Charting New Territory

HI USA 2020 ANNUAL REPORT HIUSA.org HI USA

Dear Friends,

Much has changed since last year’s annual report.

2019 was a year of growth. HI USA served over 1.1 million hostel guests and registered a $7.5 million surplus. We delivered on our commitment to meet both the travel needs and the intercultural promise of connecting travelers from around the world in our hostels.

2020 was a year of challenge. But when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the USA in February, we responded decisively, guided by our organization’s core values.

• As borders began to close, we opened our doors to stranded foreign students waiting for flights home, as well as to returning Peace Corps volunteers called back to the USA with no housing.

• Between March and mid-April, we temporarily closed all HI USA-operated hostels to protect the health and safety of guests and staff until we had a better understanding of how we could protect them.

• During the summer, we worked diligently with a professional industrial hygienist to develop COVID-responsive health and safety standards for our hostels.

• In September, we reopened a handful of hostels that we could operate safely until early winter when a new COVID-19 surge made many closures necessary again.

• We also launched a range of engaging online programming while travel was limited.

By the end of 2020, financial losses exceeded $15 million. Property sales were essential to funding the organization through months of little or no revenue.

HI USA may be smaller now, but we are not defeated. We credit that to what we’ve learned about adapting to the unexpected—because as you know, hostel travel is all about:

Resilience

Yes, the pandemic is formidable but we will overcome it together. COVID-19’s interruption of our 10+ years of mission and financial growth is temporary.

We are currently working to build on our long-term record and bring hostelling to future generations of travelers. We believe we have a lot to look forward to. And we invite you to join us in charting new territory.

Peggy Stevens Russell Hedge HI USA Board Chair HI USA President and CEO We Impact Many Lives

11 MILLION 165+ 10 YEARS OF HOSTEL OVERNIGHT GUESTS COUNTRIES HOSTED CONNECTIONS MADE 2010 - 2020 1 MILLION 252,000 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS VOLUNTEER HOURS

Happy guests, all around Here’s what program participants have to say about the impact of HI USA, based on surveys completed over the past three years:

(Answers used a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being “strongly agree”)

4.05 I UNDERSTAND ANOTHER CULTURE BETTER

I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER 4.47 PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURES

I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT 3.81 MY CULTURE MORE CLEARLY Exploring a different culture of people “ with different social norms has inspired me to be more open and accepting of I WILL THINK MORE ABOUT HOW others who are different from me. I will 4.13 MY ACTIONS AFFECT THE WORLD definitely take advantage of the next opportunity I have to travel again! I WILL USE WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT 4.13 TRENISHA BENNETT “ OTHER CULTURES IN MY OWN LIFE 2019 EXPLORE THE WORLD RECIPIENT

My experience abroad has helped We’re also proud to say HI USA has been me to advocate for greater rated as one of the top hostel networks “ in the world by: independence and self-sufficiency for others. I continue to work where it matters most to me and realize the importance of community being anywhere you make it, even thousands of miles away from home. RULA THABATA “ 2018 NEW ORLEANS HOSTELLING EXPLORE THE WORLD RECIPIENT HOSTELWORLD INTERNATIONAL Amazing Progress Over the Past Ten Years

Over the last decade, we’ve hosted millions of guests from more than 165 countries around the world. The impact on all of these lives is evident in the connections each person has made. Now, here are a few milestone memories we’re especially proud of as an organization.

2010 • First time HI USA voted Top 3 Hostel Network (by Hostelworld) • Great Hostel Give Back program launches free overnights for community groups

2011 • Volunteers vote to unify HI USA into a single national organization • HI USA adopts Triple Bottom Line to measure its success

2012 • HI Boston hostel opens • Cultural Kitchen offers programs and overnights to youth groups

2013 • Sleep for Peace program introduced as part of UN Day of Peace • New sustainability standards launched for HI USA hostels

2014 • HI USA unification completed • First-ever White House Travel Bloggers Summit organized by HI USA • Election to the UNWTO Affiliate Board of Directors 2015 • Richmond hostel opens • Need-based Explore the World Travel Scholarship program launched • Green Globe certification for hostels adopted

2016 • Need-based Explore America Travel Scholarship program launched • Sleep for Peace widens to become global Hostelling International program • Election to World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation Board of Directors

2017 • Election to US Travel Association Board of Directors • National Geographic Leader in Sustainable Tourism Award • Besides being named top 3 network worldwide, HI USA hostels dominate global awards from Hostelling International

2018 • Named by UNWTO as one of 23 sustainability success stories in the world • Appointment to US Travel and Tourism Advisory Board • $250K sustainability innovation grant from Booking.com

2019 • First Environmental Sustainability Report published • New Orleans hostel opens

• Election to Alliance for International Exchange Board of Directors

2020 COVID-19 strikes and HI USA takes action to protect its mission and its future Their Legacies Live On HI USA’s small and large hostels have offered travelers The COVID-19 pandemic required us to make difficult an accessible way to experience destinations across the decisions to close hostels based on financial necessity. country, often located in small communities or more We recognize these nine hostels that closed in 2020 and remote areas. We celebrate their contributions to our the people that brought them to life with gratitude. We mission of affordable, purposeful travel throughout will honor their donors and volunteers through special their years of operation. The commitment and talents displays and room namings in other locations. of hostel staff and volunteers have been essential to our success.

Hostels That Closed in 2020

HI Houston Morty Rich HI Portland Hawthorne Est. 2011 Est. 1985 Overnights: 96,700 Overnights: 94,400 Programs: 6,100 participants Programs: 3,800 participants

HI Monterey HI South Bay Est. 2000 Est. 1983 Overnights: 107,200 Overnights: 43,700 Programs: 2,400 participants Programs: 1,100 participants

HI Austin HI Eastham Est. 1990 Est. 1966 Overnights: 156,100 Overnights: 25,000 Programs: 7,200 participants

HI Nantucket HI Madison Est. 1963 Est. 1998 Overnights: 60,100 Overnights: 15,500 Programs: 4,300 participants Programs: 17,200 participants

HI Washington DC Est. 1987 Overnights: 758,000 Programs: 72,500 participants

(All data is from 2010-2019.) 2020 Financial Statements AMERICAN YOUTH HOSTELS INC | YEARS ENDED MARCH 31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES 2020 2019 OPERATING REVENUES Hostels, programs and education $50,931,263 $52,331,500 Membership $406,175 $286,970 Contributions $1,442,816 $10,251,856 Investment income $10,601 $695,882 Other $358,659 $313,596 TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES $53,149,514 $63,879,804

OPERATING EXPENSES Hostels, programs and education $49,472,477 $48,344,938 Supporting services $7,069,805 $7,630,020

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $56,542,285 $55,974,958

NET OPERATING INCOME/(LOSS) ($3,392,768) $7,904,846 NONOPERATING ACTIVITIES ($2,314,814) ($433,843)

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS ($5,707,582) $7,471,003

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ASSETS Cash $7,151,542 $11,983,420 Investments, receivables, inventory & prepaids $20,040,343 $20,289,064 Property held for sale $532,187 $0

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS $27,724,072 $32,272,304

LONG TERM PORTION OF RECEIVABLES, NET $171,650 $161,700 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET $91,944,271 $95,004,202

TOTAL ASSETS $119,839,993 $127,438,206

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $4,456,663 $5,348,849 Current portion of long-term debt $4,754,486 $2,016,431 Deferred income $4,129,455 $4,523,728

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES $13,340,604 $11,889,008

LONG TERM PORTION OF DEBT & UNAMORTIZED DEBT ISSUANCE COSTS $53,289,510 $57,833,879 OTHER LIABILITIES $1,618,285 $361,014

TOTAL LIABILITIES $68,248,399 $70,139,030

NET ASSETS WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS $38,010,485 $42,881,954 NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS $13,581,109 $14,417,222

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $119,839,993 $127,438,206 Making Plans for Our Future

We’ve had to make some tough decisions to get Hostel programs and volunteers will remain a through the pandemic, and we are looking forward priority. We will leverage the growing popularity of to emerging—ready to serve travelers and grow again. online platforms and virtual programming to widen opportunities for mission delivery and volunteer Our mission impact is largest in five cities. Boston, engagement. We will seek to actively reach those living Chicago, Los Angeles (Santa Monica), New York City in areas where we do not have a hostel presence. and San Francisco delivered about three quarters of our network-wide overnights, program participants Our plan is to re-emerge from the pandemic smaller and volunteer hours. They also generated more than 90 but mighty and ready to grow. Innovative new percent of our financial surplus before COVID-19 struck. programs will help to deliver our mission of cultural HI USA can regrow so long as we maintain this presence. understanding. With our many supporters, our track record as one of the top hostel networks in the world, Our smaller hostels deliver unique recreational and our travel-inspired resilience, we are confident and learning experiences important to HI USA’s of being able to rebuild our success! mission and its legacy. Two notable clusters of mid- sized and regional hostels share a coastal presence within easy reach of a major hostel city: the Cape and Island hostels near Boston, and the Pacific coastal hostels outside of San Francisco. Others are more geographically dispersed.

Board Members

Peggy Stevens, Alexandra Escobar Chair Washington, DC Fredericksburg, VA Bruce Marsden Nick Andrade Violet Apple Charles Hokanson, New Hope, PA San Francisco, CA Owings Mills, MD Vice Chair Tampa, FL Dean Papademetriou Nicole Sandoval Walt Knoepfel Boston, MA Plymouth, MN San Francisco, CA Eric Oetjen, Vice Chair Erin Hamant Peter Jenkel Washington, DC Santa Monica, CA Chicago, IL

Erika Byrnison, Lisa Gurwitch Tom Courtney Secretary New York, NY Oakland, CA Jersey City, NJ We Are Grateful for Your Support Individual Donors

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HI USA thanks and honors the following members of the Hostelling Legacy Society who have so generously included legacy gifts to HI USA in their wills or trusts. Their foresight will help ensure that future generations of hostellers can have the same meaningful experiences they had.

Roland Abraham* Philip M. Hubbard Dan W. Pierce Mary Adams Dan Hulchanski Edward Pressly* Betty L. Alexander* Sally A. Janecek Richard Reuper Robert Atherton* Jennifer Jarrett Morty Rich* Athol Atkins* Bruce Jobe* Frederic Rizzo Elizabeth Jean Austin Marc Johnson Leigh H. and Ivy Robinson* Glenn Azuma* Thomas & Diane Judge Heinrich W. Roehrig* Dorothy Bailey David Kalter Heather Gail Rosenwinkel William A. Bell* Paul C. Kappils* Louis M. Rusitzky* Bruce Bender* Beryl Kay Nancy E. Russell* Robert Bennett Jill Keeler Albert Saine* Cheryl E. Betson Richard A. Kessen* Eric Sanford Norman Biggart* Thomas Kimble Miriam Schafler Robert Blakesley, Jr. Louise Kipping Helen Schneider Randall S. Blanchard Edward A. Kmosena* Anonymous Nancy Bower* Walt Knoepfel Edward J. Sherry* Marie A. Brezina* Gary Lee Koerner Howard A. Sisson Gene Brock* Ursula C. Krummel Mark Skender Joan Louise Campbell* George Leopold* Robert Skolnik Jeannette Caporale Therese R. Lepine* Richard I. Smith* Irene D. Carlson* Virginia Lester* Paul W. Snider Joseph Chesler Richard Lundquist Jean Marie Stanley Joel M. Chusid Doris MacDonald* Peggy Stevens Justin Cline* Lois Macomber* Judy Streeter Gregory Coble & Clarence Babcock, Jr. David Madson Peter J. Tannen David J. Cooper & Jean M. Stanley Eugene Patrick Mahoney* Thomas E. Thatcher Therese E. Cowl Lemuel A. Manchester* Ellen C. Tillinghast* Jerry H. Creedon* Douglas Markham Randall Traweek Richard K. Cunliffe Kathleen McAdam William Voettiner* Frances Czapiewski* Natalie McGee Sandra Migani Wall William C. Diersch* Carmen Flores Meno Bernice Warner* Alexandra C. Dilworth Betty L. Midgley Mae Watterson* Joseph F. Dohrer* Margaret J. Miller* Sanford Leonard Wechsler* John Enfield Tricia Moloney Barbara Wein Dorothy Ann Fowler* Evelyn Lee Moore* Steven Weynand* Barbara J. Fraser Robin Hassler Mullins* Shirley White Mary Gates* Shams Mustafa Thomas Robert Whitfield Mark & Margaret Gesner Melinda Sue Napier Lois Wilson* Judith Goldenberg* Loren & Barbara Nelson Paul Wolansky Maurice Leighton Greenough* William A. & Ruth Nelson* Andra Jo Worcester* Tom E. Guest Judy Noah John Yarworth* Sherry J. Hardin Eileen L. Oehler* Jeff Yeager Dixie Lee Harris* Hildegard E. Pang* Merrilee Zellner Kathleen & Russell Hedge Dave & Teresa Paulsen Richard Hollander* Joanne Pelligra

*Deceased

For information on creating your own hostelling legacy, please contact us toll-free at (888) 449-8727 or by email at [email protected]. If you have already included HI USA in your estate plans, please let us know. HI USA’s Mission: To help all, especially the young, gain a greater understanding of the world and its people through hostelling.

The more I got to know HI USA, it surprised me how greatly HI USA affects the travel world. “ Hostelling teaches cultural competency. HI USA brings people together and makes that possible. ERIN HAMANT “ HI USA DONOR

HI USA Signature Programs

Great Hostel Give Back Explore the Rewards groups of 8 or more travelers with World Scholarships free hostel stays when they volunteer in Provides funding for international our local communities. Originally organized educational travel to under-represented for the MLK Day of Service, this is now held and under-resourced young people who annually in January and February. have compelling plans and needs.

Sleep for Peace Green Hostels Celebrates the peacebuilding power Sets high sustainability standards for of hostel stays and travel. Held on UN HI USA and funds implementation by International Day of Peace, this HI USA explaining green practices through developed program is now offered in displays and programs for hostel dozens of countries. guests and community members.

IOU Respect Brings together future leaders from Egypt, France, Germany, Lebanon, Tunisia and the USA for hostel stays and facilitated dialogue around topics ranging from privilege to identity to conflict.

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