Please SAVE THE DATE for the 27th Annual Don Carlos Awards ~ October 5, 2010 6:30pm in the beautiful courtyard of the 1300 N. College Avenue, Tempe |
Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman heads this community-wide effort to raise money for human service needs in Tempe and the surrounding communities. Whether this will be your first, second or 100th race, you are guaranteed to learn something new, get it better shape, make new friends and most of all, help those most in need!!
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HOW NONPROFITS SPEND YOUR MONEY Most of us have an investment in our local nonprofits, either through our direct donations or indirectly through the United Way, foundations and government funding. Much of our concern rightly relates to the job they are doing in helping those most in need. In order to report on the financial activities of the nonprofit agencies funded by the City of Tempe, Tempe Community Council (TCC) collects and compiles information through an online process, known as e-Cimpact. The e-Cimpact system is utilized by TCC to administer the annual human services application, and it provides information for grant administration purposes.
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| Overview
The chart below illustrates how 32 nonprofit agencies, partially funded by the City of Tempe, budgeted to spend their total revenue in four major categories during the past three fiscal years; 2007/08 through 2009/10. These budgets totaled over $275 million for the 2009/10 fiscal year.
The chart demonstrates that the proportions in these four categories (In-Kind, Non-Personnel/Operating, Other Expense, Salaries/Benefits) remained fairly stable over the three year period; however, in FY 2009/10 Salaries/Benefits went down slightly while In-kind expenses increased. This is mostly due to the fact that we have seen nonprofit agencies reduce their workforce numbers due to the current economic conditions.  |
Nonprofit Diversity
Nonprofits come in all shapes and sizes, as demonstrated in the table below for the 32 agencies funded by the City of Tempe.
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| Where the Money Comes From
The table below shows sources of revenues for the City of Tempe funded
agencies in FY 2009/10 in four broad categories . |
A Closer Look
As charted in the previous graphs, Salaries/Benefits, In-Kind and Other
Expenses make up about 80% of the total expenses of our Tempe funded agencies. The chart below shows a closer look at the remaining 20% - Operating Expenses. 
Occupancy (rent, utilities, building and grounds) is one of the largest
categories, at 7%. Specific Assistance for Individuals, Professional Fees and Contracts and Supplies/Equipment/Rental Maintenance total over 8%, a
reflection that many nonprofits often staff with temporary or periodic
personnel in keeping with the needs of their diverse types of services. |
Program Expenses
A look at the budgets of human services programs funded by Tempe shows
a somewhat similar picture to the agency budgets. The chart below highlights the percentages for programs by the same four categories as reported earlier for agency budgets.
Please note: The graph was adjusted for an outlier agency. This agency is
a food bank whose expenses are mainly comprised of purchased food instead of clients served by the professional staff. Therefore, the food bank was removed and the chart was adjusted accordingly.
It is important to point out that human service programs are essentially people helping people in need. Typically they help with a specific skill (counseling, case management) or with a specific products (rent assistance, housing, food). As this expense chart demonstrates, the majority of these funds go to professionals that help people get to a better place of security. While rental assistance and food boxes are essential to helping the needy, so are caring professionals who help stabilize individuals so they will not need services in the future. |
| Leverage of City of Tempe Funds
TCC's partnership with the City of Tempe allows the leverage of millions of dollars for those most in need in our community. The chart below shows that in FY 2009/10
the City of Tempe funds of about $1million in proportion to the overall funding for the programs operating to help vulnerable Tempeans.
Our investment of about $1 million leverages over $56 million in human service program staff, experience and resources to help those in need in Tempe. That means that for very $1 invested-$56 additional dollars are available to help programs so that Tempeans can improve their situation and stabilize their lives.
If you would like to make a difference in Tempe, and support human service nonprofits as they leverage resources to help people in need, please consider volunteering your time on Agency Review or donating to one of TCC's vital programs. In FY 2009/10, 50 volunteers helped to review and recommend
funding for the Agency Review process, resulting in funding for 34 agencies
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Bottom Line
The City of Tempe partners with excellent nonprofit agencies who deliver critical human services to Tempeans every year. In March, TCC's volunteers completed the annual Agency Review process for fiscal year 2010/11. They determined which agencies deliver the best programs and are making the biggest impact to those in need within Tempe.
It is TCC's honor to work with the following agencies who were recommended for funding by the City of Tempe. A New Leaf, Advocates for the Disabled, The ARC of Tempe, Area Agency on Aging, Boys & Girls Club of the East Valley, Catholic Charities,Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS), Child Crisis Center, Chrysalis Shelter, City of Tempe-Housing, Community Bridges, Community Information & Referral, Community Legal Services, East Valley Adult Resources, EMPACT/Suicide Prevention Center, Foundation for Blind Children, Home Base Youth Services, Homeward Bound, NewTown CDC/Community Land Trust, Open Horizons Scholarship Program, Phoenix Shanti, Tempe Salvation Army, Save the Family, Shared Living for the Elderly, Sojourner Center, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS, Tempe Community Action Agency (TCAA), Tempe Family YMCA, The Centers for Habilitation (TCH), Tumbleweed, UMOM, United Food Bank
Tempe Community Council looks forward to working with our nonprofit partners and our caring community to improve the lives of those most in need in Tempe.
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