Organizations Filed Purposes:
The organization was created by Decatur, Georgia, area churches for the purpose of providing food, clothing, and financial assistance to people living in the Decatur area who are in emergency need.
Providing food, clothing and financial assistance to persons in emergency need and living in the organization's service area.
Emergency Utility Assistance Program provided financial assistance on behalf of clients to utility companies to prevent discontinuance of utility services to 650 households. The maximum grant was $500.
Food Pantry program distributed food, clothing, and personal hygiene items to 2,072 households (3,350 individuals), including 161 food packs to homeless persons. Because the pantry was closed the last two weeks of December, 100 Kroger gift cards in the amount of $50 each were purchased for residencial clients and 15 McDonald's gift cards in the amount of $10 each were purchased for homeless persons. 82 Kroger gift cards were distributed to residential clients, the balance being retained for future use, and the McDonald's gift card were distributed to homeless individuals
Emergency Housings Assistance. The organization entered into a grant agreement with Threshold Ministries of the Decatur Presbyterian Church providing funding for up to one month's rent or mortgage payment for eligible people to avoid homelessness. Threshold is to make payments to the client's landlord or morgage holder and is to provide DEAM with a monthly report to include the client names, family composition, contact information, DOB, last four digits of the Social Security Number, and the name and contact information of the landlord or lender receiving funds. The grant funds were disbursed to Threshold upon execution of the grant agreement. In the event the grant funds are not used by the expiration date of the grant, the parties may, but are not required to extend the term of the agreement. In 2020 Threshold documented assistance to 14 households (30 persons) of rent assistance in the amount of $13,185.48. The largest single grant was $1,400.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Karen Johnson | Office Manager | 23 | $11,280 |
| Ron Withers | Technical Consultant | 5 | $0 |
| Frances Moriarity | Past Chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Lorri Mills | Food Pantry Supply Volunteer | 1 | $0 |
| Becky Vinson | Food Pantry Volunteer Coordinator | 1 | $0 |
| Grant Knox | Holy Trinity Liaison | 1 | $0 |
| Rick Gillig | Community Group Coordinator | 2 | $0 |
| Nicole Alexander | Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator | 1 | $0 |
| Sandy Baeder | Panera | 1 | $0 |
| Guy Pfeiffer | Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Susan Thomas | Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| Quill Duncan | Vice-Chairperson | 2 | $0 |
| Nita Epting | Chairperson | 20 | $0 |
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