DRAFT H I ILS TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: ATTACHMENTS: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS BLY POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM. Charitable Solicitations Commissioners

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1 BLY H I ILS TO: cx FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM Charitable Solicitations Commissioners Capt. Mark Rosen April 11,201$ 2017 Annual Report DRAFT ATTACHMENTS: A. List of all organizations with overdue Financial Statements (60-Days or more) for Permits issued for 2017 permitted solicitations B. List of organizations that have conducted unpermitted events for 2017 events held in Beverly Hills C. List from Charitable Services Section of Los Angeles of Permits issued for 2017 events held in Beverly Hills The 2017 Annual Report is generated to familiarize the City and the community with all of the important accomplishments of the Charitable Solicitations Commission throughout the 2017 calendar year. The primary responsibility of the Commission is to ensure the compliance of charitable organizations that solicit donations or funds from the residents of Beverly Hills. Compliance with established permitting guidelines helps to protect our community from fraudulent, fictitious or otherwise unscrupulous solicitations, It also serves to keep the community aware of the many charitable events being held in Beverly Hills. The Commission, in close cooperation with the Police Department, regulates the issuance of solicitation permits, reviews financial statements provided by the charities, and maintains a dedicated websfte for the public to obtain information regarding permitted solicitations. During 2017, the Commission was successful in the following endeavors: 1) The Commission issued 226 permits for charitable solicitations conducted in The Commission reviewed the financial statements of 172 monetary drives and charitable events held during Forty-nine financial statements are still outstanding and five permits were cancelled.

2 2) Continued independent action by commissioners researching newspapers and other forms of advertising, led to the identification of charitable events scheduled to take place in Beverly Hills for which no permit applications had been submitted. This information, provided to Police Department staff, resulted in increased outreach, compliance, and ultimately the issuance of permits. 3) The Commission worked closely with representatives of the Human Relations Commission to review and evaluate 19 applications for the Community Assistance Grant Fund FY17/1$ in order to determine the allocation of funds based on service needs within the City. The two commissions collaborated and were successful in working through the proposals and financial information submitted by nineteen organizations. As a result, a joint decision was made and recommendations to approve 17 of the applications was submitted to the City Council. 4) The Commission has identified the Top Ten fundraising organizations, the Bottom Ten fundraising organizations and a list of 13 organizations that held unpermitted events in Beverly Hills. The Commission believes that this is valuable information for the community members to have available when they are solicited for charitable donations. Detailed information collected throughout the year regarding permits, charitable organizations, and financial data is presented on the following pages. The report summarizes all available information regarding permitted and unpermitted charitable solicitations which occurred during the 2017 calendar year. Staff will followup on pending financial statements and reports of unpermitted charitable solicitations until all organizations comply with the City s Charitable Solicitations Ordinance or until they are referred to Code Enforcement for appropriate action. 2 of 10

3 City of Beverly Hills Charitable Solicitations Commission 2017 Annual Rerort (All data is as of March 30, 2018, and is reflective of all solicitations which concluded in the 2017 calendar year) 1. Permits a. Number of permits issued: 226 i. Breakdown between monetary drive and event permits 16 Monetary Drives 210 Event Permits b. Number of permits cancelled: 5 2. Financial Statements a. Number received: 172 b. Number outstanding1: 49 i. List of all organizations with overdue Financial Statements for 2017 solicitations Attachment A 3. Summary of Fundraising Activities Based on Financial Statement Data a. Total receipts of all permitted activities: $138,614,390 b. Total expenses of all permitted activities: $42,517,597 c. Total net for charitable purposes from all permitted activities: $94,640,036 d. Number of permits with proceeds: i. Greater than or equal to 50%: 141 ii. Lessthans0%: 31 e. Top 10 fundraising organizations (based on total net proceeds) 1. Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles $14,647, PerForming Arts Center dba The Music Center $12,932, Friends of Saban Community Clinic $2,962, Milken Institute $2,958, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc $2,216, American Friends of the Hebrew University $1,91 2, Public Counsel $1,902, Saint John s Health Center Foundation $1,873, Anti-Defamation League of B-nai Brith $1,81 9, Center Theatre Group $1,798,592 1 Not including cancelled/voided permits. 3 of 10

4 f. Top 70 fundraising organizations (based on % of net proceeds) 1. BetTzedek $6, % 2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center2 $1,394,938 99% 3. LA Goal $94,855 98% 4. American Humane Association $152,492 97% 5. Unstoppable Foundation $894,171 97% 6. Harmony Project $988,536 92% 7. Foster Care Counts $29,310 91% 8, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc $28, % 9. Friends of Saban Community Clinic $2,962,877 89% 10. Kiss the Ground $58,259 89% g. Bottom 70 fundraising organizations (based on % of net proceeds) 1. SAG-AFTRA Foundation -$1 19,400-32% 2. lmagen Foundation $37,923 14% 3. Generosity.org $1 1,838 16% Years After, Inc $2,666 17% 5. IBD Support Foundation $29, % 6. UCLA Extension $23,751 24% 7. Citizens Commission on Human Rights $104,594 24% 8. Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation $194,562 28% 9. Otis College of Art and Design $169,402 31% 10. Los Angeles Police Canine Association $176,172 32% 4. Summary of Fundraising Activities Based on Location a. The Beverly Hills Hotel 10 b. The 44 c. The Beverly Wilshire 26 d. The Hotel 6 e. The Peninsula Hotel 0 f. Wallis Annenberg Center 4 g. Private Residences in Beverly Hills 7 h. Other List of all organizations which have conducted unpermitted solicitations in 2077 a. Attachment B 6. List from Charitable Services Section of Los Angeles of Permits issued for 2077 events held in Beverly Hills a. Attachment C 2 Combination of 2 Event Permits: and of 10

5 ending ending ending Attachment A (All data is as of March 30, 2018, and is reflective of all solicitations which concluded in the 2017 calendar year) List of all organizations with overdue Financial Statements (60-Days or more) for Permits issued for 2017 permitted solicitations. 49 Permits Total Organization j Event Date L Category I Event Location A Place Called Home 9/7/2017 Event Drive Viva Hollywood, Los Angeles I Academy of United States Veterans Foundation 6/30/2017 Event Drive The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Association for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies 11/18/2017 Event Drive Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc 12/11/2017 Event Drive Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles 10/20/2017 Event Drive Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 11/11/2017 Event Drive Private Residence, Beverly Hills Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 10/4/2017 Event Drive Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 10/14/2017 Event Drive Hotel CoachArt 10/12/2017 Event Drive El Nido Family Centers 9/23/2017 Event Drive Virginia Robinson Gardens El Rodeo PTA 10/20/2017 Event Drive El Rodeo School Foster Care Counts 8/27/2017 Event Drive Private Residence Friendly Hand Foundation 10/28/2017 Event Drive Friends of Greystone Monetary Drive Monetary Drive - 12/31/ Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Western Region 11/2/2017 Event Drive Greenpeace INC Monetary Drive Monetary Drive - 10/31/ International Medical Corps 11/28/2017 Event Drive International Womens Media Foundation fiwmf) 10/25/2017 Event Drive NeueHouse, Los Angeles Israel Cancer Research Fund 11/11/2017 Event Drive Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation UCLA 4/28/2017 Event Drive Junior League of Los Angeles 12/3/2017 Event Drive JW Marriott, Los Angeles Last Chance for Animals 10/14/2017 Event Drive Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade 12/8/2017 Event Drive Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 10/28/2017 Event Drive Private Residence, Los Angeles Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 10/8/2017 Event Drive Private Residence, Beverly Hills Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 11/30/2017 Event Drive Private Residence, Los Angeles Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging 12/13/2017 Event Drive Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust 11/5/2017 Event Drive Los Angeles Opera Company 11/17/2017 Event Drive Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles Opera Company 9/9/2017 Event Drive Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Love of Christ Christian Fellowship Monetary Drive Monetary Drive - 6/16/ Mattel Childrens Hospital UCLA 5/6/2017 Event Drive 3 Labs, Culver City Passions and Dreams Funding 11/2/2017 Event Drive Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills PEN Center USA West 10/27/2017 Event Drive Performing Arts Center dba The Music Center 12/7/2017 Event Drive Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Saint John s Health Center Foundation Monetary Drive Monetary Drive - ending 12/31/ Share Our Strength 10/20/2017 Event Drive Private Residence, Beverly Hills Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills 5/17/2017 Event Drive Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills 5 of 10

6 ending janizatio The Farrah Fawcett Foundation The Foundation for AIDS Research The Hawn Foundation The UCLA Foundation TreePeople, Inc. United States Veterans Initiative US Foundation for Liberty and Human Rights Wags & Walks White Memorial Medical Center Charitable Foundation WildAid, Inc Young Musicians Foundation Event Date J Category 9/9/2017 Event Drive 10/13/ /3/ /5/ /7/2017 Event Drive Event Drive Event Drive Event Drive 11/8/2017 Event Drive Monetary Drive 9/16/2017 Event Drive 10/29/2017 Event Drive 11/11/2017 Event Drive 3/27/2017 Event Drive Event location Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Private Residence, Beverly Hills Green Acres Estate, Beverly Hills W Hotel Westwood Coldwater Canyon Park Hotel Monetary Drive - 4/30/2017 SLS Hotel Wallis Annen berg Center for the Performing Arts 6 of 10

7 Board Attachment B (All data is as of March 30, 2018, and is reflective of all solicitations which concluded in the 2017 calendar year) List of organizations that have conducted unpermitted events for 2017 events held in Beverly Hills. 13 Events Total The organizations listed in this Attachment have been identified as holding or promoting a charitable event in the City of Beverly Hills during the 2017 calendar year without obtaining a City Solicitations permit. As of the date of this report, the City has not verified whether or not the event required a permit per the criteria established in the BHMC. No inference of impropriety should be drawn based solely upon an organization s inclusion on this list. Organization JEvent Date Event Location Living Legends of Aviation 1/20/2017 Beverly Hilton The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc 2/16/2017 Beverly Wilshire United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 3/2/2017 Beverly Hilton The Help Group Child and Family Center (The Help Group) 3/6/2017 Beverly Hilton City of Hope - 3/15/2017 Heritage Fine Wine unite4good Inc 4/7/2017 Beverly Wilshire Thirst Project 4/18/2017 Beverly Hilton Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service dba Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services 4/28/2017 JO International 5/7/2017 Private Residence, Beverly Hills American Society for Yad Vashem 6/14/2017 John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary 10/19/2017 Beverly Wilshire British Academy of Film and Television Arts 10/27/2017 StandWithUs 12/11/2017 Beverly Hilton 7 of 10

8 I Attachment C (All data is as of March 30, 2018, and is reflective of all solicitations which concluded in the 2017 calendar year) List from Charitable Services Section of Los Angeles of Permits issued for 2077 events held in Beverly Hills 96 Events Total 1/7/2017 i/p Haitian Relief Organization 1/22/2017 Beit T Shuvah 1/26/2017 Children s Institute, Inc 1/28/2017 Wilshire Boulevard Temple 2/6/2017 AARP Foundation 2/9/2017 Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Assoc. of LA 2/10/2017 NARAS Foundation, Inc 2/16/2017 Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Inc 2/27/2017 Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation 3/1/2017 American Friends Of The Hebrew University 3/3/2017 Pepperdine University 3/4/2017 Citizens Commission On Human Rights 3/6/2017 3/7/2017 3/16/2017 3/16/2017 Date [ Organization - Help Group Children s Burn Foundation UCLA Foundation- College Development/Institute Of Environment And Sustainability Assistance League Of Los Angeles- Mannequins Auxiliary 3/16/2017 Alliance For Children s Rights 3/22/2017 UCLA Foundation- Friends Of The Semel Institute For Neuroscience And Human Behavior 3/25/2017 Unstoppable Foundation 3/25/2017 John Wayne Cancer Institute- Auxiliary 3/26/2017 Venice Family Clinic 3/30/2017 Visionary Women 4/1/2017 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation- California Chapter 4/4/2017 Town And Gown Of The University Of Southern California 4/8/2017 Pepperdine University 4/18/2017 Vista Del Mar Child And Family Service 4/19/2017 World Of Children, INC 4/20/2017 Liberty Hill Foundation 4/20/2017 Women s Guild, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 4/21/2017 Campbell Hall 4/21/2017 Los Angeles Ballet, Inc 4/22/2017 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation aka: JDRF 4/27/2017 DIDI Hirsch Psychiatric Leadership Services dba: DIDI Community Mental Health Services 4/27/2017 Zimmer Children s Museum 4/28/2017 Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation-UCLA 4/29/2017 Achievement Trust 5/2/2017 Epilepsy Foundation Of Greater Los Angeles Event 1.ocation fr] Beverly Hills Beverly Wilshire Angelo Drive Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills Hotel Private Residence, Beverly Hills Saban Theater of 10

9 Board Event Date 5/3/2017 5/5/2017 5/6/2017 5/7/2017 5/11/2017 5/13/2017 5/17/2017 5/18/2017 5/20/2017 5/20/2017 5/25/2017 5/25/2017 6/7/2017 6/7/2017 6/8/2017 6/13/2017 6/29/2017 7/17/2017 8/18/2017 9/7/2017 9/10/2017 9/16/2017 9/23/2017 9/23/2017 9/27/2017 9/28/ /1/ /1/ /4/ /7/ /8/ /9/ /12/ /13/ /14/ /25/ /26/ /27/ /27/ /28/ /29/ /29/ /5/ /7/ /8/ /9/2017 I Organization I Event Location Beverly Hills Hotel I The Colleagues Race To Erase MS Otis College Of Art And Design Death Penalty Focus Of California Colleagues Helpers In Philanthropic Service (CHIPS) Hamburger Home dba AVIVA Family And Children s Services CROHN S And COLITIS Foundation Of America- Greater Los Angeles Mar Vista Family Center Friends Of Robinson Gardens SHARE, INC. Center for the Study of Young People in Groups/Teen Line Constitutional Rights Foundation Jewish Vocational Service Cedars-Sinai Medical Center United Friends Of The Children Women In Film Public Council St. Vincent Senior Citizen Nutrition Program, Inc. dba: St. Vincent Meals On Wheels Imagen Foundation Farrah Fawcett Foundation Grandparents As Parents, INC American Humane Association EL NIDO Family Center Los Angeles LGBT Center L.A. Theatre Works Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Los Angeles Friends of Robinson Gardens Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cedars-Sinai Center of Governors Treepeople, Inc Rape Foundation Visionary Women Paley Center for Media Foundation for AIDS Research LA Family Housing Corporation Princess Grace Foundation USA DEA Educational Foundation PEN Center USA West British Academy of Film and Television Arts Friendly Hand Foundation New Directions, Inc White Memorial Medical Center Charitable Fdn. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Children s Hospital Los Angeles United States Veterans Initiative SAG-AFTRA Foundation Beverly Hills Hotel Virginia Robinson Gardens Private Residence, Beverly Hills Spago Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center Beverly Hills Women s Club Virginia Robinson Gardens Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center Virginia Robinson Gardens Coldwater Canyon Park Private Residence, Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Hotel Wallis Annen berg Performing Arts Center BH Permit # of 10

10 [ Organization I Event Location j BH Permit Event Date 11/11/ /13/ /15/ /16/ /17/ /18/ /25/ /28/ /03/ /10/ /11/ /13/ /31/2017 Autism Movement Therapy, Inc Saban Community Clinic Girls, Inc A Place Called Home Lupus LA Cystic Fibrosis Foundation National Charity League, Inc International Medical Corps ALCU Foundation of Southern California Stand With Us Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging Las Madrinas, Inc Beverly Hills

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çbevrlyrly STAFF REPORT Meeting Date: July 17, 2018 To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: Sandra Spagnoli, Chief of Police Mark Rosen, Captain Subject: 2017 Charitable Solicitations Commission Annual