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A Place to GrowJacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Annual Report 2017

Riis Settlement—A Place to Grow

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Who We AreJacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement is a community-based non-profit organization that offers educational, recreational, social, and legal services to youth, seniors, immigrants and families throughout western Queens, New York. The crux of our mission is a comprehensive strategy that addresses the whole person. We provide the resources, opportunities, and supports that serve as a catalyst for community members to reach their greatest potential and achieve social and economic self-sufficiency.

Founded in 1889, Riis Settlement is named in honor of Jacob Riis, the Danish American social reformer and photojournalist who advocated for grassroots reforms in New York’s poorest communities through the work of settlement houses. Today Riis Settlement serves an annual average of 2,500 participants across our four main programs: Riis Academy, Immigrant Services, Senior Services, and 696 Build Queensbridge.

Board of Directors

HRH Princess Benedikte of DenmarkPatron of Riis Settlement

Gordon Mehler, Esq.Chairman

Susan BoyceVice Chair

David KlurTreasurer

Else Grotrian

Secretary

Michael Bingold

Gennaro N. Crisci

Nadya de Chimay

Raymond E. George, III

Sibyl McCormac Groff

Franklin Headley

Niels Heilmann

Gabriel Herrmann, Esq.

Will Hogan

Johanna Kirby

Sloane Lisa

Frank Monterisi, Jr.

Anumaya Phatate

Lauren Rosenblum

Carol L. Wilkins

Neda Yagan, M.D.

Ambassador Anne Dorte RiggelsenEx-Officio

C. Flemming HeilmannChairman Emeritus

Staff

Leadership

Christopher HanwayExecutive Director

Robert MadisonAssociate Executive Director

Carol NurseFiscal Officer

Administration

Prospero HerreraProgram Evaluation Specialist

Nicole KaySenior Director of Programs

Amanda McEneryDirector of Development & Communications

Valencia PetionHuman Resources Manager

David ZephyrDeputy Fiscal Officer

Programs

K BainFounding Program Director–Queensbridge Cure Violence

Deborah BedfordDirector of Cornerstone & Out of School Youth Programs

Gail BrownDirector of Senior Services

Yasory De La CruzRiis Academy Program Director(PS 76)

Veronica FranklinDirector of Youth Programs–Queensbridge

Desiree LewisRiis Academy Program Director(CS 111)

Iftikhar MahmudRiis Academy Program Director (PS 166)

Michael RiegerRiis Academy Program Director(Information Technology High School)

Kezia RoopnarineRiis Academy Program Director (PS 171)

Sophie SimonDirector of Immigrant Services

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Letters from the Executive Director and Chairman

A Message from the Executive Director

This year, Riis Settlement reached a significant milestone when our organizational budget surpassed the $5 million mark for the first time in the agency’s 129-year history. This record high is the result of the steady and continued expansion of our long-running youth, immigrant, and senior services programs, as well as the addition of newer initiatives, such as our anti-gun violence program, 696 Build Queensbridge. That program, in particular, has made tremendous strides in the last two years—contributing to an unprecedented record of 528 days of zero shootings in our catchment area and building an accessible support network for some of the community’s most disconnected young adults.

Riis’ longevity and expansion exemplifies the critical role that place-based organizations like ours play in meeting the needs of individuals and families and building the resilience of the community as a whole. Over the years, we have collaborated with many partners to enhance our programs and design collective efforts to tackle community challenges. This year was no different. Consolidated Edison and the New York Power Authority both helped to increase our capacity to provide STEM learning opportunities for some of our youngest Riis Academy participants, while the former also provided job shadowing opportunities for high school youth at Riis Academy-InfoTech. The Museum of the Moving Image facilitated their popu-lar animation series for our Riis Academy-Queensbridge middle school youth and also launched The Saturday Series—a monthly film and conversation series co-sponsored by the Queensbridge Resident Association and hosted at our Queensbridge community center. Lastly, representatives from the city’s mental health initiative, Thrive NYC, helped Riis Settlement and a number of our community partners embark on a project to promote greater access to mental health services in the com-munity and break the stigma that prevents many from seeking help. We formed the Queens Healthy Families Coalition and have outlined a number of ways in which we intend to achieve positive mental health outcomes for our community. While our programs continue to advance, we have also sought to increase our administrative capacity to keep pace with the agency’s growth. We hired a senior director of programs and an associate executive director, who now comprise our upper management tier, and we expect to make additional investments in the coming years to continue strengthening our orga-nizational infrastructure. As always, this growth and change would not be possible without the support of friends, donors, participants, and community partners, and for that I offer my wholehearted thanks.

A Letter from our Chairman

In my first year as chair of the Riis Settlement Board of Directors, I salute my Riis colleagues for a year of significant organizational and programmatic achievement. I have witnessed up close one of the greatest strengths of the settlement house: its indefatigable responsiveness to those in need.

Beset by a year of political upheaval and tremendous uncertainty—particularly for members of the immigrant community—Riis Settlement went above and beyond to ensure that those most impacted by changing immigration policies had the support and information they needed to safely navigate a period of enormous fear and confusion. With limited capacity, our Immigrant

Services team hosted a number of legal clinics and know-your-rights workshops across western Queens, while continu-ing to provide individualized legal assistance to community members at the main Queensbridge location. The agency also joined with fellow community-based organizations like Sunnyside Community Services, Make the Road New York, Emerald Isle Immigration Center, and Catholic Migration Services to form the Western Queens Immigrant Coalition and build collective capacity to meet the high demand for services. As a lawyer, I was inspired by the efforts of our small yet mighty Immigrant Services team, during what can only be described as a very challenging year, and heartened by the efforts of our friends at Debevoise & Plimpton who supported many of these community events.

As the son of someone who directly benefited from the services of a New York City settlement house many years ago, I am honored to have been given the opportunity to give back to an institution that means a great deal to me. Serving on Riis’ board for the past decade has been a great learning experience. I am deeply honored that I now have the opportunity to guide the organization, as it continues to make an impact in the lives of so many more.

Moving forward, my goal as board chair will be to continue working with my fellow board members to execute good governance and steer the agency along a path of even greater achievement in serving our seniors, our youth, and our immigrants. I also aim to serve as an ambassador: promoting Riis’ mission and good work while working to cultivate new partnerships that can further the agency’s community building goals, especially within the Long Island City/ Astoria area.

Christopher Hanway Executive Director

Gordon Mehler, Esq. Chairman, Board of Directors


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A Catalyst for Change

A native of Ribe, Denmark, Jacob A. Riis immigrated to the United States in 1870 and began a career in journalism with the New York News Association. Through his work as a journalist, Riis discovered the squalid conditions of tenement houses in Manhattan’s Lower East Side and devoted the rest of his life to social reform. In 1890, he published his seminal work in photojournalism, How the Other Half Lives, which documents the squalid living conditions of New York slums. His work created unprecedented public awareness about the reality of urban poverty.

In his role as a social reformer, Riis had a profound effect on the settlement house movement. In 1901, two Lower East Side settlement houses – the New York Tenement House Chapter for the King’s Daughters and Sons and the King’s Daughters Settlement – consolidated under the name

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement. During its early years, the settlement house aimed to meet the needs of recently immigrated Europeans in the city’s tenement houses.

In 1950, Riis Settlement relocated to the Queensbridge Houses in Western Queens, the largest public housing development in the country, to address the needs of a changing population.

Today, we continue the legacy of the settlement house as not only a place to go, but a place to grow, for the community.

a place to honor our past

Remembering our Founder and Namesake, Jacob Riis.


Introducing 696 Build Queensbridge

For the past 68 years, Riis Settlement has been adapting and expanding its scope of services to meet the evolving needs of the community. Being in tune and responsive to those needs has led to the

agency’s evolution from a single community center offering basic recreational activities to an eight site-wide agency that now offers multiple programs and services.

As a result of our embedment in the Queensbridge Houses and our known commitment to building a safer and healthier community, Riis Settlement was invited in 2015 to serve as a host site for the city’s Cure Violence initiative, which is a component of the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP). The MAP, which launched in 2014, of-fers a multi-pronged approach to reducing violence in the fifteen New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments—Queensbridge Houses included—that have experienced some of the city’s highest crime rates.

The Cure Violence model was developed in Chicago by Dr. Gary Slutkin who viewed gun violence from an epidemiological perspective. He analogized gun violence to a communicable disease, which can easily spread from one person to another if left untreated. The model uses credible messengers to stop the spread of gun violence, targeting high risk young adults (ages 16-24) by encouraging

behavioral change and connecting them to essen-tial social services like job training opportunities and drug treatment programs, and mobilizing the en-tire community in an effort to change norms. Riis’ Cure Violence program, 696 Build Queensbridge, is made up of a team of dedicated outreach workers and violence interrupters—known members of the com-munity—who help community members find better ways to communicate and resolve conflicts peacefully. Only in operation for two years, the program has al-ready made a significant impact on the community.

The program also received significant press coverage from publications such as The New York Times and was lauded by Mayor de Blasio in January 2017 when he presented the team with a proclamation declaring January 19th, “696 Build Queensbridge Day”.

We are proud of the achievements of this innovative program and look forward to the team’s continued success.

In addition to achieving a record-breaking 528 days of

zero shootings, by the end of fiscal year 2017 the team had

deescalated 963 conflicts, completed 73 mediations, and held

more than 70 anti-violence community events reaching over

5,000 community residents.

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Guiding our youth along a path of self-discovery

Riis Academy, the agency’s largest and longest run-ning program, continued to enhance and expand its scope of services to provide meaningful and impactful after-school and summer programming for youth in grades K-12. Across two center-based sites and five school-based sites in western Queens, the program offered engaging and stimulating activities such as STEM, literacy, visual arts, life skills, college and work readiness, and more. Overall, the program helped to improve academic and eco-nomic outcomes for over 1,300 young people, while fostering their social and emotional competencies.

This year, the focus of our elementary programs was on STEAM. Thanks to a partnership with The Leadership Project, students at Riis Academy-CS 111 were introduced to Capoeira and spoken word, while a partnership with Generation Code introduced students at Riis Academy-PS171 to the world of com-puter programming.

In terms of workforce training, Riis Academy-Queensbridge provided six weeks of paid employment to 135 local youth ages 14-16 in our Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), while our Ravenswood Cornerstone program continued to implement our two workforce training initiatives that target out-of school young adults ages 16-24. Our NDA Opportunity Youth program provided work-readiness training, counseling, and paid work experience; and our Queens Connect initiative provided food sector-based training and placements across the borough. We served a total of 235 youth within these three programs.

This year also marked the start of a new four-year contract for our Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program at our Riis Academy-InfoTech site. Doubling in size, the pro-gram provided academic and work readiness skills and support services to 70 high school juniors and seniors and also provided follow-up services to an additional 31 students who were in their first year of college or employment. The program continued to partner with Consolidated Edison for their job shadowing series and also added a number of new in-ternship sites, including WBAI Radio, Green Power Solutions, and Flux Factory.

We celebrated the sixth cycle and twelfth year of our Danish Cultural Exchange program with six Riis Academy youth traveling to Denmark for a week-long immersion in Danish life. The youth were hosted by six Danish families and had the chance to visit Ribe, the hometown of Jacob Riis, as well as the capital city of Copenhagen. This year’s trip was made possible by the generosity of the Stamford Denmark Friendship Committee and proved to be a truly life-changing intercultural experience for our participants.

riis academy: a place for exploration and growth

Nurturing and supporting our youth to be the best they can be.


2017 riis academy HigHligHt

at riis academy, we strive to expose our youth to a wide variety of activities to which they might otherwise

not have access. this year, thanks to a generous grant from consolidated edison, we were able to contract

the services of generation code to facilitate an eight-week computer coding program for students at our riis

academy-ps 171 campus. the scratch animation & game design program series exposed our students to

the foundations of computational thinking and block-based coding in fun and engaging ways. students used

scratch, an mit designed program, to build their own video games and animated stories; and, as an added

bonus, our stem activity specialist was trained in how to facilitate the curriculum for the following program

year. overall, coding proved to be the most popular component that we offered during the year and has

encouraged us to continue employing interactive digital learning tools to develop the stem proficiency of

our youth.

2017 Key Accomplishments

• 100% of seniors at Riis Academy-InfoTech graduated high school and 97% achieved post-secondary placements.

• 20% of third grade participants at Riis Academy-PS 171 were struggling in literacy. They received additional individualized support and were able to successfully pass their New York State ELA examinations.

• 100% of students at Riis Academy-PS 171 were promoted to the next grade.

•Riis Academy-PS166 achieved an 85.2% rate of participation (ROP) during the school year and an 86.9% ROP during the summer program.

• 100% of fifth graders at Riis Academy-PS 166 successfully graduated to junior high school, and the salutatorian of the graduating class was a long-time Riis Academy participant.

•Riis Academy-CS111 developed partnerships with New York Public Library, LEAP NYC, The Leadership Program, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Museum of the Moving Image, to provide a wide range of engaging activities for the program’s participants.

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Advocating for and with a diverse community

Fiscal year 2017 was an extremely busy time period for our Immigrant Services department. In addition to continuing to provide essential services to help our immigrant community members achieve socioeco-nomic success, the team also handled an increased demand for legal and support services as a direct result of the negative rhetoric leading up to the 2016 election and the harsh immigration policies pursued thereafter. The team worked diligently to ensure that our participants and the broader immigrant commu-nity had the resources they needed—during what was and continues to be a very tumultuous time—while continuing to strengthen and grow the program’s core components.

As a trusted community hub, our legal services team provided critical information and legal services to help address uncertainty and allay growing fears. Our attorney provided community members with free legal consultations and helped clients file applications for a number of immigration bene-fits. Furthermore, thanks to a program grant from FPWA, our legal services team was able to facilitate a number of know-your-rights workshops and legal clinics throughout the community. The agency also joined with five fellow immigrant services pro-viders (Sunnyside Community Services, Catholic Migration Services, Woodside on the Move, Emerald Isle Immigration Center, and Make the Road New York) to form the Western Queens Immigrant Coalition, which hosted monthly events to meet the immigrant community’s urgent needs.

Our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program offered an unprecedented 33 classes at our Queensbridge, Ravenswood, and Astoria sites to help adult students improve their English literacy and communication skills. We introduced a supple-mentary writing class and an innovative Student Advising program to provide individualized sup-port to students to help them identify their goals both inside and outside of the classroom. Students also had the opportunity to engage beyond the class-room by participating in field trips to a number of cultural institutions, including, but not limited to, the Noguchi Museum, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Guggenheim Museum. Lastly, stu-dents had the opportunity to learn about important topics such as financial literacy, immigrant rights, and healthy foods through interactive workshops, as part of our quarterly workshops series.

Our individual case management program also had a very productive year, reporting numbers for three ambitious contracts – a first for the program – and meeting or exceeding required outcomes in all areas. Our program’s caseworker assisted participants with goals beyond learning English, including access-ing health insurance and health services, applying for food stamps, and acquiring work readiness and employment skills.

immigrant services: a place t0 celebrate difference

Providing our immigrant community members with the education, skills and assistance they need to thrive.



• 33 free adult literacy classes were offered through-out the year, including 27 ESOL classes, 3 bilingual computer literacy classes, and 3 writing classes.

• 457 students completed our ESOL classes and 88% of students showed improved English proficiency when post-tested.

• 204 participants received support from our case manager navigating essential services, benefits, and New York City public institutions.

• 53 individuals received free legal consultations with our immigration attorney, and 25 applications for immigration benefits were filed, including applica-tions for naturalization, family petitions, adjustment of status, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

2017 immigrant services HigHligHt

in 2017, the immigrant services program worked closely with its partners in the new York city coalition for

adult literacy (nYccal) to lead the fight against a proposed $12 million cut to adult literacy funding. the cut

in the mayor’s 2018 preliminary budget would have resulted in the elimination of critical literacy classes for over

5,500 students throughout the city, including 1,300 in Queens alone. in response, riis settlement joined forces

with other adult literacy providers to organize a series of mobilizing events. students from our esol program

attended rallies on the steps of Queens borough hall and city hall to urge the mayor to restore funding.

hundreds attended the Queens rally, including students, teachers, elected officials, and riis’ executive director,

christopher hanway. the event also garnered significant attention from the media, with the Queens tribune

publishing an article that featured quotes from a riis settlement student and instructor. our efforts were

successful—the $12 million for adult literacy was restored in the final budget. our students were empowered by

the overall experience and witnessed first-hand how important their presence was. the victory was a testament

to the power of our students to influence policy.

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senior services: a place to connect

Providing our older adults with a home away from home.

Empowering our Older Adults to Affect Change

Our Senior Services program continued to serve a large number of older adults in the community by providing them with a range of essential support ser-vices—such as health management and education, case management and assistance, educational/rec-reational activities, and nutritious meals— to help them successfully age in place. The program also continued to advance its advocacy efforts around issues of importance to our senior population—leveraging the experience of our older community members to improve the local food environment and encourage greater civic engagement.

Our Senior Services’ Healthy Foods initiative seeks to provide education and awareness-build-ing activities to encourage the use of healthy foods and combat the notable rates of chronic disease and food insecurity within the community. This year, we increased the number of activities provided through the program. Our healthy foods coordi-nator conducted numerous participatory healthy food demonstrations using produce received from City Harvest’s mobile market and the New York Common Pantry. She also offered intergenerational cooking workshops and a series of monthly inter-generational communal cooking and eating events, which brought local families together to celebrate the power of community through food. A total number of 664 families were reached through these activities. Furthermore, Senior Services staff and a core group of our seniors participated in the United Neighborhood Houses’ “Older Adults Strengthening Communities” program where they learned how to

form and support self-directed teams of older adults working to tackle pressing community concerns. Our seniors learned strategies for how to become self-advocates, and one of the first projects they took on was advocating for greater access to healthy foods and encouraging the local supermarket to make necessary improvements to the quality of produce on sale.

Additionally, our older adults continued to play a critical role in helping to mobilize the community during what was a very important election year. They supported a number of Riis’ Community Votes initiatives, including registration drives, phone banking, mailing pledge reminder cards, and more— encouraging community members to not only register to vote but also Get out the Vote in the 2016 election. Through those efforts, voter turnout for the Queensbridge/Ravenswood area was 31% compared to 24% citywide.



•We facilitated 335 technology class sessions in 3 languages through our technology initiative with Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) and graduated over 120 senior participants.

• In FY17, our senior center had 653 registered participants.

• In FY17, we served 27,340 meals to our seniors—an increase of 12% over FY 16. This number included breakfast, lunch, and take-home weekend meals for our most needy participants.

•We provided 500 hours of case management and 508 hours of case assistance—an increase of 30% over FY16.

•We also provided 2,740 one-way trips for our seniors throughout the year.

•With the help of our friends at Citibank, we set a new record by serving 1,213 holiday meals to the community during our annual Fall Family Feast event.

2017 senior services HigHligHt

in fY17, the senior services program celebrated the launch of the senior planet project at our Queensbridge

community center. senior planet is a project of older adults technology services (oats) — a new York-

based non-profit organization that specializes in providing training and support to older adults in using

technology to improve their quality of life and enhance their social and civic engagement. with oats’

assistance and funding from the city, we upgraded our computer lab and were able to provide a number

of technology classes to help our seniors acquire essential digital skills. classes, which included computer

basics, beyond the basics, introduction to using tablets, and financial literacy, met twice a week for

ten-week sessions. in addition, classes were conducted in mandarin and spanish to meet the needs of our

diverse older population. in total, we graduated 120 older adults within the first 10 months of programming,

each of whom received between 80–100 hours of training. even more exciting is that Queensbridge houses

is now fully equipped with free wi-fi, so our participants now have even greater internet access. we are

pleased that we can help our seniors integrate technology into their lives and bridge the digital divide.

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a place to give and receive

We cultivate opportunity by making every donation count.

Statement of Activities with Summarized Financial Information for 2017

Revenue, Gains, and Other Support UnrestrictedTemporarily

Restricted 2017 2016 2015

Public Support and Revenue

Government Grants 3,686,109 - 3,686,109 3,001,246 2,265,227

Foundation Contributions 87,700 119,800 207,500 255,441 265,833

Other Contributions 190,721 - 190,721 208,333 122,891

Event Income - 0 33,558 122,135

In-Kind Rent 86,822 - 86,822 86,822 86,822

In-Kind Contributions 0 0 0 0 0

Participant Activities 19,400 - 19,400 20,191 20,023

Rental Income 41,788 - 41,788 16,350 1,705

Total Support from the Public $4,112,540 $119,800 $4,232,340 $3,621,941 $2,884,636

Investment income

Interest and Dividends, Net 2,239 – 2,239 7,109 3228

Realized Gain/(Loss) on Investments 0 – 0 (159) (109)

Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments 3,741 – 3,741 (3,529) (545)

Total Investment Income 5,980 – 5,980 3,421 2,574

Net Assets Restriction Transfers 360,580 (360,580) 0 0 0

Total Revenue, Gains, and Other Supports $4,479,100 ($240,780) $4,238,320 $3,625,362 $2,887,210

Expenses UnrestrictedTemporarily

Restricted 2017 2016 2015

Program Services

Youth Services 2,348,944 – 2,348,944 2,299,669 1,711,816

Adult and Community Services 794,535 – 794,535 251,540 217,750

Senior Services 593,831 – 593,831 615,360 570,665

Total Program Services* 3,737,310 – 3,737,310 3,166,569 2,500,231

Supporting Services

Management and General 310,858 – 310,858 321,567 340,867

Fundraising 170,101 – 170,101 178,600 164,434

Total Supporting Services** 480,959 – 480,959 500,167 505,301

Total Program and Supporting Services Expenses $4,218,269 – $4,218,269 $3,666,736 $3,005,532

Change in Net Assets 260,831 (240,780) 20,051 (41,374) (118,322)

Net Assets, Beginning of Year (96,685) 703,865 607,180 648,554 766,876

Net Assets, End of Year 164,146 463,085 627,231 607,180 648,554

(86%)

(14%)

(83%)

(17%)

(89%)

(11%)


Community Members Served vs. Dollars Raised (in millions)

MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL

PROGRAMS AND SERvICES

FUNDRAISING

Expenses FY17$310,858—7%

$3,737,310—89%

$0.0

$2.5

$5.0

FY17FY16

2,680 PARTICIPANTS

SERVED2,023

PARTICIPANTSSERVED

$170,101—4%

Balance Sheet

Assets 2017 2016 2015

Cash and Cash Equivalents 108,713 238,500 270,002

Pledges and Grants Receivable, Net 705,265 483,507 423,139

Investments, at Fair value 33,486 27,726 28,708

Fixed Assets, Net 58,847 73,516 70,287

Total Assets 906,311 823,249 792,136

Liabilities and Net Assets

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 194,502 141,100 87,504

Refundable Advances 84,578 74,969 56,078

Total Liabilities 279,080 216,069 143,582

Commitments and Contingencies

Net Assets

Unrestricted 164,146 (96,685) (95,451)

Temporarily Restricted 463,085 703,865 744,005

Total Net Assets $627,231 $607,180 $648,554

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $906,311 $823,249 $792,136

A Place to Say Thanks

With the support

of individuals and

the community,

Riis Settlement

continues to forge

a path for change

in Western Queens.

Government, Foundation and Corporate Supporters(July 1, 2016- June 30, 2017)

Amalgamated Bank Bank of America Charitable FoundationThe Barker Welfare FoundationCitibankCongresswoman Carolyn MaloneyConsolidated EdisonCouncil Member Costa ConstantinidesThe Richard Davoud Donchian FoundationThe Thomas & Jeanne Elmezzi Private FoundationErnst & YoungFPWAFischetti & Malgieri, LLPSenator Michael GianarisGBH Business GroupGE FoundationHenry E. Niles FoundationLandegger Charitable FoundationMary J. Hutchins FoundationQueens Borough President Melinda KatzMadison Construction ManagementMathis Pfohl FoundationMayor’s Office of Immigrant AffairsD.J. McManus FoundationNaturally Occurring Cultural Districts NYNew York Bar FoundationNew York City Department for the AgingNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York City Department of Youth and Community DevelopmentNew York City Health and HospitalsNew York City Housing AuthorityNew York Immigration CoalitionNew York State Education DepartmentNew York State Department of StateNew York State Division of Criminal Justice ServicesNew York State Office for the AgingNew York State Office of Children and Family ServicesNYC ServiceAssemblywoman Catherine NolanPartnership for After School Education (PASE)Straight Wharf Capital Management, LLC.Solon E. Summerfield FoundationThe TL Group Inc.Thendara FoundationTransCanada CorporationUber Technologies, Inc.United Neighborhood HousesUnited Way of New York CityCouncil Member Jimmy Van BramerXL Catlin

Individual Donors(July 1, 2016- June 30, 2017)

$5,000+AnonymousMr. Colin FerenbachMr. Gordon Mehler & Ms. Ariel Zwang

$1,000–$4,499Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Patti BingoldMr. & Mrs. Raymond E. George, IIIMr. Niels Heilmann & Ms. Callie GaleMr. & Mrs. Nils KlarlundMr. & Mrs. David KlurMs. Ann Gorski LoBue & Mr. Robert LoBueMr. Frank Monterisi, Jr.Ms. Elizabeth NemethMr. John Stirrup

$500–$999Mr. Mark BergaminiMr. & Mrs. Jerry and Patti CrisciMs. Carol GeorgeMr. & Mrs. C. Flemming HeilmannMr. William HoganMr. & Mrs. Andrew KirbyMrs. Ann Pfohl KirbyMr. & Mrs. Robert and Joanne KobelMs. Sloane LisaMrs. Janet LoengardMr. Gregory MartinezMr. & Mrs. Michael RakowerDr. & Mrs. John SimonMr. & Mrs. Alan Vickery

$250–$499Mr. Rutledge Barry, Jr.Ms. Nadia BartolucciMr. John BlaneyMrs. Katharine ButlerMs. Nadya De ChimayMr. Nicholas De FeisMr. & Mrs. Thomas and Barbara FarleyMs. Susan FriedenMs. Ann GarrettMr. Raymond GeorgeMs. Melody GloverMs. Else GrotrianMr. Christopher HanwayMs. Nicole Crisci HarrisMs. Janet KellyMr. Larry KrantzMr. Joshua LammMr. & Mrs. Anthony MaestriMs. Amanda McEneryMr. William NewlinMr. Ray QuartararoMs. Mary Faughnan ReddyMr. Jeffery SholeenMs. Ruth SummersMr. & Mrs. Alan VinegradDr. Neda Yagan

$100–$249Mr. & Mrs. W. AgeeDr. & Mrs. Olaf Sparre AndersenMrs. Elinor BalkaMr. Rashad BarronMs. Margit BarsdorfMr. & Mrs. Simeon BaumMr. Neale BaxterDrs. George and Sarah BlumenscheinMs. Joyce BrennanMs. Lucy Brusco

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Mr. & Mrs. Todd and Rebecca CampbellMr. & Mrs. H. Rodgin CohenMr. & Mrs. Mark ColerMr. & Mrs. Frank and Cathryn CostelloMr. & Mrs. Frank and Susan CrisciMr. Joseph CrisciMr. John DaddinoMs. Roslyn DavisMs. Nancy DawesMs. Denise DemarsMr. Daniel P. DrommMr. Timothy Du ValMr. Eric FarberMr. & Mrs. Kenneth FisherMs. Erin FlanaganMs. Arlen Sue FoxMs. Sally GeorgeMs. Debra-Ellen GlicksteinMr. Ira GreenbergMs. Sibyl McCormac GroffMs. Ulla GrovingMs. Kristine HamannMr. Michael HarringtonMs. Laura HillenbrandMr. & Mrs. Richard HoweMr. Jukay HsuMs. Holly KearlMr. Paul KennedyMs. Johanna KirbyMs. Margaret KleinMr. Richard KleinMr. & Mrs. Lawrence KlurMs. Suzanne KnobelMr. & Mrs. Mark and Anne LandmanMs. Debra LangerMr. Richard LevittMs. Dorothy LuceroMr. & Mrs. Robert MadisonMr. Luis MadridMr. & Mrs. Dan MarriottMs. Joanne MazzuccoMr. & Mrs. Thomas McGinnMr. & Mrs. A.J. MedirattaMr. & Mrs. Seung MinnMr. & Mrs. Stephan Oppenheimer and Anna Lynn Mr. Russell PalacioMr. Chris PalliserMrs. Vibeke ReigMr. Cody ReiterMr. & Mrs. William RogersMr. Benjamin RosenbergMr. Joseph RosenbergMs. Lauren RosenblumMr. & Mrs. Carl and Kathryn RosenblumMs. Sydney RosenkranzMr. Stephan RussoMr. Brandon ShroyerDr. & Mrs. William SietsemaMs. Maureen SingerMr. Adam SmykowskiMs. Marlene SocarrasDr. & Mrs. Lawrence SteinbergMr. Aaron SternMr. & Mrs. Robert StrazzaMr. Terry Sweeting

Ms. Kimberly TrundleMs. Chia-Yin TuMr. Sam WalkerMs. Susan WatersMr. & Mrs. Thomas WellingMs. Laureen WellsMr. Jamaal WilliamsMs. Elizabeth WilsonMr. Cecil WorrellMs. Virginia Yardley

$50–$99Mr. Brandon AllenMs. Kayla AlmanzarMs. Jytte AndersenMs. Jennifer AnthonyMr. Dean BaileyMs. Shannon BardenMs. Maribel BautistaMr. & Mrs. Ira & Marianna BelskyMs. Maria BraeckelMr. Donald Preston CatoMs. Carolyn CollinsMs. Anne CoreyMs. Rachel DaddinoMs. Kathleen DevenyMs. Thorkatla DonnellyMr. & Mrs. Jim ElliottMr. Steven FortMr. Tony GalloMr. & Mrs. James GorskiMr. John GrahamMs. Grethe GriffinMr. Richard GuimondMr. & Mrs. Edward HanMr. Franklin HeadleyMs, Jeanette HernandezMr. & Mrs. Jonathan HollenbergMs. Lori HolmesMr. & Mrs. Mark and Melissa IserlothMs. Deborah IvoryMr. David JamesMr. Saurabh KapadiaMs. Illyse KaplanMs. Barbara KennedyMs. Ann KirschnerMr. & Mrs. Joshua KlurMs. Carolyn Lesemann-HappyMs. Michele LintonMs. Lynn LooneyMs. Margaret McAllisterMr. & Mrs. Hugh McCollMr. Jose MendozaMs. Ulla MolboMs. Charlotte NelsonMs. Nancy NeuferMs. Claudia PaladinoMr. Manuel PenaMs. Phyllis QuinnMs. Marianne RuchMr. & Mrs. Scott and Ilana Ruskay-KiuddMr. Carlos SantosMr. & Mrs. Stanley SchecterMr. Ulysses ShermanMs. Marjorie SherrMs. Elizabeth Spaulding

Ms. Shyala StewartMs. Yvonne SumnerMr. David TagerMr. Craig TennerDr. Brenda TepperMr. Adam WallaceMr. David Zephyr

In-Kind Donations(July 1, 2016- June 30, 2017)

Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterArista Air Conditioning CorpBarclaysBrooklyn Law SchoolCPR Cell Phone RepairCitibankCity HarvestCity YearCommunity Resource ExchangeConsortium for Worker EducationDriscoll FoodsDunkin DonutsErnst & YoungFinefare SupermarketGuttman Community CollegeHachette Book GroupHigh Water WomenHunter’s Point South Living Corp.IBM International FoundationICNA Relief USAJCC Chabad of LICLEAP NYCLearning LeadersLong Island UniversityLower East Side Tenement MuseumMacmillan Children’s Publishing GroupMaterials for the ArtsMr. & Mrs. Robert MadisonMr. Alan KearlMs. Betty SaronsonMs. Frederica WillisMuseum of Modern ArtMuseum of the Moving ImageNew York City Department of Parks and RecreationNew York City Office of Emergency ManagementNew York City Human Resources AdministrationNew York Public LibraryNYC Service Civic CorpsNoguchi MuseumOlder Adults Technology ServicesPenguin Random HouseRavenswood Generating StationSadie Nash Leadership ProjectSuryaside YogaThe Floating HospitalThe Leadership ProgramThe Sylvia CenterUrban UpboundVisiting Nurse Service of New YorkZone 126

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Not just a place to go, but a place to grow.

for more information, contact:

Riis Settlement10–25 41st AvenueLong Island City, NY 11101718.784.7447www.riissettlement.org

Photography: Bill Kontzias, BillKPhotography.com

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