FaithBUILDERS Housing Rehabilitation Ministries, Inc.

"Helping others live in safety, comfort and dignity"

Letter from the Board Client Profiles Community Partners Project Partners Supplier Partners Financial Board of Trustees & Officers Contact FaithBUILDERS

2007 Annual Report (with 2006 Recap)

Letter from the Board

In 2007, FaithBUILDERS celebrated its seventh year "helping others live in safety, comfort and dignity". In delivering this mission, FaithBUILDERS volunteers worked thousands of hours to assist  numerous clients in the greater Kansas City area (see Client Profiles for what we did). FaithBUILDERS serves the elderly, disabled, and urban core by helping with major projects, minor repairs and exterior maintenance. 

For clients, 2006 and 2007 were banner years for size and breadth of projects completed.   We undertook several major home rehabs (interior gutting and rebuilding), and several different variations of past projects, such as ramps.  While these major projects made life-changing impacts on our clients, they were also consumed a majority of our current resources.  We now have a better perspective on what we can handle with our present resources and will select projects to optimize our ability to effectively deliver them.

During the 2006 & 2007, Greg Take served as our Executive Director. Through his outstanding and tireless efforts, knowledge of and collaboration with FaithBUILDERS has grown phenomenally. Through participation in high profile projects like the JR house in KCK, FaithBUILDERS has developed an excellent relationship with the Wyandotte County Unified Government (UG). This relationship has taken FaithBUILDERS into previously unseen programs involving entire neighborhood redevelopment and the evolution of the Build to Last (BTL) Program. Our BTL Program focuses on not only delivering home repair services to the needy, but working with communities to rebuild neighborhood holistically. We continue to look for opportunities to implement our BTL program, yet our primary focus is on the sustainable growth and stability of FaithBUILDERS as a home repair ministry and the board is dedicated to ensure the success of that pursuit.

Unfortunately, our focus on delivering programs the last couple years has not been equally supported by fundraising efforts or contributions, leaving FaithBUILDERS in position of not being able to fund a full-time paid staff. As of early 2008, Greg has elected to move from his paid position of Executive Director and join the FaithBUILDER Board of Trustees. As such, at least for the near future, we will return to a volunteer-led program. 

For the last several years, FaithBUILDERS has found that collaboration with other groups multiplies the impact we can make on our clients' lives.  In several instances, FaithBUILDERS leveraged minor work commitments into significant improvements by others for our clients.  These relationships have been developed in a number of areas - client identification, funding, direct services, related services, agency development, etc.   See Community Partners for more information on organizations. 

For the immediate future, the board will focus on capacity building and fundraising to support the needed services to our clients. The board continues to search for qualified board members to serve our growing organization and broaden the talents and resources available to support FaithBUILDERS' mission. If you are interested, or know of someone might be, please contact any board member or visit our website to download an information packet.

We are pleased with we what have achieved during the years with God's help but acknowledge that there are many more yet to be served. We've been blessed with devoted volunteers with God-given skills. Please pray for God's continued guidance of our group and to show us how to better follow the ways of our Risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Gregory L. Wayne

Board of Trustee

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Client Profiles

Several projects are highlighted below; some with pictures, others by description.

JR is hard-working immigrant, trying to support his KCK family and fix up his home.  FaithBUILDERS came in to assist with rebuilding a deck on the back of the house and repairing the siding, as well as other related repairs.  JR was named as KCK 2006 Homeowner of the Year.
BW Project	BW is a KC MO homeowner with a teenage son, suffering with health issues and unable to get a bathroom leak fixed.  With funding from a major grant, FaithBUILDERS, the Hope Center and numerous volunteers gutted her house and rebuilt the inside and portions of the exterior. For the rest of the story, click here.
AC was scooter-bound without a ramp in Edwardsville KS.  FaithBUILDERS helped his mobility with a ramp.
	RES is an elderly woman who spent her life helping others but then found herself needing help with her KC MO home. FaithBUILDERS stepped in to paint her home with one of our corporate volunteer groups.
KG is wheelchair-bound in KC MO and needed a ramp. FaithBUILDERS came through.
	CG is a KCK homeowner who's home needed a paint job.  FaithBUILDERS was there!
A portion of NR's home was destroyed by fire (from a neighbor's house) and she did not have insurance. FaithBUILDERS assisted with repairs and getting her back into her home.
	CBB are KCK homeowners that needed help painting their home.  FaithBUILDERS came to the rescue.
SW is an elderly KCK homeowner who had lived her home for years but couldn't care for it as she wished.  FaithBUiLDERS, working the Wyandotte Unified Government and contractors, renovated her home to be Energy-Star compliant.	Same rooms - before and after.

Plus other FaithBUILDER clients where no pictures were available:

ML - KCK. Replaced subfloor around toilet.

SS - OPKS. Widened bathroom door. Replaced tub faucet.

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Community Partners

Community partners are other community agencies that collaborate with FaithBUILDERS.

• Developmental Supports

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield (project funding)

• Johnson County Community Development

• Whole Person (client referrals, ADA)

• Shepherd Centers

• Community Development of Wyandotte County

• Kansas LeadSafe

• United Way of Wyandotte County

• Wichita State (Compassion Kansas Grant)

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Project Partners

The following organizations provided funding and/or volunteers to serve our clients' needs.

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Supplier Partners

Supplier partners demonstrated their community spirit in 2006 and 2007 by contributing or discounting services to FaithBUILDERS' clients and other organizations.  Please consider using these companies when you need services.

• Heartland Roofing LLC of Stilwell Kansas continues to support FaithBUILDERS by working with us to estimate and discount roof costs as much as possible.   They encouraged their supplier Spec Building Materials Corporation to provide the materials for one major project.

• Needham & Associates provided a structural assessment of a KCK woman's home that had inappropriately condemned.  Their assistance saved her home.

• Dripbuster Guttering provided discounted guttering.

• Albert & Sons Home Mechanical provided discounted plumbing services.

• AB May provided installation crew for furnace and new ductwork.  They encouraged Wholesale Sheet Metal to donated all sheet metal ductwork. 

• Hayes Insulation Company donated and installed attic insulation for two projects. 

• A&M Carpet, Olathe donated enough new carpet and padding to recarpet an entire house.

• Nelson Electric donated services for electrical service upgrade.

• Keith Boyd, Structural Engineer donated inspection services.

• Christian Bros. Contractors provided services for several clients.

• Moore Mechanical provided furnace installation services.

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Financial

2006 and 2007 financial summary compared against 2005.  Figures are pending audit.

Financial Highlights:

In 2006 and 2007, substantial increases in church contributions and project support funding attributed to FaithBUILDERS' continued and active focus on our mission.  We were successful in obtaining funding for several large projects.  Funding also include several sizable grants with non-project restrictions.

 

Project expenses increased due to accepting some larger, more complex projects. Administrative expenses include staff salaries and related expenses, insurance, board development and typical miscellaneous office supplies/printing.

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Board of Trustees & Officers

Christopher Riley, Chairman 2007

Barclay Berberian 

Darius Salter 

David Gordon, Secretary

Markus Miller, Treasurer

James Nelson

Elwood Slover

Gregory Wayne, Chairman 2006

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Contact FaithBUILDERS

Office Telephone: 913.321-5313.  Leave message and some one will return the call.

Mailing Address:     1300 N. 18th Street

                               Kansas City, Kansas  66102

E-mail: Help@faithbuilders-kc.org

March 2008