2005 ANNUAL REPORT

PPL
Project for Pride in Living
 2005 PPL ANNUAL REPORT

“I wanted to change my life. I am working my way up

and I am not done yet.”
– Allen, award recipient at PPL’s Tenth Annual Recognition Awards dinner, held April 2005. XX program participants were
honored for acheiving goals that signified that they are “Headed in the Right Direction.” Also honored: two volunteers and an
organizational partner.

Affordable Housing & Community Development

PPL owns or manages nearly 700 units of affordable rental housing, with on-site
human services, and creates affordable housing for ownership through both new
construction and renovation of existing homes.
Served 2,965 people

Employment & Job Training

PPL operates paid training programs through businesses and classroom instruction
for adults dealing with multiple barriers to successful employment.

Served 553 people

Human Services
Families, adults and children are assisted on a flexible, individualized basis in
setting goals, finding resources and building skills necessary to be self-sufficient.

Served 4,165 people

“PPL: You set the gold standard in our community and we

salute the innovative work that you do and continue to do
– Ellen Goldberg Luger, accepting the Organizational Partner Award for General Mills Community Action, Luger is Executive
Director and Vice President of the General Mills Foundation, and Director of Community Action

CONTENTS
1 Highlights 2 From the Executive Director 3 XXXX 4 IN FOCUS 5 Housing & Development
6 Employment & Job Training 7 Human Services 9 Financial Overview 10 Board of Directors & Staff,
About PPL, Our Mission Insert: 2004 PPL Donors
 F R O M T H E E X E C U T I V E D I R E C TO R

Whew! 2005 was a busy year at PPL. Highlights included:

• Closing out a successful capital campaign

• Settling in at our Service Center
• Starting construction of the Emma B. Howe Learning Center
• Adding new employment partners for our job training programs
• Securing financing for a record number of new affordable housing units
PPL was honored with
• Offering innovative new programming options for the families and youth
the 2005 Nonprofit
we connect with.
Excellence Award, by
MAP for Nonprofits
All these activities, along with everything else discussed in the 2005 Annual
in coordination with
Report, are made possible by the generous contributions of time and funding by
hundreds of supporters. Minnesota Council
of Nonprofits and
As I talk to our supporters, a consistent message is that their “payoff’ for sponsored by Marquette
involvement is tangible evidence of lives changing for the better. You will see Financial Companies.
evidence of such change throughout the document. PPL’s staff is also extremely
The annual award is
committed to achieving the mission of promoting greater self -sufficiency and I
made to a Minnesota
thank them for their work.
non-profit organization
Looking to the future PPL remains dedicated to the proposition that we are on the basis of their
responsible to all our stakeholders. To ensure we are doing the most important principles, governance,
things in the best possible way the organization is engaged in a strategic planning, transparency
planning process to guide us into the next decade. Stay tuned for exciting times
and accountability,
ahead!
fundraising, financial
Reflecting back on the year I would be remiss if I didn’t highlight the generous management,
bequest made by long-time Board Member John Hartwell early in 2005. John’s human resources,
generosity, compassion and focus on young people shaped PPL in important and civic engagement
lasting ways.
and public policy,
strategic alliances and
The pace hasn’t abated, but this is a moment to step back and say thank you to
all who make the work described in this year’s Annual Report possible. evaluation.

Steve Cramer,
PPL Executive Director

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WO RK I N G TOWA R D
H OU S I N G STA BIL IT Y, FA MI LY STAB ILIT Y, E CO NO M IC STABI LI T Y
Continuing to bring affordable housing online
Breaking ground
• PPL moved ahead on
building 14 new homes
on a single block in
Jordan neighborhood in
north Minneapolis.Once
the location of Lowell
Elementary School, the site
is a two-acre parcel that
has been standing vacant for
more than 10 years. The block
has been newly named Lowell
Curve and project completion
is expected by year-end 2006.

Opening Doors
• New Foundations, PPL
and residents of Crestview
Community co-hosted a
grand opening celebration to Pictured:
mark the Community’s supportive housing expansion from 31 to 44 units. The second phase
of a neighborhood
Broadening opportunties revitalization effort in
• Seven homes built in the City of Bloomington were priced to be affordable to Jordan neighborhood,
buyers making 60 percent of the metropolitan Area Median Income. They sold that calls fro 1building
very quickly, with PPL receiving 53 purchase agreements in 30 days. 14 new homes. In 2003,
PPL and Twin Cities
• Housing project in New Hope developed long-vacant land to hold a 35-unit Habitat for Humanity
apartment building, and Linden Park Condominiums — 44 for-sale units
built 17 new homes on
affordable to a range of incomes.
scattered sites in the area.

Projects begun in 2005, to be completed in 2006

• Elliot Park Commons (Mpls)
• Double Flats (Mpls)
• Emma B. Howe Learning Center (Mpls)
• Louisiana Court stabilization (St. Louis Park)
• Midtown Exchange Condos at the Greenway (Mpls)
• Linden Place Condos (New Hope)
• Camden Apartments (Mpls)
• Redeemer Lutheran (Mpls)
25 units: affordable rental preserved
11 units: affordable rental preserved
Space for PPL’s job training programs
128 units: affordable rental and supportive housing
57units: affordable and market rate ownership
41 units: affordable ownership
23 units: supportive housing
4 units: affordable ownership

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WO RK I N G TOWA R D
H OU S I N G STA BIL IT Y, FA MI LY STAB ILIT Y, E CO NO M IC STABI LI T Y
Further capital
improvements
create more training
opportunities
In 2005, as part of PPL’s Capital Campaign,
rehab was begun on the PPL-owned building
at the corner of Chicago and Franklin
avenues to create new job-readiness
training classrooms and a computer and
resource lab, open to the public looking into
education and employment opportunities.
PPL dedicates the employment and
education resource facility to namesake
of foundation, in appreciation of $1
Million Grant
PPL was award $1 million by the Emma B.
Howe Memorial Foundation, a supporting
organization of The Minneapolis Foundation.
It was among the foundation’s largest single
grants to mark 20 years of charitable giving
in the name of an unassuming community
visionary.
Funds are being used to renovate the Chicago
and Franklin avenue building, which PPl has
used over the years to help stabilize the area.
It has housed the PPL General Store, the
housing offices and a number of retail stores.
The Emma B. Howe Learning Center
will house a computer and resource lab
with classes and training in technology in
order to help area residents increase their
employability. It will also provide space for
PPL’s successful work-readiness classroom
training programs. Assets will include 20
classroom computers, four community
access computers, a Star Tribune job kiosk,
other relevant hardware and software, and
assistance from AmeriCorps members and
other volunteers.
Location, location, location.
The Emma B. Howe Learning Center is in a high foot-
traffic neighborhood, just two blocks from PPL Service
Center.
Six months before renovation began on the Emma B. Howe
Learning Center, PPL opened a public access computer
lab, with plans to add more programming and training
once the building improvements were completed. Interest
was immediate and has grown steadily from 70 to 130
individuals visiting the lab every month.
PPL AmeriCorps Members and volunteers serve as Job
Search Coaches at the lab, and they teach basic computer
skills, both one-on-one and through group workshops. The
AmeriCorps Members come to PPL through the Community
Technology Empowerment Project (CTEP), a special project
aimed at raising technology literacy and access throughout
the metro area to help bridge the Digital Divide, which is
sorely present in the Phillips neighborhood, the largest and
poorest geographic community in Minnesota.
The CTEP grant raises to 14 the number of AmeriCorps
and VISTA Members contributing to PPL; in exchange for a
yearlong commitment of service, these volunteers receive
hands-on experience, a modest stipend, and an education
grant.
A grand opening for the Learning Center is scheduled for
October 2006, when renovation will be complete.
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HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT

Building strong partner-

ships lays the groundwork for
successful supportvie housing
People for whom homelessness is
the biggest threat live with constant
challenges like mental illness.
Successful housing plans for them offer
affordability and onsite services and
the need for such supportive housing
continues to be high throughout the
metro area. To creatively address the
issue, PPL has focused on making and
strengthening existing partnerships with
support service providers.

In 2005, PPL opened several units in conjunction New Foundations, and Vail, as well as PPL’s own Human Services
Division, in St. Paul, Minneapolis and St. Louis Park. Among other partnering agencies are Pillsbury, Guild
Incorporated, and Cabrini Partnership.

In 2005
PPL ’s Housing and
Development
Division(H&D) develops,
 PPL managed housing for 738 individuals and families
in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and New Hope.
sells and manages quality affordable
 84 units of affordable housing were constructed,
housing serving low-income families
renovated and/or preserved, 46 are for rent to people
and individuals through both new
earning 30-50% of the area median income, 29 are
construction and the renovation
for adults and families in need of supportive housing
of existing structures. PPL’s rental
services, and nine are newly constructed homes in
housing is service-enriched, with
Bloomington and Minneapolis, which were sold at
family support available through PPL’s
affordable prices to families earning 50-80% of the
Human Services Division or a partner
area median.
organization.
 PPL’s Emergency Repair Program helped 133 people
in 32 households make repairs in their homes.

2006
GOALS  Bring 139 units of affordable housing to the Twin Cities market through new construction,
FOR HELPING stabilization and rehab (83 homeownership and 56 rental).
PEOPLE  Maintain770 units of affordable rental housing (PPL-owned or managed).
REACH
 Assist 60 households through Emergency Repair Program.
HOUSING
STABILITY

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 E M P L OY M E N T & J O B T R A I N I N G

Working as a broker for employers and

colleges allows us to ready more people
for jobs in growing fields

PPL has begun routinely gathering information

from 18 health care employers to learn of
benefits-eligible job openings, and from a number

Photo: Keri Pickett

of colleges to track health care training available
in the area. The goal of sharing this information
with all parties is to see health care employers
identify shared needs, and colleges use the infor-
mation to tailor classes to fill job shortages.

This collaborative effort is funded, in part, by the

City of Minneapolis.

In 2005
’S paid, job-training
PPL programs succeed in
preparing individuals
for positions that pay a good
starting wage, typically offer
medical benefits and provide
opportunities for career laddering.
PPL’s Career Training Connection
program (CTC) offers classroom
instruction for individuals ready
for employment and advancement
opportunities. Two businesses
— PPL SHOP and PPL Industries —
provide workers on-the-job training.
 46 adults gradated Train to Work (TTW), a CTC program that
provides entry level job training and helps graduates with
placement in the health care fields.
 55 graduates of the eight-year-old TTW program were placed
in employment with an average starting wage of $11.50,
most positions included benefits.
 20 incumbent workers were served through Health Career
Partnerships, a CTC program that connects incumbent
workers in the health field to classes at Minneapolis
Community and Technical College.
 At PPL Industries and the PPL SHOP, 210 adults received
paid training in light assembly and warehouse work, and were
given the opportunity to take part in career development and
job readiness training.

2006
GOALS  Train 550 people in job seeking and keeping skills, 339 through Carreer Training
FOR Connections and 211 as paid-trainees at PPL Industries and PPL SHOP.
HELPING  Place 362 individuals in jobs with 235 using PPL’s Human Services to achieve their goals.
PEOPLE
REACH  Assist 242 individuals in going off public assistance with 115 using PPL’s Human Services
ECONOMIC to achieve their goals.
STABILITY
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H U M A N S E R V I C E S : A D U LT & YO U T H

Participants serve on advisory committee to give

feedback on PPL programs and learn community
leadership skills.

PPL’s Participant Advisory Committee consists of seven to ten

people who meet monthly to give feedback on current programs,
respond to new ideas, and receive leadership training. Members
serve up to three years and some have gone on to join the PPL
Board. Exploring the legislative process is part of the leadership
training; in 2005, the committee met with PPL’s public policy
team and discussed the agency’s 2005 legislative priorities
and other issues important to them. Many wrote letters to their
Photo: Keri Pickett

legislators before leaving the meetings.

PPL ‘s Human Services

Division supports
families, adults and
In 2005
children — on a direct, flexible,
individual basis — in setting goals,
finding resources and building the
skills they need to be self-sufficient.
Services include career and
education counseling, employment-
readiness classes, housing
stabilization, parenting information,
budget planning, youth programs
and referrals to other community
agencies.
 Nearly half the 3,249 adults and children who received
services through PPL Self-Sufficiency Program (SSP) lived
in PPL buildings; 1000 walked in the PPL Service Center
seeking assistance and received direct services. Others were
referred through a PPL program such as Connections to Work
(CTW), Career Training Connections or PPL Industries.
 Connections to Work, PPL welfare-to-work program, served
356 people. Of the group, 185 obtained paid employment
and 31 increased their earnings enough to go off public
assistance.
 550 program openings were made available, and filled,
through Kids Clubs, PPL Scholars, College Houses and
the Community Partners Program housed at Partnership
Academy, the PPL-sponsored charter school.

2006  The Self-Sufficiency Program will help 2,800 with housing stabilization, increased
GOALS economic self-sufficiency, and finding helpful community services.
FOR  Connections to Work will counsel and train 350 adults going from welfare to work.
HELPING
 Youth programs will provide 650 children, up to the age of 18, opportunities that focus
PEOPLE
on academic progress and social skills
REACH
FAMILY  1,300 will be walk-in clients assisted with housing and employment needs — 750 as
STABILITY visitors to the new Learning Center.

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 Parents and kids give PPL good grades for
academic enrichment programming

It isn’t just the kids that like to take part in PPL’s

academic enrichment programs. In 2005, about
90 percent of the parents got involved. Increasing
the number of caring adults in children’s lives and
supporting their academic achievement are crucial
elements in PPL’s youth programming. Along with
offering several mentor programs, PPL creates a variety
of opportunities for parents to plug-in. In an end of
year survey, parents said they could see their children
Photo: Keri Pickett

developing more self-confidence, getting homework

done and improving their social skills. Many were
Photo: Keri Pickett

especially pleased because the mentors working with

their children let them know what their kids were doing
right, not just when they were having trouble

Volunteers

PPL welcomes and relies upon the knowledge and For decades, PPL’s capacity to serve
experience of neighborhood residents, other community our participants has been expanded
organizations and community members at large. Every through VISTA and AmeriCorps
year, volunteers provide crucial services, skills and
expertise to PPL’s programs including tutor/mentoring,
painting, landscaping, planting and clean-up, serving as AmeriCorps Members at PPL develop after
AmeriCorps Members and VISTA Volunteers and sitting school programming, teach adults about
on our Board of Directors. computers and software, connect residents
to the larger community, and perform other
important services.
Volunteers in 2005
 923 volunteers contributed 38,878 hours valued • With all of 2005 positions renewed, the
at $682,309 (calculated by the Independent agency has 14 to fill. in 2006
Sector's hourly rate of $17.19 per hour).

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AUDITED AUDITED
ASSETS 2005 2004
Cash & Cash Equivalents $ 8,566,906 6,568,830
Marketable Securities 445,435 232,680
Receivables 1,792,487 1,346,129
Inventory 130,725 110,100
Prepaid Expenses 200,480 191,066
Property under development 3,000,284 1,675,280
Total Current Assets 14,136,317 10,124,085

Photos: Keri Pickett

Property & Equipment 18,582,416 15,029,386
Less Accumulated Depreciation (3,501,107) (2,847,021)
Net Property & Equipment 15,081,309 12,182,365
Capital Campaign (CC)
Cash Restricted - CC 2,914,553 1,245,281
Pledges Receivable - CC 1,868,540 3,421,614
Marketable Securities - CC 453,885 450,975
Investment in Mercado Central 250,000 250,000
Total Assets 34,704,604 27,674,320

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Current Portion of Notes $ 1,807,340 187,992
Mortgs. Payable 79,140 73,337
Accounts Payable 261,267 88,060
Accrued Expenses 1,085,029 1,041,673
Escrows & Deposits 912,848 943,517
Deferred Revenues 400,000 100,000
Total Current Liabilities 4,545,624 2,434,579
2005 OPERATIONAL
Notes Payable, Less Current Portion 1,304,167 I,198,620
Mortgs. Payable, Less Current Portion 10,569,796 8,104,693
REVENUES & EXPENSES
Total Liabilities 16,419,587 11,737,89
TOTAL REVENUES
Net Assets:
Unrestricted 12,696,935 11,152,346
$14. 256 million
Temp. Restricted - Organization 5,498,214 4,694,214 $ 8,760,369 Earned Income
Permanently Restricted 89,868 89,868
Total Net Assets 18,285,017 15,936,425 $ 5,289,641 Grants

Total Liabilities & Net Assets 34,704,604 27,674,320 $ 203,381 Interest

$ 2,910 Gain on securites

2004 Financial Overview

TOTAL EXPENSES
PPL successfully completed a three-year Capital Campaign,
designed to consolidate and improve facilities and
$ 13.137 million
financially secure the organization's future in order to better
serve those most in need in our community. Commitments $ 7,009,636 Affordable Housing & Development
totaled $12.1 million, easily exceeding the campaign's $ 3,270,385 Employment & Job Training
initial goal.
$ 1,373,174 Human Services

$ 1,515,956 Administration & Fundraising

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BOARD OF STAFF
DIRECTORS 2005-2006
2005-2006
Omar Abdi Jim Fournier Holly Magdanz Michele Rothstein **
Pat Aylward (Chair) Debra Paterson
Guled Abdisalam ** Lindsey Freer ** Jose Martinez Kelly Rowe
Ladan Bashir Yusuf Ron Poole
Mabruka Abdisamad Mark Geist* Jose Martinez Susan Runholt
Linda Bryant Toby Rapson
Tonicia Abdur-Salaam Adrienne Hannert ** Tanya McCaleb Terry Sanftner
David Byfield Hazel Reinhardt
Jenny Adams Reggie Harmason Barbara McCormick Roberta Schultz
Steve Caskey Jonathan Seltzer
George Adamson Amanda Herbst Ann Marie McIntire Michelle Seets
Mike Ducar Chris Shaheen
Zeinab Alol Judith Herrera Neeraj Mehta * Kris Shannon
Thomas Ellis* Glen Skovholt
Leslie Angel Steven Hose Ryan Meyer Mark Sinclair*
Jonathan B. Farber Rich Voreis
Susan Baldwin Sheila Hughes Erica Miller ** Matt Soucek
J. Forrest Jeff Zlonis
Sabina Beg Tracee Hummel-Lindsoe Melanie Mills Jovita Stewart
Evelyn Franklin
Lea Beg ** Fanta Hutchinson Amina Mohamed Emily Stinnett
John Grieman
Lesley Benton ** Caryn Jacowski Christina Monson Lora Stone
Catherine Gunsbury
Leah Berglund Sue Jaqua Patrick Morley Steve Studt
John F. Hetterick
Rick Blackmon Doug Jewett Olletha Muhammad Kristina Svensson
Christine Hobrough
Cindy Bloom Molly John Kathy Munson Nathan Tourville **
Jim Howard
Catherine Borer * Katherine Johnson ** Sheryl Nelson Susan Varness-Gunder
Daws Jackson
Liz Bovee Jeri Kish Quang Ngo Rachel Wall **
Carl Kent
Bill Breazile Katherine Klatt ** My Ngoc Nguyen Raho Warsame
Jay Kiedrowski
Julie Brekke James Klund Cathryn Nissen* Mary Anne Welch
David Kloster
Allison Burns ** Sarah Koschinska Mary Novak Genevieve Williams-
Kathleen Larkin Murph
Matthew Busby Dan Kramer Ken Ochocki
Marie Manthey Arletha Wilson
Zee Collaso Seppala Kristin ** Eric Oines
Richard Martens Chris Wilson
Steve Cramer Wayne Kuffel Tabitha Olson
Kim Matheson Christine Zaccardi
Valery Cuff* Mason Lambert Dave Pederson
Neeraj Mehta
Pam Daly Sarah Larson Vikki Pedroso
Rachel Nsubuga * Has retired or gone on
Chris Dettling Karen Law* Sonia Perez
Sampong to new employment.
Margaret Dondelinger Steven Lommen Paula Peterson*
David Orbuch ** AmeriCorps or VISTA
Eric Enone* Adrienne Lund* Tina Platt-Wombacher
Beth Parkhill Member
Laura Ford Libby Macaruso Arlene Raymond
Paul Parrish
Ron Madsen

MISSION
ABOUT PPL
PPL was founded in 1972, with a belief that rehabbing
houses to create a safe place to call home would help
low-income families become self-sufficient. Over the
PPL assists lower-income individuals and families to
work toward self-sufficiency by providing housing,
jobs, and training.
years, we’ve learned that stable housing is just one of
the things people need to have while they’re working to
become self-sufficient.

Today, PPL recognizes and responds to the multiple challenges faced by our community as low-income people
strive for self-sufficiency. During the past 33 years, PPL has grown to be one of the most trusted affordable-
housing, employment, job-training and human-service organizations in the Twin Cities. Our entrepreneurial
approach gets things done, frugally and efficiently. Careful growth has enabled PPL to become a strong,
stable organization with the capacity to address current concerns and trends in our communities. PPL creates
opportunities for low-income families through integrated programs. PPL’s programs directly served 7,000 men,
women and children in 2004 and our affordable rental-housing portfolio increased to nearly 700 units.

Every day at PPL, people’s lives are changed for the better; they are empowered and encouraged to hope for a
brighter, stable future.

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