Los Angeles Homeless Services Coalition Inc.

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Causes: Civil Rights, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Human Services

Mission: The San Francisco Homeless Services Coalition (the legal name of which is Los Angeles Homeless Services Coalition Inc. dba San Francisco Homeless Services Coalition) is a 501(c)(3) (nonprofit organization that has launched a ground-breaking Bay Area-wide canvassing campaign to help eradicate homelessness by raising support for nonprofit homeless charities and building awareness in the community about the crisis of homelessness in the Bay Area. SFHSC has three distinct goals: Educating the community about the problem of homelessness in the Bay Area and what we can do to change it. Our second goal is to evenly distribute resources of in-kind donations within the city shelters and service providers that have identified the need for such items. And third, to give funds to shelters and service providers in the Bay Area.

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Community Stories

9 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

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Fickustree Client Served

Rating: 5

11/09/2009

SFHSC provides an extremely unique service to the homeless services community. They deliver food and clothing!! We have received tons of donated goods through SFHSC. Thanks.

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Paul4RealH Former staff

Rating: 5

10/26/2009

The last review was false and completely misleading. If you actually read the SF Chronicle article you'd see that the charity is in no way under investigation by the IRS. They simply closed their SF office. If you were at a meeting with HSC principals, from what I heard about that meeting, then your bias and lack of understanding about what HSC does is what contributed to their decision to close their SF Office. Shame on you. They did amazingly valuable work and their wall of thank you letters from all the shelters that received good and funds from them can prove it. Till this day they still get requests from homeless service providers asking for food and clothing to be picked up, or college students writing papers trying to get resources and all have expressed sincere disappointment that SFHSC has closed their SF office. Shame on you for your treatment of them.

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truck51 General Member of the Public

Rating: 1

07/21/2009

According to the SF Chronicle, date July 21, 2009, this organization closed its San Francisco office, and the Los Angeles office is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service.

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lb_green@sbcglobal.net General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

03/13/2009

Thank you for taking the time to work on this important and often ignored issue. I found your canvassers to be very well-trained and professional. I look forward to getting more involved now.

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karinlemmet@hotmail.com Volunteer

Rating: 5

03/06/2009

Good work, good people. They were very helpful in educating me and my son about the homeless crisis. They also hooked me up with volunteer opportunities. Important work, much appreciated!

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General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

03/02/2009

Just met their staff, great experience. They spoke to me about volunteering. They explained to me the difference between their two campaigns, one in San Francisco and one in L.A. which may be why the previous reviewer is confused. Their 990 for S.F. is a different campaign, its much heavier focused on public education hence why only a small portion was donated to shelters. In S.F. they never claim to be fundraising for shelters so why is the previous reviewer attacking them? To see their fundraising reports for L.A. visit their website, www.lahsc.org

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onceburnt Donor

Rating: 1

02/24/2009

I got solicited for this organization and gave them some $$. I think I got suckered. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Coalition's 990 for 2007 shows less than 20% of the monies they collect going to the homeless. It appears they got in a situation in San Francisco with the the authorities. All the info they show about their finances on their web site is actually the financial info for another organization called Los Angeles Youth Network. The FEIN Number they print on the bottom of their receipt for a donation is that of the Los Angeles Youth Network. I finall y found the 2007 990 (Tax Return) for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Coation and it did not look good. http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/205/205562638/205562638_200712_990.pdf Here's an article on their San Francisco operation http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4830&catid;=&volume_id=317&issue_id=322&volume_num=42&issue_num=04 I won't be donating to them again

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pike25 General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

01/17/2009

My experience with the SFHSC has been extremely positive. I found their staff to be very knowledgeable, friendly, professional and the work they do is important. Too many people in SF are completely ignorant to the causes and roots of the homeless crisis and at least people are out there trying to make a difference. And if they ask for money so they can provide that service I'm all for it. Keep up the good work!I don't know what the problem of the previous review is considering his other reviews of other nonprofits are all negative.

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sfbrendan General Member of the Public

Rating: 1

12/26/2008

My only experience with this organization is that for months they swarmed my neighborhood, harassing passersby for donations. They were there for 3-4 days a week for a couple months and I grew very weary of seeing them. So did homeless people on that intersection, for I actually saw their volunteers in a heated argument with one of them, how ironic!

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