Our Mission: Helping homeless men, women, and children stay a little bit warmer.

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1 GFTH is the only non-profit in the country known to use 100% of public donations to purchase clothing for the homeless and that is made possible by the fact that all administrative expenses are covered by the individual members of our board of directors. - Bart Epstein, GFTH President ANNUAL REPORT 2015

2 Our Mission: Helping homeless men, women, and children stay a little bit warmer. We use 100% of public donations to purchase and distribute new clothes to shelters and other organizations serving the homeless in the DC metro area each year. -2-

3 1 Purchased more than 118,000 items of essential new clothing with a retail value of more than $1million dollars. 2 Delivered approximately 3,100 bags of good used clothing, blankets and household items to homeless support organizations in the DC metro area. 3 Celebrated the 11th Annual Banding Together: The Battle of the Law Firm Bands, which raised approximately $275, Used 100% of the $400,000 received in cash donations to purchase essential clothing & blankets for the homeless individual volunteers and 137 organizations supported GFTH this year. -3-

4 present GFTH is established by a group of young attorneys in 1986, and incorporates in In its first year it raises $3000 and collects clothes for a local shelter. By 1989, GFTH runs a small used clothing drive and provides clothes to a few local shelters. GFTH collects hundreds of bags of used clothing and raises enough money to provide new clothing to 10 shelters. Inaugural Banding Together event raises $11,000. GFTH provides used clothing to 60 shelters, and hundreds of thousands of new clothing articles to 42 shelters. GFTH provides 3,000-4,000 bags each year of good used clothing and/or new winter clothing with a retail value of more than$1 million to more than 75 shelters. 11th Annual Banding Together raised approximately $275,000. In 1986, a handful of young lawyers in DC ran a used clothing drive at their law firm, collecting a few dozen bags of used clothing. They also collected about $3,000 in monetary donations, which they used to purchase some warm winter clothing from a downtown department store. In December of that year they donated the new and used clothing items to a local homeless shelter. This small initial effort by lawyers seeking to give back to the neediest in the local community marked the beginning of Gifts for the Homeless (GFTH). Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer nonprofit corporation in 1989, GFTH grew dramatically. More law firms were enlisted to help, and each year GFTH was able to collect more bags of good used clothing, collect more monetary donations for the purchase of more new warm winter clothing, and distribute the new and used clothing to more and more shelters. As GFTH became increasingly successful in its efforts to aid the homeless, it began buying new winter clothing and blankets at wholesale, thereby stretching the dollars collected. Because its Board of Directors covered the organization s modest overhead, GFTH was able to use 100% of every dollar received to purchase the new clothing items. organizations. GFTH delivered donated coats, hats, shoes, bedding, and more to every homeless shelter, soup kitchen and transitional housing facility in the DC metro area (53 in all) that requested these items. In addition, GFTH raised more than $400,000 in monetary donations, enabling it to purchase (at wholesale) almost 119,000 essential winter clothing items coats, knit caps, warm scarves, thermal gloves, thermal socks, sweatshirts, sweatpants, blankets, and more. As always, 100% of every dollar GFTH received was used for these purchases. The retail value of the new clothing items delivered to the shelters this year exceeded $1 million. GFTH has been featured regularly in articles in print and online media including: The Washington Post, The Legal Times of Washington, The Washington Times, Legal Biznow, The Journal of the American Bar Association, and The Current. In addition, Lawyers Working to End Homelessness, a book published by the American Bar Association s Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, includes a chapter exclusively on GFTH -Laurel Glassman, Vice President for Development, GFTH The GFTH Used Clothing Drive is now the largest in the city. This year, with the help of more than 390 volunteers, GFTH sorted more than 3,000 bags of good used clothing collected from 70+ law firms and other

5 GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS INITIATIVES NEW CLOTHING PURCHASES GFTH received more than $400, in cash donations. These donations allowed GFTH to purchase almost 119,000 items of essential new clothing and blankets in time for these items to be shipped to shelters in late During its most recent fiscal year, GFTH purchased essential new clothing items for 44 shelters. These purchases included thermal and regular socks for men and women; heavy knit hats; hooded and crew-neck sweatshirts; sweatpants; hooded sweatshirts; thermal underwear tops and bottoms (men s, women s and children s); men's and women's underwear; bubble jackets for adults and children; Thinsulate ski gloves (men s, women s and children s); unisex light-weight gloves; and jeans. -5-

6 GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS INITIATIVES USED CLOTHING DRIVE The Used Clothing Drive, which took place December 5-7 at The Portals III, on D Street SW, between 12th Street and 13th Street SW, at a space donated by Republic Property Trust, was a tremendous success. More than 390 volunteers, including many children and families, filled approximately 3,100 large plastic bags with used clothing and other items (such as blankets, bed linens, shoes, and toiletries) and distributed them to 53 Washington, D.C. area shelters. (Certain of the facilities to which GFTH makes deliveries share the used clothing and other items with other small shelters or service providers.) ECHO has been blessed by Gifts for the Homeless for several years. We are grateful for your commitment to assist us in helping those in need in our midst. -Robert F. Diegelman, President of ECHO, Inc. -6-

7 GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS INITIATIVES BANDING TOGETHER great local bands rocked the house raising approximately $275,000 for Gifts for the Homeless at the 11th Annual Banding Together event and we used every penny of that money to buy clothing for area shelters. -Walter H. Lohmann, Jr., Vice President Special Events, GFTH On June 18, 2015, GFTH celebrated the 11th Anniversary of its annual fundraising event, Banding Together 2015: The Battle of the Law Firm Bands. The event was held from 7:00 pm to midnight at The Black Cat, an indie-rock music venue in downtown D.C. Eighteen bands competed for the championship before a standingroom-only crowd of more than 1,000. Banding Together raised about $275,000 through sponsorships, at-the-door ticket sales, and contributions from enthusiastic fans during the event. 100% of the proceeds received by GFTH were used to purchase new essential winter clothing items for the homeless in the local community. -7-

8 GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS: BY THE NUMBERS 118,834 New clothing items delivered 137 Number of organizations supporting GFTH 3,095 Used clothing bags delivered 78 Number of homeless support organizations served 393 Number of volunteers 18 Number of bands competing at Banding Together event -8-

9 JOIN THE GROWING NUMBER OF GFTH COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Global Financial Analytics LLC Ricoh Legal/Ricoh USA, Inc. Alston & bird LLP Goodwin Proctor LLP Robert Half Legal American Bar Association Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Homeless Ministry RPS GaiaTech American University Washington College of Law Greenberg Traurig LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP APCO Worldwide Henderson Legal Services, Inc. Shearman & Sterling LLP APISOURCE Higher Logic Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Arent Fox LLP Hogan Lovells US LLP Sidley Austin LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Hollingsworth LLP Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP Back on My Feet Hunton & Williams LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP BB&T Bank International Center for Research on Women Special Counsel Inc. Baker & Hostetler, LLP Innovative Discovery, LLC Squire Patton Boggs Baker Donnelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Jefferson Education Accelerator Star and Shamrok, The Ballard Spahr LLP Jenner & Block Starbucks Coffee Bank of Tokyo Joe Jones Day Steptoe & Johnson LLP Barnes & Thornburg LLP Jones Walker LLP Stern Kessler Goldstein & Fox Black Cat, The K&L Gates LLP Sughrue Mion, PLLC Bluestone Masonry Kane Companies/Office Movers Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Boise Schiller & Flexner LLP Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (DC Chapter) Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Symantec Corporation Buckley Sandler LLP Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Telecommunications Law Professionals PLLC CGH Technologies, INc. King & Spalding LLP Thompson Coburn Capital Weather Gang Kirkland & Ellis LLP Thompson Hine LLP Capitol City Party Rentals Kroll Ontrack Thomson Reuters Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered La Prima Catering Tower Companies, The Carr Maloney P.C. Latham & Watkins LLP TRAK Legal Central Parking System/SP+Parking Learch, Early & Brewer, Chartered Troutman Sanders LLP Chadbourne & Parke LLP LightSpeed LLC Van Ness Feldman LLP Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Mayer Brown LLP Veritext Legal Solutions Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, McDermott, Will & Emery Versar, Inc. The Constantine Cannon LLP McGuire Woods LLP Vinson & Elkins LLP Colley LLP McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP VolunteerMatch Covington & Burling LLP Merrill Corporation Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Morgan Lewis & Bockius Walsh, Colucci, Lubely & Walsh, P.C. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Morrison & Foerster, LLP Washington Express LLC Dechert LLP National English Honor Society Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP Dentons National Law Journal/Legal Times West Health Policy Center Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI Global) National Philanthropic Trust White House Communications Agency DC Young Professionals Kiwanis Club O Melveny & Myers LLP White & Case LLP DLA Piper LLP Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C Wiley Rein LLP Ella s Kids, Inc. One Brick DC Williams & Connolly LLP The Employment Law Group Paint Branch High School Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Parker + Lynch Legal Wilson-Epes Printing Co., Inc. Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Paul Hastings LLP Winston & Strawn LLP Faegre BD Consulting Perkins Coie LLP Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Barrett & Dunner, LLP ProLegal Services Fish & Richardson PC Ramboll Environ Foley & Lardner LLP Republic Properties Corporation -9-

10 RECIPIENTS OF NEW AND/OR USED CLOTHING 801 East/Catholic Charities Adams Place Shelter A-SPAN A Wider Circle Alexandria Community Shelter Anchor of Hope for the Homeless Arlington Presbyterian Church ( Ronda Gilliam Room ) Back on My Feet Bethesda House - Catholic Charities Bread for the City Building Futures Calvary Women s Services Capitol Hill Group Ministries - Congregation Shelter The Carriage House-CAG Central Union Mission Christ House Coalition for the Homeless/ Valley Place Family Transitional Program Community Family Life Services Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) Community Lodgings, Inc. DC Central Kitchen DC Coalition for the Homeless Dress for Success Washington D.C. ECHO Inc. Ella s Kids, Inc. (Ministries) Emory House Shelter Father Mckenna Center Final Salute First Baptist Church of Manassas Foundry United Methodist Church Fruit of the Spirit Baptist Church Galbraith AME Zion Church Georgetown Ministry Center Giving Back (Linda s Legacy) Good Shepherd Alliance Greentree Shelter (National Center for Children & Families) Gude Drive Shelter Hiacynth s Place Interfaith Clothing Center Jobs Have Priority La Casa Transitional Program Martha s Table Martha s Outfitters Mazique Child & Parent Center MCCH Homeless Resource Day Meeting House Old Presbyterian Church Miriam's Closet Miriam s Kitchen Mount Vernon Place UMC Shower Ministry N Street Village New Hope Housing New Hope Ministries New York Avenue Shelter Old Presbyterian Meeting House Open Arms Housing Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Pathways to Housing DC Phoenix House Mid-Atlantic Radcliffe Room / New York Ave Presbyterian Church Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church Saint Elizabeth s Hospital St. Luke's (Friendship Place) St. Paul s Shelter/Lutheran Church Salvation Army Grate Patrol Samaritan Inns Samaritan Ministry of Greater Sara s House Sasha Bruce Youth work, Inc. Shepherd s Table SOME (So Others Might Eat) St. Matthew s Cathedral Homeless Ministry Stepping Stones Shelter STRIVE DC Thrive DC Unity Health Care CCNV Valley Place Webster House Wilkens Avenue Emergency Shelter -10-

11 Steven Archibald Chadbourn & Park, LLP Bart Epstein, President Founding CEO, Jefferson Education Accelerator Amy Roma Associate at Hogan Lovells US, LLP Ann Battle, Secretary Counsel Complex Financial Institutions Section, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Lisa Bernstein, Vice President for Outreach Department of Homeland Security Kenneth Brown Partner at William & Connolly, LLP Daniel Buchner World Wildlife Federation Gerald Comizio Partner at Paul Hastings, LLP Anne Delhommeau, Treasurer Director of Office Administration Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC Joseph Edmondson, Vice President for Used Clothing Partner at Foley & Lardner, LLP. Laurel Glassman, Vice President for Development William Goldberg Partner at Lerch, Early & Brewer, LLP Walter Lohmann, Vice President for Special Events Partner at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Mark Moran Partner at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP Jay Owen, Vice President Antitrust Division United States Department of Justice Cecile Patterson Legal Assistant Stephen Propst Partner at Hogan Lovells US, LLP Matthew Scarlato United States Department of Justice Steven Spiegelhalter Partner/Principal at Ernst & Young, LLP James Thomas Partner at Arnold & Porter, LLP James Villa Senior Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Versar, Inc Geraldine Walsh, Vice President for Purchasing Senior Vice President of Investor Education Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Carol Weiser Partner at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP Lawrence Williams United States Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service -11- Officers

12 FINANCIALS HOW YO U CAN H E L P S t a t e m e n t of F i n a n c i a l P o s i t i o n as of S e p t e m b e r 3 0, * Assets Cash Checking $ 132, Cash Money Market $ 235, Total Assets $368, Liabilities Accounts Payable $ 0 Total Liabilities $ 0 Net Assets $368, S t a t e m e n t of A c t i v i t i e s as of S e p t e m b e r 3 0, * Revenues Cash Donations $ 401, Interest $ Used Clothing Donations $ 288, Total Revenue $689, Expenses Clothing Purchases $ 441, Used Clothing Donations $ 278, Bank Fees $ 3, Insurance $ 1, Event Fees $ 4, Operations $ 10, Total Expenses $739, Change in Net Assets $ -49, Beginning Net Assets $418, Ending Net Assets $368, VOLUNTEER: DONATE: JOIN THE FANS: CORPORATE GIVING: GIFTS IN HONOR/ MEMORY: Help sort and deliver clothing during the annual Used Clothing Drive. Visit our website to contribute to GFTH. Cheer on your favorite band at the Banding Together event Summer Contact your employer s personnel office to find out how you can double your gift to GFTH. Celebrate a birth, anniversary or other milestone by making a gift in honor or memory of a loved one or friend. GFTH is a nonprofit charitable organization (501c(3)) exempt from taxation (Tax ID # ). All contributions to GFTH are 100% tax deductible. For More Information, Contact: Bart Epstein President bart@gfth.org Laurel W. Glassman Vice President Development LGlassman@gfth.org * Unaudited. FY2014 ended September 30,

13 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Bart Epstein President Anne Delhommeau Treasurer Joseph D. Edmondson, Jr. Vice President Used Clothing Walter H. Lohmann, Jr. Vice President Special Events Laurel W. Glassman Vice President Development Stay up to date on GFTH by following us on Facebook Gifts for the Homeless, Inc. Washington, DC (202)