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2005 Report to the Community

metro st. louis

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Our vision: empowered women and youth in a racially just society.

The YWCA is a women's membership move-

ment nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and

sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values.

Strengthened by diversity, the YWCA draws together

members who strive to create opportunities for

women's growth, leadership, and power in order to

attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom, and

dignity for all people. The YWCA will thrust its collec-

tive power toward the elimination of racism, wherever

it exists, and by any means necessary.

In St. Louis, our roots began in 1904 as an effort to

provide housing and job training for rural women who

came to St. Louis to work at the World’s Fair. In 1905,

we were incorporated as an autonomous, accredited

affiliate of YWCA USA. Much has changed during our

100 years of service to St. Louis, but our commitment

to building community has never been stronger.

Celebrating

100 yearsof service to St. Louis 1905-2005

Dear Friends of YWCA Metro St. Louis,

Welcome to the YWCA’s 2005 Report to the Community. We invite you to explore these

pages to find out how we’re working to empower women and girls, increase racial harmony

and enrich the St. Louis community.

In a year of many accomplishments, two in particular stand out. First, we celebrated our

100th anniversary of service to St. Louis. The enormous changes seen in our society during

the last century have been reflected in many YWCA programs over the years: serving rural

women moving to the city for jobs; providing a place for personal and leadership develop-

ment for African American girls and women, when discrimination and legal segregation

limited their opportunities; offering child care for working women; and fostering women in

leadership roles in the workplace. The services of the YWCA have changed over the years

to meet evolving needs, but our mission and guiding principles have been unwavering.

A second milestone in 2005 was the return of a St. Louis landmark to community use: the

opening of the Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center. This former gymnasium of the Phyllis

Wheatley Branch, built in 1953, has been renovated and now serves as a venue for YWCA

programs and other community uses. Opening the Heritage Center was a fitting tribute to

our long history and, we hope, a community service that will last long into the future.

These milestones would not be possible without the generous support we receive from the

community. As a steward of that trust, we are committed to excellence not only in our pro-

grams, but in our self-governance. In 2005, we were named to the Better Business Bureau’s

Honor Roll, your assurance that your investment in the YWCA is managed in accordance

with strict financial, reporting and governance standards.

We have closed the chapter on our first 100 years of service to St. Louis, and have begun to

write the next. We welcome your support, your ideas and your commitment to our common

vision of peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people.

Donnis L. Casey2004-2005 Board President

Joy C. BurnsChief Executive Officer

4 YWCA Metro St. Louis

The Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Centeropens for community use.

Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center

As the gymnasium of the former Phyllis Wheatley Branch, located at 2911 Locust Ave.,

the Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center was an important gathering place for the African

American community during the era of legal segregation. After an extensive renovation

in 2004, this landmark returned to active community use in 2005.

A symbol of our region’s cultural heritage, this historic facility is now back to work,

providing needed expansion space for the YWCA’s life-skills and leadership development

programs helping women and youth build better lives for themselves. It is also being put

to work promoting an inclusive community through YWCA programs and events that

advance racial and ethnic understanding. And as a community resource, the Heritage

Center is available to provide meeting and event space for individuals, commercial clients

and nonprofit groups.

Highlights

5eliminating racism empowering women

A landmark of St. Louis history is restored.

• The Phyllis Wheatley Branch Homecoming event in September officially launched theHeritage Center as a new meeting center and celebrated the individuals and organizationswho contributed to breathing new life into this historic facility.

• In its first partial year of operation, the Heritage Center established itself on the scene of St. Louis meetings and events by hosting 113 events.

• The Camp Derricotte Reunion brought together many generations who have attended theYWCA’s summer camp, the first to serve African American girls in the state of Missouri.

• The Heritage Center hosted the monthly YWCA Racial Justice Lecture Series, which drewhundreds of residents to programs on topics such as the role of women in hip hop cultureand music; police and community relations; race, class and gender; and other timelyissues.

For rental information, please call the Heritage Center at 314-652-7755, or email us [email protected].

St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center

With the help of the St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center, women move from victims

to survivors. Victims who seek attention at most area hospitals can receive immediate, on-

site assistance from our trained Sexual Assault Response Team to help them through the

aftermath of the trauma. We reach more than 450 sexual violence victims each year

through our crisis-intervention services. Equally important, we help more than 500 victims

on the road to recovery through survivor support services such as individual and group

therapy, case management, and follow-up services and referrals.

The St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center also responds to the issue of sexual assault

through professional education, risk-reduction and awareness. We continued to promote

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training to better prepare health professionals to treat

assault victims. We also worked in collaboration with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police

Department, not only to provide advocacy to victims who report directly to the police, but

to train detectives how to work effectively with victims. And to reduce the incidence of

sexual assault, last year we reached over 7,000 students at area schools with information

to help them prevent it.

Highlights


One in six women is a victim of sexual assault.

• We responded to 100% of requests from victims of sexual assault, sending volunteers to area hospitals every day of the year to help them cope in the aftermath of the trauma.

• In 2005, we expanded our hospital and police partnerships to improve coordination of victim services, medical treatment and criminal investigation.

• As the leading service agency for sexual assault in St. Louis, the Center was one of six members to be named to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay’s Sexual Assault Advisory Task Force.

• 92% of clients participating in individual or group therapy achieved their treatment goals or made significant progress.


No one should have to survive sexual assault alone.

Job loss...widowed...low wages


• The Phyllis Wheatley Transitional Housing Program (THP) served 63 women with customized case management and on-site support services.

• In 2005, THP graduated six women after 24 months of intensive support.

• Almost 80% of the women enrolled in THP reduced their debt by more than half.

• In the last three years, 100% of THP graduates have remained in permanent housing.

• In 2005, we offered 34 consumer and financial fitness sessions to apartment tenants to prepare for homeownership.

Transitional and Low-Income Housing

Substance abuse and mental illness are no longer the most significant causes of homeless-

ness. Increasingly, one or a series of tough breaks can cause an otherwise stable life to

spin out of control. In the last three years, 46 percent of women in the Phyllis Wheatley

Transitional Housing Program (THP) became homeless by working jobs that simply did

not pay enough to cover even modest living expenses, or were divorced or widowed and

left without the means to support themselves. In most cases, debt became paralyzing.

In 2005, THP increased its focus on financial literacy, especially debt reduction. Through

the use of Individual Development Accounts, residents are building assets to secure

permanent housing, buy a reliable car, go to school or start their own businesses.

The Phyllis Wheatley Apartments, the historic home of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch

restored in 2004, provides affordable housing with support services as a stepping stone to

independent living. With targeted and highly individualized support services, the YWCA

enables women to leave homelessness behind – permanently.

Highlights


The road to homelessness is changing.

Racial Justice

Nowhere is this statement more apparent than at the YWCA’s Racial Justice Lecture Series.

Inaugurated in 2005, the lecture series brings experts from across the region face to face

with the community for public forums on issues of race, culture and social justice. Topics

ranging from the role of women in hip hop music and culture, to hate crimes, to mentoring

black female teenagers drew lively crowds and invited discussion. The YWCA’s lecture

series helped us explore our differences, and discover our commonalities.

Understanding ourselves and others was also the foundation for a new, model training

program that was piloted at Fanning Middle School on the city’s south side. In conjunction

with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity,

the Racial Justice Department and our own YW-Teens staff worked together to develop and

conduct the “Preventing and Resolving Racial and Cultural Conflict” program for Fanning

middle-school students. The diversified demographic makeup of Fanning Middle School

represents the trend for St. Louis, and challenges there can be expected to surface at other

area schools. We’ll be ready with a model to meet the emerging need.

• Using our One Imperative Standards of Excellence, we assessed, monitored and trackedpositive progress toward how well we live our mission of commitment to racial equity.

• Every YWCA staff member participated in at least eight hours of training in cultural andsocial competency, improving our ability to pursue our mission and model our values.

• We expanded our partnerships with other area institutions and developed a replicablemodel for increasing cultural competency in middle schools.

• The monthly YWCA Racial Justice Lecture Series, hosted at the historic Phyllis WheatleyHeritage Center, reached over 200 individuals with insights and information on racial,social and cultural issues.

Highlights


The color of a person’s skin reveals only one thing...

...the color of a person’s skin.



How do you put a price tag on opportunity?

Head Start & Early Head Start

Studies continually show young children born to middle-class and affluent families are

more predisposed to future success than children born to low-income parents. Evidence

also shows that quality early interventions, such as Head Start, prepare poor children to

successfully compete with their more affluent peers. In fact, Head Start children are more

likely to attend college and less likely to become incarcerated than peers who don’t attend

such programs. As the largest Head Start grantee in Missouri and its four-state region, the

YWCA brings brighter futures to more than 2,800 infants, toddlers and preschoolers

across St. Louis City and County.

In 2005, the U.S. Department of Health instituted a requirement to test all four- and

five-year-old Head Start children to determine their readiness for kindergarten, focusing

on English language, vocabulary, letter recognition and early math skills. Test results for

YWCA Head Start children exceeded the national scores on each measure. Every child

deserves a ‘head start’ – not just for kindergarten, but for all the years that come after.


For every dollar invested in Head Start,society gains $7. —National Head Start Association

Highlights • Test results for YWCA Head Start children exceeded national scores in a U.S. Departmentof Health assessment.

• YWCA Head Start was awarded a grant from UCLA to participate in a national project to improve health education among Head Start parents. We were one of 30 programs selected nationwide from a competitive pool of 180 to participate in this national research-based initiative.

• The YWCA’s MaGIC (Males Guiding and Involving Children) program was named theFatherhood Program of the Year by federal Head Start Region VII and the Missouri Head Start Association.

• The YWCA Head Start program ended 2005 in full compliance with federal performance standards set by the U.S. Department of Human Services.

• Federal mandate requires that 50% of teachers hold certain credentials; the YWCAexceeded the requirement, with 82% of teachers holding the required credentials.

School-Age Care

After-school programs should be more than a place to be, they should be a place to

grow. YWCA School-Age Care programs provided engaging, enriching activities to over

600 children at seven facilities around St. Louis in 2005. Children, parents and staff at all

our facilities completed community service projects ranging from food and clothing

drives to “adopting” senior citizens. We also provided age-appropriate activities designed

to develop children’s sense of racial justice and financial literacy. Integrating our core

mission values of social justice and economic empowerment is part of what makes YWCA

School-Age Care programs unique, stimulating places for children ages five to 12.

Highlights


Without after-school programs, 72% of children in our region would go home to an empty house.

• Supporting low-income families in need of quality before- and after-school care, we provided our participants with over $60,000 in tuition scholarships, based on family need.

• Through more than 100 individual volunteers, who donated over 1,300 hours of their time, we helped children build positive adult relationships that model and support healthy decision making.

• We engaged all participants in community service projects, from food drives for hurricanevictims to activities helping the elderly.

• Lights On After School events, in support of the national awareness campaign for after-school programs, gave participants a way to demonstrate the value of their experiences in YWCA School-Age Care programs.


After-school programs shouldn’t be an afterthought.

We help teens make good choices.


YW-Teens

The YW-Teens Program teaches young women the skills and know-how to make good

choices in life. In 2005, our programs touched nearly 1,000 young women from St. Louis

city and county. YWCA leadership development programs, aimed at girls ages 11 to 18,

focused on character development, leadership skills, economic empowerment and racial

justice. We also initiated new outreach services, providing workshops on communications,

goal setting, racial justice, entrepreneurship and other topics to over 300 young people

through their schools and after-school programs.

Modeling our messages on the importance of working together and taking advantage

of available resources, YW-Teens built partnerships with other quality, youth-directed

organizations such as Saint Louis University’s Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurship,

the Jackie Joyner Kersee Center, the Juvenile Justice Center and many others to bring

enhanced services and resources to under-served urban youth.

Highlights


Teens face decisions about drugs, sex, school and friends everyday.

• More than 500 young women, from 34 St. Louis city and county middle and high schools,attended two Young Women’s Leadership Conferences, where they learned about opportunities and resources, gained new skills and information, and focused on accomplishing their goals.

• Staff became certified in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens™, which has become thecentral feature of YW-Teens summer programming and also is being offered to our schooland youth-service partners.

• We sponsored the first Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase in partnership with Saint LouisUniversity’s Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurship, highlighting the business efforts of more than 10 emerging young entrepreneurs.

• In partnership with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Human Origin andCultural Diversity, we developed and implemented “Preventing and Resolving Racial andCultural Conflict” for eighth graders at Fanning Middle School in south St. Louis. The program served to increase youth’s ability to recognize and deal with cultural differencesand misunderstandings.


Health & Wellness

The YWCA Carondelet Branch has offered south St. Louis residents health and fitness

opportunities for more than 50 years, but how we do that changes with the times. In 2005,

the U.S. Department of Education awarded us a three-year, $800,000 Carol White Physical

Education Program grant to address obesity and inactivity in area children. Through

a program called Kids and Communities in Motion, the YWCA is reaching 1,000 children

in grades kindergarten through eighth with a carefully structured program of fun and

activities to introduce them to a healthier lifestyle.

In addition to the long-running aquatics program, the Carondelet Branch initiated new

programs to further our mission in the community, such as age-appropriate financial

literacy for children in our before- and after-school programs; women’s health and

wellness workshops; and an international gym & swim event to foster understanding

in an increasingly diverse community.

• The Synchro Seals synchronized swimming team continued their tradition of excellence,earning five gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the Missouri Show Me Games, a statewide competition.

• We offered more than 60 special programs for youths, adults and families to promote physical activity and community building.

• We sponsored 14 educational events targeted to residents’ health and wellness needs,such as the Senior Health Fair, Wellness for Women Workshop and exercise and painmanagement.

• Challenges Unlimited, a learning and recreation program for adults with developmental disabilities, celebrated its 19th year.

Highlights

The number of overweight Americanyouth has increased 300% since 1980.


The YWCA is getting kids and communities in motion.

Volunteers & PartnersIn 2005, 6,754 volunteers gave a total of 54,347 hours to help forward the mission of the YWCA.

Using Independent Sector’s value of $17.55 per volunteer hour, the total value of our volunteers’ time

was $953,785. We thank all our volunteers for their dedication and hard work to bring the principles and

values of the YWCA to life in the lives of all we serve. You inspire us to do more.

We also enjoy the support of many organizational partners, both public and private, and thank them for

working with us to build a stronger community.

How you can support the YWCAWhether your gift is of time or money, your support is important to the YWCA and those we serve. We have

three major fundraising events each year: The Valentine Fashion Luncheon in February, the Circle of Women

in summer and Leader Lunch in December. Please also remember us in your annual giving and estate plan-

ning. Please visit our Web site at www.ywcastlouis.org or contact the Development Office at 314-531-1115

for more information about donor and volunteer opportunities.

$5,000+Joy C. BurnsDonnis L. CaseyJuanita H. HinshawMarilyn A. Schnuck

$1,000-$4,999Ann BeattyStella M. BouieJean L. CrowderFrankie M. FreemanTessa GreenspanRuthie Mae HartBecky B. HubertPolly O'BrienAnne E. PriceMarjorie M. RobinsSarah SimmonsRama SureshCarol J. ValentaJane Wulf

$500-$999Harriet BarrettChristine J. BiermanKatherine BrantleyCharles Q. BrownCarol M. DuhmeJacqueline DyerJohn HeinszRuth B. JohnsonBrenda NewberryKiku ObataSharon O'KeefeSara I. ScrogginsSusan J. SlaughterToni StegemanBarbara L. WilkinsonRisa Zwerling

$100-$499John AcernoElizabeth R. AlbroCleopatra H. AndersonAnonymous Staff DonorJessie AtwaterKathryn S. Bader

Antoinette M. BaileyPauline A. BalossiKaren BarneyM. Patricia BarrettBarbara Bartley-TurkingtonMaureen Bassett-BaranMadonna BeardAnne P. BedwinekValerie D. BellJudy BentleyKasey BerghSandy BievenueBelinda BoyerCynthia BrinkleyMildred BrookinsBelinda BrownWandaleen M. BrownGail BrownMary A. BruemmerInez W. BryantSheila BurkettCaryn BurstenMabel BushKaren S. CablerMarion G. CairnsLeah N. CampImelda Carper

Christine A. ChadwickPat ChartockSue ClancyMaxine ClarkKaren Levin CoburnBetsy H. CohenGeri CopeEdith C. CunnaneKathy Kegin CurrieJacqueline S. DippelRobert A. DolsonKaren O. DrakeCatherine DunkinTricia K. EganSusan S. ElliottMary EngelbreitGlenna W. EtheridgeCleodora T. EwingJoclyn L. EzellApril J. FeeStefani FesiSara FosterDana R. FowlerQueen D. FowlerGenevieve M. FrankRoberta S. FrankBarbara W. Fraser

Mozetta FreemanSusan K. GlassmanLinda GoldsteinDeborah M. GormanDeborah L. GrahamEdward V. GravesBetty M. GriffinStephanie GriffinDeborah C. GrossmanDudley GrovePeggy GuestTheonis K. GuytonKathy G. HagedornClaire HalpernKara L. HarmonJanie G. HarrisEllen F. HarshmanTracy Elsperman HartGhazala HayatPatricia K. HernandezEmily E. HinesDiane L. HoadleyBarbara L. HockenburyPatricia HofmeisterLissa R. HollenbeckJanet M. HollowayMaggie Holtman


Thanks to our donors

Individuals

The work of YWCA Metro St. Louis would not be possible without the support of our generous donors.

$25,000+A.G. Edwards

Anheuser-Busch Companies,Inc.

Conrad Properties

Emerson

Missouri Foundation for Health

Estate of Ruth H. Proehl

$5,000-$24,999Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Tom W. Bennett IrrevocableTrust

BJC HealthCare

The Boeing Company

Susan R. Buder MemorialTrusts

Citigroup

Commerce Bank

Edward Jones, Inc.

Employees' Community Fundof Boeing St. Louis

Infinity Broadcasting - Y98 &KEZK

KPMG LLP

May Department StoresCompany

Maritz Inc.

Monsanto Fund

Nestlé Purina PetCareCompany

Pulse Productions

Joseph H. & Florence A.Roblee Foundation

Ronald McDonald HouseCharities of Metro St. Louis

St. Louis Business Journal

Norman J. Stupp Foundation –Commerce Bank Trustee

Tiffany & Co.

University of California – Los Angeles

U.S. Concepts

US Bank

Washington University in St. Louis

$1,000-$4,99990.7 KWMU-FM

Alberici Constructors, Inc.

Ameren Corporation

American Equity Mortgage Inc.

Arcturis

Bank of America PremierBanking

Barlow Productions

Batter Up! Cookies LLC

William K. Bixby CharitableTrust

Blackwell Sanders PeperMartin LLP

Blue Cross Blue Shield of MO

Brown Shoe Company, Inc.

BSI Constructors Inc.

Leo R. Buder Trusts

Build-A-Bear Workshop

CBIZ

Color Art Integrated Interiors, Inc.

Colt Safety, Fire & Rescue

Cross Janitorial Service

Daniel and Henry Co.

EDCO Realty

Enterprise Rent-a-Car

Environmental Operations

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

General Motors Corporation

Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis

GKN Aerospace

Grace Hill

Grice Group Architects

IBM Corporation

Image TechnologiesCorporation

Jordan Charitable Foundation

Kellwood Foundation

Lawrence Group Architects

McCormack Baron Salazar

Mercer Human ResourceConsulting

Millennium Hotel

National Association Agent for Travelers Express

Pfizer

Plaza Frontenac

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Professional Women's Alliance

Renaissance Financial

Reuters America Operations, LLC

RubinBrown

S.M. Wilson & Co.

Saks Fifth Avenue

SBC

Scottrade, Inc.

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

Sonnenschein Nath &Rosenthal

SSM Health Care

SSM St. Mary's Health Center

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Convention andVisitors Commission

St. Louis County EconomicCouncil

St. Louis Rams

St. Louis University

St. Louis University, John Cook School of Business

Tarlton Corporation

Thompson Coburn LLP

UMB Bank of St. Louis, N.A.

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Washington University School of Medicine

Webster University

West End Internal Medicine

$500-$999AAA Missouri

Angelica Corporation

Colliers Turley Martin Tucker

Deloitte Touche

Fischer-Bauer-KnirpsFoundation

HOK

Clark & Jeannette GambleCharitable Trust

The Magic House

Massage Envy

See's Candy Shops, Inc.

Servicemaster OriginalMaintenance Service

St. Peter's Episcopal Church -Women's Guild

The Newberry Group

Towers Perrin

US Bancorp CommunityDevelopment Corporation

Winning Women

Dorothy HorstmanShelia A. HudsonLila HunterJulie M. HussSue HutchinsAmy C. JenkinsLori A. JohnsonDeborah M. JohnsonGeraldine W. JohnsonSelma M. JohnsonCarmen C. JonesDee A. JoynerPatty KellerhalsMary KimbroughEdie KirkC. Virginia KirkpatrickAnita KlopfensteinHazel L. KohringKristin K. KoppenNancy KranzbergTammy KrebelBecky KuekerBobbi C. KysarAnn M. LarsonRuth M. LewisMichele LiebmanSarah Linquist

Carol LippmanMaryAnn K. Van LokerenGreg LukemanRacine O. MaddoxBrenda Mahr-DouglasJoan D. MalloyCharles F. MansellBeverly MarcinAdrienne H. MarkTami MartensJeanette MathewsEmmy McClellandJudith E. MeadorMarcia B. MellitzCeleste MetcalfJennifer MillerDelores D. MillsCynthia B. MitchellMalissa MitchellPeggy MitchussonMargaret M. MooneyErica F. MoorePamela Morris-ThorntonAngela M. MortonMerry L. MosbacherAmanda L. MurphyJames J. Murphy

Patricia U. MusgraveAlison C. NashSandy E. NegriNorma J. NisbetMichelle M. NischbachAnne E. NobleKaren NoyesMarian M. NunnKaren O'LearyGeneva OlgetreeLydia PadillaBeverly P. PalmerDeborah J. PattersonValerie E. PattonKaren PentellaBeverly Pfeifer-HarmsBillie M. PhillipsEmily R. PittsMary A. PolkCheryl D. PolkBetty L. PollardEmily R. PulitzerFlorence T. PullenAlex QuainAnnie M. QuainMary QuiggLaura Radcliff

Patricia RedingtonLouAnne ReedPatricia RichStephanie L. RivenJeanne G. RobertsEmily Roberts-PittsMarilyn L. RobinsonChristine RobinsonShelley RoitherRachel RubinDeborah RushMary Jean RyanKaren R. SamsSuzanne SaueressigJanita W. SchoeningDorothy S. SharpeEllen SherbergRosemarie SmootSusan W. SolovicMildred SpruillVelma A. StewartAquilla M. StokesMary Francis SudholtJudy TaylorSandra J. ThompsonDenise R. ThurmondRobert D. Tiemann

Mary A. TillmanYvonne TisdelBlanche M. TouhillSharon TucciJoyce J. TurnerCleotra M. Turner-WoodsonAnn L. VazquezBessie L. WardMarlene WatkinsKathy WehrfritzCarol A. WeirSue A. WeissGlynelle WellsJuanita WestStephanie WhiteYvette S. WhiteheadLindsey WilkinsDonna WilkinsonJ.B. WilliamsBernard J. WintersHarriett WoodsKarin WoodsSharon WoodsonJennie YoungSavannah M. Young


Organizational Donors

We would alsolike to thank thefollowing specialfunding partners:

United Way of Greater St. Louis

City of St. Louis – Office on the Disabled

Missouri Affordable HousingTrust Fund

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Missouri Department of Health

Missouri Departmentof Public Safety

Missouri Department of Social Services

Missouri Department of Transportation

St. Louis County –Productive Living Board(PLB)

St. Louis Office for MentalRetardation and/orDevelopmental DisabilitiesResources (MRDD)

U.S. Department ofAgriculture

U.S. Department ofEducation – Carol WhitePhysical EducationProgram

U.S. Department of Health &Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing& Urban Development


YWCA 2005 Financial Report

Revenue Gains & Other Support 2005

Contributions – In-Kind $ 3,362,939

Contributions – Other 168,509

Special Events 358,790

Government Grants 24,165,648

United Way 822,977

Membership Dues 40,807

Total Public Support $ 28,919,670

Other Revenue, Gains and Support 1,356,724

Net Assets Released from Restrictions 139,826

Total Revenue, Gains & Other Supports $ 30,416,220

Expenses – Program Services 2005

Children and Youth $ 749,099

Women’s Services 816,891

Health and Fitness 915,008

Head Start 22,668,959

Early Head Start 2,959,208

Total Program Services $ 28,109,165

Management and General 2,052,915

Special Events 135,291

Fundraising 220,861

Total Supporting Services $ 2,409,067

Total Expenses $ 30,518,232

Change in Net Assets $ (102,012)

1% Contributions - Other

0% Membership Dues

0% Assets Released

4% Other Revenue, Gains and Support

3% United Way

11% Contributions In-Kind

1% Special Events

80% Government Grants

2% Children and Youth

1% Fundraising

0% Special Events

7% Management and General

3% Health and Fitness

10% Early Head Start

3% Women's Services

74% Head Start


2005 Board of Directors and Staff

2004-2005 BoardPresidentDonnis Casey*Retired, A.G. Edwards, Inc.

2005 ExecutiveCommitteeWanda T. Terrell, M.D.*VP/President ElectWest End Internal Medicine

Janet M. HollowayVP, FacilitiesVP & Chief of StaffMonsanto Company

Velma A. Stewart*VP, DevelopmentPresident/OwnerVAS Consulting

Jacqueline S. Dippel*TreasurerPartner, KPMG, LLP

Lydia PadillaSecretary*President/Franchise OwnerTRC Staffing Services, Inc.

Frankie Muse FreemanChair-HR CommitteeAttorney at LawMontgomery Hollie & Assoc. LLC

Barbara L. Wilkinson*Chair-NominatingCommitteeRetired, SBC Communications

2005 Board MembersGail Brown*BrokerBrown-Kortkamp Realty

Karen O. Drake*Director, HR & Organizational DevelopmentSt. Louis University

Sara Foster*Director of Support Group ServicesCommerce Bank

Peggy Guest, Ph.D. *Senior Consultant The Cramer Institute

Ghazala Hayat, M.D. *Professor NeurologySt. Louis University Hospital

Gail E. Holmes*Brand Manager, Retail PresenceEnergizer

Juanita Hinshaw*CEO & PresidentH & H Advisors

Lissa Hollenbeck*VP, Product SupportBoeing Military Aircraft & MissileSystems

Sabrina Miller*Head Start Policy CouncilRepresentative

Erica Moore*Center ManagerAccess Catalog Company

Vickie Newton*Anchor WomanKMOV-TV

Sharon O’Keefe*Chief Operating OfficerBarnes-Jewish Hospital

Valerie E. Patton*Executive DirectorSt. Louis Business DiversityInitiative

Cherish Perry*StudentWashington University - St. Louis

Jeanne Gore RobertsOwner/PartnerBLL and Associates

Shelley M. Roither, J.D.*Assistant VP-Employment CounselEnterprise Rent-a-Car

Ann L. Vazquez*Sr. Vice PresidentUS Bank

2005 At-LargeMemberStella Bouie*Chair, Committee onAdministration

2006 New BoardMembersKasey BerghManager, Community AffairsNestlé Purina PetCare Company

Peg MooneyPartnerLashly & Baer, P.C.

Sandra MoorePresidentUrban Strategies

Kim SmithSales Manager, IBM

Sue WeissVice President, General ServicesA.G. Edwards, Inc.

2005 Phyllis WheatleyCommittee onAdministrationStella M. Bouie, ChairKatherine BrantleyJacqueline DyerCleodora T. EwingJoclyn EzellAlberta E. GanttTheonis K. GuytonRuthie Mae HartLila HunterRuth B. JohnsonJeanette MathewsPatricia PeneltonChristine RobinsonRosemarie SmootCleotra T. Woodson

Senior Staff(As of August 1, 2006)

Joy Crawford BurnsChief Executive Officer

Charles BrownChief Operating Officer

Betty RobinsonChief Program OfficerHead Start

Jeffrey HefeleChief Financial Officer

John TaylorChief Development Officer

Julie AngelicaDirectorYouth Division

Eulonda NevelsDirectorPhyllis Wheatley TransitionalHousing Program

Kathleen HanrahanDirectorSt. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center

Sherrone Beatty-WellsInterim Team LeaderHuman Resources

* Indicates 2006 Board Member

YWCAAdministrative Headquarters

• YW-Teens

• Phyllis Wheatley Branch

• Transitional Housing Program

3820 West Pine Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63108

Main Number: 314-531-1115

Housing Program: 314-533-9400

We work for peace, justice, freedomand dignity for all people.

Carondelet Branch

4510 S. Kingshighway

St. Louis, MO 63109

314-832-2000

Head Start & Early Head Start

1911 Belt Way

St. Louis, MO 63114

314-427-4940

Phyllis Wheatley Heritage Center and

Phyllis Wheatley Apartments

2709-11 Locust St.

St. Louis, MO 63103

Heritage Center: 314-652-7755

Apartments: 314-533-9400

School-Age Care Program and

St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center

140 N. Brentwood Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63105

314-726-6665

Rape Crisis Line: 314-531-RAPE

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For more information about our programs

and facilities, please visit our Web site at

www.ywcastlouis.org

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