2024 Year in Review

As we close out the year, we at Capital Compassion are filled with gratitude as we reflect on the profound impact your generosity has made. Because of your support, countless lives have been touched through essential services, compassionate care, and opportunities for lasting change. Together, we’ve brought hope where it was needed most, strengthened communities, and created pathways toward brighter futures. Thank you for being such an integral part of our mission—your kindness continues to inspire and uplift those we serve.

In 2024, we’ve seen extraordinary progress:

• Number of first-time guests registered at our site in 2024 – 527
• Food Bags given to housed families with food insecurity – 1,417
• Cost of Housed Food Bag: $25.00 x 1417 = $35,425.00
• Food bags given to unhoused persons – 1,547
• Cost of Unhoused Bags: $16 x 1547 = $24,752.00
• Number of diaper packages given – 425 (most of whom are refugee families)
• Number of ID Vouchers issued – 13 since November (we qualified in November to assist the County with vouchers for the unhoused to secure ID’s)
• POD (Point of Distribution) Partners- 45

• World Vision Truckloads received – 17

• Value of Goods given through our POD Partners and to our walk-in guests – $510,000.00

• Homeless Outreaches to unhoused encampments downtown: 7

• Volunteers throughout the year: 451 volunteer check ins

• Volunteer hours served – 1,353 hours

• First Grant awarded in December: $17,315.80

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• Qualified for access to the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) database: HMIS is a HUD-compliant database used to gather demographic data and record services provided to clients who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in Sacramento and Yolo County. We are now able to track every guest we serve and guide them through other services available for their care.

• Access to Benefitscal.com: Now qualified to assist persons to access Cal Fresh/EBT cards – 8 persons assisted in December

As we look ahead to 2025, we will be adding space to provide showers and laundry service which will allow us to serve the unhoused in transition with increased dignity and effectiveness. We are committed to expanding our reach, increasing our impact, and ensuring that every person we serve has the support they need to thrive. And we need your help to do it.

This holiday season, we invite you to make a special year-end gift to Capital Compassion. Your donation—no matter the size—helps us continue to provide food, education, supplies, and empowerment to vulnerable individuals and families across our community. Every contribution will directly support our programs, ensuring that more lives are transformed through compassion and care.

We have learned so much over the past twelve months. Every week we are assisting our unhoused guests with acquiring ID’s, EBT cards, connections to rehab programs for drug and alcohol addiction, resume building, job applications, and access to transitional housing opportunities.

Here’s how your gift will make a difference:

· $50 provides a month’s worth of food for an unhoused guest.

· $100 provides four housed families with two weeks of food per month.

· $500 provides emergency shelter and case management services for an unhoused guest.

· $1,000 funds a World Vision semi-truck delivery that allows us to provide $30,000 worth of household goods to refugee families and others in need.

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift before December 31st to take advantage of year-end giving opportunities. You can donate online at here or send a check to Capital Compassion at PO Box 276267, Sacramento, CA 95827.

Your generosity has already created lasting change, but there’s so much more we can achieve together. On behalf of everyone at Capital Compassion, thank you for believing in our mission and for being a source of light and hope for this Christmas season.

 Wishing you a joyful Christmas and New Year filled with compassion, kindness, and possibility.

With gratitude,

Rick Cole
Executive Director
Capital Compassion

Crystal Molnar
Director of Operations

Laine Alves
Director of Outreach and Community Collaboration

Lisa Berry
Director of Development