OUR 2013-2014 IMPACT & JOURNEY

a message from president and ceo jill bauman and board chair scott sale, md

Dear Friends of Imagine LA:

Imagine LA thanks you for your support and we are excited to share with you our 2013-2014 impact and journey. This update includes our activities from January, 2013 to September, 2014.

PLANNING. Our journey of growth began in 2013 by looking at the spectacular results of our Family Mentorship Program and asking how to serve more families. Working with a team from the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children at Claremont McKenna, we quantified the cost savings to society from helping a family stay housed, increasing their earned income and achieving success in school. The per family cost savings were a staggering $49,000 to $109,000 per year. These cost savings can be realized via our Family Mentorship Program, only a $10,000 investment. We also engaged our stakeholders — volunteers, families, resource partners and donors — and reviewed best practices to identify opportunities to enhance and scale up our program, operations and revenue. These efforts culminated in the creation of our 5-Year Scalability and Sustainability Plan (S&S Plan).

PEOPLE. A key strategy of the S&S Plan was to build our internal capacity. We hired key professionals to streamline and improve our program and operations, while preserving the essential relationship-building in our Family Mentorship Program. This investment has paid off: we are seeing improved family outcomes and increased volunteer satisfaction. We are encouraged to have a growing pipeline of faith community, company and organizational volunteer teams — a direct result of our new branding and outreach efforts.

PARTNERSHIPS. Our Family Referral and Resource Partners are vital to our program. Since 2013 we have added partners to refer more homeless families of veterans and survivors of domestic violence. We have also expanded our Resource Partner collaborations with health, wellness, educational, legal, job training and employment organizations to strengthen the support that we provide to our families.

FUNDING. After experiencing our first ever dip in revenue in 2013, we have come back strong. We will achieve our highest revenue to date in 2014 and are likely to hit the million-dollar mark in 2015. We credit our success to the support of recurring funders, as well as new fundraising strategies. Many of our key institutional funders have invested in our S&S Plan. Our inaugural Imagine Ball concert at the House of Blues brought in hundreds of new donors — many of whom have joined our new young professional group, Change Agents. We now offer individuals, circles of friends and corporations the unique opportunity to sponsor a family’s journey through our Family Mentorship Program.

SUCCESS. Each family/mentor team’s journey is unique and life changing for all involved. Please read on to see the change and success in the stories of families like Elizabeth’s and Kim’s.

GROWING. Our S&S Plan provides a road map for exponential growth, from 25 to 50 families in 2015, to 125 families by 2018, plus expanding our Family Mentorship Model to other cities.

We are so grateful for your continued involvement and generous support, and invite you to join us to be part of the change in 2015 and beyond.

We can imagine an end to the cycle of poverty. We just can’t imagine it without you.

Sincerely,

Jill BaumanPresident & CEO

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Scott Sale, MDBoard Chair

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OUR MISSION

Imagine LA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing teams in the community to end the cycle of family homelessness and poverty. Our Family Mentorship Program matches volunteers from committed organizations to work directly with a family.

One team. One family.

Families are the new face of homelessness in Los Angeles. Kids struggle to stay in school. Parents wrestle with recovery, violence and unemployment. The cycle of chronic poverty places dreams out of reach.

IMAGINE A FAMILY

This year, Imagine LA was certified as a California Volunteer Service Enterprise, proving our ability to effectively recruit, train and manage volunteers.

FOUNDERRev. Dr. Mark Brewer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Scott Sale, MD, ChairmanDana Kiesel, PhD, Vice Chair Andy Schneiderman, SecretaryDavid Goodenough, TreasurerJoseph BecciKen BraskampRabbi Ken ChasenMark DentonDee Dee DorskindAnne HecheGary HuntRandall KaplanShelley Miller, MFTValarie PhillipsJohn TerzianJames TupperMatthew Zarcufsky, CFRE

PRESIDENT & CEOJill Govan Bauman

BOARD OF ADVISORSJohn C. BedrosianRev. Dr. Mark BrewerBruce CorwinCurtis EstesPaul FreeseAndy GoodmanRafer JohnsonBonnie MarkTerri OppeltChristine SimeoniWayne TashjianThe Late Dale Young Jim Young

CHANGE AGENTSEbony Lewis, Chair Joyce Lee, Staff Liaison Kate Ferrara Tera Haramato Tara Ignont Kala Kascht Amber Lane Daniel Lang Danny Mapes Rishi Rajani Maggie Reid Laura Seidman Laura Snow

IMAGINE A TEAM

Imagine LA surrounds each family in our program with a team of volunteer mentors. It could be your co-workers, your congregation or your service club that we train and guide. The mentor team helps the family escape the cycle of poverty, maintain housing and achieve self-sufficiency.

IMAGINE A CHANGE

Imagine LA works. Today, kids are excelling in school, parents are on career tracks and everyone remains in stable housing. Families are changing from surviving to thriving.

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The mentors gave my children something that

even words cannot explain.“

Having people

that cared, “people that motivated and encouraged them.

—Kim

Imagine LA to be their Adopt-a-Center recipient and graciously planned a special day of ice-skating.Fox Family Movie Night Many thanks to Mary Nelson and Twentieth Century Fox Film &

Fox Entertainment Group Information Technology for creating amazing Family Movie Night packages for each of our families. Each package included Fox DVDs, candy, popcorn, fun

swag from Blue Sky studios (thanks to Steve Martino) plus a gift card to AMC Theatres. Cedars-Sinai Medical Network Picnic Imagine LA families had fun with bounce

houses, sack races, games and delicious barbecue at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Network’s Family Employee Picnic. Plus, each child received a backpack filled with school supplies.

Yale Day of Service & NGA-Hancock Park Celebrating Mothers, Yale alumni volunteers worked with youth to create special gifts for their moms. Gifts included silly

photos, crafts and special mom items donated by NGA-Hancock Park.  Scavenger Hunt Mentors and families came together for a photo scavenger hunt along

Wilshire Boulevard with bonus points for being extra goofy or creative.

Celebration of Family Chaired by Board Member, Valarie Phillips, we held an old fashioned carnival at Lakeside Golf Club. The excitement included a velcro wall, video game bus, cake decorating, appearances by

Yo Gabba Gabba and The Aquabats, an autograph booth with teen stars and live music from Fallen Riviera.Evening with an LA Point of View This spectacular event at the Four Seasons Hotel was co-chaired by the

ever-creative Dee Dee Dorskind and Jill McDonell and honored civil rights lawyer Lisa Maki. The evening featured an art tunnel depicting the journey of a homeless family, some foot stomping music by the Street Drum Corps, teary-eyed

testimony of a now college attending youth and an abundance of savory comfort food.The Inaugural Imagine Ball Imagine LA’s first ever star-studded benefit concert was held at the House of Blues. The Imagine Ball was envisioned by Board Members Randall Kaplan, founder of The Justice Ball, and John Terzian, nightlife entrepreneur. Celebrities and nearly 800 Imagine LA supporters including Network Capital gathered, danced and partied to the music of MAGIC!, Brave Native and DJ beeFOWL.

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Imagine LA families and mentors work hard budgeting, studying, job hunting and tutoring. But it is not all work and no play. Imagine LA teams up with various partners throughout the year to create Family Fun

Events, which provide opportunities for bonding and often first-time experiences for the families.

Phillips Lerner Ice Skating Phillips Lerner, a law firm based in Century City, selected

memories and smiles

truly special events

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our solid financial footing

IMAGINE$25,000+Ahmanson FoundationCalifornia Community FoundationCapital Group CompanyCarl and Roberta Deutsch FoundationDana Kiesel, PhD* and Paul KieselDorskind Family Foundation*Green FoundationJohn and Hasmik FoundationJohn W. Carson FoundationKarin LarsonKarisma FoundationLisa L. Maki*Network CapitalRose Hills FoundationUnited Way of Greater Los AngelesWeingart Foundation

THRIVE$10,000 - $24,999Alexander NicolaouBrad* and Nancy RosenbergBrian and Mira LeeBrian and Suzanne Selmo FundCarrie Estelle Doheny FoundationDavid* and Barbara RognlienFirst Pacific Advisors, LLCJay and Rose Phillips FoundationJohn K. RosenJohn Terzian*Joseph Drown FoundationKen Braskamp*Kiesel and Larson, LLPLee* and Gail SilverLippman Family FoundationLori and Scott Sale, MD*Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ CharitiesMadison Foundation For Families, Inc.Morrie and Shirley ZimringRandall* and Madison KaplanShangri-La ConstructionShelley Miller, MFT* and Paul MillerTOMS

EMPOWER$5,000 - $9,999Alliance BernsteinAndy Schneiderman* and Faith KellyAnonymousBel Air Presbyterian ChurchBucky Hazan

ComputershareConsumer Attorneys Association of Los AngelesDavid* and Jenny GoodenoughDennis and Fran SlutskyGary* and Karen HuntHappy WaltersHazan Morris Family FoundationJeff FeinbergK. Evan FriedmanKimberly Marteau and John Emerson*Mark Denton* and Joseph Becci*ParadigmPatrick FarberReda BouaissaRing FoundationSt. Edmund’s Episcopal ChurchSt. Michaels and All AngelsThomas SafranToby* and Bob WaldorfValarie* and Keith PhillipsWarner Brothers EntertainmentWhitney Kroenke

FAMILY$2,500 - $4,999All Saints Beverly HillsAmy* and John PeerBeverly Hills Rotary Community FoundationBradley Tabach-BankBrian and Leslie MatthewsCarney ShegerianCedars-Sinai Medical GroupChad BrownsteinCharles X. Block/Tamaqua FoundationCornerstone Baptist Church of West LADonald and Jill DayEnterprise Holdings FoundationFirst Congregational Church of GlendaleFirst Republic BankHasbro, Inc.Hon. William Norris and Jane JelenkoJoni and Steve MartinoJoyce BerensKehillat IsraelLaurance GayLeo Baeck TempleMark Siegel and Elizabeth FarautPayden and RygelRediger Family FoundationRicardo EcheverriaSalem Lutheran Church

Scott and Laurie DubchanskySerge AzriaTemple Beth Shir ShalomTemple EmanuelTerri Oppelt and Larry SterlingTHADSValley Beth ShalomWest Los Angeles United Methodist Church

COMMUNITY$1,000 - $2,499Adam CohnAdam SherADR Services, Inc.Amanda Lew Charitable FundAndra and Philip SteinAndrew Goodman and Carolyn RamsayAnn Blanchard and Sandy BeckerAnne Heche* and James Tupper*Audrey and Sydney Irmas FoundationBank of America Charitable FoundationBradley and Julie ShamesBrian ChaseBrianne SlusarenkoCalifornia United BankCheryl OsterkampCindy and Richard KoralCraig StrongD.E. Garber TrustDavid ArquetteDayton FoundationDenis Bloch Fine ArtDonna GarberFrank and Virginia MaasFred and Ellen Graff CowanGabriel HaggardGail SoloGenie HarrisonGUESS?, Inc.Irene AndersonJackie and Howard BanchikJames Robert Young Living TrustJeff Sklar - Sklar KirschJeri O’Donnell and Don SpradlinJill McDonellJohn and Judy BedrosianJohn BrandlerJonathan KayeKhorrami Boucher, LLPLaurie and Todd PlattLawrence and Jennifer CancellieriLeah Altschuler

Linda and Shraga ZabludovskyLongo Toyota-Scion-LexusMark and Lisa SchwartzMary and Bernie JaworskiMatthew McGuireMatula Patel - Momentous Insurance BrokerageMichael RotenbergNPO SolutionsPhilip V. OppenheimerPiper JaffrayRabbi Kenneth Chasen* and Allison LeeRachel FeldsteinRandi Levine FettRichard TaiteRobert RoigRoxanne DavisScott and Lynda Adelson

INDIVIDUALS& EVENTS: 68%

GRANTS: 28%

PROGRAM: 4%

2013 revenue

PROGRAM: 76%

ADMINISTRATION:10.2%

FUNDRAISING:13.8%

2013 expenses

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1 million

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Estimated

Scott CorwinStella Pei Chun WuStephen DavisStephen PesceSuzanne and David Robinson*Sybil Robson OrrTaylor and Ring, LLPThomas BeerVarooge YerganianVenable Foundation, Inc.Warren and Joan KesslerWayne TashjianWedbush SecuritiesWilliam James RentonYolanda S. Brown

To all who donate to our organization – THANK YOU

revenue by year

We thank our generous donors for their wonderful support.January 2013 through September 2014

*Denotes current or past Board Members

Be the change you wish to see in the world. —Mahatma Gandhi

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Form or be part of a mentor team• Field a team of 5 to 10 volunteer

mentors (1-2 year commitment)• Personally mentor, tutor, advocate• Be trained and guided by experienced

Imagine LA staff in walking/working alongside a family as they transition to self-sufficiency

Sponsor a family’s journey through the program• Give — or pull together your family,

friends or community group — to sponsor a family through the Imagine LA Family Mentorship Program

Share your skills or resources with our families• Provide pro bono services• Teach skills classes

Provide a summer youth internship• Provide a paid summer internship• Imagine LA staff guides you and the

youth throughout the process

Host a Family Fun Event

Join Change Agents, our young professional volunteers

When Kim left a ten-year abusive relationship, she and her children found enormous challenges. Finding a job was difficult, and the family they were staying with was evicted. “We had no money, food or home,” she said. “We slept in our car in a hospital parking lot for several days.” Eventually they found Door of Hope, a transitional shelter for families, which introduced Kim to Imagine LA. Kim learned to advocate for herself, followed a budget and went back to school. Imagine LA provided support for her children too. “The mentors gave my children something that even words cannot explain: Having people that cared, people that motivated and encouraged them.”

family journeys

Kim (back row, center) with her family and mentor team

When she entered the Family Mentorship Program, Elizabeth had struggled with homelessness, chronic poverty and domestic violence. Soon after being matched with mentors from Holy Family Church, Elizabeth and her three children lost their small Pasadena apartment and could only find safe housing in Marina del Rey. It was a challenging transition, but the Holy Family volunteer team was there in support. Elizabeth learned how to budget, improved her parenting techniques, and was able to resolve significant dental and health issues. Elizabeth chose to go back to school, and she and the kids have all excelled in their classes. Inspired by the first team, a new team of mentors at Holy Family Church is now training to be matched with a second Imagine LA family.

Watch our new video at imaginela.org

Elizabeth receiving recognition for hersuccess in the Imagine LA Family Mentorship Program

WE CAN IMAGINE AN END TO THE

CYCLE OF POVERTY.

WE JUST CAN’T

IMAGINE IT WITHOUT

YOU.

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