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shoes and clothes for kids2016 annual report
letterfrom theexecutivedirectorAnyone involved in helping run anorganization knows first-handhow difficult it can be to make change.There are myriad challenges, hurdles and competing good ideas to be sorted through. If navigated well, you can pop out theother end on the right track to bigger and better accomplishments.2016 was a transformational year forShoes & Clothes for Kids and a year in which westarted to change how we serve the community.letterfrom theboardchairWe completed a Strategic Plan which redefined our mission to remove clothing, shoes and other items as a barrier to schoolattendance. We also narrowed our focus to primarily serve kids in grades K-8, which are the years these items tend to be thebiggest barrier for kids getting to school.I am proud to say that’s the Shoes and Clothes for Kids story of 2016.Thanks to committed leadership from our boards (both our Board of Directors and Associate Board of young professionals),a talented, dedicated staff and the help from OgdenPost on our strategic planning effort, we have transformed the programswe operate, added significant capabilities to acquire and distribute school uniforms and school supplies, and extended ourcommunity engagement efforts.Research tracked by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District already shows that some kids who receive our new servicesimprove their attendance up to 24% in the first 30 days. That’s huge. That’s an impact. And that’s why we had to change.You will read next to my letter that of my colleague Tracy Jemison II who serves as chair of SC4K. None of this would havebeen possible without his steadfast support, willingness to push change and overall leadership that helped us get to the pointwe are today.We know our mission is more focused than ever on serving the neediest kids in the Cleveland area. We know there is stillmuch more to be done. But perhaps unlike any time in our nearly 50 year history, we are positioned to make practical,tangible and measureable improvements on getting kids to school, to stay in school and eventually break the cycle of poverty.I am grateful for the opportunity to help lead the organization through this critical change and am indebted to the board, staff,neighborhood distribution partners, funders and so many colleagues who’ve offered their support to me over the past year. Mydeepest thanks to all.And now, there’s more to do As part of this redefined mission, we acquired Alan Silverman’s Uniforms for Kids. Uniform for Kids has provided schooluniforms to Cleveland area kids for many years. This acquisition has allowed us to expand the work U4K is doing in thecommunity and SC4K has been able to leverage the purchasing expertise of Alan.In revising our mission, we also wanted to shift how we measure success. Previously, our program was not able to producemeasurable outcomes. Thanks to a pilot program with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, we are able to trackattendance of students before and after we serve them to see how our services impact a student’s attendance. Initial data hasproduced very promising results.The changes to the organization carried into 2017. In January, we agreed to become the Cleveland affiliate of Kids inNeed. The Cleveland Kids in Need Resource Center had been in Cleveland since 2001 and during that time distributedapproximately 3,000,000 of school supplies on an annual basis to 250 schools throughout Cuyahoga County. Our board feltlike this program was a perfect fit for our mission. We not only expect to continue the great work of Cleveland Kids in Needbut hope to make investments to deepen its impact in the community.The changes and success we had in 2016 could not have been accomplished without the tremendous efforts of our boardand staff. I am very proud of the courage the board had in making these changes. SC4K was a successful organization thatwas having a great impact on the community, to change our mission and approach despite the success says a lot about ourconfidence that we can have an even greater impact on the community. In addition, the changes could not have been executedwithout the tremendous effort and passion from our staff led by Executive Director, Terry Uhl. We are also fortunate to havegreat support from both past and new funders who have been willing to invest in the future of Shoes & Clothes for Kids andthe children we serve.With Gratitude,Terence J. UhlExecutive Director2Tracy A. Jemison IIChairshoes and clothes for kids 2016 annual report
rigorous strategic planning process unlike our organizationhad ever undertaken. The result was implementing more than 100 recommendations that added significant strength to ourFrom January through June, our staff, board members, and some partners worked through afinancial, development, human resource and volunteer engagement programs. The strategic planning effort also helped bring about many of the other items listed in this report.Distributedmore than 100,000clothing items tocleveland kids.including:CLEmore than 11,000shoe gift cardsnearly 2,000new school uniformsreaching 11,283 needycleveland childrenWe were delighted in 2016 to get to know Alan Silvermanwho for years operated Silverman’s Clothing Storeand ran a charitable program for needy students,Uniforms for Kids. His generous guidance and ideason how we could work together to help Cleveland kidsled us to merge his organization into SC4K at mid-year.In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our five-times-a-year shoe and clothingdistributions, our staff and board members committed additional time in 2016 to identify steps to developcloser relationships with our 2X existing neighborhood partners.partnered with thecleveland browns foundationand thecleveland metropolitan school districtto create a new “special teams package” programthat provides one week’s worth of school uniformsand other items to 2,000 students per year4reorganizedour warehouse spaceandour development andcommunications programsto accommodate andmeet the needs ofour new programsAmong our new volunteer opportunitiesin 2016 was working with one of thecoolest new events in town,the Cleveland Flea. Thanks to ourpartnership with them, we were able tomeet many new friends and donors,raise more money for our programs,and have a lot of fun!We also got active 8 Sundays in the fall as we took on ticketsales duties for the Cleveland Browns Foundation 50/50 raffleduring Browns games. We are grateful for the promotionalexposure to so many thousands of people, extra income forour programs and fresh volunteer opportunity. Go Browns!Through our communityengagement effortswe created 10 moreevent volunteeropportunities for ourboard membersToward the end of 2016, we secured an agreementto become the new Kids in Need chapter of thenational Kids in Need Foundation as of January 1, 2017.By adding school supplies to our school uniform,clothing and shoe distribution program means needystudents have something else they need to succeed inschool. And through the Cleveland Kids in NeedResource Center, more than 2,800 teachers in CuyahogaCounty came to shop for free school supplies in 2016.shoes and clothes for kids 2016 annual report
thankyouto ourdonors2016shoes andclothes for kidsfinancialsMore than 1,000 individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations supportShoes and Clothes for Kids each year, and in turn are helping children and families each and every day.We are grateful for your generosity to our work.This report reflects gifts received January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.SC4K gratefully acknowledges our donors and apologize for any errors or omissions as westrive for excellence in reporting. Please call 216.881.7463 ext.4 with any corrections.REVENUE 25,000.00 Christ Child Society of ClevelandCleveland Browns FoundationEaton CorporationThe Sam J. Frankino Foundation 10,000.00 to 24,999.00AnonymousForest City Realty TrustTamra Gould & Howard AmsterDonor Advised Fund*Medical Mutual of OhioThe Milton & Tamar MaltzFamily FoundationNewark element14Marvin & Maxine SchinaglePhilanthropic Fund of theJewish Federation of Cleveland*The Wuliger Foundation 5,000.00 to 9,999.00Aramark Sports & EntertainmentDominion Energy Charitable FoundationFifth Third Bankvictor & joan m. gelb Philanthropic Fundof the Jewish Federation of ClevelandMr. & Mrs. Tracy A. Jemison, IIMr. & Mrs. Melvin Kamins*Multi-Wing America, Inc.David & Inez Myers FoundationThe PNC Charitable Trust Grant ReviewSandra & Tim Wuliger Family Fundof the Jewish Federation of ClevelandSisters of Charity FoundationUPSUPS Foundation, Inc. 1,000.00 to 4,999.00Ms. Sue AllenMr. Ryan AllermanAnheuser-BuschAramark Correctional ServicesAramark Dining ServicesAramark Refreshment ServicesBarefoot WinesMr. Michael BerthelotMr. Richard J. Bogomolny &Ms. Patricia M. KozerefskiBorden Dairy Company of Ohio, LLCBuckeye Draft Beer ServicesCaplan Wright Family FundCatanzarite Investment Company LLCCavaliers Operating Company, LLCHomer Chisholm &Gertrude K. Chisholm Fund6Cleveland Academy of Trial AttorneysCleveland Indians BaseballCleveland Metropolitan School DistrictMr. & Mrs. R. Michael ColeMs. Colleen CravenDealer Tire, LLCMs. Candice DempseyDiGeronimo Family FoundationDippin’ Dots, Inc.Dollar BankDubick, Fixture & Supply, Inc.Ferro CorporationMs. Lynne FiskeFrantz Ward LLPMr. Jeffrey GallaGlazer’s Distributor of OhioGlenmedeMiller Good Family Charitable Foundationof the Jewish Federation of ClevelandGoodman Real Estate Services Group LLC*Gould Inc. FoundationGreat Lakes Brewing CompanyMr. & Mrs. Craig GutridgeHahn Loeser & Parks LLPMichael J. Horvitz Donor Advised Fund ofthe Jewish Federation of ClevelandHouse of LaRoseHyland, creator of OnbaseMr. Kyle KazakMr. Kevin M. KearneyMr. & Mrs. Stewart & Donna KohlMr. Allan C. KrulakLabattMr. Ronald J. Lang*The Lubrizol FoundationMr. Ronald MarcinMr. & Mrs. James L. MasonSarah & Alan MelamedMichael Symon RestaurantsMiller CoorsMinottis BeverageMt. Sinai Health Care FoundationThe Murch FoundationNLC LoansNordson CorporationNOSDAPartnerShip LLCPepsiCo FoodserviceMarni & Morris Propp IIFamily FoundationRPM International, Inc.RSM US LLPThe S. K. Wellman FoundationMrs. Alice R. SayreMr. Donald Sayre & Ms. Nancy WurzelMr. & Mrs. S. James SchillE.A. & Mollie SchwartzenbergMemorial Fund of theJewish Federation of Cleveland*Mr. Kevin S. ShermanThe Sherwin-Williams FoundationMr. Alan Silverman*Ms. Abigail Stadlin*Sugardale FoodsSuperior Beverage GroupTalmer Bank and TrustMr. Joseph T. TurgeonTurner Construction CompanyMr. Thomas WearschMr. Joseph WeidelingMr. Morton J. WeisbergWolff Family Charitable Foundation TrustAnne Marie & Warren L. WolfsonFamily Philanthropic Fund of theJewish Federation of ClevelandMr. Joe YonadiMr. & Mrs. Michael Zitzelsberger 500.00 to 999.00ASI International Ltd*Mr. & Mrs. Mike BelkinMr. Matthew BesserMs. Samra BojanowskiMr. Marc BonaMr. George Brant & Ms. Laura KepleyMr. & Mrs. Gerald F. BroskiMr. & Mrs. Hans BurkhardtMs. Karen M. CarcioneMr. R. B. C. CaylessLarry & Ellen ChernikoffPhilanthropic Fund of theJewish Federation of ClevelandMr. & Mrs. Christopher ChurchCleveland FleaMr. & Mrs. Peter W. DanfordMs. Nancy G. DickensonMs. Sandra DrellishakMrs. Karen FoxMr. Biju FrancisGE Lightingmr. & mrs. vic gelbMr. Wesley GillespieMr. Owen GramoyMs. Lisa GrayThe Richard Horvitz &Erica Hartman-Horvitz FoundationMr. Robert T. HexterMr. & Mrs. Dwight S. JordanMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey KavlickMr. & Mrs. Victor G. KmetichMr. & Mrs. Ronald KovachMr. & Mrs. Steven P. LarsonThe Victor C. Laughlin, MDMemorial FoundationMr. A. Lamont MackleyMediQuant, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Stephen MiragliaMr. & Mrs. David P. MiraldiMs. Elizabeth NiciMr. & Mrs. James R. PierceMr. Robert T. RaafRecess CreativeRichardson Design, LLCMs. Karla M. RogersMr. & Mrs. Brian & Kelly RudloffSchwebel Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Phil R. StammittiTelecomPioneersThe Step2 Company, LLCThird Federal Savings & LoanMs. LaJoy ThomasMs. Joanne Eckstein ThurnMs. Tracy TuroffThe Uhl GroupMr. William WaldmanMs. Amy WatkinsMr. & Mrs. Ronald E. WebbMr. & Mrs. Richard & Mary WechtenhiserMr. & Mrs. Dan Zelman* gifts made in support of theUniforms for Kids programCash Donations and Other Support 619,532Assets Contributed by Uniform for Kids 126,087Clothing and Gift Card Donations, in-kind 1,300,989Unrealized Gain (loss) on Investments 65,924Other Support, in-kind 61,977Total support 2,174,509ExpensesClothing and Gift Cards DistributedOther Operating ExpensesTotal expenses (2,282,052) (579,011) (2,861,063)Decrease in net assets (686,554)Net Assets, Beginning of the Year 4,255,795Net Assets, End of Year 3,569,241Our Consolidated Financial Report for the year ending December 31, 2016 is available for inspectionin our offices or online at www.sc4k.org. The audit was completed by RSM US, LLP. The informationpresented here was prepared by Shoes and Clothes for Kids management on a fund accounting basisand does not include all applicable income and expense items or other notations required by GenerallyAccepted Accounting Principles (G.A.A.P.). Please see our 2016 Consolidated Financial Report forcomplete financial information.shoes and clothes for kids 2016 annual report
board of directorsChairTracy A. Jemison IIChair EmeritusAllan C. KrulakLife DirectorsTheresa Corey BishopRockette Richardson Ewellvic gelbScott SimonTerence J. UhlExecutive CommitteeSue AllenGerald F. BroskiR. Michael ColeKaren FoxSid GoodCraig GutridgeA. Lamont MackleyJames L. MasonSarah K. MelamedElizabeth NiciLaura PasseralloHallie RichDennis R. RoseKelly RudloffAlan SilvermanJoe YonadiDirectorsStephanie BurrisBrendan R. DoyleJeff GallaWesley GillespieAnita GrayJennifer HornCourtenay Youngblood JalicsJeffrey J. KavlickKevin KearneyRonald J. MarcinTy C. McBeeJames PetsockJoseph G. PodachJudith RichKarla M. RogersPatty ShipacasseTracy A. TuroffThomas WearschCher WebbWarren L. WolfsonElissa WuligerMichael R. Zitzelberger, JrFounderMorrie SayreAssociate BoardCo-chairsSteve LarsonPatty ShipacasseMembersKathleen BattinJessica BeckerMeredith BerthelotMichelle BlockJoe CooneyCandice DempseyPenny ForsterKelly FortunePatrick GibbonsLottie GrayRachelle GrayJoe HamlinJessica HodgesBritney HuffmanBridget KakosNeeley KlubertAlison LamirandLori MarksNicole MelvilleJessica MillerAdam RussDave SegenCarolyn SekerakMelissa TrzaskaExecutive DirectorTerence J. UhlDirector of DevelopmentEmily SpeerDirector of Programs andDevelopment ManagerMonica LloydFinance DirectorJennifer Kelschdesign servicesdonated bywww.gustodesigns.com2016 DistributionPartner SitesCatholic Charities Head Start RiversideFatima Family CenterMt. Sinai Baptist ChurchBethany Baptist ChurchCatholic Charities Head Start St. IgnatiusFreedom Christian AssemblyMurtis H. Taylor - East ClevelandFriendly InnMurtis H. Taylor - Mt PleasantGoodrich GannettNeighborhood CenterNew Sardis Primitive Baptist ChurchHarvard Community Service CenterUniversity SettlementBoys & Girls Club Broadway ClubBoys & Girls Club King Kennedy ClubBoys & Girls Club Walton ClubCatholic Charities Head StartEast Cleveland Neighborhood CenterEast End Neighborhood HouseEuclid/Hillcrest Family toFamily CollaborativeFamicos FoundationEmmanuel Baptist ChurchLa Sagrada FamiliaLexington Bell Community CenterMerrick HouseSt. Martin de Porres Family CenterWilliam E. Sanders Family Life CenterWord of Righteousness FamilyLife CenterMt. Olive Missionary Baptist ChurchWWW.SC4K.ORG info@sc4k.orgP: 216.881.7463 (SHOE) F: 216.881.74623500 Lorain Ave., Suite 301, Cleveland, OH 44113
great support from both past and new funders who have been willing to invest in the future of Shoes & Clothes for Kids and the children we serve. With Gratitude, Tracy A. Jemison II chair anyone involved in helping run an organization
