, advocating for a safe, clean environment…a healthy community.
When we reach out to one, we are helping us all. Please keep helping!
Jeanine C. Hatcher
Executive Director
G E N E S I S HOPE
Y O U T H D E VE L O PM E N T P R O G R A M S
THE NEED
Affordable Safe Supervised
Marcus Garvey Academy
Structured Learning Environment
The majority of the parents are single
women head of households in need of an
economical safe supervised environment for
their children. Nearly 50% of the households
in this community had incomes below
$20,000 in 2000. Further, 95% of the
students at Marcus Garvey (PRE-K-8), our
neighborhood school, were economically
disadvantage during the 2008-09 school year.
The average size of a household in this
community was 2.37 in 2000 and the poverty
level was $11,250 for a household of 2.
Therefore nearly 40% of the households were living at or below the poverty level in 2000. Further, Marcus
Garvey’s MEAP scores show that a large percentage of children that attend Marcus Garvey fell below the
performance level for reading, writing, math and science during the 2008-09 school year are an indication of
the need for various aspects of the summer enrichment program such as the Math Blast session, language,
science, and other writing and critical thinking opportunities – very low learning performance levels and
inability to pay for supplemental education.
OUR RESPONSE
SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
The Summer Enrichment Program provides children (age
5-13) an opportunity for 65 children to learn and grow in a
safe and secure environment. The enrichment program
includes life skills training, academic enrichment, music,
cultural awareness activities, team sports and other
recreational activities, as well as community service
initiatives. The 6-week program develops the participant’s
socio-cognitive skills, a deterrent from risky behavior that is
crucial in the holistic development of young children. The
low-cost program (scholarships are available) provides safe
affordable supervised childcare. Many of our participants’
The Carpentry Class
parents are the “working” poor, single mothers’ head of
household and grandparents trying to provide a quality life and enriching experiences for their love ones.
2010 Summer Enrichment Program Participants and Youth Staff
JOB READINESS & EMPLOYABILITY WORKSHOP
GenesisHOPE conducted a Job Readiness & Employability Workshop for 25 teens ages 14-18. Participants
engaged in breakout sessions, teambuilding exercises, and Q&A style lecture covering job hunting,
interviewing and other skills and competencies required to secure a job, and various work ethics to keep the
job. The final exam of the 8-hour workshop was an one-on-one interview screening. Successful candidates
were scheduled for an interview to compete with their peers for employment. Youth are interviewed and
qualified candidates are placed for employment.
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
The Youth Employment Program provides employability/work ethics training and employment for teens (age
14-18). Participants are exposed to critical employability skills and competencies communication, team work,
problem-solving, initiative, planning, organizing, self-management, learning and technology. The program
runs seven (7) weeks and operates from Monday – Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Summer Program
Director, Recreation Director, teachers and mentors interact with the youth to provide on-the-job training,
supervisory opportunities and CPR certification.
YOUTH GROWING DETROIT ENTREPRENEUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The Youth Growing Detroit Program develops youth (13-18) critical leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
Youth participate in a series of training, networking and marketing opportunities focused on agriculture, the
environment, food system, and business skills and competencies. The goal is to provide youth with
experiential work and life skills that increase the participant’s knowledge of career opportunities; improves
financial literacy skills; and increases nutritional awareness to affect long-term health outcomes.
Over 500 lbs. of produce was grown, marketed and sold by the young entrepreneurs through the Grown in
Detroit Collaborative and the local Mack-East Grand Boulevard Farmer’s Market. The community garden
produced nearly 250 lbs of food that was freely available to residents. These gardens improved the
community’s access to fresh healthy food.
GenesisHOPE “Seeds To Grow” Park featuring a market garden, community garden, orchard and teaching platform.
GenesisHOPE’s Youth Growing Detroit Entrepreneur Interns give presentation on composting and lead a tour of their gardens and orchard.
GenesisHOPE hosts the “I Dream A Garden” celebration to bless our new “Seeds To Grow” Park, in collaboration with the USSF and the Boggs Center.
THE OUTCOMES
IMPROVED AWARENESS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES AND IMPROVED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
1. Trained 25 youth in job readiness and employability skills
2. Trained 5 young entrepreneurs – over 300 hours of business, marketing and leadership skills training
3. Trained 5 children in gardening.
4. Harvested and sold over 500 lbs of fresh healthy produce.
5. Distributed over 350 lbs of food to those residing in the community to improve access to healthy food.
6. Conducted 6 hours of nutritional education for 65 children.
IMPROVED SOCIO-COGNITIVE SKILLS
7. Trained 65 children in various life skills (carpentry, knitting, cooking, and self-defense discipline)
8. Coached structured recreation and team sports for 65 children and 11 youth
9. Exposed nearly 90 youth to over 36 hours of cultural enrichment activities.
G E N E S I S HOPE N EI G H B O R H O O D S T A B I L I Z A T IO N
AND VACANT PROPERTY PROJECT
THE NEED
Housing & Physical Environment Many in
our community reside in unsafe and
inhumane living conditions. In 2000, 60
percent of the houses were valued at less
than $20,000 compared to a median city
value of $63,600 according to the U.S.
Census Bureau. As of September 2008,
“Metro Detroit now stands as the only
major metropolitan area in the country
where average home prices have fallen
below their 2000 levels,” according to the
Detroit News, MI, U.S. home prices plunge.
Federal government, HUD and city
indicators designated our community as
an "area of greatest need" based on
factors such as: 82 percent to 96 percent
of the population earned 120 percent of
the Area Median Income or less; 17
percent to 20 percent of mortgages are predicted to foreclose in 18 months; 73 percent to 92 percent have
high-risk loans; and the vacancy rate is 20 percent to 29 percent. A more recent study conducted in 2009
illustrates that the vacancy rate is continuing to climb. There were 399 vacant structures and 2,385 vacant lots
in the 282-block area – poor quality, unsafe and inhuman living conditions.
OUR RESPONSE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & COLLABORATIONS
GenesisHOPE is collaborating with seven community organizations to draft the Lower Eastside Action Plan
(LEAP) to determine triple bottom line re-uses of vacant land and identification of areas for re-densification.
The process engages over 4,000 residents in the planning process that will work cooperatively with the city’s
Detroit Works Project, a project to re-vision the city for long-term stability. Read more about the LEAP project
in The Online Pipeline, a community newspaper.
GenesisHOPE hired Chloe Richardson, a Lutheran Volunteer Corp, as Community Organizer and Terrie Murria
as Office Manager. This built the capacity of the organization to implement our Neighborhood Stabilization
and Vacant Property Project Plan.
GenesisHOPE organized a Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) comprised of 10-25 community leaders to be
the eyes, ears and voice of the community at-large. The SAG meets bi-monthly along with other lower eastside
SAG members and the LEAP steering committee to learn
about the economic impacts and strategies for repurposing land in an area that has the largest swath of
vacant land and property in the entire city. The SAG,
steering committee and technical advisors exchange
dialogue about the potential re-uses of land and vacant
property. A draft of a plan, once complete, will be shared
with the community-at large to collect additional
feedback that will be used to shape the final plan.
GenesisHOPE organized a survey team of 5 residents to:
1. assess the condition of commercial and light
industrial property located within our community
boundaries;
2. conduct 600 opinion surveys with residents that
reside within our community boundaries; and
3. validate and update the assessment of vacant
residential properties and vacant lots within our
community boundaries. The 2009 study identified
399 vacant properties and 2,385 vacant lots.
Source: Data Driven Detroit’s Residential Parcel Survey map of
GenesisHOPE joined the Boarding Coalition and set out
the GenesisHOPE community.
to identify building safety code violations. The Boarding
Coalition was launched by Community Legal Resources as a pilot project in collaboration with the city to
improve two-way communications and improve code enforcement. We identified 169 open and dangerous
properties that were reported to the Building Safety & Engineering Department, and 69 properties have been
secured to date. Photographs of these open and dangerous properties are located on the GenesisHOPE
Facebook page. GenesisHOPE is now working with other Lutheran congregations in the city to help these
congregations identify open and dangerous properties within their communities. The Boarding Coalition is
working with the city to craft a Vacant Property Registration Ordinance (VPRO) that will require property
owners to register vacant properties.
GenesisHOPE has formed a partnership with The Church of The Messiah Housing Corporation to take a
holistic approach to revitalizing our community. The intent is to share resources and responsibilities to
strengthen each organization and increase our capacity to address people as well as place based issues
plaguing the community. The partners are currently collaborating with 3-4 community organizations and
several technical advisors to craft a short-term plan to stabilize the neighborhood. The intent is to leverage
federal Neighborhood Stabilization Plan (NSP) dollars and attract other private funding for long-term impact
and outcomes that improve the quality of life in the community. This group has met with the Community
Foundation of Southeast Michigan and we are quite confident in our ability to secure funding to implement
several short-term projects that have the greatest impact and will attract or stimulate additional private
funding.
The SAG will be instrumental in determining the short-term projects, and helping to engage the community to
implement many of the projects that require human capital such as lot maintenance, community gardens and
advocacy work.
THE OUTCOMES
The Thrivent Financial for Lutheran’s grant has enabled GenesisHOPE to achieve the following outputs and
outcomes in less than a year:
INCREASED ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FROM FORMING TO EMERGING
1. Hired Terrie Murria, an unemployed member of Genesis Lutheran Church, as Office Manager.
2. Hired Chloe Richardson, a Lutheran Volunteer Corp, as Community Organizer.
3. Formed a partnership with The Church of The Messiah Housing Corporation to take a holistic approach to
revitalizing the community.
4. Joined the Boarding Coalition launched by Community Legal Resources as a pilot project in collaboration
with the city to improve two-way communication and enforce codes.
INCREASED PUBLIC POWER AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
5. Organized a Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) comprised of 10-25 community leaders to work with
Steering Committee, technical advisors and public officials to draft Lower Eastside Action Plan (LEAP),
Neighborhood Stabilization Initiative, and serve as ongoing voice of the community.
6. Organized and trained a survey team of 5 residents.
7. Conducted 600 opinion surveys with residents that reside within the community boundaries.
IMPROVED PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
8. Assessed the condition of nearly
100 commercial and light
industrial properties located
within the community
boundaries.
9. Validated and updated the
assessment of vacant residential
properties and vacant lots within
our community boundaries.
10. Identified and reported 169 open
and dangerous properties to the
Building Safety & Engineering
Department via Boarding
Coalition’s electronic process,
and 69 properties have been
secured to date.
G E N E S I S HOPE D O NO R S
AND
FUNDERS
DONORS
Jarelle Applewhite
Nancy Usher Baker
Donyelle Brown
Florence Bullock
Pastor Maxey Christmas
Norma J. Ceaser
Lauren Cole
Leon & Daisy Darnell
Perry DeJarnette
Arkissia Denning
Terry Dennis
Catherine “Rosie” DeSantis
Jacqueline Dunn-Bell
Bill & Judith Harper
Danny & Jeanine Hatcher
Rosa Henderson
Clarence Heard
Karen Hicks
Charles Hill
Steve & Gretchen Huber
Mike Jacobs
Mosella Johnson
Charlie Jones
Linda Jones Tucker
Micah Lee
John & Jennifer Miller
Cassandra Mitchum
Sarida Montgomery
Christopher Morman
Clare Morman
Andor & Terrie Murria
Andrea Murria
Nick Nabors
Wayne & Debbie Nabors
Antoinette Plair
Brielle Plair
Anthony Richardson
Christopher Richardson
Darlene Richardson
Deborah Richardson
Gerald Richardson
Terence & Leisa Robinson
Terence Robinson, Jr.
Alfred Robertson
Crystal Scott
Willie & Betty Scott
Valdez Showers
Nace Tasby
Susie Taylor
Gloria Thomas
Rev. Skip & Felicia Wachsmann
Dorothy Wallingford
Emma Wallingford
Maurice & Pat Wallingford
Pamela Wallingford
Stephanie Wallingford
L.C. & Jeanne Webb
Rosalind Wiley
Alexia Winston
Marq Winston
Alice Wynn
Robert Yanagida
FUNDERS
Eastern Wayne County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Genesis Lutheran Church
Genesis Lutheran Church Altar Guild
Genesis Lutheran Church Members
Good People Popcorn
Men of Genesis
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Youth Development Commission
WSU Alumni Assoc
G E N E S I S HOPE V O L U N T E E R S
AND
P A R T IC I P A N T S
VOLUNTEERS
Vernice Alexander
Alkebul-Lan Village
Jesse Allen
Dana Applebaum
Grace Lee Boggs
Taura Brown
Dan Carmody
Kathlin Coch
Cindy Cowan
Dale Cowan
Jackie Dunn-Bell
Nelon Davis
Devin Foote
Margaret Gilcrase
Tajuana Goss
Thermon Goss
Conya Hall
John Hall
Marion Hardy
Jeana Harper
Judith Harper
Laura Harris
Christopher Hatcher
Danny Hatcher
Jeanine Hatcher
Karen Hicks
Rosa Henderson
Charlotte Holt
Lisa Hooten
Sandrea Hubbard
Gracie Hunt
Mike Jacobs
Harold Johnson
Patricia Johnson
Jenni Kuida
Ashley Kyber
Megan Kohn
Shirley Lee
Valerie Lewis
Gwen Macklin
Tameka Martin
Mary McClure
Mary L. McDade
Ron Mills
Cassandra Mitchum
Nobuko Miyamoto
Terrie Murria
Nick Nabors
Nickyl Nelson
Delon Oliver
Desaree Oliver
Monisha Oliver
Romanetha Oliver
Virginia Oliver
Tony Osumi
Lillian Patterson
Carrie Pettway
Kido Pielack
Mary Plair
Anthony Proctor
Beverly Price
Kim Reaves
Anthony Richardson
Chloe Richardson
Darlene Richardson
Jermaine Standifer
Sharon Sexton
Eitan Sussman
DeVonte Synder
Ava Tinsley
Emma Wallingford
Maurice Wallingford
Pam Wallingford
Toyia Watts
Lindsay Turpin
Brandi Vaughn
Pastor Kimberly Vaughn
Felicia Wachsmann
Renee Wallace
Paul Weertz
Gloria White
Council Willis
Rob Yanagida
Nicki Zahm
Zaria Lee
Jasmine Lewis
Monique Martin
Valeria Miller
DeCarlo Moore
Anyiah Morris
Ashanti Muhammad
Kayla Nelson
Canaletha Oliver
Juanita Oliver
Monisha Oliver
Antoinette Plair
Brielle Plair
Christian Price
DeMonte Reaves
Makiya Redmond
Christopher Richardson
Tori Richardson
Aaron Robertson
Alfred Robertson
Ryan S. Robertson
Torye Robinson
Nathan Rushing
John Shelly
Kendale Shelly
Levell Shelly
Valdez Showers
Lorenzo Simpson
Juana Smith
Jeremiah Smith
Jordan Smith
James Sumerell
Jamilah Sumrell
Clayton Wachsmann
Rodreese Waller
Karnae Wicker
Michaiah Williams
Raynard Williams Jr.
Lauren Williams
Jalen Williams
Kamar Wilson
Karnif Wilson
Johnnie Wilson
Alexia Winston
Marq Winston
Andrew Yager
PARTICIPANTS
Jarelle Applewhite
Jordon Applewhite
Justin Applewhite
Jayla Bates
Aailyah Bradford
Ariyah Bradford
Donyelle Brown
Carlos Ceaser Jr
Nygel Chandler
Lauren Cole
Ratina Coleman
Adam Correthers
Kyree Cowan
Emory E. Crenshaw
Nicholas E. Crenshaw
Christopher Crenshaw
Wakel Curtis
Tedrick Denning
Terique Denning
Rosie DeSantis
Samuel Fairley
Makayla Flowers
Jaquan Frierson
Paries Glover
Julio Gonzalez
Antonio Griffin
Jimazha Hatchett
Myah Hearns
Kyrah Hearns
Kyrah Hearns
Ashton Henderson
Keon Henderson Jr.
Latashia Holsey
Christian House
Diamond Huff
Oryah Huff
Beatrice Jackson
Darian Jackson
James Jackson
Jamie Jackson
Jeanna Jackson
Jalen Jackson
Justin Jackson
Katie Jackson
Paige Jackson
Trevor Jackson
Virgil Jackson
Zoe Jackson
Courtney Jennings
Keith Jones
Charles Lamar
Micah Lee
GENESIS HARBOR OF OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
G E N E S I S HOPE F I N A N C I A LS
HOW YOUR MONEY WAS SPENT
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 2011
Income
$147,436.19
Expenses
107,356.94
Surplus (Deficit)
$40,079.25
SOURCES OF INCOME
For Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 2011
Foundations
1,000 ( 0.07%)
Federal Grants
2,500 ( 1.70%)
Earned Income
10,352 ( 7.02%)
EXPENSES
Individual Donors
13,662 ( 9.30%)
For Year Ending January 31, 2011
In-Kind Donations
14,400 ( 9.80%)
General Administration
Religious Foundations
& Institutions
$26,524.47 (18%)
Youth Development
57,671.90 (40%)
Community Development
26,114.73 (18%)
Fundraising
Total Expenses
645.84 (0.44%)
$107,356.94 (73%)
Income
104,522 (71.00%)
$147,436.19 (100%)