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2011

Annual

Report

Our Mission

Empowering

people who

are homeless

to move to

economic

and personal

self

sufficiency

crossroadsatlanta.org

Board of Directors

Mark Jones

Chair

Retired from Invesco Leslie Fletcher

Treasurer

Invesco

Sam Dunlap

Secretary

Angel Oak

Capital Advisors

Stan Dawson

Executive Director

Leona Barr-Davenport

President,

Atlanta Business League

Buddy Curry

Former Atlanta Falcon,

Kids and Pros

Bruce Gunter

President, Progressive

Redevelopment, Inc.

Richard Hines

Attorney,

Nelson Mullins

Mary Hinton

Vice President, Global

Corporate Services

CB Richard Ellis

David Lail

Alliance Bernstein

Bill Lawson

President, Information

Technology Resources, Inc.

Jane H. Long

Retired, St. Luke’s Member

Richard Lui

Anchor, MSNBC

New York City

Chris Marshall

Commercial Real Estate

Jones Lang LaSalle

The Rev. Dan Matthews

Rector, St. Luke’s

Episcopal Church

Frank Moye

Senior Director,

AFCO Real Estate

The Rev. Fred Northup

Founder/President

Athletes for a Better World

Jeff Van Note

Former Atlanta Falcon,

Radio Host

Wayne Vason

Senior Counsel,

Troutman Sanders

Board Chair

Mark Jones

and

Executive Director

Stan Dawson

During this deep and prolonged economic downturn, we thought 2009 and

2010 would be our most challenging years. In reality, during fiscal year

2011 we served a record number of metro Atlanta’s homeless men, women

and children — a 20% increase over 2010, and an overall 49% increase since

2008.

Most heartbreaking for us continues to be the ever-increasing numbers of

children turning to Crossroads for help. During fiscal year 2011 we ex-

perienced a 33% increase in the number of children — and a nearly

350% increase in the number of children since 2008.

We also saw a 44% increase in the number of veterans

A 46% increase in Guests ages 62 and over

And a 700% increase in the number of chronically homeless

Once again — thanks to hundreds of dedicated volunteers and donors — we

are deeply grateful to have just barely made our revenue goals this fiscal

year. However, our revenue did not increase in proportion to the sharp

increase in demand for Crossroads’ emergency / essential and now housing-

related services.

Clearly during the coming years we need to significantly increase all key

revenue streams to continue to ensure we meet the needs of our homeless

neighbors who turn to Crossroads for help.

Mark Jones and Stan Dawson


Housing Renewal for Women and Children

We have been placing women and their children

into safe, affordable apartments for over two

years now.

Through fiscal year 2011 — 132 total women

and children had been placed into housing.

During 2011 we also began to raise the bar by

providing basic furnishings and essentials for

those placed into housing.

To help these families sustainably end their

homelessness — we are now increasingly

focused on helping the women transition from

minimum-wage employment to living-wage

employment.

What’s New — Housing Solutions

...for women and children,

and chronically homeless men with a disability

Angels Permanent Supportive Housing

...for chronically homeless men with a mental and/or physi-

cal disability

During 2010 we began pursuing special HUD

funding, and in early 2011 we received confir-

mation of our award.

The special HUD funding will enable us to

house 10 chronically homeless men with a physi-

cal and/or mental disability.

Currently our plan is to launch this new housing

solutions program during the fall of 2011.


Help Office and Mail Room

...a primary first stop for those

homeless in metro Atlanta

Crossroads is a primary first stop for over 4,300 homeless men,

women and children each year. The Help Office and Mail Room

accommodate over 60,000 repeat Guest visits each year. And

thanks to the generosity of GE — the Help Office and Mail Room

at Crossroads were completely renovated ...top to bottom.

Emergency / essential services are provided at no charge to our

Guests by the Help Office and Mail Room:

A total of 4,302 Guests were served — and over

60,000 repeat visits were accommodated

Each new Guest seeking Crossroads’ assistance at-

tends a required orientation that highlights for them

the range of help Crossroads can provide

About half of our Guests arrive without any legal

identification — and it’s impossible to end homeless-

ness, rent a home or get a job without it — last year

we acquired a total of 1,737 birth certificates, and

1,533 Georgia IDs

A total of 6,528 MARTA cards were provided to help

Guests get to job interviews, medical and other im-

portant appointments


Clyde Corbin has been the Kitchen director for over 24 years now.

He, his small staff, and dedicated volunteers rise before dawn to

serve about 250 hot, nourishing meals each day.

Sylvia Campbell (pictured top right with Clyde), a proud retir-

ee from Coca-Cola, has now been the Kitchen Volunteer Coor-

dinator for 10 years ...2001 to 2011, and still counting!

Group Sandwich Makes — groups from companies like

Georgia Power, King and Spalding, Kilpatrick

Stockton, Hunton & Williams and more made and do-

nated thousands of sandwiches.

Atlanta Falcons players continue to arrive before each

Thanksgiving to serve a delicious meal for Guests — and kick

off the holiday season.

Groups like Dunwoody Brownie Troop 29414 did food

drives to ensure the Kitchen had the staple foods and supplies

they need on an ongoing basis — and raised over $300.

For well over 20 years now, the Friday group from Immacu-

late Heart of Mary Catholic Church volunteered in the

Kitchen.

And the volunteers with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s

Mustard Seed Garden grew — and donated to Clyde’s

Kitchen — a whopping 1,000+ pounds of fresh produce.

Clyde’s Kitchen

...serves over 74,000 meals each year


The Renewal Project is a 90-day stabilization program that

assists our able-bodied Guests.

This year the Renewal Project:

Helped 4,167 Guests

555 women — 13.5%

612 children — 14.5% — a 33% increase, and an

almost 350% increase since 2008

1,167 combined women and children — 27%

Placed an additional 21 women and 31 children into

safe, affordable, permanent housing

Assisted up to 132 women and children already

placed into housing by Crossroads with temporary /

supplemental rent, utilities, day care, etc.

Emergency / essential services were also provided:

1,606 birth certificates acquired

1,400 Georgia IDs acquired

5,407 MARTA cards provided

302 Guests placed in detox / treatment programs

Mailing address provided for the majority of Guests

Free health care provided by Mercy Care for those

with no health insurance

Renewal Project

...90-day stabilization program

Dominic Heard

Program Director

Renewal Project


The Angels Over Atlanta program provides extended case

management and essential supports and services for our

Guests with physical and / or mental disabilities.

This year Angels Over Atlanta:

Provided extended case management for 135

Guests with physical and / or mental disabilities

5 Guests placed in detox / addiction treatment

programs

21Guests placed in safe, secure housing — often

including supportive services

Helped 54 Guests initiate applications for Social

Security Disability income benefits — average

monthly income for Guests is $644.81

Secured nearly $100,000 in back pay for Guests

Pro-bono attorney services saved Guests $15,086

Emergency / essential services provided as need-

ed

Emergency / essential services were also provided:

101 Birth certificates

101 Georgia IDs acquired

MARTA cards provided as needed

5 Guests placed in detox / treatment programs

Mailing address provided for Guests

Free health care provided by Mercy Care for

those with no health insurance

Angels Over Atlanta

...for our Guests with physical

and / or mental disabilities

Emily McIver, LCSW

Program Director

Angels Over Atlanta


Each year hundreds of people donate thousands of volunteer hours — and

those volunteers help make incredible things happen.

Below are highlights of just some of our amazing volunteers...

GE this fiscal year — in addition to continuing to volunteer in the

Crossroads Kitchen — donated all the materials, expertise and volun-

teers to renovate the Help Office and Mail Roomtop to bottom.

UPS volunteers continue to volunteer in the Crossroads Kitchen, and

they helped us brainstorm ways to involve other companies.

Volunteers from law firms like King & Spalding, Kilpatrick

Stockton and Hunton & Williams again did group sandwich

makes — and donated thousands of sandwiches to Clyde’s Kitche.

Each week attorney Peter Odom, with The Odom Law Firm, works

in the all-volunteer Mail Room at Crossroads. And when Guests have

legal matters that prevent them from continuing to move toward ending

their homelessness — Peter provides pro-bono legal services that help

remove barriers and obstacles.

It is because of the talented, dedicated volunteers with special talents and

treasures who so generously help us — that Crossroads is able to provide

emergency / essential / supportive services to over 4,300 of our homeless

neighbors in need at no charge to them.

Volunteers are the Special

Ingredient at Crossroads


People Make It Happen

Our special thanks to all of our many dedicated individual donors.

If by chance your name is not included — please let us know.

Individuals Monthly Donors

Marcia and Richard Ammons

Ms. Barrett Batson

Diane and Bill Boyd

Roselea and Paul Brown

Esther Comer

Kim and Alex Doverspike

Kelley and Jeremy Gray

Daniel and Mary Hinkel

Laura Johnson

Paige Jones

Sam Ledbetter

Charles McClellan

Pat and Victor Mobley

Harriet Powell

Patrick Snell

Ben Turner

Anne Ward

Judith and Rob Aaron

C. Scott Akers, Jr.

Katherine and Scott Akers

Betsy and Herschel Allen

Bill and Cathy Allen

Jim Alston

Corinne Janet Anderson

Anonymous

Carol Combs Ashby

Rita Baker

Diane Barnsley

Nancy and John Beane

Individuals

Ellen and Duncan Beard

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beck

David Bedell

Patty and Brian Beem

Llewellyn Bell

Vicky and Charlie Benedict

Jeremiah Bennett

Elsa Black

Nancy and Jim Bland

Connie and Roger Blythe

Leigh and Chris Bogiages

Susan Boling

Cathy Bonk

Rosemary Bowling

Julie and Jim Brawner

Nancy Brittain

Susan Brooks

Dr. Sophia Brothers Peterman

Linda and Carl Brownlee

Claire and Bryan Benedict

Bill Buzbee and Lisa Chang

Cary and Charles Calhoun

Sylvia Campbell

Chris and Alex Cann

Anthony Carey

Jim E. Carl

Victor Castleman

Louise and Thomas Cate

Sterling Chadwick

Liz Chadwick

Barb and Terry Chap

Tom Chapel and Jennifer McCoy

Vani Chokra

Donna Church

Helen and Steve Clay

Donna Clayton

Individuals

Adelaide and Bob Cloyd

Susan and Jonathan Coopman

Brenda and Howell S. Copeland, III

Chris Copley

Dottie and Jim Corey

Mr. and Mrs. David Cormack

Kathy and Mike Couch

Ann and Jeff Cramer

Gertrude and John Crane

Dave Culp

Russell Currey and Amy Durrell

Brad Currey

Dawn and Buddy Curry

Laurie and Harold Daniel

Jerry Davis

Stan and Marie Dawson

Mary Dillon

Randy Dobbs

Betsy and John Donnelly

Marie and Roy Doppelheuer

Nancy Dowdle

Amy Doyle and Andrew Hall

Donna Drake

Rebecca Drysdale

Sam and Ryan Dunlap

Patricia Durden

Audrey Earles

Mindy and Mike Egan

Elaine and Peter Eisemann

Shirley Elkins

Peter Evans

Allison Evatt and Bob Allin

Allison and Jeffrey Ezell

Monique and John Farill

Louise and Bruce Faurot

Lynn Fight





Individuals

Lisa Finch

Joann Fleming

Leslie and Michael Fletcher

Peggy and Rawson Foreman

Martha Foster

Sara Fountain

Donna and Carter Fowlkes

Deborah Fox

Martha and Ron Franklin

Nathan Franklin

Sandra and Malcolm Freeman

Tom Fuller

Jason Gardner

Mark Dudzinski and Kathryn Baringhaus

Teresa Gernazian

Micki and Joe Geshwiler

Susanne Gibboney and Brann Dailor

Nancy and Lewis Glenn

Geneese Gottschalk

Frank Goulding

Jody and Billy Andrade

Tracey Grant

Astrida Greco

Amanda and Greg Gregory

Bruce Gunter

Ahna Han

Carolyn Hancock

Patricia Hand

Joanna Hannah

Adelaide Hanson

Barbara and Bob Harkey

Lisa Cremin and Bruce Harlan

Frances Harrold

Lisbeth Hartzell

Shawna Harvey

Diane and Curtiss Hawkins

Tannish Hayes-Knowle

Marucs Haynes

Lisa and Mike Henderson

Richard Hines

Mary Hinton

Marianne Hitchcock

J. Mac Holladay

Celia Holland

Bill Holmberg

Emily and Wade Huie

Pia Humphreys Jones

Joann Hunsinger

Stewart Hurlburt

Barbara Culmer-Ilaw and Raoul Ilaw

Mary and Wayne James

Calvin Jellema

Ed Johnson

Carolyn and Bob Johnson

Janet Johnson

Mark and Averill Jones

Libbie Jordan

Debra Jordan

Nan and Stephen Kennedy

Dawn and Tim Killenberg

Nancy Adams and Chris Kinney

Lynn and Tim Klein

Janis Kleinberger

Mary and Benton C. Kline

John Knox

Bridget Kolthoff

Harry Kone

Mary and Elliott Kyle

Julia Kyle

Mary and Elliott Kyle

Michelle and David Lail

Charlotte and Patrick Lail

Olivia Lane

Dianne and Neil Lareau

Terri Smith Laufer and Danny Smith

Mrs. Howard Lawrence

Tim and Lolita Layman

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lee

Charlene and Leon Lee

Samuel Lewis

Sue Lind

Patricia and John Lindholm

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Lindsley

Vanessa and Allan Little, III

Geert and Renee Loeffen

Martha Lokey

Martha Duke Lokey

Jane and Bob Long

Everett Lunsford

Sally and Mike Lynch

Amy Macklin and Erik Speakman

Rollin E. Mallernee, II

Russell Marshall

Mrs. T.O. Marshall, Jr.

Chris Marshall

Mary and Irvin Massey

Lisa and Dale Maulding

Susan McAvoy

Andrew McBath

Mary and David McCowen

Connie D. McDaniel

Palmour McIntire

Shalynda Mc Ivory

Patrick McKenna

Linda and Louis McLeod

Laura McNeill

Barbara and Bill Miller

Barbara Miller-Murphy





Individuals

Mel Mobley and Susan Laird

Elizabeth and Andrew Moore

Mark Hammond Moore, III

Carter and Hampton Morris

Arlene Morris

Mary Lang Morris

Marcia Murphy

Miriam Needham

Laura Neuman

Kaneshia Newell

Lisa Newsom

Boots Newton

Jan Noll

Betty and Fred Nolting

Julie and Fred Northup

Sarah and Rodolph Nunn

Barbara O'Brien

Cynthia and Bill Oliver

Darlene Oliver

Marion and Jim Orr

Chris Owens

Paige Paar

Isabel Parker

Teresa Partain

Lisa and Chris Peck

Mary, Joe and Sean Peek

John Petty

Mary Ann Phillips

Dana Halberg Pless and Larry Pless

Christine and James Powers

Florence Poznanski

Rae and T.F. McWhirter

Anne Pritchett

Gerald Ramsey

Claudia Randolph

T. Edward Reece

Susan and Stan Reid

Theresa Rhymes

Betty Ritchie

Betty and Alan Roach

Alexandra and Thomas Roddy

Helen and Joel Rogers

Ed Rogers

Thomas H. Rose

Marilyn and Bill Rosenberg

Jane and Norman Roszel

Elizabeth and Richard Rubenoff

Bill Scharnhorst

Sharon Gay and Neil Schemm

Shann and Debi Jo Schillinger

Craig Schneider

Janet and Ira Schwartz

Mike Schwartz

Leigh and Jonathan Serrie

Lee and Randy Sewell

Morris L. Shadburn, Jr.

Tom Shelton

Sue Sherrill

Nancy and Al Sherrod

Jonathan Shils

Dawn and Trey Shipp

Barbara and Charles Slick

William Smith

Mark Sobolewski

Charlie Spratt

Paulette and John Stewart

Linda and Ken Stewart

Susan and Robert Stewart

Elizabeth and Clay Stone

Elaine Swobe and Jeff Hopper

Jackie and David Tatum

Laura and John Taylor

John Taylor, Jr.

Mary and Rich Tewell

Dr. and Mrs. Cherian S. Thachenkary

Paula and Robert Thomann

Hugh Thompson

Sue and Ed Tierney

April and Brian Toms

Ray Townsend and Billy Hill

Kerry Traubert

Cheryl and Bill Valentine

Wayne Vason and Lee Harper

Wendy Vocelka

William Vogel

Leonard Wagner

Fentress Waits

Michael Wakefield

Paula Walker

Tom Walker

Claire and Dan Walls

Nancy and Donald Walton

Alice Watson

Gail Watson

Patricia Weaver

Cecelia and Donald Webster

Donna Weekly

Amy and Brian Weick

Gail and John Weininger

Pauline and Paul Weinzierl

Marguerite and Marshall Wellborn

Betty Jean Weltner

Betsey Weltner

Charles Weltner

Caroline and John Westerhoff

John White

Carla Whitehead

Frank Wiant


Special Grants Helped

Us Fulfill Our Three-year Strategic Plan

Foundations

Churches / Faith Based

Government

Atlanta Foundation of Wells Fargo

George M. Brown Trust Fund

Mary Brown Fund of Atlanta

Dyer Foundation

Mary Allen Lindsey Branan Foundation

Feinstein Foundation

Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation

The John and Mary Franklin Foundation

Gender Balance 50-50

Georgia Power Foundation

Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation

The Luther and Susie Harrison Foundation

The Imlay Foundation

Kroger Company Foundation

Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

NFL Charities

Thomas Pitts Trust

Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust

Second Mile -- John Wieland Homes

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta -- Regional Commission on Homelessness

The Waterfall Foundation

James M. and Ruth E. Wilder Foundation, Inc.

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

Woodward Fund through United Way

City of Atlanta

FEMA

State of Georgia -- Department of Community Affairs

Individuals

Patricia and Jerry Wills

Susan and Bill Willson

Susan Wilson

Tracy Wilson

Ann Wooley

Connie and Sonny Wooten

Monica and Chris Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yellowlees

Harriet York

Patricia and Chuck Young

Carla Young

Ruth and Alan Yurchuck

Madeline Zavodny

Kathryn Zickert and Gary Bergman

Nancy and John Zintak

All Saints' Episcopal Church

Cathedral of St. Philip

Central Congregational United Church of Christ

Central Presbyterian Church

The Church of the Atonement

Episcopal Charities Foundation

McBurney Fund of St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Messiah's House Assembly of God

North Avenue Presbyterian Church

Northside United Methodist Church

Smith-Hawkins Fund of St. Luke's Episcopal Church

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Training and Counseling Center of St. Luke's Episcopal Church


In-Kind Donors

Corporate and Matching

Anonymous and In-Kind Donors

Blue Heron Community Garden

Leigh and Chris Bogiages

GE Energy

King & Spalding

Brownie Troop 29414 — Dunwoody

Friends of Ron

Hunton & Williams

Nancy Meyer

Victoria and Brian Muffley

North Buckhead Civic Association

Peter Odom, Esq.

Old Fashioned Foods

Pebble Tossers

Portman Holdings

Publix Atlantic Station

Publix Briarcliff Village

Publix Super Markets

Rhodes Family Bakery

Patricia Rosende

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Trinity Presbyterian Church

Amy and Brian Weick

Carolyn and Littell Wilson

Corporate

Matching Gifts

Bank of America

GE Energy

Freedom Scientific BLV Group

McGuire Woods

SunTrust

Dazzl Jewelry

AT&T

GE Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation

SunTrust Bank

Anonymous

Nearly $22,000 was received from donors who wish to remain anonymous. Our special thanks to anonymous donors for their generosity.

Brownie Troop 29414 — Dunwoody

State Bar of Georgia

Clubs and Groups


Fiscal Year 2011

Functional Financial Overview

90% of Expense Dedicated to Program Services

Revenue $ 1,077,412

Expense $ 1,050,908 *

Increase (decrease) in unrestricted net assets $ 26,504

Net assets, end of year $ 1,143,748**

[* $549,220 donated goods/services, **special grant

received for housing and reserve fund]


To learn more about Crossroads

Please visit our website at www.crossroadsatlanta.org

If you have questions about this annual report or would like more

information please email [email protected]

— or contact —

Stan Dawson

Executive Director

404-873-7652

[email protected]

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