A safe & HOME for Every
healthy
person
2013-2014 Annual Report
Mission To bring volunteers and communtiies together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners Vision A safe and healthy home for every person
Table of Contents Mission
2
Letter from the Board Chair
4
Letter from the CEO
5
Roofs Safe at Home
6
8
Energy Efficiency
10
R.O.O.T
12
Impact
14
Financials
15
Leadership Partners
16
Board of Directors
17
Staff
17
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A safe and healthy home is possible because of YOU For the past seventeen years, Rebuilding Together Tulsa has been providing free home repairs for low-income Tulsa homeowners. None of this would be possible without the generosity of people like you. Because of you, over 1,000 Tulsa neighbors have a more safe, secure, and weatherproof place to call home! 243 individuals were impacted by Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s services this year. Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s vision is “A safe and healthy home for every person”. With your continued support, we will continue to seek to provide a safe and healthy home for each of our Tulsa neighbors. Thank you!
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What do we mean when we talk about a “Safe and Healthy Home?”
A message from the President and CEO
For Rebuilding Together Tulsa, it is not just an abstract concept or statistics. A safe and healthy home means modifying a bathroom so that an adult child can function independently despite his disability. It means that a family no longer hangs cardboard and blankets over a broken window to keep out the cold. It It was an honor toaserve Together Tulmeans replacing roof as so Rebuilding that an elderly woman sa’s Boardhas President forbuckets the 2013around – 2014 her fiscal year. no longer to move home to catch the Through the leaks work during of tireless a spring volunteers storm. and It means staff and thehazards contributions of manysecure others, Rebuildtripping are eliminated, doors are ing Together Tulsa continued torepaired, make anattic impact installed, damaged ceilings are on the lives of homeowners Tulsa by providing insulation is blown in. It meansinpeace of mind. a safe, secure, and weatherproof living environment. Rebuilding Together Tulsa can provide this peace of mind to limited income homeowners in Tulsa The homeowners we served this year because of donors and volunteers likeexperienced you. We decreased energy bills, improvements to their are able to maintain and grow our programs, neighborhoods, assistance inimpact their desire to remain increase our neighborhood and plan to living in their homes, and an increased sense help additional neighborhoods because of the of community neighbors came together to serve generosity ofasthe Tulsa community. each other in Tulsa. Together, we can end substandard Thank youhousing. for helping make a difference in the lives of your Tulsa neighbors! Thank you for your support of Rebuilding Together Tulsa andBarcus-Schafer the community we call home. Jennifer CEO Rebuilding Together Tulsa Eric Griffin Board Chair 2013-2014
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“The connection between health and dwelling is one of the most important that exists.“ -Florence Nightingale What do we mean when we talk about a “Safe and Healthy Home?” For Rebuilding Together Tulsa, it is not just an abstract concept or statistics. A safe and healthy home means modifying a bathroom so that an adult child can function independently despite his disability. It means that a family no longer hangs cardboard and blankets over a broken window to keep out the cold. It means replacing a roof so that an elderly woman no longer has to move buckets around her home to catch the leaks during a spring storm. It means tripping hazards are eliminated, secure doors are installed, damaged ceilings are repaired, attic insulation is blown in. It means peace of mind. Rebuilding Together Tulsa can provide this peace of mind to limited income homeowners in Tulsa because of donors and volunteers like you. We are able to maintain and grow our programs, increase our neighborhood impact and plan to help additional neighborhoods because of the generosity of the Tulsa community. Thank you for helping make a difference in the lives of your Tulsa neighbors! Jennifer Barcus-Schafer CEO Rebuilding Together Tulsa 2013-2014 Annual Report page 5
A safe & Healthy home is a secure roof Ms. Lilli likes to host the neighborhood children for snacks. However, after her ceiling collapsed, her home was unsafe for them and for her. She suffers from a breathing disorder and all of the dust from the collapsed sheetrock and insulation was causing her trouble. Her family is supportive and did all they could with the resources they had. They made an attempt at repairing the roof, but lacked the expertise for such a complicated repair, resulting in precipitation and warm and cool air entering the home through the holes in the ceiling. She applied to Rebuilding Together Tulsa and was able to have her repair needs met. Ms. Lilli said, “I wake up every day thanking God for my new roof and new ceiling. My house is so much warmer.� Since the roof and ceilings have been repaired, Ms. Lilli has regained her breathing strength and can be found popping popcorn for the neighborhood children and hosting snacks in her home again.
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“I wake up every day thanking God for my new roof and new ceiling. My house is so much warmer.”
Before
After 2013-2014 Annual Report page 7
“It is so good to see her smile. This will help her so much.”
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A safe & Healthy home
is Peace of mind Ms. Nancy has lived in her home for 25 years. She is battling stage four lung cancer. Her son and granddaughter recently moved back into her home to help care for her and take her to her appointments. The cancer has spread to her brain, and, as treatments increase, her body has become incredibly weak. She can stand up to answer the door but immediately sits back down in her recliner.
Before
In order to safely enter and exit the home from doctor’s appointments, Ms. Nancy needed a wheelchair ramp out the front of her home. Ms. Nancy and her son contacted Rebuilding Together Tulsa to apply for Safe at Home repairs. Volunteers donated the supplies to build Ms. Nancy a ramp. Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s weekly volunteers put their skills together to complete this project. Ms. Nancy’s son helped build the ramp right alongside volunteers! Volunteers also provided an electric wheelchair for Ms. Nancy to use for mobility in and out of the home.
After
When Ms. Nancy saw the chair and the ramp, her eyes lit up. “It is so good to see her smile. This will help her so much,” her son said.
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“Many thanks for your thoughtfulness and for the many ways you made my home nicer.”
A safe & Healthy home is Warmth in the winter Ms. Datha has lived in her home for 25 years. She has lived in Tulsa her whole life and was a middle school English and Physical Education Teacher for 13 years. She loves her home and lives there with her Yorkie, Nicky, who she affectionately calls her baby. When Rebuilding Together Tulsa staff first visited her home, she said, “I would be thankful for any help I can get. I love my home, but it is just so much harder to keep it up now that I am getting older.” Ms. Datha heats her home with two electric space heaters and gas logs. When RTT first visited her home, she was wearing gloves inside the house to stay warm. Light came in the edges of two of the doors in home, allowing cold air to slip in as well. Significant leaking occured around two of the windows when it rained. Her kitchen floor was deteriorating and was uneven as a result. Thanks to the generosity of funders and volunteers like you, Ms. Datha now has a safe, secure, and weatherproof place to continue to call home! Volunteers removed and rebuilt the back wall on Ms. Datha’s home, replaced siding on the outside, replaced windows, made ceiling repairs, replaced both the front and back door, and replaced the kitchen floor.
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After
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“Wow! Thank you so much to everyone helping to ensure we are taken care of! This is the biggest gift we have received!�
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Ms. Belen has lived in her home since she was in elementary school. Her mother deeded her the home, and she now lives there with her three children. They are 8, 7, and 4 years old. There were visible holes in the ceiling throughout the home, and both bathrooms needed considerable work. One of the bathrooms had a constant leak, and the pipes froze and cracked every winter. The plumbing problems made the shower unusable. Ms. Belen and her children used the old fashioned bathtub in the second bathroom instead, however, the second bathroom’s toilet was falling through the floor. Ms. Belen loves her family home, but due to physical and financial inability, she was unable to make much needed repairs on her home to make it safe and secure for her and her children. Thanks to the generosity of the George Kaiser Family Foundation and dedicated volunteers and supporters like you, Ms. Belen and her children now have a safe, secure, and weatherproof place to call home. Ms. Belen and her family received new doors, structural repair, plumbing repair, bathroom modifications, ceiling and sheetrock repair, porch repairs, and a new roof.
A safe & Healthy home is a secure
place to raise
a family
After receiving the repairs, Ms. Belen said, “Thanks for turning this into a home again. Words cannot express our gratitude.�
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2014 at a glance 136 homes repaired
287 total units of service
243 people impacted 369 VOLUNTEERS RoofS: 46
7,944 VOLUNTEER HOURS
Value of Volunteers $395,330
$$$
Safe at Home: 27
Energy EfficiencY:
75
R.O.O.T: 39
In-Kind/Discounts: $36,761 Average Cost per Home: $5,352 Average value per Home: $8,529
Total Value Back to Community: $1,160,001 NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY. THANK YOU!
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Financials Fiscal Year July 1, 2013- June 30, 2014 Profit and Loss
Balance Sheet
Income
Assets
INCOME: $729,636.62
Programs $ 556,025.32 Current Assets $ Special Events 55,972.22 Bank Accounts 219,779.70 Annual Fund 103,623.27 Other Current Assets 32,677.13 Endowments 851.07 Total Current Assets 252,465.83 Discounts Given 13,164.74 Total Fixed Assets 7,632.37 Other Assets 13,719.57 Total Income $ 729,636.62 Total Assets $ 273,808.77 Gross Profit $ 729,636.62 Liabilities and Equity Expenses Program $ 573,981.40 Management 72,188.43 Development 77,557.11 Total $ 723,726.94 Net Income $
5,909.68
A complete list of Rebuilding Together Tulsa’s audited financial statements is available upon request once the audit is complete.
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
CASH EXPENSE: $723,726.94
0.00 0.00 0.00
268,159.53 0.00 5,909.68
Total Equity
$
274,069.21
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$
273,808.77
Total Expense: $1 , 1 5 5,81 7 .94
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Leadership Partners Visionary Rebuilders ($100,000 and up)
Journeyman ($5,000-$9,999)
AEP/PSO George Kaiser Family Foundation Hille Foundation
Honeywell Hometown Solutions The Mervin Bovaird Foundation ONEOK Rebuilding Together National – Sears Williams Companies
Master Craftsman ($50,000-$99,999)
Framer ($1,000-$4,999)
AEP Foundation
All Souls Unitarian Church Roger Ames Anonymous Donor Bank of Oklahoma Bike & Build, Inc. Bomanite of Tulsa Chevron Décor Construction, Inc. Joan Fields The Gelvin Foundation Hope Unitarian Church Marwin Kemp Bud Martin John and Becky Porter Kim Rolston Rotoract Club of Tulsa, Inc. Rotary Club of Tulsa Timothy & Lynn Stelljes QuikTrip Lora Zumwalt
Craftsman ($25,000-$49,999) Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation Inasmuch Foundation Sarkeys Foundation
Carpenter ($10,000-$24,999) Bama Bank of America Good Neighbor Fund of Spirit Aerosystems Grace and Franklin Bernsen Foundation Flint Family Foundation Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation State Farm Insurance
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Board of Directors Board Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Past Chair Director Director Director Director Director Director Director
Eric Griffin Mary Jackson Christina McCrery Joan Fields Scott Milburn Peter Brolick Brian Diven Ethan Dodd Erica Greenfiled Trevor Hughes John Porter Lisa Silvestri
Bank of Oklahoma AEP/PSO PriceWaterhouseCooper Bank of Oklahoma WPX Energy Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, P.C. Countertop Specialties TD Williamson ONEOK, Inc. Johnson & Jones, P.C. Williams Co., Inc. Gable Gotwals
Staff Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Program Officer Program Officer Program Officer Community Relations Manager Community Relations Intern
Jennifer Barcus-Schafer Deanna Boston Kim Rolston Jeff Fite Elaine Ard Kelly Hall Hannah Bixler
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