2024-04-09T10:27:37-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 814143946 FENTON CENTER OF HOPE FENT 8106208300 10401 N Fenton Rd Fenton MI 48430 Bob Strygulec Executive Director 8103547102 2024-04-09 Bob Strygulec 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Robert Strygulec 1425 Kurtz Rd Holly MI 48442 484393 0 X https://www.fentoncenterofhope.org X 2016 MI Human services of basic needs assistance in the areas of food pantry baby closet, mentoring, life skills education, counseling and other basic household needs. Our organization also is an active member of the Community Care Task force and Human Trafficking Task force for our county. We are in the process of renovating facilities that will develop a Community Care Complex to provide short-term emergency housing for women fleeing abuse along with many important wrap around services. 5 5 3 105 0 0 359922 484393 0 0 0 0 0 0 359922 484393 0 0 0 0 110412 183272 0 0 21769 246306 345361 356718 528633 3204 -44240 83643 39403 0 0 83643 39403 X Human services of basic needs assistance in the areas of food pantry baby closet and other basic household needs. Our organization assists mothers with children 5 and under with basic resources as well as helping them with mentoring and life skills. As an active member of both the Community Care Task force and the Human Trafficking Task force for Genesee County we assist with a diverse selection of tasks to help local residents in need. Our organization is in the process of renovations on our facilities which will establish the first short term emergency housing for women fleeing abuse. This will be the first facility of this type in our service area and will address the much needed solution for assisting women in crisis. 1 0 59898 0 0 Community Food Pantry: Our organization operates a large free choice community food pantry to assist local low income residents living in crisis situations. Our commitment to offering a free choice food pantry gives residents in need the ability to actually shop for items they need or prefer. The food pantry is set up like a small grocery store with all food categories represented including fresh produce, dairy items, meat items and toiletries. The demand and service area for this program have been dramatically higher this year due to the uncertainty in the economy, Covid-19 impact and employment uncertainty. The Fenton Center of Hope has been selected to be part of a Community Care Task force which has expanded our service area and number of families being served by our organization. We assist with emergency food requests from local residents and agencies 7 days a week. During 2022 we brought in and distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of food, toiletries and paper goods every month through the food pantry. The food pantry operates with a dedicated volunteer team of about 30 people per week. 13891 0 150 Love Our City Community Outreach- Our organization coordinates a variety of community outreach events that focus on assisting local low income residents in a variety of ways. Our goal with Love Our City is to bring together various community partners that have a common commitment to providing programs of excellence along with much needed resources that residents are in need of. We intentionally focus on building a high level of trust and relationship with those that we serve. The trust and relationship allows our team of 100+ volunteers the ability to address underlying root causes of needs we uncover through our initial intake process. These needs are adressed through programs we offer onsite such as mentoring, counseling, life skills training, job skills assistance, grief share meetings and support system improvement. As the Love Our City community outreach events have grown and developed we have been able to provide for the needs of hundreds of families through major community events such as Christmas Outreach, Thanksgiving Outreach, Back to School Blast, July 4th Community event along with other smaller events. 3056 0 0 Community Baby Closet- Our organization operates a large community baby closet that provides all of the items needed to assist mothers and families that have had a recent baby or existing children up to age 5. We are able to assist local low income families in need through this program which allows stability and hope for them to continue moving forward without the burden of additional expenses related to young children. The baby closet features a mentoring program for parents in which they can receive education on a broad range of topics on a monthly basis. Mothers are assigned to a mentor and we assign educational modules based on personal improvement areas we uncover or topics of interest based on the developmental stage of children at the time. 122018 0 0 Emergency Housing Program- Our organization is in the process of renovating 3 large buildings on our property that will establish short term emergency housing. Our service area and the portion of Genesee County in Michigan that we serve currently has no established short term emergency housing. Our intent is to open such a facility that would not only provide basic housing, but also use our large number of dedicated volunteers to provide an onsite program dedicated to assisting women regain control of their circumstances and future success and stability. Our facilities will be called a Community Care Complex which will best describe services such as counseling, life skills classes, mentoring, food pantry, baby closet, social events and financial preparedness measures. Providing all of these services on site will allow our team to make meaningful impacts in the future of residents in crisis. Once completing the levels of the program at our facility we will be working with each resident to transition them to another agency that will finalize their action plan and transition the resident to permanent housing. 122018 0 0 198863 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MI X Robert Stryglec 8103547102 10401 N Fenton Rd Fenton MI 48430 Robert Strygulec Executive Director 70 0 X 65440 0 0 Jennifer Strygulec Co-Director 40 0 X 53900 0 0 Jason Gibbs Social Media/Web Manager 40 0 X 42003 0 0 161343 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000 0 0 0 0 454393 0 484393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 484393 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112594 0 112594 0 0 0 0 0 58335 0 58335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12343 0 12343 0 0 0 0 0 2000 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3622 3622 0 0 3049 3049 0 0 15161 15161 0 0 0 0 0 0 34012 34012 0 0 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 193 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9331 9331 0 0 277693 131195 124729 21769 528633 198863 308001 21769 83643 39403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83643 39403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 83643 39403 83643 39403 83643 39403 -44240 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 117595 281161 231147 359922 484393 1474218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117595 281161 231147 359922 484393 1474218 1474218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1474218 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Community Care Task Force- As a key member of this group we have dramatically expanded our involvement and impacts in crisis situations. Having the ability to use the skills and experience of our vast volunteer base gives us the chance to use the relationship and trust we establish to achieve greater more meaningful results than smaller local organizations. Life Skills classes-Our new expanded facilities allows us the opportunity to provide a wide variety of classes to help address improvement areas in the lives of residents we serve. Our volunteer base comes to our organization with avast amount of experience and allows us to fully understand the underlying root causes holding residents back from success. We use a variety of educational resources to provide the most suitable learning experience for each resident. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Board members review financial numbers at in person meetings Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annual review at initial meeting of the calendar year Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Executive Director and Community Care Coordinator, last reviewed in the 4th quarter of 2023 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available by request at our main office located at 10401 N. Fenton Rd. Fenton, MI. 48430 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e $21,769 Fundraising expenses in categories of advertising, materials, equipment, media, invitations. $255,924 Baby Closet/$1,196, Bank Charges/$1134, Community Relations/$1,676, Community Outreach events/$31,180, Food Pantry/$41,204, Food for volunteers/$1,440, Housing renovations/$120564, Repairs and Maintenance/$20,175 Insurance/$9,331, Legal Services/$2,000, Life skills materials/$1,861, Love Our City Outreach/$1,406, Meals for non volunteers/$278, Postage and delivery/$390, Lease $34,012, Property taxes/$22,607, Training & Development/$1,130, Utilities/$15,447