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The Poverty Transformation Movement
Innovate Empower Transform
Annual Report
Table of Contents
Innovate Empower Transform
Table of Contents
Mission Statement
2
Founder and CEO Letter
3
The Open Table Model
4-5
One Person at a Time
6 - 13
One Partnership at a Time
14 - 19
One Neighborhood at a Time
20 - 25
One Future
26 - 29
Open Table Leadership
30
2009 Financials/Contributors
31
Get Involved
32
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Mission Statement
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Our Mission
To transform homelessness
and poverty through innovation
and empowerment —
one life,
one family and
one neighborhood at a time.
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Founder and CEO Letter
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The time is NOW……
Over four years ago, a chance encounter with a homeless man motivated
me to radically reorder my own life. Never was it my intention to change
careers or to pursue poverty transformation in America. I was but one person,
witnessing the struggles of a fellow citizen in a life of poverty.
As citizens, we are connected to one another. Restoring even one person
to wholeness lifts all of us socially, economically and spiritually. In our
nation, our ideals shape who we are, and they have the power to inspire
us to change our lives. Historically, times of greatest change have occurred
when the ideals of impassioned citizens motivate them to change their own
lives to seek a better way, such as Civil Rights, Habitat for Humanity, and the
Green Movement.
Millions of families struck by unemployment fear falling into poverty and
those living in poverty now desire to rise above it. The urgency of the poverty
transformation movement is now. Open Table is motivating citizens to
invest a year of their lives to work as a team to empower an impoverished
family to restore themselves to self-sufficiency.
In the three years since our first homeless Brother was restored to the
community, the Open Table Model has been implemented in three states.
Most recently, a group of citizens in Israel began preparing to launch Open
Table. Hundreds, soon thousands, are embracing the idea of a new way to
restore our brothers and sisters in poverty. Open Table’s ideals of innovation,
empowerment, transformation and hope have truly sparked a new movement.
Coming together as a community around an Open Table is a simple but
powerful idea. All of us possess life experiences, our time, personal connections
or resources that we choose to invest in those things that make a difference
in our own lives, the lives of others and in our world. The need is great;
Open Table is positioned for dramatic growth; and the time to join the
Movement is now.
Jon Katov, Founder and CEO
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The Open Table Model
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The Open Table Model
Open Table is an effective and efficient poverty transformation model, which leverages the resources of faith
communities, governmental agencies, business, and other non-profits to provide a restorative path to wholeness
and self-sufficiency for impoverished individuals and families. Through its innovative Table Model, Open Table
recruits, trains and mentors volunteers who access their life experiences and personal networks to encourage
individuals and families to live into their human potential. Tables develop and implement customized LifePlans
for each family served to empower them to overcome obstacles and seize opportunities to achieve their personal
goals and to become productive members of their communities.
The Open Table Experience
Candidates served on Tables are known as Brothers and Sisters.
Table volunteers are known as Chairs.
The Brother/Sister’s Experience
• Gains a caring and accountability-based support system
• Learns decision making skills
• Creates a vision for a new future through the LifePlan
• Overcomes obstacles from the past
• Accesses opportunities for self and family
The Table Chair Experience
• Privileged to journey with Brother/Sister
• Models good decision making
• Uses own life experiences to serve others
• Forms bonds of friendship with Table members
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One Person at a Time
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Restoring One Homeless Man
Launched a Movement
What began as a commitment to restore one homeless man named Ernie to
wholeness and self-sustainability has now become the Open Table Poverty
Transformation Movement. Open Table is rapidly expanding across
Arizona, Texas and in Israel, with known expansion interest spreading
across the United States.
Living in a homeless shelter in Phoenix, Ernie’s best efforts to navigate the
social services system to improve his life and circumstances had proved
a series of dead-ends. Then in 2005, a group of volunteers from a church
in Arizona met and befriended Ernie through a mission outreach to feed the
homeless at his shelter. This passionate group, led by Jon Katov, Open Table’s
Founder and CEO, turned their frustration with a social service system that
had failed to help Ernie exit poverty into a plan of action to “Bring Ernie
Home!” Throughout an eight-month period, these committed volunteers
developed and implemented a plan to empower Ernie to rise out of poverty.
Ernie lived with his cat, Cutie Pie, in a Employment, healthcare, housing, finances, transportation – in short, all of
Phoenix Homeless Shelter the areas of Ernie’s life where he had obstacles to overcome or opportunities
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to seize, were comprehensively tackled. By utilizing their life experiences
and personal networks, volunteers connected Ernie to the resources he
needed to meet his goals. With support and encouragement from his
volunteer team, Ernie rejoined his community as a worker, consumer,
and taxpayer.
News of Ernie’s transformation spread to other Arizona faith communities
who were inspired to replicate the process. Hence, the Open Table Model
was created to empower others to implement the strategies that had
successfully restored Ernie to wholeness. Today, Ernie continues to live
independently and continues friendships with the original Table members.
Annual Table Launches
2005 - 2006
3 Tables Piloted
2007
4 Tables
2008
10 Tables
2009
30 Tables
2010 Forecast
50 - 100+ Tables
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Table Volunteers Experience
Transformation Too...
SouthGate’s Table Director
”What started as a desire to help a homeless family
have a better life turned out to be a watershed experience for me. It has forever changed my perceptions
of homelessness and people living in poverty in my
community. The insights I have gained through my
Open Table experience have helped me to become a
more caring and compassionate human being and that
is something for which I will always be grateful.”
— Mario – SouthGate Church, Phoenix
Volunteerism in Arizona
Open Table Volunteerism
• 1.1 million volunteers
(2009 Averages)
• 23.8% of residents volunteer ranking them 42nd among the
50 states and Washington, DC
AZ Volunteer Hours per Resident 36.1
Open Table Volunteer Hours
per Table Member
91.0
• 172.4 million hours of service
Percent More Hours
per Table Volunteer
60%
• 3
6.1 hours per resident - ranking
them 27th among the 50 states
and Washington, DC
• $3.5 billion of service contributed
Source: Volunteering in America
(2006-2008 data)
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SouthGate Church serves a young-adult
mom who has aged out of foster care
Table Volunteers Empower Transformation
For the SouthGate Table, who was serving a young-adult mom who had aged out of foster care and her young
son, developing a LifePlan equal to Aimee’s ambitious dreams for herself and her young son was just the
beginning. Helping her realize her vision for a better future called for organization and dedication. “The Open
Table Model provided the systematic approach to empower our Sister to overcome obstacles and seize
opportunities. Our team of Table Chairs and accelerators committed their time, skills, and personal networks to
advance Aimee’s LifePlan. It was especially rewarding to see how our entire congregation got on board and
supported us throughout the entire process,” said Mario, Table Director.
Table Chairs researched options for job training in high demand fields, navigated the Section 8 voucher process
to secure safe, affordable housing, and then furnished her apartment with donations from church members.
Additionally, the Table coordinated a fundraising dinner event that allowed for the purchase of a vehicle, including a
year of insurance coverage, provided an education nest egg that enabled Aimee to attend school while supporting
her family with part-time employment. Table milestones and birthdays were celebrated, a trip to the zoo and other
social events were enjoyed, and Table Chairs babysat, encouraged, and even nudged when necessary. Through
it all, Table members provided the love and support that empowered Aimee to live into her potential and, in turn,
found their own lives forever changed because of their experience on the Table.
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Amy and her Table Members at Mountain
View Lutheran Church in Phoenix
A Single Mother of Three is Restored
A death in her family and other life circumstances led to Amy’s spiral into
homelessness. Early on, Amy’s case managers at the shelter recognized
her strong determination to rise out of poverty. Having worked her case
plan for several months, Amy had stabilized her situation for herself and
her three children when she was recommended to Open Table.
After successfully completing Open Table’s required background
screening process, Amy was paired with a Phoenix church, which had
been trained in the Table Model process. Together, Amy and her Table
developed a LifePlan, which reflected the hopes and dreams that Amy
had for herself and her children over the next year. Amy’s LifePlan
became the roadmap for the collaborative Table work that empowered
Amy to begin to build a better future for her family.
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With the support of her Table, Amy completed a career assessment.
She explored career opportunities that she had never before considered.
Through data provided by the Table, Amy was able to consider market
demand and income potential in several fields of interest.
Amy chose to pursue a career in nursing and set about securing scholarships
to assist with the cost of her education, while working part-time to support
her family.
The bonds of trust and friendship grew between Amy, her children and Table
members over the course of the Table. Many milestones were celebrated,
obstacles overcome, and Amy blossomed in self-confidence as she was
lovingly nurtured and encouraged by her Table members.
Today, Amy is nearing completion of the required credits in nursing school,
lives in safe, affordable Section 8 housing, manages her finances, continues
to work part-time to support her family, and is quick to share her optimism
about her future as a result of her Table experience.
Though her Table has ended, Amy stays in
touch with Table friends
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Innovation in Housing
Federally funded Section 8 rental vouchers generally pay a landlord the
difference between 30% of household income and 80-100% of the unit’s
fair market rental rate. Such housing assistance is a tremendous benefit
to families working to climb out of poverty.
Through the City of Phoenix Human Services Department and the City of
Phoenix Housing Department, an innovative pilot program created a pool
of ten Section 8 vouchers for eligible Open Table families. The pilot plan
projects that Open Table families, with the support of the Table model, will
earn out of their voucher faster than typical voucher recipients. Once a Table
family earns above the Section 8 income guidelines, the voucher is recycled
to another family in need.
While the Open Table sample size is small and the pilot program is still young,
Open Table families are achieving increased income through consistent
employment and increases in education and job training. Outcome trends
are positive.
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Table Brothers and Sisters represent diverse ethnic groups and life experiences, but all share a common drive to
build a better life for themselves and their families.
Table Demographics
Diverse Faith Traditions Welcome Open Table
• Female Head of Household with Children
• Assembly of God
• Nuclear Families (mom/dad)
• Baptist
• Young-adult Families Aging out of Foster Care
• Catholic
• Adults with Disabilities
• Church of God in Christ
• Non-violent Felons
• Episcopal
• Male Head of Household with Children
• Jewish Community
• Recovered Addicts
• Lutheran
• Prison Re-Entry
• Methodist
• Refugee families
• Muslim Community
• Recovering from Mental Illness
• Non-Denominational
• Southern Baptist
• United Church of Christ
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Expansive Collaborative Partnerships
Open Table is the catalyst for a rapidly expanding collaboration among
faith communities, governmental entities, businesses, educational
institutions, and non-profits. All are uniting with Open Table to co-invest
resources to transform poverty.
Open Table’s innovative collaboration has brought formerly divergent
groups together to create a new unity within the social services sector.
Leveraging the unique strengths of each collaborative partner, the Open
Table Model deploys existing resources to move from poverty maintenance
initiatives toward poverty transformation solutions.
2009 Blue Ribbon Agency
In early 2009, the Arizona Collaboration for a New Century recognized
Open Table as a Blue Ribbon Agency. As part of its Arizona LeaderForce
Initiative, the Collaboration selects six social service agencies annually
that have proven results in meeting the needs of the low-income
population in our communities. These Blue Ribbon Agencies receive
technical assistance from business executives in a one-year partnership
to build their capacity and expand their impact in the community.
Mary Ritter, AZ Leaderforce Team Coach and Everest College President,
commented, “It was very gratifying to work with an agency that is
so innovative and has had such an impact in transforming the lives of
families in poverty.”
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Partners Co-Invest in Open Table
The City of Phoenix (COP) has contributed significantly to the growth and
development of Open Table as both an incubator and innovator. Embracing
the Open Table vision, the City’s Human Services Department featured
Open Table at its 2008 Faith Based Summit, where the City announced its
commitment to launch ten COP Tables that year. As part of its ten Table
commitment, the City deeply enriched the Table Model by providing case
management expertise to each of their COP Tables and developed outcome
metrics, including a Return on Investment (ROI) model.
Working with the City’s Human Services Department, Workforce Development
and the South Mountain Police Precinct, the City invested intellectual capital
to incubate Open Table’s Neighborhood Roots System (NRS) Initiative. A
commitment for an additional ten COP Tables was announced following the
2009 City of Phoenix Faith-based Summit where Open Table’s Neighborhood
Roots System Initiative was featured.
City of Phoenix Return on Investment (ROI) Analysis*
Taxpayer InvestmentROI After 8 Months
$1.00
$25.39
* Mountain View Lutheran Table
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Arizona’s Department of Economic Security
(DES) Joined the Movement
As arbiter of both state and federal benefits to Arizona’s low-income families,
DES saw real value and an opportunity to extend the Department’s
resources by collaborating with Open Table. With a statewide network
of experienced case management professionals, DES worked with Open
Table to create an efficient gateway to information that Tables needed to
serve impoverished families.
A “Navigator” process was pioneered which connected each Table to a
case management professional to assist with benefits analysis. Today,
despite deep budget cuts within DES that have forced the Navigator
process to be restructured, DES continues to work creatively to implement
an expedited information process for Tables and to support the growth
and expansion of Tables across the state.
DES has facilitated innovation by its integration into the Neighborhood
Roots System (NRS) with its Health-E Arizona on-line benefits application
process. NRS faith communities provide volunteer-staffed Human Services
Centers on their campus to enable area residents to access computers to
submit eligibility applications for DES benefits. DES has invested training
resources to Human Services Center volunteers as a new means of
providing existing services in a highly cost efficient manner.
“
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Tables and the Neighborhood Roots System are very efficient
ways
to help low-income families navigate the benefits and
services that DES provides. – Judith Fritsch, DES Community Services Administrator
”
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ASU CARE Research Projects
The Community Action Research Experiences (CARE) Program at Arizona
State University’s School of Social and Family Dynamics is a year-long
program in which students conduct community-based, participatory research
projects. Open Table was selected for two CARE research projects: one study
addressed program evaluation strategies for Open Table and the other study
evaluated the Open Table volunteer experience.
Baylor Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative
In 2007, Baylor University in Waco, Texas formed the Baylor Interdisciplinary
Poverty Initiative (BIPI) to establish a sustainable strategic plan to mount a
full-fledged attack on poverty. Open Table was introduced to BIPI by an Open
Table Board Member and Baylor alumnus and his daughter, who is a Baylor
student. The introduction led to a collaborative partnership where Open
Table was selected as a Partner Project of BIPI in 2008.
Open Table has been a featured speaker at two BIPI Poverty Summits.
Additionally, BIPI personnel networked Open Table to a local faith
community that hosted the first Table in Texas to restore a Waco family
to self-sufficiency. BIPI faculty continue to invest intellectual capital in Open
Table Model enhancements and are actively engaged in Open Table’s
expansion in Texas.
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First Corporate Table Host
In 2009, Open Table launched its first corporate Table with Multi-Systems,
Inc. (MSI), a 200-employee hospitality technology and solutions corporation
headquartered in Phoenix. A leader in the hospitality industry, MSI chose
to host a Table not only to serve an impoverished family but to provide its
associates with opportunities for team building, leadership development
and company-wide philanthropy. This innovative company provided
2-3 workday hours each week for Table Chairs to conduct their hour-long
Table meeting and to complete Table objectives.
MSI’s President, Tim Tiller, MSW shared “The Table process continued to
reinforce our corporate objective of giving back to the community, while
providing a meaningful and unique volunteer experience for our associates.”
MSI has been instrumental in incubating the expansion of the Open Table
Model with other members of the business community.
For Open Table, the success of the MSI Table demonstrated that the Table
Model could be readily adapted beyond the faith community
for implementation in the business community.
Tim Tiller, MSI’s President
The MSI Table with Domingo
and his three sons
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Innovation in Employment
Corporations are invited to join the Open Table Movement as
Business Sector Partners. As a Business Sector Partner,
corporations provide Table Occupational Chairs with knowledge
of the employment market in their industry, highlighting specific
career opportunities in their own company. While employment
is never guaranteed, Open Table candidates receive preference
over a comparable candidate because businesses view Open
Table candidates as a low-risk hire.
Wildflower Bread Company is Open Table’s first Business Sector Partner. This industry leader in the fast casual
sector of the restaurant industry has become a generous supporter of Open Table, investing intellectual capital to
co-develop this new initiative with Open Table. Louis Basille, Wildflower’s CEO, remarked that “Open Table
candidates become dedicated employees because of their high motivation to improve their life. Becoming
an Open Table Business Sector Partner has allowed Wildflower to experience the direct impact of helping
someone in need.”
Anita’s Story
Since becoming homeless over three years ago, Anita and her family
have faced many challenges with great determination. Open Table began
working with the family while they were still in a transitional shelter.
Through their Table, the family has been networked to safe, affordable
housing, aided through the dad’s two year cancer journey, assisted with
budgeting and transportation, supported in holiday celebrations and
provided loving encouragement along the way. Through Open Table’s
Business Sector Partnership with Wildflower Bread Company, Anita became
the first Open Table Sister to gain employment with an Open Table Business
Sector Partner.
Anita at her job at
Wildflower Bread Company
Anita exemplifies the families Open Table serves because she is dedicated
to improving her own life and that of her family.
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Neighborhood Roots System
The Neighborhood Roots System (NRS) equips and mentors faith communities
to develop business plans for their neighborhoods in collaboration with corporations, government, foundations, and other non-profits. Through NRS business
plans, faith communities and their collaboration partners implement a wide
range of transformational tools including basic needs support, human services,
career services, small business development, youth programming, and education.
Collaboration partners provide intellectual capital, volunteers, resources, and
networking to facilitate business plan implementation.
A key component of NRS business plans is that each NRS faith community agrees
to host a Table to restore one family to self-sufficiency. Working closely with the
South Phoenix Faith Community to identify their priorities for their neighborhoods,
Open Table develops new modules of service delivery that leverage and expand
poverty transformation efforts.
“
Faith communities contribute to lower levels of poverty, reduce
dependence on welfare, lower divorce rates, increase educational
levels attained and drive earning power in the neighborhoods
where they are located.
”
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– The Bureau of Economic Research Report (May 2005)
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Partnering with Law Enforcement
The City of Phoenix Police Department’s South Mountain Precinct has been a
strong partner in Open Table’s Neighborhood Roots System (NRS) from the
very beginning. Since the Precinct is very progressive in seeking community
partners to engage in its Community Policing Initiatives, working together
with Open Table to strengthen some of the city’s most challenged neighborhoods was a natural alliance.
Lt. Mike Kurtenbach, who is responsible for the Precinct’s Community
Policing Initiatives, remarked, “Open Table’s Neighborhood Roots System
provided true innovation in connecting the South Phoenix faith community
to resources that stimulate economic revitalization in their neighborhoods.
Strengthening South Phoenix neighborhoods directly correlates to lower
crime rates.”
“
It seems like the NRS
could be the provision for
the vision God gave me
when I was called back to
South Phoenix.
”
Lt. Mike Kurtenbach, South Mountain
Police Precinct, Phoenix
Impoverished South Phoenix Neighborhood
– Pastor Walter Walker, Breath of Life COGIC
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Neighborhood Roots System (NRS)
Developmental Milestones
Through the Neighborhood Roots System (NRS), Open Table develops and
delivers transformational tools that stimulate revitalization in targeted neighborhoods. From its inception in 2008, the NRS pilot program has expanded
rapidly in South Phoenix.
Fall
2008 NRS Pilot Development
June 2009 First NRS Site Launch
Occupation Tool: Career Center
Partner: City of Phoenix Workforce Development
Sept. 2009Human Services Tool: Health-E Arizona Online
Benefits Eligibility
Partner: DES
Nov. 2009 NRS Pilot Expands to Six additional Sites
Q4
2009 NRS Pastor’s Advisory Council Formation
Q1
2010 NRS Practice Group Summit Held in South Phoenix
Six NRS Sites Launch Business Plan Process
NRS Practice Group
Of approximately 90 faith communities in South Phoenix, over 20 have
already joined Open Table’s Neighborhood Roots System. These faith
communities comprise the NRS Practice Group, whose focus is to complete
tasks in preparation for NRS Business Plan development. NRS Practice Group
members are mentored to perform Asset Based Community Development
(ABCD) Analysis to gain a thorough understanding of the assets and needs
within their community.
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NRS Stimulates
Neighborhood Revitalization
The Bridge Church in South Phoenix serves a zip code with a population
of 63,000 residents, wherein nearly 17,000 residents live below the federal
poverty level. Among the adult population, 45 percent have less than a
high school education, and per capita income is 50% less than the US
average. Within this setting of extreme poverty, The Bridge joined Open
Table’s Neighborhood Roots System to launch a Human Services
Headquarters and Career Center on their church campus to bring hope
and opportunity to their impoverished neighborhood.
Already established as a neighborhood beacon of hope through its food
box and clothing distribution operation that serves 25,000 people a year,
the Bridge saw the Neighborhood Roots System (NRS) Service Modules as
a vital extension to their existing outreach. The NRS Human Services
Headquarters and Career Center not only bring transformational tools
directly into this impoverished neighborhood, but also immediately
expand the capacity for important City of Phoenix, State of Arizona,
Federal and non-profit programs at almost no cost to these agencies.
Operating twenty hours a week, these two centers are forecast to serve
28,000 people annually.
The Bridge Church in South Phoenix
Key Benefits of
The Bridge NRS
Resource Centers
• Open 20 hours a week
“
The NRS has empowered the South Phoenix
faith community to develop action plans to
independently and collectively impact the needs
of our neighborhoods.”
”
– Pastor Aubrey Barnwell, New Life Missionary Baptist
• S
taffed by trained volunteers who
provide personal assistance
• O
nline benefits analysis covering
25 programs (English/Spanish)
• C
omputer access to City of Phoenix
Workforce Development Resources
and Dept. of Labor Database
• R
eception area with educational
videos for children
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Table Expansion Strategy
There are five primary ways to accelerate
the expansion of the Open Table Poverty
Transformation Movement:
1. A
ccelerate Table Launches
faith communities, corporations,
new markets
Table Expansion Forecast by Geographic Area
YearCumulative Number of Tables
2010
50-100Arizona: Phoenix, Mesa, Gilbert,
Paradise Valley, Scottsdale,
Avondale, Buckeye, Glendale,
Tempe, Tucson, Wilcox
Texas: Waco, Houston
Kansas: Wichita
2011
200Arizona: Flagstaff, Tohono
O’odham Nation, small towns
and rural areas
Texas: Austin, Dallas
International: Israel
2012
300
2. F
oster Repeat Tables
multiple Tables at existing sites
3. L
aunch Master Licensee Agreement
multiple Tables within a denomination
or geographic area
4. B
uild New Markets
collaborations between faith
communities, shelters, and partners
5. R
eplicate NRS Model
other Phoenix neighborhoods
Locations
rizona: Native American Nations,
A
small towns, and rural areas
Texas: small towns and
urban outskirts
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Expanding NRS
Modules of Service
Master Licensing is a Foundation
for Future Growth
Open Table is developing new NRS
Modules of Service to expand the
resources that flow through the faith
community to area residents. Working
closely with the South Phoenix Faith
Community to identify their priorities
for their neighborhoods, three focus
areas have emerged for new NRS
Modules of Service:
Open Table is developing a Master Licensing Agreement (MLA) which will
become a key component of future growth plans. The objective of the
Master License Agreement strategy is for Open Table to train others to
implement the full Table Model. This includes recruiting Table Hosts, training
volunteers, candidate selection and Table mentoring with the support /oversight
of Open Table staff. As the Master Licensee process comes on-line, Open
Table will dramatically increase its ability to expand into new areas.
• Youth Services and Programming
• Community Gardens
• L
and Use Opportunities at Faith
Communities
Open Table is exploring the MLA concept with a transitional shelter in
Mesa, Arizona and a large faith community in Gilbert, Arizona. The transitional program has established relationships with faith communities and
corporations. The faith community will operate as a Master Licensee within
their denomination.
Development will proceed in 2010,
with phased launches forecast to
begin in the second half of 2010.
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Strategy Statement
Open Table’s Strategic Plan calls for building capacity to
accelerate the expansion of Table launches, cultivate
collaborative partnerships, and expand and replicate the
Neighborhood Roots System.
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Arizona Market Segments
Arizona Market Segments for Table Expansion
Total Market: 11,849 Opportunities
Social and Charitable
Clubs: 347
Educational Institutions:
2,636
Faith Communities:
3,698
Large Businesses: 5,168
Source: 2009 Arizona Economic Data
As an example, a modest three percent market share is the equivalent of approximately 350 Tables. Open Table forecasts
building capacity to obtain a three percent market share of available Table Host Sites in Arizona in three to five years.
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Projection of Cumulative Public Cost Savings
from Open Table Outcomes
$4,000,000
$3,500,000
$3,000,000
US Dollars
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
$0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Year
Source: DES data; Open Table projections
Open Table participants become wage earners, consumers, and tax-payers. The full tax impact of restoring Open
Table families to their communities grows in significance as more and more families become self-sufficient through
the Open Table Model.
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Projection of Cumulative Public Cost Savings
from Open Table Outcomes
$180,000,000
$160,000,000
$140,000,000
US Dollars
$120,000,000
$100,000,000
$80,000,000
$60,000,000
$40,000,000
$20,000,000
$0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Year
Source: DES data; Open Table projections
All Open Table participants receive state and federal benefits at the beginning of their Table. Average costs to
taxpayers for an average family size of 2.4 are approximately $16,000 annually. As the graph shows, there is
exponential potential for reductions in government spending to low-income families as they are restored to their
communities by the Open Table model.
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Open Table Leadership
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Open Table Leadership
Fulltime Staff
Youth Board Representatives
Jon Katov, Founder and CEO
Scott Ferreira, University of
Southern California
Meg Smeck, Executive Vice President
Stacey Ferreira, Xavier College Preparatory
Shawn Pearson, Vice President
Rachel Franks, Phoenix Country Day School
Board of Directors
Rachel Heredia, Stanford University
Jim Bateman, Chairman and Treasurer
Retired Business Executive
Austin Holt, University of Arizona
Brett Dunkelman, Director
Attorney, Osborn Maledon
Councils
Greg Gillis, Director, General Counsel, Secretary
Attorney, Nussbaum & Gillis
NRS Pastors’ Advisory Council
David Holt, Director
Executive, Fore-site Design & Construction
Open Table Patron’s Group
Business Sector Partner Council
Open Table Corporate Council
Jon Katov, Director
Founder and CEO, Open Table, Inc.
Joe Panter, Director
Chairman, Whitestone Capital
Meg Smeck, Director
EVP, Open Table, Inc.
“
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In America, more than 38 million of our brothers and sisters are in
poverty. Open Table gives the rest of us - 260+ million citizens - the
model we need to bring them home.
– Jon Katov, Open Table CEO
”
2009 Financials/Contributors
Innovate Empower Transform
Open Table Inc. Statement Of Activities
Year Ended December 31, 2009*
Revenues and Support
Contributions
Grants
Other
Total Revenues and Support
$381,813
18,000
6,766
$406,579
Expenses
Sales/Marketing
Consultants and professional fees
Administrative
Payroll
Total Expenses
$46,836
33,892
29,683
262,091
$372,502
Change in Net Assets
$34,077
Net Assets, Beginning of Year
$25,189
Net Assets, End of Year
$59,266
*2009 audit results not finalized at press time
Grant Funders
Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation
Brown Family Fund
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Panson Family Foundation
RICO Fund
Stardust Foundation
Open Table gratefully acknowledges Contributions from individuals and
In-Kind Donations that have propelled Open Table forward.
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Get Involved
Innovate Empower Transform
How to Join The Open Table Movement
Start a Table
• Form a Table in your faith community, workplace, small group or school
• Refer your faith community or workplace as a possible Table Host
Spread the Word
• Visit www.theopentable.org
• Tell your friends about the Open Table Poverty Transformation Movement
Partner with Us
• Nonprofits can bring their expertise to the Movement
• Volunteer opportunities
• Companies can become Business Sector Partners
“
I feel like I can do anything now, because Open Table made
work for everything I gained.
me
”
– Open Table Sister, ASU School of Family and Social Dynamics, Focus Group Research
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Open Table Inc.
7000 N. 16th St., Suite 120-238
Phoenix, AZ 85020
602.732.8965
www.theopentable.org