Beyond Housing 2016 Annual Report

2016 Annual Report
BELIEVE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
P. 1 Letter from the President and Chairman
P. 2-3 About Beyond Housing
P. 4-5 Reasons to Believe: The City of Pagedale
P. 6-7 2016 Accomplishments
P. 8-13 The 24:1 Initiative
P. 14 Financials and Board of Directors
P. 15-19 Thanking Our Donors
P. 20-21 Reasons to Believe: The Revitalization of Pine Lawn

Reasons to Believe
Letter from the President and Chairman
There’s something special happening in the 24:1 Community—the 24 municipalities that make up
the Normandy school district. Stores and businesses and amenities are opening that help make life
happen—the first community grocery store in 40 years, a bank, a socially responsible payday lending
institution, and a movie theater to name just a few. New
and revitalized homes with neighbors chatting on front
porches and children laughing and playing are cropping
up all around the 24:1 Community. Nonprofit partners
are coming together in unprecedented collaborations to
provide needed programs and resources.
Municipal police departments and courts are combining
resources to increase efficiencies and to better serve the 24:1 Community, and schools are finding more
success teaching students than they’ve experienced in many years.
It’s all a fulfillment of Beyond Housing’s vision for helping entire communities become
better places to live through a holistic, strategic approach based on proven best practices.
It all started in 2010 with our “ask, align, act” approach, where the voice of the people
drives our actions. We listen, we lead with vision, and we bring the community and
stakeholders together with the necessary resources to influence change.
Today, there are many reasons to believe and so much to celebrate. Hope
now abounds in a community where far more than just homes are being built.
Confidence and strength is rising with every new business that opens its doors
and with every new support program that comes to fruition.
Read on to learn more about the special things happening in the 24:1 Community, and
help us ensure that, with the help of generous donors like you, the momentum will continue.
Sincerely,
Chris Krehmeyer
President and CEO
Craig S. Owens
Chairman
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About Beyond Housing
Helping entire communities become better places to live
Beyond Housing exists because home matters. We began
with actual houses and housing preservation, focusing on
quality and stability to give people a place to start. But there
is more to a home than the house—home is about the life that
happens in and around the house, as well as the life that fuels
and draws out the best of the people within it.
While specific challenges and priorities vary by community,
all successful and thriving communities require integrated
strategies that range from individual to systemic and policy
level efforts in the areas of education, housing, health,
employment readiness and access, economic development,
and personal finance with a focus on collective impact, capacity
building and community engagement.
We bring civic leaders, targeted nonprofits, and corporate
partners together to accomplish more for their communities
than they could ever hope to achieve working alone. Our
holistic vision and innovative framework provides a backbone
of proven best practices that make a multitude of programs
and efforts far more effective.
We take an “ask, align, act” approach where we continuously
use the voice of the people to drive our actions. We build
committees to listen to the community, each staffed by
Beyond Housing and chaired by a community resident. Our
role is to listen, lead with vision, bring resources and stakeholders
together, influence change, and offer our contributions
to the community for its benefit.
Our goal has always been to help communities become better
places to live, and then equip people to thrive. From health
and nutrition programs to leading edge personal finance
initiatives, Beyond Housing meets communities exactly
where they are, providing help according to the needs they
identify. Together with our partners, we are proud of what
our efforts have been able to do for our community, and we
think you will be too.
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPROACH
Our focus is on improving people’s lives in a holistic manner and in
helping entire communities become better places to live.
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Reasons to Believe
Standing at the corner of Page & Ferguson offers a far different
view now than it did just a few years ago.
Where there once were dilapidated homes, empty lots, and
abandoned buildings are now a grocery store, a bank, a cinema,
senior center, and new homes…but there’s far more than that.
There’s life.
There’s community—in the purest sense of the word—in
fellowship, the shared goals, and the commitment to making
Pagedale a thriving place to work and live.
Pagedale is the initial culmination of a community plan and
what Beyond Housing intends to help create across the 24:1
Community. We intentionally started with changing the
physical landscape of the area, revitalizing the neighborhood
and adding services that every community needs to have for
its residents to lead healthy and successful lives.
Once the physical infrastructure was improved, we were
able to focus on bringing together partners to help with the
programming and resources needed so that Pagedale could
become the place residents hoped for.
Today, it is a better place to live. You can see it on the streets
and feel it in the air. Children are outside playing. Seniors are
walking to the grocery store. Neighbors are gathering and
getting to know each other. There’s excitement and renewed
sense of pride in the community.
Once the physical barriers of crumbling bricks and weeds
and piles of wood were replaced, Pagedale residents trusted
that things really were changing for the better. They trusted
Beyond Housing, and they had hope.
Now they have more than hope. The people of Pagedale
have a better place to live—not just reside—in and around
their homes.
Is there more to be done? Certainly…but it’s an incredible
start, and now Beyond Housing wants to take what’s been
learned in Pagedale and replicate that throughout the 24:1
Community.
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2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The interdependent nature of the holistic
solutions makes them difficult to track
in isolated metrics. And yet, we remain
focused on practical solutions and data
sustained results. With that said, we see the
results of our efforts in these data points
and remain optimistic and committed to
the place we call home.
Education
2,570
Parents mobilized as volunteers on the Normandy
Schools Collaborative campuses.
172
Parent engagement events hosted with
9,725 instances of parent contact.
80,000 Minutes
93% of children at the Pagedale
Family Support Center spent nearly 80,000
minutes reading this summer.
$700,000
Total saved and matched for college expenses.
429
Kindergarten and high school students
enrolled in Promise Accounts.
$566,500
Placed in 529 interest bearing college saving
accounts to date.
700 Children
The Programs Achieving Quality (PAQ) program
served nearly 700 children in the 24:1 Community.
28 Teachers
28 early education teachers have earned Child
Development Associate credentials.
Employment
100
More than 100 people attended the
Back to Work Job Fair.
Health
285
Participants in 5k Run/Walk Health Festival.
22,000 lbs
Amount of food distributed by Food Pantry.
335
Registered participants in our Passport
to Health Program.
150
Kids participated in Cooking Matters classes.
2016 Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation
Culture of Health Prize
The 24:1 Community was one of seven
national winners of the 2016 Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Culture of Health
Prize. The prize honors communities for
their efforts to ensure all residents have the
opportunity to live longer, healthier, and
more productive lives. The 24:1 Community
was awarded this national recognition for
bringing partners together to rally around a
shared vision of health, drawing
especially on the wisdom, voice, and
experience of the residents themselves.
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Personal Finance
249
Families participated in the St. Louis
Tax Assistance Program.
$317,528
Received by families in state and federal refunds.
$1,250
Average refund received.
267
Foreclosure counseling sessions.
798
People completed home buyer education.
Community Engagement
100
Clergy members formed a coalition to support the
needs of the community.
155
Big Brothers Big Sisters.
30%
Increase in “Littles” MAP scores.
920
Students/families receive food bi-weekly through
the backpack program.
479
Weekly food bags from Operation Food Search.
116
Families served by Nurses for Newborns.
Housing
$699,500
In down payment assistance funds.
$2.28 Million
In home repair investments.
418
People met one on one with home advisors.
472
Number of rental units.
278
Number of home closings.
$103,700
Average home sale price.
Government
$750,000
24:1 Municipal Partnership secured a School
Resource Officers grant for 2016-2017.
$500,000
The Missouri Department of Conservation
awarded a grant for Tree Resource Improvement
and Maintenance across several municipalities.
Beyond Housing was awarded the Improving
Public Trust and Confidence Award for our work
on court reform and consolidation at the annual
Missouri Judicial Conference Awards
Ceremony in September 2016.
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AN ONGOING EFFORT (2010-2016)
THE 24:1 INITIATIVE
EMPOWERED BY BEYOND HOUSING
24 Communities in the Normandy Schools Collaborative
sharing ONE vision for successful children, engaged families
and a strong community.

There’s something special happening
in the 24:1 Community—
a new cinema, grocery store, two
senior centers and a bank. New
homes, people laughing and children
playing. You can feel and see it when
you walk around the community.
There’s hope in the air and for
good reasons. Read on to learn
more about all of the special things
happening in the 24:1 Community.
Empowered by Beyond Housing

Since 2010, Beyond Housing has raised
and invested more than $100 million
dollars in the 24:1 Community.
Partnership with MIDWEST
BANKCENTRE brought Pagedale its
first-ever full-service banking facility with
products designed for low-to moderateincome
families.
Upscale senior housing center Rosie Shields
Manor provides not only 42 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, but increases
the quality of life, wellness and social lives of
seniors in Pagedale and Pine Lawn.
Beyond Housing built the 24:1 CINEMA in the
heart of Pagedale. This four–screen, 350 seat theatre
creates jobs and family-friendly entertainment for
the entire 24:1 community.
Infant mortality reduced
by 30% between 2013
and 2016.

The WEALTH ACCUMULATION CENTER, or WAC for
short, is a one stop destination for financial empowerment
that will offer the 24:1 Community access to affordable
financial services and free financial education. The WAC
includes REDDOUGH ® a non-profit alternative to fringe
banking services. THE EXCEL CENTER, a financial
literacy center helps clients set reasonable goals and get the
assistance they need to achieve their financial dreams.
Within the state’s provisional
accreditation range, Normandy Schools
Collaborative have INCREASED
FROM 7% OF AVAILABLE POINTS
TO 55% for the first time since 2012.
We created groundbreaking opportunities
for families like Promise Accounts
that offer a free $500 COLLEGE
SAVINGS PLAN to all kindergartners
as well as matched savings accounts for
high school students.
82% of children
arrived at school
“KINDERGARTEN-
READY”.
PAGEDALE TOWN CENTER
was developed to enrich the 24:1
landscape, serving as a hub to create
jobs, and invite new businesses, desired
retail and other services.

We formed the 24:1
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
to facilitate home ownership
and keep the investments in the
hands of the residents of the
community.
We helped form the 24:1 MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP with mayors,
police chiefs, and key municipal staff to share
best practices and examine the potential for cost
savings and collaboration between municipalities on
essential public services.
Beyond Housing partnered with the
Normandy Schools Collaborative and
the Missouri Foundation for Health to
improve access to HEALTHY FOOD
AND SAFE PLACES TO PLAY.
We celebrate the building of
SAVE-A-LOT grocery store, the
first grocery store in Pagedale in
over 40 years.
We partnered with United 4 Children to
create the 24:1 EARLY CHILDHOOD
LEARNING CENTER designed to provide
quality early childhood education for those
previously unable to afford it.
CHILD OBESITY
RATES DOWN 18%
since winter 2013.

MONICA WADE:
Grandmother & long-time
Children’s Hospital
housekeeping staff, Monica
Wade, was able to purchase a
home she thought she’d never
have. She’s now able to watch
her grandchildren grow up
playing in her backyard.
VETTER PLACE, A 53-UNIT SENIOR
LIVING facility providing affordable housing,
wellness, and social activity programs in Pine
Lawn, MO.
THE FIRST EVER MUNICIPAL
MERGER in St. Louis County
along with numerous policing
consolidations.
STEPHANIE PRITCHARD
is now just 18 months away
from earning her bachelor’s
degree in nursing to improve
her life and the lives of her two
daughters. She resides in a
Beyond Housing rental home,
participates in budgeting and
career planning classes and is
moving towards owning a
24:1 CLT home.
OVER $50 MILLION INVESTED
in construction projects for housing
and economic development.
BEYOND HOUSING’ NEW HEADQUARTERS
OPENED IN DECEMBER 2016 and serves
as a hub for the 24:1 Community for residents,
community stakeholders, partners and municipal
leaders. The new offices house a large community
space, multiple meeting rooms, a computer lab and a
commercial kitchen.
OVER $1 MILLION
SAVED on public services
BERNICE DAVIS didn’t
let retirement slow down her
desire to help make the 24:1
community into a stronger,
better place to live. She sits on
the board of the 24:1 CLT and
resides at Rosie Shields Manor.
ARMANI MCGUIRE:
Thanks to Beyond Housing’s
Job Fair bringing people and
companies together,
20 year old Armani McGuire
secured his dream job as an
auditor with Deer Valley
Home Health Care.
KENTRALL BROWN:
Because of Beyond Housing’s
IDA program, Kentrall Brown
is well on her way to realizing
her dream of continuing her
family’s culinary tradition by
opening a food truck of her
own and sharing her love of
soul food with the community.

Beyond Housing, Inc., Subsidiaries and Affiliates
Consolidated and Combined Statement of Activities for the Year Ended December 31, 2016
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Donations and Grants, Including In Kind..........$17,880,692
Dues and Fees...........................................................$668,868
Rental Income, Net...............................................$3,473,704
Development Fees.........................................................$12,775
Interest Income........................................................... $385,112
Loss on Sale of Property and Equipment.............. ($79,657)
Gain on Investments in Limited Partnerships
and Corporations...................................................... $1,027,281
Cinema Revenues......................................................$584,183
Miscellaneous............................................................... $327,215
Total Support and Revenue................. $24,280,173
EXPENSES
Program..................................................88%....... $15,703,345
Administration..........................................9%.......... $1,625,925
Fundraising................................................3%............ $492,025
Total Expenses.......................................... $17,821,295
NOTE
The Consolidated and Combined Statement of Activities herein
presented represents a condensed version of what was furnished
by our certified public accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. The
complete 2016 audit report is available upon request.
NET ASSETS/EQUITY
At the start of year...............................................$69,527,060
Increase in Equity and Net Assets...................... $6,458,878
Capital Contributions............................................$6,725,964
At the end of year..................................................$82,711,902
Increase..................................................$13,184,842
Volunteers
$100,000
In-kind donations from volunteers and donors.
929
People volunteered their time in supporting
the mission of the organization.
3,847
Number of volunteer hours.
Board of Directors
Craig S. Owens (Chair), City of Clayton
Ralonda Jasper (Vice Chairman), Express Scripts
Nick Overkamp (Treasurer), Enterprise Bank & Trust
Mayor Mary Carter (Secretary), City of Pagedale
Douglas Black, BJC Healthcare, West County
Ray Boshara, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Pamela D. Carter, Boeing
Maxine Clark, Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop
Jean Cody, Private Practice, CPA
Robert Cox, Emerson Electric, Retired
Reginald Dickson, BYW Investment Advisors
Chancellor Thomas George, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Mayor James McGee, City of Vinita Park
Paul Martin, Bank of America, U.S. Trust Division
John Meyer, Jr., Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, PC
Mayor Viola Murphy, City of Cool Valley
Rev. James H. Purdy, Retired Pastor
Jason Purnell, George Warren Brown School of Social Work,
Washington University
John Risberg, Maritz
Rev. Dr. E.G. Shields Sr, Pastor, Mt. Beulah Baptist Church
Kris Switzer, U.S. Bancorp Community Dev Corp
James Watson, Midwest BankCentre, President & CEO
Randy Weller, Citi, Director of Community Development
Erika Williams, BJC Healthcare
Michael Williams, Edward Jones
Sheila Williams, Normandy Schools Collaborative
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Our Donors
CORPORATIONS & BUSINESSES
1st Financial Federal Credit Union
ADA Cole Production, LLC
Ameren Missouri
Beyond Care Home Services, LLC
BSI Constructors Inc.
Capes, Sokol, Goodman and Sarachan, P.C.
Carrollton Bank
Central Bank of St. Louis
Central Trust Company
Citi
CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Commerce Bank
E.M. Harris Construction Company
Eagle Bank and Trust Company
Edward Jones
Emerson Electric Company
Employees Community Fund of Boeing
Enterprise Bank and Trust
Gray Design Group, Inc.
Hunter Engineering Company
Insight Title Company, LLC
J.W. Terrill, Inc.
Jon Mendelson Realtors
JP Morgan Chase and Co.
Kandyman Graphics
Lewis Rice & Fingersh, L.C.
Maritz
Midland States Bank
Midwest BankCentre
Montgomery Bank
Neff Press
Northern Trust Company
P & P Restaurants, Inc.
PNC Bank
Regions Bank
Rubicon Corporation
Scottrade Bank
Sodexo, Inc. and Affiliates
St. Louis Community Credit Union
St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc.
The Bank of Edwardsville
The Boeing Company
The Private Bank
The Rome Group, Inc.
The Vault
Third Sector New England
TIAA Direct, TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB
US Bancorp Community Development
Corporation
US Bank
Walmart
Walsh & Associates, Inc.
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
We’re Ready Construction LLC
Wolff Properties
FAITH COMMUNITY
Catholic Charities
Central Reform Congregation
First Congregational Church of St. Louis
First Congregational Church of Webster
Groves
Immacolata Ladies Society
Kirkwood Baptist Church
Pine Lawn Glen Echo Baptist Church
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood
St. Augustine Scholarship Fund
St. Mark Presbyterian Church
St. Peter Catholic Church
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
University Bible Fellowship St. Louis
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
FOUNDATIONS
Albers/Kuhn Family Foundation
Amazon Smile Foundation
Anonymous
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
Cove Charitable Trust
Crawford Taylor Foundation
DCA Family Foundation
Deaconess Foundation
Express Scripts Foundation
George Herbert Walker Foundation
Greater St. Louis Community Foundation
Greg and Becky Smith Family Foundaion
Guth Foundation Charitable Trust
Hauck Charitable Foundation
Herman T. and Phenie R. Pott Foundation
Hogan Family Charitable Fund
Home Builders Association
Horizon Housing Foundation
Jane M. and Bruce P. Robert Charitable
Foundation
John R. Woods Foundation
Margaret C. Schmidt Fund
Missouri Foundation for Health
NeighborWorks America
Norman J. Stupp Foundation
Opus Foundation
P. Wayne & Jane B. Goode Foundation
Parents As Teachers National Center, Inc.
Robert and Cathy Lachky Charitable Fund
Sidener Foundation
Staenberg Family Foundation
Stupp Brothers Steel & Iron Company
Foundation
The Catherine Manley Gaylord Foundation
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
The Gertrude and William A. Bernoudy
Foundation
The Saigh Foundation
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
U.S. Bank Foundation
Veiled Prophet Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand
Orthwein Foundation
William T. Kemper Foundation
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
up to $99
Steve Albart
Sally Altman
Wanda Marie Anderson
Thomas and Bridget Andrews
Todd Antoine
Susan L. Dean-Baar and John F. Baar
Amber N Bailey
John W. Baltz
Marilyn Joyce Barnes
Robert B. Barrett and Karen Lucas
Rachel Barth
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Benjamin and Gloria Brainsby
Kara Beckman
Barbara Bernthal
Aster Beyene
Mr. Chris Biehle
Dwight and Jeanette Billingsley
Tizzi Blackburn
Ed Blair
Bobbie BoClair
Lonny Boring
Precious Christina Boyd
Antoinette Becerra
Andrew Bradley
Mark Brandom
Brandy Brown
Sandra Brown
Stephanie Brown
Robbie Butler
Tamara Butts
Jessica Caldwell
Jessica Callaway
Robert R. and Jacqueline R. Carpenter
David Carroll
Anne Chrun
Natalie M Clay
Stephanie Co
Patricia Coleman
Vikki Collier
Laquette Collins
Justine Collum
Thomas and Carlyle Conrad
Mary Lou and George Convy
Daniel Cooper
Nicholas Crouse
Christa Cunningham
Sheila Cunningham
Jennifer Curtis
Gail Cutts
Paul and Amy D’Agrosa
John Daniel
Dean E. and Virginia R. Danzer
Jeffery M. and Laura Dardick
Nicole Davies
Stan Huff Davis II
James E. and Susan Dearing
Corey Dickens
Jeffrey Dobrinsky
Kevin and Anna Doyle
Carolyn Duffy
Erica Durbin
Marci Mayer Eisen
Jeff Erdmann
Jim Eschen
Michael and Jennifer Esson
Kelsi Feltz
Alex Fennoy
Brian Fielding
Nikolay Filipets
Chris and Andrea Flanigan
Pastor Bennie Ford
James Forney
Tanner Forry
Bruce Frank and Enid Weisberg-Frank
Agnes L. and David P. Garino
Lisa A Garrett
Edward and Mary Gaspar
Mark Geldmacher
Curt Godier
Dan Goldman
Yvonne Gordon
Kenneth Gumper
Marletta Guyton
Colleen Hafner
Anita and Mark Hale
Benjamin Hale
Taiyan Hamilton
Anthony Hansen
Richard Hansen
Monica Hardy
Sheryll Marie Harper
Jennifer Harris
Julin Harrell
Dorothy Haskell
Laura Hechler
Matthew Helderman
Grace Hertel
Grant Hickman
A. Charles Hiemenz, III
Chriss Hill
Ashley Holmes
Steve and Stephanie Holzer
Howlette and Monica Huddleston
William H. Humphrey
Terry Hurley
Lileana Ibur
Linda Ingram
Theresa Jackson
ShaRhonda Jefferson
Justin Johnson
Nick Johnson
Vallorie Jones
Pamela Keys
Emma Klues
Emily Komos
David Krehmeyer
Georgia Krehmeyer
Phil Krull
Todd Larkin
Judith A. Leach
Dan Lee
Joan Lee
Paul and Amanda Lee
Robert Joseph Lee
David Lewis
Steven Ley
Casey Locey
Freda Lohr
Kimberly Long
Marvin Long
Jennifer Anne Loughman
Courtney Loveless
Kristi Maesaka
Shauna Malone
Patricia Manning
Louis and Margaret Maull
Jennifer Maxfield
Timothy McBride
Anna McCarthy
Troy McClelland
Thelma McCray
James McGowan
Thomas E. and Barbara E. Michael
Anne Milford
Reginald and Dianne Miller
Gabe Mitchell
Cindy Monroe
Stephanie Monroe
Margaret Mooney
Lee Naas
Helen Nelling
Leonetta Nelson
D-Lori Newsome-Pitts
Herbert L. and Arlene J. Nickels
Gail Noblot
Kimberly Noblot
Donal Ogden
Lydia Padilla
Marcia Parks
Mike Parsons
Joan Perry
June Peters
Anthony R. Petzoldt and Vicky A. Gobberdiel
Debra J Pitts
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Princella Potter
Katherine Powderly
Kevin D Purdy
Apryl Purnell
Ann Randazzo
Gary and Marilyn Ratkin
Gillian and Cecil Raw
Sue Reid
Lucy Reinhart
Rebecca Reinhart
Charles E. Reis, IV and Constance S. Reis
Michael S Riat
Annie Rice
Megan Riechmann
John M. Robinson, III
Linda Robinson
Mary Rocchio
Pam Royal
Daniel Rutledge
Jackie Schirin
Pete and Mary Schmit
Mary Schuman
Thomas Shaner
Jane Shea
Scott and Tracy Sheffler
Tia Shepard
Margaret B. Shepley
Robert O. and Margaret T. Sherwood
Kathy Siddens
Elizabeth Simons
Ted Simpson
Charles Sims
Suellen Slais
Ava Smith
Hilary Smith
Keshia Smith
Patrick Smith
Sybil Smith
Candice Spann
Gregory Sporleder and Meghan Fielding
Veronica Stacker
Richard Stein
Joann Stephan
James and Susan Stepleton
Vicky Stringer
James Sutter
Todd and Catherine Swanstrom
Derek Taylor
Liz Tegart
Erin Thiemann
Atia Thurman
Theresa Tighe
Maurnice Tipton
Doris A. Trojcak
Nila Tuckson
Janice Vieth
Charles H. and Jane H. Vogt
Enrique and Melisa Von Rohr
Marcus Watkins
Shirley Wayne
Michael Whitley
Kevin M. and Allison M. Williams
Kirksy Williams
Harry Williams
Alice Wilson
Terry Wilson
Joseph and Christine Winter
Nichole Wiseman
Shonte Young
Eric and Deysi Zegel
$100-$299
David and Dee Ban
David and Donna Baringer
Karl S Beckmann
Darrell M. Berg
James Bogart
Don Buchmueller
Deanna Carroll
Mayor Mary Carter
Adam Castagno
Michael and Marijane Chehval
Ange K. Clow
John C. Collins
Virginia L. Conlee
Jenny Connelly-Bowen
Angela Corvington
Lynn Courier
Alaina Culbertson
R.T. and Diana Cummings
Bridget Cunningham
Amelia and Arthur D.Bond
John and Carol Debasio
Michael and Lee DeCola
Paul Dever and Elizabeth Fathman
Reginald D. Dickson and Illona W. Dickson
Cory Eichorn
Sondra Ellis
James and Joan Emmert
Willie and Mischa Epps
Dan and Jackie Faber
Melford P. Ferguson
Chrissy Fitzpatrick
Alex Foerst
George L. Fonyo
James P. and Susan Z. Gamble
Margo Garvin
William R. Gilbert, II and Loura M. Gilbert
Tracie Goffe
Sheila Greenbaum
Susan M. Greenberg
Stephanie Grise
Thomas A Grunzinger
Jillian Guenther
Michael and Kay Hagan
Sherita Haigler
Chancellor Thomas F. George and
Barbara C. Harbach
Tom Harmon
Michael G. and Nancy M. Hartman
Steven P. and Julie R. Healey
Tom and Robyn Heidger
John and Harrison Heil
Aaron Hempel
Barbara W. and Carol A. Hemphill
Anne Hetlage
Richard Hoff
Lesa M. Holloway
Jacqueline Buck Horton
Charlin Hughes
Robert E. Huson, Jr. and Lynn-Relic Huson
Jeralyn James
Chaz T. Jaquess
Steve Jansen
David Johnson
Mary Wheeler Jones
David and Jennifer Kaslow
James and Peg Kiley
J. Mark and Jane F. Klamer
Janet L. Kourik
Karen Krehmeyer
Warren B. Lammert, Jr. and Susan R.
Lammert
Lawrence J. and Jayne E. Layden
Martin N. Lenihan
Anne M. Leverone
Brian Loyal
Dennis K. Lutz
William and Rose Martin
Derek Mays
Mayor James McGee
Patricia McLaughlin
Constantine and Maria Michaelides
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Andy and Jessica Millner
Shaylon Moorehead
M Keith Murphy
Mayor Viola Murphy
Brian and Maria Nash
Howard and Elna Nelson
Mark Daniel O’Bryan
John A. and Janice B. Oexeman
James Owen
Laura Owens
Robin Paschall
Drew and Kendra Patterson
Charles James Pearson
William Paul and Gina Wischmeyer
Fred H. and Ida F. Perabo
Karen Pierre
Celeste Player
Stacey Preston
Fred Rathjen
Heather Raznick
Fred Ricks
Jonathan Rill, MD
Anthony Robinson
Sarah Roche
Don A. and Maureen E. Ronken
Victor W. and Florence R. Saeger
Peter W. Salsich, Jr. and Barbara B. Salsich
Karen Sanders
Bev Scanlon
Bill and Kate Schoenhard
David and Laura Scobee
Michael Scully
Enbal Shacham
E.G. Shields, Jr.
Shulamith Simon
Susan Smith
Beverly Sporleder
Jeffry and Wendy Sporleder
James P and Julie L Stackhouse
Robert Stupp, Jr.
Elizabeth Sullivan
Phillip I. Tarr and Diane B. Friedman
Valerie Taylor
Donna and Jacques Thro
Joseph and Lisa VonderHaar
David T. and Cristina C. Walden
David Walentik
Gloria Walls
David P. Weiss
Erika Williams
James M. and Barbara G. Willock
Karen Winters
Julie Wood
Tim B. Wooldridge and Becky L. Wooldridge
Maureen Zegel
Steve Zegel
$300-$999
Mark Arnold
Caroline and Aaron Ban
Peter Benoist
Marvin and Judy Berkowitz
Anthony and Lisa Bevilacqua
Jenny H. Birge
Joyce Blackwell
Lois W. Bliss
John Russell and Elizabeth Brightman
David Brown and Cheryl Green
Joseph A. and Linda M. Cavato
Latecia Clay
Simone Marie Cummings
Robert A. and Angela M. Dalton
Roger N. and Diane R. Davenport
Fridou and Deb Dombar
John G. and Kathryn O. Dubuque
Kathleen Economou
Anne Einspanier
Tim and Amy Engelhardt
Phil and Monica Fingerhut
Michael Greenfield and Claire Halpern
Shelia Hammond
Richard N. and Lynn Z. Hill
Tom M. and Janet M. Horlacher
Nicole Hudson
Joe Jovanovich
Robert J. and Abigail W. Klevorn
Abby Kepple
Debra A. Kramer and James W. Van
Becelaere
Brian Krueger
Ann Mandelstamm
Katie McGrath
Patrick McMackin
Larry J and A Lynette Milles
Barbara Sue Mucklow
Nick P. Overkamp
Gordon W. and Susan Berger Philpott
Ronna M. Pohlman
Donald and Susan Poling
Rev. James H. and Emma Purdy
Dr. Jason Purnell
Joseph M. and Catherine S. Riebold
John B. and Kerri F. Rowe
Frederick K. Rudolph, Jr. and Janet
Kupferberg
Steven Salstrom and Kay Jennings
Michael W. and Margaret S. Sherraden
Sharon Slane and Martin Herbert
Kris Switzer
Karen Tokarz
Meredith Toler
Randall Weller
Robert A. Wells
Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge
$1000 - $4999
Anonymous
Doug Black
Ray Boshara and Lora Iannotti
Louise C. Bullock
Ken and Sarah Christian
Jean Cody
Jacqueline Hamilton
David A. Hilliard
Robert T. Townsend and Elizabeth H. Hilliker
Laura Horwitz
James E. and Phyllis C. Huettner
Diana and Robert Jackson
Ralonda Jasper
James and Susan Johnson
Chris and Sandra Knight
Chris and Christine L. Krehmeyer
Keith and Erin Linnenbringer
Dorothy Martin
John and Laura Meyer
Mark and Kim Michel
Corey and Heather Moomey
John and Anita O’Connell
Craig and Elizabeth Owens
Beverly Pleasant
S. Jerome and Barbara S. Pratter
John Ramon
Amy Rome and Henry Hummert
Eric Schneider and Deborah Chase
Dr. EG Shields
Glen A. and Shelley H. Smith
Lawrence E. Thomas
Christine Waltz
Elisa Nunnally Wang and R. Randall Wang
Paul and K. E. Wentzien
Michael and Christina Williams
Sheila G. Williams
Chris Zoellner
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$5000+
Anonymous
Patrick J. Arnall and Tommye Fleming
Charles Avery and Ellen Dennis
John and Crystal Beuerlein
Jeffrey and Amy Call
Pamela Carter
Maxine K. Clark and Robert N. Fox
Robert E. Concannon, Jr.
Robert M. Cox, Jr.
Paul E. and Georgia R. Martin
John and Mary Risberg
James Watson
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND
GOVERNMENT
Better Family Life, Inc.
Cardinals Care
City of Cool Valley
City of Pagedale
City of Velda Village Hills
City of Vinita Park
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Gateway to the West Sertoma Club
Great Rivers Greenway
Institute of Higher Education Policy
Missouri Association of Community Task
Forces
Missouri Department of Conservation
Normandy High School Alumni Association
Network for Good
Old Newsboys Day
Pine Lawn Community Development
Regional Arts Commission
Regional Business Council
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
United Way of Greater St. Louis Siemer
Washington University Department of
Residence Life
GIFT IN KINDS
AAA Missouri
Aetna Better Health
Patrick J. Arnall and Tommye Fleming
Ronald T. and Mary A. Barnes
Allison Belter
Angie Bernard
Major Brands
Carla Britton
Julie Bruns
Amy Buttrum
Laurie Carson
Citi
City of Northwoods
Matthew Cook
Francine Davis
EJ’s Shoes, Inc.
Jocelyn Fields
Chris and Andrea Flanigan
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of
Manchester
Shawn and Heidi Graves
Anita and Mark Hale
Jacqueline Hamilton
Robert L. Hartzog
Laura Hefele
Amanda Holguin
Horizon Housing Foundation
Jamison Memorial Human Resource Agency
Jenny Kettlewell
Chris and Christine L. Krehmeyer
Kerry J. Kreikemeier
Steven Kuhlmann
James and Peggy Langford
Laura McCarthy Real Estate
Annie Lenz
Andy and Karen Leonard
Little Sunshine Playhouse & Preschool
TPI Group, LLC
Hildreth Macon
Maritz
James McGowan
Sandy McKinney
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries
MidWest Bank Centre
Kim Moore
Mary B Moore
Janet Mudde
Caroline Nolan
Normandy Early Childhood Center
Openlander
Heidi Ottsen
Nick P. Overkamp
Normandy Schools Collaborative
Greg and Allison Ponitz
The Private Bank
Fred Rathjen
Regions Bank
Shelley Reich
Stanley and Leslie Rideout
Patsy Rodriguez
Saint Louis Story Stitchers
Richard and Ann Sharp
E.G. Shields, Jr.
Mark and Michelle Shukwit
Suzy Sindelar
Sisters Supporting Others
St. Louis County Library
St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc.
St. Peter Catholic Church
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Staffing Solutions, Inc.
The Boeing Company
Joe Thompson
Tim Thompson
Dana Trokey
Urban Chestnut Grove Brewery
Vi-Jon
Washington University School of Medicine,
Brown School of Social Work Library
Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
Jeff Wellman
Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge
Sheila G. Williams
Terry Wilson
World Changers Ministry
Zeta Tau Alpha
TRIBUTES 2016
Roger and Diane Davenport
in honor of Jeremy Davenport
James and Joan Emmert
in honor of Catherine and Barney Regen
Shelia Hammond
in honor of Christine Waltz
A. Charles Hiemenz, III
in honor of Paul Martin
John A. and Janice B. Oexeman
in honor of Pat Arnall
Gillian and Cecil Raw
in honor of Diane Davenport
Karen Sanders
in honor of James Langford
In Memory of….
Darrell M. Berg
Roger and Diane Davenport
Margo Garvin
James and Susan Johnson
in memory of Elenaor J. Moore
Pete and Mary Schmidt
in memory of Robert G. Schmidt
Beverly Sporleder
James and Susan Stepleton
in memory of James Sporleder
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Reasons to Believe
Through the eyes of growing up in Pine Lawn
For many years, Pine Lawn’s Garfield Elementary School
sat vacant and decaying. The school had been a home away
from home for so many area
children over the years, and
one of those children was Jackie
Buck Horton. “I started at
Garfield in third grade and lived
right around the corner from
it,” said Jackie. “My dad used
to love to come to school and
watch me get up on stage and
sing or recite something—didn’t matter what it was, he was
always there. The whole community was. It was the place that
brought us all together.”
Back then, Pine Lawn was a thriving area with successful
businesses that reinvested in the community. “We
were a community rich in the companies around it,” Jackie
remembered. “People gave back, our school alumni group was
active, and Pine Lawn was a great place to grow up.”
Jackie moved away to college after graduating from Normandy
High School and built a successful
career as a paralegal at Citi
Mortgage. As the Pine Lawn
community fell on hard times,
Garfield Elementary closed and
fell into disrepair. Moving back
as an adult into her parents’ old home, Jackie watched the
community deteriorate around her. “It broke my heart to see
so much of what made Pine Lawn a close-knit community
crumble away,” Jackie mused. “I didn’t know what to do to
help, but I wanted to do something—and that’s when I started
volunteering with Beyond Housing.”
Like so many others, Jackie enthusiastically jumped into
helping anywhere she could. She was particularly interested
in supporting efforts to pursue accreditation with her alma
mater, Normandy High School. “I went to every school district
and Beyond Housing event I could,” she said.
When Beyond Housing announced its plans to help the City
of Pine Lawn beginning with renovating Garfield Elementary
into their new headquarters, Jackie was thrilled. Her home
away from home for so much of her childhood, the backdrop of
so many wonderful childhood memories, was getting a second
chance at thriving again.
“I’ve seen what Beyond
Housing has been
doing in Pagedale—
and am excited for
what’s now happening
in Pine Lawn. It’s a
good thing.”
Once the renovations were
done and Jackie got a chance
to see the new updates, she
was even more thrilled. “I
loved seeing the all the things
they kept in the building
that I remember seeing as a
child,” she said. “The stage is still there, too, and I can see my
dad sitting in the audience with a big smile on his face beaming
up at me on the stage.”
For Jackie, the new Beyond Housing headquarters is just
one more part of the process to bring Pine Lawn back, and
she fully intends to be part of the revitalization. “I watched
my neighborhood deteriorate, and now I’m watching it come
back,” she stated. “I’ve seen what Beyond Housing has been
doing in Pagedale—and am excited for what’s now happening
in Pine Lawn. It’s a good thing.”
The new headquarters is only the beginning of what’s going on
in Pine Lawn. In March of 2016, we opened Vetter Place—a
53 unit senior housing center providing affordable housing,
wellness, and social activity programs. As part of Pine Lawn’s
broader plan for community development, there are also plans
under way for new homes, street improvements, and a new
park. We’re replicating our efforts in Pagedale with plans for
helping to make Pine Lawn a better place to live.
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BELIEVE
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