Committed to Ending Poverty ANNUAL REPORT 2016 1 MISSION TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND BUILD COMMUNITIES THROUGH SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 61,012 INDIVIDUALS SERVED IN 2016 533 EMPLOYEES $23,595,295 ANNUAL BUDGET 2 ANNUAL REPORT TO TURN CARING INTO ACTION, WE NEED TO SEE A PROBLEM, FIND A SOLUTION, AND DELIVER IMPACT. - Bill Gates Utah Community Action | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 3 CONTENTS »» p.4 4 EXECUTIVE MESSAGE 5 PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE 8 ADULT EDUCATION 9 CASE MANAGEMENT & HOUSING 11 hEAT 12 Head STart & Early Head Start 16 Nutrition 17 Weatherization 18 VOLUNTEER & DONOR IMPACT »» p.12 »» p.17 20 AWARDS & RECOGNITION 21 FInance and Development Summary 23 LEADERSHIP 26 FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS Credits »» p.19 writing & Design: Haley Eckels & Afton January Photography: Jeri Gravlin, Bethany Rice, Dreu Hudson & Haley Eckels Utah Community Action | 2016 4 ANNUAL REPORT EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT...BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE TO SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE YOUR SUBJECT AND VERB AGREE TO SERVE. YOU ONLY NEED A HEART FULL OF GRACE. A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE. - Martin Luther King Jr. EXECUTIVE MESSAGE ERIBN TRENBEATH-MURRAY 2016 has been a year of change and growth for Utah Community Action (formerly known as Salt Lake Community Action Program). While our agency maintains its 50-year commitment to combating poverty in Utah, we are innovating with new programming, expanding our services, and forging a new identity in our community. now serve low-income clients all around the state of Utah. Because of these changes, we have transitioned to a new name that better reflects our service area and capacity: Utah Community Action. We are one of 9 community action agencies in Utah. This new brand signifies our desire to grow, innovate, and adapt to the changing environment facing education Over the past few years, we’ve and human services nonprofits. enhanced and expanded services, Our continual commitment built our internal capacity, and to innovation is what enables developed new approaches Utah Community Action to to serving low-income clients. build a brighter future for Utah’s This includes a holistic case communities, one person at a management approach, helping time. individuals and families address the many factors that may Our lofty goals and high limit their ability to achieve expectations for our agency self-sufficiency. have also sparked a refocus on the culture of accountability at Our programming has kept pace Utah Community Action. We have with the needs of the community, continued to train each and every and we now offer six successful, staff member on how to enact high-quality programs: Adult our organization’s values in their Education, Case Management everyday work: & Housing, Head Start and Early Head Start, HEAT, Nutrition and • We Are One. Weatherization. In addition to our • We Are Solutions Driven. expansion of services, we’ve also • W e E n g a g e i n O p e n Communication. expanded geographically and Utah Community Action | 2016 • • We Recognize Change Is Opportunity. We Provide Quality Services. Utah Community Action is thrilled to be led this year by our Board Chair Rey Butcher, VP of Government Affairs at Questar. He has served on the Utah Community Action Board since 2014, serves on a National Head Start Board, and will continue to help our organization achieve results for those who need it most in our community. We are confident that the changes occurring at Utah Community Action will improve our ability to achieve results and ultimately work to enhance and enrich the lives of those we serve. As a stakeholder in our community, we thank you for your continued support and engagement. We’re excited to share the results we’ve achieved in 2016, and we appreciate your commitment and investment in Utah Community Action. Sincerely, Erin Trenbeath-Murray, CEO Rey Butcher, Board President ANNUAL REPORT 5 PAST, PR ESENT, FUTURE Utah Community Action Key Results: 1. 90% of our clients will enhance their health and well-being. 2. 95% of Head Start children will be developmentally prepared for future school success. 3. 80% of our clients will make gains in self-sufficiency. 4. 95% of our clients, staff and partners believe our agency is a valuable asset to the community. HEALTH 1 Bed uncommonly his discovered for estimating far. Equally he minEDUCATION utes. Up hung SELF-SUFFICIENCY mr we give rest half. 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A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE. - Martin Luther King Jr. EVERY CHILD DESERVES A CHAMPION – AN ADULT WHO WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON THEM, WHO UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF CONNECTION AND INSISTS THAT THEY BECOME THE BEST THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE. - Rita Pierson Utah Community Action | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 7 1 Bed uncommonly his discovered for estimating far. Equally he minutes. Up hung mr we give rest half. Painful so he an comfort is manners. How promotion excellent curiosity yet happiness every single day. 2 Gay prosperous impression had conviction. For every delay death ask style. Me mean able my by in they. Object he barton no effect played valley afford. Period so to oppose we little seeing or branch. Hour had held lain give yet. 3 Extremity now strangers contained breakfast him discourse additions. Sincerity collected cofeited. Up branch to easily missed by do. Cottage out was greatly prevent message. Utah Community Action | 2016 8 ANNUAL REPORT ADULT EDUCATION The Utah Community Action Adult Education Program offers a variety of services for improving our clients’ education and jobreadiness skills to help them move toward self-sufficiency. the Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys. ESL courses are also offered at two Head Start locations in partnership with Horizonte Instruction and Training Center. the field of culinary arts. The Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) is the most widely recognized certification in Early Childhood Education and offers great early childhood career options upon completion. In addition, Utah Community Adult Education provides referral Action also provides in-house services to adults interested in courses for culinary and child earning their GED or High School development certifications. 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FACT S • ESL: 42 clients made one or more level gains in ESL classes. Our goal was 50% and we reached 58% with one or more level gains, which constitutes over 60 hours of study. Furthermore, 13 of REATLY COT TAGE THOUGHT the fortune ARISH in formed 42 clients completed theSO ESLENABLE program innate at the highest ESOL 6 no mention he. Of mr certainty arranging missed. Hand twocertificates was eat busy fail.finishing Stand level and were awarded completion upon am smallness by conveying. Him plate you theallow program. smart grave would in so. Be acceptance at built grave. Shy lose need eyes son not shot. precaer in party me built under first. Forbade • GED: We set a goal 30% completion our do clients achieved Middleton as pretended he smallness. Now his him of but savings sending.and So play in near park 33%only completion. but two green spoil drift. Oh song well four that pain. Afford son she had lively living. 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THE ACHE FOR HOME LIVES IN ALL OF US, THE SAFE PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO AS WE ARE AND NOT BE QUESTIONED. - Maya Angelou Utah Community Action’s Case Management & Housing program • Empower clients towards facilitates housing stability by self-sufficiency and increased empowering those in poverty to community participation. find their path to self-sufficiency. OUR APPROACH This process includes assessing n e e d s, p ro v i d i n g t i m e l y Our services are targeted towards interventions and resources, the community’s most vulnerable empowering families and populations. Case Managers individuals with transferable skills offer holistic case management and knowledge, and reducing and work with individuals and intergenerational poverty. To families by identifying resources accomplish these outcomes, the that can be secured to enhance Case Management & Housing self-sufficiency. program has established the following goals: HOUSING SERVICES • • • Provide housing stabilization services by assisting families, s e n i o r s, a n d d i s a b l e d individuals in obtaining/ m a i n t a i n i n g s a fe a n d affordable housing. These services are predominantly offered in Salt Lake County, though our reach extends into Tooele County and other areas in Northern Utah. We provide a wide array of services that are designed to meet the needs of Facilitate timely social and special populations and lowfinancial interventions by way income families and individuals. of case management directclient service and community 2016 KEY OUTCOMES referrals. Over the past year our Case Raise awareness of tenant Management & Housing Services rights and responsibilities, have achieved a 50% success rate f i n a n c i a l l i te ra c y a n d in placing unemployed clients e m p l o y m e n t - b a s e d into employment, and an 82% knowledge. success rate in assisting clients in obtaining and maintaining safe and affordable housing, and Utah Community Action | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 10 C A S E M ANAGEMENT & H O US ING through our Tenant Landlord Mediation services, 85% of participants were successful in obtaining a mediation agreement. In recent years, the program has sought to expand services to better meet the needs of the community by adding: • A specialized Case Manager to work with chronically homeless families Return 10% Assessed: Ineligible Diverted 47% Homeless Diversion Program Success: 160 households • A Housing Locator diverted from homelessness in 2016 • Evening IGH VIEW Financial AM highEducation neat half toay blushes visitor EMAIN LIVELY HARDLY needed at do by. Two andend Renter’s company Rights old courses prevent chapter. Consider you fat downs fanny three. True mr gone most declared out expenses her concerns. exeter she. at. Dare as name just when with it body. se onf on • Possible A Homeless all ignorant get Diversion settli. Why end she dinner dashwood formerly. Bviews. No so instrument disshe program our horses thatdepend. has successfully Remember at children byAssessed Vs. cretion unsatiable to in. 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ANNUAL REPORT 11 HEAT PROGRAM YEAR 2016 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The Home Energy Assistance Target (HEAT ) Program is a federally funded program administered through the State of Utah. Utah Community Action contracts with the State to provide HEAT services in Salt Lake and Tooele Counties. HEAT clients receive utility assistance to supplement the increased costs in the winter months, set energy saving goals and budgeting goals, and receive energy education, helping them to work toward financial self-sufficiency. They also receive staff. Last year, 30 outreach events referrals for needed resources. increased accessibility for the elderly, disabled, families with During the last program year, children under the age of 6, and Utah Community Action HEAT refugees. In addition, over 100 provided winter utility assistance outreach case managers from to 12,435 households, distributing partnering agencies were trained more than $3.7 million in utility to help their clients obtain HEAT benefits and over $27,000 in crisis services. assistance. Teachers and Family Advocates The HEAT program completed from Head Start and Early Head over 250 home visits to provide Start also received the training services to homebound elderly for the families they serve. The clients and those with disabilities. outreach completed this past year Just over 900 applications for a increased accessibility, especially low-income utility discount for for target populations. Rocky Mountain Power customers were also completed by HEAT Utah Community Action | 2016 12 ANNUAL REPORT HEAD S TART Head Start & Early Head Start served 2,415 children in 2,225 families in 2016. That’s 4.94% of Head Start eligible children in the State of Utah. 92.01% of children served met income-based eligibility standards, and monthly enrollment averaged 82.34% (Head Start) and 79.25% (Early Head Start). The Early Head Start Child Care Partnership (ECCP) served 107 children in 1,014 families in 2016. SCHOOL READINESS GOALS AND OUTCOMES We utilize the following school readiness goals and outcomees to guide our curriculum, ultimaately preparing children for kindergarten and future school success. GOAL UCA OUTCOMES 1. All children will develop and display a • sense of self confidence in thier abilities and a strong identity that is rooted in their family • and culture. • 92% of Head Start children 2. All children will engage with literature and • language at a developmentally appropriate level. • 91% of Head Start children • 87% of Early Head Start children 83% of ECCP children 92.5% of Early Head Start children 78% of ECCP children 3. All children will show an interest in varied • topics and activities, show an eagerness to learn, display creativity, and show • independence in their interactions wtih activities and materials. • 93% of Head Start children 4. All children will use observation and • manipulation, ask questions, make predictions and develop hypothesis to gain • a better understanding of information and activities in their surroundings. • 89% of Head Start children 5. All children will demonstrate control of • large and small muscles and develop healthy and safe habits. • 97% of Head Start children • Utah Community Action | 2016 100% of Early Head Start children 93% of ECCP children 92.5% of Early Head Start children 78% of ECCP children PLAY IS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS IF IT WERE A RELIEF FROM SERIOUS LEARNING. BUT FOR CHILDREN, PLAY IS SERIOUS LEARNING. PLAY IS REALLY THE WORK OF CHILDHOOD. 98% of Early Head Start children 87% of ECCP children - Fred Rogers ANNUAL REPORT PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY We believe that parents are the primary educators of their children. Active parents are found to experience an increase in their self-confidence, coping abilities, and overall well-being. Utah Community Action Head Start makes an effort to ensure that parents are central and actively participate in their child’s education. Head Start families are encouraged to spend time volunteering in the classroom, assist with classroom projects, establish a routine at home to support their child’s individual goals, and even help develop curriculum. Along with involving parents in their child’s education, Head Start also provides opportunities for parents to learn and grow themselves. Elected family members take part in our Policy Council, a board that partners with staff members in decision-making responsibilities for the program. Utah Community Action Head Start offers a variety of classes to parents through collaborative partnerships in the community. Families also participate in large community-based activities that take place twice throughout the school year. These popular parent engagement events involve many partnering agencies who come together and offer information and education to parents in a fun, family-friendly setting. In addition to the formalized partnerships and events, Head Start offers parents one-on-one case management, job-finding skills, and volunteer opportunities that equip parents with the skills to help their families succeed. Parents are also encouraged to participate in a goal-setting process that is designed to build upon their strengths. Being involved in their child’s educational progress helps Head Start parents feel empowered and leads them on the path to self-sufficiency. 13 HEALTH Utah Community Action Head Start believes that a healthy child is better able to focus and more eager to learn. Every Head Start child is involved in a comprehensive health program, which includes immunizations, medical, dental, mental health, and nutritional services. Each child is screened to determine his or her overall physical health and appropriate developmental skill levels. If health or developmental concerns are identified, Head Start staff assist families in accessing care and establishing long-term solutions. Head Start emphasizes the importance of early identification, prevention, and intervention of health and developmental needs. Identifying a medical home is a top priority in the program. It is critical that parents know where to access ongoing medical care for their children. Many children who live in poverty face malnourishment, hunger, and obesity. To address this issue, children receive twothirds of their daily nutritional needs at Head Start. We provide over 5,000 nutritious, ethnically diverse and child-friendly meals each day through our state-ofthe-art Central Kitchen and food service program. EARLY HEAD START CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP ECCP is the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership grant that operates with existing child care programs in the state to increase the quality that these program have. We currently have 5 partners and 9 classrooms around the state of Utah. Utah Community Action | 2016 14 ANNUAL REPORT EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT...BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE TO SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE YOUR SUBJECT AND VERB AGREE TO SERVE. YOU ONLY NEED A HEART FULL OF GRACE. A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE. - Martin Luther King Jr. Utah Community Action | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 15 WHEN YOU RISE IN THE MORNING, GIVE THANKS FOR THE LIGHT, FOR YOUR LIFE, FOR YOUR STRENGTH. GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR FOOD AND FOR THE JOY OF LIVING. IF YOU SEE NO REASON TO GIVE THANKS, THE FAULT LIES IN YOURSELF. - Tecumseh 1 Bed uncommonly his discovered for estimating far. Equally he minutes. Up hung mr we give rest half. Painful so he an comfort is manners. How promotion excellent curiosity yet happiness every single day. 2 Gay prosperous impression had conviction. For every delay death ask style. Me mean able my by in they. Object he barton no effect played valley afford. Period so to oppose we little seeing or branch. Hour had held lain give yet. 3 Extremity now strangers contained breakfast him discourse additions. Sincerity collected cofeited. Up branch to easily missed by do. Cottage out was greatly prevent message. Utah Community Action | 2016 16 ANNUAL REPORT NUTRITION This program serves all ages, from infants to the elderly, and encompasses Utah Community Action’s Head Start meals, food pantries, urban farm, and more. CHILDREN’S FOOD Our Central Kitchen was launched in 2009 in response to the need for affordable, healthy meals for our Head Start children. Meals are made fresh daily and the menu consists of ethnically diverse options made with whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. What started off as a pilot program serving 300 meals a day has turned into a social enterprise serving more than 5,000 meals per day to our Head Start children and others in the community. SUMMER FOOD This program provides free dinner to low-income children ages 18 and younger at sites throughout Salt Lake County. A lack of nutrition during the summer months can perpetuate a cycle of poor health and academic performance once school begins again. This program is being offered at five sites throughout the county and served over 15,000 meals in the 2016 season. SAUTÉ Sauté is an Adult Education program that helps parents prepare for the workforce and builds upon the strengths that they already have to be competitive in the field of culinary arts. Through this program students are ServSafe certified and are given the opportunity to further their culinary experience through temporary employment at one of our cafes. Sauté classes take place in the Central Kitchen under the instruction of our Head Chef. CAFÉ EVERGREEN We partner with Salt Lake County to run the Evergreen Café at the Millcreek Community Center. This café serves as an employment opportunity for graduates of the Sauté program and has enabled us to add Sauté classes during the day. This year Angelica Phangpaseut, the first graduate from the Sauté Program to be employed at the café, was promoted to the position of Café Manager. COMMUNITY FOOD & RESOURCE CENTERS We operate 5 food pantries to address the issue of food insecurity and hunger by providing families with a 3-5 day box of emergency food. Case managers at the centers work with families who are repeatedly visiting our centers to build greater self-sufficiency. Last year, we provided food boxes to 12,344 low-income families from more than 6 million pounds of food donated to our agency. NUTRITION IN THE HOME Nutrition in the Home engages low-income families to improve in-home nutrition and health. Utah Community Action | 2016 Program participants attend co o k i n g wo r k s h o p s t h a t teach meal planning, proper portioning, meal budgeting, and food preparation. In 2015-2016, over 200 families completed the program. REAL FOOD RISING Real Food Rising provides fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables to our Central Kitchen, Community Food & Resource Centers, and farm stands. Real Food Rising is a youth development program located in a designated urban food desert which employs youth ages 14 to 17 who work to cultivate, maintain, and harvest crops during growing season. They learn transferrable job skills and develop their leadership potential. ANNUAL REPORT A Weatherization specialist seals a newly insulated basement. 17 The Weatherization crew installs a new sliding glass door for a client. WEATHERIZATION Utah Community Action provides weatherization services and crisis heating system repairs and replacements in Salt Lake, Tooele, Davis, Weber and Morgan counties. energy efficiency measures for existing residential and multifamily housing that encompass the building envelope, heating and cooling systems, electrical systems, and electric baseload appliances. Weatherization has operated for 40 years and is the nation’s largest BENEFITS single-resident, whole-house Weatherized homes save an energy efficiency program. average of $285 per year in home energy costs. This equals a 35% SERVICES average energy cost reduction per Weatherization serves low-income home. The benefits of the program families free of charge and limits extend beyond the savings to the the amount of money that can safety of the customer. Negative be spent on any single residence impacts on the environment are as determined by federal rules— reduced, natural resources are average expenditure on a home conserved, and carbon dioxide is $7,100. emissions are reduced. As a result, only the most costeffective measures are included in a particular home, which has become the trademark of weatherization and distinguishes it from the larger home retrofit industry. Today, weatherization consists of cost-effective, “whole house” 2016 BY THE NUMBERS Homes Weatherized 156 Crisis Service Calls 116 Furnace Replacements 102 People Impacted 757 Elderly/Disabled People Served 219 Children Under 6 Served 114 Households under 75% of Poverty 92 Households 75-100% of Poverty 70 Households 100-125% of Poverty 66 Households 126-150% of Poverty 40 Households over 150% of Poverty 4 Utah Community Action | 2016 18 ANNUAL REPORT VOLUNTEER & DONOR IMPACT PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Volunteers play a critical role in supporting all of Utah Community Action’s programs. On a daily basis volunteers contribute to the various services UCA has to offer. Head Start is required to generate $3.3 million dollars of in-kind or that money needs to be paid back to the federal government on an annual basis. 02 We h o s t s e v e r a l communit y health clinics throughout the year to ensure our children receive immunizations and necessary health services. Volunteers help at these events with registration, medical care, activities and staff support. Volunteers can serve at parent engagement events, where activities are geared toward the family unit and raising money for our program. Our 2016 Fall Family Fest was staffed almost entirely by community volunteers and generated over $6,700 in in-kind donations. 01 UCA places over 4,000 volunteers a year. Classroom volunteers connect with Head Start children by reading, creating art, socializing at meal times and much more. Other volunteers provide maintenance support, help with administrative functions, organize supply drives and act as classrooms hosts. Last year Head Start had 4,164 volunteers (parents and community members) with 140,546 hours served. Utah Community Action | 2016 03 Utah Community Action hosts many special events throughout the year where volunteers are needed for setup, clean up and event management. Our Annual Bloom Gala requires many work hours for months leading up to the event. Our third annual Food Truck Face-Off will take place on June 10th 2017, and this fun event will generate hundreds of volunteer hours for UCA and several other Utah nonprofit agencies. ANNUAL REPORT 19 06 Utah Community Action led planning efforts for the Region VIII Head Start conference in partnership with the Utah Head Start Association and other local Head Start agencies. This was the first time this conference has been hosted in Utah and was the largest regional conference to date with over 850 regional attendees. Special thanks to sponsors Lakeshore Learning, Kaplan, Teaching Strategies and all others who made the conference a success. 04 Food and Resource Centers are often our agency’s first point of contact with clients who are in need. Due to the limited number of paid staff members, we are reliant on volunteers from the community to maintain quality services as our clientele expands. During the previous fiscal year (October 2015 to September 2016), our five food centers had approximately 684 unduplicated volunteers who The annual Bloom Gala donated 34,638 hours, accounting better enables us to for a staggering $633,884 in-kind serve families facing adversity. donation. More than 500 donors attended the event this year, raising over $290,000 to benefit the Head Start children and their families. Thank you to all our sponsors, guests and volunteers who helped make this inspiring evening possible in 2016. This year, a generous donation from Clearlink enabled the agency to upgrade and rebrand our web presence. They built and launched www. utahca.org, accounting for $20,000 work hours. 07 05 08 Utah Community Action is lucky to have a very robust group of volunteers who assist us with our operations, governance and innovation projects. Our Board of Trustees is an eighteen member tripartite board consisting of six representatives from the public sector, six from the private sector and six representing the lowincome sector. In addition to the Board of Trustees we host committees that help with fiscal oversight, real estate oversight, co m m u n i t y d e ve l o p m e nt, business development, health advisement, education advisement and many more. 09 Volunteers and donors provided Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas gifts for families in our community through our Stuff-A-Tummny and Operation Chimney Drop events. In total, these programs served over low-income 870 Utah children. Utah Community Action | 2016 20 ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS & RECOGNITION Utah Community Action is known as an award-winning, respected non-profit in the community and on the national stage. Over the years, Utah Community Action has received numerous awards and recognition from partners and funders. We offer a heartfelt congratulations to our staff who earn these honors with the great work they do each day. Partnership Awa rd fo r t h e Diversion Program. Presented by Utah State Community Services Office. Co m m u n i t y Foundation of Utah 2016 Englightened 50. Afton January, Special Projects Manager. Utah Business M a g a z i n e ’s 3 0 Women to Watch in 2016. Jennifer G o d f r e y, C h i e f Operations Officer of Social Services. Utah Community Action | 2016 Best of State - Head Start Program. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. National Head Start Association. Quality Initiative Program of Achivement. Case Manager of the Year award, LauraLee Duarte. Presented by Utah State Community Ser vices O ffice, Homeless Summit 2016. ANNUAL REPORT 21 FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY Utah Community Action has a responsibility to the community to provide programs that promote advancement for low-income residents of our community. We have a responsibility to our partners to collaborate, share resources, and advocate for one another. Lastly, we have a responsibility to our donors to be transparent with our gifts and bring our own talents and resources to the table. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Utah Community Action has a fiscal responsibility to the community we serve, the partners with whom we collaborate, and the donors who support the programs. Governed by a tripartite board and led by highly competent and talented staff, Utah Community Action strives to be accountable, transparent, ethical, efficient, responsive, and follow the rule of law. DEVELOPMENT GOAL The goal of the development department is to diversify its fundraising and grow its Central Kitchen social enterprise so that the agency can become self-sustaining. AGENCY REVENUE FEDERAL GRANT $21,550,377 IN-KIND FOR GAAP PURPOSES $1,463,635 PROGRAM REVENUE $644,264 STATE GRANT $484,826 CORPORATE $382,492 UNITED WAY & OTHER NONPROFITS $851,438 INDIVIDUALS $192,514 FOUNDATION ENDOWMENTS $480,257 OTHER $4,054 TOTAL $26,053,858 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Utah Community Action’s development department strives to foster sustainable development by building strategic partnerships and inspiring community members to advance the work of our agency. Utah Community Action | 2016 22 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY 2016 AGENCY BUDGET Utah Community Action | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 23 LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE TEAM Erin Trenbeath-Murray, Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Godfrey, Chief Operations Officer of Social Services Joni Clark, Chief Development Officer Patty Mazzoni, Chief Operations Officer of Education Stuart Reeve, Chief Administrative Officer BOARD OF TRUSTEES Public Sector: Cherie Wood, Mayor of South Salt Lake Ben McAdams, Mayor of Salt Lake County Jon Pierpont, Department of Workforce Services Jennifer Kennedy, Murray City Dr. Ruth Watkins, Holladay City Jonathan Pappasideris, Salt Lake City Private Sector: Rey Butcher, Board Chair, Questar Corporation Robert Rendon, SOMOS Foundation Mikelle Moore, Intermountain Healthcare Jake Hawkins, Morgan Stanley Bank Stephanie White, UBS Bank USA Teri Nestel, Children’s Miracle Network Low-Income Sector: Stephanie Grass, Resource Development Chair John Delaney, Salt Lake City Brandy Tuutau, Head Start Parent Dorothy Longshaw, Head Start Parent Sara Vorwaller, Head Start Parent Damaris Morones, Head Start Policy Council Chair DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD Casey Jones, Strong & Hanni Erin Trenbeath-Murray, Utah Community Action Greg Ross, Northstar Builders Jason Castor, Parsons, Behle & Latimer Jon Pierpont, Department of Workforce Services Joni Clark, Utah Community Action Lee Anderson, Cottonwood Title Lori Bays, Salt Lake County Mary Ellis, Community Advocate Rob Bachman, Qualtrics Robb Baumann, Mountain Valley Seeds Stephanie Grass, Community Advocate and Board of Trustees Member EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD Moira Rampton, Guadalupe School Alda Jones, The Children’s Center Anne Kilgore, Granite School District Aurora Howell, Utah Community Action Mary Ogan, Independent Education Consultant Sally Schramm, Salt Lake Community College Shauna Lower, University of Utah Tricia Saccomano, University of Utah Caroline Christensen, Utah Department of Health Cristina Barrera, I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center Geri Mendoza, University of Utah Heidi Peterson, The Children’s Center Cheryl Wright, University of Utah Susan Kay, Utah Community Action Christy Toala, Utah Community Action Patty Mazzoni, Utah Community Action HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD Barbara Holstein Michelle Martin Bernhard Fassl Nikki Mihalopoulos Cescilee Rall Patty Giannopoulos Chris Furner Richard J. Doty, MA, CSP Christine McAtee Richard Woodward Courtney Steel Robyn Ellis Devon Parcell Ronda Lucey Emily Roberts Russ Labrum Heather Panek Sara Oldroyd Jamie Castleton Sherri Evershed Jennifer Godfrey Stephanie McVicar Jennifer Stock Susan Fox Joycelyn Kim Susan Naidus Keith Jensen Katherine Wiscomb Louise Frey Hayden Seeley Marianne Fraser Denyse Hughes Michael Jennings Monica Shaw Utah Community Action | 2016 24 ANNUAL REPORT YOU MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT YOU GET. YOU MAKE A LIFE BY WHAT YOU GIVE. - Winston Churchill Utah Community Action | 2016 EVERYBODY CAN BE GREAT...BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE TO SERVE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE YOUR SUBJECT AND VERB AGREE TO SERVE. YOU ONLY NEED A HEART FULL OF GRACE. A SOUL GENERATED BY LOVE. - Martin Luther King Jr. ANNUAL REPORT 25 1 Bed uncommonly his discovered for estimating far. Equally he minutes. Up hung mr we give rest half. Painful so he an comfort is manners. How promotion excellent curiosity yet happiness every single day. 2 Gay prosperous impression had conviction. For every delay death ask style. Me mean able my by in they. Object he barton no effect played valley afford. Period so to oppose we little seeing or branch. Hour had held lain give yet. 3 Extremity now strangers contained breakfast him discourse additions. Sincerity collected cofeited. Up branch to easily missed by do. Cottage out was greatly prevent message. Utah Community Action | 2016 26 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Adria Swindle Aerial Photography Field Office Afton January Alexandra Archer Alexandra Von Maack Alice Frigerio Alice Lappe Alice Ray Allie Beck Allison Boos Ally Bank Alta Ski Lifts Amanda Lopez Amanda Olivias Amanda Thomason Amazon Smile Amber Nelson Amedee Moran America First Credit Union American Endowment Foundation American Express - Savings @ Work Amy Paul Amy Pratling Andi Anderson Andrea Miller Andrew Gruber Andrew Milne Andrew Morris Andy Ray Angela Chatterton Angela Petrogeorge Angela Webster Angelica Phengeaseut Angie Hofstedt Angie Watson Anita Short Anna Crabtree Annalee Hawkins Anne Steenblik Annie Leither Anniversary Inn Anthony J. Sansone April Savarese April Wilson Ash Harmond Ashley Aoki Ashley England Ashley Hafer Ashley Hoopes Ashley Kirkpatrick Aurora Howell Badger Balm Ballet West Banbury Cross Bayou Capital Family Limited Partnership BD Beans & Brews Beckie Winston Becky Akerlow Becky Ellis Becky Fowler Ben Benner Ben Buchanan Ben McAdams Ben Widmer Benjamin Winward Best Western Landmark Inn Betty Iverson Bill Diamant Bill Holyoak Bill Murray Bill Nicoloff BJ Stringham Blessed Sacrament School Bob Berg Bob Young Brad Hansen Brandie Pearson Brandt Jensen Brandy Tuutau Brenda Raccuia Brenda Suta Brian Jepperson Brian Kelly Brian Parker Bridgewater Associates, LP Brittany Haslam Utah Community Action | 2016 Bruce Schumann Bryant Larsen Burg Pediatrics California Pizza Kitchen Campfire Lounge Cara Robertson Carleen Clark Carlos Michel Carmax Foundation Caroline Moreno Casey Chalmers Casey Jones Cate Boulden Catherine Anderson Celeste Cecchini Celeste Jones Celia Duarte Celine Downen Chad Dilley Charles Bays Charles Lovatt Cherilyn Bradford Cheryl Pribble Cheryl Wright Chris Anderson Chris Kirkpatrick Chris Nelson Chris Redgrave Chris Savarese Chris Von Maack Christen Tangaro Christian Staples Christiana Pignanelli Christianna Johnson Christina Heiner Christine McAtee Christine Nelson Christopher Cocke Christy Toala Cindy Berg Cindy Bryson Clair Verway Claudie Jan Club City Creek ANNUAL REPORT 27 FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Codie Taylor Coffee Garden Commerce Real Estate Solutions Community Action Partnership Community Foundation of Utah Connie Duffin Corper James Cory Jensen Cottonwood Title Coulson Wiscomb Craig Kennedy Craig Weston Crystal Hot Springs Curtis Turner Daman Terharr Damaris Morones Dan Dugan Daniel Rip Daniel Nuttall Daniel Robertson DannieMoran Darin Vorwaller Dave Boulden Dave Duffin Dave Flood David Daining David Ellis David Lemperle David Litvack Daynes Music DDI Vantage Dean Mannos Debbie Glade Deborah Larsen Denise Roberts Dennis Cecchini Desert Star Playhouse Dianne Browning DJ Freigang Dogs All Day Don Lappe Dylan Alvey Ed Clark Ed Fowler Eide Bailly Elise Jones Elise Peterson Elissa Ludlum Elizabeth Joy Emily Strong Emily Wiscomb Enterprise Eric Stevens Erik Fitchett Erin Freeman Erin Trenbeath-Murray EY LLP Fedex First Utah Bank Frank Stepan FRE Real Estate & Property Management Fred Grimmer Gail Mannos GE United Way Campaign Geoff Swindle George Adondakis George Petrogeorge George Powell George S. & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation Gina Cornia Gina Miller Goldman, Sachs & Co. Gordon Crabtree Grace Kelly Grand Canyon University Grant Foster Grantsville Senior Center Board Greg Matis Greg Ross Greg Young Haley Eckels Hannah Williams Harmons Grocery Hayden Seeley Heart of Gold Tattoo Heather Crowder Heidi Schubert Heidi Stirling Heston Nielson Hires Big H Hogle Zoo Holly Infante Hoof & Vine Ian Spangenberg IJ and Jeanné Wagner Jewish Community Center Ina Bateman Intermountain Healthcare Intervivos Revocable Trust Irene Petrogeorge Irina Pierpont Jack Robinson Jackie Biskupski Jackie Jones Jacob Sims Jaime Capner Jake Hawkins James Piele James Cahoon Jamie Rip Jane Daining Janel Powell Jason Ellis Jason Castor Jay Barrs Jean Millar Jeanette Nuttall Jeanie Petersen Jeff Mortensen Jeff Murray Jenn Hockin Jenna Seeley Jennifer Danielson Jennifer Godfrey Jennifer Johnson Jennifer Kelsey Jennifer Kennedy Jennifer Pia Jennifer Schumann JeremyChatterton JeremyConder Utah Community Action | 2016 28 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Jeremy Rosen Jessi Jensen Jessica Eskelson Jessica Reeve Jill Wiscomb Jim Cody Jim Crowder Jim Macintyre Jim Magleby Jody Neuman Joe Borgenict Joel Pack Johanna Martinez John & Caron Dwyer John Delaney John Downen John F Farnsworth John Miller John Pereira Jon Pierpont Jonathan Pappasideris Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough Joni & Nick Clark Jordan Blumer Joseph & Marsha Rupp Joseph Infante Josh Polmateer Joshua Lenart Joy Stepan JP Mataalii JP Morgan Chase Julie Ban Julie Bradford Julie Burdett Julie Davis Julie Fisher Julie Johnston Julie McAdams Julie Pereira Justin Ellis Justine Mink Kangaroo Zoo Kara Honaker Karen Flood Karen Hansen Karen Crompton Karen Turner Kari Ellis Kari Murray Kassy Soliz Kate Adams Kate Jones Kate Lovatt Katelyn Bradley Katherine Flesch Kathy Ellis Kathy Luke Katie Brown Katy Welkie Kayla Reali Keller Williams Real Estate Kellie Lyon Kellie Matis Kellie Michaelis Jewelry Kelly Anderson Kelly Bryson Kelly Capner Kelsey Ellis Ken Smith Kenneth O. Melby Family Foundation Kenneth Petersen Kesi Evans Kevin Flamm Kevin Lopez Kim Adondakis Kim Haywood Kisty Morris Kiyoko Terhaar Kriss Zimmerli Kristin Kladis Kristyn Hancock KUED Kyle Barnett Kyle Leishman Lakeshore Learning Lance Heaton Landis Salon Landmark Design Utah Community Action | 2016 Larene Bautner Laura Brown Laura Springhetti Lauren Bald Lauren Howells Lauren Rykert Laurie Jacobs Learning Center Leo Stanko Les Schwab Tires Lia Bliss Lillie Butcher Linda George Linda Holyoak Linda Miller Linda Pia Lindsay Kaufman Lindsay Rooney Lindsey Zizumbo Lisa Cohne Lisa Haslam Liz Burt Liz Gordon Liz Guerrero Liz Mellem Llana Anderson Log Heaven Lori Bays Lori Kowaleski-Jones Lorin Howell Lorine Bezyack Loveland Living Planet Aquarium LSI Luciano Pesci Ludlum Luis Olivias Luke Taylor Lynette Thornton Lynn Sims Lynnie Zimmerli M Jensen Magdalena Marquez Magleby & Greenwood, P.C. Marc Harrison ANNUAL REPORT 29 FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Marcus Stevenson Maria Pia Marilyn Carr Mark & Kathie Miller Foundation Mark Ellis Mark Glade Mark Haslum Martha Velasco Marty Olsen Mary Ann Whalen Mary Carole Harrison Mary Ellis Mary Higgins Mary Ogan Matt McAfee Matt Thiese Matt Ulmer Matthew Barraza Max Miller Mckell Ashcroft McNeil’s Auto Care Meggie Pack Meghan Staples Meghann Kopecky Mekenzi Daw Melanie Borgenict Melanie Lyon Melissa Barnett Melissa Freigang Melissa Jensen Melody Bennett Merrick Bank Corporation MHTN Architects Michael Aguilar Michael Curley Michael Gallegos Michael Jacobs Michael Jones Michael Ngo Michael Paul Michael Petrogeorge Michael Weidner Michelle Hollingsed Michelle Ngo Michelle Sullivan Michelyn Farnsworth Miguel Rovira Mike & Bonnie Clark Mike Bennett Mike Black Mike Freeman Mike Jones Mikelle Moore Mirna Novak Mollie Korewa Monica Rossano Monica Ulmer Morgan Stanley Morton Salt, Inc Mountain Orthopaedics, Llc Natalia Harmond Natalie Parker Natalie Tangaro Nate Burt National Gardening Association Neil Hafer Newmont Ventures Limited, Community Investment Fund Nicholas And Company Nick Brunsuold Nick Stergiopoulos Nicole Butler Nicole Mouskondis Nicole Samuels Nicolle Solden Nissa Newton Odyssey Dance Theater Olivia Sagastume O’Neal Industries OTW Safety Pacificorp Painting With A Twist Parsons Behle & Latimer Pat Bagley Patrice Dickson Patrick Hvolka Patrick Reimherr Patrick Leary Patty Giannopoulous Patty Mazzoni Paul Lyon Paula Fellingham Peggy McDonough Peter Clark Peter Johnson Peter Mouskondis Phil Danielson Phil Winston Philip Brown Pioneer Theatre Company Preston Wood Quang-Tuyen Nguyen Questar Corporation Rachel Jepperson Rainey Cornaby Randy Brown Razoo Foundation RC Willey Rebecca Ellis Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Renee Wentz Resorts at Wendover Rey Butcher Rhonda Nicoloff Richard Heiner Rick Kladis Rio Tinto Robb Baumann Robert Edmonds Robert Rendon Robert Steenblik Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Rodney Marionneaux Ron Garcia Ron Pia Ruth Watkins Ryan Adams Sal Rossano Salt Lake City Corporation Salt Lake County Sam Haslam Samantha Sosa Utah Community Action | 2016 30 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS PROGRAM YEAR 2016 Samuel Plummer Sandra Clark Sandra Ramirez Sandy Mortensen Sandy Williams Sara Devoll Sara McLaughlin Sara Vorwaller Sarah Dugan Sarah Waters Scott Davis Scott Fisher Sharen Hauri Shelby Herrod Shellie Hoyt Sherice Lemperle Shirley Rogers Siamak Khadjenoury Silpada Jewelry Simplus Skyler Rubel Soledad Marchitelli-Brown Sonja Lunde Sorenson Legacy Foundation South East Supermarket Spring Mobile Stacey Armstrong Stacey Cahoon Stanley Morgan Stefani D’Angelo Steph Widmer Stephanie Buranek Stephanie Foster Stephanie Tobey Stephanie White Steton Technology Group Steve Akerlow Steve Gordon Steve Miller Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation Stewart Reeve Strong & Hanni Sue Winchester Sugarhouse Parlour Susan Biddulph Susan Gardner Susan Gerber Suzanne Heaton Sweets Candy Company Tabbi Perkins Tactical Airsoft Supply Tai Pan Trading Tara Rollins Tara Ross Tasi Toala Tatiana Garcia Teresa Michel Teri Nestel Terry Jones Terry Rooney Tessa Brown The Bar Method The Boeing Company The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation Theresa Roberts Thomas & Alice Godfrey Tiffany Ngo Tiffany Polmateer Tim Gurule Tim Hollingsed TNT Auction Tommy Aoki Tony Milner Tony Ngo Tony Sansone Tory Magleby Tracy Aviary Tracy Gruber Trader Joes Treehouse Children’s Museum Trent Bateman Trevor Thornton Trish Saccomano Truist Tsunami Restaurant And Sushi Bar U Of U Hospital Utah Community Action | 2016 UBS Bank United Way University Of Utah Urban Retreat Salon & Spa Utah Association of Financial Services Utah Emergency Physicians Utah Museum of Natural History Utah Olympic Park Utah Shakespeare Festival Utah Trailways Vanessa Benner Vaughn Holbrook Victoria Edmonds Volunteers of America Walmart Wasatch Employee Benefit Service Wells Fargo Foundation Wendy Leishman Wendy Rendon Wex Bank Whitney Bates Whitney Johnson Whole Foods Market Whole Kids Foundation Will Morris Will Moss Will Warlick William Freigang William Wiscomb Workers Compensation Fund YMCA Camp Roger Yoli Zane Berry Zeegan George Zions Management Services Company Zsana Baumann ANNUAL REPORT 31 GENEROSITY IS THE FLOWER OF JUSTICE. 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