2014 Annual Report - University Settlement

Our Unique Family
University Settlement is part of a unique family of
organizations that includes The Door and Broome Street Academy
Charter High School. Together the three assist more than 40,000
vulnerable New Yorkers every year to embrace their strengths,
realize their potential and achieve a life of well-being and prosperity.
From a legal perspective, the structure is quite simple. University
Settlement is the “sole member” of The Door — New York City’s
leading youth development center assisting nearly 10,000 at-risk
youth every year; The Door is the “sole member” of Broome
Street Academy, a charter high school designed for youth at-risk
of dropping out, including those with a history of homelessness or
involvement in the child welfare system. Being the sole member
empowers University Settlement’s Board to appoint The Door’s
Board, and in turn The Door’s Board appoints the Board for Broome
Street Academy. This type of partnership maximizes the strengths of
each organization separately and the three collectively.
The most powerful product of this partnership stems from our
shared pursuit of a common goal: to transform lives by connecting
and empowering people, with compassion and dignity.
Like all families, University Settlement, The Door and Broome Street
Academy maintain certain similarities — we are smart, compassionate and bold. We are trailblazers, cutting a path towards prosperity
for all New Yorkers. It is challenging and immensely fulfilling work,
made possible by our partnership with each other — and with you.
Together we are the parts that, combined, make a greater whole.
In October of 2015, for the first time ever, we celebrated all three
organizations together at a special event, Our Family Table (see
page 12). The result was powerful and incredibly inspiring. As we
continue to talk about and celebrate our unique family, I hope you
find the partnership illuminating in bold, new ways that inspire you,
too. If you would like to learn more about the family — or any of its
distinct members — please let us know. We’re excited to have you
get to know us better and to join with us in our shared purpose.
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, University Settlement and The Door
From our Executive Director
Dear Friend,
D
D
uring my second year as executive director
of University Settlement I’ve watched our city
handle some incredible highs and some very
challenging lows. Like you, I’ve witnessed
gross tragedy and injustice divide communities, both
here and throughout our country, even as crime rates
go down and our overall economy starts to strengthen.
I’ve seen the gap between those who have and those
who have not grow ever-wider and the homelessness
rate in New York City stagnate at its highest since the
Great Depression.
While there are signs that life is improving for some,
there are very troubling indications that the dream of
prosperity remains out of reach for too many.
At University Settlement, we are passionate advocates
of the belief that everyone deserves access to
opportunity. And that all people should be able to
pursue opportunity with dignity. These goals can
remain elusive if they are not put front and center,
every day, and given primacy.
In 2014, University Settlement
deepened its relationship to the
people we assist by:
dding two new early childhood centers,
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two new community centers, four new
after-school programs.
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eeping our community centers open
later during the summer, reducing
violence near our Brooklyn centers by
18% in just 4 months.
Integrating mental health services
through all older adult programs.
That can’t be done
through glancing
moments. Being
tenacious requires
working deeply and
honestly. It requires
that we not fall back
on everything we think we know, but remain open to
hearing what our neighbors are telling us about their
struggles for jobs, safety, health, advancement, and
simple human self-worth. It will mean listening when
we prefer to talk; pushing past discomfort when we
feel exposed; and insisting that those with a stake
in keeping things the way they are be summoned to
engage with us in the cause of justice.
For nearly 130 years, University Settlement has been
this tenacious advocate. We grow deep roots in the
communities where we work because we know that’s
how you create true strength. We’ve seen results
from our work — reduced crime rates around our
neighborhood centers, our preschoolers excelling in
kindergarten, improved health among participants in
our older adult programs, and much more — because
we have listened, and acted, and compelled others
to act, too.
The stories we’ve chosen to share in the following
pages are beautiful examples of the greatness that
results when people work more deeply together, with
the right mix of thoughtfulness, respect, and tenacity.
Your tenacious commitment to us is crucial to this
cause. These successes are your successes, too. Let’s
celebrate them — and then get back to work.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Initiating a new pilot program in
partnership with NYC Housing Court
to provide positive intervention to
families facing eviction.
E
nhancing our artist-in-residence
program to create deeper relationships
between professional artists and
our participants.
Melissa E. Aase
Executive Director
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“Having a parent behind him,
pushing him — I didn’t have that.
I want him to go on to do
even better than I did.”
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anessa’s son Tyler is a stylish dresser with a
happy confidence that stems from his mom’s
unending love and support. For Tanessa, a
single mother who grew up in Brooklyn
without many resources, providing for her
son is incredibly important. So when she
learned about University Settlement’s Family Enrichment
Program that teaches parenting skills while giving kids the
tools to be school-ready, she was immediately on-board.
Based at University Settlement’s Ingersoll
Community Center in Fort Greene, the program
includes both home visiting and center-based support.
Tanessa and Tyler opted for home-visits. Tanessa
acknowledges that, for some people, having someone
come into your home can be intimidating —
“people get nervous,
but I have an open
Currently 24% of
mind and thought,
3- and 4-year-olds
‘if this can benefit
in the Fort Greene
my son, then it’s
area are not enrolled
worth it.’”
in an early education
Regular
program. Studies have
home-visits with a
shown that homechild development
visiting programs like
professional put
University Settlement’s
Tyler on track to
can have real impact
being ahead of his
on low-income
peers when he
children, helping
enters kindergarten
them to graduate
in the fall — at four
from high school at
years old he’s already
a 20% higher rate
reading and loves his
than their peers.
books. For Tanessa, it
meant an easier
transition from work/daycare to being at home.
“It gave me a chance to catch my breath and relax
so that I could really be there for him.” It has also
meant learning the skills to be a strong parent —
something she wasn’t familiar with from her own
childhood. “Having a parent behind him, pushing him —
I didn’t have that. I want him to go on to better schools and do
even better than I did.”
From the Frontline
Cutting-Edge Initiatives of 2014
This year University Settlement assisted more than 30,000 New Yorkers
with cutting-edge, in-depth programs and services, responsive to our families’
and communities’ ever-changing needs. Following are just a few highlights
from a year of expansions, enhancements and notable recognition.
Investing in
New York City’s
youngest
Recognition for
community-building
expertise
Expanding access to high quality early childhood
Building on the success of the Ingersoll Community
education is critical to supporting the healthy growth
Center, University Settlement was selected by New
and development of all children — and leaders at
York City’s Department of Youth and Community
the city, state and federal
Development to take on two new
level have taken notice.
Cornerstone community centers
As NYC Mayor de Blasio
serving children and families living
launched a historic
in the East Village and Clinton
expansion of Universal
Hill, Brooklyn. We opened the
Pre-Kindergarten services,
doors of both centers on January
University Settlement’s
1, 2014, implemented the Mayor’s
long-established expertise
extended hours initiative over the
was front and center. In 2014
summer (see sidebar), and have
we significantly grew our
generated extensive community
Early Childhood Division
interest and participation in our
with the addition of two new
programming from the start.
early childhood centers,
In the Mayor’s Spotlight
including one in Brooklyn’s
highly stratified Park
Expanding
Slope community. There
ayor de Blasio became
after-school
50% of seats are reserved
a regular at University
for children receiving
to keep kids
Settlement’s Ingersoll
subsidized care. We also
Community Center in
on track
nearly doubled the scale
2014. First visiting in January to discuss
of our Butterflies mental
Studies have shown that the
area residents’ concerns, he returned
health program specifitransition years between
in the summer to announce publicly
cally designed for children
elementary and high school can
his investment in extending all NYC’s
under 5 and their parents.
be particularly precarious, and
Cornerstone center hours during the
Addressing a child’s full
additional academic and social
summer to give kids a positive
range of needs at such an
supports make a crucial difference
alternative to the streets. Returning in
early stage — and providing
in keeping kids on track for
December, he shared some amazing
well-rounded support
graduation. Continuing an
to their parents — often
results: in the four months since this
expansion that began in 2013, we
changes the trajectory for
investment, crime around the Center
added four new after-school sites
a family, and keeps parents
had gone down by 18%.
for middle-schoolers this year in
and children on track for
Brooklyn and Manhattan. We now
long-term success.
“Here at Ingersoll Houses there has
have 20 after-school programs
been real progress…it’s an example
assisting more than 2,500 lowof what all these efforts are meant
income young people ages 5-18.
to achieve.”— Mayor Bill de Blasio
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Pioneering successful
eviction prevention
in Brooklyn
In 2014, University Settlement’s Project Home
continued year 2 of its pilot project in partnership with
NYCHA in Brooklyn, where families at risk of eviction
are identified and supported before they end up in
court. By the end of the year, nearly 90% of cases
were either successfully resolved or headed toward a
successful resolution. Unfortunately, thousands more
families do end up in housing court, often without a
lawyer to advocate for them. Now, thanks to a new
partnership with the Office of Court Administration,
Project Home employs “Court Navigators” —
advocates based at housing court who offer
immediate assistance and advice to tenants facing the
judge alone. First-of-its-kind partnerships like these
work to close the justice gap while keeping lowincome New Yorkers safe and secure in their homes.
National
recognition
for hospital
artist-in-residence
program
Specifically the nomination recognized our Hospital
Artist-in-Residence model, offering art instruction
and experiences to cancer patients, their families and
healthcare staff. Based in New York City, The Creative
Center’s Artist-in-Residence program is located in
26 sites in the metro area, as well as replicated at
42 hospitals around the United States, sharing the
power of the creative arts in providing a moment
away from cancer, pain and stress.
New approaches
to promoting
mental health
with older adults
New York City’s older adult population is poised to
increase dramatically in the next several years. With
one-in-five NYC seniors experiencing depressive
symptoms or anxiety, increased mental health
supports for seniors are critical. University Settlement
initiated a fully integrated emotional wellness project,
staffed with clinicians but embedded in programs
that our seniors already access, in spaces where they
feel comfortable. This approach allows us to reach
the 2,000 seniors we regularly assist, as well as
additional older adults specifically seeking mental
health support.
The Creative Center at University Settlement was
nominated for a 2014 CLASSY Award, the largest
social impact awards program in the United States.
Our Programs
and Services
For Families with
Young Children
utterflies: Mental Health
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for Children Under Five
Children’s Corner Early
Childhood Center
Early Childhood Center
Early Head Start
Early Intervention
Family Child Care Program
Family Enrichment Program
Healthy Families
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For Youth
fter-School and Day Camp
A
Programs for grades K-8
Beacon Program
Children’s Blended Case
Management
Home-Based Crisis Intervention
Talent Search
College Guidance
For Adults
dult Literacy
A
Project Home
Older Adults Programs
The Creative Center
For the Whole Family
Atlantic Terminal
Community Center
Campos Plaza
Community Center
Consultation Center
EXCEL: Support for
Families and Children
with Special Needs
Houston Street Center
Ingersoll Community Center
Lower East Side / Chinatown
Community Partnership
The Performance Project
“I was able to make the
American dream come true
for my daughters”
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ei Lin moved to New York City
from Shanghai to help “heal the sorrow”
she felt when her eldest son died of
cancer. With her other children already
grown, and her career as an engineer
winding down, Pei Lin faced a
crossroads. She decided the only path to solace would be to
seek opportunity and relief in a new country.
Soon after moving to the Lower East Side, Pei Lin realized
she needed to learn English; “without it,” she says, “you have
no life.” Pei Lin began taking classes with University
Settlement’s Adult Literacy Program — a highly
regarded language program
that has been a corner40% of the Lower
stone of our services
East Side is
since our earliest days.
foreign-born, with
More than
nearly 38% not
teaching English,
proficient in English
Adult Literacy aims
— a major barrier to
to build strong,
gaining employment,
empowered New
supporting a family
Yorkers. The program
and securing
purposefully integrates
long-term selflanguage learning with
sufficiency. University
enriching electives in
Settlement’s Adult
technology, creative
Literacy Program is
writing and more.
designed to provide
For Pei Lin, that meant
the full range of
gaining the confidence to
language skills
write and perform her
needed to become a
own poetry as part of an
productive citizen.
integrative workshop in
partnership with
University Settlement’s Performance Project.
It also meant acquiring the tools to reunite her family.
She remembers with pride the day that she was able to
complete the paperwork needed — in English, by herself
— to bring her daughters to the United States. “I was able to
make the American dream come true for my daughters.”
Our Financial Report
Balance Sheet
Year ending June 30
20142013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 1,565,745
$ 677,937
Investments, at fair value 3,208,712 3,120,318
Government grants and contracts receivable 2,826,653 2,472,383
Pledges receivable655,970972,256
Prepaid and other assets 163,260 165,640
Land, buildings and equipment, net** 1,838,277 1,793,649
Total Assets
$10,258,617
$ 9,202,183
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Advances under government grants
$ 710,737
$ 404,639
Accrued vacation459,386527,166
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,661,544 1,271,845
Amounts held on behalf of others
28,505
25,766
Deferred income36,54156,958
Total Liabilities
$2,896,713
$2,286,374
Net Assets
Unrestricted:
Undesignated for general use
$ 459,855
$ 218,098
Creative Center general use 327,348 327,348
Board designated665,508755,508
Net investment in fixed assets 1,838,277 1,793,649
Temporarily restricted2,024,1091,774,399
Permanently restricted2,046,8072,046,807
Total Net Assets
$7,361,904
$6,915,809
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$10,258,617
$9,202,183
Funding Sources
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P
rivate Support:
Individuals, Corporations,
and Foundations (12%)
G
overnment Grants and
Contracts (73%)
Program and Hospital Fees (7%)
Management Fees (3%)
Miscellaneous Income (3%)
Non Operating Revenue (2%)
Expenses by Category
Early Childhood Services (41%)
Youth Services (16%)
Family and Counseling
Services (33%)
Management and General (8%)
Fundraising (2%)
Statement of Activities
20142013
Year ending June 30
Support and Revenues
Private Support:
Individuals, corporations and foundations
$ 3,135,513
$ 2,736,317
Government grants and contracts 19,066,480 17,353,762
Program fees1,653,6181,059,016
Hospital fees271,066296,019
Management fees723,209742,403
Miscellaneous income703,481893,434
Total Operating Support and Revenues
$25,553,367
$23,080,951
Expenses
Program services
Early Childhood Services
$10,638,644 $ 9,469,207
Youth Services 4,027,535 3,655,009
Family and Counseling Services* 8,404,469 8,398,689
Total Program Services $23,070,648
$21,522,905
Supporting Services
Management and General
$ 2,042,996
$ 1,922,980
Fundraising408,082461,942
Total Supporting Services
$ 2,451,078
$ 2,384,922
Total Expenses
$25,521,726
$23,907,827
Change in net assets from operations,
before non-operating revenue**
$31,641
($826,876)
Non-operating revenues
Dividend and interest income
Realized and unrealized gain on investments
54,764
359,690
43,075
224,002
Total non-operating revenues
414,454
267,077
$
$
Change in net assets**
$ 446,095
Net assets, beginning of year 6,915,809
Net assets, end of year
$ 7,361,904
(559,799)
7,475,608
$ 6,915,809
*In addition to all mental health services, Family and Counseling Services program expenses include the Performance Project,
Adult Literacy, Project Home, Older Adults, the Houston Street Community Center and the Creative Center.
**Net of depreciation.
2014
Historical Growth
2011
Programs
Administration
2008
2005
2002
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“I want to give the same
light to others that
the Beacon gave me.”
A
A
t 25, Raseem already has an
impressive list of accomplishments:
he’s a first-generation high school
graduate; finished his bachelor’s
degree; volunteered as a door-todoor campaigner during election
season; and recently shared his personal story at a United
Nations annual conference — quite a resume, and he credits
his success to his early years with University Settlement’s
Beacon after-school program.
Beginning the program when he was 13, Raseem returned
year after year, eventually transitioning from participant to
group leader, mentoring younger children. He also helped
shape programming to keep older youth engaged, pushing
for activities that had helped
him, like career workshops
Research shows
and interview skills-building.
that students who
“So many of the skills I
regularly engage in
learned as a member are
more learning and
still so useful today,” he
enrichment time
says, “and I know that
beyond the traditional
these kids…they’ll just feel
school day improve
the same way one day.”
attendance, their
After graduating
attitudes towards
college, Raseem decided
schooling and their
to go back to the place
overall achievement.
that had changed his life,
In the past year,
to do the same for future
University Settlement
generations. Since joining
has added 4 new
University Settlement’s
after-school sites, all
staff as a full-time
focused on the often
employee, Raseem has
hard-to-reach middle
been promoted, now
school kids.
working as a senior group
leader at two of University
Settlement’s newest locations — the Campos
Cornerstone Community Center and TASS Middle
School After-School Program.
“This is my career path, and I feel it more every
day. I just want to give the same light to others that
the Beacon gave me. Kids who have no place to go…
I want to be their safe place.”
Our Donors
$200,000 or more
The Robin Hood Foundation
Tiger Foundation
$100,000 or more
Child Welfare Fund
Stella and Charles Guttman
Foundation, Inc.
The New York Community Trust
NYC Housing & Neighborhood
Recovery Donor Collaborative
The Pinkerton Foundation
Oak Philanthropy Limited
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
Foundation, Inc.
The Edith Glick Shoolman
Children’s Foundation
Alan and Hope Winters Family
Foundation
$50,000 or more
The Russell Grinnell Memorial
Trust
The Livestrong Foundation
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
NYMAC SeaChange Capital
Partners
The Parent-Child Home Program,
Inc.
Pascale Sykes Foundation
Richard and Heidi Rieger
St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center
Starr International Foundation
$25,000 or more
Epstein Teicher Philanthropies
FJC Group
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobsen LLP
Charles Hayden Foundation
Kingdon Capital Management, LLC
Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
Philip and Shannon Kirkman
Isaac H. Tuttle Fund
$10,000 or more
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation
The Barker Welfare Foundation
Gary J. and Marlene P. Baumann
Paul and Ann Brandow
Stuart and Sarah Britton
Elias A. Cohen Foundation
Nancy Drosd and Charles Schwartz
Darin Goldstein
Alicia D. Hurley
Jen & Steve L. Kasoff
Thomas L. Kempner, Jr. Foundation
Susan and John Kwock
Thomas W. and Loraine Morgan
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Manish and Ritu Mittal
Benjamin Schall and Jeannie Mun
The Auxiliary of
The New York Hospital
NYU Hospitals Center
Vince Pagano
Goldman Sachs
Katherine Sexton and Eric Gurian
George P. Wakefield Residuary
Trust
$5,000 or more
Derek Alley
Alliance for Children and Families
David & Minnie Berk Foundation
BNP Paribas
Robert Bowman
BTMU Foundation
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman &
Leonard, P.A
Duff & Phelps
Dynamic Credit Partners, LLC
Englewood Hospital and
Medical Center
Paul Gridley
Herman Goldman Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
James and Laura Kagen
Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon
Foundation
Joshua Leader
The Birny Mason Jr. Foundation
John J. McCormick III
Frederick Nadd-Aubert
Debra Raskin
The Rudin Foundation, Inc.
Steven M. Schall and Alyce Russo
Gail Schargel and Bill Powell
David Shapiro
Harly Stevens
Strypemonde Foundation
Andrew Suzman
Joanne Witty and
Eugene Keilin Fund
$2,500 or more
Adam-Bryce, LLC
Sam Alley
The Alpert Family Foundation
Sharon R. Egilinsky
James K. Finkel
Betsy Gross
Robert G. and Ellen Gutenstein
Navid Maqami
Robert Ruocco
Ellen Schall and Steve Kelban
Jeffrey Scheuer
William Sinclair
Morgan Stanley
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Health Care Center
The 13th Step
Jody N. Tracey
United Neighborhood Houses
of New York, Inc.
Bill Walsh
Woodhull Hospital Auxiliary
CK Zheng and Lynn Chen
$1,000 or more
American Chai Trust
The David Aronow Foundation
William G. Cavanagh
Carnegie East Housing
Development Fund Company Inc.
Samuel R. Chapin
Karen G. Cohen
Lewis G. Cole
Anne Conroy
Frederick R. and Mimi Einsidler
EmblemHealth
Ronni and John C. Fisher
David Flemister
Martin Frisch and
Frendel Brown & Weissman LLP
James W. Gaynor
Goldfarb & Fleece LLP
Hale Gurland and Liz Sanders
Fred Harris
Matthew E. and Tamiko Hershey
Seth D. Hulkower and
Lisa Perlman-Hulkower
Madeleine R. Johnson
Jesse L. and Maris Krasnow
The Ed Lee and Jean Campe
Foundation, Inc.
Allen and Leslie Levinson
David Liebowitz
Little Kids Rock
H. Christopher Luce
Michael Mackey
James C. Mandelbaum and
Steven Byrnes
Samuel Mandelbaum Foundation
The Carl Marks Foundation Inc.
Matthew McLennan
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.
Joseph Moderski
Carlo Montalbano
The John C. & Katherine M. Morris
Foundation
James and Cathy Nish
Michael Nugent
NYU Community Fund
Leslie Ogan
Michael and Jillian Pohly
Steven Prince
Paul Revson
Thomas E. Riley and
Ann E. Ferry-Riley
Natalie Runyon
Nora Safran
Betsy Pinover Schiff
Gary Sellers
John Shapiro
Estate of Robin Silverman
Karen Snow
Rachel M. Sopher
Michael Swier
Jerome and Adele M. Trupin
Mark Walter
The Weisberg Family
Philanthropic Fund
Richard Weissman
$500 or more
Anonymous
Bruce Angiolillo
Brian Armstrong
Edgar Astrove
Terry and Barbara B. Bachow
The Joan B. and Richard L. Barovick
Family Foundation
Nancy Beck
Marc Becker
Robert and Rachelle Berne
Virginie Cochard-Robinson, Esq.
Doris Cuevas
William R. Dougherty
Will Douglas
Eastside Community
High School PTA
John B. Ehrenkranz
Renée Eubanks
Alan Fleisch
Susan Fleminger
Burnis Gardner
Perry & Donna Golkin Family
Foundation
Michael L. Green and
Andrea I. Hirshman
Health Advocates for Older People
HDFC Inc.
Gary Horwitz
Bob Howitt
David Ichel
Anthony Kane
Elizabeth Kantartzis
Gary Kaplan
Avroham Kess
Dan Kilmurray
Lillian Kraemer
Mark G. Kris
Linda Landis
Caren Levine
Andrew Malcolm
Hillary Mandel
Glenn McDermott
David Milich,
Cyrus Capital Partners, LP
Ellen and George Needham Fund
Brett Odom
P & A Capital Advisors, Inc.
Mark Pecker
Stuart K. and Jeanette Pertz
Andy and Meredith Petitjean
Bernard & Eva Resnick Foundation
Jane Sadaka
Laurie Sagalyn
Joe Samuel
Keith Savel
George and Myra Shaskan
Marisa D. Stavenas
Don and Linda Sue Strand
Ron and Steve Sussman
The After-School Corporation
(TASC)
Jim Wallick
Lewis and Susan Wirshba
Michael H. Zisser
$250 or more
Benevilla
Berkshire Healthcare Systems
David Bernstein
Elisabeth C. Blair
Eileen Blank
Jason and Emma Bloch
Wendy Brackman
Carolyn Brady
Wendy Breuer
Lori Buchbinder
Miguel Casenave
Daniel Christov
Genevive Christy
Concord Hospital
Laine Conklin
Una Copley
James Cotter
Tito DeMarinis
Thomas Patrick Dore
Adam M. & Amy Downey
Gerard and Jennifer Duphiney
Suzy E. Edelstein
Mark Federman
Marc Fenton
John H. Fisher
Joel Fishkind
Joanna Freedman
Gina Gabriele
June Getford
Thomas N. Gilmore
Robin Glassman
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift
Program
Joshua Goldstein
Martin Guggenheim
David Leon and
Barbara J. Hansberry
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Jennifer D. Hartmann
Douglas Heller
Alison Kaczmarek
Sue Kaplan
Samir and Abigail Khiroya
James T. Knight
Pamela G. Koehler
Susan Krouse
Sarah Lapp
Lauren Lese
Jonathan M. Lonshein
Matthew Lyons
Michael Margolies
Frances Marsh
Emma Monaghan
David and Katherine Moore
Alan Niebuhr
Michele Onofrio
Veronica M. O’Sullivan
Elizabeth Overbay and
Matthew Traupman
David Paretti
Planned Parenthood
Mario Ponce
Dwain Reeves
Joan M. Reinmuth
Michael Reynnells
Lillian Ribeiro
Gary Rice
John E. Riley
Peter L. Roselle
Philip T. Ruegger
Marie S. Russo
Stephan S. Russo
Lynne Sachs
Elasah Schaff
Nancy Scotton
Ronald Sencer
Services Now For
Adult Persons, Inc.
Marjorie Shelley
Joseph R. Siegelbaum
Rhonda Smith
Teresa Spitzer
Linda Stella
Jeremiah Thomas
Jennifer Urbanek
Derek Wallis
Stephanie Werntz
Jack Wong
William Wright
Ian and Tessa Zilla
$100 or more
10
Donna Aase
Adobe
Sara Ain
Gerald Antell
David Arnold
Carlin Axelrod
Catherine Banat
Deborah Beck
Karen S. Belfer
Boyd Bergen
Meryl Berman
Linda N. Bernstein
Anthony Bongiorno
Lori B. Brandston
Gail Brown
Leslie A. Bulion
Tamara Burgess
Norah Chase
Marna Chester
Lai Ling Chiu
Edward Chong
Carol B. Choye
James Cianciolo
Bruce D. and Wilma Classon
Nancy Cohen
Kathleen Cole
Maria C. Collier
Christopher and Margi Yates
and Conklin
Jeannette Corey
Ramon C. Cortines
Jane Ann Crum
CUNY Campaign for
Charitable Giving State
Employees
Theo L. David
Maude (Bouvier) Sargent Davis
Kay L. Demaso
Leif Derven
Carmen A. Diaz
Alexander Durst
Elizabeth Edelson
Miriam Eisinger
Alex Farlow
Florelyn Fine
Marie A. Forte
Herbert Freedman
Steven Freedman
Garland Excavation Inc
Barbara Garodnick
Cindy and Brian Gavin
Joyce Gluck
Marcia & Richard Godosky
Margaret Gold
Paula Goldfader
Peter Gordon
Ira J. and Linda Greenblatt
Dennis R. Gregg
Charles Hairston
Susan Haskell
Courtney Hayne
David Hellerstein and Lisa Perry
Howard Henick
John Herzog
Kwan Mei Heung
Diane Himmelbaum
Jeffrey Hirsch
Pamela Horowitz
Susan Horwitz
Donna M. Howell
Kwai King Hsia
Kevin Hui
Lucille Hunter
Norman and Iris A. Jacobsen
Martin Jacobson
Fern Jaffe
Adam Jakimo
Myrna G. Kanter
Joseph Kaufman
Benjamin Klein
Jane and Joel Konigsberg
Marian Korenstein
Allison B. Kotin
Danny Kronenfeld
Robert P. Kurshan
Michael Kwartler & Associates
Barry S. Lafer
Alma Lasky
Karen Laudenstein
Michael Learmonth
Pamela C. Lee
Gary Leeds
Charles S. Levien
Kenneth Levitt
Fredrick J. Levy and
Katherine J. Gruber
Ricky Li
John Lobrano
Helen Loh
Joanne Lowe
Jerome Lowenstein
Andrew and Santine Mannarino
Fruma Markowitz
Benita C. Marks
Mildred Marsh
Carl Martin
Lawrence S. Martz
Amanda McCarthy
Richard Meade
Ann Meeropol
Joyce Mendelsohn
Lillian Miller
Martha E. Miller
Mary V. Miller
Jeanette Morgan
Mical Moser
Casey Moulton
Virginia Moy
Maria Mui
Bobby and Catherine Nesbit
Amy Ng
Jane Wai Ching Ng
Mikey Palms
Richard A. Pearl
Richard and Peggy Peck
Cristina L. Pellegrini
Nellie Perera
Helen A. Potter
Jayne and Anthony Ralston
Linda Rathkopf
Peter F. Reilly
Toni Riccardi
H. Allan Ridley
Irene Roberts
Sheila Ronning
Room National
Iris Rosechild
John Rosenthal
Richard Rubin
Susan Scheer
Erica J. Schoenberg
Joan Siegel
Steven Silver
Andrew Simon
Barbara Simon
Richard Simonds
Camille Smith
Floride C. Smith
James G. Smith
Richard N. Soll
Judith Spektor and Barry Benepe
Peter Stamos
Shani R. Stecher
Melissa Stella
Rebecca L. Steuer
Brenna L. Stewart
David Straube
Jonathan Tepper
Travis Terry
Mark Thompson
Truist
Barbara Turk
United Way of New York City
Carol Urich-Kushner and
Howard Kushner
Lynne S. Vallone
Shavon Varner
Emily Vassar
Cuong Vu
Nancy Wackstein
John Walker
Kenneth Wallach
Bruno Walmsley and
Katherine C. O’Callaghan
Yang Lien Wang
Janelle Welch
Wells Fargo Community Support
Campaign
Erma Whitmore
Christine Wu
Huaxing Xia
Dari Yerushalmi
Patty Zhao
major in-kind donors
Acker Merrall & Condit
Air France
Arnot-Roberts Winery
Yannick Benjamin
Bouley
Robert Bowman
Champagne Henriot
Château Caronne Ste. Gemme
Château de Fargues
Château Fieuzal
Château Guiraud
Château Kirwan
Château Malartic-Lagraviere
Château Margaux
Château Palmer
Château Rauzan-Segla
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
William R. Cline
Joseph J. D’Ambrosio
Erwan Faiveley
James K. Finkel
Five Senses Tastings
Mark R. Goldweitz
Hale Gurland and Liz Sanders
Michael Jessen
James Johnson
Chet Kern
Robert Lyster
Maccioni Group
Per Se
Sheldon Rabin
Saul I. Sanders
Robert Sinskey Vineyards
Rouge Tomate
government funders
The Council of the City of New York,
Adult Literacy Initiative
The Council of the City of
New York, Children Under Five
Mental Health Initiative
The Council of the City of New York,
Council Member Letitia James
The Council of the City of New York,
Council Member Margaret Chin
The Council of the City of New York,
Council Member Rosie Mendez
Manhattan Borough President,
Honorable Scott Stringer
NYC Administration for
Children’s Services
NYC Department for The Aging
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
NYC Department of Education
NYC Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene
NYC Housing Preservation
Development
NYC Department of Youth and
Community Development
NYS Council on the Arts
NYS Department of Health
NYS Education Department
NYS Office for the Aging
NYS Office of Children and
Family Services
NYS Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of Education
US Department of Health and
Human Services
US Department of Housing and
Urban Development - LMDC
US Federal Emergency
Management Assistance
US National Endowment
for the Arts
“I felt scared.
I didn’t know where
to turn.”
BB
orn in Jamaica, Gloria, 68, has lived in
New York City now for 25 years — in
the same apartment, in East New York.
It’s where she raised her six children and
where she played grandma to her many
grandchildren. But when she went back
to Jamaica last summer to help with unexpected family issues,
financial strain caused her to fall behind in rent and suddenly
her home was about to be taken away.
Gloria remembers the day she went to housing court;
“I felt scared. I didn’t know where to turn.” That’s when she met
Ernesto, one of University Settlement’s Project Home Court
Navigators, part of an entirely new, innovative initiative
designed to help tenants facing eviction navigate the legal
system, become strong
advocates for themselves, and
28,000 families are
ultimately stay safely in their
evicted in New York
homes. Ernesto helped
City every year.
Gloria apply for a “One
Rampant inequality
Shot Deal” — a loan
in housing court puts
from the City to assist
tenants at even
with last-minute,
greater risk— 98%
unforeseen expenses
of landlords have an
that occur as the result
attorney in housing
of an emergency. She
court, while 99% of
secured funds to
tenants do not.
cover her arrears and
Working in partnerworked with Ernesto
ship with Brooklyn
on a financial plan to
Housing Court and
help her pay back the
partner organizations,
loan in good time.
Project Home’s
Back on stable
innovative Court
ground,
Gloria was able
Navigators has
to turn her attention to
achieved a 94%
her future and a plan for
success rate in evicretirement. Ernesto worked
tions prevented since
with Gloria to secure her full
launching in 2014.
benefits and social security, as
well as lower and freeze her
rent so she can feel safe and secure in her home for years
to come.
Gala 2014
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Big Apple Sponsor
Allen & Company LLC
Gotham Sponsors
CBS Corporation and
CBS Interactive
Mónica de la Torre & Herb Allen
Alan & Hope Winters
Foundation
Empire Sponsors
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Capital One
Halpern Real Estate
Ventures, Bizzi & Partners
Development, SHVO
Bethany & Euan Menzies
Leah & Clayton Pope
Elaine & Joshua Schott
M. David Zurndorfer &
Barbara Hill
Liberty Sponsors
Indrajit & Rachel Bardhan
BNP Paribas
Peter & Karen Capuciati
Herbert & Eloise Elish
Evercore
James Friedlich & Melissa Stern
Google Inc.
Gretchen Piller & Paul Schaye
Belle Horwitz & Jon Weiner
Jen & Steve L. Kasoff
Janice M. Lee &
Stuart L. Shapiro
Michelle & Eugene Lewis
Frederick Nadd-Aubert
New York University
Phipps Houses
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP
RBC Capital Markets
Kathleen & Michael Schoen
Katherine Sexton & Eric Gurian
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David Shapiro
Harly Stevens, CBRE
Telos Asset Management
Elizabeth & Dave Thompson
Ian & Tessa Zilla
Donors and
Sustaining Sponsors
Melissa E. Aase & Brian Bergen
Nora Abousteit & Joshua Ramo
Carolina Arellano &
Marcus Linehan
Richard & Sunny Aurelio
David & Alatia Bach
Sam & Molly Baker
Gary J. & Marlene P. Baumann
Patty Bayer-Troup & Kent Troup
Thatcher Bell
Marjorie Berk
Emma & Jason Bloch
Jay & Gabriela Bockhaus
Jeffrey & Susan Bogatin
Paul & Ann Brandow
Margaret Brush
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Mac A. Chiulli & Robert Moore
Kyoko Chiwata
Mary Cirillo-Goldberg &
Jay Goldberg
Nick Clemente
Shari Coats
Susan & Irwin Cohen
Jessie Comart
Bill Connington
Kathryn Cornelius
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Gillian Danner
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Beatriz de la Torre &
Jed Freedlander
Daniel Delehanty
Maria V. Diaz
David DiPietro
Rick Drescher & Kara Cummings
Edward Dreyfus
Jonathan & Alexis Durham
Edward Egilinsky
Sharon R. Egilinsky
Harold & Nora Elish
E-Trade Financial
Renée Eubanks
Peter & Janet Ezersky
Alison Ferguson-Woods &
Blaine MacDonald
Michael Fields &
Jessamyn Hatcher
Ron & Elaine Fierman
Kristin Fisher
John C. & Ronni Fisher
Juilen Flacassier
Herbert Freedman
Linn Freedman
Joanna Freedman
Jared Friedberg &
Carolina Esquenazi
Cristin Frodella
Elissa & Adam Futterman
Gina Gabriele
Lars Galldin & Seema Whig
Johanna Garfield
Agustin & Marie Gargallo
David Garza
Joe & Maria Genovesi
Paul Germain
Evan Gianoukakis
Don Gogel & Georgia Wall
Brooke Gogel
Stephen Gola
Marlene Gold
Michael Goldstein
Paul Goodman
Hale Gurland & Liz Sanders
Laurence Haddad
Jennifer D. Hartmann
Andrew Heyward
Michael Hirschorn
Robert & Laura Hoguet
Larry Horwitz &
Naomi Pinchuck
Martin Horwitz & Madeline Lee
Stephen Jacobs
Fern Jaffe
Adam Jakimo
John S. and Florence G.
Lawrence Foundation
James & Laura Kagen
Lisa Kail
Sean & Anne Karns
Kaveh & Chandler Khosrowshahi
Philip & Shannon Kirkman
David & Ginger Komar
Jack & Marian A. Krauskopf
Sarada Krishnamurthy &
Balaji Gopalakrishnan
Isabelle Krusen
Carol Lacks
Tracy Landauer Esq.
Scott & Mia Lawin
Andrew Lee
Noah Leff & Misook Ji
Melanie Levine
Sunny & Steven Longbons
Laura Manzano Leibert &
Michael Leibert
Emily Marks
McEwen Family Foundation
Greg & Lesa McHale
Barbara McKeon &
Arthur Puritz
Regina Melly
Pooja Midha
Marlene Nadel
Carol Ostrow & Michael Graff
Jim Ottaway
Helene & Joao Penido
Stuart K. & Jeanette Pertz
Wendell & Maryann Pope
Christina Pryor
Azher Raza
M.C. Records
Paul & Lisa Revson
Barry Ritz
Helen C. Santiago
Steven M. Schall & Alyce Russo
Ellen Schall & Steve Kelban
Benjamin Schall & Jeannie Mun
Lisa Schiller
Judith & Robert Schmitz
Judith Schultz
Adena Schutzman
Darren & Dominique Seirer
Ronald Sencer & Susan Kotulak
Nilay Shah
Joe & Molly Sheehan
Gurjot Sidhu
Jeffrey & Andrea Silver
Charles & Andie Simon
William Sinclair
Sharon K. & Samuel Son
Michael Stalonas
Kim Standish
Joshua Steiner &
Antoinette L. Delruelle
Kelly Stevens
Valerie Street
Charles Stuard & Pam Frederick
Steve Sussman
Ron Sussman
Sussman Sales Company
Suzy B. LLC
Kenneth Taber
Mandy Tavakol
Haleh Tavakol
Jonathan Tepper
True Colors Fund
Martin & Nina Varsavsky
Liza Velazquez
David Vener
Frank & Diane Vigilante
Laura Walker
Paul Warren & Chris Chi
Douglas Warshaw
Betsy Weiner
Dan Whalen
Todd Whiting & Brandon Penn
Kristin Wiechmann
Douglas & Maureen Wisner
Gordon Witkin
Michael H. Zisser
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Bedell Cellars
The Bourbon Review
Henriot Champagne
Woodford Reserve
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or the first time ever,
University Settlement,
The Door and Broome
Street Academy came
together for an evening
celebrating our work,
presenting the 2014
Changemaker Award to Capital One
Foundation and Clifford Chance for
their incredible investment in our
transformative work. Featuring
riveting performances (including a
late-night set by MC Records artist
Dayna Kurtz), gourmet comfort food,
outstanding beverages and stirring
testimonials, the night brought
together nearly 350 friends and
supporters and raised more
than $500,000.
Power in Partnership
NEW YORK CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE WHERE
people from many backgrounds, and under varied circumstances,
come to make their way. It is a city of great diversity and tremendous
possibility, but also a place where people can easily fall through the
cracks if they don’t have advocates on their side both navigating
through the challenges and helping secure the opportunities.
University Settlement understands the true power of partnership,
and together with investors like you we can continue to strengthen
the remarkable impact we have on our great city. As the chasm
between those with resources and those without continues to widen,
we know the time to act is now, and the answer is partnership. This
has been University Settlement’s model since 1886 when, as the first
settlement house in America, we introduced partnership as an enduring solution to the insidious problem of poverty.
Over the last year, as in many years prior, New York City leaders of
government and industry often looked to University Settlement for
its leadership in surmounting the barriers to prosperity for so many;
with you by our side, we stood ready for the call. Today we remain
steadfast in our commitment to low-income families and communities and to our belief that only when we come together can palpable
change be achieved.
You are our greatest partner and we thank you for joining us as we
work to ensure that no New Yorker falls through the cracks when
University Settlement is their partner. Let us together continue to
invest in making sure our city remains a place of opportunity for all New
Yorkers. I ask that you remain by our side — we could not have gotten
this far, nor can we realize our vision for the future, without you.
Sharon R. Egilinsky
Board Chair, University Settlement
p.s. Please note that you can always continue your commitment with
a secure online donation at www.universitysettlement.org/donate.
board of directors
Sharon R. Egilinsky
Chair
Steven M. Schall
President
Thomas W. Morgan
Treasurer/Vice President for Finance
Benjamin Schall
Assistant Treasurer
Ronni Fisher
Vice President for Programs
Renée Eubanks
Vice President for Programs
Paul Brandow
Vice President
Katherine Sexton
Vice President
Gary Baumann
Jay Bockhaus
Sarah Britton
Marsha Cole
Marc N. DeBevoise
James K. Finkel
Jim Friedlich
Hale Gurland
James G. Kagen
Trevor Kempner
David J. Mandelbaum
Frederick Nadd-Aubert
Clayton Pope
David Shapiro
CK Zheng
Ian Zilla
Melissa Aase
Executive Director
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Alan P. Winters
Vice President
184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
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