annual report 2007 - YWCA USA

annual report 2007

The Mission of the YWCA USAThe YWCA of the USA is a women’s membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christianfaith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. Strengthened by diversity, the Associationdraws together members who strive to create opportunities for women’s growth, leadership and power inorder to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people.The Association will thrust its collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists andby any means necessary.The Local Purpose of the YWCA Eastern Union CountyThe YWCA Eastern Union County seeks to create an environment through which women empowerthemselves and work to lead non-violent lives. The ultimate purpose is to heal the wounds of womenand children, whether they are of the heart, mind, body, or soul.YWCA Eastern Union County Core ValuesCommitment to the mission and working together for the well-being of the communityIntegrity in relationships, practices, and decisions.Respect for each one’s roles, diversity, and viewpoints.Compassion in understanding, attitude, and action.Empowerment to create positive choices, recognize potential, and reach goals.Excellence in practice and expectation.

message from the president of the board of directorsOn Behalf of the Board of Directors and the Staff Members of the YWCA ofEastern Union County (YWCA-ECU) I am pleased to present this Annual Reportfor the fiscal year 2007.The year 2007 has been a year filled with challenges as well as growth for the organization,both in terms of staff and programs. We have a staff that is professionallycompetent and dedicated to providing the best possible services to our clients. Wehave increased our capacity to provide more of a continuum of care for batteredwomen and their children. We have expanded our counseling services and are inthe midst of making plans for retro fitting our offices in Elizabeth. We continue towork with our development professional in expanding our base of support to theprivate sector and other funding sources.I am honored to work with the staff of YWCA-EUC and the greater communityof Eastern Union County in helping to shape the programs and services that weprovide for women and their children who have been touched by the tragedy ofdomestic violence. We hope that our programs will serve as a vehicle for empoweringwomen in order to stop this vicious cycle. We continue to search for innovativeand systemic ways to fulfill our mission of eliminating racism and empoweringwomen. Your support as donors, both monetary and as volunteers, is crucial in thisendeavor.To our donors listed in this report, we extend our heartfelt thanks. Each of youhas made a direct, concrete impact on the life of a woman and her family in need.Your contribution has enhanced our ability in providing and maintaining the criticalservices needed for the population we strive to serve.In gratitude and solidarity,Charley B. Flint, Ph.D.President, Board of Directors

ywca eastern union county programs & servicesProject Protect – a comprehensive program for battered women and their children in UnionCounty recognized by the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women. Programs include:Emergency ShelterEmergency housing for battered womenand their childrenCase ManagementCounselingMealsChild CareRecreationArt Classes for Women and ChildrenLife Skills WorkshopsNon-Residential Counseling ServicesIndividual CounselingGroup CounselingSafety PlanningChildren ServicesCourt Advocacy ProgramInformation on the legal and courtroom process,victim rights and optionsCourt AccompanimentSupportive HousingCommunity Relations ProgramApartment LivingTeen Dating Violence ProgramCase ManagementCommunity Awareness and Education ProgramsCounselingProfessional TrainingLife Skills WorkshopsCareer TrainingMen Against Violence (MAV) ProgramPsycho-education group counseling for batterers24 Hour Domestic Violence HotlineStaffed 24 hours a dayInformation, referrals, and crisis intervention to callersReferrals to Project Protect and community services

program statistics 2007project protectEmergency Shelter84 Women and Children ShelteredSupportive Housing25 Women and Children ShelteredDomestic Violence 24 Hour Hotline1,842 CallsCourt Advocacy1,217 ClientsNon-Residential Counseling143 Women Served663 Hours Individual Counseling184 Hours Group CounselingDomestic Violence Response Teams Program69 Women ServedCommunity Education/Professional Training1,727 Community Members

2007 contributionsEmpowerment Circle ($100,000 and above)Hyde & Watson FoundationFreedom Circle ($50,000 to $99,999)IOLTA Fund of the Bar of NJHaven Circle ($25,000 to $49,999)Elizabethtown Healthcare FoundationIndependence Community FoundationSchering-Plough FoundationTurrell FundUnited Way of Greater Union CountyDefender ($10,000 to $24,999)Bank of AmericaCounty of UnionLydia Collins Deforest TrustE.J. Grassmann TrustFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold FoundationLinden FoundationOverlook Hospital FoundationFred C. Rummel FoundationUnion FoundationPartner ($1,000 to $9,999)Ameriprise FinancialAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousMr. & Mrs. Thomas AbramsTeresa AustinGerard & Kerianne BeattyCentral Jersey Legal ServicesLinda ChelottiCommittee for Responsible GovernmentEmanuele & Maria ContiDiane & Joseph DabulasLani D’AgostinoTammy & Anthony D’AmoreEstate of Geneive MalikEvangelical Lutheran ChurchFanwood Presbyterian ChurchFirst Church Christian ScientistEileen FisherJeannine & Jeff ForbesMike & Rosemaria GrazianoDavid B. Hendricks II FoundationJunior League of SummitHenry & Karen KaoKarma FoundationKelly & John KesslerMonica Chenault-KilgoreKeith & Kristen KolekLinden Cogeneration PlantMerck & Company, Inc.National Temperance SocietyNJAWBO Union County ChapterNJ Center for Visual ArtsPediatric Associates of WestfieldRahway Jr. Service League, Inc.Bob & Elaine PanzaWilliam & Melanie PendersSAF Rose FoundationGeoffrey & Sydney SherryDan and Jennifer SchildgeTargetTJX Foundation Inc.Union County Board of Social ServicesUnion County Office ofCultural and Heritage AffairsVDAY Summit 2007VDAY Union City 2007Jenny Von Feldt & David KieselsteinWestfield FoundationWestfield Service LeagueAdvocate ($500 to $999)John & Gina ClarkColgate-Palmolive CompanyBrian and Denise ColleranCommunity Foundation of New JerseyCranford Junior Woman’s ClubTracey & Edward DuganTeresa EstradaFanwood-Scotch Plains Service League, Inc.First Baptist Church of WestfieldFirst Presbyterian Church of CranfordCharley FlintBarbara GabaMary GiovinazzoAnn GladdingWilliam A. Hanlon, Ph.D.Carole & Gerry HeffernanRobert & Michelle LessnerNanette & Joseph LoftusCelia MantiaEllen McGovernPhilip McGovernRotary Club of ElizabethThird Westminister Presbyterian ChurchDiana VengsarkarWestfield Rotary Club, Inc.Women’s Association at CommunityPresbyterian ChurchSupporter ($100 to $499)ADP/ManhattanAlpha Delta Kappa - New Jersey EpsilonChapterStephen & Julie AllenMaria AndaloraAnonymousDr. & Mrs. Kenneth AridaLewis BalcomKristina & David BangsPhil & Gloria BerlinskiVirginia BiskeyDavid Bizzaro & Francisca NavarroSue & Tom ButeraBenedict & Daryl CaiolaMichael CallahanSusan & Gerard CampbellScott & Elizabeth CassieCommerce Bank - SpringfieldMilagros CollazoGloria & Edward CrumAnabela Dacruz-Melo, Esq.Anne DamianoStephen & Jill DispenzaShawn & Cynthia DohertyThomas & Julie DolanDonna & John DonaldsonColleen & Peter EchausseElizabeth Cubanos Lions ClubFanwood Lions ClubFirst Presbyterian Church of ElizabethLaine & Peter GearyColleen & Jack GormanJanice GossmanKeith & Kathleen HertellShari & Stephen HoltzmanHoly Trinity Ladies PhiloptochosCatherine Hunter

Celia IntillElaine & Mark JacklerDavid & Megan JacksonAllison & Christopher JacobShabbir JasdanwalaJFK-JRI Vocational Rehabilitation DepartmentLizanne & John KenneyScott & Lori KraemerMary KnowlesBetty KowalskiMarie KurinziDorothy LallasherJean LachowiczBeth & Andrew LanklerMaria LapidDavid & Kerry LavelleLisa Libonati LeeMichael & Kelly LezynskiClaire LyonsStephen MandiroGerald & Marian Mc CarthyMichael & Gina McDonaldCarol & Frank McIntyreMerck Partnership for GivingManger & Co.Louise MolinaroMaria MurrayJennifer MeyoJoyce MimsJeannine & Christopher MoranSuzanne & Brian MoynihamChristopher & Anita MushellNewcomers Club of WestfieldJustin NollNorth Central Jersey Exxon Annuitant ClubMark & Kathryn O’BrienDavid & Maureen O’ConnorPaul & Clarissa O’HernPamela & Christopher O’TooleDave & Grace ParkRobert & Janette ParkinsonCarlos & Marlene Perez-SantallaBecca PetersonChad & Mary PetersonCybill PhelanPresbyterian Women of FanwoodPresbyterian Church of WestfieldPresbyterian Women of Connecticut Farms ChurchLawrence & Mary Jane PrybylskiRichard ReiterJohn & Nancy ReynoldsJohn & Lisa RippergerNicholas & Valerie RogerMarcee & Timothy RogersTerrance & Karen RooneyGregory & Jill SawersDenise ScoppaSecond Presbyterian Church of ElizabethJennifer & Michael SchneiderJoyce & Joel ShermanShelter AllianceKaren & Gary SteinfeldRobert & Diane StitesPeter & Lauren ShepardLinda Smeraldi-Lopez & John LopezSteven Simcox & Lisa Solan-SimcoxLaing SistoMiriam SpanMatthew & Judity TaylorAlbert & Patricia Thrower, M.D.Rosario TorresMaria TsitsiragosTumi, Inc.Visible Women, Cranford High SchoolMarie Von FeldtJennifer M. VriensJulia & Jon WalkerStan & Bettina WasilewskiWomen’s Assocation of Verizon Employees (WAVE)Women’s Club of UnionRobert & Karen WrightElizabeth YoungPaul & Aleta ZoidisFriend (Up to $99)Helen AbelHelen AdamsADT Security Services, IncKaren AlcobaAnne AselinLibby BellinMary Ellen BusardoLinda BussiculoAnnetta CampanellaAlison CarterElcy Castillo-OspinaJean ClarkElsie ClaytonAlan & Susan CoenChurch Women United of CranfordJoan CollinsCranford Village Improvement AssociationRobin DavisMargaret DaubleEleanor DiBuono, Ph.D.Mary Ann DwanAdam FarrahKenneth FisherGirl Scout Troop #387Charles GoldateNancy GordonEvelyn GrierHelen A. HamentTamiko HamiltonUrsula Hartwig-FlintNancy HaugheyMary HellerJulia HoffmanJoan & Evelyn HollanderAlice HolzapfelFlorence HunterChristine JaminKathryn and Brian JohoEvette JohnsonInfineum USA L.P.Lois KaishLillian KimuraJoe and Mona KeenanTheresa KorthBarbara La MortDenise LaspataBrian & Sheila Lockier LockierMarie Lowe

Ana MartinezClaudia MartinsGail Mason-MasseyKathleen McGevnaCarolyn Mc AteerMary McTigueJackie MitchellNancy MuellerTherese ObrianKimberly PaceTheresa PachecoHonorable Patricia Perkins-AugusteGloria PierceMaylen PiercePMD PrintingGeraldine PoranskiAnita PritchardUrsula Pogany, M.D.Ms. Annmarie Puleio & Dr. Joseph SinisiRobyn RajsKaren RezachJudith Mayer RosenDavid & Amy RobinsonJeanette ShellNiyonu SpannBlanca RosalesRaydes SalumDeborah ScanlonGloria SegelJustina & Frank SpechtMariam Styles-McClintockEvelyn C. ScheneskyMaria SimaoAndrea L. Spencer-LinzieLawrence & Gina TanenbaumMaureen TinenUnited Way of Bergen CountyGustavo & Maria VelezJean & Robert WandsMarcia WeissbergDonna WilsonDavid & Jenifer WirtshafterWoman’s Club of New ProvidenceJanet ZahumenyMelinda ZitoBequestsGenevieve MalikGifts in Memory of Patricia ProulxBraunschweigerJohn and Stella Di StefanoKelly and Jerry GamoneMagnon Jewelers, Inc.Marguerite MartinkusRocco & Mary MiraldiPeter & Ann MustardoMary Ann OrmandoRentals Plus RealtyJohn SaladinoChristopher & Anne ScaranoLisa Scarano & Lisa GossIn Kind DonationsAgape Family Worship CenterAlpharmaAnimal CrackersBarnes & Noble - SpringfieldSheila BeckettBusiness & Professional Women - BCWChapterGail CassidyCatherine’s Plus SizesCongregates of the New VisionAssemblyman Joseph CryanCaroline DamianoDCFS Regional School - Union CampusDo Your Own Thing ClubElizabeth Police DepartmentExpress - WoodbridgeFanwood Presbyterian ChurchFarer & Fersko Law OfficesFirst Newborn Free Will Baptist ChurchGamma Sigma SigmaCarla GayleGreen Thumb Garden Club of CranfordArlene and Wayne GregusHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchHoly Trinity Ladies PhiloptochosInfineum USA L.P.Christine JaminDorothy JaminPatricia KempsLassus Wherley & AssociatesYouth for the United Way - Linden High SchoolLowe’s - Old BridgeRosa MannarinoNew Life Worship MinistriesMaurice PriorRahway Hospital Social Service DepartmentRoselle Park High SchoolSalt Brook School LibrarySons of Moses 3St. Genevieve’s RosarySt. John the Apostle SchoolTelecom PioneersThe Presbyterian Church in WestfieldTri-State Home FurnishingsTrinity Christian CenterMaria TsitsiragosUnion County Sheriff ’s OfficeUnity Fellowship Church - New BrunswickVerizon - LindenVictoria Realty GroupVictoria’s Secret - WestfieldVictoria’s Secret - ElizabethWeichert Realtors - SummitInfineum USA L.P.Women’s Assocation of Verizon Employees (WAVE)Women’s Club of Berkeley HeightsCell Phone Donation ProgramFine Painting & Decorating Co., Inc.GPSG - Johnson & JohnsonGirl Scout Troop 387, CranfordYvette QuinonesUnion County Division on AgingUnion County Prosecutor’s Office

Financial 2% Highlights Fiscal Years 20071% 7% Fiscal3%Year 2007 (January 0% 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007)Financial HighlightsRevenueFiscal Year 2007 (January 1 - December 31)Government Grants & Contracts $963,410Donations & Contributions 502,885United Way Allocation57%25,008Program Service Fees 126,531Special Events (net of expense) 54,596Investment Income 32,605Other 1901% 7% 3%2%0%Total Revenue $1,705,22530%57%ExpenseProgram Services $1,265,566Management & General 98,221Fundraising 102,1597% 7%Total Expense $1,465,9467% 7%Program ServicesManagementFundraising86%86%

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