2010 Annual Report
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L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center ANNUAL REPORT Chief Executive Officer Lorri L. Jean Chief of Staff The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center is the world’s largest Darrel Cummings organization dedicated to serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, Senior Executive Team Alan Acosta and transgender (LGBT) community and has been working to Director of Strategic Initiatives build the health, advocate for the rights and enrich the lives Mike Holtzman of LGBT people for more than 40 years. Chief Financial Officer Kathy Ketchum Our wide array of services and programs includes: low-cost Chief Administrative Officer HIV/AIDS medical care and medicine for those most in need; Jim Key Chief Public Affairs Officer housing, food, clothing and support for homeless LGBT youth; Quentin O’Brien support services for LGBT seniors; low-cost counseling and Director of Health and addiction-recovery services; legal services; health education Mental Health Services Bart Verry and HIV prevention programs; transgender services and Director of Development medical care; mentoring for LGBT youth; cultural arts and 2010 Board of Directors Co-Chairs much more. Loren S. Ostrow* Marki J. Knox, MD* Mission Statement Secretary Annie Goto* EMPOWER people to lead full and rewarding lives without Treasurer limits based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Rayman K. Mathoda* by providing the highest quality educational, cultural and Members: wellness programs to residents of Los Angeles County; David Bailey LuAnn Boylan* HEAL the damage caused by discrimination based on sexual Tad Brown Jane Costello* orientation and gender identity, by providing the highest Susan Feniger quality health and social services to residents of Los Angeles Rose Greene Dean Hansell County in need; Tim Hanlon* Peter A. Hayashida ADVOCATE full access and equality for all people regardless Jacinto Hernandez Jane Lynch of sexual orientation or gender identity, by promoting our Kelly Lynch communities’ needs at local, state and national levels; and Tim McNeal Peter Paige LEAD through example, by living our values, sharing our Jayzen Patria Cynthia Robertson* expertise and celebrating the full diversity of our lives, Brian Rosenstein* families and communities. Bill Shaw Eric M. Shore lagaycenter.org Bruce Vilanch George Walker *Denotes Executive Committee our vision is complete equality and empowerment Letter from the Board of Directors Dear Friends: In 2010, thousands of people in need— replicated across the country; we have been most of them struggling to make ends meet entrusted with a truly remarkable opportunity because of the terrible economy—turned to to change everything for these young people. the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center for help. And We’ve also added new social programming for we responded: we fed them, clothed them, LGBT people over 50, who often face isolation provided them with quality medical care, and loneliness – more than 1,200 participated mental health services, legal services and in 2010. And with the addition of full-time case much more. And we’re helping more and more management staff, we were able to help more people all the time; despite the challenging than 300 seniors with issues such as getting economic climate, the Center has continued medical care, finding affordable housing and not only to thrive but also to grow. In step coping with the loss of a loved one. with the board’s strategic plan, we’ve actually Of course, the Center has a longstanding expanded services for some of those most in reputation for providing top-quality, affordable need: LGBT youth, LGBT seniors, and those in medical care to those living with HIV. Now, need of affordable medical care. we’re able to provide LGBT-sensitive medical The Center has been helping homeless LGBT care for everyone, regardless of HIV status. youth—some rejected by families, some aged And for those who are uninsured, unemployed out of the foster system—since its earliest or struggling financially, we have a sliding-fee days. A historic new initiative marks an pay scale. invaluable opportunity to intervene with LGBT Despite the economic downturn, we’re serving and questioning youth in the foster system more people than ever before because of the before they land on the streets. It was truly a generosity of people like you. Many thanks for watershed moment when the Center received a your support of the Center’s work to build the $13.3 million, five-year grant from the Federal health, advocate for the rights, and enrich the Department of Health & Human Services lives of LGBT people. (HHS) Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Only six of these highly competitive With gratitude, grants were awarded; the Center was the only community-based organization chosen. With this funding, the Center will develop and lead a collaborative of 20+ agencies to create a new model for providing services to Dr. Marki J. Knox LGBT and questioning youth in the foster care system. The need is dire; youth in the system encounter discrimination and harassment at rates that are nothing less than alarming. Loren Ostrow Once our program is developed, it could be our vision is complete equality and empowerment Letter from the Chief Executive Officer Dear Friends: When I reflect on 2010, I think of many on a massive initiative with the Los Angeles triumphs. I think of Judge Vaughn Walker Unified School District to change the culture in striking down Prop 8 as unconstitutional. I our public schools once and for all. think of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t One common root of the homophobia and Ask, Don’t Tell” policy finally being repealed. prejudice that makes life so much more I think of the triumphs of the Center’s own difficult for LGBT youth and adults is the heroes—like the AIDS/LifeCycle riders who, government-sanctioned discrimination, and despite the recession, raised more per person unequal treatment under the law, we continue than ever before, helping us continue to to endure. That’s why our continued work to provide life-saving medical care for those advance LGBT equality is so important; the most in need. gains we make in the fight for equality are a To reflect on 2010 is also to reflect on our legacy for future generations. community’s continued struggles. Young lives The National LGBT Mentoring Project, which tragically lost to suicide. Same-sex couples became a program of the Center in 2010, helps denied the right to wed after an appeals people around the country organize more court stayed the Prop 8 decision. And I’m effectively to fight anti-LGBT ballot measures. enormously proud of what the Center is doing We’re even helping to shape the movement to make things better. in China—where the struggle for equality is Shortly after the widely reported rash of much more difficult—by bringing activists to suicides by gay youth, the Center hosted the the Center to learn the leadership skills they’ll nation’s largest conference for LGBT young need as they stand at the vanguard of what is people. Ranging in age from 12 to 24, more surely a coming revolution. than 700 youth attended this year’s Models In addition to everything the Center does to of Pride. As they grappled with the tragedy care for those in need, we’re continuing to build of their lost peers, they built a network of a vibrant community, to train new leaders and support, gained confidence and learned about to carry our movement forward. And it is your community services that can help them if support that makes it all possible. Thank you. they’re in need—all of which will make them less likely to ever consider taking their own life. Sincerely, The torment heaped on our youth at too many schools—the common thread that connected the tragic suicides from around the country— Lorri L. Jean simply must stop. That’s why the Center and Opportunities for Learning opened a charter school that gives young LGBT people a safe place to learn, and that’s why we’re embarking Financial Statements Financial Statements Financial Statements Financial Statements Financial Statements July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 Total Annual Operating Revenue $49,590,630 Contributed Other revenue Goods & $201,095 Services $973,295 Contributions & Special Events $8,432,878 Program Fees $30,286,690 Grants $9,696,677 Total Annual Operating Expenses $45,968,556 Administration $886,857 Client Services $41,206,506 Fundraising $4,051,270 Sustaining Donors 2010 Randy Barbato W. Thomas Sheehy Peter Goldman, M.D. & Fenton Bailey The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Barbara Smallwood Mark & Debra Goodman Michael Becker & Maura Geoghegan Derek Hamilton board of directors is pleased Richard Beleson Mark Tobias & Robert Rovetti to acknowledge those women, Leslie Belzberg & William Arroyo, M.D. W. David Hardy, M.D. men and organizations who John Bogner Bart Verry & Mark Arteaga Winifred Holzman provided major support for Suzie Brown Bruce Vilanch & Paul Dooley & Marki Knox, M.D. our programs and services George Walker Michael Keeley Martin Burley Michael Kinsler & in calendar year 2010. & Robert Meza Sterling Circle Howard Rosner, M.D. Denis Cagna ($3,600-$5,999) J. Ladd Leadership Circle & Carlos Medina James Anderson Charles Larson, Esq. ($50,000-$99,999) Rick Caruso & Ronald Sinanian, D.D.S. Lloyd Levin Chef Robert Catering Alan Hergott Greg Basser & Kiera O’Neill Cary Lowe David Colden, Esq. & Curtis Shepard Steven Bjerke & Allan Ames Roberta Conroy Daniel Renberg Tommy Chambers Ronny Marshall Simon Costello & Eugene Kapaloski & Todd Kusy & Michael Selby Darrel Cummings Michael Collins Gary Mendes Anita May Rosenstein & Tim Dang Douglas Foundation & Darrell Weber Eric M. Shore & Fred Paul Ariane David, Ph.D. Joseph Dwyer & Louis Russo Weston Milliken Christine Dean Mary Sue Milliken Diamond Circle & Rosemary Veniegas, Ph.D.