Hearts to Homes Furnishings, Inc. is a New York-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

HEARTS to HOMES

2018 Annual Report

From foster care to furnished homes

HEARTS to HOMES CARES

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HEARTS TO HOMES 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

OUR MISSIONThe mission of Hearts to Homes is to assist newly independent young adults who have just aged out of foster care. This assistance alleviates some of the stress during the initial transition by providing the essentials to furnish a new home.

By helping to create a more comfortable living environment, we can positively impact the negative statistics of instability, homelessness, incarceration and multi-generational foster care that affect these young adults.

WHY ARE WE NEEDED?A young person typically “ages out” of foster care when they reach the age of 21 without having been adopted or reunited with their family. These youth frequently have few possessions and no means to furnish an apartment. Too often their first apartment consists of a bed, a dresser, and little else. The statistics are discouraging.

11 to 20% will end up homeless.

25 to 50% will have instability in housing.

50% will experience incarceration.

These statistics, and other factors, result in foster youth being at greater risk of losing their own children into foster care, thereby perpetuating the involvement of child welfare to the next generation.

OUR HISTORY 2016 - 2018

March 2016: Hearts to Homes was created as a program of Cardinal McCloskey Community Services.

May 2017: Hearts to Homes expands to our second foster care agency partner, Catholic Guardian Services.

September 2017: Hearts to Homes becomes an independent, 501(c)(3) organization.

January 2018: Hearts to Homes expands to our third agency partner, Rising Ground.

June 2018: Hearts to Homes welcomes our fourth agency partner, The New York Foundling.

“ Too frequently across this nation, youth aging out of foster care are at tremendous risk of being homeless. Hearts to Homes finds that reality to be unacceptable. We value the vision and dedication of the many donors who make Hearts to Homes’ mission possible.”

— Craig Longley, Executive Director, Catholic Guardian Services, Partner

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HEARTS TO HOMES 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

Number & Growth of Young Adults Receiving Hearts to Home Assistance*

2016

6

12

2017

35

2018

192% Growth

100% Growth

OUR RECIPIENTSHearts to Homes does not take applications for assistance from individual young adults. We rely on our partner agencies to nominate qualified young adults who are aging out of foster care and:

are at least 18 years old,

are residents of New York City and Westchester County, and

have earned a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Numbers of Adults and Children Since Programs Inception*

11 Men 21 Women

21 Women + 25 Children

“ If I didn’t have these things, I don’t know what my kids would eat out of, drink out of, what I would cook out of. Now I have everything!” — Hearts to Homes Recipient

* Numbers presented above and below are by calendar year and include young adults assisted at CMCS with any Hearts to Homes program funds retained by CMCS at the time Hearts to Homes was separately incorporated.

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OUR IMPACTWith the assistance of our child welfare partners, Hearts to Homes conducts an annual census of recipient stability. We are proud to report that 100% of our Hearts to Homes recipients are stable. They are not homeless or incarcerated, and the recipients, who had children when they aged out, are still parenting their own children. These statistics are considerably different than what is typically experienced by young adults after their transition to independence.

OUR 2019 PLANOur plans for fiscal 2019 include strategic expansions to additional foster care agencies, allowing us to support more youth aging out of care in Westchester County. Funds raised will determine the number of young adults we are able to serve. External factors, such as the supply of affordable housing, must be taken into consideration when timing these expansions. We anticipate furnishing up to 80 apartments for foster youth in the New York City and Westchester County areas in 2019.

Including:

12 coffee table sets

14 couches

16 sets of cooking pots

18 microwaves

20 comforter sets

HEARTS TO HOMES PROVIDED OVER $40,000 IN HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS

TO YOUNG ADULTS IN FISCAL 2018

OVER 80 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

ARE OFFERED TO OUR YOUNG ADULT RECIPIENTS!

“ You have a very clear picture of who you are helping, a young person, who is making a start on their own. It’s a big step in life. How nice to have a new set of the essentials to get this young person started off on the right foot.” — Hearts to Homes Donor

Hearts to Homes is a 100% volunteer run organization. Every dollar* donated goes directly to support our young adult recipients.* All administrative and fundraising expenses

are being underwritten in the organization’s first two years of operations.

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“I’m most excited about my new pots and pans and other cooking supplies! I can’t wait to invite friends and family over to taste what I’m now able to cook!”

— Hearts to Homes, Recipient

“I’ve come a long way from moving from home to home, and now I’m in one home, where I’m able to stay. With all this furniture, I feel amazing!”

— Hearts to Homes, Recipient

Hearts to Homes is a 100% volunteer run organization. Every dollar* donated goes directly to support our young adult recipients.

Six Ways to Help These Young Adults Move from Foster Care to First Home

1 Donate Your donations, by check, credit card or securities, go directly to purchase furnishings for our Hearts to Homes’ recipients.

2 Shop Our Wish List Registries Shop one of our online Wish-List registries to purchase household items for one of our young adults.

3 Social Media Help us spread the word about Hearts to Homes by sharing our story to your own social media accounts. Our social media presence has resulted in donations from across the country!

4 Events Attend one of our social events or help by hosting a virtual housewarming party. We will work with you to share our best practices. Sign up for our newsletters, so we can let you know when we are having an event.

5 AmazonSmile Select “Hearts To Homes Furnishings, Inc.” as your charity of choice when shopping at Smile.Amazon.com. You get the same Amazon prices and the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to us.

6 Volunteer Donate your time and skills to Hearts to Homes. We are a 100% volunteer-run organization. If you have special skills and would like to help, let us know.

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We Thank Our Donors for Their Support!

Elite Level: $5,000 +Mary Theresa & John McCombe

Berardi Stone Setting, Inc.

The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the County of Westchester

Partner Level: $2,500 - $4,999Janice & Gregory Arcaro

Maureen & Robert Clark

Arthur Lange, Inc.

New Oceana Restaurant Corp.

Benefactor Level: $1,000 - $2,499

Susan & Paul Atkinson

Diane Conti

Aaron Dillon

Joseph Dirr & Linda Rapuano

June & John Gill

Colleen Katz

Claire & Phil Ruggieri

Melissa & Peter Spero

Debbra Stolarik

Diane & John Vezza

The Jack DeVito Foundation

Network for Good

Bed, Bath & Beyond

Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation

The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, Inc.

The Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program

Supporters: $500 - $999Richard Bernstein & Chris Ritenis

Kim & John Cahill

Dennis Doherty

Carol Duncan

Cathy & Carl Franzetti

Franky’s Field of Dreams /Laura Sinatra

Carissa Ganelli

Maura O’Sullivan

Jeanne Marconi, MD

George McCombe

Mary Alice McCombe

Vincent McLaughlin

Barbara & Mark Molinsky

Philip Moyles, Jr.

Janet & Steve Pagliaroli

Leslie & Gene Sepe

Laura & Paul Wilson

DST Systems Inc. Matching Gifts Program

Sponsors: $250 - $499Steve Bendit for Apex Systems

Maureen Bernacchia

Michael Brener

Patricia Creaturo

Arthur Colwell

Jennifer Davies

Kathy & Kevin Dunn

Anne Farley

Regina Gramss

Patricia Kaufhold

Barbara Langford

Paul Lynch

Mary Madden

Linda Requa DeFrancisco

Betty & Greg Spero

Friends: $1 - $249Linda Adarkwah

Judith Amorello

Mark Amorello

Kathleen & Joe Andrulis

Caryn Ashare-Norman

Eden Baker

Tracye Baldwin

Mary Balestra

Carol Banahan

Gina & Rob Barnaba

Hope Barter

Judy Bendit

Douglas Bernthal

Susan & Mike Boulhosa

D. Stuart Bowers

Melissa & Danny Carroll

Carroll Cousins

Mary Ann Cinelli

Eileen Clarke

Shari Coats

Doreen Collins-McHugh

Kerry Cowan

Angelique Craney

Patricia Damon

Deborah Darbonne

Jan Dearth

Jeanne & Patrick Dolan

Betsy & Paul Dolan

Frances Donofrio

Jeanne & Lloyd Doran

Katharine Elfersy

Kathleen Engles

Mary FitzMaurice

Judy Fix

Mary Galeone, RSM

Julie Gallagher

Laticia Gamble

Vicky Gannon

Paul Garcia

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Friends: $1 - $249 continued

Rayna Goldberg

Nick Heap

Susan Hearty

Oswalt Heymann

Michael Holloway

Eleanor Howe

Irene Jacoboson

Bruce Keeler

Rory Kelleher

Tricia Kenney

Lee Kuritzky

Theresa Labreglio

Diane & Robert Law

Bernadette & Vincent Leva

Lana Levine

Patricia Leyden

Linda Lovinger

Evelyn Lovisolo

Francis McCabe

Robin McCleary

Ryan McCombe

James McCombe

Jack McCombe

Mary Jean McDermott

Oonagh McElhatton

Ellen McGlynn

Stephen McLaughlin

Joanne McMahan

Maura McMahon

Ann Miller

Chris Ann Moore

John Murphy

Leslie Nickels

Stan Nisnevich

Deborah Northcutt

Kathy Norton

Shawn Nowicki

Marianne Nyland

Theresa O’Connor

Tim O’Connor

Mary O’Hara

Ellen O’Neill

Eileen O’Rourke

Joseph Ostroman

Elaine Pagliaroli

Jane Pieratti

Paula & Thomas Quinn

Kevin Reardon

Debi Reich

Dorothy Rogers

Tina San Lucas

David Savetz

Nita Sawchuk

Rebecca Scarpati

Melanie Shad

Dinine Signorelli

Paul Simmons

Collette Solomon

Sue Spero

Peggy Stafford

Kimberly Stewart

Robert Stolarik

Katie & Danny Sullivan

Dan Suzuki

Krystyna Swigoniak

Marjan Tabibzadeh, MD

Matt Thomas

Nancy Tolan

Stephen Tone

Patrick Traffas

Laura Underkofler

Kathryn Vezza

Susan Watson Craig

Kathy Watts

Billy Wiggins

Christopher Wilson

Kimberly Wilson

Mary Winters

LuAnn Woodbury

Anonymous

Amazon Smile

Neuberger Berman Matching Gifts Program

Sompo International Matching Gifts Program

In KindCarretta, USA

Lisa Lordi

Lindsey Sepe

Catherine Soderquist

All information in this report is for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018, unless otherwise specified. We have made every effort to make this report accurate. If your name is misspelled, entered incorrectly or omitted, please accept our apology and notify us by calling 914-400-7193 or emailing us at mtmccombe@heartstohomes.org.

HEARTS to HOMES

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Make A Diffference!$2,700 furnishes an entire apartment

$1,100 buys all living room furniture

$450 furnishes a bedroom

$300 buys a dinette set

$100 buys a comforter set and pillows

Your Monthly Gift Can Add Up!$5/month buys a microwave

$10/month buys a TV and TV stand

$20/month furnishes a complete bathroom

$40/month buys a sofa and area rug

$50/month furnishes a complete kitchen https://heartstohomes.org/donate

Corporate Matching GiftsDoes your employer offer a matching gift program? Please let us know if we can help you with any paperwork so that your gift to Hearts to Homes can be matched. Call us at 914.400.7193.

Social Media links

facebook: @HeartstoHomes

Twitter: @Hearts_to_Homes

Instagram: Hearts_to_Homes

HEARTS to HOMES

Leadership and Board of DirectorsMary Theresa McCombe Executive Director

Greg Arcaro

Anna Berardi

Kim Cahill

Patty Damon

Patrick Dolan

Mary Galeone, RSM

Arthur C. Lange

Jeanne Marconi, M.D.

Ellen McGlynn

Paul McLaughlin

Maura McMahon

Greg Spero

Debbie Stolarik

Dan Suzuki

Diane Vezza

Laurie Wilson

Hearts to Homes does not, by policy or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law.