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2015 ActionAIDS Annual Report

celebrating our past embracing our future

HighlightsThunder Showers and Stella Dora helped party guests Maisaloon Dias and

Rolando Liyim get in the spirit of our annual casino-themed fundraising event, Glamsino Royale, held at the Hotel Palomar.

Daisy Martinez and Mondo Guerra joined the 25th anniversary celebration of Dining Out For Life at Frankford Hall.

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2015 ActionAIDS / Action Wellness Annual Report 3

From the Executive Director

In July 2014, thanks to a generous grant from the Barra Foundation,

ActionAIDS began a strategic planning process, led by a Strategic

Planning Committee comprised of board, staff, volunteers and clients,

working with consultant Barbara Rice.

We began the process by collecting data from funders, volunteers, staff and clients using online surveys,

focus groups, listening sessions, and one-on-one conversations about the future of the organization. We

asked hard questions and collected a lot of data from all of our stakeholders, but mostly we listened.

We listened to clients, some who told us that having AIDS in our name was a barrier to accessing services,

and how much they preferred us to use program names, like the Philadelphia Linkage Program, the Family

Program, and the West Office, instead of ActionAIDS. Clients shared with us that what they value most

about working with us is the relationship that they develop with their Medical Case Manager, Housing Spe-

cialist and volunteer Buddy and our ability to help them with the wide range of challenges they face. We

have always focused on helping the whole person and their family. Our work has never been only about HIV.

We listened to our volunteers and staff who talked about the full scope of the services we provide to cli-

ents. We heard how much time is spent on helping clients deal with the challenges of addiction, mental

health, domestic violence, incarceration, poverty, homelessness and other chronic health conditions in

addition to HIV/AIDS.

We listened to our funders, both government agencies and private foundations, and elected officials in

Washington, Harrisburg, and here in Philadelphia. We heard about their struggles to maintain level funding

for HIV programs and the even more difficult task of securing funding increases. Level funding with in-

creased caseloads is really a funding decrease. “Level” funding has been a reality for many years. On June 9,

2016, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the Committee Report for Labor, Health and Human

Services and Education, which includes funding recommendations for Ryan White Funds. Total funding for

Ryan White in FY2017 will be $29M less than FY2016. (The total proposed FY2017 RW budget is $2.29B.)

We believe that funding streams for HIV services will continue to change over the next several years.


At the end of the data gathering process it seemed that we had two choices:

• Make no change and risk decreased resources to support our work and probably become a much

smaller organization offering fewer services to fewer clients, or

• Expand our services and update our mission and name in an effort to better position ourselves for

the future.

The ActionAIDS board of directors considered all of the data, struggled with the pros and cons of each

option and made the decision to move forward with updating our name and mission and expanding our

target population.

In the second year of the strategic planning process, thanks to help from board member Glenn Hauler, we

accepted a generous offer from PulseCX to donate their rebranding services. We gave the locally-based

healthcare marketing agency all of the data that we had collected the year before. Over a period of 6

months PulseCX reviewed the data, met with staff, visited all of our sites, and then worked with staff and

board members to craft our new name, tag line, logo, mission statement and program descriptions. They

presented options for a new logo, brand narrative, mission and organization name to the ActionAIDS

board for review and approval.

This vigorous process resulted in our new name—Action Wellness.



Action Wellness more accurately represents the full scope of the services we offer, and this name

will make our services more accessible to the entire community, which we believe is an effective HIV

prevention strategy. Our goal for all of our clients will be to help them achieve and maintain wellness.

Additionally, our expanded target population and mission and our new name will allow us to pursue

a wider range of funding to support the vital work we are doing.

People living with chronic diseases, especially people living in poverty, do not have easy access to

care. Our staff and volunteers have the skills and expertise to improve their access. Expanding our

mission to help all people with chronic illness access care is simply the right thing for us to do.

In 2016 ActionAIDS marks 30 years of service to the community. Expanding our services to include

people living with chronic illnesses honors our legacy of being Friends for Life and provides an op-

portunity to have a greater impact on the public health of our region, while also securing our ability

to provide vital services to people living with AIDS.

We are Action Wellness, putting good health into motion.

Thank you for your continued

support.Kevin J. Burns, LCSW

Action Wellness, Executive Director



ActionAIDS Client Demographics 2015

Clients Served in 2015: Program Totals

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

Prevention & Education Workshops

Medical Case

Management

HIV Testing &

Counseling

Housing Services

Prison Linkage Program

340B Pharmacy

Buddy Program

Perinatal Program

Vocational Services

220

2,576

437 406 355 302150 112 110

Gender & Age

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

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10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

<15 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84

AGE IN YEARS

MaleFemale

61%37%

Transgender2%


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• Detectable (≥21)

• Undetectable (<20)

0 20 40 60 80 1000 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

At Enrollment

6 monthspost-enrollment

12 months post-enrollment

45%

78%

83%

74% of ActionAIDS clients live

below the Federal Poverty Level

Approximately 1 in 5 clients

are employed

8% of clients earn a living wage

($24,109 or more per year for an

individual in 2015)

At enrollment in Medical Case

Management, 45% of clients

had an undetectable viral load

After 12 months of engagement

in Medical Case Management,

83% of clients achieved an

undetectable viral load

Analysis of lab results from 1,562 Medical Case Management clients who had at least one viral load screening during 2015

ActionAIDS Client Demographics 2015


Where does the money come from?

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2015 Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted Total

REVENUE AND SUPPORT Government contracts $4,378,269 $ — $4,378,269Contributions 780,015 276,863 1,056,878Fundraising events 329,224 — 329,224Pharmacy program revenue 4,746,048 — 4,746,048Third party revenue 1,192,845 — 1,192,845Other 90,180 — 90,180

Net assets released from restrictions 270,222 (270,222) —

Total revenue and support 11,786,803 6,641 11,793,444

EXPENSES Program services

Case management program 7,527,503 — 7,527,503Housing program 1,517,817 — 1,517,817Employment program 59,610 — 59,610Total outreach and prevention 208,170 — 208,170Volunteer services 137,553 — 137,553Health center 14,913 — 14,913Special initiatives and advocacy 34,564 — 34,564

Support services Management and general 1,178,651 — 1,178,651Fundraising 454,883 — 454,883

Total expenses 11,133,664 — 11,133,664

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 653,139 6,641 659,780

NET ASSETS Beginning of year 1,392,950 131,127 1,524,077

End of year $2,046,089 $137,768 $2,183,857

Financials

• Government Contracts = 37%

• Pharmacy Program = 40%

• Third Party Revenue = 10%

• Fundraising Events = 3%

• Contribution = 9%

• Other = 1%

FY 2015 REVENUE

Where does the money come go?

FY 2015 EXPENSES

• Case Management = 68%

• Housing Program = 13% • Management = 11%

• Fundraising = 4%

• Outreach & Prevention = 2% • Volunteer Services = 1%

• Employment Program = 1%

• Special Initiatives & Advocacy = 0.3%


Donors

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING PARTNERS

AIDS Activities Coordinating Office

AIDS Fund

AIDS United

Access Matters

Barra Foundation

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Jewish Healthcare Federation

Office of Housing and Urban Development

Office of Housing and Community Development

MAC AIDS Fund

PhRMa

Pew Charitable Trusts

Philadelphia Corporation for the Aging

The Philadelphia Foundation

Philly AIDS Thrift

Wells Fargo Bank

Western Association of Ladies for the Relief and Employment of the Poor

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

$30,000

Judith Harwood

$5,000 - $10,000

Anonymous

John C. Butts

Mel Heifetz

Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation

Susan Moul

Barbara Rice and Tina Phipps

$2,500 - $4,999

Matthew Ama

Gene Bishop

Broughton Foundation

Diabolique Foundation

Matthew Geiger

Constance Hungerford

Karl Krumholz

Tim Geiger Memorial Fund

Robert Tootle

$1,000 - $2,499

AmeriHealth Caritas

Elizabeth Braun

Laura Efros

Peter Galloway

Rosemarie Greco and Anne Morrissey

William Hildreth

Independence Blue Cross

PerformRX

Kenneth and Robin Piree

Dolph Simons

Specialty RX Consultants LLC

Mesfin and Nina Tegenu

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

$500 - $999

Nancy Arthur

Ronald G. Collman

Rolan Dunbrack

Give With Liberty

Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League

Michael Fink

Kristina L. Hiehle

Thank You to our DonorsAction Wellness’ staff, volunteers, clients and board of directors gratefully acknowledge the generous support

received from individual, organization, corporate, government and foundation donors in Fiscal Year 2015. With

this support we can continue our important and impactful work. This list reflects contributions for the period of

July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.

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Linda Kilpatrick

Ken Kleinman

Matthew Miller

Susan Pauls

Gale Pearce

Philadelphia Area Combined Federal Campaign

Clifford Quibell and Seth Kaufiyah

Nathaniel Robinson, MD

Ellen Steiner

Jeannine Stuart

Kent Wagner and Rosanna D’Orazio

Marjorie Weinberg-Berman

$250 - $499

Jonathan Beatty

Henry Bernstein

William Best

William Biskup, Jr. MSN, CRNP

Martin Bodtmann

William D. Branan

Joellen Brown

Mr. and Mrs. James Buck

Monroe Buckner

Leah Chaplin

Helen Criswell

Gregg Crumley

Jim Dean and Joe Montella

Sylvia Dibona

Malea Diehl

Elisabeth Doolan

Malvin B. Eisenberg

David Fedor

Gap Foundation Gift Match Program

Deborah Groeber

Karl Holtzer

Jacqueline and Randall Jefferson

Justin Kaplan

Paul Kemble

Malcolm Lazin

Tomas Leal

Joseph Losak

John and Jill Loxterman

Thomas Mapp

Dino Martino

Margaret McLaughlin

Jay Meadway

Merck Foundation

Linda Montemayor

Luis Mora

Hortensia Morell

James Pelech

Donna Peterson-Hildebrand

Richard Roccato

Mary Rosenberger

Sarah Kathryn Rouan

Leonard Sapienza

Gene S. Schneyer

SGBL Bowling League

John Shapiro

Frank Sherman

Richard Trickey

Geoffrey Woolery

George Zolot

Donors

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INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

$500 - $999


DINING OUT FOR LIFE 2015 PARTNERS

AIDS Delaware

Camden Area Health Education Center

Family & Community Service of Delaware County

Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania

DINING OUT FOR LIFE 2015 SPONSORS

15 Minutes, Inc.

Apple Vacations

CBS3

The CW

iHeartRadio

Open Table

PECO

PGN

Philly Gay Calendar

RIU Hotels and Resorts

Subaru

Town Dish

DINING OUT FOR LIFE 2015 RESTAURANT DONORS

Adobe Cafe

Adobe Cafe Manayunk

Alma de Cuba

Amada

Amis

Audrey Claire

August

Bacio

Bank and Bourbon

Barbuzzo

Barclay Prime

Barra Rossa

Beau Monde

Bellini Grill

Bing Bing Dim Sum

Bistro Romano

Bistrot La Minette

Bourbon and Branch

Buddakan

Butcher and Singer

Caribou Cafe

Cedar Point Bar and Kitchen

Chef Johnny Bravo’s Surf n Turf

Cheu Noodle Bar

Continental Midtown

Continental Restaurant

Copabanana

The Cow and The Curd

Cupcake Carnivale

The Dandelion

Day by Day

DiNardo’s Famous Seafood

Distrito

Doc Magrogan’s Oyster House

El Poquito

El Rey

El Vez

The Farm and Fisherman

Farm Truck Philly

Fette Sau

Fond

Foo Truck

Fork

Frankford Hall

Franky Bradley’s

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Garces Trading Company

Gigi’s and Big R

Giorgio On Pine

Gold Standard Cafe

The Good Dog Bar

Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar North Wales

Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar Philadelphia

Hurricane Alley

Il Pittore

IndeBlue

The Industry Bar

Jack’s Firehouse

Jamonera

JG Domestic

Johnny Brenda’s

Jones

Kildare’s Irish Pub Manayunk

Knock

La Calaca Feliz

Le Virtu

Little Nonna’s

Loco Pez

Lolita

London Grill

Donors

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Lucha Cartel

Mac Mart

Mercato

Meritage

Metropolitan Cafe

Morimoto

My Thai

National Mechanics

New Harmony Vegetarian Restaurant

Nineteen

Nomad Roman

Noord

North 3rd Restaurant

The Olde Bar

Opa

Oyster House

Panorama

Parc

Pennsylvania 6

Perch Pub

Percy Street Barbecue

Petruce et al.

Pizzeria Beddia

Pizzeria Stella

Poco’s

Pod

Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti

The Prime Rib

Race Street Cafe

The Raven

Red Owl Tavern

Rembrandt’s

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College

Roberto’s Trattoria

Rosa Blanca

Rose Tattoo Cafe

Sampan

Schmear It

Seafood Unlimited

Shorty’s Sunflower Cafe

Silk City

Southwark

Spasso Italian Grill

Spring Mill Cafe

Square 1682

Square One Pub

Tabu

Talula’s Daily

Talula’s Garden

Taproom on 19th

The Tavern

Time

Tinto

Trax Restaurant and Cafe

Tria Cafe Rittenhouse

Tria Cafe Wash West

Tria Taproom

Twenty Manning

Valanni

Varalli

Varga Bar

Vedge

Venture Inn

Vernalicious Food Truck

Viggiano’s BYOB

Villa Di Roma

Village Whiskey

Vintage Wine Bar & Bistro

White Elephant Restaurant

Yards Brewing Company

Zahav

ZINC

Donors

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DINING OUT FOR LIFE

2015 RESTAURANT DONORS


IMMEDIATE SEATING DONORS

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Act II Playhouse

African American Museum in Philadelphia

AIDS Fun Philly

American Swedish Historical Museum

Anna Crusis Women’s Choir

Annenberg Center

Arden Theatre Company

Art Sanctuary

Astral

Brandywine River Museum

Bristol Riverside Theatre

Camden Children’s Garden

The Church of the Holy Trinity Rit-tenhouse Square

Clementon Park

The Colonial Theatre

ContempraDANCE Theatre Company

Curtis Institute of Music

The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

The Drama Group

Drexel University Athletics

Drexel University Performing Arts

Eastern State Penitentiary

EgoPo Classic Theater

1812 Productions

Enchantment Theatre Company

Fort Mifflin

Fright Factory

GayBINGO

Glencairn Museum

Helium Comedy Club

Historic Philadelphia

Independence Seaport Museum

InterAct Theatre Company

James A. Michener Art Museum

Kathanghah Dance Company

Kimmel Center

Koresh Dance Company

Lantern Theater Company

Longwood Gardens

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

National Liberty Museum

National Museum of American Jewish History

Nationalities Service Center

One Touch Ministries Inc.

Opera Philadelphia

Opus I Contemporary

Painted Bride Art Center

Palace Roller Skating Center

Penn Athletics

Penn Museum

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

People’s Light

PEP Bowl

Philadelphia Auto Show

Philadelphia Film Society

The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus

Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent

Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Soul

Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia Voices of Pride

Philadelphia Young Playwrights

Philadelphia Zoo

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

Philly POPS

Platt Student Performing Arts House

Please Touch Museum

Ride the Ducks Philadelphia

Rosenbach Museum and Library

Saint Joseph’s University Athletics

Saint Joseph’s University Theatre Company

Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

Stagecrafters Theater

Temple University Athletics

Temple University Theater

Temple University Radio

Theatre Horizon

Villanova Theatre

Wilma Theater

Woodmere Art Museum

World Café Live

Donors


IN HONOR

AJ Young and Han

All AIDS Survivors

Bert Adler

Betsy Braun

Charlene Arcila

Charlie Cooper

David Byron

David S. Bum, John Fury, Winfield Scott and Bernie

Dr. Richard Limoges

Eric Matzke and Robert Weinberg

Frank X. Wagner

Gary Ippolito

Jay Johnson

John Butts

John Loesch, Jr.

Karl Krumholz and Richard Limoges

Kevin Burns

Lea Ann Molineux and Leon Aussprung

Leah Chaplin and Eileen Gildea

Mais, Josh, Patricia and Shalese

Marathoners

Margie Rusek

Michael D’Urso

Michael Viola

Pam Derderian and Nancy Becker

Peter FreiBerg and Joe Tom Easley

Peter J. Burgos

Prasad Gold

Robert Weinberg and Eric Matzke

Ron

Sophie

Susan Houde

Those living with the virus

Tony Morelli and Ron Hoskins

Wayne and Kelly Hagenbuck

West Indian Student Establishment

IN MEMORY

Adele Feldman

Alan Scott

Barbara Hoskins Kummerer

Benjamin

Brian Kelly

Bruce Morrison

Charlie Mills

Cliff, Pat and Chuck

Dale Grundy

David A. Kelsey

David Emerson Mitchell

David Lovelesd

David S. Huston

Dr. Tom Coleman, Dr. Ives Thillet and Mr. Richard Lautz

Evan Yocom

Francis X. Wagner

George Zaimis

Gerald

Geraldine S. Jones

Gerson Burd

Gregory Kelly

Harry Soviak

James Smith

Jean Byrne

Jerry Tupy

John Gleason

John Hyslop

John M. Ambrosia

Jonathan Reese

Joseph and Isabel Becerra

JT Jack Timochenko

Kent Schleicher

Long passed friends

Marinus Plous Van Amstel

Martin Lloyd Polak

Matthew Scott Bandiera

Milburn Cantrell

Mitchell Barron

Mrs. Geraldine Jones

Nancy Leqve

Nick and Allen Talone

Paul Anderson

Paul Campanile

Peter Thiesen

Raul

Raymond Quinn

Richard Simmons

Robbie Turner

Robert Carlson

Robert McDevitt and Ted Jackowski

Rocky

Ronald Falino

Samuel S. Cohan

Stephen J. Fischer

Steven Interranti

Tim Fischer

Timothy Geiger

Timothy S. Canady

William Mayo Lee

William Rosenberger

Donors

Donations Made In Honor and In MemoryDonors thoughtfully made generous donations to honor and remember loved ones, listed here.


Anniversaries

We at Action Wellness are so grateful to our dedicated staff and volunteers, who prove their passion for our

mission by staying with us for many years. We salute their service and their loyalty, and share this list of those

celebrating anniversaries with the organization.

VOLUNTEERS

30 Years

Bob Schoenberg

25 Years

Jim Dougherty

Terry Labov

20 Years

Betsy Braun

Jill Minick

15 Years

Steven Gianfrancesco

Aaron Harris

Dennis Jacquette

Shelley Laws

Lindsay Ryan

10 Years

Monica Huff

Tomas Llanos

Liz Lutz

Calvin Mcleod

Fred Rosso

5 Years

Jose Alicea

Christopher Brucks

Michael Dorsey

Shaun Doyle

Paulette Phillips

Curtis Sanders

Whitney Strickland

STAFF

15 Years

Catherine Corson

10 Years

Louisa Alexander

Kathryn King

5 Years

Jessica Schmidt

Erica Reiter

MISSION STATEMENT

Action Wellness is a Philadelphia-based

organization committed to helping people

living with chronic diseases. Our services

include medical case management, health

screenings including HIV testing, treatment

as prevention, prevention education,

supportive housing and volunteer services.

Continuing our legacy of providing support

and myriad services for individuals living

with HIV/AIDS, our board of directors,

staff and volunteers work together to

sustain and enhance the quality of life

for the diverse community we serve.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff Alexander

Patricia Bass

Jonathan Beatty

Meg Butler

John C. Butts

Leah Chaplin

Daniel DiBuo

Laura Efros

Peter Eobbi

Jeanette Gillison

Glenn Hauler

David Kaufman

Ken Kleinman

Karl Krumholz

Rich Lampkins

Shelley Laws

Daisy Martinez

Kathleen McGrann

Daniel Parente

Frank Pittner

Joseph Quinn

Whitney Strickland

A C T I O N W E L L N E S S . O R G

LOCATIONS

Action Wellness Center City

1216 Arch Street, 6th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107

215-981-0088

Action Wellness Center City Annex

1026 Arch Street


267-940-5500

Action Wellness West

3901 Market Street Box 1934

(Entrance on Filbert Street)


215-243-2800

Action Wellness North/

Casa Nueva Vida

2641 N. 6th Street


215-291-9700

Action Wellness Chester

2302 Edgmont Avenue

Chester, PA 19013

215-428-3510

@ActionWellPHL

@ActionWellnessPHL

Action Wellness PHL

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