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Real Change Vendor Shelly Cohen

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Real Change Vendor Susan Russell, Founding Director Tim Harris, Vendor Sharon Jones and former Advocacy Program Manager Alex Becker receive the “Best Campaign” award from the International Network of Street Papers in recognition of Real Change’s community organizing to reduce unsheltered homelessness in King County.

This is what our 2015-2018 strategic plan is ultimately about. We move toward this vision of possibility and inclusion by building on our strengths.

We are committed to growing our readership and investing in vendor success. We walk our talk on race and class and challenge ourselves on issues of racial equity. We build for power by bringing new voices into action. And we ensure that Real Change is here for the long haul by investing in leadership development and diversifying our financial support.

n The One Night Count found an alarming 21 percent increase in unsheltered homelessness, and Mayor Ed Murray went on TV to connect the dots between rising housing costs and inequality, failed drug policy and federal and state abandonment of the poor.

n The mayor declared a State of Emergency on homelessness, and the City and County put nearly $10 million on the table to expand services. City-sanctioned encampments and safe-parking programs found new support as alternatives to criminalizing homeless people.

n Seattle has joined the handful of U.S. cities whose response to the homeless crisis is leading the nation. And Real Change, along with our community of friends and allies, is bringing new energy to a growing movement for change.

A N N U A L 2015 R E P O R T

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Here’s what each of those goals looked like in 2015, and how we will continue to grow our work This year, we’ve seen that our vendors are doing better and sticking with the paper longer. Our challenge is to offer opportunity to more people and increase our readership and community support. Improvements this year included strengthening support for new vendors and launching a digital payment app for iPhone and Android to help us reach new readers.

The focus for 2016 is on new vendor recruitment, improved sales training and support and outreach to grow the community of readers that make everything we do possible.

An innovative workshop on recognizing the role of race and class in our organizations was pioneered by Managing Director Alan Preston in partnership with Class Action, and has attracted strong interest from allies in the human services sector. We have grown opportunities for vendor inclusion, and increased the diversity of our staff, board and volunteers. Our news team tightened its focus on racial equity and added new contributors to reflect a strengthened commitment to diverse voices.

Members of the Vendor Organizing Committee brought their testimony and passion to City Hall, County Council and the state House, and were frequently quoted in other media as they spoke their truth in public. This year, we will continue our focus on grassroots mobilization by bringing 1,000 new readers into action through the RC Allstars campaign.

Finally, we grew the grassroots support that makes our work possible by 9 percent. This year, the majority of Real Change donors increased their giving to Real Change, allowing us to invest in new strategies for long-term success like mobile payments and vendor leadership development.

We’re proud of our amazing vendors, and we are inspired by the incredible community that makes our work possible. Together, we’re making the vision of community real.

Last summer, when we hosted the International Network of Street Papers conference, representatives from 43 papers from 32 countries came to Seattle to see what a successful grassroots activist paper looks like. Our OutsideIn Campaign — a very visual push for expanded survival services — received the INSP’s international award for social justice organizing.

Our goal for that campaign, 1,000 people safer this year, has now been adopted by the City Council human services chair. We call that progress.

When our readers support our vendors, powerful things happen. Vendors find that they are not alone. They grow as leaders and activists. Their stories get told. New communities are brought into action. A different world becomes possible.

In 2015, Real Change celebrated 21 years of building for power by crafting a vision statement: “We envision a just, caring and inclusive community, where people are no long-er marginalized by racism and classism and have the means to live with dignity.”

2015: The year Seattle recognized homelessness as a top priority

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$25,000 +Anonymous (1), Medina Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Wyncote Foundation Northwest

$10,000 – $24,999Anonymous (4), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lucy Lee Helm, Lucky Seven Foundation, Microsoft Corp, New York Community Trust - Ken Lin Fund, Wyncote Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999Anonymous (2), Jabe Blumenthal & Julie Edsforth, Terry & Jane Chadsey, Jason Chan, Communal Wealth Fund of Tides Foundation, Saskia & Anneke de Jonge, Kristina Detwiler, Jim Douglas & Sasha Harmon, Elmer & Eleanor Andersen Foundation, Michael Gamon, Google Inc, Housing & Economic Justice Fund of Tides Foundation, Karina O’Malley & Christopher Thrasher, Janice Ritter, Sharon Robinson, Schwartz Family Foundation, Stansbury Family Foundation, Tricia & Steve Trainer

$2,500 – $4,999Anonymous (3), Matthew Coill, Duane & Pamela Crone, Ronald & Maureen DiGiacomo, Judy Drake, Phyllis Hatfield, Carrie Heron, Kirkpatrick Family Foundation, Joy McNichols, Elaine Nonneman, Lily North, Olson Kundig Architects, Steven & Fredrica Rice, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund, UFCW Local 21, Srinivas Visvanathan, Gail & Jay Winberg

$1,000 – $2,499Anonymous (11), Emily Anthony & David Maymudes, Allison Augustyn & Mike Kollins, Diane & Jean-Loup Baer, Michelle Bates-Benetua & Brian Murphy, Boeing Co, Eileen Brown & Brian K. Dewey, Adam de Boor & Mari Osuna, James & Rosemarie Flaherty, Patricia Fluhrer, Al & Patricia Friedrich, Paul Gjording, Victoria Griffith, Deena Henkins, Peter Heymann, Andrew Himes & Alexandra Wilber, Shawn Hurley, Pramila Jayapal & Steve Williamson, Arvind Jayasundar, Rebecca Kavoussi, Pamela Kliment, Felicia Kliment, Gael Kurath, Jim Lauinger, Matt & Nicole Leblanc, Hannah Love, Low Income Housing Institute, Jake & Meg Mahoney, Erika Maxx, Patrick & Jane McIntyre, Marcus Meier, Peter T. Metzger, Lawrence & Bernice Meurk, John Midgley & Lynn Greiner, Donald Mitchell, Moccasin Lake Foundation, Diane Moore & Gary Gallaher, Harriett & John Morton, Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, Valerie & Ancil Payne, Richard A. Peterson & Felisa Rogers, Leslie Preston, Leslie A. Rugaber & Gary Oliveira, Carla Saulter & Adam P. Edwards, Schwab Charitable, Seattle Seafoods USA Inc, Peter Seitel & Jan Geier, Julie Shapiro & Shelly Cohen, Thomas Sheehan, Sunny Speidel & Brian Haughton, Jill Spruce, Tableau Software, Scott Patrick Tennican, Vanguard Charitable, Jill Woelfer, Your Cause Electronic Arts Outreach

$500 – $999Marlies & John Amaya, Mary Petty Anderson, Anonymous (3), Christopher Backus, Bill Badgeley & Elizabeth Sheppard, Sharon Baker, Mark & Heather Barbieri, Theodore & Tamara Becker, Charles & Shirley Bollinger, Scot Boyd, Pamela G. Bradburn, Neil Casserly, Grace Chou, Margaret Cole, Angela Cul-bert, Margaret M. Curtin & James Wilder, Curtis DeGasperi, Joan Dinkelspiel, Christine DiStefano, Downtown Emergency Service Center, Jodene Eikenberry, Adam Eisenberg, Sarah Elwood-Faustino, Jean Burch Falls, Fauntleroy Church UCC, Eric Gehner, Give With Liberty, Margaret Graham & David Barlow, James Gregory & Susan Glenn, Lisa & Bill Gustaveson, Vicki Halper & Gerald R. Smith, Nancy Helm, Nicolas & Jahna Hildebrandt, Dominic Holden, Horrigan Founda-tion, George Howland, Gail Irving, William Jarcho & Susan Traff, Paul Jaye & Karen Rosenberg, Cynthia Johnson, Kevin Jones, David Karp & Deborah Woodard, Rebecca Kelley & David Edelstein, Jane King & Allen Cheadle, Cecilia Kingman &

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$250 – $499Jo Addison, Katherine Alderete, Richard W. Alexander & Katherine Sherman, Christina Amante, AmazonSmile Foundation, Nadim Amer, Amgen Inc, Julian Andersen, Erin Anderson, Melinda Andrews, Anonymous (15), Aoki Law, James & Helen Arrowsmith, Teria Atwood-Smith, Beata J. Baker, Rhonda & Mario Banchero, Todd Battison, Vicki Baucom, Gregory Beams, Martha Beard, Mike Beebe, Scott Behmer, John & Shari Behnke, Mark Benjamin, Deborah & Richard Berger, Michelle & Thomas Bice, Preben Borch, David Brant, Gregory J. Brigance, Sonja Bring, Tamara Broadhead & Karl Scheer, Michael Buchman & Martha Swain, Lori & Steve Buchsbaum, John Burbank & Pamela MacEwan, Edith Anne Burkhalter, Robert Cappucci, Paul & Patricia Cavanaugh, Stella Chao & Michael Smyser, Chris Chesnutt, Melisa Collinsworth, Ruth Conn, Kimberly Copeland, Peter Costantini & Linda G. Becker, Matthew & Lisa Crosby, Kathleen & Thomas Cunningham, Carin Cunningham, Stephanie Daley-Watson, Hilary Dameron, Diane Divelbess & Margarethe Cammermeyer, Lynne Dodson & Richard Burton, William Dougall, Lavinia & Ray Downs, Patricia Downs, Yarrow Durbin, Dianne Eberlein, Jeremy A. Ehrlich & Charlotte E. Henkle, Marcia Engel, Thomas Fain, David Ferguson, Judi & Stephen Finney, Robert & Helen Fitzgerald, Mary Fjelstad, Phyllis Fleischman, Barbara Flye & Knoll Lowney, Roberta Fogard, Steve Fredrickson, Anitra Freeman & Wes Browning, Kate Friedenbach, Maureen Frisch, Diana Gale, Tara Gallagher, Michael Galloway, Shamah Gamrath, Danina Garcia, Marie Gehman, Amy Gilbrough, Aaron & Vera Giles, Sara Glerum, Peggy Glick,

Lawrence Gockel, Eugene Gousie & Kathryn McMullen-Torsten Grabs, Barbara Green & Annie Gage, Alan Greenbaum, Christopher Gual & Polly Jirkovsky-Gual, Brie Gyncild, Bridger Hamilton, Susan Hamilton & Timothy Bates, Brett Hampton, Sarah & Carl Hanson, Leanne & Rick Hawkins, Carolyn Hickman, Rex Hohlbein, Molly Holmes, Peter Holmes, Scott Hoogerwerf & Erin Lynch, Marjorie & Lem Howell, Richard & Margaret Hudson, John Hughes & Marni Levy, Sara Hurley, Carol Ivory-Carline, Jerry James, Mary Johnson, Hallie Johnson, Margaret & Rick Johnson, Anne Johnston, Fay Jones & Deirdre Webb, Randy Joseph, Dysa Kafoury, Eric Kaminetzky, Ron Kaplan & Patty Lyman, Dr. Michael Kelly MD, Jim & Nancy Kenagy, Nona Klander, Jane Koenig, Kohl Construction & Remodeling Inc, Leah Kosik, Vicki Kremers, Paul Lambros, Eileen Lennon, Stacy Lenny, Laura Lilly, Orna Locker, Kyle Long, Craig Lorch, Ellen & Stephen Lutz, Meghan Lyle, Jon MacLaren, Donald & Barbara Madsen Frankie Manning, Steven May, Terry McCann, Susan McCurry, Rebecca & Dennis McInteer, David McLanahan, Beth & David Meshke, Melissa Miller & Jacob Smith, Edith Miller, Janet Miller, Michael Monnahan, Becky Montgomery, Muriel Moore, Patricia Mork, Riddhi Mukhopadhyay, Rachael Myers, Patrick Noonan, Heather & Greg Oaksen, Jim Osness, James

Oswald, Mark Patterson & Wen Hsi Tsen, Lucinda & Ed Pearson, Mary Patricia Pearson, Barbara & E. R. Pitts, Charlton Price, Mark Putnam, Jessica Radomski & Kevin Lindeman, Mike Ramey, Maria Ramirez, Pamela Raphael, William L. Razeto & Nancy C. Cannon, RealNetworks Foundation, Barbara Reid, Rick Reynolds, Katie Rogers, Brian Rothstein, Rachel Rubinstein, Janice Rudnitski & Dutch Shisler, Karleen Sakumoto,

Chukundi Salisbury, Sarah & Andrew Samnick, Randal Samstag, SanMar Corporation, Theresa & Vincent Santoro, SAP Software Solutions, Leslie Savina, John Schantz, Elizabeth Schott Herman & Rosalind Schuessler, Anne Schwendiman, Paul & Cynthia Scovel, Andy & Catherine Seaver,

Susan Shortreed, Fred & John Simons, Rosemary Slavkovsky, John C. Smith, Julie & Samuel Smith, Warren Smith, South Seattle Friends, Dave Spicer, Becky Spithill & Nathan Brown, Peter Spurging, Burke Stansbury, Michael Stansbury, Starbucks Corp, Richard & Carolyn Stein, Christine Stoll, William Stover, Amanda Thompkins, Lynn Thompson, Gayle & John Thompson, G Val Tollefson, Fred & Judith Triggs, Linnea Uyeno, Christophe Verlinde, Jon Vogel, Todd Vogel, Betty Wagner, Mary Tone Wallon, Cecilia E. Walsh & Timothy Wold, Susan Ward, Tom Watson, Bertie & James Weddell, Margaret Weihs, Jennifer Wellander, Donald & Mary Wieckowicz, John & Sandra Williams, Tess Williams, Paul Winterstein, Michael Withey, Joanne Woiak, Margaret Wylie, Robert Zappone

$100 – $249Aces Four Construction Company, Act of Giving Foundation, Michael Adams, Adobe Systems Inc, Kathleen Alcala, Peter Allen & Mary Steinmetz, Jefferson Allen & Christie West, Laurie Ames, Nancy Amidei, Gayle & Stephen Amorosi, Bruce & Joan Amundson, Helen & Daniel Anderson, James Angerer, Anonymous (44), Carole Antoncich, Apple Inc, Jason Arends, Janie Arens, Michael Atkins, Joseph Austin, Janis Avery & Mary Kabrich, William P. Avey, Masud Bahramand,

Max Bailey, Greg & Sarah Baker, Bryan Baker, Lydia & Eugene Balk, Gregory Barnes & Elizabeth Walkup, Dennis & Sandra Barnes, Michael Barnett, Chris & Naomi Barry, Beverly Barsy, Steve Bauck, John E. Bautsch, Marnie Beattie, Edwin Beatty, Alex & Rana Becker, Winnie Becker, Kristen Beifus, Yvonne Benson, Lisa Bigenho, David Bird, Robert & Connie Blair, Kenan Block, John K. Blume, Maureen Bo, Jill Boone, Marivic Borromeo, Marcy Bowers, Mark Boyar, Linda Boyd, Margot Boyer, William Bradburd, Dennis Braddock, Elizabeth Brant, Sharon Brigance, Sharon & Lynn Briggs, Dr. Clare Bright PhD, Ann Bristow, Elliott Bronstein, Blair & Craig Brooke-Weiss, Jonathan Brown & Brynnen Ford, Michelle Brown, Jessi Eden Brown, Loren Brown, Cheryl Brush, Susan & Mark Bryan, Ted Bucher, Arsalan Bukhari, Sheila Bukowski, Stephen & Virginia Burger, Aaron Burkhalter, Rosemary Burkhart, Kate Burns, Michelle Byrd, Carol Cahill, Alan Calkins & Sharon Lamme, Jennifer Cameron, Anne Campbell, Linwood Carlson, Gary Carlson, Mary Carothers, Margaret Casey, Abie Castillo, Malou Chávez, David & Lynne Chelimer, Eva Cherniavsky, Meta Chessin, Frank Chopp, Susanna Clark, Susan Clark, Anna Clarke, Catherine Clemens & Daniel Speth, Margaret Clements & David Allen, Maureen Cline, Theodore & Patricia Collins, Steven Colson, Peggy Confer, Paula Connelley, Kathleen Conner, Chris Cooper & Ted Lord, Paul Cooper III, William Corr & Pamela Mills, Barbara Corrigan, Steve Coulter, Debra & Christopher Covert-Bowlds,

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Ashley Archibald, Staff Reporter

Ashley Archibald joined Real Change as its reporter in February 2016. She came to the position with four years’ experience writing for daily newspapers in California with beats that included economic d e v e l o p m e n t , l o c a l

government, education and law enforcement. Ashley has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and international relations from the University of Southern California and was recently awarded her master’s degree in local economic development from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ashley’s curiosity matches with her understanding of policy and economics to create compelling and educational stories in the paper.

Tsukina Blessing, Advocacy Program Manager

Tsuk ina comes to us with more than 30 years organizing experience in the areas of interfaith coalition building, food security, racial equity, economic justice and homelessness. Most recently she has worked with the Lake City Task Force

on Homelessness and was a founder of Occupy Chaplains. Tsukina received her master’s in Transformational Leadership at Seattle University in 2015. Tsukina will use her experience to magnify the voice of our Vendor Organizing Committee to demand much-needed change in our community for homeless and low-income people.

Aaron Burkhalter, Editor

Aaron has been an award-winning reporter with us since 2011. Previously, he worked at the Skagit Valley Herald, Port Orchard Independent and as a reporting intern for the Tri-County News in Junction City, Oregon.

Aaron got his B.A. in psychology from the University of Washington and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. As a Real Change reporter, Aaron often reported on stories well before other news outlets. In January 2016, Aaron was selected to lead the newsroom as Editor of Real Change News. Aaron is deeply committed to ensuring that our paper stays true to our values and vision.

Martha Tesema, Multimedia Reporter

Martha joined Real Change as the Communication Specialist in April 2015. She graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Seattle Univers i ty where she developed a passion for media representation and the usage of new media for

social and racial justice. Martha is originally from the Northwest, with roots in Ethiopia. In late 2015, Martha fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a journalist when we selected her to become our full-time Multimedia Reporter. Martha’s critical writing on current events in Seattle and knowledge of the online world are vital to spreading the word about our groundbreaking reporting.

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Real Change works because every week, thousands of readers stop what they’re doing to help someone who needs a friend.

It’s a small thing, but when it happens week after week, a few dollars and a few moments at a time, that support has a powerful impact.

Consistency matters. When vendors put in regular hours at the same spot, their success grows. They start seeing the same people every week, and that regular support creates consistency and stability.

We’d like to see that same buy-in and consistency in our grassroots support.

Your generous donations are the foundation of Real Change’s long-term success.

Just as you make the Real Change community possible with your regular support of our vendors, we’d like you to consider a monthly gift to sustain our mission: providing op-portunity and a voice for homeless and low-income people while taking action for economic, social and racial justice.

Make checks payable to Real Change and mail to: 219 1st Ave. S. Suite 220 Seattle, WA 98104 or use our secure online giving option at realchangenews.org.Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

2015 Financial ReportReal Change | By the numbers

Vendor Survey ResultsRevenue

Age

268 respondents; 19 did not answer

249 respondents;22 did not answer

Currently homeless

Previously homeless

Never homeless

18-2930-3940-4950-5960+

Gender

Homelesshistory

268 respondents; 7 did not answer

Male . . . . . 191Female . . . . 68

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6 .3%

12 .2% 16%

47 .9%17 .6%

ExpensesPayroll and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . $792,702Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,053Newspaper Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,193Events and Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,636IT Equipment, Software and Service . . $29,177International Network of Street Papers 2015 Global Summit* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,112Insurance, Taxes and Fees . . . . . . . . . $25,798Printing, Postage and Copier . . . . . . . $23,838Other Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,719Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,345Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,859.30Travel, Transportation and Parking . . . . . $5,911

* Real Change hosted the Global Summit of the International Network of Street Newspapers (INSP) June 24-26, 2015. As host organization, Real Change incurred one-time conference expenses that will not be repeated in future years.

N E W FA C E S AT R E A L C H A N G E

Individual Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . $512,385Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $306,906Real Change Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . $107,472Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,000Other Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,448Advertising and Subscriptions . . . . . . $28,925Other Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,861

Total $1,088,997

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