2011-2012 Rebuilding Together Tulsa Annual Report

Celebrating 15 years and 1000+ homeowners

2012 Annual Report

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Table of Contents Letter from the President

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Letter from the CEO

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Mission 8 Vision 8 Testimonials

Safety 11 Security 13 Weatherproofing

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Energy Efficiency 17

Volunteers 19 15th Annual Rebuild Day 21 Impact Statement 24 Community Partners 25 Board of Directors

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Staff 28 Financials 29

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Because of your continued support, Rebuilding Together Tulsa has provided free home repairs for over 1,000 deserving homeowners since 1997.

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Another great year for Rebuilding Together Tulsa (RTT)! RTT continues to grow and expand, successfully impacting 172 families last fiscal year. This was a monumental year, celebrating our 15th Annual Rebuild Day and making RTT’s 1,000th home repair.

It is a great achievement for RTT to be able to serve such a large number of homes and know the impact of helping more than 1,000 families over the years.

RTT continues the great partnership with AEP/PSO and their energy efficiency program, serving more than 170 homes last fiscal year. We look forward to continuing our successful partnership for years to come.

RTT has a dedicated and passionate staff who continually work above and beyond, as well as a great volunteer base that works throughout the year to help improve the lives of low-income homeowners. These dedicated individuals provide countless hours of service throughout the year, but without the funding provided by our donors and sponsors this would not be possible. I would like to personally thank all the people who make RTT a continued success throughout the year!

It was a great honor to serve as Board Chair and help strengthen the board through recruitment of new board members and watch the organization grow to where they are today. It was truly a blessing to serve for such a great organization!

Charles Foster Board President

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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 In Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s (RTT) fifteen years of service to our community, our goal has been to make homes safe, secure and weatherproof.

RTT is fortunate to have continued support from dedicated funders, strong board members, engaged community partners, and committed volunteers. Without these groups, the RTT staff would not have the tools to perform the day-to-day tasks that lead to successful repair projects.

The repairs are made to the homes, but the rebuilding goes beyond the structure of the house. RTT’s volunteers, partners and donors have rebuilt 1,000 houses back into homes!

Jennifer Barcus-Schafer Chief Executive Officer

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To bring volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners Vision: a safe and healthy home for every person

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Before

After 1. Roofs- repairing or replacing roofs on the home 2. Energy Efficiency- blown-in attic insulation, repairing broken permanent windows and doors, insulating electrical outlets, closing large gaps, etc.

3. Safe at Home- wheelchair ramps, exterior handrails, grab bars, home modifications
 4. R.O.O.T (Repairs Offered Other Times)- carpentry repairs, minor electrical and plumbing repairs, household cleaning, yard clean up, and painting RTT Annual Report 9

Programs Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest volunteer organization that preserves and revitalizes low-income homes and communities.

In Tulsa, that means that our low income neighbors have help to refurbish and restore their homes to warmth and security.

Many of our Tulsa neighbors have worked hard all their lives and have been physically and financially able to repair their own homes for most of that time. Now, they find themselves unable to do the repair work themselves, and their homes have become unsafe or

unsuitable for the needs of families with young children or a person who is aging or living with a disability.

Repairs focus on safety, security and weatherproofing, as well as improving communities and neighborhoods. Repairs can include anything from painting to roof replacement.

Rebuilding Together Tulsa offers four programs including Energy Efficiency, Safe at Home, Roofs, and R.O.O.T. (Repairs Offered Other Times).

Each of these programs seeks to provide a safe, secure, and weatherproof home for low-income Tulsa homeowners.

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“This is the best Thanksgiving and Christmas present I’ve ever received, and I’m 86!”

Ms. Maebelle RTT Annual Report 11

Safety

Ms. Maebelle is 86 years old and has lived in her home for 51 years.

She grew up “without much” on a farm in Arkansas.

She was determined to own a home she could take care of on her own some day.

Ms. Maebelle dedicates her life to serving others.

She worked at Hillcrest for 30 years, where she was named employee of the year four times. She went on to work for Tulsa Public Schools, where she was named employee of the year and received numerous other awards for her service to others.

“I try to do things for others like I want them to do for me.”

Ms. Maebelle’s husband passed away in 1990, and her only son passed away in 2000 due to kidney complications. Though the loss was extremely hard on her, this did not stop her “pay it forward” outlook on life.

“You don’t realize what you have until you have been through a hard time,” said Ms. Maebelle. She lives each day looking for opportunities to help others.

“I just love people,” said Ms. Maebelle.

The repairs Ms. Maebelle received from the Safe at Home program allow her to feel safe living alone in her home. Upon receiving the repairs from Rebuilding Together Tulsa, Ms. Maebelle said, “This is the best Thanksgiving and Christmas present I’ve ever gotten in my whole life, and I’m 86!” She could not express her gratitude enough to Rebuilding Together Tulsa. “You don’t know how much I appreciate all of you,” she said.

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Thank you very much for donating all the funds to help my family. My child feels safer, and our home looks so much better than before. I can’t say in words enough about what this means to us. When a person doesn’t have enough money to pay bills, it’s very stressful. What you have done is taken a big burden off my shoulders. And for that, I’ll always be grateful. Thank you is a very small word to say in our time of need.

God Bless, Ms. Glenda

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Before

WEATHERPROOFING

After

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“It’s so nice to have to walk outside to see if it’s raining.”

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Energy Efficiency

One of Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s largest programs is the Energy Efficiency Program. Each home worked on receives energy efficiency repairs made possible due to funding provided

by AEP/PSO. These repairs could include attic insulation, weatherizing doors and windows, sealing large gaps and cracks, installing CFL bulbs, etc.

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$300

On average saved by homeowners on their electric bill, which is 2% of our client’s average income

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Volunteers

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559 volunteers gave their time this year to make free home repairs possible for 172 deserving homeowners.

Volunteer Hours:12,015 Value of Volunteers: $485,747.57

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“I’m amazed that people would get up on a Saturday morning and come out to my house to work on it. It’s just amazing.” - Ms. Brenda

200

over

volunteers came out on the 15th Annual Rebuild Day

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to provide free home repairs for

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deserving low-income

homeowners

Rebuilding Together Tulsa celebrated reaching it’s 1,000th homeowner on the 15th Annual Rebuild Day.

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100% of homes made safer 100% of homes made more weatherproof 100% of homes made more secure 100% of homeowners remained living in their homes.

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172 clients served Total units of service-286 Roof Program- 38 Energy Efficency Program-169 Safe at Home Program- 40 R.O.O.T- 39 In Kind/Discounts: $48,104.00 Average Cost per Home: $3,623.96 Average Value per Home: $6,717.04 Total Value Back to the Community: $1,313,815.00

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Dream Builders ($100,00 and up) AEP/PSO George Kaiser Family Foundation Region or District Builder ($50,000-$99,999) Hille Foundation Metropolitan Builder ($25,000-$49,999) Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation Bank of America Hardesty Family Foundation Inasmuch Foundation Sarkeys Foundation City Builder ($10,000-$24,999) Anonymous Donor Bama Foods Limited Partnership First United Methodist Church Maxine & Jack Zarrow Family Foundation McPride Roofing (In-Kind) Sears- Operation Rebuild Spirit Aerosystems Good Neighbor Fund State Farm Insurance Weather Resistant Contractors (In-Kind) Community Builder ($5,000-$9,999) All Souls Honeywell Dean Lesikar Mary & Brian Thomas Mervin Bovaird Foundation ONEOK, Inc. Rebuild Day Teams (In-Kind) Sears- Heroes at Home Williams Companies Neighborhood Builder ($2,500-$4,999) America Fidelity Foundation/Tulsa Shock Asbury United Methodist Church Charles Foster (In-Kind)

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House Builder ($1,000-$2,499) AEP/PSO (In-Kind) Anonymous Donor Bank of Oklahoma Charles Foster Chevron Double R Construction (In-Kind) Honeywell Employee Match Fund Johnson Controls Judith and Jean Pape Adams Charitable Foundation Lora Zumwalt The Gelvin Foundation Torchwood (In-Kind) Whole Foods Wisdom Roofing (In-Kind) Foundation Builder ($500-$999) Brad Burkhalter Tammie and Brian Diven Deanna Boston Eric Griffin Greg Gordon Industrial Controls of Oklahoma Jennifer Barcus-Schafer Jerri Lesikar Joan Fields Mary Jackson NGL Energy Partners Scott Milburn WPX Energy

Leadership Partners

Lannette & John Celoni JPMorgan Chase Junior League of Tulsa Lowe’s MPW Engineering Oklahoma Steak Cookoff SGA Design Sherwin Williams (In-Kind) Titan (In-Kind)

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Board of Directors

Board Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Past Chair Director Director Director

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Charles Foster Scott Milburn Eric Griffin Joan Fields Brian Thomas Susan Crenshaw Brian Diven Mary Jackson

Bomanite of Tulsa SemGroup Bank of Oklahoma Bank of Oklahoma GH2 ONEOK Countertop Specialties AEP/PSO

Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Program Officer Construction Coordinator Community Relations Coordinator Americorps Member Community Relations Intern Community Relations Intern

Jennifer Barcus-Schafer Deanna Boston Kim Rolston Dean Lesikar Kelly Hall Michael Dupont Victoria Hui Ariana Meriwether

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Fiscal Year July 1, 2011- June 30, 2012 Profit and Loss

Balance Sheet

Income

Assets

Programs $ Special Events Annual Fund Endowments

571,061 Current Assets $ 106,950 Bank Accounts 81,861 Other Current Assets 632 Total Current Assets

Total Income $

760,504

Gross Profit Discounts Given

$ 760,504.00 $

48,104

Program $ Management Development Total $

602,708 80,480 74,825 758,013

Net Income $

2,491

Expenses

A complete list of Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s audited financial statements is available upon request.

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165,522 12,868 178,390

Total Fixed Assets Total Assets

5,167 $

183,557

Liabilities and Equity Liabilities $ Current Liabilities Total Accounts Payable Total Other Current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities Total Liabilities

$

Equity $ Net assetsbeginning of year Opening Balance Equity Net Income $

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

181,066 0.00 2,491

Total Equity

$

183,557

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$

183,557

Income $760,504 Programs

75.09%

Special Events 14.06% Annual Fund 10.76% Endowments .09%

Cash Expense $758,013 Programs Expense

79.5%

Management Expense

10.6% Development Expense

Total Expense $1,290,023 Cash

59%

Volunteer Value

38%

In-­‐Kind/Discounts 3%

Financials

9.9%

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Rebuilding Together Tulsa P.O. Box 52201 Tulsa, OK 74152 918-742-6241 www.rebuildingtogethertulsa.org