Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE FURNISHINGS AND DECOR FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
IN 2019, DOWN HOME FURNISHED 27 HOMES, IMPACTING 88 LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, WHO TRANSITIONED FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO HOUSING IN THE FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA. OF THE DOWN HOME CLIENTS SERVED, 92% WERE SINGLE MOTHERS, WITH 88.5% TRANSITIONING INTO HOUSING WITH 1 TO 3 CHILDREN, AND 11.5% TRANSITIONING WITH 4-6 CHILDREN. TWENTY-ONE HOMES WERE FURNISHED THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL REFERRALS FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SIX WERE COMPLETED THROUGH OUR EMPOWER UP PROGRAM, A MULTI-WEEK CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS OR ARE STRIVING TO ESCAPE ADDICTION OR POVERTY. OF THE TWENTY-SEVEN REFERRALS, 5 CAME FROM CHURCHES UNITED, 12 FROM YWCA CASS CLAY, 3 FROM FRASER LTD, 4 FROM YOUTHWORKS, 1 FROM THE PERRY CENTER, 1 FROM THE JEREMIAH PROGRAM, AND 1 FROM WEST FARGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THROUGH A SELF REPORT SURVEY, 100% OF THE CLIENTS SERVED REPORTED STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT DOWN HOME PROVIDED THEIR FAMILY WITH SECURITY (NECESSARY FURNISHINGS), COMFORT (BLANKETS, PILLOWS, ETC.) AND RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL STRESSORS OF FURNISHING A HOME. ADDITIONALLY, 81.5% REPORTED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR/IF AT ALL TO COMPLETELY FURNISH THEIR HOME ON THEIR OWN. LASTLY, 100% REPORTED STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT DOWN HOME HAS EMPOWERED THEM TO WORK HARD TO PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILY AND MAKE FURTHER CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY BY GENERATING AND COMPLETING A REQUIRED PAY IT FORWARD PLAN.
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 |
|---|
| Jill Waslaski | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Anna Kallhoff | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kristie Eid | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Bienek | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Anderson | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Kyle Froslie | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jacob Fillipi | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Jenessa Fillipi | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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