2016 ANNUAL REPORTCelebrating 15 Years of Funding Abortion

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FROM THE PRESIDENTDear friends,

We’re still beaming from the generosity and love you showed during our Fifteenth Anniversary celebrations in 2016. We held successful anniversary events in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, and we were so honored to celebrate with all of our supporters. The art on the cover of this annual report is a custom painting by local artist Gerardo Arellano in commemoration of our fifteenth year.

2016 was a historic year for reproductive rights in Texas. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two provisions of House Bill 2, the Texas abortion clinic shutdown law, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. This decision set a precedent across the country by declaring ambulatory surgery center standards and admitting privileges requirements as unlawful and undue burdens on people seeking abortion care.

While we honor and celebrate our victories, we are also facing the harsher world created by last year’s election. Trump’s victory speaks volumes to the systematic racism, bigotry, xenophobia, sexism, and violence accepted by voters—primarily white voters—in our country. We are left with an anti-choice president, governor, and lieutenant governor, as well as anti-choice majorities in Congress and the Texas Legislature.

Our hearts break for communities of color, LGBTQ people, undocumented people, immigrants, people with disabilities, young people, low-income people, survivors of sexual assault, people who are seeking or who have had abortions, and everyone whose existence and well-being is threatened by ongoing attacks made by our bodies of government.

In response, Lilith Fund is focused on resistance. Resistance means caring for one another when governments abandon our communities. We’ve resolved to resist hateful rhetoric and anti-choice attacks, to work in radical collaboration with our communities, to draw strength from one another, and to build greater compassion for our callers, our abortion providers, and our supporters who partner with us to make abortion access a reality. For us, funding abortion is a powerful form of resistance.

Last year, we provided funding to 1,341 clients and offered vouchers totaling $267,742. We also marked the historic milestone of serving more than 10,000 clients since our founding in 2001. Thanks to your support and partnership, Lilith Fund made an incredible impact in Texas during the last fifteen years.

In 2016, we hired our first full-time staff person—our executive director Amanda Williams. Amanda has grown Lilith Fund’s impact exponentially in just one year. She has expanded our donor engagement efforts and cultivated new supporters, strengthened our infrastructure so that we can better serve our clients, and deepened our movement-building work across the state. Amanda has lifted up the challenges of abortion access in Texas and elevated Lilith Fund’s profile across the nation by speaking at conferences, publishing opinion pieces, and being interviewed by countless news outlets.

Our growth has also led to radical and inspiring collaboration. Lilith Fund is consistently taking action in our community by showing up for movements across social justice spaces. In the face of division and hate, we are gathering with allies and supporters like you to show that our commitment to justice is strong and unyielding.

We are honored to fund abortion and build power with your partnership in this time of resistance. Thank you for supporting Lilith Fund. We look forward to building this movement with you in the years to come.

With love,

Neesha Davé President, Lilith Fund

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2016 IN REVIEW

• Provided funding to 1,341 clients and offered vouchers totaling $267,742.

• Hired our first-ever executive director, Amanda Williams, who has grown Lilith Fund’s impact by expanding donor engagement, strengthening infrastructure, and deepening our movement-building work.

• Celebrated our historic Fifteenth Anniversary and held celebrations in Austin and Houston, as well as our fabulous quinceañera in San Antonio!

• Marked the significant milestone of 10,000 clients served since our founding in 2001.

• Continued our proactive local policy work on the Repro Power Texas campaign, in partnership with NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, Texas Equal Access Fund, and Texas Freedom Network.

• Laid the groundwork for our participation in policy advocacy during the 2017 Legislative Session and beyond.

• Renewed our commitment to anti-racist organizing and participated in an extensive Undoing Racism training with other Texas abortion funds.

• Brought Lilith Fund into the national spotlight when our executive director spoke against House Bill 2 on the steps of the United States Supreme Court.

• Expanded our reach through media interviews and op-eds in major publications including Austin Chronicle, Vox, Glamour, TribTalk, Vice, Mic, Salon, Texas Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Huffington Post, Women’s Health Magazine, Texas Observer, The Guardian, and more.

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2016 FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITY

SUPPORT & REVENUE

Events $120,246

Individual Contributions $190,135

Grants (Unrestricted) $30,500

Publications $14,504

Other Income (NNAF Reimbursements & Merchandise) $1,906

Interest Income $54

Total Operating Revenue $ 357,345

EXPENSES

Program Expenses

Direct Assistance

Direct Assistance $205,730

Less: Returned Clinic Payments $(2,270)

Total Direct Assistance $203,460

Hotline Overhead

Technology $1,501

Hotline Coordinator $24,061

Total Hotline Overhead $20,198

Outreach & Advocacy Events $8,781

NIRH Houston Initiative $7,060

Total Program Expenses $239,499

Fundraising Expenses

Bowl-A-Thon Expenses $1,961

REA/Fall Fundraiser Expenses $6,449

Small Events $2,244

Credit Card Processing $3,686

Other Fundraising Expenses $1,141

Total Fundraising Expenses $15,480

General & Management Expenses

Executive Director $66,626

Merchandise $908

NNAF Summit $2,450

Advertising $328

Website $120

Office & Administrative $5,404

Board & Volunteer $1,966

Insurance $1,626

Total General & Management Expenses $79,427

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $339,771

OTHER REVENUE

Temporarily Restricted Grants $39,963

Total Other Revenue $39,963

Net Revenue $57,536

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2016 FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS

Current Assets

Bank Accounts $364,496

Total Current Assets $364,496

Fixed Assets

Accumulated Depreciation $(358)

Computers & Equipment $270

Software to Amortize $88

Total Fixed Assets $ -

Total Assets $364,496

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable $19,460

Total Current Liabilities $19,460

Total Liabilities $19,460

Equity

Net Assets $267,499

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets $20,000

Net Revenue $57,536

Total Equity $345,035

Total Liabilities & Equity $364,496

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Revenue $57,536

Adjustments to reconcile Net Revenue to Net Cash provided by operations:

Accounts Payable $18,150

Total Adjustments to reconcile Net Revenue to Net Cash provided by operations $18,150

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $75,686

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Net Assets $(34,900)

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets $20,000

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities $(14,900)

Net Cash Increase for Period $60,786

Cash at Beginning of Period $303,710

Cash at End of Period $364,496

*Lilith Fund hired an Executive Director in February 2016. Cash on hand was used to fund these increased staffing costs. The remaining cash is planned to be utilized over a two-year period so the Executive Director can grow the organization’s resources over time.

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HOTLINE STATISTICS

73%OF VOUCHERS

WERE REDEEMED

IN 2016

$192AVERAGE

GRANTTOTAL OFFEREDIN 2016

$267,742

84%OF CLIENTS

WEREPEOPLE

OF COLOR

OF CLIENTSWERE

PARENTSALREADY

68%

TOTALREDEEMED

IN 2016

$195,580

HoustonMetro Area

44%

AustinMetro Area

12%

San AntonioMetro Area

13%

Central Texas9%

Rio GrandeValley

7%

EastTexas4%

DFWMetro Area

& North Texas3%

Coastal Bend2%

South Texas2%

West Texas2%

NeighboringState2%

Some regions of Texas are served by our sister funds who also offer funding towards abortion procedure cost. Texas Equal Access Fund provides primary service to the North Texas region and the West Fund serves El Paso and West Texas.

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NOTES FROM OUR CLIENTS

P.O. Box 684949 • Austin, Texas 78768-4949 • lilithfund.org

Lilith Fund Board of Directors and Executive Director

STAFFAmanda Williams, Executive DirectorKatherine Craft, Program Coordinator

BOARD OF DIRECTORSNeesha Davé, President

Misty Garcia, Vice PresidentEmily Bivona, TreasurerAlice Aguilar, Secretary

Shelby Alexander

Holly BenavidesSchell Carpenter

Asha Dane’elLaila Khalili

Erin Madden

Rosann MariappuramStephanie McKernan

Isbah RajaDarcy Rendón

Lesli-Elsie Simms