The Bridge for Youth Annual Report 2009

REPORT
Report to the Community
2009
two thousand and nine
ABOUT THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH
“As you read this annual report, I hope you will be
inspired to think of how you might become even more
involved with The Bridge. We have not been able to meet
the numerous challenges of the past two years without
some sacrifices, but the one thing we won’t sacrifice is
our dedication to the youth and families we serve.
The Bridge for Youth offers a comprehensive set of services to help youth move
through crisis, reunify with their families or live independently, and continue to
build their own strength and stability. Grounded in our deep clinical experience and
driven by our belief in the hidden strengths of youth and families, we help youth
and families create real, lasting solutions to the challenges they face each year.
CRISIS
COUNSELING &
REUNIFICATION
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
INDEPENDENT
LIVING
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youth ages 10-17 will need a safe place to stay for a few hours or a few days because they’ve run
away or have been kicked out and have nowhere to go. 24 hours a day, every day of the year, the
Emergency Shelter at The Bridge not only gives youth in crisis a warm bed, but it also offers a full set
of supportive services, from assistance in planning their next steps, to opportunities to build their
communication
and
conflict-resolution skills, to help reconnecting with their family.
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Family Counseling and Reunification In 2009, over 600 families
— many with children staying in our Emergency Shelter — relied on the free, professional family
counseling at The Bridge to help them navigate through crisis, build stronger connections, and
develop healthier communication — so they can get back together and stay together.
COUNSELING &
REUNIFICATION
Transitional Living Program For young people (ages 16-20) who can’t
reunify with their families, The Bridge’s Transitional Living Program gives them a safe, stable home for
up to 18 months while they work with staff on finishing school, finding employment and housing,
and developing the independent living skills they need to survive — and thrive — on their own.
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
Independent Living Programs For homeless youth and young people
leaving state care, securing and maintaining an apartment of their own can be almost impossible.
The Bridge’s Independent 365 and 24-Seven programs give youth the support and assistance they
need to get — and keep — an apartment of their own, including tenant education, job skills training,
community-building
financial education, and a year of rent assistance.
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Ongoing Support & Aftercare The Bridge knows that working through
STRENGTH
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—Kathy Schaaf, Acting Executive Director
In the United States, a child is kicked out of their home every 26 seconds. According to Heading Home
Hennepin, at least 1,800 youth run away in Hennepin County each year. Wilder Research’s single-night
count of 1,268 homeless youth age 12-21 represents a 46 percent increase over their 2006 survey.
Most homeless youth cite family conflict as a major reason for their homelessness.
Emergency Services Program This year, more than 850 different
SHELTER
the issues that brought them to our door can be a long process for many young people — and
we also know that sometimes youth need ongoing support to stay out of crisis and maintain
stability. That’s why every young person who comes to The Bridge for Youth has the opportunity to
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Dear Friend of The Bridge:
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS
—1970 - 2010—
It is with great pleasure that I present to you The Bridge for Youth’s 2009 Annual Report.
40 YEARS
—1970-2010—
As this report goes to press, The Bridge for Youth is proud to mark 40 years of service to the community. 40
years ago we could not have predicted how great the need for our services would be, or that the funding
environment to help us provide those services would be so difficult.
The deepening of the recession in 2009 created difficulties both for families on the edge and for many nonprofit organizations, and The Bridge was not an exception. We met the challenge head-on, reducing our budget
by $165,000 while maintaining our unique and essential services for runaway and homeless youth and families
in crisis. At the same time, as we enter our 40th year, the need for The Bridge’s shelter, counseling, housing and
crisis services continues to grow.
I am happy to report both a balanced 2009 budget and another year of committed service and exceptional
results. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the runaway youth who came to us last year were reunited with their
families, and 95% of homeless youth in our supportive housing programs graduated to stable housing. The
credit for our results goes to the more than 150 dedicated and hardworking volunteers, interns, Board members
and staff of The Bridge who gave generously of their time, talents and energy in 2009 – and to the thousands of
community members, foundations, businesses and service partners who make our work possible every day.
As you read this annual report, I hope you will be inspired to think of how you might become even more
involved with The Bridge. We have not been able to meet the numerous challenges of the past two years
without some sacrifices, but the one thing we won’t sacrifice is our dedication to the youth and families we
serve. It is because of you and your support that we are able to provide them not only with a bed, a meal, and a
crisis counselor, but also with care, compassion and most importantly, hope.
On behalf of the youth and families we serve, thank you for your support of our work.
Sincerely,
Kathy Schaaf
Acting Executive Director
EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM
Because youth and families in crisis are just as likely to need immediate help at
2 a.m. as they do at 2 p.m., a staff of trained Bridge for Youth counselors are available
by phone and in person, at any hour of the day or night, sheltering over 600 youth
and providing over 4,500 youth and families each year with access to resources and
the help they need to move forward.
IN 2009...
17 beds available for young people ages 10-17
609 youth found a safe and supportive environment in our
emergency shelter, one or more times
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366 youth received one-day walk in services
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4,568 crisis calls answered on our 24-hour hotline
2,884 free counseling sessions provided to youth and families
75% of youth were reunited with family and 12% exited to a
non-family, safe alternative
SHELTER
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Why is the work
you do important?
Reunites Families
Over the last 40 years, over 36,000 runaway youth and their
a respite and counseling to help them reconnect and build on
families have found hope and support through The Bridge’s
their strengths, together we change the lives of hundreds of
Emergency Services Program. Whether they have been thrown
youth and families each year.
“Every day I work with youth and families
out of their home or have run away because of family conflict, or
who have so many things going against
whether they are brought to The Bridge by a neighbor, a police
Since our beginning in 1970, tens of thousands of youth have
them but still manage to have the
officer, a teacher or a friend, the youth and families who show
moved from crisis to growth by reconnecting with their family
courage and resilience needed to break
up at the door of The Bridge have not only lost touch with each
or finding a safe alternative, and the lives of generations of
through these barriers. The Bridge offers
other but have lost touch with the strengths in themselves.
loved ones, neighbors, and community members have been
the support that youth and their families
changed forever.
need for reunification. We constantly
No matter what the hour, the Bridge provides the support
have families telling us how they wished
they need to begin rebuilding their lives. By giving runaway
they would have found The Bridge earlier.”
and abandoned youth a safe place to go, and giving families
Lucas P., Youth & Family Counselor
Over the last 40 years, over 36,000
runaway youth and their families have
found hope and support through The
Bridge’s Emergency Services Program.
TRANSITIONAL LIVING &
INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAMS
Bridge services have always helped hundreds of runaways find
every night, having enough to eat, and being able to depend
their way home each year. But, 15 years ago, The Bridge looked
on the adults in their life. Once they’ve made that important
The Bridge for Youth’s Transitional Living , Independent 365 and 24-Seven programs
at the growing epidemic of youth homelessness, and realized
first step, youth residents get busy working with staff and
that we needed to do more. The Bridge’s transitional living and
counselors to achieve their goals and dreams such as getting a
independent living programs were born from this realization.
job, or going back to school, or becoming a better parent.
provide not just housing, but also the support, training and development of skills
that homeless youth need to change the direction of their lives toward stability and
independence.
These programs offer not just a place for homeless youth to
IN 2009...
live while they get on their feet, but a wide array of intensive
The vast majority of these 16 to 20-year-olds use the support
for Youth
supports to help them build skills for life – from cooking and
of The Bridge to turn their lives around, showing amazing
29 on-site youth residents stayed an average of 5.5 months in our
doing their laundry to applying for health insurance.
resilience in the process.
Capacity of up to 14 dorm-style beds offered at The Bridge
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With staff support, 16 youth maintained subsidized off-site
apartments through the Independent 365 Program, with 100%
re-signing their own lease or exiting to other stable housing.
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community apartment, their first and most challenging task is
simply to stabilize – to get used to sleeping in the same place
We are deeply proud of having been a part
of their transition from homelessness to
stability and success.
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and then empower them to decide what’s best for their lives. We believe that everyone has the tools to determine their own
life — sometimes they just need permission from a total stranger to use them!”
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Fosters Independence
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN ACTION
The Youth Empowerment in Action Program at The Bridge for Youth provides every
young person who comes through the door the opportunity to participate in
weekly groups and activities that provide an on-going source of support even after
they leave The Bridge.
IN 2009...
Youth Empowerment staff provided 466 hours of community
education on runaway and homeless youth issues, reaching
5,931 attendees
CRISIS
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CRISIS
groups at The Bridge
Youth Empowerment Counselors hosted 3 different youth
retreats
SHELTER
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4 youth peer counselors (former clients, trained in basic
counseling) facilitated weekly groups for youth in the
emergency shelter
SHELTER
SHELTER
Bridge youth work hard to change crises in their lives into
find a sense of community, connection, stability and belonging
opportunities for change and growth. And like all of us, some
in one of The Bridge’s four weekly support groups. They also
know that they can always find support from staff
days it seems harder than others to keep moving forward
find adults they can trust and connect to and they have the
and peers, voice their opinions without being
and maintain the positive changes in our lives. That’s why
opportunity to grow as leaders and support younger youth
judged, have fun, learn and experience new things,
The Bridge offers free, aftercare support groups to any Bridge
through peer counseling opportunities, community service
youth who needs them – for just a little boost, or for longer-
and annual retreats.
What does aftercare do for youth?
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HOUSING
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help our youth to realize their potential and to
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This carefully woven safety net of support
enables both current and former Bridge
Aftercare at The Bridge helps youth at all stages of their
youth to get extra help when they need
journey. Youth who find the teenage years especially difficult
it, and to make sustainable and lasting
changes in their lives.
Leads to Strength & Stability
Thank you to our 2009 Donors!
This listing reflects our records of gifts received by The Bridge for Youth from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
We do our best to list all donors and supporters accurately and apologize if we have not done so.
To report any errors or omissions, please contact us at 612-230-6657.
Public
City of Golden Valley
City of Minneapolis
Edina Human Relations Commission
Hennepin County Public
Defender Office
Minnesota Department of Health/
Health Facility Complaints
State of Minnesota
Edina Realty Foundation
The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation
Evans Larson Communications, Inc.
Faribault Foods
Finnish Bistro
The Firm
FrameStyles
Fred and Liz Weiner Fund
Fred C. and Katherine B.
Andersen Foundation
G & K Services Foundation
Foundations &
Business Partners The Gage Family Foundation
General Mills Foundation
3M
General Mills International ITQ
Activision
GMAC-RFC
Advance Consulting LLC
The Gordon and Margaret
Advanced Practice Management
Bailey Foundation
Alice and Fred Wall
Graco Inc.
Family Foundation
Grand Café
Allen Family Charitable Fund of
Greater Twin Cities United Way
The Minneapolis Foundation
H.E. and Helen R. Warren Foundation
Allianz Life Insurance Company
The Head Foundation
Allstate
Hoeft Family Fund of
American Express Company
The Minneapolis Foundation
American Inn
Hornig Companies
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
Horty Elving & Associates, Inc
Andersen Corporation
Institute of Production
Ankeny Foundation
and Recording
Archimea Interior
Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Design Services, Inc.
IWJ Charitable Foundation
Architectural Alliance
Jack and Bessie
Arrow Companies LLC
Fiterman Foundation
Athwin Foundation
Jaye F. and Betty F. Dyer Foundation
Barbary Fig
Jerstad Family Foundation
Mediterranean Restaurant
Jetset
Barbette
Joe’s Garage
Bath and Body Works
John and Bonnie Crouch Fund
The Beverly Foundation
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Best Buy
Joseph H. and Florence A.
Bibelot
Roblee Foundation
Bieber Family Foundation
Judith McGrann and Friends
Borman & Schulkers, P.L.L.P.
Jungle Theatre
Bremer Bank
Kopp Family Foundation
Brit’s Pub
Kowalski’s Uptown Market
Bryant Lake Bowl
KTMJ Vending, LLP
Burdick-Craddick
Laird Norton Family Fund
Charitable Foundation
Lieberman-Okinow Foundation
Carlson Companies
Lifetime Fitness
Carlson Marketing
Love 4 One Another
Central Bank
Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis LUSH at Nicollet Mall Macy’s
Luther I. Replogle Foundation
Charity, Inc.
Lyn-Lake Barbershop
Charlson Foundation
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
Christos Greek Restaurant
Malt-O-Meal Company
Cirque du Soleil
Marathon Petroleum Company LLC
CoBank/Farm Credit Leasing
Margaret H. and James E.
Commercial Furniture Services
Kelley Foundation, Inc.
CorePower Yoga
Margaret Rivers Fund
Corporate Art Force
Mark and Charlie’s Gay Lesbian
Culligan Water Conditioning
Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation Fund for Moral Values
Mark and Muriel Wexler Foundation
Dale Studios
Delta Dental of Minnesota
Mary T. Inc.
Deluxe Corporation Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
Eaglemaster Incorporated
Medica Foundation
Edge of The Woods Antiques
Mile High United Way
Minnesota Swarm
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Zoo
Mint Properties
MTS Systems Corporation
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
The New French Bakery
Nicollet Island Inn
Nye’s Polonaise Room
Old Navy Store 6126
Open Your Heart to the
Hungry and Homeless
Otto Bremer Foundation
Outsource Insurance Services, Ltd
Page Productions
Palomino Restaurant,
Rotisseria & Bar
Patrick and Aimee Butler
Family Foundation
Paul and Patricia Curran Foundation
Pentair Foundation
Perfect Little Spa and Salon
Perkins + Will
Pohlad Family Foundation
Prospect Creek Foundation
Public Strategies Group, Inc. Fund
of The Saint Paul Foundation
Pump Foundation
Punch Pizza
Quota International of Minneapolis
RBC Foundation – USA
Rehael Fund-Roger Hale NorHall
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Rocco Altobelli
Rock Bottom Brewery
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation
Ross and Bridget Levin
Charitable Gift Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Sauer Children’s Renew Foundation
Saunders Family Foundation
Sexton Foundation
Shakopee Mdewakanton
Dakota Community
Sheldon V. & Carroll C.
Brooks Foundation Inc.
Soran Family Foundation Fund
Spyhouse
St. Louis Park
Community Foundation
St. Paul Saints Baseball Club
Stages Theatre
Target Center
Target Corporation
Target Foundation
Target-Knollwood
Ted and Dr. Roberta
Mann Foundation
Tennant Foundation
The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Thompson’s Fireside Pizza
Thomson Reuters
North American Legal
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans Foundation
Tix for Tots
TJX Foundation, Inc.
Tommy Carver’s
Travelers
TravelNet Solutions
Truist
Turner Family Foundation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
United Health Group Corporate
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
United Way of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Urban Outfitters
W Hotel
Watershed Partners, Inc.
Wayzata Community Church
WCA Foundation
Whitney Foundation
William D. and Joyce E. Sexton Family Foundation
Wilmot Wheeler Foundation
Womack Family Foundation
World Childhood Foundation
Xcel Energy Foundation
Community &
Employee Groups
Ameriprise Financial Employee Giving Campaign
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1
America’s Charities
Atonement Lutheran Church
Basilica of St. Mary
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
Box City Vigil
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Campfire U.S.A. Teen Club - Hayden Heights
Century College
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints
The Church of St. Richard
Community Shares of Minnesota
Cross Point Church
Central Lutheran Church Women
Earle Brown Elementary School
Excelsior United Methodist Church
Fallout Arts Initiative
For The Love of Peyton
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Give MN
GMAC ResCap Community Relations
Hands On Twin Cities
Heading Home Minnesota
Hennepin Avenue
United Methodist Church
Hennepin County Library
Honeywell Hometown Solutions
Humanists of Minnesota
Lake Country School
Lutheran Church of Peace
Minnesota State
Community & Technical College
Mary Queen of Peace
Metropolitan Council
Minnesota Atheists
Morgan Stanley
Neighborhood Involvement Program
North High School
Ordway Center for the
Performing Arts
Pajama Program
Pax Christi Catholic Community
Plymouth Congregational Church
Richard Green Central Park School
Shepherd of the Valley
Lutheran Church
St. Anthony Park United
Church of Christ
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Missionary Circle
St. Louis Park Family
Services Collaborative
St. Mary of the Lake Church
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Stephen Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Steeple People Surplus Store
Student Council of
Saint Paul Public Schools
Temple Israel
United Health Group
University of St. Thomas
Virgin Unite USA, Inc.
Walker Art Center
Wells Fargo
Community Support Campaign
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Woodbury Peaceful Grove
United Methodist Church
Bridge Builders
Anonymous (3)
Paul Bauer and Patricia Cretilli
Harley and Verna Bergren
Lance Breiland and Amy Hasbargen
Ron and Joan Cornwell
Dave and Jane Eastling
Annett Grant
Norm Hall and Veronica Chasney
Jon and Janet Heidinger
Sally Hwang
Art and Rosemary Janousek
Randy Johnson
Rickey and Linda Johnson
Raymond and Michelle Joncas
Ed and Nancy Levin
Jane Livingston
James Lockhart
John and Sallie March
Ed Murphy and Nan Upin
Bernard Nelson
Patti and Daniel O’Leary
Lenora Olson
Robert and Mickey Pajor
Mary Pepin and Greg Bakeberg
Roger Peters and Lorna Reichl
Don and Karen Powers
Kathy Schaaf and Eric Fournier
William Sias
Warren and Mary Staley
Jeff Stoner
Harry and Ginny Sweatt
Nicole and Pete Thomas
Adele Della Torre and Spencer Kubo
David Upin and Marissa Rosenblum
Jeff and Jodi Upin
Nan Upin
Paul and Betsy Von Kuster
Philip Willkie
Individuals
Karen Ackerman
Tricia Adkins
John Albers
Mary Alden
Michael Alexin and Michael Shaw
Brad and Roberta Allen
Al and Sylvia Altendorf
Daniel Altmann
Adriana Alvarado
Bernice Amacher
Richard and Sarah Amos
Chris Anderson
Janet and Dean Anderson
Joel and Kris Anderson
Michaelle Anderson
Ray and Carolyn Anderson
William Anderson
Barb and Russ Andrews
Laura Andrews
David Anfinson
Anthony Angelis and Carol Liebeler
Anonymous (10)
Sally and Peter Anson
Josh Arbit
Tom Arneson
James and Mary Arnold
Tera Arnold
John Arrell
Lynelle and David Aukes
Glenn Bachler
Virginia and Michael Backman
Teresa Bailey
Teresa Bain
Sandra and Barry Baines
Sara Baker
Melissa Baklund
Stacye Ballard
Jack Barber and Mitch Flattum
Art Barlow and Jeremie Holmes
Laura Barnes
Raymond and Mary Barnes
Jeff and Julie Basche
Daniel Baseman
Thomas and Mary Baskerville
Alain Baudry
Eric Baudry
Jean and Allen Beach
Carol and William Beadie
Glenyce Bean
Nikki Beasley
Lisa Beaudry
Lisa Becchetti
Brice Beckman
Karyl Beeman
Marian and Jean Behrend
Gloria and Earnest Bell
Susan Beltz and Douglas Clement
Judi and Jeremy Belzer
Mr. Waldyn J. Benbenek, Jr.
Lynnette Bengtson
Duane Berdahl and
Mary Collins-Berdahl
Karen and Jerry Bergseth
John Betancourt
Jim Biederman
Lee Biersdorf
Amy and Paul Biewen
Christopher and Carolyn Bingham
Mike Bisping and Ty Tonander
David Bjork and Jeff Bengtson
Judy Bjorke
Bonnie Black
John and Marilyn Black
Allen Blaich
Lori Blaido
Jeanette Blankenship
Robert and Suzanne Blewett
Joanne Bliss
Lisa Blocher
Grayson and Charity Blomberg
Laura and Jon Bloomberg
Kia and Jon Blumenthal
Nancy Boas
Mary Bochnak
Shari and David Boehnen
Bazilla Bohn
Brad Bolin
Jean Bolin
Mary and Marshall Bolkcom
Rolf and Chris Bolstad
Michael and Meredith Boo
Michelle Borchardt
Sharon and Carl Borine
Bradley Bourne
Robert and Janice Bowman
Kristopher Boyer
James and Vicki Bradley
Larry Brandts and Ed Snyder
Michael Brantl
Lauren Braswell and Chris Fondell
John and Marie Braun
Kristen Brechler
Steven and Jane Breton
David Brierton
Karen Briesemeister
Stephen and Rebecca Briggs
Dawn Bright
Collin Brinkman
Anna Broadbent
James and Marlys Broberg
Colleen Broderson
Melissa Brogger
Mrs. Carroll C. Brooks
Chris and Nikky Brooks
Mary and William Brooks
Chad Brown
Mary Kay Brown
Susan and William Brown
Tamera Brown
Troy Brueggemeier
Lisa Brumm
Doug and Ann Brunner
Travis Bryson
Alan Buchbinder
Suellen and David Buck
Jacqueline Buettner
John Burke
Mike and Sheryl Burkhardt
Jim Burns
John Burns
Mary Burns
Michael Burton
David Bush
Teresa Busker
Bob Butler
Mary Cady and Steven McCauley
John Cairns
Alex Calingaert
Cory Call and Nathan Kavlie
Julie Callahan
James and Karin Callanan
Dr. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
Kathy Campbell
Drs. Brenda H. and
Norman W. Canedy
Lisa Capell
Lorraine Carlson
Suzanne and Brian Carlson
Pauline and John Carroll
Dante Carter
William and Betty Casey
Michelle Caspers
Rebecca Chaiken
Veronica Chasney and Norm Hall
Brian Cheslog
Diane Christensen
Shad Christensen
Taylor Christian
Regina Christopher and
Dorothy Colvin
Brian Clark
Thomas W. Clark
Joan Claude
Helen Cleveland
Jeffrey Cloninger
Barb Cloutier
Gary and Chris Cohen
Cindy and Mike Collins
Donald and Loretta Combs
Stephen Conover
David Copeland
Jeanne Corwin
Kate Cosgriff
Kevin and Adina Costley
Sam and Mary Jo Cote
Carol Lynn Courtney
David Crane
Theresa Crawford
Pascale Crepon and Melanie Wall
Jessica Cripps
Joylyn Cross
Anna Mae Crotty
John Crouch
Scott Cruse
Walter Cullen
Paul and Patricia Curran
John Curtin
Nancy Cusack
Allan and Penny Dahl
Alan Dale and Kristin Dooley
Beverlee Damyanovich
Janet and William Davidson
Barbara Davis
Thomas Davis
Peter Dawson
Edward and
Sherry Ann Dayton
Julia Dayton
Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Cy and Paula De Cosse
Colleen Deafenbaugh
Jeffrey Dean
Dr. Paul and
Marianna Melichar
Joyce and Carter DeLaittre
Dr. Francis and Holly Denis
Jill and Andrew Dent
Mary Ellen Dercks
Brent Derowitsch and
William McDonough
Tom and Mary Lou Detwiler
Christine Devillers
Barb Dexter
Mel Dickstein and
Linda Foreman
Dan Diebold
Lynn and Robert Dixon
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In honor of Cheree the nurse
In honor of Tim Reardon’s leadership
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of The Saint Paul Foundation
In honor of
Church of St. Mary of the Lake
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and all the other counselors at the shelter
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for their selfless hard work
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by Culligan Water Conditioning
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by Michele Kohner
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by Rachel Orman
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by Karyl Beeman
In honor of neighbors who
shovel her snow covered walk
by G.F. Flint
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by St. John’s Missionary Circle
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by Mary Alden
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by Alain Baudry
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in honor of Mother’s Day
by Anonymous
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by Gary Johnson
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Buzz Mandel
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by Suzanne and James Lowy
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by Karen and Jerry Bergseth
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Eric Fournier
by Rick and Katie Fournier
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Stephen and Mary Schaefer
by Rolf and Chris Bolstad
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by Mark and Charlie’s
Gay Lesbian Fund for Moral Values
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by Terry Sias
Board
of
Directors
In honor of Tracie Stoltenberg
by Anonymous
In honor of Dale and Terolle Turnham
by Lisa Turnham
In honor of Vivian for Mother’s Day
by Ed Murphy and Nan Upin
In honor of Skip Webster and
Juanita Smith
by Ione and Bill Winter
Susan Evans
Chair
Michael Alexin
Vice Chair
Ellyn Wolfenson
Secretary
Robert York Jr.
Treasurer
Deb Bauman
Mary Bolkcom
Linda Foreman
Tonya Hampton
Andrea Johnson,
Louis Ling,
M.D.
Peter Loewenson,
Britt Lundquist Gage
Harry Sweatt
William Williams
Phil Willkie
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by Elizabeth and Edwin Hlavka
PRINTING
In honor of Steve Wolinski
by Peter and Lori Nordquist
In honor of Merlin Paskel Zimbel’s
Bar Mitzvah
by Anita and Mike Siegel
2008
$1,431,309
$1,222,808
$456,819
$460,703
$1,521,571
$1,457,726
$3,409,699
$3,141,237
$270,165
$278,268
Interest & Realized Gains on Investments
$1,072
$13,522
Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments
$2,233
($3,910)
-0-
($15,289)
$2,231
$2,589
$275,701
$275,180
Contributions & Grants
United Way
Government Grants & Contracts
Total Public Support
Revenue:
Service Fees/Teens Alone
Gain/(Loss) on Disposal of Assets
Miscellaneous
Total Revenue
Total Support and Revenue
Where The Money
Comes From
7.5%
12.4%
$3,416,417
$2,748,983
$3,066,737
Management and General
$281,626
$334,375
Fundraising
$257,991
$249,721
$3,288,600
$3,650,833
$197,167
$185,462
$3,485,767
$3,836,295
$199,633
($419,878)
$3,464,243
$3,884,121
$3,663,876
$3,464,243
38.8%
Private
Contributions
United
Way
41.3%
Government
Grants
unrestricted
$3,685,400
Other
Revenue
Raymond Joncas, Jr.
Special Thanks
In honor of Phil Willkie
by Ann and Dale Warner
2009
Psy.D.LP
In honor of Jack Weinstein’s birthday
by Myriam Weinstein
In memory of Bill Wheeler
by Wilmot Wheeler Foundation
Support and revenue unrestricted
Public Support:
M.D., M.P.H.
In honor of Kara Skahen
by Adam Ries
by Mark O’Rourke
by Dennis and Marguerite Skahen
FI NANC I AL REPO RT Based on audited financial statements
Expenses:
Program Expenses
Total Expenses (before depreciation)
Depreciation
Total Expenses (after depreciation)
Where The
Money Goes
7.4%
9%
Fundraising
Management
& General
Assets:
Increase (decrease) in unrestricted net assets
Unrestricted net assets, beginning of year
Unrestricted Net Assets,
end of year
83.6%
Direct Service
Expenses
Jessen Press, Inc.
DESIGN
Linda Elmquist
STAFF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tamika Garscia
PAR TI CI PAN T DE M O G R APH I CS 2 0 0 9:
10-11. . . . 1%
12-14. . . . 18%
15-17. . . . 58%
18-21. . . . 23%
N/R. . . . . 0%
African American . . . . . . 49%
Multi-racial . . . . . . . . 15%
2%
Native American. . . . . 5%
Caucasian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20%
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%
Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%
N/R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2%
Asian/Pacific Islander. . . g e n de r
Melissa Anderson
Mike Thompson
e t h ni c i t y
Shola Ajayi
Kali Sutton
AG E
S p ecial Than ks
T o Our 2009
V o l unt eers
46%
Female . . . . . . . 53%
Transgender. . .<1%
N/R. . . . . . . . . . . <1%
Male. . . . . . . . . .
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