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Farestart's 2013 Annual Report 2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ANNUAL REPORT LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP 2013 FARESTART BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: DIRECTORS: Dear FareStart Supporters, • Speaking of national... our national network of food service social Our growth will certainly bring challenges large and small. David Linton, President Bill Adamucci enterprise organizations, Catalyst Kitchens, welcomed its 50th However, with a 14% increase in homelessness (2014 One The Bigelow Company INFOE, Inc. With this Annual Report, we send our deep and continuous thanks member in 2013! This was a huge milestone in the development Night Count), 13.2% of Seattle residents below the poverty Craig Russell, President Elect Jeff Adelson for your ongoing involvement and help with the advancement of of the network and it has continued to grow rapidly, showing in real line, 72,000 people long-term unemployed in Washington, Starbucks Coffee Company The Boeing Company FareStart’s mission and work. As we look back at our community’s numbers the efficacy of our model to transform lives and the power and 1 in 7 Americans living in poverty, the need for our Lyn Tangen, Past President Alex Ceballos Community Volunteer Amazon accomplishments in 2013, we are continually reminded of the special of the social enterprise movement in our nation. We are so proud growth is clear and pressing. Until there is no more Norm Swick, Treasurer Connie Clark-Redmond power of the FareStart community to make a real difference! Your to be leading the way! homelessness, joblessness and hunger in our community, Community Volunteer Community Volunteer support is vital in the lives of our students and we’d like to share with • Our social enterprise businesses are thriving in every way. 2013 FareStart will continue to strive to grow our effective, proven Lisa Clarke, Secretary Paul Davis you some of the year’s highlights that you’ve helped make possible: was a record year, with restaurant sales up 22%, catering up 21%, model of social enterprise and serve more people who are Rally Marketing Group Community Volunteer • 2013 was an extraordinary year for FareStart graduates. Their job shelter meals up 23% and child care meals up 15%. All this activity in need of a “hand up”. It is our imperative to do so—our Ken Glass Glass5 LLC placement rate for the year was 90% within 90 days of graduating, reason for being and our mission. EX-OFFICIO MEMBER: has meant training opportunities for 300+ students, revenue for our Cate Hardy and their job retention rate after 6 months of employment was a more than 587,000 meals We are so grateful for the enthusiastic and unwavering Megan Karch mission, not to mention providing to low FareStart CEO Starbucks Coffee Company record 88%! We’re so proud of our graduates’ successes, and this income adults and children, a founding principle of our organization. support of our community! Thank you for your investment Kenneth Hart is heartening evidence that their experience at FareStart is truly • Perhaps the most exciting accomplishment of 2013, however, was in transforming lives at FareStart in 2013, and for your Cornerstone Advisors transformational and leads to a new, sustainable life. ongoing dedication to making our community’s future—and Andrew Hogenson all about the future of our community. Our leadership and board Accenture the future of many, many more FareStart students—full of • We celebrated the 10th anniversary of our youth program completed a strategic platform that will guide our work over the Patricia Hovda-Pedersen in 2013— the Barista Training and Education Program, run in next five years. Based on the increasing need for FareStart in our hope, courage, and possibility! U.S. Bank partnership with YouthCare— and began a project partnering with community to impact homelessness, hunger, and poverty—as well Gregg Johnson Johnson Consulting Associates Starbucks to create a curriculum for a national barista program for as the opportunities we have for business expansion—this platform Best wishes, at-risk youth. FareStart is one of three organizations to pilot this calls for taking our successful model and making it more accessible Rodger Kohn Tousley Brain Stephens curriculum in 2014. to more people in urgent need in our region. In addition, we have Judy Meleliat moved forward with exciting plans for a second location at the Aegis Living Pacific Tower and Innovation Center, starting in the fall of 2014, Jon Pettit DLR Group that will make our vision for greater impact for all of our programs David Linton Megan Karch a reality. We look forward to sharing details on those plans and our President, 2013 FareStart Board of Directors FareStart Chief Executive Officer Philip Stalcup Community Volunteer progress with you along the way! Sheryl Willert Williams Kastner Mary Yu King County Superior Court OUR MISSION FareStart provides a community that transforms lives by empowering homeless and disadvantaged men, women, “ I am happy, sober, and free to be the me that I want to become.” and families to achieve self-sufficiency through life skills, job training and employment in the food service industry. – Chris, FareStart student 2013 FareStart Annual Report | 3 FARESTART’S 2013 LOCAL IMPACT: FARESTART’S 2013 NATIONAL IMPACT: CATALYST KITCHENS ADULT AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, MEALS PROGRAM Catalyst Kitchens—FareStart’s national initiative—works to develop, strengthen, and scale FareStart’s training programs had many significant and positive impacts on the community in 2013. foodservice social enterprises that provide job and life skills training for individuals facing FareStart’s adult graduate job placement and retention rates rose to record highs, and the youth significant barriers to employment. Barista Training and Education Program (BTEP), in partnership with YouthCare, saw its highest We believe that a network of like-minded organizations can increase one another’s overall enrollment ever while celebrating its 10th anniversary. FareStart’s contract meals program served a impact by leveraging scale, sharing best practices, and maintaining standards. Catalyst record number of meals to individuals in need at shelters and low-income schools in the Puget Sound Kitchens provides programs with time and cost-saving tools and resources, as well as community. Beyond these great numbers, FareStart’s programs help individual men, woman and youth customized consulting services to ultimately transform more lives. transform their lives, reunite families and fight poverty and homelessness long into the future—an endless ripple effect that makes our community a better place for all. Achieving great success in 2013, Catalyst Kitchens has grown to include 50 member organizations across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. that are striving to make a significant ADULT PROGRAM OUTCOMES: YOUTH PROGRAM OUTCOMES: collective impact on joblessness, poverty and hunger. 110 adult graduates 61 youth graduates of youth graduates gained CATALYST KITCHENS COLLECTIVE OUTCOMES IN 2013: adult graduate job placement employment or completed within 90 days of graduation 90% 98% education planning network member organizations million meals provided 50 in 3 countries 7. 2 5 to communities in need adult graduate job retention rate after 6 months trainees enrolled in average network 88% 2,192 training programs 75% job placement rate million generated in social enterprise revenue OVERALL: $26.9 total graduates from FareStart 58 7, 0 00 training programs meals served to individuals in shelters and children in 171 low-income child care centers and schools via FareStart’s contact meals business “ This experience has changed my life in more ways than I can describe.” – Jacob, FareStart student 2013 FareStart Annual Report | 5 2013 FINANCIALS SUPER VOLUNTEERS FareStart FareStart Properties Consolidated1 FareStart is privileged to partner with so many enthusiastic volunteers. In 2013, over 1,700 volunteers provided REVENUE support throughout the organization, from delivering meals to hungry people in our community to advising on Food Service $4,015,897 $4,015,897 committees. This list represents those volunteers who, in addition to our board members (see page 3), dedicated Government 1, 037, 495 1, 037, 495 over 100 hours of their time and/or made an exceptional commitment to our work in 2013. Private Contributions 5,379,367 5,379,367 Catalyst Kitchens Services and Dues 128,836 128,836 A.C.E. Language Institute at Laura East Rod and Alice Louie Cynthia Ryan Interest and Other Revenue 138,900 132,384 84,466 Seattle Pacific University Mikki Eifert Jill Lunn and Bob Boerst Chris Schenck 2 REVENUE Total Revenue $10,700,495 $132,384 $10,646,061 Gerry Adams Edmund Eng Charlie Malley Sandy Schwartz Food Service Revenue 37.5% Alaska Airlines Griffin Eng Frankie Marazzi Michi Shimada Government 9.7% EXPENSES Donald Anderson Peter Ehrlichman Kristi Marchbanks John Smilgin Private Contributions 50.3% Training Program 6,728,347 6, 611, 893 Jacob Ausherman Anita Ertel Michelle Marion Jason Smith Catalyst Kitchens Services and Dues 1.3% Administration 1,074,239 411,198 1,421,736 Gytis Barzdukas Leslie Feinzaig Chuck Martin Joanna Smith Interest and Other Revenue 1.2% Fundraising 912,869 906,206 Douglas Bieker Billie Fisher Tricia McKay Chelsea Snodgrass Total Expenses $8,715,455 $411,198 $8,939,835 Kelly Bishop Liz Fitzhugh Brian Medford Barry Spector Linda Bothwell Jaymi Garvett Aaron Meyer Dale Sperling Milkana Brace Total change in net assets $1,985,040 ($278,814) $1,706,226 Anish and My Le Goel Frank Michiels Jacqueline Stratton Brooks
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