The figures in this report are for fiscal year January-December 2022, released in July 2023 following annual auditing.
Thanks to DESC housing and shelters, thousands of people slept indoors and not on the streets; a total of 650,262 bednights in 2022!
This is our mission
DESC helps people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment and housing.
DESC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Tax ID: 91-1275815
(All numbers cited in this report are annual totals from 2022 unless otherwise stated.)
6,785 people received housing, shelter, food and/or health care
4,216 clients enrolled in more than one program
2,242 new clients enrolled with DESC
Staff provided 53,839 hours of case management, evaluation and other services
1,734 tenants lived in DESC housing, a total of 530,714 housed bednights
1,098 tenants enrolled in at least one program; 342 enrolled in two or more programs
435 tenants moved into homes
Clients received 84,265 meals
We opened our second Hobson Place housing wing, and the Clinic at Hobson Place
We held a virtual grand opening on Jan. 25, 2022, for the project, which includes the integrated physical and behavioral health care clinic and 92 additional affordable housing units.
Our outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services lower barriers to care
Staff and tenants administered Naloxone 257 times
DESC outreach and crisis programs worked with 9,937 people (serving some people in multiple programs)
Here are just a few of those programs and the numbers of people they helped:
- BUP, 24
- COAT (Community Outreach and Advocacy Team), 94
- CRP (Crisis Respite Program), 155 people
- HOST (Homeless Outreach Stabilization and Treatment), 506
- PACT (Program of Assertive Community Treatment), 107
- Pathfinder, 113
- SAGE (Support, Advocacy, Growth and Employment),1,587
- SHARP (Services and Housing to Access Recovery), 225
- SHORE (Stabilization, Health, Occupational Readiness & Engagement) shifted to COVID mitigation in 2020, 305
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment, 423
- Supported Employment, 112
Our Crisis Response Programs stepped into the gap
Our Mobile Crisis Team received 3,553 outreach referrals from our three dispatch centers in north, central and south King County.
The Crisis Solutions Center cared for 2,763 people in 2022
- The Crisis Diversion Facility helped 944 people
- Crisis Diversion Interim Services helped 449 people
Shelters, including our Supportive Emergency Housing, provided 119,548 bed nights in 2022
The Mary Pilgrim Inn and the Gateway in Honor of Tenaya Wright serve a unique need, through Health Through Housing.
You volunteered 7,346 hours!
Learn more about volunteering here.
And you contributed goods and services:
- Clothing for 4,500 people
- Food and drink for 5,918 people
- Household goods for 4,500 people
- Hygiene items for 5,000 people
- Services for 4,000 people
- Books, media, tickets, holiday gifts and other things, for 1,030 people
Financial Summary
For the year of Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2022
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position-DESC & Related Partnerships
Assets
| Cash & Cash Equivalents | $8,184,694 |
| Accounts Receivable & Prepaid Expenses | $12,137,436 |
| Restricted Assets & Housing Reserves | $19,754,796 |
| Land, Buildings, Furnishings & Leasehold Improvements (Net) | $233,090,420 |
| Notes Receivable, Construction in Progress & Other Assets | $47,949,800 |
| Total Assets | $321,117,146 |
Liabilities
| Accounts Payable | $10,826,964 |
| Deferred Revenue | $9,092,032 |
| Client Custodial Accounts & Other Liabilities | $5,824,694 |
| Notes Payable | $201,446,558 |
| Total Liabilities | $227,190,248 |
| Net Assets | $93,926,898 |
| Total Liabilities & Net Assets | $321,117,146 |
Consolidated Statement of Activities – DESC & Related Partnerships
Revenue
| Public Grants & Contracts | $63,942,547 |
| Medicaid & Other Health Insurance | $7,289,988 |
| Housing Rents & Related Income | $7,360,500 |
| Contributions | $4,427,505 |
| Contributions-In Kind | $6,967,334 |
| Forgiveness of Debt | $1,950,845 |
| Other | $280,134 |
| Interest | $276,461 |
| Total Revenue | $92,495,314 |
Expenses
| Housing Programs | $49,542,562 |
| Clinical Programs | $27,516,648 |
| Management & Administration | $12,818,953 |
| Real Estate Development | $518,030 |
| Fundraising | $433,765 |
| Total Expenses | $90,829,958 |
| Operating Surplus (Deficit) | $ $1,665,356 |
| Non-Operating Revenue & Expense | |
| Depreciation, Amortization & Accrued Interest | $(11,721,299) |
| Net Income (Loss) | $(10,055,943) |