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1610080604 MISSION AND VISION A MESSAGE FROM TIM MARKS HISTORY TIMELINE 50th ANNIVERSARY OUTCOMES 212017 TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES WEST PASCO CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT EAST PASCO RESTORED HOPE MERGER 3 PILLARS OF SERVICE
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We care for the homeless and those at risk of Jesusongoinganself-sufficiency…dignity,suffering,servicescommunityhomelessbecominginourthroughthatalleviatepromoteandinstillasexpressionoftheministryofChrist. MISSIONMinistriesMetropolitan4
Our caregiving will be supported by an exemplary staff, high-quality facilities, dedicated volunteers, donors, and collaborative partners.
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Our programs will be known for their compassion and innovation in helping struggling families and individuals achieve their highest potential for self-sufficiency.
Metropolitan Ministries will be America’s most effective caregiver to poor and homeless people.
Our approach to involving citizens in understanding and caring for their disadvantaged neighbors will serve as a replicable model.
VISION
Above all, our witness will be to the power of love in healing broken lives and building strong, caring communities.
The common theme in all that we do is that none of it is possible without you! We are so grateful for each one of you, those who came before you, and those who will follow in your footsteps to support the Legacy of Hope and care which the Tampa Bay community provides to families in need.
Over the years, new programs have emerged to meet the needs of a growing, diverse community. New initiatives like the MiraclePlace expansion in Tampa and Miracles for Pasco were launched during the Great Recession and grew Metro’s daily care to 124 families, providing over 200 children safe and sound shelter on a nightly basis.
The legacy of hope lives on today and will for the next 50 years.
That spirit of collaboration lives on today and will for the next 50 years.
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programs like Inspire Hope will take the services of Metropolitan Ministries directly to the hardest hit zip codes where child poverty is in the 40-50% range.
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For its first 10 years, Metropolitan Ministries was run entirely by volunteers. Today, 50 years later, Tampa Bay continues to show up with a willingness to serve individuals and families who are at-risk or struggling in our community.
In 1982, Rev. Morris Hintzman arrived, and a spirit of growth and change was birthed to meet the needs of homeless families. In just a few short years, a new facility was built to care for those families. Thereafter, new programs were launched that included: early childhood education, a charter school, outreach and prevention, holiday assistance, and distributed hunger relief programs. To date, these programs have touched the lives of over 500,000 families.
Every letter or email I sign always includes these words in the salutation, “With gratitude.” This year, we have said over and over again how grateful we are for Tampa Bay and its support of Tampa Bay’s Metropolitan Ministries.
Collaboration with the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County made it possible to case manage another 150 families who were in unstable housing. Last year, the opening of SabalPlace provided affordable housing for 112 families; and we are currently in the process of expanding our West Pasco campus to house another 24 families.
Last year alone, despite the pandemic, over 15,400 volunteers came to aid families in need. The spirit of volunteerism lives on today and will for the next 50 years.
The spirit of growth and change lives on today and will for the next 50 years.
Soon, on any given night, 400 families will have the resources of Metropolitan Ministries to help keep them safe and on a path to selfGoingsufficiency.forward,
Tampa Bay formed Metropolitan Ministries when 13 churches of different denominations decided to collaborate to meet the needs of the Sincecommunity.then,wehave partnered with different churches, organizations, leaders, businesses, neighborhoods, individuals, and groups to ensure that help and support reach the need in our high-poverty and under-resourced areas.
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It is in the spirit of gratefulness, we trust you will see how your support has created amazing outcomes and more importantly how it has helped re-establish hope for the families we serve.
With Gratitude,
Tim Marks, MetropolitanPresident/CEOMinistries
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ALLEVIATE SUFFERING Hot Meals and Food Boxes Emergency Shelter for Families with Children Mobile Outreach and Resources for Chronically Homeless Individuals Family Support Centers Mobile Case Management and Resources for Families Access to Medical Care PROMOTE DIGNITY Residential Housing Education (Early Childhood through Adult) Counseling and Therapeutic Progamming Addiction/Recovery Support SpiritualClothingFormation INSTILL SELF-SUFFICIENCY Life CareerVocationalFinancialSkillsLiteracyTrainingPlacementAssistanceAlumniConnection/SupportAffordableHousing 3 PILLARS OF SERVICE HOW WE HELP ReportAnnual20229
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Over the years, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered at this event for fellowship and in support of our mission. Today, we celebrate you all!
METROPOLITANTIMELINEMINISTRIES HISTORY
In the first year, soup and sandwiches were served daily in downtown Tampa. Since then, more than 43 million meals have been provided in six counties.
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Since this grand opening where 40 families found refuge, more than 1.3 million nights of safe shelter have been provided to individuals and families with children.
The Lamplighter’s women’s auxiliary was also formed to help support the children in our care.
1972 Gap House
Family Care Center
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1991 PromiseLand
This community engagement event was established to ensure the children in our care began the school year with a new pair of shoes. We continue to provide this service annually.
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E. Earl Jeter, Jr. Volunteer of the Year Award
This award was established in Earl’s honor. He was a postal carrier by profession and a faithful servant leader. More than 2 million volunteer hours have been contributed to date from dedicated volunteers throughout Tampa Bay, saving the Ministry millions of dollars in labor costs.
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More families with children were coming to our doors for help, so we opened PromiseLand to offer day care and children’s education programs while parents worked and studied to have a better future.
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This campus expansion included a commercial kitchen and an outreach and prevention center.
The need for holiday assistance had grown, and Rev. Morris E. Hintzman uttered the famous words, “Let’s throw up a tent.” We now provide 12 holiday tent remote locations in six counties serving as many as 40,000 families annually.
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1996 - 1997
Metro became the first homeless shelter in the country to open a charter school on the premises to meet the unique needs of the children in our care.
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Project Uplift
1998
Hunger Relief Programs Expand 2009
These state-of-the-art facilities and programmatic expansions allowed us to double our capacity and serve more families and children in our residential programs with safe shelter, trauma counseling, and child/ youth enrichment programming. This included the opening of the new Patricia J. Sullivan Elementary School in partnership with the School District of Hillsborough County. Metro also became certified in the Sanctuary Model of Trauma-informed Care.
To meet the growing need, we expanded our hunger relief programs and partnerships into Pinellas and Pasco counties. Today, we distribute 3,500 hot meals a day and another 1,000 emergency food boxes a week in several counties.
The Sanctuary at Waters complex addressed a critical need for struggling families and those graduating from our programs. It was designed with long-term success in mind and continues today.
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MiraclePlace & Miracles for Pasco
2000 - 2002
1st AffordableHousing 2014 - 2016
Social Enterprise Growth 2019
We expanded our outreach and prevention solutions to include mobile services for chronically homeless individuals and case management services for at-risk families with children.
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On-the-job experience and professional development are key components of these programs which include: culinary arts, retail, inventory and logistics, customer service, and team training.
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We took a leadership role as a solution to this critical need and opened SabalPlace, 112 units of new affordable housing for struggling families in Seffner, FL. Additionally, we opened a brandnew counseling center for therapeutic healing especially designed for families overcoming severe trauma.
Affordable Housing & Counseling & Resiliency Center
ExpansionInPasco
2021
Recognizing the needs in Pasco County, we merged with Restored Hope in Dade City to help more families in need in East Pasco County. This year, our major West Pasco campus redevelopment project gets underway in Holiday, FL and will be modeled after our main campus in Tampa and offer the same comprehensive services.
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16MetropolitanMinistries MEALS SERVED 43,370,752 50TH OUTCOMES VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED 2,053,466 SAFE SHELTER NIGHTS 1,336,302 CHILDREN IMPACTED OVER 2,000,000
COMMUNITIES TRANSFORMING
We launched a neighborhood initiative to transform communities in Tampa Bay through investment in resources, services, collaboration, and capacity building. Many of the residents in the communities selected represent communities of color that have experienced high rates of poverty, racial discrimination, and health inequities. Taking a community-based assets approach, we seek to infuse resources that help residents address immediate needs like hunger and provide future opportunities for increased economic mobility.
While many indicators show a vibrant economic outlook in Tampa Bay, including booming home prices and low unemployment, many struggle to make ends meet.
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In Tampa Bay, the overall childhood poverty rate is 19%. In our target communities, the childhood poverty rate is 40-55%. Additionally, the number of homeless people continues to rise, especially among families; 10,924 homeless students were identified by the Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Pasco School Districts.
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THE NEW CAMPUS WILL FEATURE: • Residential Expansion • Early Childhood Education Center • Family Support Center • Intake WEST PASCO REDEVELOPMENTCAMPUS • Counseling • Reflection Garden • Welcome Center • Workspace to Support Staff and Volunteers
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Thanks to $1 million from Pasco County, a $2 million privately funded interest-free loan, $5 million from private donors, and $8 million from the State of Florida, a complete redevelopment of our West Pasco campus on US Highway 19 N in Holiday, FL is underway.
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In October 2021, we celebrated the official merger of Metropolitan Ministries and our long-time service partner Restored Hope at 13703 17th St. in Dade City! This partnership will continue to further our reach and services into the areas of highest need in East Pasco County.
Thank you Kathy and Jack Hunt for commemorating this community space. Struggling families and individuals are healing while we build strong, caring communities in Pasco County.
Metropolitan Ministries at Restored Hope
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES AT RESTORED HOPE IN DADE CITY
Willy Nunn
Drew Pittman
Joy Melton
Pinnacle Home Care
Berkshire Hathaway
Will Weatherford
Dewey Mitchell
PASCO COUNCILLEADERSHIPMEMBERS
ASAP Capital Partners
Scott Fink
PascoCommissionerCounty
Keller Williams
Kathryn Starkey
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George Mitchell
Shane Donaldson
Homes by WestBay
Kathy Hunt
Gary and Nikki Ubaldini
AdventHealth Center Ice
Kurt Hull
“IT’S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR, AND I’M GRATEFUL TO HAVE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CARE TO HELP WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN TOUGH TIMES.” DARMECIA
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After receiving shocking data revealing suicides and drug overdoses were deeply affecting the populations we serve, we decided to open a new Counseling and Resiliency Center to provide individual, family, and group therapy — all free of charge.
The Resiliency Center is a reality due to the vision, leadership, and support of Nancy and David Iben.
OPENING OF COUNSELING & RESILIENCY CENTER
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The Resiliency Center offers all kinds of counseling sessions in a trauma-informed environment and serves about 100 people per week with the hopes to expand soon to see even more members of the community.
Families experiencing or at risk of homelessness now have a place to heal, transform, and grow.
Children’s TherapeuticEducation,Recreational,Arts,andExperience CREATE
We believe the combined partnerships of everyone working together reflects the school’s rating and the students’ outstanding performance.
Staff utilizes a social-emotional curriculum and applied behavioral analysis techniques to foster social, emotional, and behavioral development. Special activities promote prosocial behavior and alleviate distress.
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We’ve expanded our innovative CREATE program to reach more of the most vulnerable children in the region. CREATE gives school-age children a nurturing, therapeutic environment to grow, process their challenges, and learn techniques to deal with their emotions.
For the first time in its history, The Patricia J. Sullivan Partnership School’s staff and students achieved a Grade A rating. The school is in partnership with Metropolitan Ministries and offers homeless families in Metro’s care and at-risk families in the community a choice for students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
The purpose is to provide a safe place for students to express themselves, extend their creativity, and galvanize into their full potential.
How we do it
Efforts have been ongoing for many years to improve the school’s rating. In 2017, the school rating was an F, and it achieved a B in 2021. It has never received a rating higher than a B until now.
Each group of students in the program is uniquely staffed with a group leader, Therapeutic Specialist, and Registered Behavioral Technician. Large and small group therapeutic activities and interventions support parents and children.
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As a child, Vincent had a dream to be a doctor. But when his family was forced to endure a period of homelessness, all hope of that dream seemed to be lost. Instead of enjoying his childhood, Vincent was in constant worry about the state of his family. He questioned things like whether they would continue to have food to eat or if he and his siblings would be taken away by Child Protective Services. All the things that an adult is supposed to worry about are what Vincent worried about as a young child. After months of unstable living conditions, Vincent and his family moved into Metropolitan Ministries.
“Moving into Metro was great because I got to experience life as a child a little bit more.”
”My dream might not have happened if I wasn’t at Metro. I’m grateful beyond belief, thank you.”
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While at Metro, Vincent took part in a program called Toastmasters, which helped him enhance his public speaking skills. He was asked to give a speech during our annual Bridge Builders program where he told his dream of becoming a doctor one day, despite his current circumstances of living in a homeless shelter.
Little did he know that his speech touched the heart of a generous donor who later helped Vincent get accepted into Jesuit, one of the most prestigious schools in Tampa. Vincent described his time at Jesuit as one of the biggest impacts in his development. After graduating high school, Vincent attended UCF for his undergraduate and worked his way toward attending Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine where he is currently enrolled. He is on track to graduate in 2025.
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“As a kid, all I had was a dream… I wanted to be a doctor.”
JOURNEY:ALEXANDER’SCLIENTSTORY
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Scan with your smartphone to view Vincent’s video testimony
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Numbers of meals
Nights of shelter
OUTCOMES
Number of families served with holiday assistace
Families who have not returned to homelessness
Families helped through our support centers
Families provided with rent and utilities assistance
Families that benefited from residential housing & programs
Emergency food boxes distributed FY22 4,221,597107,56932,75199,1201,74175388%87,851
served
292022AnnualReportVOLUNTEER IMPACT 16,481 DONATEDVOLUNTEERS131,108HOURS VALUED AT $3.6 MILLION IN SAVINGS (600 are full time equivalent staff volunteers / 36,121 hours) FISCAL YEAR 2022 BY THE NUMBERS
Foundation Liaison Chief Operating Officer Ferman Automotive Management
Jeff Marple
Co-Owner, ASAP Capital Partners, Inc
Karen Buesing Partner, Akerman Law
Chad Chronister Sheriff of Hillsborough County
Corporate Executive, Rooms to Go
Keri Eisenbeis
Chief Executive Officer Fink Auto VolkswagenGroupofWesley Chapel
Nicholas Glover Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy Tampa Bay Chamber
Andy May Past Board Chair
Tina Dumar President, LAMPLighters 2022-2023
Vice Chair of Programs Chief Operating Officer
Vice President of Government and Community Relations BayCare Health System
Preston MetropolitanFarriorMinistries
Carlos Baldor, Jr.
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President & Chief Technology Officer
Vice Chair of Advancement Managing Partner, Oakpoint Advisors
Cushman & Wakefield of FL, Inc.
DIRECTORS
BST Global David Beshears
Andrew (Drew) Pittman
Reverend Stanley Evan Burrows Pastor, First Baptist Church of College Hill
Vice Chair of Finance & Audit
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vice Chair of Social Enterprise
Scott Fink
Vice Chair of Facilities
Vice Chair of Governance
Physician Partners of America
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Michelle Clapper Assurance Partner, Ernst and Young
Chris Christenberry
Board Chair
Frank Ferreri Managing Partner and Executive Recruiter Ferreri Search
President & Chief Operating Officer Atlantic Health Solutions
Cushman & Wakefield of FL, Inc.
Eric Bailey Principal and Financial Advisor
Josh Helms
CAPTRUST
Gerry Coughlin
Executive Managing Director
Executive Director
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Rodriguez President & Executive Advisor NextPath Career Partners Jerome Ryans President & Chief Executive Officer Tampa Housing Authority Keebler Straz DavidPresidentA.Straz, Jr. Foundation
Hancock Past Chair Rose Hester Registered Nurse BayCare Hospital Client Advocate Kurt H. Hull DiversifiedPresident Asset Funding Bryce R. Kenny Executive Director Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Tony March Chief Executive Officer Pay It Backward Foundation Co-Founder, March Hodge Master Management Kéto Nord, BS/MIS, MBA/MIS Youth Success Grants Reviewer United Way Suncoast Consultant, Big Ideas Learning/Math FL Advisory Panel Client Advocate Willy Nunn HomesPresidentby WestBay Kelly Ring (Bulleit) Former Anchor FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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Marks President / Chief Executive Officer Stacy Wagner Chief Financial Officer Christine Long Chief Programs Officer Leslie Otero Executive Assistant/Board Liaison
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As we celebrate 50 years of Changing Tomorrow Today with our community, we express our deepest gratitude for the Metropolitan Ministries Foundation Board of Directors:
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If you would like to learn more, please contact: Molly James, Chief Operating Officer, Metropolitan Ministries Foundation molly.james@metromin.org
Rev. Morris Hintzman serves as President of the Foundation.
Dr. Martin Silbiger, Chair Robert Basham Gerry ElizabethPrestonCoughlinFarriorFowlerDavidRedmond
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The Metropolitan Ministries Foundation ensures struggling families and children in our community find safety, relief, and hope today and into the future. By wisely investing and stewarding your gifts, the Foundation provides consistent resources to fulfill the mission of Metropolitan Ministries.
To date, more than 300 people have already passed on their faith and values by giving a gift or identified that they will leave a gift to Metropolitan Ministries in their will.
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34MetropolitanMinistries FY 2022 FINANCIALS (UNAUDITED) Largest Impact Programs RESIDENTIAL AND OFFSITE HOUSING AND CASE 45%$15,334,667MANAGEMENTOFPROGRAMEXPENSES FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER OUTREACH AND PREVENTION 13,822,988SERVICES 40% OF PROGRAM EXPENSES CHILDHOOD AND ADULT $4,601,504EDUCATION 13% OF PROGRAM EXPENSES Contributions
can give with confidence because we take every gift we receive seriously. Each spending decision is made with two things in mind: Program Expense Ratio 1. The greater well-being of the individuals, children, and families we serve. 2. The biggest possible return. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR THE MOST CURRENT FINANCIALS, VISIT: METROMIN.ORG/ABOUT/ACCOUNTABILITY/
raise one dollar. WE MAINTAIN A GUIDESTAR PLATINUM RATING, THE ORGANIZATION’S HIGHEST SEAL OF TRANSPARENCY, WHICH MEANS WE EARNED A PERFECT SCORE OF 100%. 352022AnnualReport89¢ Programs 6¢ Fundraising 5¢ Administration
Your dollars are used in the most transparent and effective ways possible. fundraising efficiency is superior and exceeds standards at six to
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES’ 4-STAR STATUS IS THE HIGHEST NATIONAL RATING PROVIDED BY CHARITY NAVIGATOR WHICH RECOGNIZES ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXCEED INDUSTRY STANDARDS AS LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD.
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This report was funded by the Metropolitan Ministries Board of Directors and the Metropolitan Ministries Foundation.
Tampa, Florida | MiraclePlace Campus 2002 N Flordia Ave, Tampa, FL 33602
Dade City, Florida | Metropolitan Ministries East Pasco 13703 17th St, Dade City, FL 33525
Holiday, Florida | Miracles for Pasco Campus 3214 US-19, Holiday, FL 34691