ARISING HOPE
2014 ANNUAL REPORT
Growing Pains
By Angela McMahan
President/CEO
What another exciting year for Arising Hope. We have seen consistency within the housing program and
not very many changes since last year. With the addition of a new house mom we saw very little turn over
and recidivism as compared to prior years. This was directly attributed to her natural nurturing tendencies.
We are in desperate need of an additional facility to increase the number of those served within our shelter
annually.
We continue to grow in our Road to Freedom program and have started to teach at other shelter locations
such as Access Housing and Cold Weather Care. With the addition of our new secular curriculum called
Road Home clients are able to voluntarily participate within either program at our shelter. We no longer
require that participants have to take the Road to Freedom classes and have an opt in option for either
curriculum. We are still teaching at various locations throughout the Denver Metro; such as, The Potters
House Church of Denver, Abundant Life Christian Center, Spiritual Minds church and Adams County
Detention Facility in Brighton. We are happy to teach at any location as requested by our community. Our
founder wrote a new curriculum called Road to Healing which is currently being taught at The Potters
House of Denver and Road Home is also taught at Cold Weather Care.
We continue to have the support of local area governments; such as: all of the Denver Metro counties
including but not limited to Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, and Douglas and
all the cities within these counties. And we continue to partner with the Employment First Agencies of
Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson County to have their clients assist us in making the products that
we give as gifts for donation to the public. These items include fleece tie blankets, pet toys, scarves,
perfume oils and salt/sugar scrubs. Arising Hope also created a cookbook from previous client’s favorite
recipes and has started also selling this at our various markets and thrift store. We continue to participate
with the Miller Farm Farmer’s Markets, Tri-County Markets, Serendipity Events and Lowry Farmer’s
Market as well as many other festivals and events throughout Colorado. With that additional of many
volunteers we were able to have three constant teams that worked the Farmer’s Market and events.
Partnerships with YAP, Employment First and Adams County Probation we were able to expand our thrift
store out at Mile High Flea Market and this is the first year we have lost days of service only due to
weather and not lack of volunteer help. Our thrift store at Mile High Flea Market has increased our annual
revenues by a third of the initial investment we pay for rent and doubled our In-Kind donations. We are
currently looking for a commercial facility because we have acquired enough business to be open Monday
– Saturday; not just the Frida- Sunday that we are currently open at Mile High. 100% of all the proceed
from our thrift store and our social enterprise goes directly back into our program and provides 80% of our
current funding.
We continue to maintain strong collaborative and partnerships within our community and with various
other non-profits; such as: CEC Middle College, Heritage Club Assisted Living, Senior Hub, North Denver
Family To Family, East Denver Coalition and Denver Children’s Home/Family to Family, The Potter’s
House of Denver Church, The Potter’s House of Denver Life Groups and Counseling Department,
Abundant Life, Good Shepard Methodist Church, COFU, Access Housing, Potters House of Denver Mass
Choir, USAgain, Lonestar, The Egg and I, CB and Potts, Tri-County Health Department, Tri-County
Markets, Miller Farms, Cracker Barrel and Elitch Gardens-Six Flags, Macy’s, Shopology, Ebay and many
more. We have developed new partnerships and relationships with our involvement through the North
Metro Chamber of Commerce, The Christian Coalition of Business Owners and the Christian Women
Business Owners.
Arising Hope continues to provide educational and prevention classes and support groups to various
organizations, the citizens of the community, churches, schools, businesses and schools on the following
subjects: domestic violence prevention and awareness; volunteer training; as well as, the recovery
curriculums Road to Freedom, Road to Healing and Road Home. There has also been an increased demand
for the founder and CEO, Angela McMahan to be a guest speaker at various luncheons, meetings and
charity events increasing exposure of Arising Hope’s need and services.
A Story of Success
How has staying at Arising Hope helped you?
I am much more secure in myself and am less fearful of trying or figuring out what I need to do to be
stronger for me. I have also continued to grow closer to God and feel more secure in my life with Him and
letting go of where I was and those that set me on this journey. I have some very good friends and am
getting better about trusting appropriate individuals. My patience has also gotten better. It helped to have
someone to express myself to when my patience was being tested. That in turned helped me to realize and
develop my faith and patience and other ways to help me grow and become stronger.
What are your future plans and goals?
Get into my own apartment, get custody of my daughter, get divorced, get a part-time job and take care of
myself.
From Our Volunteers
I began volunteering for Arising hope last year after meeting a few volunteers at a local farmers’ market.
Working with this organization has been a very positive experience. The ladies who taught me were patient
and accepting. I feel that volunteering here has been such a productive learning experience. There are many
opportunities for volunteers to try new things. I’ve learned so much about fundraising and service and have
enjoyed the friendly environment. I would recommend work with this organization to anyone looking for a
service opportunity.
Average Shelter Costs
Each week we:
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Spend $200 on bus tokens
Use 10-12 gallons of milk
Use 8-10 dozen eggs
Use 7 gallons of laundry detergent
Every month:
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Approximately 80,000 gallons of water for showers, laundry, dishes, bathroom
usage, and cleaning with 21 women and several children.
Average cost of a night of shelter $l00 per night.
Group Counseling averages $70 per session.
Individual Counseling averages $140 per client per hour.
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Community Presentation averages $150 per presentation.
Return on Investment (ROI)
Evaluation:
Individual Return on Investment (ROI) =
Cost of Outcome
ROI Program
=
70,000 = 700% Return
10,000
70,000 x 5 clients = 350,000
10,000 x 5 clients = 50,000
The cost of the program $50,000 returns $350,000 of benefit.
Every $.50 invested in program returns $3.50 of benefit OR
Every $1.00 invested in program returns $7.00 of benefit.
Hope Statistics (2014):
General Information:
 In 2013 we had 45 families on our waiting list for the shelter at any given time, since this
was more clients than we could accommodate within a year’s time we discontinued a
wait list system. Many individuals contact us because we are offering services that the
other shelters do not (i.e. allowing the household pet to come and stay with the families,
secular and non-secular curriculum).
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Those served (2014):
o Shelter Program:
25 adults
39 kids
32 Pets (16 dogs/16
cats)
o Donations (clothing/household): 50 families
o Donations (food):
50 families
o Outreach/Literatures: 1000 brochures (approximately)
o Crisis Line:
2000 calls (approximately)
o Education/Road To Freedom: 515 adults
Markets
o Volunteers
375; 12 active
o Current
75
2014 Financial Statement
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014
Assets:
Donations
Individual
Grants
$33,700.00
$11,866.00
$21,500.00
Other
$14,755.00
Total:
$81,821.00
Fixed Assets:
Prior (2013)
Phone Equip
Vehicles
Other
$15,000.00
$250.00
$15,000.00
$1,500.00
Total:
$31,750.00
Expenses:
Programs/Services:
Administrative
Emergency Housing
Other
$14,977.00
$61,169.00
$1,813.00
Total:
$77,959.00
Total Assets:
Total Expense:
$81,821.00
$77,959.00
Cash:
$3,862.00