Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club 2005 Annual Report

KIPS BAY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB 2005 Annual Report

Executive Director’s Message

DEVELOPING THE DREAM The Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club helps close to 12,000 members achieve their dreams. For some, it is as simple as having a stronger sense of sportsmanship and being in better shape thanks to activities such as dance instruction, swimming competitions, and our football and baseball teams. For others, it is as broad as a better life through increased self-esteem, character, and leadership development. Still other dreams reach farther, for a better community, which they contribute to by learning the importance of volunteerism and giving back. Other members go on to secure a better education thanks to after-school tutoring and SAT prep courses and scholarship programs.

Others find that they have stronger families, as parents become more involved in their children’s development and growth.

With the construction of the new West Bronx unit and the opening of two new area locations, Throgs Neck and Castle Hill, we at Kips Bay look forward to another year of positively impacting even more lives. It is our hope that each of you will know the difference your support makes.

On behalf of our children, I thank you.

Daniel Quintero, Executive Director

A young Daniel Quintero playing baseball at Kips Bay.

PHOTOS: MONICA RICH KOSANN

Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club is…

OUR MISSION The primary purpose of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club is to improve and enhance the quality of life for all young people, with special emphasis on boys and girls 6 through 18 years of age who might be economically, socially, or recreationally disadvantaged. Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club exists to assist young people to realize and achieve their potential for growth and development and to attain the skills necessary to live and succeed in a complex environment.

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Recreation Computer education Scholarship assistance Homework help Teen education and enrichment

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Physical education and team sports SAT prep Summer day camp The performing arts Drug and alcohol abuse prevention

Highlights from Kips Bay Coming in 2006 • Close to 12,000 youngsters, ages 6 to 18, will be club members.

• Kips Bay provides services to children at 10 sites: Lucile Palmaro Clubhouse, two New York City Housing Authority Community Centers, four public schools, Harriman State Park, and two HELP transitional shelters.

Mayor Bloomberg spoke with youngsters and parents during his August 2005 visit.

• Alumnus Kerry Washington (who played Ray Charles’ wife in the movie Ray) will be inducted into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Hall of Fame at the 100th national conference in Boston.

• 2,000 club members will participate in aquatics.

• 800 teenagers will hold their first real job in the Summer Youth Employment Program. Sixty older teens will hold coveted “junior staff jobs.”

• 950 youngsters will enhance their computer skills.

K-Company performed at culminating ceremonies for Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 100th National Conference in Boston.

Joe Torre chose Kips Bay for the public inauguration of his Safe at Home Foundation.

• 450 children will be tested for academic skill level and receive diagnostic skill development tutoring.

• More than 50 youngsters will receive scholarship assistance for specialized high schools and colleges.

• 25 youngsters will be members of the Bronx’s only hockey team.

• 1,000 girls and boys will learn to skate at the Bronx’s only ice rink.

• Our year-round baseball program—utilizing the Coudert Sports Complex air-supported dome—will enroll 800 youngsters.

• 135 youngsters will study Latin, African American, modern, hip-hop, and jazz dance.

• 175 teen boys will participate on traveling tackle football teams.

• 35 youngsters will be members of K-Company, our touring vocal and dance troupe.

• 250 teens and pre-teens will learn civic and leadership skills in Keystone Club and Torch Club.

• 6,000 youngsters will participate in supervised social recreation, physical education and empowerment drop-in activities.

President’s Message

REACHING NEW HEIGHTS Dear Friends: This past year has produced many new events and experiences which have brought a new level of excitement and media visibility to our Club. Just in the month of August, Mayor Michael Bloomberg came to Kips Bay for a parents forum and Joe Torre, manager of the New York Yankees, gave a 3 hour baseball coaching clinic at the Club. At the request of the City of New York Kips Bay also took over, in the nearby Castle Hill community, a Boys & Girls Club and a senior center previously run by the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club. We are currently in serious discussions with Blimpie, a world-wide fast food company, for Kips Bay to own and have operated by its children, an on-site Blimpie franchise, generating profits for Kips Bay and affording future job opportunities for former Kips Bay children at other Blimpie franchises.

In the month of September, the New York City Housing Authority opened a new 18,000-square-foot community center at their Throgs Neck Houses, for which Kips Bay submitted the winning proposal to operate as a new club house. This year we will finally start working on our new West Bronx site, and expect to be providing services to more than 15,000 children per year when that site becomes operational. More recently, we arranged with Thom Filicia, one of our Show House designers and a star of NBC’s and Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” to help Kips Bay plan and host a party in early April for younger designers and guests in Soho as part of a longer term plan to produce new fans of our annual Show House.

We held the second annual “President’s Preview,” an exclusive pre-opening viewing of the Show House, designed to allow the more highly motivated Kips Bay fans to view the Show House in a quiet and less crowded environment, providing them with a real opportunity to enjoy the finer details of the House and to engage in quality discussions with the individual designers.

The Preview was followed by a dinner honoring the designers. Thom Filicia, one of this year’s Show House designers, served as Master of Ceremonies, with Kips Bay bringing in top talent from its own “K Company” to entertain the dinner guests.

The new West Bronx Clubhouse, the Throgs Neck operation, the additional programs run in the Sports Complex, the new Blimpie franchise, and all of the programs and staff needed to operate these additional facilities will require substantial funding, making your generous support more important than ever. Please dig down deep, spread the word, and boast proudly about what your Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club does for the children of the City of New York, year in and year out.

We continue to be the best as well as the best-known Boys & Girls Club in the United States, and, I personally believe, the best youth organization anywhere. Nonetheless, we continue to depend heavily on the support of all of you, the generous benefactors, patrons, and friends and remain proud of these achievements and grateful for your help!

Sincerely,

Frederic R. Coudert President

Trustees Frederic R. Coudert, President Mrs. W. Ward Carey, Vice President Scott A. Gress, Vice President Montague H. Hackett, Jr., Vice President Richard T. Azar Mario P. Borini Cynthia Coudert Gary P. Crain James P. Druckman Mrs. Thomas M. Evans

Paul H. Ross, Vice President Jeffrey Pipes Guice, Vice President/Secretary Debralee Nelson, Vice President/Treasurer

Mark Fabry Brian E. Flaherty Mrs. Henry Fownes Ed Kelly Katherine Schwab Kortbus Barry David Lites

Curtis O. Minnis, Sr. Mrs. Charles H. Mott Arthur M. Rogers, Jr. Arthur Shapiro Hon. Leslie Crocker Snyder

Honorary Trustees Mrs. E. Albert Berol Harry Hinson Peter L. Keane

Dennis Smith John R. Suydam, Jr. Mrs. Manuel A. Villafana

Manuel A. Villafana Mrs. John G. Winslow

Women’s Committee Mrs. Robert Lindgren, Chairman Mrs. Michael Nash Ambler Mrs. Seymour W. Bernstein Joyce L. Brennan Mrs. William J. Brennan, Jr. Mrs. W. Ward Carey Mrs. John W. Chappell Mrs. J. Robert Collins, Jr. Mrs. Kathryn M. Deane-Krantz Ms. Patricia M. Denham Mrs. Patrick Duval Mrs. Thomas M. Evans Mrs. Jon J. Fields Mrs. Brian E. Flaherty Mrs. Henry Fownes Miss Mary B. Gallagher Mrs. Philip C. Gorrivan

Mrs. John L. McWilliams, IV, Vice-Chairman Susan Zises Green Mrs. Henry B. Hyde Mrs. Robert LaBadie Mrs. John L. Lesher, Jr. Mrs. J. Michael Loening Miss Carrie Long Mrs. William B. MacRae Ketty Pucci-Sisti Maisonrouge Miss Elizabeth Ann Martell Mrs. Frederick W. Martens, Jr. Ms. Mia Mayer Mrs. Neil A. McConnell Mrs. Juan Pablo Molyneux Mrs. Charles H. Mott Mrs. John S. B. Oler Mrs. Ingrid Henrichsen O’Neill

Ms. Kelly Piper Mrs. Joseph Sambuco Mrs. Robin Kramer Solomon Katherine Stephens Mrs. Timothy J. Stone Ms. Nancy A. Stratford Mrs. Michael J. Sullivan Mrs. Herbert W. Swain, Jr. Mrs. Leith Rutherfurd Talamo Ms. Stacy E. Waggoner Miss Allison P. Wagner Jeannette Warner-Goldstein Mrs. Rachel Etz Webster Marilyn White Mrs. Sarah Woolworth Ms. Jan Alane Wysocki

Board of Managers Scott Fowler, President Edwin Beltran, Vice-President Molly Gonzalez, Secretary Jonathan Williams, Treasurer

Eileen Cruz-Minnis Milton Freire Ted Johnson Ronald Lawson

Curtis O. Minnis, Sr. Doris Quinones Jim Stone

Senior Staff Daniel Quintero, Executive Director Yvonne K. Brown, Operations Director Andrew McFall, Deputy Operations Director Harold Maldonado, Senior Director of Program Development Yolanda Brisbane, Senior Program Director Jose Rodriguez, Director of Community Based Sites

Jayne Restivo, Development Director Tony Santiago, Foundation & Government Giving Jennifer Skoda, Special Events Director Yvette St. Just, Office Manager Robert K. Smits, Legal Council (pro bono)

SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 I NCOME S OURCES

R EVENUE : SPECIAL EVENTS: GOVERNMENT GRANTS: FOUNDATIONS: INDIVIDUALS: RENTALS, INTEREST, DIVIDENDS: CAMP FEES AND OTHER SUPPORT: CORPORATIONS:

1,365,052 1,408,113 856,322 536,714 261,590 402,188 109,965

TOTAL:

4,939,944

8% Camp Fees & Other

2% Corporations

5% Rentals, Interest & Dividends

28% Special Events

11% Individuals

17% Foundations

29% Government Grants

P ROGRAM S ERVICE E XPENSES

E XPENSES :

6% Camp

EDUCATION: CAREER AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: SPORTS, FITNESS & HEALTH: SOCIAL RECREATION & THE ARTS: CAMP: SENIOR CENTER:

2,561,443 765,107 384,694 404,996 262,554 56,035

TOTAL:

4,434,829

1% Senior Center

9% Social Recreation & the Arts 9% Sports, Fitness & Health 58% Education 17% Career & Character Development

E XPENSE D ISTRIBUTION

S UPPORTING S ERVICES :

9% Administration

ADMINISTRATION: FUNDRAISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES: TOTAL EXPENSES:

547,665 906,380 1,454,035 $ 5,888,864

16% Fundraising & Public Relations

75% Program Services

ENDING NET ASSET BALANCE:

$ 23,391,831

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR DONORS SUPER CHAMPION - $300,000-$499,000 Mr. & Mrs. Frederic R. Coudert

CHAMPIONS - $100,000-$299,000 The After-School Corporation – TASC Boys & Girls Clubs of America Charles Hayden Foundation The Louis Calder Foundation New York City Board of Education

New York City Housing Authority New York City Department of Youth & Community Development-DYCD State of New York Food Program

GOLD CIRCLE - $50,000-$99,000 Booth Ferris Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York The City of New York Department of Aging French-American Aid for Children Montague H. Hackett, Jr. HELP

Lowe World Wide Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Mott NYS Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs-OCFS The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation Philips Electronics North America Turn 2 Foundation, Inc.

SILVER CIRCLE - $25,000-$49,000 Affinity Health Plan Inc Architectural Digest Brooks Brothers, Inc. Brunschwig & Fils Gary Crain

Merchandise Mart Properties Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Starr Foundation Washington Square Fund

BENEFACTORS - $10,000-$24,999 Mr. & Mrs. James Adler Sarah L. Boles The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Con Edison de Coizart Charitable Trust Ray Denniston Mark Fabry Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Fownes

New York Design Center – James P. Druckman New York City Human Resource Administration Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Rogers, Jr. Mr. Paul H. Ross Seth Sprague Education & Charitable Foundation Travel + Leisure – Ed Kelly United Way of New York City Verizon Foundation

PATRONS - $1,000-$9,999 ABM Co. of NY Manhattan Argent Mortgage Company Arts for Business AT&T Foundation Avery Boardman, Ltd. Benjamin Moore & Co. Mr. & Mrs. Mario P. Borini Yvonne K. Brown Canard, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. W. Ward Carey The Charles Schwab Corporation Charlotte Moss Interiors Citigroup Foundation Citigroup, Inc Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Coach Coca Cola Cynthia Coudert Crown Trophy DavosPharma Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Duval Educational Broadcasting Corporation Elias Karmon Diamond Plus Mrs. Thomas Mellon Evans Eve Robinson Associates, Inc. F. Schumacher & Company Fairmont Insurance Mrs. Jonathan Farkas Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. Scott Fowler The Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation

Frette GOYA Foods Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Gress Greystone Home Collection Ms. Antonia M. Grumbach GTL Construction, LLC Jeffrey Pipes Guice The Henry Laird Smith Foundation Hispanic Senses Marketing, Inc. The H.O.P.E. for Youth Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Ara Hovnanian Ideaology Group, Ltd. Jack Levy Designs John Hancock Life Insurance Co. J. P. Morgan Charitable Trust Charles McCloskey John L. McHugh Foundation Joint Agencies Trust – Ron Lawson K.E.B. Pest Control – Edwin Beltran Peter L. Keane Kohler Company Koon Yeung’s Corporation Katherine Schwab Kortbus Kraft Hardware Inc. Kravet Fabrics/Kravet Furniture, Inc. Loeb & Troper Mr. Arthur Loeb Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc. Lord & Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Luter Mr. & Mrs. Francois J. Maisonrouge

Manhattan Shade & Glass Co. Jay R. Marcus Charles McCloskey Mr. & Mrs. Curtis O. Minnis, Sr. Mr & Mrs. Gary Moyer Debralee Nelson New York Private Bank & Trust New York Yankees Foundation The Northern Trust Company Piper Jaffray Mr. & Mrs. John Pomerantz Prime Time Plus, Inc. Profiles Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Quintero Raymond James Trust RM General Contractor Corp.

Rudin Management Saxony Carpet Company Inc. Arnold Scaasi Scan New York Volunteer Parent-Aides Association Mr. & Mrs. Bob L. Schieffer Sempra Metals Group Shelly Tile, Inc. Smith Barney Dennis Smith Dr. & Mrs. Constantine Tsitsera Victor Henschel Floors Victory Capital Mr. & Mrs. Gian Luigi Vittadini William Edwin Hall Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Williams

WHAT’S AHEAD CAMP SEBAGO For many years the time-honored benefits of sleepaway camping were available to Kips Bay youngsters. Sadly, in the 1980’s, we had to relinquish Camp Valhalla. But very recently rural camping has been reborn at Kips Bay with the acquisition of Camp Sebago in Harriman State Park for use beginning in summer 2006.

Only one hour from the Palmaro Clubhouse in the Bronx, our youngsters will arrive to a pristine bucolic lakeside setting.

They will find rustic cabins, hiking trails, soaring eagles, azure skies, a lake jumping with fish, and down the road a brisk walk , sunny and sandy Lake Sebago Beach.

They will find all of this…and more. There will be new friends, new experiences and wider horizons… all under the guidance of firm and caring counselors and professional staff.

WEST BRONX CLUBHOUSE The West Bronx community of Morris Heights will be the location of Kips Bay’s 11th service venue when our future Clubhouse at 1835 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd opens in late 2007. A complete capital renovation will transform an abandoned house of worship into a five-story 28,000-squarefoot 21st Century Boys & Girls Club.

Nearby Morris Heights Health Center has been allocated space within the building, from which health screenings and education will be offered to club members and their families. These services will expand Kips Bay’s health programming, which currently includes an on-site dental clinic at the Palmaro Clubhouse, and the incorporation of obesity prevention content into physical education programming.

Our commitment to technology programming is also apparent in the future clubhouse which has been designed as a stateof-the art facility for technology. It will be a “best practices” laboratory for Boys & Girls Club technology programming for generations to come.

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Contact us:

KIPS BAY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB Lucile Palmaro Clubhouse 1930 Randall Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 718-893-8600 x245 daniel.quintero@kipsbay.org www.kipsbay.org

PLEASE REMEMBER US IN YOUR WILLS AND TRUSTS