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2011-2012YMCA OF GREATER TULSA

ANNUAL REPORT

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LAURIE TILLEYChair of the Board“This is an incredibly exciting time for the Y. We are acting on our mission in

unprecedented fashion, touching more lives and truly making a difference in the

overall health and well-being of the entire community.”

SUSAN PLANKCEO“I would characterize the last year as a time of building. While no ‘buildings’ were

constructed, significant building occurred nonetheless. We built on a solid base to

secure our reputation as an agency with the ability to develop, execute and measure

programs that address some of the most challenging problems in our community.”

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2011-2012 ANNUAL REPORTTo bring about meaningful change, individuals need ongoing encouragement. We’re here day in and day out to provide the resources needed by our communities to address the most pressing social issues—from childhood obesity to graduation rates. Through the support of our community, we empower every child,

connected.

The YMCA of Greater Tulsa’s board and staff are committed in our effort to keep kids in school, improve the health of our community’s citizens, and offer opportunities for kids and adults to help and serve others through Y programs. In this annual report, we are

goal priorities of Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility.

Youth Development: Nurturing the potential of every child and teen

Healthy Living: Improving Tulsa’s health and well-being

Social Responsibility: Giving back and providing support to our neighbors

We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and

what they can achieve. The Y is providing hundreds of youth with a place to

cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors,

better health and educational achievement.

The Y brings families closer together, encourages good health and fosters

hundreds of families are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed

to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit, mind and body.

For more than 100 years, the Tulsa Y has been listening to and responding to our

communities’ most critical needs. Whether developing skills or emotional

well-being through education and training, welcoming and connecting

diverse demographic populations, or building healthier communities through

collaborations with policymakers, the Y fosters the care and respect all people

need and deserve.

AREAS OF FOCUS

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Challenge: • During afterschool hours, children are more likely to participate in risky behavior,

become a victim of a crime, or commit one.

• An estimated 25.4 percent of children in Tulsa County don’t graduate from high school.

• Oklahoma’s divorce rates are among the worst in the nation, and the average child spends six

hours a day in front of a screen—impacting the amount of quality time families spend together.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Response:• Provide a Graduate Oklahoma (GO) program in all Y after-school sites.

• Provide family-strengthening schedules, activities and programs.

• Provide camping experiences that will help children discover the wonders of a natural world

and reduce the amount of time children are plugged into a screen.

2011-2012 ACHIEVEMENTS• 90% of Graduate Oklahoma participants maintained or achieved a healthy BMI

(body mass index).

• 100% of YMCA campers reduced overall screen time by half.

• 75% of family participants reported an increase in the amount of time they spent

together through Hero Camp.

• 90% of preschool parents involved in our Family Literacy program reported

reading more to their children each week.

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Summer Learning Institute

The Y’s Summer Learning Institute program gave kids the opportunity to stay

mentally and physically active during the months when many of them typically would

be in front of a screen. The free program was especially beneficial to single and

working parents who face the challenges of high daycare costs, keeping their kids

occupied with healthy activities during the summer.

While the Summer Learning Institute focused on health, wellness and keeping kids

moving, the program was not all running and jumping around. Kids worked on literary

skills by reading books and participating in activities related to the stories. Each

session also included daily instruction that emphasizes the relationship between good food and good health.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENTIn April, with the end of the school year closing in, the George Kaiser Family Foundation

provided a challenge grant to the Y to provide afternoon care and education for

students at Skelly, Hawthorne, and McClure Elementary schools in a partnership with

Teach for America and Tulsa Public Schools. Over 500 children, in addition to the

thousand we had already planned to serve in our other programs, became a part of the

Y’s Summer Learning Institute. Our goal was to combat the summer learning gap,

which causes students to fall behind academically by as much as 2 months each summer.

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Challenge: • Oklahomans are among the least healthy in the country, ranking only above Mississippi.

HEALTHY LIVING

Response:• Engage and support our members and program participants in their pursuit of health.

• Through strong community partnerships, position the Y as the leader in promoting health and

wellness through prevention, restoration and rehabilitation, with a priority on targeting

underserved populations.

• Served 42,143 members and 24,708 program participants.

• Welcomed the Y at Union to the YMCA of Greater Tulsa family.

• Financial assistance through Membership for All resulted in $1.7M in subsidy,

a 6 percent increase from last year.

• Strong medical partnerships exist in our branches, including collaborative efforts

with the University of Oklahoma’s College of Community Medicine, Oklahoma

State University’s Center for Health Sciences, Indian Health Care Resource Center,

and St. John Health System.

2011-2012 ACHIEVEMENTS

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• Work with the medical community to provide high impact intervention programs including

our Early Learning Intervention, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA and Teen Obesity Programs.

• Diabetes costs the citizens of Oklahoma an estimated $1.8 billion each year.

• The estimated cost associated with obesity in Oklahoma is more than $854 million each year.

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LIVESTRONG at the YMCAShortly after losing her husband, Ann was diagnosed with cancer. Treatments

took a tremendous toll on her body, so much that she had to give up her job as

to kids.

Losing her husband, her good health and her job in quick succession made

Ann withdraw. She was understandably

wasn’t about to let her mother face these

about the LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program and convinced her to join.

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a 12-week program that supports adult cancer

survivors in the transitional period between completing their cancer treatment

and the return to feeling stronger physically and emotionally. LIVESTRONG at

the YMCA is about health, not disease.

much. We haven’t seen our mother smile since we lost our dad over a year ago.

This program has given us our mom back.”

Throughout chemo and radiation, Ann didn’t miss an opportunity to come to

LIVESTRONG. The Y was able to provide her with a support system—new “friends

Ann has found the spark in her life and now lives with hope.

HEALTHY LIVING

FPO IMAGE - NEED IMAGE OF ANN

as a school principal, a very difficult decision because she had devoted her life

After Ann was in the program a few weeks, her daughter shared, “Thank you so

overwhelmed, but Ann’s daughter

challenges alone. She told her mom

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Challenge:

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Response:• Launched an annual volunteer-driven campaign to support and sustain programs that

meet needs in our community.

all sectors of the community to serve on Y boards and committees.

• Provided caregivers of young children (infants to 4-year-olds) with the skills they need to

better prepare their children for school through our Early Learning Readiness program.

• Raised more than $250,000 in capital support for the Daily Family YMCA.

• Received $709,647 from our generous donors to support the mission of the

YMCA of Greater Tulsa.

• Given $630,344 in support by the Tulsa Area United Way.

• Engaged 135 board members and 2,597 program volunteers.

• Partnered with more than 50 agencies, school districts, universities,

and medical institutions.

• Continued 100% of board and staff members contributions to the YMCA.

2011-2012 ACHIEVEMENTS

• In a time of limited resources, human service organizations are stretched beyond capacity to

Continued to engage a broad, diverse and influential group of civically engaged leaders from

• Build and strategic partners and increase the number of volunteers and visionary leaders.

meet community needs.

• Increased the number of board and staff to reflect the diversity of the community.

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FAMILY, FRIENDS & NEIGHBORSThe Thornton Family YMCA was chosen to pilot an innovative program to equip

The program is ideal for Esther, her 3-year-old son Daniel, and 1-year-old Miriam,

a.k.a. Princess. Classes meet twice a week at the Brighton Apartments just behind

the Thornton Y, and Esther makes sure that Daniel and Princess never miss a session.

Kids and their caregivers in the ELR program enjoy toys, books, games, resources,

and snacks together. In the process, caregivers learn the importance of creating

an educational environment before school even begins. When Esther leaves, for

example, she takes letter sheets home to help Daniel work on his ABCs, so he’ll be

well prepared when he starts school.

When he began the ELR program, Daniel didn’t know his colors, but now he knows

them in English and Spanish, and is even teaching the Y staff their colors in Spanish.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYcaregivers with the skills they need to prepare their children for school.

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2012 FINANCIAL INFORMATION

YMCA of Greater Tulsa FYE 2011 Expenses

YMCA of Greater Tulsa FYE 2011 Income

Health & Wellness Transfer to Reserves

Management & General Sports & Recreation

Child Care Other

Camping Fundraising

Membership Dues United Way

Program Fees Sales of Merchandise & Service

Contributions Other

Government Grants Investment Income

FYE 2012 Financial Statements (for period September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012)

IncomeContributions $1,022,654 10%

Membership Dues 5,568,855 54%

Program Fees 1,901,720 18%

Sales of Merchandise & Service 322,260 3%

Government Grants 600,700 6%

United Way 630,344 6%

Investment Income 237,044 2%

Other 85,156 1%

Total Income $10,368,733

ExpensesHealth & Wellness $5,024,608 48%

Child Care 1,979,578 19%

Camping 959,747 9%

Sports & Recreation 243,831 2%

Other 136,355 1%

Management & General 1,294,071 12%

Fundraising 109,853 1%

Transfer to Reserves 620,690 6%

Total Expenses $10,368,733

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Acudata Inc.

AEP/PSO of OK

Allen Family Foundation Fund

All Souls Unitarian Church

Craig & Jill Almond

Ronny Altman

American Idol Productions, Inc.

Emily & Tommy Arens

Associated Resources, Inc.

Jim & Michelle Bachmann

Kelli Bailey

Bank of Oklahoma

Bank of Oklahoma Foundation

Bixby Rotary Club

BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma

Robert & Denise Bodily

BOKF Foundation

Shea & Scott Boschee

Rick Brinkley

Broken Arrow Community Foundation Inc.

Broken Arrow Rotary Club

Jim Brown

Brian Carney

Sam & Gina Carroll

Nicholle Carter

Matt & Tommie Jane Hancock

David Hays

Richard Hedgecock

John Hickey

L. Travis Hill

Hille Foundation

Hilti, Inc.

Wyatt Hockmeyer

Burt Holmes

Dick Horkey

Rolf Hufnagel

Indian Health Care Resource Center

CJ Jacobs

JCPenny

JPMorgan Chase

KaBoom!

George Kaiser Family Foundation

Suzanne & Jim Kneale

Amanda Knight

Lafarge North America

Larry Langford

Gwen & Steve Malcolm

McDaniel, Longwell, Acord & Kroll, PLLC

The Mary K. Chapman Foundation

Circle of Service Foundation

Jason Cranston

Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties

Dick’s Sporting Goods

Dollar Thrifty Auto Group

Mitch Drummond

Jason E. Drake

Robert Eck

Eldorado Motors, LLC

Elote Café & Catering

Family and Youth Services

Final Touch Cleaning, Inc.

Fox-Cundith Family

Sandra Gardner

Derek Gates

Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa

Robert Geweniger

Leigh Goodson

John Greene

Nancy Gunter

Nancy Haas

Laura Hailey-Butler

Harned Family

Nancy McDonald

Ralph & Frances McGill Foundation

McNellie’s Group

Aimee Mehl

Merrill Lynch & Co Foundation, Inc

Gina & Edward Miller

Mingo Manufacturing Inc.

Sheila Moment

Mark Musser

M.W. Bevins Co.

National Trust for Historical Preservation

Nelson Mazda

Geneva Nicholls

Dr. Joseph Nicholson III

Oklahoma Disaster Restoration

ONEOK Foundation, Inc.

ONEOK, Inc.

Osteopathic Founders Foundation

Owasso Rotary Foundation, Inc.

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

Sandi Pellow

David & Heather Pfriem

Marcela, Alexa & Passion Pierre

Susan & Doug Plank

PR Fitness Equipment

Jim Qualls

Bill Ramsey

The Regenesis Co.

Paul & Patricia Samuels

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family

Foundation

Lee Sherman

John Skinner

William S. Smith Charitable Trust

Will Smith

Maurice Storm

Larry Sweet

Ronda Jenkins-Thompson

Laurie Tilley

TSS Photography of Green Country

Tulsa Shock

Andrew Turner

U.S. Cellular

Morey Villareal

Jayson Voto

Doug & Penny Walker

Walmart Foundation

Scott Webb

Moorea (Moe) Westfall

Westway Group

Kyle & Dana Wilkes

The Williams Companies, Inc.

The Williams Foundation

Dianna Willis

Wimmer Family

Winbury Group Inc.

René Witten

Lisa Wolfe

YBA Shirts, Inc.

The Anne & Henry Zarrow

Foundation

Henry Zarrow

The Maxine & Jack Zarrow

Foundation

The Zarrow Families Foundation

2011 MAJOR DONORS

Tulsa Community Foundation

Donne Pitman

Steven Nell

The Tulsa Foundation

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KEY STAFF

2011-2012BOARD MEMBERS

Susan Plank, Sam Carroll,Ronda Jenkins-Thompson, Laura Hailey-Butler, Vice President of Mission Advancement

Nancy Gunter, Vice President of Leadership

Ricki Wimmer, Director of Program Development

Kyle Wilkes, Central District Executive Director, Thornton Family and Camping Services

Matt Hancock, South District Executive Director, Dickenson YMCA, South YMCA and the Y at Union

Dina Cundith, Executive Director, Downtown YMCA

Shea Boschee, Executive Director, Owasso Family YMCA

Heather Pfriem, Executive Director, Daily Family YMCA

Lamar Brown, Executive Director, Hutcherson Family YMCA

Laurie Tilley, Chair

Will Smith, Co-Vice Chair

Derek Gates, Co-Vice Chair

Elliot Nelson, Secretary

David Hays, Treasurer

Kelli Bailey

Thomas Bennett III

Tip Burch

Chase Curtiss

Jake Dollarhide

Hetty Fore

Manyles Gaines

Bob Geweniger

Leigh Goodson

Richard Hedgecock

John Hickey

Molly Jarvis

Jim Kneale

Steve Malcolm

Andy Marshall

Rob Martinovich

Rachel Mathis

Nancy McDonald

Mark Musser

Steven Nell

Joseph Nicholson III

Dr. Ray Owens

Sandi Pellow

Paul Samuels

James Scheel

Doug Walker

Lindsey Wichern

Chris Zenthoefer

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Mission: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

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420 S Main St, Ste 200

Tulsa, OK 74103

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South Neighborhood YMCA10031 S Yale Ave, Ste 105

Tulsa, OK 74137

(918) 518-5940

W.L. Hutcherson Family YMCA1120 E Pine St

Tulsa, OK 74106

(918) 382-9622

Camp Takatoka5400 S Olympia Ave

Tulsa, OK 74107

(918) 446-1424

Thornton Family YMCA5002 S Fulton Ave

Tulsa, OK 74135

(918) 280-9622

Owasso Family YMCA8300 N Owasso Expy

Owasso, OK 74055

(918) 272-9622

Downtown YMCA418 S Main St

Tulsa, OK 74103

(918) 583-9622

R.C. Dickenson Family YMCA8501 S Garnett Rd

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

(918) 872-9622

Westside YMCA5400 S Olympia Ave

Tulsa, OK 74107

(918) 446-1424

Daily Family YMCA7910 E 134th St S

Bixby, OK 74008

(918) 369-9622

The Y at Union Wellness Center6836 S. Mingo Road

Tulsa, OK 74133

(918) 357-7478