2015 ANNUAL REPORT

2015 IN REVIEW

KEN DAVIDSONBoard President

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORIn 2015, Attain Housing served more than 2,250 adults and children though our Housing programs, weekly Community Suppers, and holiday programs. All of our work is made possible through more than 250 volunteers, as well as passionate staff members, committed Board of Directors, and You, our supporters.

• Transitional Housing Services: Attain Housing provided housing for 160 adults and children in 52 families. Through comprehensive case management services families learn about resources available to them, how to access additional support, and how to advocate for themselves.

• Welcome Home: The Welcome Home program helps reduce homelessness with financial assistance to those facing eviction or move-in costs. Preventing homelessness reduces the stress and anxiety of displacement and prevents families from entering the social service system. The program served 10 adults and 22 children in 2015 and after last check, those families are still housed. It is a priority for our organization to help more families and this program gives another way to prevent additional families from experiencing homelessness.

• Community Supper & Holiday Program: Attain volunteers serve a free Community

Supper every Tuesday night for anyone in need at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church. In the last year, volunteers served 2,246 meals to individuals and families with children. In addition, 83 families in the community received Thanksgiving gift baskets, and 86 families received holiday gifts and food baskets in December. 

In 2015 there was a disturbing increase in homelessness throughout King County. A One Night Count is held in King County every January in which volunteers are systematically sent to all parts of the county to count persons who are sleeping outside. This count does not include homeless people in shelters or organized tent cities. In January 2016, they counted 4,505 individuals sleeping out in cars, sleeping bags and makeshift shelters. That total was 19% greater than the number of homeless counted in 2015 and the 2015 count was 14% higher than 2014. This dramatic increase in the number of people sleeping outside in January occurred at a time when the number of beds in shelters and tent cities has also increased. The Eastside is not immune to the increased incident of homelessness. In 2015 the four major school districts on the Eastside reported 828 homeless students—220 in Bellevue, 296 in Lake Washington, 203 in Northshore and 109 in Issaquah. For Bellevue and Lake Washington School Districts, the number of homeless students increased 41% in 2015, which followed a 22% increase in homeless students in 2014.

It used to be that one saw signs of homelessness only in certain parts of downtown Seattle. Now it is no longer so limited. In rest stops along our highways I see folks living in their cars. We have found individuals bedded down in the landscaping around our office building in downtown Kirkland. The Methodist Church on Rose Hill opened its parking lot and facilities as a safe place for people to sleep in their cars and some nights they have had as many as 35 cars in their lot.

Attain Housing is seeking to address this crisis by adding more units to its housing inventory and by innovating its programs. Its Housing Committee has been actively

looking for apartment buildings and land for development, but the market is tight. They welcome any leads from supporters.

The Board budgeted new money for two innovative programs aimed at avoiding homelessness for families who have had a hardship and at helping homeless families move into housing owned by private landlords. Many families are one paycheck away from homelessness and when they miss a paycheck due to a sickness, injury or layoff, they face eviction. In a new pilot project, Attain Housing is taking referrals from churches, social service agencies and lawyers of families facing eviction because of a hardship and helping them with funds to reach a settlement with their landlord and avoid becoming homeless. Attain Housing’s Welcome Home Program is designed to place homeless families in housing with private landlords by providing funds for deposits and short-term rent subsidy where needed.

Attain Housing has been blessed with wide support from the Eastside community. In the midst of this crisis in homelessness, we need now more than ever resourceful volunteers, Board members and staff, and generous donations from individuals, businesses, community groups and foundations.

CHERI KILTYExecutive Director

Many families are one paycheck away from homelessness and when they miss a

paycheck due to a sickness, injury or layoff, they face eviction.

Windermere House • Bellevue, WA, 2 units

OUR PROPERTIES

Kensington Square • Bellevue, WA, 6 units Kirkland Four-Plex • Kirkland, WA, 4 units

Petter Court • Kirkland, WA, 8 units Salisbury Court • Kirkland, WA, 12 units

32UNITS OF HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES

IN 2015

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• We housed 50 families, including 50 adults & 103 children• We served over 2,200 meals at our Tuesday night Community Supper• We provided Thanksgiving dinner ‘fixings’ to 83 families• Holiday gifts were given to 86 families• Almost 400 volunteers logged 1,846.6 hours!

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2015 DONATIONS

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This list reflects gifts made to Attain Housing between 1/1/2015 and 12/31/2015. Every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Attain Housing at 425-576-9531 ext. 105. Thank you to all our generous donors! We appreciate each one of you.

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LEVEL 1 – $25,000 +The Norcliffe FoundationThe Seattle FoundationThe Windermere Foundation

LEVEL 2 – $15,000 - $24,999City of KirklandEvergreen HealthLiberty Mutual Foundation IncTerry Petter

LEVEL 3 – $10,000 - $14,999Cathay Bank FoundationRick AltigRobert Auslander

LEVEL 4 – $5,000 - $9,999Catherine Holmes Wilkins FoundationChristine RoseDesign Laboratory Inc.Eastside Community Aid Thrift StoreHomeStreet BankKelly WeyerKing County FinanceMaster Builders Care FoundationMatt DeasyMatt van WinkleMicrosoft Matching GiftsMike & BJ ConnollyNew HorizonsRoss DessertSt. Louise ParishTalon Private Capital, LLC

LEVEL 5 – $2,000 - $4,999Amy WalenAnonymousAnonymousBob SmithThe Boeing CompanyBrady YeagerBrenda AdamsCaliber Home LoansDavidson & Kilpatrick PLCCDebbie LerzDeborah TurnerErik KnutsonHoly Spirit Lutheran ChurchJane HagueJenny ClausonJohn CauntJosie EbertLee Johnson ChevroletLynn SanbornMortgage Brokers Services Inc.Opes Advisors IncPatrick O’NeilPeggy ReddyPeter Hickey (WRE NE)Robert RileyRodney & Beth CornwallRonald PoborskyStassa HansenSusan McCurryTerry & Rick ColellaTina KnutsonUmpqua Bank Charitable FoundationWalt & Kathleen KruegerWyomia Clifton Menkes [V]Xtreme Consulting Group Inc.

LEVEL 6 – $1,000 - $1,999Active Network IncAli AminAnn KenneyBarbara SchulzeBECUBenevity Community ImpactBrian HuieBrooks BeaupainBryan LovelessCary R FalkCecilia WhiteChaffey Building Group LLCCity of BellevueCyndee BassiCynthia TokarDan & Krista GoldenDiane ONeillExpediaFidelity Charitable TrustGrant & Nancy SilvernaleGretar GudmundssonHeidi HawkinsHonda of KirklandInglewood Presbyterian ChurchJeffrey StallJennifer BarronJim MurphyJulie KellyJustin RiordanKathryn HindsKathy MagnerKen & Linda DavidsonKen MattsonKinzer Real Estate ServicesKirkland Interfaith NetworkKirkland Kiwanis ClubKya AataiLife Community ChurchLive Urban 2LLCMarjorie BuchananMark & Sue ShinstromMaryanne CowardMichael HollandNamaste of WANeil BretvikNorthlake Unitarian UniversaliOris DunhamRichard KlugRobert OttRon & Masami OlsenRose Hill Pres ChurchSchwab Charitable FundSteven LooneyStewartStuart SchechterSusan & Alex SumeriSustainable Kirkland LLCTamara DeanTerra Associates IncW.W.Wells Millwork, LLCWindermere/Lori Gill

LEVEL 7 – $500 - $999B J ConnollyBellevue Christian ChurchBernie LittleBill SchultheisCarolyn SanbornCatholic Archbishop of SeattleChuck AestClaudia OllestadDan JonesDana PetersonDaniel WalkerDon RossElizabeth GesselEmmanuel Episcopal Church

Fix AutoGeorge CluettGlobal Elevation EnterprisesHao DangHeidi LinskyJane Titland TrustJeanette BettonJerry HenryJoe WrennJohn & Peggy WaltonJonathan JonesJoseph RennJulie DonlonJulie PolkinghornJune LoveallKatherine KehrliKelly ZugerKen MattsonLaney ShorettLarry KringLaurie HopeLew MasonMarc SavereuxMarianne CaputoMichael StultsMichelle GoerdelMike VitoloMolly HonigMyles WinbiglerPat ReimerPatrick OneilPete GrangerRandal & Judy SchmidtRic HarterRobert & Linda MorenoRobert NeirRodney RutherfordSarah AndersonSharon KnappSteven MollerSteven TedrowTamar MarTerry SchulzeTim TeshTruong LuuWalsh Construction Co

LEVEL 8 – $250 - $499Allen ResslerAngel WhitneyBarbara YoungBetina FinleyBill & Sue ForesBlanton Turner Property ManagementBrenda NunesBrittany SchneiderBryan KrislockCandace FergusonCheng WenCheri KiltyChristina RobertsDaniel WingardDante MorelliDavid BrasherDavid RobisonDavid SchwartzDawn GilmoreDenise EspelandDesirae BallardDonald AndersonDoreen MarchioneDouglas CooleyDr. John MeiselEric JohnsonEthel GanzFrancois DanielsFrank LobisserGeorge & Mary Ann FouchJarrod HaynesJason Brooks

Jenny ClausenJessica BeckJim LloydJoe EddingsJulie BeckerJulie JonesJulie TangermannKathleen Mackay-HeneghanKelly LawrenceKen & Mary LarsonKerry CarlsonKevin BradfordKim PriceKimberly StitesLaurel Van EatonLeo ZeilerLiam BaylyLinda WenkeLyndsy AtkinsLynne GartonMargaret MeisterMark KrammMartha RoseMartin McCurryMarylou MackayMatt HerbertMatthew GreasonMegan JacobsonMichael DeDonatoNicole HardingPenny YeeRichard LerzRochelle HaberlSara ManettiSarah HatfieldScott CameronShannon ProvidentSusan BrownSusan JonesSusan LemaireSynergy ConstructionTabatha JeantetteTeresa ColellaTeresa HollenbeckThomas DeDonatoToby & Irene NixonTrish Englund

LEVEL 9 – UP TO $249A J KellAaron GazesAbnosamu SanojaAlan HeubergerAlex HayesAlex Mont-RossAlexandra DorsettAmanda PetersonAmazon SmileAmelia BickerstaffAndrew PasquinaAndy DuttonAndy PletzAngie EsteyAnita MannsAnn LewisAnna ReichsteinAnne HessAnne HoyeAnne KucheraAnne Marie BachmannAshley KuhnB. L. KauffmanBarbara AveryBarbara HiegerBarbara Jean JonesBarbara OlendorfBecky BackstromBelinda FellerBeverly ReedBlake Snow

Bob ZookBonnie AltenburgBrad HagenBreana HerrenBrett CraneBrian AskariBrian BranaganBrian MillsBruce WinterBryan HoytBryan SullivanByron PiroCale CarterCaprice LeinonenCarmelita ParrazCarmen HalstromCarmen ZulloCarol NakoCarol UreCarole Garner-McDowellCarolyn RossiCarrie DeBuysCatherine HenleyCatherine SilvaCathy MacCaulCathy TraceyCenter for Spiritual LivingCharles (Rob) MarshallCheryl TaylorChristine CarrollChris WelchChristopher HegChristopher TankCindy KletkeCity of SeattleClaire BeighleClare Antil LittleClaudia BalducciClint MillerColleen AllisonConnie HuffCourtney OstromCraig MacdonaldCraig PealCrystal EneyCynthia LazarzDale MeadorDarcie & Michael CailaoDave & Hae-Sun AsherDave RuleDavid BartleDavid BritainDavid DavisDavid GreinDavid HumphriesDavid PehaDavid RussellDavid SantillanesDavid ThomeDavid ThompsonDavid VuDawn DerisoDawn MeiklejohnDebby LukasDeborah Lockett-StevensDeborah TottDebra RourkeDennis & Grace WelchDiana & Michael PriseDiana DollarDiane CharouhasDianne Louise GirardDirk KayserDolores RobertsonDonald MilliganDonna CookeDonna RaskDoug BeighleDoug BenjaminDwight Krossa

Dynamic Designs JewelryEdward YoshidaElaine WalshElisa JaffeElizabeth MarxElizabeth StrathyEric HoltzEric LaretEric McVittieErin LeonhartEvangeline MendozaFern Lam ArredondoFred SundinGail AyresGareth LoughGary & Mary Lue GutowGary BrownGary GreenbergGary TrabolsiGay SchulzeGayle LockhartGreg FieldGreg LeedsGregory McGuireHarold & Sharry BromanHarry MatthewsHeather CurtisHelen TaylorHelene AlexanderHisayo NakajimaInge GreggJack Vander LaanJackie MurphyJacqueline NguyenJames CarneyJames HutterJames RasmussenJames RichardsJames WhitfieldJan NgJaneen ArcherJason JarvieJean JohnsonJean MacDonaldJean WallaceJeffery DunningJeffrey BrownJeffrey RauJeffrey RunningJennifer JohnsenJeremy RedingJessica NelsonJim TocherJoan HuttoJohn BissellJohn GibsonJohn HallJohn HuetherJohn McGowanJohn MilneJohn WrightJordan BrennanJoseph PetersonJosephine Yang BrennerJudith JesiolowskiJudy LaddJudy ScottJudy SmithJulie Scozzafave Real Estate ServiceJulie TrottJulie WernerJustin FairesKaren GoldenKaren GrangerKaren NilssonKaren OakleyKaren Rasmussen

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Since 1989, Attain Housing has provided transitional and permanent housing, case management and other supportive services for homeless and at-risk individuals and families in East King County.

Attain Housing unites with individuals and families to provide safe, stable, low cost housing for families facing homelessness. Families are housed in 32 apartments owned by Attain Housing and 1 leased condo. At the heart of the program is Case Management, a systematic strength-based approach to helping families set, track and achieve goals towards gaining self-sufficiency.

Attain Housing creates a community network that ensures every family has adequate food, transportation, help with utilities, relevant health and community service referrals, education, life skills training and ongoing support. We’re transforming lives. Strengthening communities.

OUR PROGRAMS

Transforming Lives. Strengthening Communities.

Karen TennysonKarl UselmanKarrie CardiffKat BohnsackKatherine JordanKatherine MickelsonKathleen BurnsKathleen ChristiansenKathleen McMonigalKathleen Roche-ZujkoKathryn HenningsenKathryn KloskyKathryn PaauwKathy LambertKathy NagieKathy PaauwKathy TerhuneKay O’DonnellKeith RosenthalKelan SmithKelli DanielsKelly FennellyKelsey BirnbaumKen JohnsonKen PearsonKendall DreherKerry DirkKerry SchwartzKevin DuffyKevin FallowsKevin McGuireKevin OsticKey FoundationKimberly TremperKimberly UndiKing County United WayKirkland Congregational ChurchKit EldredgeKristi TaylorKristina SimpsonKrogerLake 2 Lake Homes LLCLaura Franks

Laura KokeshLauren DeDonatoLaurie IbaLaurie McQueenLaurie ThibertLaVerne FergusonLeslie FoxLeslie FrazierLeslie HolleLinda GlasierLinda IshiiLindsay Van WinkleLisa RohrbackLiz EnbyskLiz KingLori LongthorneLuis RodriguezLynn BrandtLynne LewMahendra JoshiMarc AdamsMarcella KeefeMarcus HainMargaret WarnerMargot PageMaria MacedoMarilyn SmithMark KeithlyMark KorsmoMark SmithMarla CiesielMarlene LewisMarsha NiemanMarty NeilsMary Ellen HeinenMary G HaberzetleMary Jo MetroMary-Alyce BurleighMatt TurnerMatthew LarsonMelissa Acton-BuzardMeredith BogguessMeredith GordonMerita Patton

Michael AlotisMichael BorinMichael ChristianMichael HebertMichael PerryMichael SchwaglerMichael SmithMichael SobottaMichael WittmanMichele AndrewsMichele MeithMichelle DownesMichelle EbelingMichelle PetrovicMichelle SchroederMichelle SwansonMike JohnsonMike SheeranMike SpellMike TreitMinh Khue Thi DangMorgan WinklerMPH Inc.Nadine HolmNadya CurtisNalalei NagawoNan HabermanNancy BallerNancy WollebekNaomi LombardNathaniel GermainNetwork For GoodNicholas JonesNicole JiP Smith InsurancePacific NW InsurancePam StoefflerPamela MeansPatricia MaccallumPatrick BodenPaul McFaddenPaul RedmondPaula FrokePey-Ling Yao

Phil OlsonPhilip J QuestadPhoenix LLCRabia KhanRachel WanamakerRafael HernandezRalph VillavicencioRandi SaboeRandi SaboeRandy CampRaymond KanemoriRaymond Pendergast IIIRebecca HirtRebecca JancicRebecca MulhollenRebecca SteeleRegina PyarastariRenee VanousRichard AnastasiRichard OlinRick MooreRobert & Stephanie BozorthRobert DavisRobert FritzRobert ShortRobert StierRobert ThibodeauxRoberta KrauseRobin SuchtingRoderick LeeRolando CruzRonald NielsenRoxanna KenisonRoy MoceriRula BorelliRuth HarleSally WermcrantzSam ChughtaiSam SenturiaSamantha St. JohnSander ThomassenSandra MabbottSandra MarshallSandra Palmquist

Sara MonzoSarah LangtonScot MorrisScott BeckerScott HaaseScott LeeScott PetersonSean BoucherShannon FitzpatrickShauna AlcantaraSimon GuestSimplicity DecorSoner TerekSoraya NassiriState of Washington Office of the TreasurerStephanie OwensStephen & Ellen LutzStephen SauveStephen WagnerSteve & Kathy JacobsSteve KatoSteve KlosiewskiSteve VincentSteven RinehartStewart PotterSue LittleSue-Lynn PoseySusan DetwillerSusan EastgardSusan EdwardsSusan Hansen SmithSusan LemaireSusan LinneroothSusan MillerSuzanne HoughtonSymetra GivesSymetra Gives - Employee DonationTaisha MooreTammy WoodruffTeresa MyersTeresita BatayolaTerry & Lindy Wright

Thach NguyenThomas BergenThomas BoriottiThomas DixonThomas W. WilkinsonTiffany SowellTim MoloneyTim WongTimothy TrinhTina KondoTirra MooreTodd LightbodyTom MooreTran NguyenTrevor DelaneyTrudi JacksonTrust Altruism, ConnectedUnited Way of Skagit CountyUrsula HeenanVanessa LeeVerity SwearingenVictoria Ward-KerrVivian Berg BellVivian WeberThe WesterliesWilliam & Colleen MeachamWilliam KingmanWilliam MurphyWilliam ReffettWilliam RoberdsWynoma DanielsZac LysenZita GustinZoe Ryznar

OUR YEAR IN NUMBERS

3%

31%

9%

29%Contributions

22%Rental Income

In-KindDonations

FundraisingEvents

Cities of Bellevue & Kirkland

2015 REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORT

2015 EXPENDITURES

5%In-Kind Support

1%Assets ReleasedFrom Restriction

70%Program & Services

22%Fundraising

8%Management

& General

OUR YEAR IN WORDS

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We were fortunate to meet Layla* who was part of Attain Housing back in the early 1990’s when the program was known as KITH. Layla and her mother found themselves homeless after an eviction. With very little hope, they contacted a local church who referred them to KITH where they found everything they needed to regain control of their lives: a roof over their head at Salisbury, counseling, support – and most importantly – compassion. Layla speaks quietly and confidently about her life. Though she has regrets, she is not ashamed and understands that it is what makes her who she is today.

“The moment we received our keys was the beginning of our healing. We were given an amazing opportunity to receive help

in rebuilding our lives.” Layla continues on to say that “KITH provided us with more than shelter, but also programs to help my mother rebuild her life and become self-sufficient, such as case management, money management and an introduction to the services that were available in our community.”

Layla is a college graduate and is an Operations Manager at a local Eastside company. “This program has truly saved my life.”

It takes effort, dedication and commitment to move from homelessness to stability. In 2015 we were honored to have partnered with 50 families as they successfully navigated this transition to independence.

2015 REVENUE & OTHER SUPPORT

Contributions: $318,781Rent Income: $244,939In-Kind Donations and Interest: $102,614Cities of Bellevue & Kirkland: $37,637 Events: $346,839In-Kind Support: $54,562Assets Released From Restriction: $14,543

Total Revenue: $1,105,272

2015 EXPENDITURES

Program: $729,354Management: $91,637Fundraising: $227,471

Total: $1,048,462

Change in Net assets: $56,810

*pseudonym

425.576.9531 • FAX 425.576.5742 125 State Street S, Kirkland, WA 98033

www.AttainHousing.org

Meeting needs of homeless families since 1989.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015Ken Davidson, PresidentShareholder, Davidson & Kilpatric, PLLC

E. Terry Schulze, Vice PresidentRetired, Boeing

Kelly Lawrence, SecretaryPresident& Managing Member, Chaffey Building Group

Dick Klug, TreasurerVice President, Finance, Retired, CIBA Specialty Chemicals

Melissa Acton-BuzardFounder & CEO of Chameleon Technologies

Neil BretvickCPA, MS, Shareholder, Hellam Varon

Dan GoldenHome Loan Consultant & Branch Manager HomeStreet Bank

Ryan JamesFounder, Ryan James Fine Arts

Susan LemaireReal Estate Professional, Windermere Real Estate/East Inc.

Steve MollerSales Engineer, Technical Marketing Inc. Bellevue

Robert RileyRetired, IBM Project Manager

Peggy WaltonCommunity Volunteer

ADVISORY BOARDOur Community

Supper Serves Over 2,200 Meals

Van has been volunteering with Holy Family Parish at the Community Supper for many years. “I really don’t know how many years the Holy Family Group has been serving and loving our neighbors. It started with two seniors (who have gone to be with Jesus), and two new young couples who just joined the church (my husband & I). It has been over 20 years since we started doing this.”

Holy Family Parish, we thank you for everything that you have done to support our neighbors in need!

There were fifty-two Tuesdays in 2015 and on every single one of them our volunteers prepared and served a meal to hungry people in our community. Community Supper is an important way for Attain Housing to partner with the community to support our neighbors. Hosted by Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Kirkland, the supper is ably coordinated by Mark Tillman. We are so grateful to everyone on the team for providing over 2,200 meals this year.

MISSIONBringing our community together to partner with homeless families by providing affordable housing, empowering them with practical case management and hope.

VISION A safe and supportive community, where opportunity exists for all families to achieve stable housing and self‑sufficiency.

Mary Lue GutowWalt KruegerDoreen MarchioneJane PetterChristine RoseRedith Ross

Lynn SanbornMark ShinstromSusan SumeriBill VadinoAmy Walen

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT