Love INC 2023 Annual Report

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2023 aNNUAL rEPORT

Luke 6:48 says “That house could not shake, because it was well built,” referencing the life built on Christ.

We want Love INC to be well built as an organization. That’s part of this report’s message. More importantly, we want to share Christ’s hope with people who are in the midst of life’s storms and show them how to build their lives well.

For Love INC, 2023 was a good year. We had a great team all pulling in the same direction. You’ll see the fruit of that in this report. We highlight new efforts like After-School, Love INC Hill City and the Hopwood Hope House remodel (pictured). You’ll also see existing ministries getting stronger like the Connection Center and Life INC. Through it all God has used his people to impact hundreds of lives in hundreds of ways.

I am so grateful for the staff, volunteers, donors, church partners, and others building Love INC to bring hope to people in a world of uncertainty.

John Ligtenberg, Executive Director

Work Teams

3,922 Total Hours from over 150 different groups!

888 hours from groups outside SD

Hometown

Dr. Bill Meirose

The Hometown branches in Sturgis and Hill City-Keystone are expanding our mission throughout the Black Hills. During 2023, the Hometown Initiative had preliminary conversations with the community of Spearfish and the possibility of starting a branch office in that community. The response was favorable, and we are planning to start the community meetings this year. Much work was done in developing processes and systems to ensure consistent delivery of services at all locations. Additionally, the Hometown Committee is working on how the main Rapid City office can best support the Branches. Looking forward to a very successful 2024!

Map of National Love INC affiliate locations across the US.

2023 Staff

John Ligtenberg

Executive Director

Sheryl Hatch

Director of

Support Services

Shawn Hayford

Operations Manager

Scott Martin

Life INC Director

Jacob Holle

Connection Center Director

Dr. Bill Meirose

Hometown Director

Destri Diehl

Rise Director

Chandler Christians

Stuff Management Coordinator

Shelbie Unrein

Admin/Volunteer Coordinator

JJ Dusing

Life INC Coordinator/Media

2023 BOard

Pete Jensen

PRESIDENT

Realtor, Kahler Team

Keller Williams Real Estate

Mary Hensley

HOPE & LOVE BANQUET TEAM

DONOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Hollie Strand

VICE PRESIDENT

Computer Forensic Examiner,

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Pennington County Sheriff’s Office

Frances Becker

SECRETARY

Attorney/Trust Officer, South Dakota Trust Company

Kim Reed

TREASURER

VP & CPO, Ralcorp, Retired

Deb Holland

STURGIS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Director of Communications, City of Sturgis

Michael Keegan

DONOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Development Officer, SD Mines Foundation

Donna Larson

DONOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Natalie Cutler

LOVE INC HILL CITY INTERIM COORDINATOR

HOMETOWN COMMITTEE

Craig Moore

Lead Pastor,

First Assembly of God Church

Statement of functional expenses

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Income Statement

Expense Statement

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2023 Income
	General	Sturgis	Hill City	Total	%
Business	$113,788	$4,100	$6,290	$124,178	12%
Organizations & Grants	$64,211	$7,850		$72,061	7%
Church	$76,058	$6,440	$4,383	$86,881	8%
Individual	$474,023	$37,687	$20,393	$531,947	50%
Sales	$194,730			$194,730	18%
Ticket Sales	$46,925	$5,352		$52,277	5%
Total	$969,734	$61,429	$31,066	$1,062,229

2023 TOTAL EXPENSES	General	Sturgis	Hill City	Total	%
Administration	$104,141	$291		$104,432	10%
After School	$1,003			$1,003	0%
CAK	$13,020			$13,020	1%
Connection Center	$82,163			$82,163	8%
Donor Relations	$62,779	$3999		$66,778	6%
Hometown	$23,260			$23,260	2%
Life INC	$105,350			$105,351	10%
Shared Program	$400,046	$57,006	$1,857	$458,909	45%
RISE	$82,794			$82,794	8%
Thrive	$83,072			$83,072	8%
Total	$957,628	$61,296	$1,857	$1,020,781

Program	$849,571				83%
Administration	$104,432				10%
Donor Relations	$66,778				7%
Total	$1,020,841

SD Community Foundation Endowment Funds

BH Area Community Foundations Endowment Funds

414 E Omaha RC Building Est. Value

Hopwood House 1242 Sherman St, Sturgis Est. Value

414 E Omaha RC Building Loans

$ 170,886

$ 176,547

$3,750,000

$305,000

$780,210

RC Connection Center

Report

Jacob Holle

Connection Center

The Connection Center connects with hundreds of individuals every year. One standout this year is Frank who in over approximately 6 months went from not trusting that we would get him a bike, to coming back on multiple occasions for either a bike repair or prayer.

2023 Stats

547 people made 1140

requests:

220 were for bikes

257 were for linens

337 were for furniture

209 were for kitchen

Gap Ministries

Our Gap Ministries do an amazing job of meeting the needs of people in our community. Many needs are intangible and difficult to track. Toby came to Love INC after getting out of prison. As he worked towards a car, he found a welcoming community of believers that supported him on difficult days and led to a job that enables him to provide for his family.

2023 Stats

585 fulfilled request met 1564 needs in our community:

106 Bikes

208 Linens

93 Furniture

167 Kitchen

“Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.”

― Warren W. Wiersbe, On Being a Servant of God

Rapid City Life INC

scott martin

Life INC classes give participants a chance to pursue positive change in the areas of finances, family, work, emotional & physical health, and Christian discipleship. We had six Life INC campuses in 2023 that mobilized 43 different churches that helped with classes, meals, childcare, and more, and over 250 participants benefited from the program!

2023 Stats

175 Total Graduates

255 Participants

68% Graduation Rate

+200 Kids Impacted

2,000 volunteer hours

Ahead in 2024

We have plans to offer new classes, train new teachers, and mobilize new churches as hosts for our quarterly campuses!

2023

Year in Review

highlights

a new customer appreciation coupon program called comeback bucks. customers are given 10% of their purchase back as a coupon to use on their next purchase within the next month.

Destri diehl became the full time Director of rise in

march of 2023.

a strong team of 8-10 volunteers consistently come in each and every week. Working in our workshop and with our community in a variety of ways.

Weekly 2-10 particpants come earn furniture helping at rise. we had many participants then show interest in volunteering and take next steps in thier relationship with Jesus.

looking forward into 2024....

We are hoping to expand our work 2 Earn program. Add growing opportunities for our volunteers from safety to discleship. overall, we can’t wait to see how god moves in the lives of all those who come in our doors each week.

Be the HANDS AND FEET

Added 14 new volunteers

Volunteer Hours: 7,210

Work 2 Earn Hours: 812

2023 SALES: $136,862.27

Year in Review

2023

highlights

Bikes back on the road:

2022: 541

2023 598

Vision Bikes earned for basic transportation:

2022: 46

2023: 105

The courtyard and canopy are fully functioning, which allows us to display a lot of bikes for sale.

E-bikes, we are fully up and running with a great low-cost manufacturer.

Sales:

2022 $77,997

2023 $73,009

Likely due to the courtyard being under construction during our peak bike sales season.

Over 2,000 hours

given by 60 different volunteers in 2023.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Vision Bike program is growing steadily. Looking for more bike mechanic volunteers in the shop.

Dr. Bill Meirose

The Historic Hopwood

Hope House

The Love INC Sturgis offices moved into the Hopewood Hope House starting in Feb. 2023. This evoked the beginning of renovating an historic house into a ministry office and hub for the community. Several youth work teams came and helped us to remove the plaster off of some walls, the demolition of the bathroom, and many trips to the local dump with the debris. In the midst of this remodeling the ministry continued.

29 volunteers worked planning, marketing, registering and shopping with families totaling 249 hours!!

They had 14 families and 32 kids earned clothing!

Christmas

Tour of Homes

With 5 participating locations, volunteers decorated their homes beautifully for Christmas and allowed those who purchased tickets to enjoy!

~$2000 was raised for Sturgis Love INC

Hill City-Keystone

Natalie Cutler

Small town - small beginnings

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin . . .

Zech 4:10

Leadership Team

8 dedicated volunteers

from 4 of 6 area churches

tallied over 150 service hours,

meeting monthly.

Office/Connection Center

Office hours @ Community Lutheran Church-Mondays, 9-12pm.

Calls also taken Wednesday, 9-12.

Opened in August.

Linen/Kitchen/Furniture

* 7 volunteers spent 18 hours

* 3 requests have been filled

in the 4th quarter picking up items & delivering them to RC.

Community Kids Closet

77 bags of clothes given

71 families shopped,

representing 154 kids

Over 40 volunteers

giving over 2oo hours

Work to Earn

2 Participants worked 16 hours

alongside 5 trained volunteers

in the community garden or food bank.

Mentoring

2 mentors provided 10 hours of mentoring to one participant who earned $150 of vouchers redeemable at 4 local participating businesses.

OPPORTUNITIES for Growth

in 2024:

*Connection Center

*Gap Ministries:

*Transformational Ministries:

Increase Call Volume

? Rides ministry

Develop programming

After School

Shawn Hayford

For 20 years a Teen Center was run for North Middle School students. When that program ended the church approached Love INC about starting a similar ministry.

In the Spring of 2023, Love INC successfully prototyped a new North Teen Center. Based on this success, in the fall Teen Centers were launched at Bethel Church and Westminster Church serving North and West Middle Schools respectively.

Since opening the two centers, we have had over 2,500 visits by over 600 different teens. Well over 1,000 volunteer hours have gone into making this happen.

We have had over 10 salvations and 2 baptisms. Both youth groups have seen big increases of teen center youth coming to youth group.

Looking Ahead

Many opportunities

for volunteers and mentors at both sites.

Tue-Thu 3-6 PM.