PARTNERING for HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
TEN YEARS
TOGETHER
dear friend: Ten years ago, Local Matters was founded by two visionary leaders, Michael Jones and Noreen Warnock, with two guiding principles: everyone has the right to good food; and we have to reverse the growing crisis of diet-related disease. For Michael and Noreen, it was impossible to ignore the prediction that the generation of children born in the year 2000 would be the first in modern history to have shorter lives than their parents, or the fact that many children did not have access to healthy food in their neighborhood. They were driven to act. Thankfully, you agree that we need to address these urgent issues and have moved forward with us – whether we’ve just met, or whether you’ve known about our work for ten years. Local Matters maintains the bold vision of a community free from diet-related chronic disease where everyone has access to good food. Over the past seven years, we’ve both been fortunate to work with a team that lives its values of food justice, education, advocacy, celebration, inclusion, and collaborative leadership in service to our mission. Whether it is the immersive experience of building food acceptance and changing the food environment at a preschool, or teaching the next generation of doctors to provide practical nutrition advice to their future patients, we are supporting transformation for thousands every year. We are motivated by the change and growth we see as we help kids and adults build healthy habits and dispel myths about food choices and behaviors. Small moments — like the preschoolers who shout for green smoothies and the diabetes patient who feels empowered to make lasting changes — add up to a generation of change. We hope that you have seen this transformation first-hand or will experience it with us soon. This retrospective annual report aims to bring you closer to why Local Matters is needed, as well as how we have adapted and grown to address complex conditions in Columbus and beyond. Thank you for your commitment to creating healthier communities through food education, access, and advocacy.
John Kirsner Board Chair Partner, Jones Day
Michelle Moskowitz Brown Executive Director
TEN YEARS __________________ TOGETHER LEADING
TEN YEARS __________________ WORKING TOGETHER TOTAL PEOPLE REACHED, 2017: 1 8 4 3 6 COMMUNITY EVENTS, 2017: 8,025 People, 147 Events
FOOD MATTERS, 2017: 2,240 Students
COMMUNITY KITCHEN, 2017:
850
Participants COOKING MATTERS, 2017:
936 Participants
A DECADE OF IMPACT, 2008-2017 Total Program Participants: 78,000+
Total Volunteer Hours, 2008-2017: 33,000+
growing
TEN YEARS __________________ TOGETHER We cheer people on, give them tools to succeed. We expect them to do well, try new things, and make those steps to change. Just keep watering them and eventually they will grow. Monique McCoy Lead Food Educator
As our food educators were wrapping up Food Matters curriculum before a recent break, they were focused on delivering as much content as possible to classrooms full of restless kids. When it was time to finish up a final lesson, they were interrupted with a surprise: thank you notes from all of their students. Here are some of our favorites: “ Thank you for coming and teaching us about food, vitamins, and how to stay healthy... I want to say that you’ve taught me how to keep my body healthy. So, now because of that, my body is healthy and strong.” “ Thank you for spending time with us and teaching us. I loved trying different food like kale chips, salad, my favorite potatoes, cranberries, and smoothies. At home I made kale chips and I put olives on it. I liked it because it was flavorful. I liked it when you told us about the different vitamins A, C, B, E, K and D. Thank you for everything you have done.”
Foundations - 23%
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 2017
2016
Current Assets
365,504
336,183
Fixed Assets, Net
187,782
216,021
Other Assets
9,024
18,024
Total Assets
562,310
570,228
54,158
60,353
Total Net Assets
508,152
509,875
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
562,310
570,228
Total Liabilities
Other Income - 1%
Individuals - 31%
TOTAL INCOME 2017
1,258,156 Corporations - 8%
Earned Income - 32%
In-kind - 4%
Government - 1%
Program - 79%
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 2017
2016
Contributions
841,200
936,753
Earned Income
406,524
413,714
Other Income
10,431
1,811
1,258,155
1,352,278
Program
996,501
1,055,788
Development and Marketing
133,698
199,667
Administrative
129,680
66,540
1,259,879
1,321,995
TOTAL REVENUE
TOTAL EXPENSES 2017
1,259,879 Administrative - 10%
Development and Marketing - 11%
TOTAL EXPENSES Change in Net Assets
-1,723
30,283
Beginning Net Assets
509,875
479,592
ENDING NET ASSETS
508,152
509,875
TEN YEARS __________________ INVESTING TOGETHER
TEN YEARS __________________ SUPPORTING TOGETHER Local Matters acknowledges with deep gratitude the donors and volunteers who make our work possible. 2017 Volunteers: 25+ Hours Pam Archer Rebecca Bezaire Rita Cabral Jenna Dyer Mary Beth Einerson Lisa Hoffman Lauren Howard Florence Jain Adam Korte Amy Music Felicity Nesham-West Alison Owsley
Linda Philhower Moledor Cathy Presper Cody Robis Eva Ruf Yibo Shao Sarah Smith Rylee Snively Grant Southwood Egan Thorne Ryan Vollrath Chenwei Zhang Courtney Zielinski
2017 Donors $50,000+
Kimberly & Mark Allison Columbia Gas of Ohio made possible by the NiSource Foundation Karen & Michael Jones The Harold C. Schott Foundation
Presper Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation Edwin H. & Nellie M. Rausenberger Fund Sullivan Builders Summerfield Advertising Brian & Leah Westwater Workman Wacker Family Foundation of The Columbus Foundation
$2 ,500-4,999
$10,000-19,999
Jill Kingsley The Kroger Co. L Brands Foundation The Harry C. Moores Foundation Mary-Lynn Niland & Derek McClellan Susannah Ross & Kevin Barney Share Our Strength Tansky Sawmill Toyota Toyota Dealer Match Program Two Caterers
Pam Archer & Mark Quinlan Benua Foundation Field of Interest Fund David L Bezaire & Susi Havens-Bezaire CareSource Chloe Foundation Fund of The Columbus Foundation Clif Bar Family Foundation The Columbus Crew SC Tom E. Dailey Foundation Dupler Office Ihuoma & Okechukwu Eneli Josh & Stacey Gaines Illinois Tool Works Foundation Ingram-White Castle Foundation Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation Scot & Lisa Lindsey Little Eater OhioHealth Lori Hunter Overmyer & Don Overmyer Angela & John Petro Julie & David Standley Zink Foodservice Group
$5,000-9,999
$1,000-2 ,499
$20,000-49,999
American Electric Power Foundation Cardinal Health Foundation The CarMax Foundation Columbia Gas of Ohio Beth Crane & Richard McKee Crane Family Foundation Safelite AutoGlass Foundation Judy & Tom Tansky
(ADAMH) Community for New Direction Baird - The Schwarz Group Rosalind & Gregg Berhalter Big Lots Foundation Katie & Eamon Burgess The Columbus Foundation Crane Group Christine & Peter Edwards Fahlgren Mortine FUSIAN Good Food Enterprises Great River Organics Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Jones Day John Kirsner & Lisa G. Han Northwoods Foundation Cathy and Dave Presper
Dana & Brent Adler Anonymous Baird Foundation, Inc. BeecherHill Amy Bodiker Baskes & Jeremy Baskes Michael & Gretchen Bonasera Friends of Katie & Eamon Burgess Theresa & J. Skylar Burgess The Butcher & Grocer Christina & Scott Caine Jennifer Ciccarelli & Chad Perry Clark Schaefer Hackett Compton Construction Curio at Harvest J. Amery Fitch & Kathleen M. Fox Fund of The Columbus Foundation The Fitness Loft
Shauna & Jeff Garshon Sarah & Gabe Gigliello Louisa & Ron Green Kelly Grigsby & Tony Jones Hamilton Parker Joshua & Brandy Hill Brent & Shannon Holbert Hopkins Printing Huntington Susan Hutchins Integrated Building Systems Orelle Jackson Lindsay Honda Little Garden Club of Columbus Rosemary Fund of The Columbus Foundation Mercator Memorial Fund of Community Foundations, Inc. Merrill Lynch: Anthony Mabry & Alan Beymer Matthew and Parker Milcetich Shawna & Richard Moraille Michelle Moskowitz & Aaron Brown Plante Moran Premier ProduceOne Sallie Quammen & Charles Fazio Lou Ann Ransom J. Timothy Riker Rosemary Riley & Frank Darr Betsy & Bryan Ross Fund of the Lurie Family Charitable Fund of The Columbus Foundation Schneider Downs Sheri & David Schwarz Sequent Southwest Airlines Co. Kathryn & Matt Stephens Katie Tansky & Slate Ribic Nate Tansky & Scott Treadwell Vutech Ruff, HER Realtors Wiseman Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation Wonderful Giving
$500-999
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mona & Dave Barber Kate & Ted Bauer Kevin Beerman & Shawn Steen Aaron Conley Christy & Dan Crane Julie & Carl Crow Diamond Hill Capital Management e-Cycle Foundation of The Columbus Foundation
Mary Beth & Mark Einerson Adam Fazio & Karl Whittington Foundation for Active Living of The Columbus Foundation Liv Gjestvang Jamie Gottesman & Rick Teets Jessica & Philip Hoffman Bill Hutter Jorgensen Farms Susan & Matthew Kairis KEBL Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation Asher Mendelsohn Brett Miller & Amy Weis Liz & Cameron Miller Marcia Miller & Kevin Eigel Fun Fund of The Columbus Foundation Oakland Nursery Kathy & Bernie Ostrowski Diane & Victor Rovder Lekha & Summit Shah Mary Lou & Tom Shaw Shannon Snead Marlee & Richard Snowdon Anita Somani and Dave Richardson Stauf’s Brian Taylor The Susan & Nathan Yost Fund Walt Disney World Co. Diana Webster Mary & Steve Weiler Leslyn & Richard Wheeless Wilmington College Deborah Woidtke Angela & Josh Wolff
$250-499
Dale Abrams Banyan Food Service Grace Baratta & Noel Baratta Jr. CAPA Columbus Marya & James Cassandra Susan & George R. Chiki Kasie Clouser Aaron Cox The Crest Gastropub Jeffrey William Demoen Mary Duffey & Tony Logan Foundation Chiropractic, PC Kate & Patrick Giller Kay Gilletly
Hyatt Regency Columbus John Kadlic Jennifer & Brian Kelly Allison Kennedy Elizabeth Kessler Stephen Kostelnik Anna & John Luehmann Lurie Family Charitable Fund of The Columbus Foundation Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph Middle West Spirits Autumn & Blaize Andrew O’Brien Oyewole Olatoye Donna & Bill Owad Susie & George Pattison Colleen Renner JoAnn & John Rohyans Shadowbox Live Rebecca Shaffer Kerry Shaw & Brent Brown James W. Smith Splatterpark LTD Jerry R. & Debbie Stephens Family Fund of The Columbus Foundation Marlene Stewart Brittany & Michael Stockdale Emily & Mark Swanson Sonya & David Thesing Tamara Ann Turner Michael Valo White Castle Sytem Nancy & Dale Whittington Michelle & Ron Wuerth
board
John Kirsner, Board Chair Jones Day Lori Hunter Overmyer, Vice Chair Goettler Associates, Inc. Brent Holbert, Treasurer Fahlgren Mortine Rosemary Riley PhD, LD, S ecretary Straight Talk Nutrition, LLC Jaclyn Bennett, Safelite AutoGlass Michael Bonasera, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Katie Burgess, Burgess Senior Living Management Scott Caine, Aimpoint Research Ihuoma Eneli MD, MS, Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Shauna Garshon, Brandperx Sarah Gigliello, Community Volunteer Michael Jones, Board Emeritus Good Food Enterprises Tony Jones, CareSource Scot Lindsey, Cardinal Health David Schwarz, The Schwarz Group, Robert W. Baird & Co Julie Standley, American Electric Power Judy Tansky, B oard Emeritus Tansky Toyota Melissa Thompson, Columbia Gas of Ohio Andy Wapner, DO, The Ohio State University Brian Westwater, Balanced Yoga Lindsey Crumpler, Board Fellow, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University
staff
Michelle Moskowitz Brown Executive Director Noreen Warnock C o-Founder, Director of Community Outreach Maria Dellapina T raining & Satellite Manager Adam Fazio D irector of Development Katie Hart Food Educator & Programs Evaluation Coordinator Jesse Hickman G rowing Matters Program Manager Mary Hopmann D irector of Operations Monique McCoy L ead Food Educator Bridget McGoron AmeriCorps Cooking Matters Course Coordinator Sarah Miller D evelopment and Communications Associate Emma Pendery A meriCorps Cooking Matters Course Coordinator Will Petrik G rants Associate Laura Robertson-Boyd C ommunity Health Education Program Manager Kori Russell K itchen Manager Eli Sparks F ood Educator & Garden Education Coordinator Tori Strickland S enior Program Manager Jori Turner F ood Educator & Community Programs Coordinator Diana Webster B ookkeeper Sarah Wharmby V olunteer and Operations Manager Mark Zedella W ellness Matters Manager
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