GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS, INC



GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS, INC.

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

(202) 383-0728

2005-2006 ANNUAL REPORT

GIFTS FOR THE HOMELESS, INC.

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

(202) 383-0728

2005-2006 ANNUAL REPORT

Table of Contents

Page

I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 1

II. HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION 2

III. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2005 –2006 FISCAL YEAR 3

A. New Clothing Drive 3

B. Used Clothing Drive 3

C. Lawyers Working To End Homelessness 3

D. Hurricane Katrina Assistance 3

E. Banding Together 2006 4

IV. OPERATING GUIDELINES 4

V. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5

VI. OFFICERS 5

A. President 6

B. Treasurer 6

C. Secretary 6

D. Vice President-Purchasing 6

E. Vice President-Used Clothing 6

F. Vice President-Development 7

VII. Participating Firms 7

VIII. HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS 8

IX. FINANCIAL STATEMENT 8

X. TAX-EXEMPT STATUS 8

I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Gifts for the Homeless, Inc. (GFTH) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) corporation that has been serving the homeless of the Washington metropolitan area since 1986. GFTH collects used clothing and money to buy new clothing for distribution to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, transitional housing and similar facilities in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, which serve homeless and needy individuals. GFTH is a unique charitable organization because it has no overhead, and the modest expenses of the organization are paid by members of the Board of Directors or supporting firms. As a result, every penny received by GFTH from donors is used to purchase new clothing for the homeless. GFTH is also unique in that it is one of the few organizations in the DC Metro area purchasing essential new clothing to meet the specific needs of homeless men, women and children.

The principal objectives of GFTH are to raise money for the purchase of new clothing and collect donations of used clothing and other needed items from attorneys and staff of Washington, DC area law firms, government agencies, corporate legal departments and other legal organizations. In pursuing this objective, the GFTH Board of Directors has established the following priorities:

1 to reach the homeless who live on the street in all four quadrants of the District of Columbia;

2 to reach the homeless or needy who live in shelters and in transitional housing;

3 to reach the homeless or needy in neighboring communities outside the District of Columbia when, and if, GFTH believes it has served the needs of the District; and

4 to build a reputation for reliability by working with a core group of homeless service providers.

GFTH does not typically distribute clothing directly to individuals living on the street, but works through a growing network of over 80 service providers that include shelters, temporary residences, soup kitchens and organizations that provide medical care to the homeless and needy or help them integrate into the workforce.

GFTH pursues its objectives through a two-track approach. GFTH solicits direct monetary donations primarily from the Washington, DC area legal community, to purchase new clothes. Items purchased include: (1) warm winter accessories, such as hats and gloves; (2) undergarments, such as thermals, socks and underwear; (3) sweat shirts and pants; and (4) bedding items, such as fleece blankets. GFTH also accepts donations of used clothing and other needed items. In the used clothing effort, GFTH primarily seeks to obtain those items most frequently requested by homeless service providers: (1) warm winter clothing, such as coats, sweaters and turtlenecks; (2) business attire, such as suits, shirts, blouses, ties and shoes; (3) durable casual clothing, such as pants and tee-shirts; and (4) household items, such as sheets, pillowcases and towels. The collection of money and used clothing for GFTH is coordinated at each participating organization by a “firm coordinator,” who is also responsible for ensuring delivery of these donations to GFTH.

HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

The GFTH effort was begun in 1986 by a small group of attorneys from three law firms who were looking for a way in which DC’s legal community could give back to the needy in the nation’s capital, particularly in helping the homeless survive the cold of winter. Initially, they collected $3,000 from colleagues at their law firms as the December holiday season approached, used the funds to buy warm hats, gloves and long underwear at retail and distributed those items to homeless men and women on the streets of Washington and at holiday parties held by shelters. Each year thereafter, GFTH grew dramatically. The organization was incorporated as a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation in 1988.

As GFTH became more successful in its efforts, it began buying at wholesale and taking all the clothing to shelters for more efficient distribution to the people it sought to serve. In December 1989, GFTH organized its first major used clothing drive. Dozens of volunteers gathered one weekend in the offices of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan to sort and package thousands of items of clothing and distribute those items to Washington, DC shelters. Recognizing that the used clothing drive would allow the organization to reach even more people, GFTH established the current practice of an annual campaign to collect used clothing and money to buy new clothing for area shelters. The annual used clothing drive is now a complex operation that requires months of advance planning.

Since its inception and through the date of this report, GFTH has grown exponentially in terms of the number of shelters and other facilities served (from 8 to 84), the number of its volunteers (from 15 to more than 250), the amount of used clothing collected and delivered (from less than 1,000 bags to more than 4,500 bags), the amount of monetary donations received in a year (from $3,000 to approximately $185,00), the amount of new clothing purchased and delivered (from less than 10,000 items to over 86,000 items), and the number of legal organizations (e.g., law firms, corporate law departments and law departments within the Federal Government) and others participating in the annual campaign (from 3 to more than 70). GFTH’s efforts on behalf of the homeless have received highly positive coverage in The Washington Post (Sunday, December 3, 2000, C4), The Washington Times (Wednesday, December 6, 2000, C3), and The Legal Times of Washington (June 26, 2006). In addition, since its inception and through the date of this report, GFTH has raised more than $1.85 million for the purchase of essential new clothing for the homeless. Moreover, GFTH was one of a handful of organizations recently featured in a chapter in “Lawyers Working to End Homelessness,” a new book published by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness and Poverty (2006).

In recent years, GFTH has also increased its focus on fundraising, naming a Vice President of Development and considered ways to augment or increase donations from its traditional sources. One result of this effort is that GFTH has, for the past three years, held a fundraising event, “Banding Together -- Battle of the Law Firm Bands.” In 2004, the first year Banding Together was held, GFTH raised over $10,000 for the purchase of new clothing for the homeless. With this event, GFTH raised over $30,000 in 2005, and approximately $40,000 in 2006.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2005 –2006 FISCAL YEAR

GFTH operates on a fiscal year: October 1 through September 30. During fiscal year October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006, GFTH continued its pattern of strong growth with record levels of donations.

1 New Clothing Drive

During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, GFTH received cash contributions totaling approximately $185,000, which represented almost a 10% increase over the amount raised in the prior fiscal year. (These donations, as well as money saved from previous years and interest earned on it bank account, allowed GFTH to purchase over 86,000 items of essential new clothing and blankets in the fall of 2006 (i.e., in the 2006-2007 fiscal year), in time for the clothes and blankets to be shipped to more than 30 shelters in late 2006.) During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, GFTH purchased new clothing items for 33 shelters, which are listed in Exhibit A. More specifically, GFTH made the following purchases: 1950 dozen pairs of socks; 450 dozen heavy knit hats; 364 dozen sweatshirts; 342 dozen sweatpants; 350 dozen hooded sweatshirts; 120 dozen polar fleece blankets; 828 dozen thermal tops and bottoms (men’s, women’s and children’s); 602 dozen pairs of women’s underwear; 600 dozen pairs of thinsulate gloves; 744 dozen men’s briefs; and 102 dozen unisex jeans.

2 Used Clothing Drive

The 2006 Used Clothing Drive, which took place December 1-3 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. Approximately 250 volunteers, including many children and families, filled more than 4,500 large plastic bags with used clothing and other items (such as blankets, bed linens, shoes, and toiletries) and distributed them to more than 70 Washington, D.C. area shelters. A list of the shelters that received used clothing directly from GFTH during the 2005-2006 fiscal year (i.e., in connection with the 2005 Used Clothing Drive ) is attached as Exhibit B. Certain of the facilities to which GFTH makes deliveries share the used clothing and other items with other small shelters or service providers; however GFTH does not have a record of the names of these shelters.

C. Lawyers Working to End Homelessness

In the fall of 2006, the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness and Poverty published a new book titled “Lawyers Working to End Homelessness.” Because of its past successes in helping the homeless, GFTH was featured in the book, in a chapter titled “Gifts for the Homeless: Law Firms Working Together to Help the Homeless.” The chapter describes the history of GFTH, what it has done to benefit the homeless, and how its operations work. It also describes the organizations fundraising activities, including Banding Together.

D. Hurricane Katrina Assistance

In the fall of 2006, GFTH received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Government of the District of Columbia, signed by Mayor Anthony Williams, for the assistance GFTH gave to help ServeDC and the Red Cross in aiding approximately 150 homeless individuals who were evacuated from areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina and temporarily housed at the D.C. Armory during the fall of 2005. (GFTH previously received a special letter of thanks from the Red Cross for these efforts.) The GFTH volunteers were able to assess the essential clothing needs (e.g., underwear, socks, tee-shirts, and jeans) of the men, women, and children at the Armory and quickly order those items. Most orders were in bulk, from various manufacturers at wholesale prices. Certain harder-to- find and other items, however, were ordered through a distributor that sells only to non-profits at discount. The items were shipped to GFTH, and Board Members delivered them to the Armory where they were distributed to the homeless. GFTH spent slightly more than $2,000 to purchase 1,475 items of new clothing and other essentials for the Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

E. Banding Together 2006

On June 8, 2006, GFTH staged its third event dedicated solely to fundraising – Banding Together 2006: The Battle of the Law Firm Bands. The event was held from 6:00 pm to midnight at Madam’s Organ in Adams Morgan, D.C. Eight bands, all with at least one member from a law firm, competed for the championship. The event, which was featured in a follow-up article in The Legal Times of Washington, raised approximately $40,000 through advance and at-the-door ticket sales, “Chicago-style” voting for the champion band with monetary donations, sponsorships, and other donations tied to the event.

The bands that performed at Banding Together 2006 and the firms with which their members are associated were:

• Beats Workin' (Hogan & Hartson LLP/Alston & Bird LLP)

• Big Sur (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP)

• King Cadillac (Miller & Chevalier, Chartered)

• Fired (Crowell & Moring LLP)

• On Kilter (Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garret & Dunder LLP)

• The Precedents (McDermott Will & Emery LLP)

• The Sanctions (Greenberg Traurig LLP)

• Waterson (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP)

Wilson-Epes Printing Co. generously donated handbills and banners, the Legal Times printed several ads gratis, and Mark Ross and Erik Lofton, two design students at the Corcoran donated their time to provide all of the art work for the banners, posters, handbills, and T-shirts. This enabled GFTH to apply all amounts raised in connection with Banding Together 2006 to the purchase of new clothing for the homeless. Madam’s Organ generously donated the space and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of food at the event to GFTH. Also, the Gibson Foundation donated a Les Paul Gibson guitar, which was awarded as a prize to the champion band, King Cadillac. That band, in turn, donated the value of the guitar to GFTH.

OPERATING GUIDELINES

Since its incorporation, GFTH has abided by the following four operating guidelines:

1 One hundred percent (100%) of the cash contributions received are used to purchase and ship items needed by the homeless. There is no overhead, no paid staff, and no administrative costs. Law firms, Board members and other supporters donate all supplies, postage, Website fees, etc.

2 GFTH is a coordinated effort by the Washington, DC area legal community to aid homeless and needy adults and families primarily during the winter and holiday season. GFTH is run entirely by lawyers or staff members of law firms, government agencies, in-house corporate legal departments and other organizations with a connection to the law.

3 Whenever possible, purchases are ordered in bulk quantities at wholesale prices. GFTH surveys the needs of the Washington, DC area homeless service providers served and purchases directly from manufacturers, distributors and discounters.

4 Items are distributed to the homeless via shelters, temporary residences, soup kitchens and wagons and similar facilities.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) is an independent, volunteer body, responsible for setting the overall direction and goals of GFTH, as well as playing a major role in the day-to-day operation of the organization. The Board meets approximately every other month (and more frequently in the months of September-December) at the offices of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. Directors serve for one-year terms.

Membership on the Board is more than an honorary position. Board membership involves active participation in meetings and oversight of GFTH activities. The Board, the majority of which is comprised of attorneys and staff members from Washington, DC law firms, government agencies, corporate legal departments and other legal organizations, is responsible for setting policy, guiding fiscal affairs and generally governing GFTH. The Board regularly reviews the organization’s policies, programs and operations. The Board also nominates and elects the officers of the organization. During this fiscal year, GFTH’s Board consisted a total of 22 members. Virtually all members of the Board make financial and/or in-kind contributions to GFTH.

See Exhibit C for a list of the names and addresses of the Directors on the Board during the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

OFFICERS

The officers of GFTH are the individuals primarily responsible for the day-to-day activities of the organization, including the solicitation of contributions, the collection and disbursement of funds, the purchase and distribution of new clothing and other items, the collection and distribution of used clothing, and the general promotion of GFTH to its contributors, Washington, DC homeless service providers and the community at large. The GFTH officers are drawn from members of the Board. Officers serve for one-year terms.

See Exhibit D for a list of the officers during the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

1 President

The President is primarily responsible for oversight of GFTH operations, including the Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Secretary, who report to the President on an ongoing basis. The President calls and conducts meetings of the Board and serves as GFTH’s principal representative with the public, firm coordinators and homeless service providers. The President also issues the checks to purchase new clothing and other items approved by the Board.

2 Treasurer

The Treasurer is responsible for keeping GFTH’s financial records and filing all tax returns and other required tax information with the District of Columbia and the Federal Government. The Treasurer is required to provide all information necessary to the Internal Revenue Service in order to maintain the organization’s 501(c)(3) charitable status. The Treasurer deposits contributions to GFTH. In addition, the Treasurer is charged with ensuring compliance by GFTH with the nonprofit corporation requirements of the District of Columbia and any other applicable laws and regulations.

3 Secretary

The Secretary is responsible for taking the minutes of the Board meetings and distributing the minutes to Board members prior to the next Board meeting. The Secretary also is charged with making any necessary filings required by District law.

4 Vice President-Purchasing

The Vice President-Purchasing coordinates the purchasing of all the new clothing and other needed items. In an attempt to minimize expenses, the Vice President-Purchasing and his or her assistants (drawn principally from the Board) generally work with a broker, seeking to identify manufacturers and distributors that sell specific needed items at wholesale prices. This group also contacts the homeless service providers selected by the Board to receive new clothing to inquire about their new clothing needs for the upcoming year and to compile a list of items to be purchased. Moreover, the Vice President-Purchasing coordinates the distribution of the items to each of these shelters and soup kitchens. Whenever practicable and economically prudent, the new clothing is delivered directly to the homeless service providers by the shipping company. The marginal increase in shipping costs is outweighed by the convenience and timeliness of the direct delivery. In limited cases, companies are instructed to ship the items to a central location, where the Vice President-Purchasing and his or her assistants coordinate volunteers to sort and then deliver the new clothing to the homeless service providers as quickly as possible.

5 Vice President-Used Clothing

The Vice President-Used Clothing is responsible for the collection and distribution of used clothing, and is assisted by a volunteer coordinator, who organizes the hundreds of volunteers each December for a four-day site preparation, clothes sorting and distribution project. Board members, under the oversight of the Vice President-Used Clothing, contact the large number of homeless service providers targeted to receive used clothing to ascertain their needs and to coordinate deliveries to be made during the December clothes sorting and distribution project. Because thousands of items of clothing must be delivered to a central location, sorted and then distributed to over 90 homeless service providers, all during a single four-day period, this job requires a great deal of planning and logistical expertise.

F. Vice President-Development

The Vice President-Development is responsible for developing proposed strategies for raising funds for the purchase of new clothing. The Vice President-Development presents the proposed strategies to the Board members; the Board members decide which fundraising strategies should be pursued. The Vice President-Development then directs the implementation of the selected fundraising strategies. Because the number of homeless men, women and children has been on the rise in recent years, and concomitantly because their need for essential new clothing items has also been rising, the Board intends to devote greater efforts in the future to raise significantly more money for new clothing purchases.

Participating Firms

At the beginning of each campaign, typically in late summer and early autumn, the Board contacts the firms and other organizations that participated in the prior year’s campaign and requests their participation in the upcoming campaign. The Board also considers whether other firms or organizations should be solicited to participate. As noted in the Statement of Purpose, participating firms are drawn principally from the Washington, DC legal community. This includes, but is not limited to, law firms, government agencies, in-house corporate legal departments and other organizations with a connection to the law. Additionally, in recent years GFTH has received help from general community volunteer organizations during its used clothing sorting and distribution project.

Because GFTH has no paid staff, the individual firm coordinators serve as the lifeblood of the organization. Each participating firm or organization has a firm coordinator, that is, an attorney or staff member within the firm or organization who volunteers to organize its individual campaign. In early autumn, the Board members contact the individuals at participating firms and organizations who have served as firm coordinators for GFTH in the past, or who likely would forward the materials to individuals who may wish to serve as firm coordinators for that year’s GFTH campaign. The President later sends information packets to the firm coordinators. The firm coordinator at each firm or organization distributes a memorandum or other communication to the attorneys and staff at that firm describing GFTH and requesting contributions of cash and used clothing, and then collects and delivers the used clothing to the sorting site and sends monetary donations to GFTH’s lockbox. Firm coordinators are encouraged to, and have often in the past, tailored their campaigns to meet their specific firm’s or organization’s culture and needs. Firm coordinators also solicit volunteers from their organizations for the annual used clothing sorting and distribution project.

Attached as Exhibit E is a list of the law firms, corporations, government agencies and other organizations that provided volunteers, used clothing, monetary donations or other support to GFTH during the 2005-2006 fiscal year (to be updated).

HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS

At the beginning of each campaign, and at the direction of the Vice Presidents-Purchasing and Used Clothing, the Board selects homeless service providers who will receive donations of new clothes and/or blankets and used clothes and other items during that year’s campaign. Typically this is done primarily through an assessment of the needs of the homeless service providers served in the prior years and GFTH’s ability to meet those needs. Homeless service providers include, but are not limited too, shelters, temporary residences, soup kitchens and wagons and organizations that provide medical care to the homeless and needy or help them integrate into the workforce. Additionally, some homeless service providers serve a particular clientele, such as men, or are affiliated with a religious organization. However, GFTH makes no distinction when choosing to work with the organization. Following the guidelines set forth in the Statement of Purpose, GFTH will first serve homeless service providers within the District of Columbia and then will look to those in neighboring communities in Maryland and Virginia when, and if, the Board believes that the needs of the Washington-based organizations have been sufficiently met.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

As explained in the Statement of Purpose, contributions are primarily solicited from attorneys and staff of Washington, DC area law firms, government agencies, in-house corporate legal departments and other legal organizations. In some cases, a firm will “match” cash contributions made by individuals at that firm. In other cases, a firm will make a contribution to GFTH in the firm name, rather than, or in addition to, donations from individuals at that firm. GFTH has also received donations from foundations established by several law firms. GFTH also welcomes cash or in-kind contributions from an individual or organization not engaged in providing legal services.

In addition to these contributions, GFTH will periodically receive interest from the account which it maintains. Pursuant to GFTH’s Operating Guidelines any earned interest is deposited into the account to be used for the purchase of new clothing items.

GFTH purchases items only after receiving and depositing funds. The organization does not, except possibly in an unusual circumstance, bind itself to any purchases unless the funds are already available. GFTH, therefore, is operated to avoid a cash deficit.

Because GFTH operates on a cash-on-hand basis, pays no overhead and spends the contributions it receives in accordance with its Statement of Purpose and its modest operating expenses are paid by supporting law firms, Board members or other supporters, GFTH does not maintain audited financial statements. An unaudited consolidated statement of account balances is attached as Exhibit F. A copy of the organization’s federal tax return, Form 990, is available upon request.

TAX-EXEMPT STATUS

GFTH is a tax exempt organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A copy of GFTH’s most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service is attached as Exhibit G.

For more information about Gifts for the Homeless, Inc., please contact Carol A. Weiser (202) 383-0728, carol.weiser@

February 16, 2007

Carol A. Weiser

President and Chairman of the Board

EXHIBIT A

FY 2005-2006 Recipients of New Clothing

801 East Building (formerly Martin Luther King Shelter)

Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network

Calvary Baptist Emergency Women's Shelter

Carroll House (Catholic Charities)

CCNV

Christ House

Coalition for the Homeless

Community Family Life Service

Community of Hope Emergency Shelter

Doorways

Downtown Services Center (serves Zaccheus & Women's Dinner Program)

Emory Shelter

First Helping

Gospel Rescue Ministries

House of Ruth

Ivy City Resource Center

Martha's Table Outfitters

Mary House

McKenna House

Miriam's Closet

Miriam's House

Mount Carmel House

My Father's House

My Sister's Place

N Street Village (serves Luther Place Shelter & Bethany Women’s Center)

Neighbors Consejo

People’s Involvement Corporation

Rachael’s Women’s Shelter

Samaritan Inns

So Others Might Eat

Sunday Suppers

The Salvation Army

Washington City Church of the Brethren Nutrition Program

EXHIBIT B

FY 2004-2005 Recipients of Used Closing

(to be revised to reflect late 2006 results)

A

Arlington Presbyterian Church

Arlington Public Schools

Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-Span)

B

Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter

Bethany Women’s Center

Bethesda House

Bread for the City

Bright Beginnings

C

Calvary Shelter, Inc.

Carriage House

Carroll House

Central Union Mission

Community for Creative Non-Violence

Community of Hope, Inc.

D

Demeter Northwest

E

Ella’s Kids, Inc.

Emory Shelter

F

First Baptist Church of Clarendon

Friendship House Clothing Center

G

Galbraith AME Zion Church

Georgetown Ministry Center

Good Shepherd

Gospel Rescue Mission

Greentree Shelter

H

House of Imogene

I

Interfaith Clothing Center

Ivy City Resource Center

L

La Casa

M

Martha’s Table

Martin Luther King Shelter

Mary House

Mazique Parent-Child Center

McKenna House

Miriam’s Kitchen

Mission of Love

Mondloch House

Mount Carmel House

My Father’s House

My Sister’s Place

N

New Endeavors by Women

New Expectations

P

People’s Involvement Corporation

Planet Aid

Purple Heart

R

Rising Hope

S

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

St. Paul’s Shelter

Salvation Army Grate Patrol

Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.

Second Genesis

Shepherd’s Table

Shelter House

So Others May Eat (SOME)

Springroad Family Shelter

Stepping Stones

T

Third Street Church of God

U

Umojoa Treatment Center

V

Valley Place

Victor Howell House

Volunteer Assistance Corp.

W

Webster House

Y

YMCA (Bowen)

Z

Zacchaeus Community Kitchen

EXHIBIT C

Gifts For The Homeless, Inc.

Board Of Directors, FY 2005-2006

Nalini Annand

Fogarty International Center

National Institutes of Health

16 Center Drive

Bethesda, MD 20892-2220

Ronnie M. Benson

Winston & Strawn LLP

1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-3817

Rhonda Binda

Alston & Bird LLP

950 F Street, NW.

Washington, DC 20004

Anne Delhommeau

Ogletree Deakins PC

Fifth Floor

2400 N Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Robert F. Dorsey

Wilson-Epes Printing Co.

707 6th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

Alexander E. Dreier

Hogan & Hartson, LLP

555 13th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

Peggy Bayer Femenella (VP – Used Clothing)

United States Federal Trade Commission

6th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20580

Laurel W. Glassman (VP – Development)

Dewey Ballantine LLP

1775 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20006

Susan Hoffman

Crowell & Moring

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2505

Jeffrey S. Hydrick (Treasurer)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

2445 M Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

Walter Lohmann

Kirkland & Ellis

655 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1200

Washington, D.C. 20005

Dionne C. Lomax

Vinson & Elkins LLP

1455 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, D.C. 20004-1008

Erin Monaghan (Secretary)

Federal Election Commission

Washington, D.C.

Ceceile Patterson

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

1440 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

Jennifer L. Plitsch

Covington & Burling

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

P.O. Box 7566

Washington, D.C. 20044

Gregory Kaler Smith

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP

1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20009

Rachel L. Strong

Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

Narges Toptzes

Express Factor

7802 Hyson Park Court

Falls Church, VA 22043

James Villa

U.S. Dept of Justice – Antitrust Div.

Washington, D.C.

Geraldine M. Walsh (VP – Purchasing)

Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549-0213

Carol A. Weiser (President)

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP

1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20004-2404

Laurence K. Williams

Internal Revenue Service – Chief Counsel

Washington, D.C.

EXHIBIT D

FY 2005-2006 OFFICERS

Carol A. Weiser

President and

Chairman of the Board

Jeffrey S. Hydrick

Treasurer

Erin Monaghan

Secretary

Peggy Bayer Femenella,

Vice President-Used Clothing

Geraldine M. Walsh,

Vice President-Purchasing

Laurel Glassman,

Vice President-Development

EXHIBIT E

FY 2004-2005 Participating Firms and Organizations

(to be updated to reflect late 2006 results)

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP

Alston & Bird LLP

American Bar Association

Andrews & Kurth, LLP

APCO Worldwide

Arnold & Porter LLP

Baker Botts, LLP

Baker & Hostelter LLP

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Bracewell & Guiliani LLP

Bredhoff & Kaiser LLP

Bryan Cave LLP

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Caplin & Drysdale LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP

Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC

Cooley Godward LLP

Cooper & Kirk LLP

Coudert Brothers LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

David A. Clark School of Law, UDC

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Dechert LLP

Department of Justice – Antitrust Div., Office of Inspector General, employees of

Dewey Ballantine, LLP

Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP

Environ Int. Corp.

Festive Foods

Federal Election Commission, employees of

Federal Trade Commission, employees of

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Fish & Neave (now Ropes & Gray)

Fitzpatrick Cella LLP

Foley Hoag LLP

Foley & Lardner LLP

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Gaia Tech, Inc.

Gardner, P.C., Law Offices of Michael

Gardner, Carton & Douglas LLP

Georgetown University Law Center

George Washington University School of Law

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson Foundation

Goodwin Proctor LLP

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Hogan & Hartson LLP

Holland & Knight LLP

Howrey LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP

Internal Revenue Service, employees of

Jackson & Campbell, PC

Jenner & Block LLP

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue LLP

King Cadillac Band

King & Spalding LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

Legal Times

LeBoeuf Lamb LLP

Lewin Group, The

Madam’s Organ

Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

Martel Group, The

McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Monument Realty

Nordstrom at Towson Town Center

Nordstrom at Tysons Corner Center

O’ Connor & Hannan LLP

Office Paper Supply

Ogletree, Deakins LLP

Orrick Herrington LLP

Patton, Boggs LLC

Perkins Coie LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP

Rand Construction Corporation

Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP

Saidman DesignLaw Group

Securities & Exchange Commission, employees of

Service Employees International Union

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson LLP

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP

Single Volunteers of D.C.

Skadden Arps LLP

Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP

Spriggs & Hollingsworth LLP

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP

Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP

Thompson Elite Billback

Touch

US Telecommunications Training Institute

Van Ness Feldman P.C.

Vertex Engineering

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Volunteer Match

Weil Gotschal & Manges LLP

White & Case LLP

Wilkie Farr LLP

Williams & Connolly LLP

Williams College Alumni Association

WilmerHale LLP

Wilson-Epes Printing Company, Inc.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Winston & Strawn LLP

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.C.

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP

EXHIBIT F

GFTH Account Balances

Consolidated Statement (3-year)

| |Gifts For The Homeless, Inc. |

| |Monthly Account Activity (FY03 - FY05) |

| | | | | | |

| | |Beg. Bal. |Interest |Deposits |Expenses |

| | | | | | |

| |Oct-02 |$98,217 |$101 |$1,120 |$0 |

| |Nov-02 |$99,438 |$106 |$0 |$56,272 |

| |Dec-02 |$43,272 |$84 |$58,752 |$33,570 |

| |Jan-03 |$68,538 |$27 |$39,791 |$207 |

| |Feb-03 |$108,149 |$56 |$2,223 |$127 |

| |Mar-03 |$110,301 |$61 |$660 |$73 |

| |Apr-03 |$110,949 |$63 |$0 |$73 |

| |May-03 |$110,939 |$55 |$0 |$73 |

| |Jun-03 |$110,921 |$50 |$0 |$70 |

| |Jul-03 |$110,901 |$48 |$0 |$70 |

| |Aug-03 |$110,879 |$36 |$308 |$70 |

| |Sep-03 |$111,153 |$30 |$108 |$71 |

| | | | | | |

| |Oct-03 |$111,220 |$31 |$155 |$137 |

| |Nov-03 |$111,269 |$30 |$0 |$100,935 |

| |Dec-03 |$10,364 |$21 |$57,490 |$90 |

| |Jan-04 |$67,785 |$7 |$54,612 |$4,344 |

| |Feb-04 |$118,060 |$23 |$898 |$202 |

| |Mar-04 |$118,779 |$27 |$2,285 |$46 |

| |Apr-04 |$121,045 |$31 |$0 |$46 |

| |May-04 |$121,030 |$31 |$3,347 |$46 |

| |Jun-04 |$124,362 |$33 |$4,377 |$10 |

| |Jul-04 |$128,762 |$49 |$0 |$10 |

| |Aug-04 |$128,801 |$60 |$3,722 |$370 |

| |Sep-04 |$132,213 |$82 |$761 |$9 |

| | | | | | |

| |Oct-04 |$133,047 |$99 |$1,555 |$48 |

| |Nov-04 |$134,653 |$114 |$3,887 |$3,683 |

| |Dec-04 |$134,971 |$41 |$87,695 |$106,500 |

| |Jan-05 |$116,207 |$0 |$42,635 |$5,894 |

| |Feb-05 |$152,948 |$0 |$353 |$31 |

| |Mar-05 |$153,270 |$0 |$1,770 |$1 |

| |Apr-05 |$155,039 |$0 |$1,603 |$1 |

| |May-05 |$156,641 |$0 |$11,765 |$1 |

| |Jun-05 |$168,405 |$0 |$13,659 |$1,128 |

| |Jul-05 |$180,936 |$0 |$2,446 |$1 |

| |Aug-05 |$183,381 |$0 |$0 |$1 |

| |Sep-05 |$183,380 |$0 |$3,893 |$1 |

| | | | | | |

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EXHIBIT G

GFTH Determination Letter

ERRATA TO 2000 – WORD STATEMENT TO

APPLICATION TO CATALOGUE FOR PHILANTHROPY

DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2007

Section 1. Who we are.

Reference to $185,000 should be $190,000.

Reference to 4,000 bags should be 4,500 bags.

Reference to $1.8 million for purchases should be $1.85 million.

Section 4. Board of Directors.

Reference to 18 members should be 19.

Section 6.B. New Clothing Purchases.

Strike approximately and replace with “almost a 10%.”

Strike approximately and replace with “approximately $40,000.”

Section 8. Reference to 72 should be 80.

Reference to 4,000 bags should be 4,500.

Reference to 60,000 should be 86,000 items.

Section 11. Reference to $185,000 should be $190,000.

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