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Fy 2019/20 Annual Report 2 FY 2019/20 ANNUAL REPORT 2 MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP Dear JVC Community Member, AST SPRING, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC upended all of our lives changing the way we communicate and interact with each other. JVC was challenged to be agile in a time of great uncertainty. Our first priority was the safety and well-being of our JVs and staff. Staff and leadership L thoughtfully evaluated risks and worked tirelessly with our partners to bring our international volunteers home. We pivoted to a virtual environment for orientation and formation retreats, our placement agencies accommodated COVID-19 in their work/service arrangements, we downsized our office footprint and successfully applied for the relief funding provided by the CARE act to retain staff. The year was spent testing our agility and creativity. Through all of this, young people continued to apply to be of service! JVC had a waiting list of volunteers for the first time in close to a decade and 200+ volunteers committed to demonstrate their faith in action. With the restructuring of our team over the past few years, our hiring process prioritized skills and experience over physical location. This has built a strong team while increasing the capacity for remote work across time zones. Our programming shifted to a hybrid-model creating virtual spaces and new ways of JVs relating to each other. We welcomed a new slate of members to the JVC Board of Directors via Zoom and their guidance helped us navigate some challenging situations. JVC staff and Board confronted the question of “how we run JVC in this COVID-19 environment?” Our Recruiting team attended virtual career fairs and conducted zoom campus visits to create a personalized approach to accompanying prospective JVs. We built better systems to track juniors and incoming seniors, enabling us to circle back to remind them to keep JVC as an option for their post-graduate choices. Former Jesuit Volunteers from our International Program recorded videos to send well wishes and provide comfort to the JVs who returned early from their in-country placements and staff ran a series of guided reflections and space for processing their experience. Our Communications team created and hosted a series of virtual Masses and JVC Community Conversations welcoming hundreds of participants. In the midst of this, we acknowledged the need to look internally at resources required to strengthen our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization. We began laying the groundwork to embed this effort in our policies, practices and programs. Our donors showed up in profound and moving ways. We saw an increased interest in planned gifts and bequests to JVC. Board participation reached 100% with increases in their annual gifts. The positive response to our Power of the Pledge campaign will build resiliency in our formation program for years to come. Your generosity in paving the way for the future generations of volunteers is a powerful testimony to the commitment of our JVC Community. Thank you to all our JVC friends, donors, JVs, Former JVs, staff and Board who helped make 2019-20 a year to be remembered! Tom Chabolla Joan Hogan Gilman JVC President JVC Board Chair BOARD AND STAFF poWEr OF FY 2019/20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF Mary Berner Brittany Bachant† Jennifer Jones The PlEdge John Carron† Anthony Baker† Lauren Kalbfell† AnnMaura Connolly† Christopher Bargeron Paula Kampf VC LAUNCHED A THREE-YEAR Vin DeCola, SJ Elizabeth Blanchette Jill Kress† Joan Hogan Gillman Susannah Bourbeau-Alao† Rachel Mahlik† PLEDGE CAMPAIGN IN THE SPRING Marcos Gonzales† Erin Brown† Nora Marino† OF 2020, and we are so grateful to those Ann Greiner† Matthew Carroll† Olivia McCall† J Abe Grindle† Tom Chabolla Windi Mitchell† who answered the call. Nancy Johansen† Julie Connelly† Erica Palmer† Fred Kammer, SJ Benjamin DeGarmo Beth Pawuk† Thank you to our donors. Your commitment to Colleen Magnus† Pamela Donohue William Poling Power of the Pledge represents more than just Michael McFarland, SJ Katie Dorner† Robert Roa a financial resource. It represents shared values, Joseph Mckellar† Dianne Dragoo Courtney Roman† shared vision and shared accomplishments. Jack McLean Laura Elkins† Annie Rooney Ted Penton, SJ† Steven Ellis† Anissa Rose Because of you, even during these unsettling Bridget Perry† Brent Fernandez Beth Scanlon† times, JVC continues to ‘do what we are doing.’ Marty Rodgers Emily Ferron† Deborah Schechter John Staudenmaier, SJ Maria Gaughan† Kristen Schenk† Brianna Giarratano Sarah Schufrieder • Offering young people the opportunity to AJ Golio† Catherine Seymour† accompany those most marginalized in our Karen Griffin Megan Sheehan† society and in that journey, discover the Amie Hall Brooke Silvas Laura Strubeck resiliency of their souls and spirit. Monica Hanna† † Dominique Troy • Elizabeth Harris† † Allowing them to intentionally explore Alec Hartman† Shivany Trujillo their faith. Emily Herrera† Patrick Washington† • Opening their minds to the potential for Anna Herrmann† Bryn Weber creative solutions. • Encouraging them to aspire to living their lives to the very edges of their possibilities. Your pledge demonstrates a strong commitment to JVC, and your promise makes us stronger. When asked for a quote, one of our lead donors, BJ Cassin, wrote back, “Obsecro auxilium JVC!” oUr MIsSioN Aspiring to create a more just and HOPEFUL WORLD, If you would like to join Power of the Pledge to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps engages PASSIONATE YOUNG PEOPLE secure funding for the JVC Formation Program, in VITAL SERVICE within poor communities, fostering the please contact Karen Griffin: GROWTH OF LEADERS committed to FAITH IN ACTION. [email protected] (410) 244-1733 x.3121 former jesuit volunteer † 4 FINANCIALS unaudited financials SOURCES OF REVENUE / INCOME USES OF REVENUE / EXPENSES $4,368,596 $4,487,337 Grants Programs $255,200 $3,141,440 6% 70% Individuals Fundraising $1,014,795 $229,173 23% 5% Earned Revenue Management $2,975,876 $1,116,724 68% 25% Investment Income $104,470 2% Other Revenue $18,255 0.4% 5 COVID GENEROSITY IN THE AND THE TIME OF COVID: NONPROFIT Jesuit Volunteer Corps applied for WHY I GIVE TO JVC and was a recipient of SECTOR one of the early CARES Act awards. MY JVC YEAR AT FRIENDSHIP PARK LOAVES & FISHES from 2003 (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) “ to 2004 is one of the greatest years of my life, from a growth, spirituality, world understanding and connection standpoint. Eighteen years later, I remain close with my housemates, despite us living spread out all over the country. We text, email and Zoom often. And when we can, we meet for in- CUT SPENDING HIRING FREEZE person visits. % % My JVC experience, in a big way, shaped 69 44 the adult I became. It certainly impacted the suspended at least have or expect to a portion of programs lay off staff way I forever look at people experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental health crises. And it greatly influenced my appreciation for the power of community. I PROGRAM hope that all JVs experience and recognize DELIVERY the impact of their own journey. When I Salary reflected back on what an incredible and % lasting impact JVC has had on my life, 79 I realized I wanted to help support that Freeze have expanded programs and services experience for the next generation of JVs.” to be delivered online Lisa Dahlby Freeburg (Sacramento 2003-04) CANCELED EVENTS TAP INTO ENDOWMENTS nonprofits with % operating reserves 82 were less likely to reduce canceled fundraising events programming or staffing Source: The Fund Raising School at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Kim and Mason, 2020; Maher, Hoang and Hindery, 2020 6 WHERE WE SERVE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY CLARE FURAY HOUSE LILLIAN SANTIAGO HOUSE Christina Gibson, St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore – Kaitlyn DeVeydt, Margaret Donnelly O’Connor ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Beans and Bread Outreach Center Education Center CASA CARLO CARRETTO Brian Martindale, St Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Scott Henderson, Margaret Donnelly O’Connor Congregation, Inc. Education Center Elizabeth DeGidio, Catholic Charities of Central Texas Anna Reganis, Advancing Real Change, Inc. Alexandria Kizy, Guadalupe Family Services Christopher Dunn, Workers Defense Project Rebecca Sigman, Public Justice Center Lia Paolucci, Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Sabrina Malagon, Catholic Charities of Central Texas Matthew Strott, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Melinda Renuart, Hopeworks Camden Nora Ryan, Saint Louise House Caitlin Torrico, Loyola Early Learning Center Myriam Shehata, Casa Marianella CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BELIZE CITY, BELIZE CARDINAL BERNADIN HOUSE ANDAHUAYLILLAS, PERU BEATRICE CAYETANO HOUSE CASA ANTONIO RUIZ DE MONTOYA Peter Fantozzi, Interfaith Housing Development Erinn Halasinski, Inspiration Center Corporation Lulu Alvarez, Fe y Alegría – San Ignacio de Loyola Susie Han, St. John’s College Ariana Giblin, New Moms Brittany Cheung, Parroquia de San Pedro Apóstol Tate Mulligan, Welcome Resource Centre Stephanie Held, New Moms de Andahuaylillas Cassidy Pelkey, St Martin de Porres Primary School RC Callie Powers, Girls in the Game Anne McHugh, Parroquia de San Pedro Apóstol Virginia Scherer, Hand in Hand Ministries Nicolas Thompson-Lleras, Taller de Jose de Andahuaylillas Jack Pitsor, Wagner Youth Facility Luis Melgar, Fe y Alegría – San Ignacio de Loyola Sarafina San Miguel, Fe y Alegría – San Ignacio de Loyola Phyllis Tonna, Parroquia de San Pedro Apóstol BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA “ SINCE JVC, I HAVE FURTHER COMMITTED
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