Page 4 - 2019 Annual Report

STRENGTHENING OUR FINANCES

Summary

2019 was a very productive year for our organization from a financial standpoint. Throughout the year we
focused our efforts towards our internal operations by seeking out the most efficient and effective ways to
improve our organization. The numerous improvements that were made are now paying off. Below, are some
examples of those improvements along with the financial impact to our bottom line. In addition to these
adjustments, a large portion of our strengthened finances are directly related to improvements made with
our property management team’s overall performance. Through reducing vacancies, controlling expenses,
minimizing delinquencies, and maximizing subsidy programs, our property management team has lowered
overall costs while maximizing the property revenues. The results have allowed us to establish an operating
reserve account for the first time, that can be used for emergencies or future development projects.

LONG CHEN Improved Efficiencies
Financial Manager
We spent most of 2019 converting our Finance and Operating Systems over to RealPage. RealPage not only
Long has more than six years of experi- streamlines our workflow, but it also saves us money. The value of actual savings plus our efficiency savings
ence in the financial and accounting area
with three of those years in affordable from our old systems to RealPage is projected to be $63,000 annually. We also converted over 70% of our
housing. Before joining New Neighbor- accounts payables process to a paperless system saving us a $36,000 annually. An electronic Purchase Order
hoods, he worked as a Financial Analyst System utilizes another RealPage function and streamlined our purchase order process with direct payments
with Elderly Housing Development and that benefits our organization by roughly $75,000 annually in actual and efficiency savings, as well as elimi-
Operations Corporation.
nates errors, and speeds up the process of filling orders.
Long earned his Master Degree in
Finance from the University of Miami In addition, we changed how we purchased “blank checks” saving us over $6,000 annually, switched to a new
and his Bachelor’s Degree in Finance at Phone System with a projected savings of $27,000 annually, replaced our insurance provider, saving another
Portland University. Long is a candidate $30,000 annually, and renegotiated our corporate lease agreement freezing our rent costs for 2019. These
for his CFA after already passing the CFA improvements and more helped strengthen our overall bottom line in 2019.
Level I and Level II exams. He is fluent in
both English and Chinese.
Below is a breakdown of our finances from 2019 and the two years prior.
Financials 2017 2018 2019
RE VENUE
Contributions $386,349 $394,057 $240,920

Property Management $485,046 $472,265 $485,502
Other $1,207,948 $1,027,797 $1,714,890

Total Revenue $2,079,343 $1,894,119 $2,441,312
EXPENSES
Program Expenses $1,663,860 $1,666,007 $2,041,299
General & Admin $516,345 $572,246 $701,153
Fundraising & Marketing $145,379 $188,090 $230,460

Total Expenses $2,325,584 $2,426,343 $2,972,912

Operating Income/Losses $(246,241) $(532,224) $(531,600)

Equity Contributions $839,044 $770,416 $703,813
Total Change in Assets & Equity $592,803 $238,192 $172,213

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