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Name:	Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc.
Address:	1025 Park Avenue
	Saint Louis, MO 63104
Phone:	314-588-7111
Web Address:	www.ppcsinc.org

Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc. (PPCS) does not meet the following Standard for Charity Accountability.

Standard 7: Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness - Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions. PPCS does not meet this Standard because: The organization’s effectiveness assessment did not take place within the past two years. The last assessment was completed August 1, 2009.

Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc. (PPCS) meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.

• Emergency Shelter -- Provides case management, access to health care, substance abuse counseling, food and showers for approximately 500 men annually. • Meals Program -- An evening meal serving up to 200 men, women, children, elderly and veterans who are homeless or living on limited or fixed incomes. • 711 Allen Transitional Housing Program – (Substance Abuse Services) Housing and case management for men who are homeless and substance abusing. • Labre Center – (Mental Illness Services) Labre Center offers transitional housing, case management, occupational therapy and nursing for men who are homeless and living with a mental illness. • Positive Directions – (HIV Services) Positive Directions offers transitional housing, case management, occupational therapy and nursing for men and women who are homeless and living with HIV/AIDS. • FUTURE PROJECT: Safe Haven -- Permanent supportive housing for men and women who are chronically homeless. In Fiscal Year 2011 Peter & Paul Community Services… • Ended homelessness for 212 men and women and prevented homelessness for an additional 119 people. • Served more than 127,000 meals to those who were homeless or living on limited or fixed incomes. • Provided temporary housing to 495 men in its emergency shelter. 75% of residents in the organization's clinical transitional housing programs successfully transitioned to a life of self-sufficiency and independence.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, PPCS's program expenses were:

Labre Center	601,819
Shelter Services	576,964
Positive Directions	490,138
Total Program Expenses:	$1,668,921

Chief Executive : Steve Campbell, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$86,258

Chair of the Board: Michael P. Gunn
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: The Gunn Law Firm

Co-Chair of the Board : Eileen Embree

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Volunteer

Board Size: 16

Paid Staff Size: 44

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, television, radio, grant proposals, internet, cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 9% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,941,712, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on PPCS's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.

Source of Funds
Government Grants	1,161,320
Donations	400,039
Foundations	380,353
Other	15,851
Client Fees	11,331
Total Income	$1,968,894

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 9%  Administrative: 8%

Total income				$1,968,894
	Program expenses			$1,668,921
	Fund raising expenses			171,988
	Administrative expenses			151,974
Total expenses				$1,992,883
Expenses in Excess of Income				(23,989)
Beginning net assets				754,768
Ending net assets				730,779
Total liabilities				803,527
Total assets				$1,534,306