MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING & SHELTER ALLIANCE 2015 ANNUAL REPORT

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Message from MHSA President & Executive Director Joe Finn As I look back on the past year, I am filled with gratitude for the MHSA member agencies, policymakers, foundations, corporations, and individual donors who make MHSA’s commitment to innovative solutions to homelessness possible. Thanks to your support, MHSA continues to be at the forefront of the movement to transform the response to homelessness in Massachusetts. We know that homelessness is a solvable problem, and we believe this solution can be achieved through effective public policy that is rooted in research and best practices. Ending homelessness will require us to think creatively, test new innovations and advocate for strategies to bring evidence-based solutions to scale. In this Annual Report, we invite you to learn more about MHSA’s advocacy and innovative program development during Fiscal Year 2015 (July 2014 to June 2015). It has been a year of incredible accomplishments, including the launch of the Commonwealth’s first Pay for Success initiative to address chronic homelessness. MHSA’s Rapid Re-Housing Program continues to exceed expectations, and our Speakers’ Bureau and Leadership Development Program have provided opportunities for individuals who have experienced homelessness to advocate for solutions that work. Together with our member agencies and community partners, we are tackling the problem of homelessness with a focus on the unique and varied needs of individuals in housing crisis—including young adults, veterans and people struggling with medical or behavioral health challenges. And as the health care landscape changes under our feet, MHSA continues to be a leader in advocating for the integration of health care and housing to serve high utilizers of emergency care. We have come a long way—but we still have work to do. Massachusetts is in the midst of an opioid epidemic; affordable housing is scarce; and far too many people fall through the cracks of state systems of care with the streets or shelters as their last resort. MHSA relies on your advocacy and investment as we incubate innovative responses to homelessness. Solutions start here—and you make them possible. Join us in the year ahead as we take action to end homelessness. Thank you.

MHSA & Our Mission The Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA) is a nonprofit, public policy advocacy organization dedicated to ending homelessness in Massachusetts. Founded in 1988, MHSA represents 100 community-based agencies statewide. What We Do: Educate about the struggles of homeless individuals and solutions to their homelessness Advocate for strategic use of public and private funding based on research and best practices Innovate more cost-effective and humane solutions to homelessness Collaborate with all levels of government and the private sector to bring our neighbors home for good

MHSA Board of Directors CHAIR

Dean Atkins

NorthBridge CRE Advisors | Boston, MA VICE CHAIR

Thomas L. Collins

Atlantic Retail Properties | Needham, MA TREASURER

Wilton Hyman

New England Law Boston | Boston, MA CLERK

The Reverend Linda Wood-Boyle Project Hope | Boston, MA PRESIDENT

Eastern Bank | Boston, MA

Kiley Gosselin

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness | Washington, DC

Donald Greene

U.S. Trust | Boston, MA

Suzanne Kenney

Project Place | Boston, MA

Emily Kowtoniuk

ADS Ventures | Boston, MA

Joe Finn

Thomas Lyons

Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance | Boston, MA

MassHousing | Boston, MA

VICE PRESIDENT

Brian Newkirk

Kaye Wild

Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance | Boston, MA

William J. Beckeman

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge, MA

James O’Connell, MD

Linear Retail Properties, LLC | Burlington, MA

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | Boston, MA

Anna Bissonnette

James Sabitus

Peter Burns

The Reverend John Samaan

James Cuddy

The Very Reverend Jep Streit

Dennis Culhane, PhD

Paul Sullivan

John Deneen

Brian Sykes

Hearth | Waltham, MA

Mental Health Advocate | Quincy, MA South Middlesex Opportunity Council | Framingham, MA University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA

Joe Finn President & Executive Director 

Pamela Feingold

Office of the State Auditor | Boston, MA

Row One Brands | Needham, MA Boston Rescue Mission | Boston, MA

Cathedral Church of St. Paul | Boston, MA MHSA’s Speakers’ Bureau | Boston, MA Capital One Multifamily Finance | Boston, MA

Lyndia Downie

Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA

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Annual Report Design and Photo Credits: Special thanks to Robert Pape for sharing his graphic design expertise; and to James Martin Moran, Hannah Cohen Photography and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley/PEI Photo for contributing photos.

MHSA Member Agencies BOSTON Action for Boston Community Development  AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Back on My Feet Boston Boston Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs (Boston ASAP) Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Boston Public Health Commission Boston Rescue Mission Bridge Over Troubled Waters Children’s Services of Roxbury common cathedral (Ecclesia Ministries, Inc.) Commonwealth Land Trust Community Resources for Justice Community Work Services  Elders Living at Home Program FamilyAid Boston Hearth, Inc. HomeStart, Inc. Kit Clark Senior Services (Bay Cove Human Services) Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership New England Center and Home for Veterans Pine Street Inn Project Bread Project Hope Project Place Self Esteem Boston Span, Inc. Starlight Ministries of the Emmanuel Gospel Center St. Francis House Tri-Ad Veterans League Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry Victory Programs Volunteers of America The Women’s Lunch Place

GREATER BOSTON Adbar Ethiopian Women’s Alliance Cambridge Multi-Service Center Cambridge Salvation Army Cascap, Inc. CASPAR, Inc. Catholic Charities St. Patrick’s Shelter Center for Social Innovation Eliot Community Human Services Heading Home Justice Resource Institute Middlesex Human Service Agency National Center on Family Homelessness On the Rise Phillips Brooks House Association ShortStop Transitional Housing (Wayside Youth & Family Support Network) Solutions at Work Somerville Homeless Coalition Tri-City Community Action Program Veterans Legal Services NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS Action, Inc. Amirah, Inc. Bridgewell Community Teamwork Emmaus, Inc. Grace Center Lawrence Community Development Department Lifebridge Lowell Transitional Living Center Lynn Shelter Association Neuro-Rehab Management, Inc. The Psychological Center Sylvia’s Haven Veterans Northeast Outreach Center

SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS/ CAPE COD Bay State Community Services Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center (Nam Vets Association) Catholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc. Duffy Health Center Esther R. Sanger Center for Compassion, Inc. Father Bill’s & MainSpring High Point Treatment Center Housing Assistance Corporation Quincy Community Action Programs Steppingstone Incorporated Veterans Transition House (Southeastern MA Veterans Housing Program) CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AIDS Project Worcester Athol Area YMCA The Bridge House (New England Aftercare Ministries) Community Healthlink Dismas House

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS  Berkshire Community Action Council DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services Family Life Support Center Friends of the Homeless Greater Westfield Committee for the Homeless HAPHousing Health Care for the Homeless Program - Mercy Hospital Mental Health Association, Inc. ServiceNet Soldier On Western Massachusetts Sober Living Alliance, Inc.

MHSA Staff Joe Finn

President & Executive Director

Kaye Wild

Vice President

Tom Yotts

Director of Finance & Administration

Tom Brigham

Daniel Lachar

Caitlin Burbidge

Director of Home & Healthy for Good

Caitlin Golden

Veteran In-Reach Peer Specialist

Director of Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing Program Coordinator Director of Public Relations & Community Engagement

Kendra Hanlon

Director of Development

Alex Kontras

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Jeremiah’s Inn LUK, Inc. Our Father’s House RCAP Solutions South Middlesex Opportunity Council Veterans Inc. Worcester Homeless Action Committee

Program Manager

Staff Accountant

Allison Lex

Edwin Meléndez Tara Mushi

Pay for Success Coordinator

Fatima Omer Office Manager

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Innovative Program Development MHSA is dedicated to one mission: ending homelessness. Leveraging our unique position as an intermediary between public agencies and homeless service providers, MHSA incubates innovative responses to homelessness and directs resources toward solutions with the greatest impact. Our programmatic initiatives are focused on ensuring that people experiencing homelessness have access to the stable housing and support services they need.

Permanent Supportive Housing

MHSA’s permanent supportive housing programs offer low-threshold housing with support services for chronically homeless individuals and frequent utilizers of emergency care. These “Housing First” programs recognize that providing housing and support services for these individuals is less costly and more effective than managing their homelessness and health problems on the street or in a shelter. Pay for Success (PFS) is a groundbreaking permanent supportive housing initiative aimed at serving between 500 and 800 homeless individuals over six years. To implement this program, MHSA is partnering with  United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), and service providers across the Commonwealth. Read more about Pay for Success on page 8. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) is a low-threshold, permanent supportive housing initiative for chronically homeless individuals. HHG also provides funding for permanent housing programs for LGBTQ unaccompanied homeless young adults and transitional age youth. Read more about HHG on page 9. Department of Housing and Community Development Permanent Housing Program provides low-threshold, permanent supportive housing for people who have experienced long-term homelessness, particularly those who are chronically homeless. Home & Healthy for Good - Boston is a low-threshold, permanent supportive housing program for chronically homeless individuals.

MHSA’s Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Rapid Re-housing program helps homeless individuals and families move quickly from Boston’s shelters or streets into housing. Rapid re-housing funds are flexible, offering short- and medium-term rental subsidies, security deposits, utility assistance, or other start-up costs to individuals who need support securing housing. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, the ESG Rapid Re-housing program is a collaboration between MHSA and HomeStart, with support from Boston-area shelter providers. In FY15, the program helped 205 individuals and 55 families move into permanent housing.

Supporting Recovery in Housing

Some homeless individuals face significant housing barriers due to their history of substance use. MHSA works with the recovery and housing communities to identify key strategies for supporting recovery in housing. Journey to Success (JTS) is a low-threshold, permanent supportive housing program for people who have a substance use disabling condition. Post-Detox/Pre-Recovery Program (PDPR) is a permanent supportive housing program that provides case management and housing to homeless individuals in the beginning stages of substance abuse recovery.

Bringing Veterans Home

MHSA is committed to expanding housing opportunities for veterans experiencing homelessness, particularly those veterans who have traditionally been unable to access housing and services.  Home Front is a low-threshold, permanent supportive housing program that serves chronically homeless veterans with the highest barriers to housing. Safe Haven is a transitional program that provides intensive case management and residential services to highly vulnerable chronically homeless veterans for up to six months.

Jim’s Story At an early age, Jim left home and began a lifelong battle with drug and alcohol addiction. He was homeless for over 25 years, traveling from one place to the next, job to job, in and out of the prison system. Even when he became determined to break the cycle, his unstable housing situation was a major factor that contributed to his relapses.

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Spotlight on Rapid Re-housing

Jim’s life changed when, with the help of Bay Cove Human Services, Jim enrolled in MHSA’s Journey to Success ( JTS) program and moved into his very own apartment. Since entering housing in 2008, Jim has been able to work, continue his education, and volunteer in his community. When asked if housing has helped him stay sober, Jim answers without hesitation – absolutely. “I have a pretty peaceful and stable life right now,” Jim reflects. “I’m grateful for everything I have.”

Flexible Resources

MHSA administers permanent and transitional housing, emergency shelter and rapid re-housing funds across the Commonwealth. Emergency Solutions Grant Rapid Re-housing is a rapid re-housing program designed to quickly move homeless individuals and families out of shelters and the streets and into housing. Department of Housing and Community Development Statewide Contract provides funds for operation costs and supportive services for traditional shelter beds, transitional housing units and permanent housing programs across the Commonwealth. Emergency Solutions Grant Shelter Support funds are used for shelter operations in the City of Boston. 7

Pay for Success: Bringing Permanent Supportive Housing to Scale In December 2014, the Commonwealth announced the launch of a first-in-the-nation Pay for Success (PFS) initiative to address chronic homelessness. To implement the initiative, MHSA has partnered with United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley (UWMB) and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to form the Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH), a subsidiary of MHSA dedicated to creating permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals. Through this partnership, the PFS initiative leverages philanthropic and private capital investments to place nearly half of the state’s chronically homeless population in supportive housing over six years.

Why Housing First?

The PFS initiative is based on the success of MHSA’s Home & Healthy for Good program, which has provided permanent supportive housing for 860 chronically homeless adults since it began in 2006. The Housing First model—a nationally recognized best practice—represents a paradigm shift in addressing the costly social problem of chronic homelessness. Housing First places chronically homeless individuals directly in housing, without requiring them to meet specific clinical or behavioral outcomes first. Once in housing, tenants receive support services that connect them with mainstream health care and government services. Housing provides individuals with stability, enabling them to address their complex health issues while working towards other individualized goals such as education, employment and reconnecting with family members.

MHSA manages the PFS program and works with community-based organizations across the Commonwealth. The initiative leverages $3.5 million in philanthropic and private capital investments from Santander Bank, N.A., CSH, and UWMB.

What is Pay for Success?

The “Pay for Success” model is a social innovation financing mechanism in which private investors provide upfront funding for social services. A third-party evaluator determines whether the program’s goals have been achieved. If the service provider meets the goals of the PFS initiative, the government repays investors, at times including a return to investors for undertaking the risk. If the goals are not met, the government is not obligated to repay the investors.

Expanding Medicaid Reimbursement for Support Services

MHSA advocates for initiatives that link health care and housing for chronically homeless individuals, who are among the highest utilizers of costly emergency health care. MHSA’s advocacy throughout the PFS contracting process has resulted in the  expansion of the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH)  to additional Managed Care Entities (MCEs) in Massachusetts. The expansion of CSPECH means that more chronically homeless individuals will have access to Medicaid-reimbursed support services in permanent housing. CSPECH, originally an innovation of MHSA and the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, has been recognized nationally as a model for supporting permanent supportive housing with Medicaid dollars. Pay for Success Launch in December 2014

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Undersecretary Aaron Gornstein of the MA Department of Housing and Community Development, Secretary Glen Shor of the MA Executive Office of Administration and Finance, Joe Finn of MHSA, Jim Cuddy of South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Governor Deval Patrick, Michael K. Durkin of UWMB, Deborah De Santis of CSH, and Gwen Robinson of Santander Bank, N.A. Photo courtesy of UWMB and PEI Photo

Home & Healthy for Good (HHG): A Cost-Effective Approach ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS PER PERSON $40,000

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$35,000

$30,000

$25,000

Total Estimated Savings:

$12,101

$20,000

$37,525

$15,468

$15,000

$10,000

Medical Services, Shelter and Incarceration Costs Housing First (HHG) Cost

$5,000

$9,955

$Before Entering HHG

HHG results show a trend toward tremendous savings in health care costs, especially hospitalizations, when chronically homeless individuals are placed into housing with services. Once in housing, individuals are safer than they were on the streets or in a shelter, experiencing fewer health emergencies that require immediate attention. With access to supportive services through HHG, formerly homeless individuals no longer need to rely on public emergency services as their primary sources of care. Instead, tenants are able to utilize mainstream systems of preventative and primary health care, better coordinate with mental health providers, and maintain consistent permanent tenancy rather than using more costly public systems, such as emergency shelters and detox facilities. MHSA estimates an annual cost savings to the Commonwealth of $12,101 per tenant housed in Home & Healthy for Good. This cost savings is due to decreases in Medicaid, shelter and incarceration costs after a tenant is placed in housing. 9

agency HomeStart to search for housing. But there was a problem: Sherman had a criminal record. Even though he hadn’t been incarcerated in close to 10 years and no longer lived the lifestyle he had when he was younger, doors kept closing in his face.

Sherman’s Story

“You’re no longer in that way of life, but black and white says you’re still that person,” Sherman explains. He tried to stay positive by focusing on the future. Every time a door closed, he thought to himself, “Ok, what’s next?”

Sherman remembers the stress of being in the shelter. He became homeless after a building fire left him disabled, jobless and learning how to walk again. Living in the shelter for three and a half years, he tried to stay focused on his plans for each day without getting distracted by those around him. He

Determined to find a stable place to live, Sherman worked with MHSA member

Everything changed on the day that Sherman’s housing advocate at HomeStart told him that they had a housing opportunity available for him through the Pay for Success initiative, a program run by the Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH), a subsidiary of MHSA. “That was a blessing to me for my name to be brought up,” Sherman reflects. It was only a few weeks before his birthday, and he was thrilled that he would not have to spend another birthday in the shelter.

CASPAR Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Social Services of Fall River Chelsea Community YMCA Children’s Services of Roxbury City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development City of Cambridge Department of Human Services Commonwealth Land Trust Community Healthlink Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services Dismas House Duffy Health Center

Eliot Community Human Services Evergreen House Father Bill’s & MainSpring Friends of the Homeless Harvard Square Homeless Shelter Heading Home Hearth, Inc. HomeStart, Inc Housing Assistance Corporation Justice Resource Institute Lifebridge Lynn Shelter Association Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Bureau of Substance Abuse Services Mental Health Association, Inc.

joined the building maintenance and housekeeping job programs run through the shelter where he was staying, and at night he slept with his shoes on to avoid theft.

Thank You MHSA programmatic initiatives would not be possible without the dedication of our government and community partners. We are grateful for their tireless work to end homelessness in Massachusetts. Action, Inc. AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts Athol YMCA Bay Cove Human Services Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Boston Public Health Commission Boston Rescue Mission Caritas Communities 10

Now that he has a place to call home, Sherman can, as he says, “start putting in time to take care of me.” Sherman’s HomeStart stabilization worker provides consistent support, helping him secure furniture, food and anything else he needs to get by. Thanks to the stability of housing, Sherman is able to focus on his health in a way that he never could before, and he enjoys spending time at his church and the library. He volunteers as a mentor with Span, Inc., a MHSA member agency that works with people who have been incarcerated. Most importantly, Sherman is working on his relationship with his 15-year-old son, who can now visit him at his apartment and have Sherman walk to school with him in the mornings. Reflecting on life now that he has a place of his own, Sherman is struck by the fact that he finally has a place to gather his thoughts. “I hung in the race,” he says.

For more background on the Pay for Success initiative, please see page 8.

Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership MVC 40B LLC New England Center and Home for Veterans Northeastern University Old Colony Y Pine Street Inn Project Place SEMCOA, Inc. ServiceNet Somerville Homeless Coalition South Middlesex Opportunity Council U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Veterans Inc. 11 11

Veterans and Young Adults People experiencing homelessness have a variety of unique strengths and needs. Our advocacy is focused on connecting people with the housing and supportive services that are most appropriate for each individual’s circumstances. In FY15, MHSA collaborated with government and nonprofit partners to address the unique needs of veterans and young adults experiencing homelessness.

Veterans

MHSA provides peer support and permanent supportive housing to veterans experiencing homelessness, with a special focus on those veterans who have the highest barriers to housing and cannot otherwise access traditional housing programs. Supported by the Highland Street Foundation, MHSA has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) to create the Veterans Homeless In-Reach Peer Project. This Lindsey Fairweather, MHSA’s first Veteran In-Reach program is an expansion of a successful Peer Specialist, participates in a Stand Down event in Boston for veterans experiencing homelessness. DVS peer-based model in which veterans serve veterans. By bringing peer support into shelters and community-based organizations that do not exclusively serve veterans, the Veterans Homeless In-Reach Peer Project reaches a population who may not have access to specialized supports for post-traumatic stress disorder, undesirable service discharges and other significant barriers that veterans face. MHSA has also played an important role in Boston Homes for the Brave, an initiative of City of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh that is dedicated to ending veteran homelessness in Boston by the end of 2015. Boston Homes for the Brave brings together government, nonprofit agencies, landlords, and community members to support the goal of ensuring that every veteran in Boston has a place to call home.

“The Speakers’ Bureau gets people to understand that every homeless person has a story.” – Paul, MHSA Speaker since 2010

Speakers’ Bureau and Leadership Development Program

Young Adults

MHSA’s Speakers’ Bureau is committed to providing opportunities for currently and formerly homeless individuals to share their stories and educate the public about solutions to end homelessness. MHSA established the Speakers’ Bureau in 2010, supported by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Speakers draw on their powerful firsthand experiences with homelessness and MHSA’s years of advocacy expertise to raise awareness, share the realities of homelessness and inspire audiences with a call to social action. In FY15 alone, the Speakers’ Bureau delivered over 60 presentations to community members across Massachusetts.

FY15 also marked the second year of MHSA’s permanent supportive housing program for unaccompanied homeless young adults who identify as LGBTQ. Part of MHSA’s larger Home & Healthy for Good program, this 32-unit pilot combines the strengths of low-threshold housing with support services specifically tailored to the needs of LGBTQ young adults.

Building on the success of the Speakers’ Bureau, MHSA launched the Leadership Development Program (LDP) in 2013. The LDP prepares participants who have experienced homelessness to strengthen their skills as advocates and leaders. Encouraging participants to reflect on homelessness in a social justice framework, the LDP trains participants to share their personal stories and forge connections with a diverse range of community members and stakeholders. In FY15, MHSA offered two LDP courses—one for veterans and one for young adults.

MHSA advocates for low-threshold housing opportunities for young adults living in adult shelters or on the streets. In FY15, MHSA continued to serve on the Commonwealth’s Special Commission on Unaccompanied Homeless Youth, which is tasked with identifying appropriate housing and service responses for unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness.

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MHSA Fundraising Events

MHSA Financials Including Subsidiary MASH

MHSA Celebrates 12th Annual Spring Fundraising Event

Statement of Activities

Financial Position

Revenues and Support Government Contracts $9,595,714 Grants and Contributions $581,817 Contributed Services $3,182 $124,931 Program Fees Interest Income and Gains on Investments $23,529 Total Revenues and Support $10,329,173 Expenses Program Expenses Emergency Shelter and Transitional Programs $5,221,343 Permanent Housing $3,938,222 $821,880 Rapid Re-housing Advocacy, Planning and Technical Assistance $239,595 Total Program Expenses $10,221,040

Assets Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $2,233,663 Contracts Receivable $1,475,928 $605,223 Investments Prepaid Expenses $241,869 Security Deposits $9,450 Total Current Assets $4,566,133 Noncurrent Assets Furniture and Equipment, Net $21,301 Total Assets $4,587,434 Liabilities and Net Assets Current Liabilities $1,343,730 Due to Subrecipients Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $144,970 Total Current Liabilities $1,488,700 Long-Term Notes Payable $2,500,000 Net Assets Unrestricted $536,966 $61,768 Temporarily Restricted Total Net Assets $598,734 Total Liability and Net Assets $4,587,434

On May 20, 2015, MHSA supporters gathered at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston to celebrate MHSA’s 12th Annual Spring Fundraising Event, Home for Good: Solutions Start Here. Special Guest Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito shared remarks at the event, which honored Joseph V. Roller II of Cambridge Trust Company, Linda Wood-Boyle of HomeStart and the MHSA Board of Directors, and Bentley University’s Service-Learning Center. MHSA wishes to express our gratitude to Lieutenant Governor Polito, the Honorees, the Event Honorary Committee, the MHSA Board and Advisory Council, and all of our event sponsors and attendees. Special thanks to Raise the Roof Sponsor Eastern Bank, Open the Door Sponsor HomeStart, and Turn the Key Sponsors Atlantic Retail Properties and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015

Top photo: Honorees Dr. Jonathan White of Bentley University Service-Learning Center, The Rev. Linda Wood-Boyle of HomeStart and Joseph V. Roller II of Cambridge Trust Company; bottom photo: Joe Finn of MHSA, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and MHSA Board Chair Dean Atkins. Photos by Hannah Cohen Photography.

Supporting Expenses Fundraising and Development General and Administrative Total Supporting Expenses Total Expenses Total Change in Net Assets Net assets at beginning of year Net assets at end of year

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015

$165,161 $183,485 $348,646 $10,569,686 ($240,513) $839,247 $598,734

MHSA Young Professionals Group Hosts Summer Fundraiser On August 20, 2014, nearly 80 young professionals gathered at South Boston Candlepin for Strike Out Homelessness in Massachusetts. Hosted by the MHSA Young Professionals Group (YPG), the event raised funds to support MHSA’s work to end homelessness in Massachusetts. During the event, Paul, a member of MHSA’s Speakers’ Bureau, shared his personal experiences with homelessness with the audience. Event attendees also enjoyed pizza, unlimited bowling and an amazing array of raffle prizes.

MHSA Revenues

MHSA Expenses 92.9% Government Contracts

96.7% Program Expenses

5.6% Grants and Contributions

1.6% Fundraising and Development

0.0% Contributed Services

1.7% General and Administrative

1.2% Program Fees

Young professionals enjoy an evening of bowling and raising funds to support MHSA.

0.2% Interest Income and Gains on Investments

MHSA YPG offers opportunities for young leaders to become involved in ending homelessness while meeting new people and having a great time. MHSA extends our thanks to the YPG planning committee, event sponsors and raffle donors. Special thanks to our Strike Sponsor, Guaranteed Rate! 14

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Thank You

Thank you

MHSA extends our thanks to the following recent corporate and foundation donors. We also extend our deepest gratitude to the many individuals, member agencies and others who contribute financially and otherwise to our work every day. Thank you for being a part of solutions to homelessness. ADS Ventures AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust The Alchemy Foundation Andre and Marilyn Danesh Fund Ann Bitetti and Doug Lober Apex Medical Products Atlantic Retail Properties Augustin H. Parker Fund Ben and Kate Taylor Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Boston Private Bank & Trust Company The Boston Foundation Bowman Selig Families Charitable Foundation Cail Family Foundation Cambridge Trust Company Capital One Multifamily Finance Citizens Bank Foundation The Columbia Group Combined Jewish Philanthropies Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) Cranberry Café David R. Ferry 1990 Trust Devereaux Charitable Foundation Trust DMA Health Strategies Eastern Bank Elizabeth Baum & William Berman Charitable Fund Ellen D. Kunkel Revocable Trust Feldberg and Bannatyne Family Giving Fund Fenway Sports Management Flour Bakery + Café Furnace Brook Golf Club The Gannett Foundation Granite Links Golf Club GREY GOOSE Vodka G.T. Reilly & Company Harbour Food Service Equipment Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Hausman Family Charitable Trust The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Highland Street Foundation High Point Treatment Center HomeGoods Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation Interior Resources Jean Fordyce Charitable Fund J.J. Foley’s John Chany Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Jus and Kumud Singh Giving Account The Kresge Foundation

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The Linda Hammett Ory & Andrew Ory Charitable Trust The Margaret Fox Rawls Trust Margulies Perruzzi Architects Marilyn and Robert Lund Charitable Fund Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership MassHousing Massik Family Fund Melvin S. Cutler Charitable Foundation Moon Family Charitable Gift Fund Myles Brown and Judy Garber Gift Fund NAIOP Massachusetts New England Communities, Inc. New England Patriots Charitable Foundation NorthBridge CRE Advisors North River Outfitter The North Star O’Neill and Associates Patricia A. Viscosi Family Living Trust Patricia P. Irgens Larsen Charitable Foundation Inc Peabody Properties, Inc. Pret A Manger Quinn-Dupont/Dupont Fund Ray Family Fund Red Sox Foundation Reflex Lighting Group The River Foundation Roast Beast Schatzki Family Charitable Fund Sequoia Philanthropic Fund Shirley Goldstein Trust Snowball Fund South Boston Candlepin Bowling South Shore Country Club Stephen & Geraldine Ricci Charitable Trust The Stifler Family Foundation Sucherman Consulting Group Inc. United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Uno Dué Go U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management Vélo-City WinnResidential We strive for accuracy and regret any omissions or mistakes. Please contact MHSA at 617-367-6447 with any corrections.

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