Beyond Shelter
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Beyond Shelter has helped me so much. Just three years ago, I walked into their office with no place to go. The moment I stepped into that office, my life changed forever. Now I have my own place, a good job, and now I can take care of my own family more
Key Facts
Target demographics:
Beyond Shelter serves very low-income and homeless families with children in Los Angeles County. The agency's Institute for Research, Training and Technical Assistance is the division of the organization that conducts research, publishes manuals and policy papers, and provides training to other organizations and cities throughout the United States in innovative methodologies, including "Housing First," which is now also referred to as "Rapid Re-Housing."
Results to date:
Since the inception of the Housing First Program in 1988, more than 5,000 families have been assisted to move out of shelters and into permanent, safe and affordable rental housing in residential neighborhoods.
Direct beneficiaries per year:
4,000
Obstacles:
Beyond Shelter continues to encounter many families who are losing jobs and housing during the recession. Beyond Shelter is working hard to develop new employment programs and alternatives for parents, but many families are enduring longer and longer shelter stays as a result of limited affordable housing subsidies, and the high rate of unemployment in Los Angeles County.
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could:
From November through December, volunteers are welcome to assist in organizing and preparing toys, clothing and other holiday gifts for families. In South Los Angeles, Beyond Shelter's two Neighborhood Resource Centers have many different volunteer tasks and needs that could accommodate short-term projects.
2 hours of volunteer time could:
tell five friends, co-workers or families about Beyond Shelter and come up with a simple, quick plan to help.
What your donation will allow us to do:
work to improve the lives of more than 4,000 homeless or at-risk parents and children a year in Los Angeles, and to continue to work for systemic change to combat poverty and homelessness among families with children.
A donation of $100 enables us to:
Provide one night of emergency, crisis lodging for a family and work to find a longer-term, stable solution for them.
A donation of $500 enables us to:
Provide the "Housing First" Program to a family for one month (the program is not a shelter - this would represent one month of work to find permanent housing, employment, and to stabilize and begin to rebuild their lives).
A donation of $1000 enables us to:
For every family that is assisted by the "Housing First" Program, Beyond Shelter must raise $1,000 from the community. A donation of $1,000 would sponsor one homeless family through the entire program successfully.
Geographic areas served:
Los Angeles County, and national for consulting and advocacy
Board Members and Affiliation:
PRESIDENT
Tanya Tull, ScD
President/CEO
Beyond Shelter
CHAIR of the BOARD
Laura Diamond
Public Interest Attorney
SECRETARY
William Willen, Esq.
Managing Counsel, American Honda
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
JoAnne Yokota
President
Yokota & Associates, Inc.
Board Members:
Susan S. Bernardo
Community Member
Kenneth Heitz, Esq.
Attorney-At-Law
Irell & Manella LLP
Karen Locke
Community Volunteer
Spencer S. Miller
Director of Wealth Management
NMS Capital
Alison Myers
Community Volunteer
Felton Newell
Deputy City Attorney
Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
Sylvia Ruiz
President
Tierra Concepts
Jim White
Vice President, Human Relations
Paramount Pictures
Jill Black Zalben
Black Equities Group, Ltd.
Director of the Joyce & Stanley Black
Family Foundation
Past and Current Funders:
The Adamma Foundation
The Ahmanson Foundation
The Angell Foundation
The Annenberg Foundation
Bank of America
Beverly Hills Rotary Community Foundation
Tanya & Jack Black
Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation
Boeing Employees Community Fund
Selina & Brian Boxer-Wachler
The Burchill Charitable Fund
The California Community Foundation
The John W. Carson Foundation
Morgan Chu
Jerry Cohen
The Coleman Foundation
Cooper Family Foundation
Francine & Roger Diamond
Laura Diamond & Chris Heisen
Alexandrea Douglas
Eris & Larry Field Family Foundation
Cantor & Mrs. Chayim Frenkel
Friars Charitable Foundation
The David Geffen Foundation
Haworth for Environetics
Kenneth Heitz
Michael Huffington
Irell & Manella Outreach Committee
Warren Jason
The Jewish Community Foundation
JP Morgan Chase
The Karsten Family Foundation
Kehillat Israel Congregation
Lauren B. Leichtman &
Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation
Mortimer Levitt Foundation
Karen & Peter Locke
The Los Angeles Times Holiday Fund
The Maurice Marciano Family Foundation
Pauline & Pete Mauro
Margaret McKenzie (Beyond Shelter’s Co-Founder)
Angela Milstein
Morrison Foerster Foundation
The Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation
Deborah Mozer
NBC Universal
Susan Bay Nimoy
Northrop Grumman
The Orange County Community Foundation
- donor advised fund
Paramount Pictures
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
John Powell & Melinda Lerner
The Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation
Ross Dress for Less
Thomas Safran
Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation
The Sawchuk Family Foundation
The Seaver Institute
Jill & Alvin Segel
The Sempra Energy Foundation
Sidney Stern Memorial Fund
Lynne & Eric Siegel
Alan Sieroty
Dr. & Mrs. David Sievers
Silverstone Insurance
Steven & Oreet Smith
– In Honor of Their Grandparents
Blake Snyder
Samuel & Helene Soref Foundation
Jonathan Steinberg
The Buddy Taub Foundation
The S. Mark Taper Foundation
TJX Foundation
Deborah & David Trainer
The United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Jim Shaw & Marni Weber
The Wells Fargo Foundation
Chic Wolk
The Carl E. Wynn Foundation
Year founded:
1988
Programs
The "Housing First" Program for homeless families
Service-Enriched Housing for families and seniors
Neighborhood Revitalization Project in South Los Angeles
The Institute for Research, Training and Technical Assistance (offering consulting, training and resources nationwide)
Key Staff
Tanya Tull, ScD, President/CEO
Christine, Mirasy-Glasco, Executive Director/COO
Ryan Macy-Hurley, Director, Institute for Research, Training & Technical Assistance
Melissa Paul, Director of Operations
Amy Sterling Casil, Vice President for Development
Maxine Moshay, Director of Community Relations and Private Donors
Nizar Karimi, Director of Finance
Carla Murphy, Program Manager, Government Contracts
Roshe Malakuti, Director of the Housing First Program
Barbara Hill, Director of Neighborhood Services & Service-Enriched Housing
Audrey Holmes, Vice President, Employment & Training Programs