ANNUAL REPORT2015-2016

NO PROGRAMS

OUR PROGRAMS

MISSION

TEEN ARTS PROGRAM (TAP)

Teens access NYC cultural institutions and explore the arts as a potential academic or professional goal through museum visits, internships, and portfolio mentorships.

ARTS MENTORING PROGRAM (AMP)

PARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH ART (PACT)

FREE ARTS DAYS (FAD)

Youth ages 6-13 are provided with regular opportunities to express themselves creatively and engage with positive adult role models.

Families with children 3+ are guided by volunteer mentors as they create art projects designed to increase parental involvement and positive forms of family communication.

Youth ages 6-13 pair with volunteer buddies at a “pop-up” arts festival for a day of art-making, exploring a variety of art projects with a supportive adult mentor.

CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

To enrich their involvement in other Free Arts programs, every child and family is offered complimentary opportunities to attend museums, live performances, and other cultural events.

Free Arts NYC provides underserved children with a unique combination of educational arts and mentoring programs that help them foster the self-confidence and resiliency needed to realize their fullest potential.

NEED

OUR SOLUTIONOur programs combine art and mentoring because research proves:

• Mentored youth are significantly less likely to engage in risky behaviors such as skipping school or abusing drugs

• Low-income youth involved in the arts are more likely to attend college, obtain employment, and give back to their communities

OUR IMPACT

98% of AMP youth believe when they grow up they’ll do something important

SELF ESTEEM

99% of students who attended a FAD felt pride in their work

VISUAL LITERACY & EDUCATION

100% of Portfolio Mentees were accepted to at least one high school of their choice

PROBLEM SOLVING

POSITIVE ATTITUDES

99% of PACT parents helped their children re-frame problems into opportunities

Mother & child explore an ‘Inspiration Image’ in PACT Early Years.

1 IN 3 CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY

struggling against housing, health, and educational inequalities

1 IN 3 YOUTH DON’T HAVE A MENTOR

and will reach age 19 without ever having one

will sleep in a homeless shelter tonight

23,000+CHILDREN

THE YEAR IN REVIEWROB PRUITT INSPIRES 2ND ANNUAL BRANT FOUNDATION FREE ARTS DAYIn September, The Brant Foundation welcomed 97 children from the Department of Homeless Services to Greenwich, CT for a remarkable day filled with fun and art inspired by Rob Pruitt and supported by Tory Burch.

ANNUAL ART AUCTIONOur 16th Annual Art Auction celebrated Rashid Johnson with Beats By Dre on April 29th, 2015. The exciting evening saw over 400 guests and raised a record-breaking $1.1 million in support of our mission.

ART FROM THE HEARTOur annual exhibition showcased the work of Free Arts children & families at the Bronx Museum of the Arts on June 10. Hundreds of projects created during the year were displayed.

NEW TRAINING PROGRAMAfter two years of working with The Robert Bowne Foundation’s Evaluation Institute, our staff produced a new training manual and set of core “best practice” trainings. Using these resources, we re-trained all Volunteers and Teaching Artists, developed a set of fee-for-service professional development workshops, and led workshops for organizations including the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable and National Guild for Community Arts Education.

2015 FINANCIALSBALANCE SHEET

REVENUE & EXPENSES

ASSETSCash 122,216

Investments & Security Deposits 305,003

Unconditional Promises to Give 258,358

Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets 39,207

Property and Equipment, At Cost, Net of Accumulated Depreciation 40,953

TOTAL ASSETS 765,737

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETSAccounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 24,019

Deferred Rent 269,140

Total Liabilities 293,159

Unrestricted Net Assets 424,078

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets 48,500

Total Net Assets 472,578

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS 765,737

SUPPORT & REVENUEGrants & Contributions 960,301

Donated Services, Materials, Use of Facility 85,545

Fundraising Events 1,221,361

Other 830

TOTAL REVENUE 2,268,037

EXPENSESProgram Services 1,823, 978

Management & General 147,324

Fundraising 396,969

TOTAL EXPENSES 2,368,271

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETSUnrestricted 25,121

Temporarily Restricted (91,418)

Total Decrease in Net Assets 66,297

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 538,875

NET ASSETS 472,578

REVENUE58% Events

3% Grants

15% Individuals

23% Corporations

1% Government

EXPENSES19% Arts Mentoring Program

25% Free Arts Day Program

20% Fundraising

19% PACT Program

12% Teen Arts Program

5% Administration

Rob Pruitt works with a young person from the Department of Homeless Services.

Rashid Johnson leads a workshop for our teens.

SANDRA’S STORY: A DECADE IN FREE ARTSIt was 2006 when Sandra first joined Free Arts, enrolling in our Arts Mentoring Program. As a shy, yet curious 7 year old, Sandra learned to tap into her creative side and discovered an early affinity for fashion illustration.

Sensing her potential, the Teaching Artist who led her AMP group, and the Director of Educational Services at her program site, recommended she apply for Free Arts’ Portfolio Mentorship program. It was in Portfolio Mentorship that Sandra first met her mentor Angie, and the two quickly became inseparable. In Sandra’s words, “My mentor and I make the perfect pair. We’re definitely connected, I always love talking with her while we work.”

Prior to Portfolio Mentorship, Sandra planned on completing her current general academic track and continuing to pursue her artistic goals on the side, but with a mentor in her corner she decided to aim higher. Using the portfolio she had worked on throughout the year, Sandra applied and was accepted to the competitive arts program at her high school.

Now 17, eyeing graduation, Sandra remains eager to continue her artistic pursuits. With her sights set on attending an art school, she says, “I have a bunch of colleges that I want to go to. They’re very competitive, but I’m ready for that.”

Watch Sandra’s video: www.vimeo.com/146926732

2015 CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS$50,000+BeatsDeutsche BankMostyn Foundation

$25,000+Bank of AmericaBank of America FoundationBNP ParibasGoldman SachsHBOPolo Ralph LaurenSolon E. Summerfield Foundation

$10,000+Alliance BernsteinArnow Family FundThe Brant FoundationCenterbridgeCredit SuisseDisney Worldwide OutreachEckert, Theodore FoundationGucciGuggenheim Partners Heckscher Foundation for ChildrenThe Jacoff, Richard & Natalie Fund, Inc.Levine FoundationMarsal Family FoundationMcKinsey & CompanyMoody’sMuna & Basem Hishmeh FoundationNYC Department of Cultural AffairsRichard & Natalie Jacoff FoundationSaks 5th AvenueThe Shulman Family FoundationTheodore Eckert FoundationTommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc.TopmanTory Burch, LLCUniqloVictoria Secret Warby ParkerWME Entertainment

$5,000+ADPApollo ManagementBank of TokyoCFDACoachCucinelli Holding LLCEllery Homestyles, LLCHorizon MediaHauser WirthING/VOYAIntent MediaJCrewMarc JacobsMaxMaraNew York Life Insurance CompanyPricewaterhouseCoopersPWCRealNetworks FoundationRefinery29SaatchiSalesForceShearman & Sterling LLPSpotifyStaples FoundationSwarovski

Time Warner CableVogueWeil Gotshal

$2,500+BurberryBustleIFC FilmsJP Morgan ChaseNestleSeagull CapitalThe Life is Good CompanyViacom

$1,000+Assured Guaranty CorpAvery Arts Foundation Inc.Banks Baldwin FoundationBeerathon LLCCouncil of Urban ProfessionalsFlik FlakGodivaKPMGMaxWell MedicalMillyMisha NonooMorgan StanleyPosterscope USA

IN KIND $1,000+AllswellAmple HillsBaba’s PierogiesBakedBeats by DreBig Apple CircusBlick Art MaterialsBrie RuaisBrooklyn MuseumBrunello CuchinelliBurberryCassidy HolowachChildren’s Museum of the ArtsChristie’sContainer StoreDisney Worldwide OutreachDowning FramesEl Museo del BarrioElli QuarkFashion AngelsGiles and BrotherGinny BakesGucciHamptons EmploymentKIND SnacksMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA)Rebecca MinkoffRicky PowellRPZLSchwinn BicyclesSimply GumTattlyThe Craft StudioThe Land of NodThe LeBron James Family FoundationThe Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)The Studio Museum in HarlemUrban Canvas

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CAMBA’S BEACON CENTER AT PS 269CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY: Dunlevy Milbank Center • After School Program at PS 5COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOLDEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICESDREAM CHARTER SCHOOLGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: Euphrasian Residence • Marian HallGRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: 80 Pitt Street Community Center • Beacon Community Center • Jacob Riis Center“I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION” - NEW YORK: East Harlem ProgramLINCOLN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES:US (FORMERLY PALLADIA, INC.): Fox Point • Stratford HousePS 5 ELLEN LURIE SCHOOLUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: Beacon Center • Cornerstone: Campos Plaza • Houston Street Center • OST Program at PS 63YM&YWHA OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND INWOOD: Family Literacy Program

2015-16 COMMUNITY PARTNERS

BOARDKATE BOLDUAN Anchor, CNNDANIEL EHRMANN King Street Capital Management, L.P.GARRETT FAIL Partner, Business Finance & Restructuring, Weil, Gotshal & MangesJAMES FOX Global Chief Strategy Officer, Mullen LoweNOHRA HAIME Director, Nohra Haime GalleryDANIEL LEVINE Managing Partner, Tenfore HoldingsJON MEYERS COO, Governors Island Preservation and Education CorporationDAVID MIELKE Partner, PwC Transactions ServicesAMANDA ROSS StylistKELLY RUTHERFORD Actress, PhilanthropistLINDA SCHAPS MA, MSWRICHARD SCHAPS CEO, Van Wagner CommunicationsLESLIE SLOVER Regional Head, Technology Center and Service Center for the Americas, Deutsche BankTRINA STORFER (TREASURER) Executive Vice President, Mixed Media GroupLINDSAY TAYLOR (SECRETARY) Taylor Art AdvisorMATTHEW B. TAYLOR (VICE CHAIR) Managing Partner, Kortright Capital Partners LPJON P. VENETOSMARLIES VERHOEVEN REIJTENBAGH CEO & Co-Founder, The CultivistJORDAN C. ZAKEN Founder and Co-CIO, Gamut Capital

LIZ HOPFAN Founder & Executive Director, Free Arts NYC