books read by 2nd graders in the Howard Area Reading Program
1,000
2016 Annual Report
People build better futures here.
It’s the
50thAnniversary!
100%of youth in the Career Readiness Program were accepted into college!
packages of food distributed to the Rogers Park community
24,000baby teeth cleaned at the Eleanor Westor Dental Clinic
5,000
families received financial aid for electricity and gas
923
Fiscal Year July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016
Community empowerment
HACC’s housing work led to the creation of Rogers Park Women, a community organizing group of about 70 Black women. They focused on economic development by starting businesses and leading employment trainings for people of color. Why did they focus on jobs? Rogers Park borders on rich white suburbs, including Evanston, which was a dry city up until the 1970s. Residents came to nearby Rogers Park seeking alcohol and drugs. In the absence of well-paying jobs for low-income people, this new market created an opportunity to make a stable income, further deteriorating Rogers Park’s socio-economic stability.
A snapshot of the 1970s-1980s
HACC families organized and protested demanding affordable housing and other essentials in the 1980s.
Sister Patricia Crowley worked at HACC for nearly 20 years on housing assistance and community empowerment.
HACC’s work on housing in Rogers Park
HACC hired Sister Patricia Crowley to lead tenant’s rights trainings and work with housing facilities to improve building conditions. She saw the people moving into the neighborhood lacked the community supports such as churches and community centers that connected them in their old neighborhoods. HACC worked to fill that void - it became a place to find housing and social support as well as a food pantry and medical aid. Sister Patricia went on to become an executive director of HACC!
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Howard Area Community Center
The neighborhood
In the 1920s–1970s, Rogers Park saw an influx of African Americans from the South, and European, Vietnamese, and Latino/a immigrants fleeing oppression. Rogers Park faced a housing crisis. This was intensified by an initiative to desegregate the city. Northpoint Apartments in Rogers Park were given incentives from the city and federal government to offer reduced rent to attract low-income Black people on the South and West Sides to move to the Northside.
HACC worked to improve the Jonquil Hotel, a run-down housing facility prone to crime in the 1970s.
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Where Funds Come From Where Funds Are Used
Youth Development
13%$794,151
Early Childhood
46%$2,715,258 Administration
& Development
14%$839,218
Health & Human Services
13%$740,976
Adult Education &Employment
13%$817,506
TOTAL: $5,907,109TOTAL: $ 5,802,282
Government funds
74.72%$4,335,498
Foundations &Corporations
6.62%$384,171.26
Individual Giving
3.74%$216,914.84
Church & Civic
0.54%$31,501.80
In-Kind Contributions
8.67%$502,900
Misc. Revenues & Fees
5.70%$330,622.45
*United Way: 0.01% ($673.30)
people re-entering from prison found support for their job hunt
832
Adults & Families
HACC offers tools to help adults and families change their lives and gain the skills they need to flourish. These programs make earning a GED, learning English, and parent-child bonding achievable goals!
Children & Youth
Serving Rogers Park children is truly the backbone of HACC’s work. HACC programs help build the brains of the future change-makers in our city– from Head Start pre-school to after-school tutoring to helping youth apply to college.
Health
Affordable and high qualityhealth care is hard to findfor low-income individualsand families. HACC provides a low-cost dental clinic and outreach about heart disease, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
Emergency Needs
HACC offes services for people in crisis. Whether a person is escaping violence at home, needs a food pantry to stave off hunger, or is unable to pay the electric bill, HACC is their safety net.
150youth participated in after-school and summer activities
9,637people learned about HIV/AIDS prevention
121domestic violence survivors received court support
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Individual Donors
Brian and Kathleen BarnettHarold and Paula BaronMr. and Mrs. Michael BeemerMary Kathryn BlackArthur and Madeline BlumbergWilliam and Betty BoydBrooke S. Brennan John and Roberta BuchananShannon Callahan and Paul NelsonBarbara CarraneMarcia CaulkinsWalter S. and Deborah S. ClementsJeffrey and Elizabeth ConeyPatricia Habicht and William ConlonMary Lynn CooneyLester CrownJames and Ellen DaltonCheryl Zminda and Kevin DaveyScott and Sarah DavisThe Dehmlow FamilyMichael and Mary Kay DemetrioRichard T. DesmedtElizabeth Donahue and Jeffery LaterJack and Felicia DudekMary DuffJulian and Diane EberhardtRosemary FeitBetsy and Alex FeldEvelyn FinneganStephen and Verna Foster
Kathleen FureyDaniel and Jane GlynnDale and Erica GranchalekCharles and Randi GurianMarguerite HarkAlicia HartJudith HealyPeter and Sheila HebeinJane HennesseyNancy HickmanJoanne HumphrevilleJames and Mary Ann HynesDeborah and Edgar JannottaKenneth and Barbara KaufmanBarbara KeeleyPhilip and Gaye KennyJohn and Suzanne KlemmerMichael and Marian KneafseyRonald KramerRobert and Nanda LaPataVance and Elizabeth LiebmanRuth LochnerTiffany LyonsJames and Mary Lou LyonsJohn and Martha MabieJohn and Holly MadiganRuth MartinKathleen MartinArthur and Anne McGivernRobert and Helen O’Brien
Mary Ann O’ConnorLinda PalmBenjamin W. ParkerRobert and Barbara PerkausMichael J. and Seena M. PlattWilliam and Susan QuinlanGretchen QuinnBruce and Marion RaseyEric ReichanadterFrank Rus Susan SchwartzGordon and Carol SegalEvangeline SemarkBruce and Maragret SentsThomas and Ann Toland SerbGreg and Patricia ServatiusPatricia ShawBeverly and Warren HayfordRichard SheaGeorge and Carol SheltonJerome W. and Katharine Moore SlaterEdward and Tracy SommerMichael and Eileen TarnoffDorothy TaylorElizabeth ThomasPaul and Bonnie WagnerStacia Whitmore
Suburban Council of the International Literacy AssociationThe Blowitz-Ridgeway FoundationThe Chicago Community TrustThe Hickman GroupThe James and Therese Fauerbach Charitable Fund of the Ayco Charitable FoundationThe Joann and Thomas Adler Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of ClevelandThe John C. & Carolyn Noonan Parmer Private FoundationThe Michael and Seena Platt Charitable FundThe Seabury FoundationTopfer Family FoundationWinnetka Congregational ChurchWintrust Financial CorpWoman's Club of EvanstonWomen Employed
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FoundationAlbany Bank & Trust Company NAAnonymousAXA AdvisorsCaerus Foundation, Inc.Chaddick FoundationClune Construction CompanyCommunitas Charitable TrustCrown Family PhilanthropiesDelta Dental of IllinoisDr. Scholl FoundationEQUIPEvanston Shelter for Battered Women and their Children/YWCAFred J. Brunner FoundationGarnetta Kramer Charitable FoundationGCG Financial, Inc.George and June Block Family Foundation
George M. Eisenberg Foundation for CharitiesSueske Charitable TrustHelen Brach FoundationMalcolm and Beth Lowenstein FoundationMayne StageChicago Tribune Charities FundMcHenry Insurance ServicesMerrill LynchRavenswood Health Care FoundationRobert R. McCormick FoundationS&C FoundationSaints, Faith, Hope & CharitySeyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & GeraldsonShaw Literacy FundSt. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox ChurchSt. Jerome ParishSt. Margaret Mary Church- Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Evangeline Semark
President
Dr. Karen Egenes
Vice President
Jack M. Dudek
Treasurer
Alicia A. Hart
Secretary
Cassandra R. BrewerPeter FeitVernandez JonesJohn KambanisRonald J. KramerTravis McCurninMary Ann O’ConnorHerbert SassAnn Toland SerbMichael Tarnoff
Herbert Sass, a long-time Board member, passed away in 2016. We miss you!
Anne NevinBerverly Hayford ShawLouie EigenbergMarjorie BoesenNanda LaPataPaul Nelson
In Honor Of
In Memory OfBob CarraneCarl Hardwick, Sr.Dave RosentreterEdward KahnHarry W. GraffJohn Nolan
Peter FeitPhillip and Gaye KennyRoberta BuchananSheila BernerSue Hertzberg
Laurel KaplanMargaret ByrnePepper FureyValerye McCarthyWilliam Gutekanst
You gave generously...
567 individuals generously donated to HACC in Fiscal Year 2016. Donors listed here gave $500 or more.
Sister Patricia Crowley and a child in HACC programs.
Organizational Donors
Board MembersJuly 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016
92 organizations generously donated to HACC in Fiscal Year 2016. Organizations listed here gave $500 or more.
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