SAINT PAUL’S OUTREACH 2016 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Chairman of the Board . 3 From the President . 4 Who We Are & What We Do . 6 Our Episcopal Supporters . 7 Our Evangelistic Process . 8 Rapid Growth . 9 2015-16 Financial Overview . 10 Student Testimony . .12 Our New Executive Staff . 13 Our New National Board Members . 14 Our National Leadership . 15 Our Donors . 16 Our Corporate Sponsors . 35 2 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Bishop Andrew Cozzens, SPO Alumnus Dear Friends, So many of our Catholic young people today are abandoning the practice of faith during their young adult years . As young people leave the security of their parents’ home and the parish youth group and move onto college campuses, the faith in which they have been raised is at best ignored and most often challenged . Only 10% of Catholic millennials are attending Mass . It is in view of this crisis that Saint John Paul II called for a “New Evangelization” to which the Church needs to devote “all its energies” Bishop Andrew Cozzens celebrating Mass at SPO’s School of (Redemptoris Missio #3) . Pope Francis renews this the New Evangelization exhortation: “We need to abandon the complacent attitude that says, ‘We have always done it this way ’. I invite everyone to be bold and creative in this task of closing liturgy of the School of the New Evangelization, rethinking the goals, structures, styles, and methods of where I commission these young Missionaries and evangelization” (Evangelii Gaudium) . students (now 380 strong) as they head back to campus . These young men and women are a part of SPO is one of the new organizations that is renewing the New Evangelization and a great sign of hope for and re-visioning the way we as Church minister to this the future of our Church . generation . SPO employs a powerful and effective method . SPO Missionaries reach out to students in genuine relationships, invite them into communities In Christ, of faith, and form them to be lifelong disciples and committed, faithful Catholics . The impact that SPO Missionaries have in a college student’s life can be transformational . Thousands of SPO alumni continue Most Reverend Andrew H. Cozzens to be committed and faithful Catholics long after they Auxiliary Bishop have left the university . They are renewing the Church Archdiocese of St . Paul & Minneapolis and evangelizing the culture . It is a joy for me to be connected with Saint Paul’s Outreach and serve as Chairman of the National Board of Directors . Each year I look forward to celebrating the 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT: THE MUSTARD SEED by Gordon DeMarais This past year, Saint Paul’s Outreach celebrated In his letter to the Philippians, St . Paul speaks of three decades of reaching young people on college a ‘partnership in the gospel ’. Our work is truly a campuses and sharing the gospel with them . In 1985 partnership between young adults who serve as when I was asked to develop an outreach program Missionaries, and countless volunteers who give time, for university students, I could not have imagined wisdom, and financial resources to help sustain our what the Lord was planning . What began as a local mission . Each ‘yes’ we receive is multiplied by God, and operation is now being carried out by 130 staff and the principle of the mustard seed continues . I am so Missionaries throughout eight strategically placed very grateful . regional headquarters (called Mission Centers) across the country. Within these Mission Centers, we find ourselves serving four of the top ten largest public universities in the country . Gordon C. DeMarais This is the principle of the mustard seed . With the Saint Paul’s Outreach President & Founder smallest of seeds planted and nurtured, God can exponentially transform our efforts into something truly extraordinary . This year, SPO expects to reach 17,000 students on college campuses! 4 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR • Relocating our National Headquarters to a new office with more than 20 staff members who support our Missionaries on campus . • Purchasing a house at 35 The Ohio State University HOUSEHOLDS one block away from the student union . across the • Expanding our impact country to the University of Central Florida, Florida State University, Rutgers University, and Northeastern University, Boston, in partnership ■ States where with the Brotherhood of Hope . 2 SNE SPO is located ■ Expanded Chapters • Recruiting 40 new Missionaries . LOCATIONS • Breaking all records at our signature School of the New Evangelization (“SNE”) in 2017 with close to 400 college students and Missionaries in attendance . (Minnesota & Ohio) to accommodate growing attendance 5 WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO OUR MISSION at SPO is to build Catholic communities that awaken faith on campus and form lifelong disciples. 1 2 The Need The Response The Result • 67% of Catholics will walk • 17,000 students witnessed • 27% of SPO alums now away from the Church by the to or invited into community serve the church full time time they finish college by SPO Missionaries as religious or laity • 30% of Americans who were • 2,300 participating weekly • 2% divorce rate raised Catholic are still practicing in SPO programs among SPO • 574 participants involved in alums % Formation or Household 98 % • 232 Student Missionaries ONLY 10 and full-time Missionaries of SPO alums sharing the gospel of Catholic attend Sunday Mass Millenials attend Sunday Mass The SPO Solution SPO offers many excellent programs that contribute to our success in attracting students to Christ and impacting their whole lives . Our model focuses on two key ideas: 1 . A mission grounded in personal relationships lived out in Catholic faith-filled communities. 2 . A comprehensive, evangelistic process of helping students mature in their Catholic faith (see page 8) . 1 Weddell, Sherry . Forming Intentional Disciples . Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, 2012 . Print . 2 Results gathered from SPO 2014 and 2015 national online surveys 6 OUR EPISCOPAL SUPPORTERS Most Rev . Frederick Campbell Most Rev . John LeVoir Most Rev . Thomas Olmsted Columbus, OH New Ulm, MN Phoenix, AZ Most Rev . Robert Carlson Most Rev . Edgar Moreira da Cunha Most Rev . Richard Pates St . Louis, MO Kansas City-St . Joseph, MO Des Moines, IA Most Rev . Andrew Cozzens Most Rev . John Myers Most Rev . Paul Sirba St . Paul & Minneapolis, MN Newark, NJ Duluth, MN Most Rev . Bernard Hebda Most Rev . Joseph Naumann Most Rev . Joe Vasquez St . Paul & Minneapolis, MN Kansas City, KS Austin, TX Most Rev . James Johnston, Jr . Most Rev . Eduardo Nevares Kansas City-St . Joseph, MO Phoenix, AZ Most Rev . Arthur Kennedy Most Rev . John Noonan Boston, MA Orlando, FL 7 OUR EVANGELISTIC PROCESS out to college students by building % 2012 70 REACH relationships and community . 10,000 Students Growth • Peer Ministry 2016 • Social Events 17,000 Students • Sports students to embrace faith in Jesus Christ % 2012 184 CALL and His Church . 809 Students Growth • Fan into Flame Retreats 2016 • Bible Studies 2,300 Students • Prayer Events students to maturity in their Catholic % 2012 37 FORM faith and life . 419 Students Growth • Households 2016 • Formation Program 574 Students students out as faith-filled leaders in % SEND SPO, the Church, and the world . 2012 105 113 Missionaries Growth • Student Missionaries and 2016 Full-Time Missionaries 232 Missionaries • School of the New Evangelization (SNE) Conference 8 RAPID GROWTH CHAPTERS 2016 15 Chapters 2006 4 Chapters HOUSEHOLDS 2016 35 Households 2006 6 Households STAFF 2016 130 Staff 2006 19 Staff 9 2015-16 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW As of Fiscal Year End: June 30, 2016 82¢ on the dollar goes to program Where Your Dollar Goes For every dollar donated, approximately 82 cents goes toward supporting our Missionaries and offering programs to students such as retreats, conferences, campus events, and Households . BALANCE SHEET Assets Liabilities & Net Assets CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Cash 786,609 Current Maturities of Long Term Debt 50,572 Accounts Receivable 17,495 Accounts Payable 81,219 Pledges Receivable 404,675 Accrued Employee Benefits 78,318 Prepaid Expenses 29,186 Security Deposits 156,420 Investments 434,896 Unearned Revenue 18,189 $1,672,861 $384,718 LONG-TERM DEBT PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT Mortgage Payable 1,186,435 Houses 3,169,659 Less: Current Maturities (50,572) Office Equipment 31,606 $1,135,863 Less: Depreciation (394,098) $2,807,167 NET ASSETS $3,021,458 OTHER ASSETS Security Deposits 62,011 $62,011 TOTAL $4,542,039 TOTAL $4,542,039 The Saint Paul’s Outreach annual audit is conducted by Lethert, Skwira, Schultz & Co . and is available on our website: www .spo .org . 10 Institutional Funding $0.38M 5% 6% General Fundraising $2.83M Other Programs 34% $0.46M 16% INCOME Contributed Services1 $1.32M $8.2M 13% Households $1.08M Missionary Support2 26% $2.14M Administration $0.48M 6% 10% Other Programs Missionaries $0.73M $4.32M 12% EXPENSES Development $0.86M $7.4M 58% 14% Households $1.04M 1 Value of time volunteered by SPO Missionaries 2 Funds raised by SPO Missionaries *Dollars above are represented in millions 11 STUDENT TESTIMONY: LEAVING FAILURE BEHIND by Will Carey Growing up, I often struggled in school . After experiencing failure, I began to believe it was a part Discovering a Community of my identity . I immersed myself in my high school’s During the spring semester of 2014, I dove into the party culture, searching for an escape . life that the SPO community had to offer: getting involved in their small groups, going on a mission trip Upon high school graduation, I started attending to Detroit with SPO Missionaries, and living in an SPO classes at Johnson County Community College Summer Household – all of which brought about great (JCCC) near Kansas City . Being a commuter school, I change in me .