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ANNUAL REPORT2014-2015

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Service Statistics.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 1

Financial Overview .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 2

Heart Club .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 3

Memorial Gifts .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 6

Honorary Gifts .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 7

Legacy Society .. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 8

LFS Locations .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 9

Key Team Members .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ..10

CONTENTSI am pleased to share with you the financial highlights and significant accomplishments that you have helped make possible for fiscal year 2015. Your partnership in this ministry is absolutely essential, and we give thanks to God for your ongoing trust and support.

On behalf of the staff and Board of Directors of LFS, it is our great privilege to deliver your compassion and generosity to people in need “through services that heal, strengthen, and provide hope.” Thank you for sharing the blessings of your faith, hope, and resources, so that they might create even greater blessing in lives unknown to you.

With gratitude,

Jim BarclayLFS President and CEO

Dear Friends,

SERVICE STATISTICSJuly 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

During the 2014-2015 fiscal year, LFS provided:

Foster care for

203 children through 109

therapeutic and traditional

foster homes

Refugee resettlement and asylee services for 2,282 individuals

Care management and support for 377 older adults and caregivers

Visitation and safe exchange services for 601 adults and

2,294 children

Parent education and support, and child abuse prevention for 479 adults and 45 children

Pregnancy counseling services for 31 women and their familiesFamily immigration legal

services for 578 clients, and citizenship services

for 185 clients

Disaster responseand recovery

services for

1,011 individuals

Safe Touch: Body Safety Program presented to 12,164 elementary

school children

Foster care and independent living services for 95 unaccompanied

refugee minors

Respite care through the KPC Respite Center for

255 children in 112 families

Teen pregnancy prevention services in 14 schools, for

1,519 students, in 58 classes

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Adoption placements

of 29 children, and services for 43 adoptive and waiting parents

FINANCIAL OVERVIEWJuly 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 2

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Expenses

Legal

Immigr

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2%

Revenue & SupportGovernment Grants & Contracts $11,587,456Contributions $821,195 Program Service Fees $491,412Private Sector Grants $389,757United Way $324,870Special Events (net of expenses) $289,296Church Contributions $137,358 Other Income $49,890

TOTAL REVENUE $14,091,234

ExpensesRefugee Services $5,455,470Foster Care Services $5,029,500 General & Administrative $1,542,765 Fundraising $615,300Older Adult & Caregiver Services (OACS) $507,743Disaster Response (DR) $452,858Birth Parent Services & Adoptions (BPS&A) $390,943 Legal Immigration Services (ILS) $233,925Prevention Services (PES) $215,290

TOTAL EXPENSES $14,443,794

Change in Net Assets (2014) $712,319

Change in Net Assets (2015) $(352,560)

Joyful Hearts ($10,000+)

Bruce & Bonnie FearCaleb & Tristin BarclayEli PomerenkeGeorge & Ruth KraussHelen JensJim & Barbara Barclay*Karen & Allan SpiesMaxine JohnsonMike & Cheryl PorterMike & Nancy IiamsMr. & Mrs. Robert NewmanRichard & Suzanne UtzkeTim & Jeanne Maloney

Cheerful Hearts ($5,000-$9,999)

Alana & Mike HankinsAnonymousBarbara SandeBob & Carol StampCraig & Gail BagenstosDoug & Nancy SimsElizabeth BockstahlerJohn & Dianna VavrikKeith & Pamela Niemitalo

Kurt & Mary HaegerLarry & Phyllis EiflerLes & Marianne WoodwardMary & Thomas BrookR.L. HenkeRichard & Jane Pope Meehan*Richard & Marjorie VersenSteve & Nancy GustafsonThomas & Jana McKeeTom & Sandy Lauridson

Faithful Hearts ($2,000-$4,999)

Ann Hinkins-SteinerAnonymousBill & Darcy AyenBill & Deanna WeisenbornBob & Mary SatromChristian & Becky Miller-Updike* Darryl SwearnginDel & Millie HockDon & Lillian FilegarEarle & Kathe SolomonsonEdwin & Diane WichertEdwin & Margo BedfordElizabeth & Steve Holtze

Gerald & Diane MillerJane KercherJeanette Gregg & Ret. Col. Alan HassebrockJennifer & Ed BickJulie FriedemannLaDonna & Jay JurgensenLaurel HammerLon & Carol RobideauxLorraine WagnerLyman & Carolyn KaiserMark & Maggie DyslinMathew & Kathy RauhMatthew Maughon*Morgan & Rona NoreliusPatrice Von StrohPaul & Janet BlumensteinRev. Douglas & Karrie HillRichard & Valerie WatkinsRobert & Sally VogelTodd SwansonWarren & Janet Wergin

Hopeful Hearts ($500-$1,999)

Alan & Cathy Jahde

Alan & Cheryl LeathersAlan & Dee PetersonAlexander & Sarah MayAllan & Lynn BrandtAmy Hertling-Johnson & Mark JohnsonAnita AustinAnonymous (8)Arthur & Martha StangeAstrid SpiesBarry & Kristeen AlcornBeth & Scott SorensonBeverly BeattieBeverly GarvinBishop Jim Gonia & Pastor Kim GoniaBrian & Marion WilsonBruce RohdeBryan & Janie SapenCarl SorensenCarol BraunCarol ShipleyCathey HerrenCharles & Brenda ZarzaCharles & Sylvia Matthys

HEART CLUB MEMBERS (gifts of $500 or more)July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

Thank You!

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HEART CLUB MEMBERS (gifts of $500 or more)July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

Charles PowersChris & Julie OttoCurt & Elle BeckerD.E. & Karen WulffDale & Peggy FetchenhierDan & Marcia BollmanDaniel & Sarah KrueckebergDaryl & Joan SkoogDave & Ruth Ellen WhiteDavid & Carolyn EisenbrandtDavid & Rebecca KleenDawn & Chris FrevertDebbie & Bruce PayneDebbie & John AkersDennis & Susan LarsonDennis MorrowDon & Donna ReinkeDonna SkovgaardDoug & Melissa EisenbrandtDr. Arlis AdolfDr. Glen Burmeister & Jan BurmeisterDr. Nancy Greer & Stormy GreerDuane & Farrel VickmanDuane & Mary MetcalfDwight & Sheryl StensethEd BlewettEdson & Edson HollandEdward LevyElaine NassenElizabeth Martin

Elizabeth StummElyse HaleEric & LaKay SchmidtEric JohnsonErik & Stacy HjelmstadErik LodeEvelyn & Ken AshtonEvelyn JohnsonFritz MeyerGary & Helen KnutsonGene & Sally WarringtonGeorge & Marlyn GrassGeorge LasnierGerald & Lois OlsenGerda Dorene FogedGlenn & Karen FrankGreg & Nancy GastGuy & Margaret PetersonGwen & Daniel WhiteHale & Andrea KellHarry & Vicki AndersonHarry ShriverHoward & Charlotte MaiHoward & Sonia NornesIrene AhrensJack & Rosemary AndersonJames HalpennyJames Horan*James & Susan SwaebyJan & Phyllis UpdikeJanet Downs

Jeffrey & Angela SolomonsonJeffrey & Mary HaeffeleJeni Halingstad & Andrew SwansonJennifer BennettJennifer MackeyJenny & Mark BradleyJerry & Carolyn JaggersJerry & Deborah PaulJerry & Marcia HendersonJoanna DuchowJoe & Barbara DixonJoe & Heather FortnaJohn & Krista PhibbsJohn & Lillion MonsonJohn & Linda SamuelsonJohn & Roberta BurringtonJohn LeeJon & Elisa ThompsonJudy LantryJudy PermutKarl & Christine BergKate Kelsay*Katherine & Emmett CrusonKeith & Jacque LaShierKelli High-HesseKevin & Cheryl SchaalKevin PfitzingerKirsten DerrLan & Dave ZeckserLane & LaVon Pinnow

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Larry & Barbara McDonoughLarry & Kathy GloverLawrence & Claudette MillsLeslie SwetnamLinda & David DoltonLloyd GraffLouis & Margaret SmithLouis StephanLynn & Norman PetersonMalverne & Lucille McGeeMark & Dianne YossMark & Karen MeyerMark & Lisa OlsonMark & Marjorie KramerMark HoldtMark MielkeMark RodenburgMark Thompson & Laurie PoyerMarshall & Charleen HinckleyMavis JohnsonMegan SlinkardMichael & Debbie NeffMichael & Karen MatkinMichael T. ShermanNancy WalkerNorma AndersenNorman & Margaret AarestadOren & Jennifer AndersonPatricia Holman

Paul & Bonnie ZuegerPaul & Kari BlanchardPaul & Kathy EdstromPaul & Lois PeelPaul McGowanPedro & Denise QuinonesPeter & Jane ScanlonPeter & Joyce JobsonPhanny ChanPhyllis HecklerRandy & Janet GeistRay & Arlene AvischiousRev. & Mrs. Don HincheyRev. Dr. Werner Boos & Suzanne BoosRev. Mark & Kim MeyerRev. Paul & Phyllis GilbertsonRev. Robert & Kim KuehnerRichard & Susan CurreyRichard NehringRobert AddlemanRobert & Caroline O’TooleRobert & Diana KeysRobert & Dolores WascherRobert MaruyamaRoberta WentworthRod & Sandy HendersonRodney TraffRon & Karen Kennedy

Ronald & Janet SwansonRonald & Mary OlsonRoss OhlmeierRuth & Carl ForsbergRuth PetersonScott & Cathy NixonSharon & Bruce StokesShawn & Lori ReedSheree & Terry WeverstadStephen & Marcia VenzkeSteve RockholdSteven & Cindy EllisSteven & Shannon MerrittSteven PetersonSue & Roger ZenSusan BlahakSusan WickesSusie McClureSuzanne StarlingTed & Kim KoubaTerry & Judy HjelkremTherese WahlstromThomas & Christina CarlsenTim & Abby Zeckser*Timothy & Ann RuntschTina JohnsonTom & Cheryl MarkTom & Kim MonsonTom & Leigh Ann Siegle

Tom & Patti GustafsonVera & Jetta WebsterVirginia NeslundWalt & Karyl MeyerWalter & Diane OehlkersWayne & Ruth HjelmstadWilbur & Marilyn FlachmanWill & Linda SchippersWilliam DahlquistWilliam Randel

HEART CLUB MEMBERS (gifts of $500 or more)July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 5

*Staff

MEMORIAL GIFTS (gifts given in memory of the above friends & loved ones)July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

Ada TwitoELCA Foundation

Amy FahnstockMavis Johnson

Andrew BoknZion Lutheran Church

Arch CullensPatrice Von Stroh

Arnie WesslerStephen Wessler

Bessie H. JokoMartin Brotherton, Fred Setzer,

Karin Bybee, Larry GloverBill WittLouise Witt

Bruce HermanElaine Herman

Charles WimberCarolyn J. Rose

Christine MrochNorman Riffel,

Beautiful Savior Church

Dan BowenCelisa Lyn BryantDick Hazlin

Zion Lutheran ChurchDonald J. Karsten

Paul GilbertsonDorcas Dorow

Walter BoehnkeDorothy Dadisman

Tom MarkEd Onken

Zion Lutheran ChurchEllen Chaiborne

Kenneth ClaiborneFlo Hazlin

Zion Lutheran ChurchFrank Heckler

Phyllis HecklerG. Allan Nelson

Kevin Fosse, Les Woodward, Douglas Mc Donald, Don Stevenson

Jake D. CutlerZion Lutheran Church

John JacobyWalter Boehnke

John MaffetoneJulie Maffetone

June WohlerJudy Permut

Kaye ZimmermanPeter Johnson

Kenneth SchultzRuth Schultz

Lois CooperAnita Scott

Lydia HettingerWalter Boehnke

Marilyn J. BeedyRaymond Beedy

Myrtle MeyerMary Cairy

Nelda BrandtAllan Brandt

Ralph NyhusDean L. Ducnuigeen, Eugene W. Hitchman

Richard H. WengertRichard H. & Pat J. Wengert Trust

Robert DeBellDonna DeBell

Robert HarrisCheryl Harris

Robert OlsonPaul Gilbertson

Roberta MiscallNathaniel MiscallRoger JesserHarold GloysteinRon Young

Zion Lutheran ChurchRonald E. Larson

Phyllis HecklerRuth NelsonG. Allan Nelson

Sylvia E. SrebotJames Horan

Willis WalkerNancy Walker

In Memory of...

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HOPE

Andy CainHarry Turner

Wes LetzGeorge Gordon

Becky EckhardtWendy Normark

Ben BortellBeth Sorenson

Carolyn SeelbachFred Mason

Dale FetchenhierTherese Wahlstrom

Daniel B. SmithMatthew Daugherty

Geneva BergmannCraig Bagenstos

Heather GardnerConrad Gardner

Jeff V. LintelKaren Vernon

Jim FlettMarcia Flett

John VoetCarole Hedrick

Joyce HiggsRichard Grogan, Julene Campbell,

N.J. Grow, Paul Gilbertson, Eric Nelson, Joyce Rosenblum, Sandra Ahlquist,

Stephen Frisch, Nancy Hoehn, Dr. E. Duane Beringer, Emma Louise Dafoe

Karen SpiesAstrid Spies

Mark HeftaChris Matthis

Orv JordahlMark Guebert-Steward

Watson FriendsDave Watson

Marriage of Barbara Whiting and Alan Kennedy

Neville Kempkes

HONORARY GIFTS (gifts given in honor of the above friends & loved ones)July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 7

In Honor of... HOPE

Traci HearneGreg Gast

Al Schuetz

Arlene Christensen

Candas Kvarve

Carol Hacker

Caroline Louise Shackelford

Cornelia Achelpohl

Dorothy Bianchi

Emma E. Hoelzle

Enid M. Herzig

Esther Zeeb

Evalyn Foust

Florence Schonauer

Frieda Bowling

Helen Jens

Inez Anderson

Irene C. Helm

Irene Polnau

JoAnn Vander Valk

John Neid

Maxine Johnson

Nellie E. Watson

Robert & Ada Twito

Solveig Schneider

Vida F. Ellison

MEMBERS IN MEMORIAM

LEGAC Y SOCIET YJuly 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

The Legacy Society was created as a means of recognizing those friends of LFS who have made a decision to include the agency in their wills and estate plans.. If you would like information about making such a stewardship decision, please contact Tim Zeckser via phone (303-217-5838) or email (Tim.Zeckser@lfsrm.org).

Alan & Cathy Jahde

Alan & Jeanette Gregg

Anonymous (8)

Barbara Holthaus

Beth Walker

Bob & Diana Keys

Bob & Doris Miller

Bob & Kim Kuehner

Bob & Sally Vogel

Bob & Sue Buck

Bruce & Julie Swanson

Carl & Betty Hansen

Carla Conrardy

Cathey Herren

Charles & Judy Berdahl

Chet & Nancy Evenson

David & Hedy Witte

Dennis & Valerie Laabs

Don & Margaret Hinchey

Earle & Kathe Solomonson

Eldon Hemmingsen

Eli Pomerenke

Emmett & Katherine Cruson

Eric & Carolyn Biedermann

Evelyn Johnson

Gene & Sally Warrington

Gerald & Lois Olsen

Glen & Jan Burmeister

Howard & Charlotte Mai

Howard & LouAnn Delozier

Jane Kercher

Jerry & Debra Paul

Jim & Penny Newcomb

John & Donna Burman

John & Ruth Pederson

Karl & Christine Berg

Kathryn & David Gies

Kevin & Ronda Stantz

Larry & Phyllis Eifler

Les & Marianne Woodward

Lonnie & Terry Eakle

Lorraine Wagner

Mary Gardinier

Mary Ann Schmidt

Melvin & Mary Haack

Mildred Drennen

Milton & Marcia Oppermann

Norma J. Andersen

Norman & Lynn Peterson

Paul & Marcia Dahlgren

Paul & Phyllis Gilbertson

Ray & Arlene Avischious

Reha Thorngate

Richard & Jane Pope Meehan*

Richard & Judith Cornwell

Robert & Julie Stuenkel

Rodney & Sharon Schofield

Ruth Peterson

Thea Stecker

Tim & Abby Zeckser*

Tom & Mary Brook

Virginia Neslund

Walt & Karyl Meyer

William & Frances Scott

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*Staff

REGIONAL CENTERSMetro Denver363 S Harlan StreetSuite 200Denver, CO 80226303.922.3433800.579.9496

Northern Colorado2032 Lowe StreetSuite 200Fort Collins, CO 80525970.266.1788

2850 McClelland DriveSuite 3200Fort Collins, CO 80525970.232.1180

800 8th AvenueSuite 225Greeley, CO 80631970.356.6751

Southern Colorado108 E St Vrain StreetSuite 21Colorado Springs, CO 80903719.227.7571877.603.8086

REFUGEE & ASYLEE PROGRAMSMetro Denver1600 Downing StreetSuite 600Denver, CO 80218303.980.5400877.372.1264

Northern Colorado1502 9th AvenueGreeley, CO 80631970.353.5267

Northeastern Colorado104 E Kiowa AvenueFort Morgan, CO 80701970.867.4388

Southern Colorado132 E Las Animas StreetColorado Springs, CO 80903719.227.8899

New Mexico3612 Campus Blvd NEAlbuquerque, NM 87106505.933.7032

LFS OFFICE LOCATIONS 9

Adoption / Pregnancy CounselingFoster CareOlder Adult & Caregiver ServicesPrevention ServicesRefugee and Asylee Programs

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DENVERFORT MORGAN

ALBUQUERQUE

FORT COLLINSGREELEY

COLORADO SPRINGS

Disaster Response Program is provided in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming when Federally declared disasters occur.

Jim Barclay, President/CEO

Brian Brant, Vice President of Child and Family Services

Kate Kelsay, Vice President of Finance

Jane Pope Meehan, Vice President of Resource Development

James Horan, Vice President of Refugee and Community Services

Leadership Team Board of DirectorsKeith LaShier, Chairman

Alana Hankins, Secretary

Dr. Bill Ayen, Vice-Chair of Finance

Rev. Doug Hill, Vice-Chair of Resource Development

Katherine Cruson, Vice-Chair of Board Development

Rev. Pat Holman, Vice-Chair of Program Services

Doug Eisenbrandt

Bruce Fear

Rev. Josh Hansen

Scott Nixon

Debbie Payne

Pedro Quinones

Tom Siegle

Tasha Smith

Karen Spies

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