JVC Annual Report FY18
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ANNUAL REPORT FY 2017/18 Gratitude flows from the recognition “ that who we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared. — HENRI NOUWEN 3 MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP The Jesuit Volunteer Corps and You: Creating a More Just and Hopeful World Together Welcome to the Jesuit Volunteer Corps’ FY2017/18 annual report! Within this report you’ll find stories that represent more than 10,000 leaders across the country who have been changed for good by their experience as Jesuit Volunteers. While JVs come to us from a variety of backgrounds, they all share a passion for facing the world’s most difficult challenges with integrity, faith, and unflinching resolve. They care deeply about social justice, they aspire to discern where and how they are called to live out their lives, and they are open to having their hearts and minds changed by the work they do and the people they serve. These are young people trying to understand how to integrate these values fully into their daily lives. They are leaders, hungry to effect change in the world, but uncertain of the best course to do so. And they have humility, recognizing that they must learn and accompany before they can act and help. We take our responsibility to these young leaders seriously. As our alumni tell us, the JVC experience is one that will influence their personal, professional, and spiritual values for the rest of their lives. In fact, JVC’s role is to challenge young people at a time in their lives when they are making important decisions about their future — pursuing an advanced degree, choosing a career, starting a family — and to provide what former volunteers consistently refer to as a life-changing experience. In this way, service to others becomes a way of life regardless of whether they choose to remain in a nonprofit corporation or pursue other vocations in the public or private sector. Of course, volunteers are not the only beneficiaries of the JVC experience. Every day, our partner nonprofits are on the front lines of addressing the social and economic issues in the communities they serve. Having access to full-time volunteers who provide a continuum of services to those in need adds valuable capacity to help these organizations meet their missions. In addition, our nonprofit partners provide volunteers with the tools and training required to successfully carry out their duties. At least 75 percent of a Jesuit Volunteer’s role must be in direct service: serving directly with individuals and families to provide access to critical services and support. The support of donors and other members of the JVC community listed in this annual report makes all of this possible. With your unflinching faith in our values, JVC can sustain its mission for years to come. Thank you for all you do for us: we are so grateful for this community. Yours, Tom Chabolla JVC President 4 Message from Our Board Chair Message from Our Board Treasurer As Chair of the Board of JVC, I would like to express my gratitude to the As treasurer and finance chair of the board, I am pleased to present an annual community of current and former volunteers, families and friends of volunteers, report that demonstrates our commitment to the responsible stewardship agency partners, college and university partners, foundations and donors, the of our funds, directing them where they have the greatest impact. With over Board of Directors, and the JVC staff for supporting our mission and values. 70 percent of our revenue coming from our agency partners and over 80 This annual report reflects the dedication and commitment of our extended percent of our funds directed toward programming, JVC is lean, and effective. community and JVC family. During FY 2017/18, JVC made strategic investments in its two main sources Each year, JVC recruits and supports over 200 volunteers and coordinates of revenue, volunteer recruitment and fundraising, while building the with over 150 partner agencies. As a result, our JVC community now includes financial and technical systems required to manage them. These system over 10,000 alumni and thousands of donors. improvements, along with a reorganization of the staffing and new leadership, have positioned JVC to carry out its mission more effectively than ever. The support of our JVC community enables us to create a meaningful capstone year or two of domestic or international volunteer service for college In a strong economy, potential volunteers have more options than ever graduates committed to service and social justice. It enables our volunteers to after graduation. To meet this challenge, our staff, board, volunteers, and live a simple lifestyle while magnifying the meaningful, relevant amd impactful supporters continue to build an organization that remains attractive to young work of our agency partners. And it enables JVC to involve FJVs and the leaders seeking to commit to their faith in action. To everyone who has made Jesuit community in providing critical support and lifechanging retreats to our this possible: thank you for helping us build a more just and hopeful world. volunteers as they become leaders committed to faith in action. As the stories in this report demonstrate, JVC’s impact has a multiplier effect. Each volunteer is uniquely shaped by their JVC experience. Volunteers often end their terms of service inspired to understand and tackle the structural Fr. Michael McFarland, SJ issues affecting poor and marginalized communities, work for justice Board of Directors as leaders in their field, and dedicate themselves to a lifetime of service to others. As our agency partners and JVC community know well, our work is as important today as it has ever been. Our society is and will be stronger if we can continue to create, support, improve and expand the JVC capstone experience for more college graduates and agencies. To do so, we need the ongoing support of our community to build an even stronger and sustainable foundation. Joan Hogan Gillman Board of Directors 5 Staff BOARD AND STAFF Christopher Bargeron Bridget Barry † Elizabeth Blanchette † FY 2017/18 Kevin Breen † Julie Connelly † Board of Directors Marcos Gonzales, SJ † Benjamin DeGarmo Lisa Grattan † Homeboy Industries Pamela S Donohue SERVING ON JVC’S BOARD ALLOWS ME Chair Los Angeles, CA Dianne Dragoo TO GIVE BACK TO AN ORGANIZATION Bourne, Knoll & Kenyon, PC Laura Elkins † THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH. MY TIME Summit, NJ Suzanne Grimes Sarah Estrada † AS A VOLUNTEER IN ST. LOUIS SHAPED Westwood One Division / Brent Fernandez ME SPIRITUALLY, PERSONALLY, AND Joan Hogan Gillman Cumulus Andrew Gleason PROFESSIONALLY, AND I AM HONORED Vice Chair New York, NY Sanford Goodman TO USE MY EXPERIENCE SINCE THEN TO Time Warner Cable Amie Hall SHAPE AND SUPPORT JVC’S MISSION. New York, NY Abe Grindle † Keysha Handy The Bridgespan Group Paige Katzfey † John Carron, Secretary, JVC Board of Directors Paul Kirwin † Boston, MA Michele Kelley Treasurer Curt Klueg Northcott Hospitality Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ Barbara Kozee Chanhassen, MN Jesuit Social Research Jill Kress † Institute Holly Leon-Lierman † John Carron † New Orleans, LA Olivia McCall † Secretary Gloria McDowell Goldman Sachs Fr. Michael McFarland, SJ Thomas Nailor † New York, NY US East Province Beth Pawuk † of the Jesuits William Poling Mary Berner New York, NY Kristine Poplawski † Cumulus Media Joanna Pressimone New York, NY Jack McLean Michael Reddy † Loyola University Chicago Robert Roa IT’S REALLY AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH AnnMaura Connolly † Chicago, IL Elizabeth Scanlon † VOLUNTEERS HAVE CHANGED BY THE END City Year Deborah Schechter OF THEIR TERM OF SERVICE: HOW MUCH Washington DC Ali Schoon † THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND HORIZONS HAVE Catherine Seymour † BEEN OPENED, THEIR HEARTS HAVE BEEN Fr. Greg Goethals, SJ Timothy Shriver BROKEN, AND THEY’VE GROWN AND LOVE. Loyola High School Brooke Silvas Los Angeles, CA Laura Strubeck † Beth Pawuk, Staff Member (Houston 1998-99) Dominique Troy † Shivany Trujillo † Frances Varner Patrick Washington † Matthew Winer former jesuit volunteer † 6 AT A GLANCE 2017/18 Placement Countries CHILE MICRONESIA BELIZE NICARAGUA UNITED STATES TANZANIA PERU 7 37 47 274 206 100,000+ Countries U.S. Cities Communities Volunteers Partner Agencies People Served 90% of Jesuit Volunteers SARA LANCE SHARES WHY SHE DARES TO CHANGE WITH JVC: finish their term of service 95% PRIOR TO JVC, I LEARNED THAT WHAT I WAS DRAWN TO ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH of partner agencies WAS THE COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR AND reapply for VULNERABLE, AND A LONG HISTORY OF DEDICATING ONE’S LIFE TO FIGHTING Jesuit Volunteers FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE MARGINALIZED AND FORGOTTEN — DEMONSTRATED BY ONE OF MY PERSONAL HEROS, DOROTHY DAY. THIS IS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO after their first year THE JESUIT VOLUNTEER CORPS. I WANTED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO WORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY. MY FAITH IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO MY PASSION FOR SERVICE AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE, AS CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, CAN BETTER SERVE AND SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS. 88% JVC ALLOWS TO ME TO PUT MY FAITH INTO ACTION AND WORK TO CREATE of Jesuit Volunteers CHANGE BY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO NEED AN EXTRA HAND MEETING THEIR BASIC fundraised NEEDS. on behalf of Sarah Lance (Baltimore 2017-18) the organization 7 Schools with the Most JVs THE JV COHORT • Boston College • College of the Holy Cross Jesuit Volunteers come from backgrounds in 72 different fields of study, • Fordham University • Georgetown University including accounting, civil engineering, developmental psychology, • Gonzaga University pre-law, and computer sciences. • Loyola University Chicago • Marquette University • Santa Clara University • University of Notre Dame JVs by College Institution Type Financial Assistance • University of San Diego $9,000 Total amount awarded to three Hurley Fund recipients 83.5% 16.5% 81.7% 18.3% Private Public Catholic Non-Catholic Established through the generous support of Drs.