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Fiscal Year <strong>2005</strong> Summary Revenue % Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Contributions: 200,883 6.83% Individual Donors 46,214 Business & Law Firms 112,127 Workplace Giving 42,542 Government Contracts 487,122 16.57% Foundations 886,397 30.14% United Way of KC 67,994 2.31% Special Events 56,743 1.93% Fee-based legal support 149,292 5.08% Miscellaneous income 6,967 0.24% Donated legal services 1,085,105 36.90% 10 Total Revenue 2,940,503 100% Expenses Q Q Q Program Services 2,350,884 83.78% Management & Operation 283,121 10.09% Fundraising 171,883 6.13% Total Expenses 2,805,888 100% Contributions 6.83% Donated legal services 36.90% Government Contracts 16.57% Fundraising 6.13% Revenue Management & Operation 10.09% Miscellaneous income 0.24% Fee-based legal support 5.08% United Way of KC 2.31% Special Events 1.93% Foundations 30.14% expenses Program Services 83.78%
CLIENT PROFILEs Bulgarian Client Receives Amnesty after 11 Years 11 In his home country of Bulgaria, there was hardly a moment in Lenko’s life when he wasn’t being persecuted for his or his family’s anti-communist political beliefs and activities. Even while in his mother’s womb, Communist officials severely beat his pregnant mother. As an outspoken youth, he was interrogated and detained several times. As an adult, Lenko spent 15 years of his life being physically and psychologically tortured in various prisons. He lost hearing in one ear during an explosion that was meant to take his life. Lenko was finally forced to flee Bulgaria to protect his family and preserve his own life. When Lenko arrived alone in New York in 1993, he received assistance in completing an asylum application from a local church and was temporarily allowed to live there. With money from the church, he moved to Seattle to find work. In 1994, Lenko sought the assistance of NWIRP, which identified a pro bono attorney to represent him. While his joined the backlog of asylum applications, Lenko struggled to find work and was forced to live on the streets in an old van he bought with earnings from occasional day labor work. In the years that followed, Lenko lost contact with his pro bono attorney. NWIRP attempted to locate Lenko, but Lenko was homeless. When Lenko returned to NWIRP a few years later to check in on his case, NWIRP’s Asylum Unit took the case, helping Lenko apply for food stamps and connecting him with important services in the community. After more than 11 years, NWIRP finally received an asylum interview notice for Lenko. On February 23, <strong>2005</strong>, nearly twelve years after Lenko first came to the United States and applied for asylum, Lenko had been granted asylum protection in the United States. Risk of Deportation Averted for Mother of Four Angela, a 36 year old mother of four, came to the United States in 1990. Throughout her ten-year marriage to a U.S. citizen, she suffered both physical and mental abuse. When Angela became pregnant with their fourth child, her husband left her for another woman and refused to complete the immigrant visa petition he had filed for her. Angela feared separation from her children as well as deportation. Angela approached NWIRP’s office in Granger after she was placed in deportation removal proceedings. NWIRP’s staff assisted Angela in documenting and filing an immigration petition for victims of domestic violence, which was granted eight months later. With the approved petition, directing attorney Matt Adams, returned to immigration court with Angela and applied for an adjustment of immigration status so that Angela could become a lawful permanent resident. After a brief hearing on the merits, the immigration judge granted Angela legal status. Angela burst into tears of joy in the courtroom. photo of model to protect the privacy of our client
Page 1 and 2: NWIRP ANNUAL REPORT FY 2005
Page 3 and 4: CLIENT PROFILE When Meheret Kidane
Page 5 and 6: NWIRP 2005 Highlights In 2005, NWIR
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Page 13 and 14: “Alone we can do so little, toget
Page 15 and 16: 15 Sunset Bowl Patricia Talbot Targ

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