Catherine McAuley Center Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015 INSIDE The Year in Review Building Our Capacity to Serve Service Enterprise Certified: What It Means The Year in Review PAULA LAND, EXECUTIVE DiRECTOR Wow! This past year has been full of fast-paced, transformative, and expansive activity. We’ve stretched our reach into the community and have grown the ways we serve students, residents, and our incredible volunteers. Here are some snapshots of my favorite moments in this year of tremendous development! A FRESH LOOK TO COMMUNITY CATALYST FOR COMPASSION SPREAD THE WORD In May, a revamped Movin’ for McAuley Kickball Driving by the Center, you Tournament engaged 90 new people in support of the see refreshed new signs, and organization through kickball fun, and what fun it was! inside we have new carpet Then in July we were so pleased to join forces with our and doors. Re-designed “big sisters,” Mercy Medical Center and Mount Mercy informational brochures and University, for several activities that honored the Sisters of a vibrant new display board Mercy, our founders, for their 140th year of dedication to help our Outreach Team the Cedar Rapids community! spread the word about our mission with local clubs, churches, and companies. We love sharing our passion for helping students and residents, and welcome Be sure to join us next spring, if not to kick opportunities to speak with your group—just the ball, then to cheer for the kickers. give us a call! Catherine McAuley Center Board of Directors President: John Chaimov, Coe College Steve Ovel, Kirkwood Community College Appreciation to board members who President-Elect: Michele Brock, Robert Pence, Terry Lockridge & Dunn, Inc. also served during FY15: Amperage Marketing Tom Podzimek, Benchmark Construction Sr. Annette Fiala, RSM Treasurer: John Gilson, Rockwell Collins Joanne Stevens, NAI Iowa Realty Julia Hawkins Secretary: Brian Globokar, Hills Bank Commercial Todd Holverson Past President: Joan McVay, Farmers Ann Sullivan, Community Volunteer Maureen Kenney State Bank Sr. Shari Sutherland, RSM, Mount Mercy Sr. Peg Murphy, RSM University Sr. Susan O’Connor, RSM Ann Alliger, Mercy Medical Center Cheryl Tabarella-Redd, Mount Mercy Patty Barnes, Unity Point Health - University St. Luke’s Hospital Sr. Mary Cephas Wichman, Community Martha Barry, Community Volunteer Volunteer Nate Klein, Mount Mercy University Paula Land, Catherine McAuley Center, Larry Maiers, Community Volunteer Ex-Officio Member Rama Muzo, Cedar Rapids Community Sr. Mary Lou Podzimek, RSM, Liaison to School District Sisters of Mercy West Midwest A proud United Way partner agency 2 Catherine McAuley Center A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST MAGNIFYING OUR How rewarding it was to see VOLUNTEER PROGRAM buckets of fresh vegetables Receiving our Service come through the door to Enterprise certification feed both residents and the (see pg. 8-9) was a seal of families of students, knowing approval from the Points that it was our dedicated of Light organization – Transitional Housing affirming our commitment residents, staff and volunteers to best practices in our who not only grew the volunteer program. produce, but also grew in Attending award ceremonies their gardening knowledge in recognition of our many and skills. volunteers was a personal NEW STAFF TEAM MEETS GROWING DEMAND highlight for me this year. Our new staff bring new energy and ideas to their Even with nearly 600 roles – all dedicated to meeting the growing demand volunteers (half of whom are for services while maintaining and improving quality tutors) this past fiscal year, programs. To ensure that quality, we improved how we have at last count, over 90 we evaluate and track program success with grant potential students waiting for support from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community a tutor. Do you have a friend, Foundation. And as for the growing demand, Katie, our Chelsea, our Support Services Coordinator – co-worker, or family member Education Coordinator, shared that the Bhutanese class and garden extraordinaire – reported that 800 who might have an hour a she teaches twice each week has grown to over 20 people pounds were harvested this season. week to help improve a life? and was expanded to a two hour class. We couldn’t accomplish all of this without the support (see pg. 10-16) of individual donors and volunteers, foundation grants, matching corporate gifts and sponsorships, among other generous groups, churches and schools. Thank you for YOUR support. I’m so excited to see the advancements next year will bring! Paula Catherine McAuley Center Staff FY15 Paula Land, Executive Director Leeann Oelrich, Education Program Staff who also served in FY15 Sheila Landers, Finance Manager Coordinator Michala Price, Education Program Kelsey Steines, Development & Jennifer Tibbetts, Housing Program Coordinator Communications Manager Manager Nicki Ross, Development & Communications Sandy Weger, Systems & Facilities Manager Malory Dreasler, Housing Program Manager Tina Gossman, Volunteer Coordinator Coordinator Christina White, Operations Coordinator Marissa Haas, Grants Coordinator Chelsea DeLarm, Support Services Greg White, Immigrant/Refugee Coordinator Wendy Arnold-Rodriguez, Education Coordinator Sherryl Gaffney-Paige, Education Program Program Manager Naomi Dopp, Women’s Counselor Coordinator Anne Dugger, Immigrant/Refugee Tsega Habte, Custodial Staff Coordinator Katie Lanius, Education Program Coordinator www.cmc-cr.org 3 Report to the Community FY15 Financial Report JOHN CHAimOV, BOARD PRESIDENT Cardigan sweaters, probably pastel pink, with mother-of-pearl buttons and perhaps the Building our Capacity to Serve faint whiff of mothballs. I knew no nuns, so that was what I expected to see the first time I walked into the Catherine McAuley Center, knowing the organization was founded by the Sisters of Mercy. That, or crinkly habits shuffling behind the severe stone pillars of the convent in The Sound of Music. I arrived on an investigative site visit on behalf of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, which has enthusiastically funded many initiatives of the Center over the years. When I walked in, I saw no pink sweaters and smelled no mothballs. What I took in instead captivated me. I saw the faces of neighbors from close by and of students from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. I heard the music of accents from Russia and Mexico, Tanzania and Korea. It was a whole globe, all in my city. It was enchanting. FY15 Income: $747,670 I wanted to be part of that music, so before long I had my own study partner and we were n Grants: $240,337 (32%) off. Years later, I’m still tutoring, still loving that global din. n Contributions & Events: $214,803 (29%) n United Way: $127,000 (17%) In the meantime I’ve also been impressed by the holistic approach the Center takes in its n Government Grants: $102,793 (14%) work with women affected by homelessness. It’s more than a bed in a room. At the Center n Endowment: $50,000 (6%) women are guided to overcome obstacles, empowered to find gainful employment, and n Other: $12,737 (2%) ultimately ushered into independence with their own housing. Like the education wing, it empowers the disempowered. All I’ve gotten—the education in world affairs, the warm friendships, the sense of reward from being part of an impressive project of self-betterment—couldn’t happen without the dedicated staff, without passionate volunteers, and without the generosity of donors and community supporters like you. Thank you. And if you’d like to be even more involved, join us. You can even wear your pink cardigan. FY15 Expenses: $728,127 n Program & Administrative Staff: $454,608 (62%) n Facilities & Depreciation: $88,326 (12%) n Capital Improvement Projects: $66,992 (9%) n Program Supplies & Activities: $64,118 (9%) n Office Operations: $31,540 (5%) n Professional Contract Fees: $22,543 (3%) 4 Catherine McAuley Center Meeting Basic Needs Building our Capacity to Serve A notable feature in the CMC lobby is a stack of brown shelves, re-filled multiple times each week with a variety of breakfast foods, canned goods, and other staples for The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines capacity as “the ac- a healthy diet, some of which are grown in CMC’s own tion for which a person or thing exists,” or “the physical and community garden by residents, staff and volunteers. mental power to do something.” At the Catherine McAuley This food pantry, accessible to all CMC students and Center, both definitions capture the investments we’ve made residents, helps to ensure that every CMC client has in our staff, facilities, infrastructure, and long-term financial their basic needs covered as they work to build skills that health, the behind-the-scenes capacity that impacts how ef- enable them to move toward self-sufficiency. fectively we can carry out our mission of offering hope and opportunity to those seeking it. The average monthly income of a Recognizing the importance of an effective volunteer sys- FY15 Income: $747,670 tem, we increased the hours of Volunteer Coordinator, Tina CMC resident at intake is n Grants: $240,337 (32%) Gossman, to full-time (read more about the impacts of Tina’s n Contributions & Events: $214,803 (29%) leadership on pg. 8-9). CMC also welcomed Marissa Haas n United Way: $127,000 (17%) as Grants Coordinator, a new position created to expand n Government Grants: $102,793 (14%) grant-seeking efforts as an investment in financial growth $370 n Endowment: $50,000 (6%) and sustainability. With this additional capacity, we increased n Other: $12,737 (2%) grant revenues by more than $125,000 from last year, which not only helped sustain and expand CMC programming by funding program materials, staff, and new initiatives, but also investments in infrastructure and facilities, such as energy- efficiency improvements and the development of a database for the Adult Basic Education Program to manage program data, coordinate scheduling, and measure impact.