Empowering & Enabling Self-Reliance

2007 - 2008 ANNUAL REPORT

2007 - 2008

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Chiles, Board Chair

Chiles & Company

Jack Arndt

Retired, Macy's

Mona Humphries Bailey

Education Consultant

Mylene Barizo

Enterprise Rent-a-Car

Pam Eakes

Seeds of Compassion

Robert Haynes

Retired, Key Bank

Paul Hollie

Safeco Insurance

Jeanette James

Seattle Girls’ School

Felicia Kline

Washington Mutual Bank

Arthur Nwokeuku

United Parcel Service

Steve Okamura

Reprographics Northwest

Timothy Osborn

Microsoft Corporation

Tab Perry

Microsoft Corporation

Marilyn Sherron

AT&T Mobility

James Wigfall

The Boeing Company

Tania Elliott, ex-officio

University of Washington Student

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

James Kelly, President & CEO

John Chuta, Chief Financial Officer

Lori Metcalf, Director of Administration

Janice Halfon, Director of Fund Development

Shelley Beuviere, Chief Accountant

Lontia Durham, Marketing & Event Manager

Millard Horn, Building Maintenance

Michael Merrill, IT Technician

Son Nguyen, Custodian

Shun Prescott, Receptionist

Marzieh Rassaian, Assistant Controller

EDUCATION

Amina Jones Fields, Director

Hiawatha D. Davis, Teacher

Linda Kennedy Franklin, Program Manager

Darah Harris, Administrative Assistant

Amber Jenkins, Urban League Scholars Program Manager

Natalie Ramsey, Chief Academic Officer

EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING

Marilynn Harris, Director

HOUSING

A. Linda Taylor, Director

Metesa Greene, Housing Counselor

Elvira Hernandez, Spanish Speaking Housing Counselor

Evva Jefferson, Rental Specialist

Angela Moore, Mortgage Default Counselor

Devin Stubblefield, Housing Counselor

Sharran Wallace, Housing Counselor

Chamise Wax, Housing Assistant

Angela Williams, Housing Counselor

CONTRACTOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS CENTER (CDCC)

Tony Benjamin, Director

Mike Bobis, Project Manager

Pasha Karriem, Office Manager

Kenmoro Kelly, Assistant Project Manager

Tanya Motta, Project Manager

URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE STAFF

A Year in Pictures

Urban League Scholars attending the 8th Annual

Benefit Breakfast held on December 14, 2007

Golfers at the 5th Annual Golf Tournament held on

June 27, 2008

Our 5th Annual Golf Tournament featured 4 youth

teams thanks to the support of several community

organizations

Inside one of 36 apartment homes at the

Urban League Village at Colman School.

The Urban League Village received its

first residences in February 2008

Guest during the Grand Opening celebrate at

the Northwest African American Museum

James Kelly receiving the 2008 Organization

of the Year award from the Municipal League

of King County. Also pictured Seattle City

Council member Jean Gooden and Municipal

League Board President Brad Meacham

Urban League

of

Metropolitan Seattle

Programs

And

Services

Education Department

The Urban League’s education department motivates the intel-

lectual and imaginative capacity of each child in a safe and

nurturing environment. As a Supplemental Educational Ser-

vices provider designated by the federal No Child Left Behind

program, ULMS provides high-quality, research-based tutor-

ing and other supplemental academic enrichment services for

K-12th grade youth.

Children’s University and Children’s Summer University pro-

grams provide positive environments for youth to work with

certified instructors, tutors and experience the arts and hu-

manities firsthand. The summer program provides a unique

integrated experience comprised of core academic studies, cul-

tural studies, fine arts and literature, unique civic activities,

junior internships, and much more.

Area youth can prepare for their post-high school careers by

participating in ULMS programs for teenagers. Project

M.I.S.T.E.R. is a school-based life skills, mentoring, and inter-

vention program. Youth Congress is a creative and dynamic

youth empowerment program in which youth work on emer-

gent issues of particular relevance to citizens in their respec-

tive communities.

Housing

The Urban League Housing Department’s overarching goal is

to help renters with low-to-moderate income become home-

owners. We also help people who seek affordable rentals, and

are have trouble managing their mortgage payments when fi-

nancial hardships strike.

ULMS Housing Department services include:

Ready-to-Rent workshops for homeless or transitional hous-

ing clients

Individual development accounts for low-income clients

Financial literacy workshops

First-time homebuyer seminars and assistance

Landlord/tenant law counseling and advocacy

Mortgage default and reverse mortgage counseling

Continuing education courses for real estate agents

In addition to its work to support home ownership, ULMS

partners with Central House to provide transitional housing

through a special project at Harder House. Harder House is a

group home for homeless young adults between the ages of 19

-25 who need a place to live while they are gaining stability

and self-sufficiency.

Employment

The League’s employment department provides employment

services to employers and job seekers through a one-stop

service delivery system. ULMS forges new alliances with

partner corporations through the Corporate Partnership

Initiative. Area corporations attend employment orientation

workshops to meet clients, discuss job openings, and often to

set up job interviews. Our job resource center assists job

seekers through on-line job skills training, job counseling and

case management, access to job listings from the ULMS job

bank, resume and cover letter development, career exploration

assistance, job readiness workshops, and interview techniques

workshops.

ULMS helps young adults gain important job skills through its

Youth Employment Program. Building upon individual,

family, and community strengths, these individualized

programs are designed to engage youth by enhancing their

opportunities, ultimately supporting their growth into capable,

responsible, and caring citizens.

Contractor Development and Competitiveness Center

The ULMS Contractor Development and Competitiveness

Center (CDCC) empowers small and historically underutilized

contractors in becoming more competitive by developing or

improving their business operations skills and by providing

access to contracts with private and public owners, developers,

and prime contractors.

The ULMS/CDCC Technology & Plan Center is equipped

with plans and specifications, plotter, copier, fax, and

computers with internet access. Small business owners, agency

partners, and leaders of construction firms are brought together

through Builders Empowerment and Strategy Teams

(B.E.S.T.), a monthly contractor meeting to exchange

practical, real-world business knowledge and strategies.

Individual Development Plans help contractors identify their

needs for computing & communications, operations,

accounting, finance, marketing, research & development, and

corporate structure.

Your Support Makes All the Difference! Thank you... Advanced Laser

Solutions

Sadikifu Akina-James

Jamie Alexander

Ruperta Alexis

Brett Allen

Royal Alley-Barnes

Rev. Carey Anderson

Craig R. Anderson

Nancy Anderson

Sandra A. Anderson

Travis Anderson

Bryan Andriesen

Anheuser-Busch

Corporation

Anonymous Donors

Kayode Ariwodola

Association of

Fundraising

Professionals

Office of the Attorney

General of WA

Elizabeth W. Bamber

Bank of America

Foundation

David and Laurie

Barenborg

Patty and Jimmy

Barrier

Dennis Bassford

Lorelee Bauer

John E. Bauser

Ralph Bayard

Phyllis Irene

Beaumonte

Ben Bridge Jewelers

Timothy B. Bendokas

Anthony and Krista

Benjamin

Paul Benz

Dr. Ronald J.

Berenson

Chris and Joan Berry

Shelley J. Beuviere

Beverly Miller Realty

Anne Tracy Bier

Bill and Melinda

Gates

Foundation

R. Tyrone Blackwell

Frank Blethen

Charles Blood

The Boeing Company

Boeing Employee

Credit Union

Boeing Employees

Community Fund

Dolores Booker

Randolph P. Bosley

Rache' Boston

Kenneth R. Bounds

Douglas G.

Bowersock

Shanon L. Boyns

Jim Bricker

Herb and Shirley

Bridge

Jonathan J. Bridge

Knute Brinchmann

Marie Brooks

Norward Brooks PhD

Carol Brown

C. Sybil Brown

Deryl Brown-Archie

The Bullit Foundation

Katharine Bullit

John Bullwinker

Gloria Buren

Gloria Burgess

Ryan Burklo

Kenneth Burton

Kristin K. Bushley

Belinda J. Butler-Bel

Carmen L. Caldwell

Rudy Caluza

Thomas B. Campbell

Jerry Capretta

Jake Carechana

Kimberly R. Carhee

Frances Carr

Margaret M. Carr

Kevin Carter

Myrtre F. Carter

Teresa A. Carter

Casey Family

Programs

Jeni Cate

Emily Parrott Cator

Andrea Caupain

Adrienne Caver-Hall

Marget Chappel

Hon. Edsonya

Charles

Lisa Chick

Children's Hospital

and Regional Medical

Center

Cynthia K. Chirot

Martha C. Choe

Heidi R. Christiansen

John and Cynthia

Chuta

Agartha Clark

Dennis Clark

Warren Clemans

Sabrina Q. Coleman

Colors NW Magazine

Comcast Corporation

The Community

Foundation for the

National Capital

Region

MHB Conant

Gordon G. Conger

Michael Cook

Jeffrey H.

Coopersmith

Joseph F. Copeland

Corcoran Consulting

Group

Costco Wholesale

Germaine Covington

Rebecca Crimmins

Daphne D. Cross

Cathy Cruikshank

John W. Cullen

Chris and Michael

Cummins

P. Scott Cummins

Anaiza M. Daves

Cedric and Angelique

Davis

Patricia Davis

Pablo DeLeon Jr.

Gregory M. Dean

Rex Derr

Carla Dewberry

Martha A. Dimmers

Mic Dinsmore

Lynne Dodson

Leona Dotson

Ava Dowell-Smith

Katherine Yvonne

Duell

Ike Durhaur

James Dyer

Sean Dyers

Paul Dziedzic

Kenneth and Pamela

Eakes

Joan M. Earl

Alton Edwards

Rudolph Edwards

Adam C. Eisenberg

Eli Lilly and Company

Elliott Bay Book

Company

Peter Elroy

Mauris Emeka

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Suzanne Dale Estey

Annette L. Evans

Lynda M. Evans

Evergreen

Association of

American Baptist

Churches

Juli Farris-Desper

Mickey Fearn

Federal

Appropriations

Nancy L. Fisher, M.D.

Robert Flennaugh

Darlene M. Fox

Melanie B. Frank

John M. Franklin

Corrie Frasier

Fred Hutchinson

Cancer Research

Center

Bruce W. Friedman

Peter Frix

Hugh and Jane

Ferguson

Foundation

The Gallatin Group

Dave Gandara

Pamila A. Gant

Lucy Gaskill-Gaddis

Mimi Gardener Gates

Michael J. Gaunt

Boris Gaviria

Omollo Georg Gaya

Carver Gayton

Gary Gayton

In memory of John

Cyrus Gayton

Thomas B. Gerlach,

Jr.

Catherine J. Gibson

Betsy Gillam

Lautheree Gillespie

Elizabeth V. Gilliam

Lee Gilliam

Rick Gillmore

D. Wayne and Anne

Gittinger

Bonnie J. Glenn

James Gore

Larry Gossett

Donella Goudeau

Gail Conway Gray

Zachary A. Gray

Natasha Greaves

Rita Green

Robert Green

Wanda Griffin

Group Health

Cooperative

Sharon Hager

Erika Hall

Rod Hall

Henry H. Happel III

Angela B. Harewood-

Potter

Bruce Harrell

Nancy E. Hawman

Maxine Hayes, M.D.

Ada Healey

Tamika Hebert

Larry Hebner

Katherine J. Heitsch-

Voorheis

Mark F. Helt

Rhonda Henderson

De-De Herbert

Catherine R. Herrod

Katherine Hershey

Brandon Hill

Ruby Hill

Bill Hillard

Hillary K. Smith

Sarah B. Hiller

Deborah Hilsman

Joel C. Hobbs

Hoffman Construction

Amy Hoffman

Scott H. Holbrook

Caprice D. Hollins

Patricia F. Holmes

Paula Holmes

Home Depot

Foundation

Katie Hong

Tracy S. Hood

Bruce Hori

David Horsey

Helen Howell

Lorraine Howell

Katie Hultquist

Christina Humburgs

Alvan Ikoku

Impact Capital

Elaine S. Ishihara

Oliver C. Iversen

Robert and Marianne

Iwamoto

Cathy W. Jackson

Vernon Jackson

Daniel W. Jaech

Jeanette James

F. John Jeannot

Robert Jeffcoat, Sr..

Robert Jefferson

Zabrina Jenkins

Jewish Federation of

Greater Seattle

Barbara Johns

Gayle Johnson

Guela Gayton

Johnson

Ian J. Johnson

Terry Johnson

Sonya Johnston

Brian Jones

Floyd Udell Jones

Floyd Jones

Jeanette Jones

Leslie Jones

Monica L. Jones

Natasha S. Jones

Willie Mae Jones

Toiya Jones-Current

Ruby L. Jones-Powell

Marjorie Joseph

Joshua Green

Foundation

Barbara Justice

Charlotte M. Kaufer

Claudia Kauffman

Adam M. Keatts

Adam M. Keatts

James Keblas

Janette Keiser

Carolyn Kelly

James and Joyce

Kelly

Venus M. Kennedy

Key Bank

King County

Executive Office

King County Housing

Authority

King County Library

Systems

King County: Office of

Business Relations

and Economic

Development

Carl D. King

Sean L. Kittel

Joe Knight

Lisa Kodama

C. Kimi Kondo

Kathy Lambert

Elena Lamont

Steve Leahy

Ledcor Industries

Linda D. Lee

John W. Lees

The Legacy

Foundation

Michael Lemke

Louis A. Leonatti

James Leptich

Sarah Lewontin

Brendlyon Linton

Joshua Lipsky

Leona Locke

Andrew Lofton

David Lopez

Lowe's Home

Improvement

Phyllis M. Lowe

Leticia Lucero

Kenneth R. Lyles

Crystal R. Lyons

Lois Maag

Andrew

MacDonald

Patricia

MacGowan

Darvi Mack

Macy's

Kevin J. Madison

Brenda Majerci

Renee Rabb

Martin

Thomas J.

Mathews

Jean L. Mayes

Phyllis Mayo

Arthur Mazzola

Michelle A.

McCarthy

John D.

McDaniel, Sr.

Elizabeth G.

McFeely

Mike and Gaelynn

McGavick

Gary McGill

Gordon McHenry

Erik McKenna

Krista McKee

Dr. Johnnie H.

McKinley

Herman and Anna

McKinney

Norma McKinney

Rev. Dr. Samuel

and Norma

McKinney

F. McMillion

Nan McNutt

McTaggart Real

Estate Inc.

Robert

McCullough

Gary Melonson

Beverly

Mendheim

Carol Metcalf

Microsoft

Corporation

Microsoft

Matching Gifts

Program

John Mifsud

Lanae C. Miller

Samuel Miller, Jr.

Dr. Charles

Mitchell

Melerick Mitchell

Paul Mitchell

Linda Mizumoto

Moneytree

Richard E.

Monroe

Desiree Monson

Wyjuana and

Frederick

Montgomery

Brian W. Moore

James R. Moore

Victoria Moreland

Jill Morrison-

McKinstry

Regina D. Morton

Mount Zion

Baptist Church

Jennifer M. Mthini

Muckleshoot

Charity Fund

Valerie Heide

Mudra

Steve Mullin

Esther Mumford

Pat Murakami

Karen W. Murray

Sheila A. Murray

Adisa Muse

NELA

Barbra Nabors-

Glass

Ann Nakamoto

Ken Nakatsu

Diane Narasaki

Carrie Ann Nass

National Urban

League

LeAnne Nelson

Robert Nelson

Nesholm Family

Foundation

Network Support

Group

Bill and Sally

Neukom

Millicent

Newhouse

Truong Son V.

Nguyen

Tuan Nguyen

Jill Nishi

Norcliffe

Foundation

Nordstrom

Corporate Offices

Northwest

Children's Fund

Jim Odom

Candace Oehler

Roger Oglesby

David and Dina

Okimoto

Older Women's

League

Wendy Beth

Oliver

Steven J.

Olmschenk

Timothy Osborn

Sherelle Owens

Jerry L. Painter

Crystal L. Parham

Robert and

Annette Parks

Larry L. Petry

Lawrence R.

Phillips

Lisa R. Phillips

Garnet Pitre

Lawrence Pitre

Fred R. and

Glenda S.

Podesta

Rebecca Hunting

Pompon

Port of Seattle

Karen Primeau

Sarah Pritchett

Pro Sports Club

Laila Pugh

Adrienne Quinn

Joanne Quinn

RAFN Company

Sarah A. Rafton

Walle Ralkowski

Erika Ramos

Dr. Paul Ramsey

Thomas M.

Rasmussen

Eldridge and

Karen Recasner

Ann Holmes

Redding

Christina Reed

Laura W.

Rehrmann

Barbara Reskin

Mian Rice

Norman and

Constance Rice

Patricia J.

Robertson

Charles A.

Robinson

Ernestine

Robinson

Jeffrey Roe

Sanford Rose

Jennifer Roseman

Diane Rosen

Rotary Club of

Seattle

Carl L. Ruban, Jr.

Janet K. Runbeck

Millie Russell

Janet Lou Ryan

Steve Rydgren

SAFECO

Corporation

Yvonne Sanchez

Norie Sato

Terrence

Satterfield

George W.

Scarola

Michelle Schaefer

Susan Schlatter

Gerald Schley

Andrew Schmid

City of Seattle,

Department of

Executive

Administration

City of Seattle,

Office of

Economic

Development

City of Seattle,

Office of

Housing

City of Seattle,

Seattle City

Light

City of Seattle,

Seattle

Department of

Transportation

City of Seattle,

Seattle Public

Utilities

City of Seattle

Seattle Monorail

Project

The Seattle Post-

Intelligencer

Seattle Public

Schools

Seattle

Reperatory

Theater

The Seattle Times

Seattle University

Jason T. Sebesta

SEIU Local 775

Chris Sennert

Tina Shamseldin

Greg Shaw and

Anna Mastroianni

Jennifer Shaw

Karen Shaw

Linda Shephard

Marilyn Sherron

Joy R. Shigaki

Karen E. Shiveley

Tyson J. Slick

Alexander Smith

Rivian A. Smith

Doris Smith-

Brooks

Stacey A. Snow

May Snowden

Roger Soder

Thaddeus H.

Spratlen

Rev. Wilbert E.

Square, Sr.

Brenda Mirasol

Stallings .

Starbucks Coffee

Donald Stark

Jeff Starr

State Farm

Rhonda Bailey

Staton

Mary Beth

Stearns

Nancy V.

Stephens

Josephine Stokes

Shirley Stone

James B. Street

Patricia Sullivan

Karsten Summers

Alan Sutliff

Swedish Medical

Center

Deborah Swets

David A. Takami

Frieda Takamura

Tama Smith and

Associates

Theresa Lampkin

Tampura

Jennifer M. Tang

Target

David C. Tarshes

Brenda Tate

Lonia Tate

Edward and Sue

Taylor

Vincent Taylor

Ezra and Yobi

Teshome

Selome Teshome

Edward F. Thenell

Eleanor Thienes

Daniel R. Thomas

Joan K. Thomas

Dr. and Mrs. Alvin

Thompson

Kenneth B.

Thompson

JoAnn Timmons

Melissa Tizon

Brian J. Todd

Matthew S.

Topham

Joe and Christine

Townley

Steven A. Trester

Trinity Parish

Church

Tudor Foundation

Janet L. Turpen

Union Bank of

California

United Parcel

Service

United Way of

King County

Jessica M. Upton

Joel Vanetta

Nancy E.

Verheyden

Verizon

Communications

Village Maternity

Vulcan, Inc.

Jill Wakefield

Marcia Walker

Walsh

Construction

Company

John P. Walsh

Deborah H. Ward

Washington

Education

Association

Washington

Mutual Employee

Giving Program

Washington

Mutual

Foundation

Washington

Round Table

Washington State

Convention

and Trade Center

Washington State

Department

of Community,

Trade and

Economic

Development

Watson Wyatt

Worldwide

Heyward Watson

Walter Weaver

Nicole A.

Weisgerber

Wells Fargo

Jason D.

Werschkul

Marc West

Weyerhaeuser

Company

Foundation

Weyerhaeuser

Corporate

Jennifer S. White

James Wigfall

Deborah J. Wilds

William Garling Jr.

Aaron Williams

Elizabeth A.

Williams

Jamie L. Williams

Raymond Wil-

liams

Robert M. Wil-

liams

Yolande Williams

Madeline Winfield

Roger L. Winter

Robert A. Wise

Glenn Wisegarver

James M.

Womack

Leslie Webb

Womack

Melissa G. Wood-

Bartholomew

Wyman Youth

Trust

Bessie A. Young

Gary Young

Shirley Young

Janine M. Yount

Morgan A. Zontua

Great efforts were made to list all

contributors from

July 1, 2007 through June 30,

2008. We missed

you, please accept our sincerest

apologies and let

us know. Thank you again for

your support.

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

Statement of Financial Position

Year Ending June 30, 2008

Statement of Unrestricted Activity

Year Ending June 30, 2008

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

105 Fourteenth Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

Phone: (206) 461-3792

Fax: (206) 461-8425

www.urbanleague.org

info@urbanleague.org

Our Mission

Through public advocacy, providing

services and developing strong business and

community partnerships,

the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

will strive to empower, enable and assist

African Americans, other people of color and disadvantaged

individuals in becoming