2015/16Annual

Report

One-on-one tutoring A structured hour of

individualized literacy help

Pre-K/Kindergarten Small class literacy

instruction twice a week

Book bank Distribution of gently-used books

throughout the community to school teachers, doctors’ offices, soup kitchens, preschools, correctional facilities, etc.

School field trips Classes of students from local

schools visit our Book Bank for story time and free book shopping

Parent engagement Partnering with parents and

schools to create unified student education plans

Summer literacy camp Daily sessions of literacy

and numeracy skills for our youngest readers taught by credentialed teachers

Summer clubs Weekly small group activities,

such as science experiments, chess, arts and crafts, and math, are offered as supplements to our summer tutoring

All of our programs are free of charge

PROGRAMSOUR MISSION

2015–16 IMPACT

students received one-on-one tutoring each week, with 81% attendance

OUR NUMBERS

pre-k and kindergarten students were helped by our literacy readiness program

of families served are low-income

locations in New Haven

All programs offered free of charge to participants

374

98field trips to the book bank serving over 2000 students from 28 schools.

over

135,000books distributed by the book bank

99.4 % of students tested improved in at least one literacy area

754 hours of tutoring provided weekly

49

$ 0

490

4

volunteers engaged weekly

86 %

99 %Parent satisfaction

92 %of students said that NHR

makes them a better reader

Book Bank:

Program:

REVENUE 2014/15

EXPENSES 2014/15

COST TO RUN NHR IN 2014/15: $542,188

Contributions

48%?%Non-government

grants 33%

Events/

other 8%

In-kind

6%

Government Grants

5%

Program 83%

Administration 13%

Development 4%

My favorite thing is the communication between the schools, parents and teachers.

Since I have been coming to NHR, I feel smarter.

The best part of NHR is ‘you get to be a better reader.’

(Our) students have benefited tremendously from the one-on-one tutoring, and our parents/guardians appreciate not only the convenience of the new Willow Street location, but also the educational family support that has been provided. Many thanks to the New Haven Reads staff and volunteers ... Your work will help to ensure that all students rise to a bright future.

IN OTHER WORDS FINANCESWILLOW STREET LOCATION

In April, we opened our fourth tutoring site on Willow Street to help address the demand for our programs. Twice a week, 16 students walked over from East Rock Magnet School, located right across the street. The students spent 40 minutes getting homework help, and ate a healthy snack before starting their tutoring hour at 3pm. Eventually, this location will tutor 150 students from across Greater New Haven.

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STUDENT

STUDENT

EAST ROCK MAGNET SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL, PEGGY PELLEY

I was so happy when he got into the New Haven Reads program. Elijah’s tutor has helped him a lot. He loves reading now and he has learned confidence. He used to cry when he had to read and now that he can read, he loves it!

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Nydia and Elijah’s Story: First grader, Elijah, was at risk for being retained as he was so far behind in reading. His mom, Nydia, was overjoyed when he was called off the waiting list when the Willow Street location opened. A month later, Elijah’s principal congratulated her with a hug. Elijah had made such great improvements in his reading, he was no longer in danger of being retained. He received a certificate of achievement at the school awards ceremony!

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$25,000 and upCommunity Foundation for Greater New HavenSeedlings Foundation

$10,000 to $24,999BAR Cask Ale Fest Bruce AlexanderCarol Bailey and Laurie DesmetEthel and Eric BergerFirst Niagara Bank FoundationThe Eder Family FoundationDebbie Freedman and Ben LedbetterKirsten and Jim LevinsohnLewis G. Schaeneman, Jr. FoundationDaniel and Sharon Milikowsky Family FoundationNewAlliance FoundationNew Haven Investment FundSharon Oster and Ray FairPartner Reinsurance Co. USJodi and Marc SchneiderThe Study at YaleTariq Farid FoundationEdward A. Snyder and Beth E. MillerUnited Way of Greater New Haven

$5,000 to $9,999AnonymousLisa Gray and Alan OrganschiHigher One CARESJerome Meyer and Roslyn Millstein MeyerSusan NetterNew England Patriots FoundationLaura Pappano and Tom LynchThe Skye FoundationSMPS Family FundWerth Family FoundationYale Class of 1955

$2,500 to $4,999AnonymousDavid A. Beckerman Foundation, IncBristol-Myers SquibbLisa and Jeff Dziegielewski

Abel Halpern and Helen Chung- HalpernDorothy Hurt and William ReeseLiberty Bank FoundationNovak Family Charitable Fund Stephen and Yana PeelPeople’s United Community FoundationPaul and Martha SamuelsonThomas and Ginger ScottSpark Directed FundThe Woman’s Seamen’s Friend Society of CT John and Martha WolfYale Health Services

$1,000 to $2,499Anne and Nicholas AfragolaAlexion PharmaceuticalsAnonymousRuth Beardsley and Tom SansoneJulia BogardusJoAnne Burger and Michael CaplanClaire’s Corner CopiaConnCANEileen and Rick DavisAnthony Dioguardi, DMDDollar General Literacy FoundationCharles Ellis and Linda LorimerKathy and Scott FloraThe Foundation of the New Haven County BarFrederick A. DeLuca FoundationFrontier Employee Community Services FundRobert GelbachGrace G. Bright FundHartford Provision Company FoodserviceThe Jarvinen Cremieux Family FundCindy Kissin and John JacobsonRobert B. Knight FundLapides FoundationAlan and Ann LevinsohnJohn and April LevinsohnLiana Foundation

Lisa And David LoebJacqueline and Keith LorchJonathan LurieJason and Jennifer MacalusoJane Mackie and Joe FarrellMike and Patty MichienziDavid NewtonRobert RiedyPeter Salovey and Marta MoretStephen L. Altshul FoundationSteven Silverstein and Cathy RadunsYale University ChurchGeorge Zdru

$500 to $999Alpha Pi (Yale University)Anonymous (3)Stephen and Rebecca BaldassarriRichard and Alice BaxterMelanie BeuerleinBoone Macaluso Capital AdvisorsHeather and Victor CalabreseAnne and Guido CalabresiVincent and Tracey CelentanoJudith Chevalier and Steve PodosChurch Women United GNHMartin CobernC-Tec SolarBenjamin Davis and Gemma MortensenPeter and Constance DickinsonFirst Church of ChristFirst Presbyterian ChurchJennifer and Alan FriedmanShelley and Gordon GeballeGuilford High School Interact ClubCarol and Rolfe GjellstadJoe and Cindy Goldberg FoundationJoy GordonChristel HaberlandHagani FoundationJulie HamiltonRichard HasbanyCharles and Janet HattonHopkins SchoolJohn HorkelJohn Kim and Eileen Ohnell Kim

Mareike KoertnerDavid and Cindy LeffellDonald Margulies and Lynn StreetStanley and Annie McChrystalNew Haven Telephone Employees CSFNoble Wealth Advisory GroupRussell OutlerPeace & Social Justice Fund Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, IncVirginia PercyJohn Pescatore and Anne MartinPhronesis LLCBenjamin Polak and Stefanie MarkovitsGerald Rosenberg and Cheryl WiesenfeldThe Rowny FoundationAlexa and Christian SchliekerFiona Scott Morton and Steve LathamVijaya L. SinghalGeraldine and Thomas SullivanTabell Family FoundationTimocracy FoundationUBSRichard and Patricia VancilHelen and David WassermanEd and Mary Lou WinnickYale-New Haven Hospital

$250 to $499A-1 ToyotaPhilip AbrahamMr. and Mrs. Werner AhlersJim and Martha AlexanderMatthew AlexanderA.R.I. Development, IncGordon and Anne ArmourSpencer BackusDavid and Kirsten BechtelHoward and Shirley BenjaminRichard and Chay BershteinFiona and Mark BradfordElizabeth BruninsSusan Bryson and Laurence NadelRobert Buckholz and Anne Elizabeth FontaineStan ChiuehClaire CriscuoloChristopher DeBellTom de Boor and Gretchen HermesMatthew and Lisa DesfossesMark and Colleen EntenmanNathan and Patricia GarlandJennifer Heath and Peter Lamothe

Caroline Hendel and John WysolmerskiLetitia HillCiana HoskingRoger IbbotsonIsrael and Adele Gordon FundAnne JenningsKathryn and Kyle JensenAlfred Jessel and Inderpal GrewalGretchen and Charles KingsleyDavid KwasniewskiEmma LedbetterHenry LordLucky Seven FoundationMark and Gretchen LytleMing Ma and Zhaoning LiuShobha and Prabakar ManojDavid Margolis and Jill NathansonMaria Markham and Andrew PutnamThomas and Elsee McEachinBruce and Renee McIntyreGrayson Murphy, Sr. and Rosita MurphyBarry Nalebuff and Helen KauderSarah Netter Boone and Andrew BooneOrganizational Performance GroupPeople’s United BankThach and Evan PhamBreanne PiazikSteve and Lauren PinzkaOlaf and Shana SchneiderRichard SeroussiEllen Shuman and Douglas RaeWilliam and Betsy SledgeJeffrey and Clarky SonnenfeldChunyi SunStephanie TeplinDean Vallas and Debra PemsteinChristine VertefeuilleTom Zingarelli

$100 to $249Act IIElisabeth Adams and Jonathan FosterMelinda AgstenLucille AldermanMyles and Nancy AldermanAnonymous (4)Danielle Antin-Ozerkis and Eric BaumArchie Moore’s IncJudith August

Steven BanksHarshul BanthiaMary and Jim BarnesMr. and Mrs. Edward BassTom Beggins and Anne HartfordMargaret BekenyBenevity Community Impact FundGreg Berg and Nina BininBetsy Grauer RealtyRobert and Barbara BettigolePhil BleichDr. and Mrs. Harold Bornstein Jr.Carole and Arthur BroadusJosiah and Sahar BrownAnne BruecknerElizabeth BurbankKatie ByrnesRichard CasdenJennifer CaldwellCedarhurst SchoolChestnut Fine Foods & ConfectionsRenee Chotiner and Stuart GardnerCarol Clay Wiske and Prescott WiskeSusan ComptonCongregation Mishkan IsraelConnecticut Properties LLCConnecticut Voices for ChildrenAdriana Corona Phyllis and Joseph CrowleyHanna DameronArt DartArdath DixonChristopher and Barbara DixonDobie & Rollins OrthodonticsBetsy DonovanBonnie DoyleDanielle DubeSusan and David DurantEast Rock PharmacySue EisnerKathleen EllisElm Campus PartnersMichael and Ilona EmmerthJim and Mary Ann EmswilerMary EstabrookVanessa Evans-GreviousBrooke FallonHarvey and Susan FeinbergAnne FerruggiaroStephanie Fitzgerald and Frank CochranThe Foote SchoolWilliam and Deborah FriedmanMichael GiannettoJoanna GibsonMarjorie and Frank GillisKaryn Gilvarg and Eric Epstein

DONORSJuly 2015 to June 2016

Nina Glickson and Worth DavidGoldsmith Family FoundationFrederick and Sally GraveGreater New Haven Community ChorusJacob Hacker and Oona HathawayPaul HarringtonCharlene HeffernanDavid and Gretchen HighsmithDerek HorkelFrederick HorstmanBernadette Huang and Geert RouwenhorstHurd About JazzerciseChristopher and Alison IllickJames JauchemThe JitterbusLiz Jonas and Tom EisenThe Kasarda FamilyPeter KaneEllen KannattKappa Kappa Gamma Shoreline East CTDavid and Stacey KatzKenneth Boroson ArchitectsSusan KerleyRobert KingGeorge and Meghan KnightJohn Kraus and Martha HoustonDr. Robert Kroepel DMDLeslie and Harlan KrumholzJean and Nick LamontDavid and Naomi LamoreauxLucie LedbetterMarc LevensonWhitney LewendonRick and Debbie LiftonLucibello’s Pastry ShopLindalea LudwickRobert Lyons, Jr. and Carol LyonsRaymond MacalusoMary MagriSandra MalmquistThe Mandelbaum FamilyLiam Phillip ManleyMargaret and Marc MannAlthea MarshallCarola Marte and Douglas SteinEdward MattisonEdward MazaThomas and Jamie McCauleyAmanda MiaMinitprint, IncMiss Porter’s SchoolCara MoranJenifer Nemecek Ibarra Nero Air Conditioning and HeatingNew City Restaurante

New Haven Bar AssociationCharlene OsbornP&M Orange Street MarketRichard Papantonio and Francine Bergeron-PapantonioMary PashleyPaws ‘N Effect, LLCMichelle PerryCarol PhillipsSarah PickmanAlan Plattus and Nancy BerlinerKen and Leslie PuckerAlec and Drika PurvesHeidi RobinsonMatthew Rodeheffer and Valerie HorsleySusan and Douglas RollinsRomeo & Cesare’s GourmetHarold and Michal RoseDavid Rosen and Barbara GorenJessica RostowCynthia SavoAnne SchenckPatricia SheaHollis and Karl StauberMarie SantoreJane SarjaKathleen SchoonmakerKimberly and Peter SchulamJill SavittPamela SchoenbergRobert Shulman and Stephanie SpanglerKenneth ShuskusDerek Simpson, GoldsmithPatti and Barry SinowayChloe StarrRobert A. M. SternLynda Stoller Johnson and Peter JohnsonSusan StoutPatricia and Michael StumpfShankar SundarColleen TichichTools & Equipment Service SolutionsRobin and Michael TuckerUnited Illuminating Employee GivingRhonda VeglianteJemar VelazquezVasanthi VenkataramanSally VoegeliJohn and Kerri WardJacob WassermanMichael WatersonJenya Weinreb and Anton BuresPenny WelbourneWells Fargo BankLynda West

Susan WhetstoneGary and Karen WilsonMarcey WinawerCarol WolvenAndrew Zehner and Suzanne Whitty

In Kind ListApogee Personal TrainingBarcelona RestaurantBombas SocksCindy Kissin ConsultingClaire’s Corner CopiaErica O’Brien Cake DesignMarjolaine Pastry ShopMike MarslandMerwin’s Art ShopOn Time Screen Printing & EmbroideryScience Park Development CorporationShake ShackSwords Into Plowshares HoneyThe Study at YaleVan Wilgen’s Garden CenterWave GalleryYale Printing and Publishing ServicesYale Repertory TheaterYale University

Because of space constraints we are not able to print all names. A full listing is on our website.

We made every effort to verify names and dollar amounts. Please excuse any mistakes and please let us know.

Thank you to our staff and all of our volunteers who work so hard to build a community of readers.

CREDITS:Photo Credits: Beatrix RoellerAnnual Report Design: büro svenjaPrinter: Yale Printing and Publishing Services

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Yale UniversitySeedlings FoundationNewAlliance FoundationUnited Way of Greater New HavenState of ConnecticutCity of New HavenCommunity Foundation for Greater New Haven First Niagara Bank FoundationThe Eder Family FoundationLewis G. Schaeneman, Jr. FoundationThe Study at YaleScience Park Development CorporationBARWoman’s Seamen’s Friend Society of CTClaire’s Corner CopiaNew Haven Investment FundDavid A. Beckerman FoundationUnited Illuminating CompanyFrederick A. DeLuca FoundationThe Foundation of the New Haven County Bar

BOARD MEMBERS 2015/16Lisa Gray, PresidentLaura Pappano, Vice President Alexa Schlieker, TreasurerJodi Benjamin Schneider, SecretaryRuth BeardsleyHeather CalabresePeter Goldsmith Kirsten Levinsohn Jason Macaluso Maria Markham Susan Netter Russell Outler Geraldine Sullivan Gary Winfield

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