FY 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 1735 NORTH ASHLAND AVENUE, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60622 www.thenightministry.org Phone: 773-784-9000 Fax: 773-784-5865 THE NIGHT MINISTRY is a Chicago-based organization that works to provide housing, health care, and human connection to Every day, we offer a lifeline to forgotten members of members of our community our community. struggling with poverty We serve everyone without concern for race, ethnicity, or homelessness. sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. DEAR FRIENDS, There is no other way to say it: Fiscal challenges, we made sure that the anguish, anger, and renewed demands We are deeply grateful for our friends Year 2020 was a momentous year in Health Outreach Bus and Street Medi- for change. As a nonprofit assisting and supporters who journeyed with us the history of The Night Ministry, filled cine Van hit the streets every day and some of our most vulnerable community through a year like no other. Because of with achievements and challenges the our Youth Housing Programs continued members, The Night Ministry has con- your support, The Night Ministry contin- organization has never seen in its 45 to offer safe, supportive shelter. tinually witnessed the impact of racial ued to serve in difficult conditions while years of serving Chicagoans experi- inequity and injustice on the individuals still realizing our strategic priorities. encing homelessness or poverty. In other words, we remained focused on and communities we serve. But, this Thank you for walking with us through our mission. That became paramount past year’s urgent calls for reconcilia- the challenges, transitions, and accom- We began the year by kicking off con- when the world changed with the ar- tion moved us to look deeper at our own plishments of FY 2020. With you by our struction at The Night Ministry’s new rival of COVID-19. We are proud to say biases as an institution, with a new com- side, we know we are not alone in our headquarters in the Bucktown neigh- there was never, at any time, discus- mitment to taking the necessary steps to mission. borhood. As crews progressed on their sion of curtailing our programs when become an anti-racist organization. work, we excitedly saw our vision for the pandemic began. Rather, with the With sincere appreciation, 1735 North Ashland become a reality: knowledge that those whom we serve Throughout the year, we continued to a new home for our Health Outreach are particularly vulnerable to this un- make substantial progress on The Cam- Program, our central administration, precedented public health crisis, we paign for The Night Ministry, a major fund- and The Crib overnight shelter that made adjustments to protect the health raising initiative to cover construction and would not only facilitate an enhance- and safety of all members of our com- sustainability at our new home office and Paul W. Hamann President & CEO ment in the quality and efficiency of munity—from our staff and clients to our to strengthen our endowment, among our programs, but also position us for volunteers and partner organizations— other strategic goals. And, as the fiscal innovation and growth in the future. In while continuing to provide housing, year moved into its final months, our new the meantime, however, with the lease health care, and human connection. headquarters became ready for occupa- at our Ravenswood headquarters ex- tion. So, we began our second move of Kiantae A. Bowles piring, The Night Ministry had to make Then, in the midst of the pandemic, our the year, with our Health Outreach Pro- Board Chair an interim move in November 2019 to country’s collective failure to right hun- gram staff settling in with their vehicles a temporary home office in Edgewa- dreds of years of systemic racial discrim- first, followed by administrative personnel, ter. While the process was not without ination and inequality once again begot and finally, The Crib overnight shelter. THE NIGHT MINISTRY FY20 Annual Report 1 OFFICERS: DIRECTORS: DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE EMERITI: TEAM: Kiantae A. Bowles, Gordon Addington Chair Bennett Applegate, Jr. Rev. Thomas Behrens, Paul W. Hamann, Founding President & President & CEO Jim King, Barbara Baran Former CEO Vice Chair Claudia L. Beals, M.D. Barbara Bolsen, Vice President of Dan Alter, Dave Berger Chester A. Gougis Strategic Partnerships & Treasurer Michael V. Borromeo Robert H. Jordan, Jr. Community Engagement Mini Datta, Rev. Shawna Bowman Richard Pigott Christy Prassas, Secretary Carl W. Warschausky William A. Goldstein Vice President of (JULY 1, 2019 – JUNE 30, 2020) – JUNE 30, 1, 2019 (JULY Carol Hogan Philanthropic Engagement Suzanne Hoyes Erin Ryan, Norman Jeddeloh Senior Vice President Terrence McMahon Don J. Mizerk Dave Ortman Alicia Pond Dana S. Ringer Allan J. Ruter Dennis W. Thorn Ted Tomaras BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD Mark Warren Manas Baba, FY20 Kellogg Board Fellow FY 2020 THE NIGHT MINISTRY FY20 Annual Report 2 REVENUE SOURCES OF INCOME* Grants & Contracts Government Grants $ 1,872,001 Special Events Other (In-Kind Gifts & Interest) Government Bequests Private Foundations 4,085,951 Grants Corporations & Congregations 676,343 1%6% 3% 19% Total Grants & Contracts 6,634,295 Individuals 2,178,887 22% Bequests 315,563 7% Special Events, net 96,933 42% Other (In-kind Gifts/Interest) 594,054 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 9,819,732 Individuals $ Private Corporations & Capital Campaign Revenue 1,497,879 Foundations Congregations TOTAL REVENUES $ 11,317,611 EXPENSES BY FUNCTIONAL AREA USE OF FUNDS** (JULY 1, 2019 – JUNE 30, 2020) – JUNE 30, 1, 2019 (JULY Outreach & Health Ministry Organizational Total for Outreach & Health Ministry $ 1,826,465 Philanthropic Administration** Outreach & Youth Services Engagement** Health Ministry FINANCIALS Youth Engagement Services 13% 18% Overnight Shelter–The Crib 913,116 14% Youth Outreach 358,993 Early Intervention Services Pregnant and Parenting Youth Shelter, RAPP Program 937,677 55% Interim Youth Shelter 1,242,082 FY 2020 LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL SERVICES STEPS Transitional Living Program 619,765 Phoenix Hall Transitional Living Program (North Lawndale) 531,770 Youth Services Youth Supportive Servies 979,192 *Pie chart represents operational revenue only Total for Youth Services $ 5,582,596 Philanthropic Engagement (Formerly Development & External Relations) 1,462,028 **Operating expenses for Philanthropic Engagement and Organizational Administration occupied slightly Organizational Administration 1,265,415 larger percentages of The Night Ministry’s total TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES BY FUNCTIONAL AREA $ 10,136,504 expenditures in FY 2020 than in previous fiscal years because of costs related to The Campaign for The OPERATING SURPLUS * $ 1,181,107 Night Ministry as well as the necessity of paying rent DEPRECIATION on more than one property during the transition to a $ 256,242 new headquarters. TOTAL SURPLUS $ 924,865 THE NIGHT MINISTRY FY20 Annual Report 3 On a given night in HOUSING • Across five shelter programs, The Night Ministry housed 469 young people struggling with homelessness or housing instability and 38 of 2020, the City of their children. Chicago identified • 1/3 of young women experiencing homelessness in Cook County are 5,390 residents pregnant or parenting. The Night Ministry’s Youth Housing Programs served 51 young moms and 38 of their children. living in shelters, • The Crib emergency shelter provided an additional 1,210 hours of on the streets, or services to young adults by expanding operations to 24 hours a day in environments during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order. not meant for HEALTH • Nurse Practitioners and volunteer physicians prevented 378 trips to human habitation. CARE the emergency room, saving the public health systems nearly $349,000 in ER costs. In FY 2020, The • The Outreach and Health Ministry Program provided 2,669 free health Night Ministry HIGHLIGHTS assessments and cared for 746 conditions that otherwise would not served 5,760 young have been treated. people and adults • With personal hygiene taking on greater importance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Street Medicine Team distributed 4,905 hygiene kits. experiencing homelessness or HUMAN • Volunteers donated 24,649 hours of their time serving The Night Ministry’s clients and assisting with special projects. poverty in Chicago. CONNECTION • 81% of Youth Programs’ residents met someone while at The Night Ministry whom they can rely on after leaving the program. • 150 food care packages were delivered directly by staff to former Youth Program residents struggling with food and income insecurity related to the IMPACT pandemic. Sources: City of Chicago 2020 Homeless Point-in-Time Count & Survey Report; Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Youth Homelessness in Cook County, Illinois; The Night Ministry, FY 2020 Departmental Dashboards and Quarterly Resident Youth Surveys. THE NIGHT MINISTRY FY20 Annual Report 4 FY 2020 CONTRIBUTIONS The Night Ministry gratefully acknowledges all individuals, foundations, corporations, congregations, schools, Associate Board members, and members of the Board of Directors who tirelessly advocate in the community and secure gifts on our behalf. Please note that the below list includes only those gifts made directly to The Night Ministry between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. If we have inadvertently omitted or mis- spelled your name, please help us correct our records by calling the Department of Philanthropic Engagement at 773-506-6006. BEACONS OF HOPE (Monthly/Recurring Donors) Anonymous (52) Anne H. Carter Jessica Griffiths Sheelagh M. McGurn Kendra Scheuerlein Courtney Adams Thaddeus Cellak Katherine Hagman Daniel McKeegan Leslie A. Simmer Jessica Agin Charleen Cepek Paul W. Hamann Emily McKinnon Loren Y. Simmons Barbara & Kenneth Alexander Theresa Charal Alana Hanson Anne McPhee Arlie Sims Susan Allen Susan & Edward Ciolkosz Trevor Harvey Geoffrey Meyer Peter Skeele Lisa Kay Anderson-Shaw & Amy & Samuel Crider Karen Herbert Perriann L. Miller Steven Slagg Fred Zar Catherine Crino Dorothy J. Hoffner Karen Mirante Dyhan Slaughter Erin Archer Deborah E. Davis Margaret Hutchings Jean & George Misner Joseph Spellman Lee & Donna Asher James Davisson Dustin Johnson Oscar Moore, Jr.