2013 FOUNDATION, INSTITUTIONAL & CORPORATE SUPPORT
Dear Friends,
(July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013)
close—it’s a fact of life. For
of homelessness and other
life circumstances requires
point. They must deal with
these uncomfortable truths to
counseling, enter training
programs, secure employconfident and resourceful. A new door opens, they
reinvent themselves, no longer daunted by their past.
Adults and children alike form new friendships and
become part of a larger community where helping one
another is the new norm.
We have depended upon your good will and your help
over these past eleven years and I hope we have earned
sunflower—the happiest of flowers, it begins each day
tracking the sun across the sky before gently fading only
to rise tomorrow and start a new journey. I like to think
the women and children are on their own journey, one
that will lead to a successful and more comfortable life.
Warmest Regards,
RITA ZIMMER
SARAH’S STORY
Sarah graduated this summer with an Associate’s degree
treatment program, she reunited with her three children
and moved from a city shelter into permanent housing at
independently and to defy the odds by taking her children
She now resides with her children at the house donated
her career in law.
(Name has been changed for the tenant’s privacy)
41-74 Club of New York City
The Advance Group
Canyon Partners
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
Simple Works
Starry Night Fund
The Haven's Relief Fund Society
Hudock Moyer Wealth Management
The John F. Kidde Fund for Basic Human Needs
TD Bank, Harlem Store
Marble Collegiate Church
2013 INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Major Contributors
($1000 and up)
Anonymous
Susan Baxt
Susan Burke
Erika C. Collins
Beth Dater
Annabel Davis Goff
Tony & Judith Evnin
Amy & Adam Forbes
Mary Gherty
James Heckler
Anne Heller
Wendy Hillegass
Showky Kaldawdy
Naomi Marks
George & Harriet McDonald
William McIntosh
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer
Daphne & Robert Philipson
Susan Rudin
Jack Rudin
Sheri Sandler
Nancy Solomon
Leila Maw Strauss
Vincent Tobin
William G. Todd
Philippa V. Weismann
Rita Zimmer
Jane & Ronnie Zimmerman
2013 Donors
Robert Abrami
Mark & Joan Abramowitz
Susan Alt
Rosalia Aquino-McMillen
Helen Aronstein
Claire Arrindell
Ellen Auster
Bonnie & Gil Bach
Nancy Bach
Cenquez Bay
April Bernard
Jeanne Betancourt
Ann & Ken Bialkin
Arnold & Doris Blank
Catherine Brown
Mario Buscemi
Gulsen Calik
Fran & Bruce Carlson
Phyllis Chillingworth
Terry Connell
Kim & Stanley Corfman
Alexandra Desbrow
Robert Doherty
Kathleen Dooley
David Dunlap
Isabel Fortunoff
Margo Fuld
Frederica Gamble
Andrea Gibbs
Kathleen Glenister
Nancy Golding
Kathryn Goldman
Dorothy Greenberg
Elke Grimm
Jane & Louis Gropp
Rosanne Haggerty
Martha Hansen
Thomas Heckleman
Lisa Holton
Anne Impellizzeri
Judith Irwin
Marge Ives
Vivian & Tom Kaye
Charles Kerner
Kay Kidde
Jill Kirschenbaum
Daniel Kronenfeld
Louisa Kroner
Linda Kubrick
Carol Lamberg
Nancy Leeds
Dot & John Levy
Barbara Levy
Mary & Charles Lockwood
Elizabeth & Michael Mayers
Thomas McAfee
Edward McGinley
Joan McGreevy-Glatzl
Mamie McIndoe
Gene Mercy
Audrey Michele
Paul Migliore
Beverly & Robert Morrill
Kathy Ng
Jane Overman
Lewis Rice, Jr.
Sylvia Ridlen
Steve Roberts, Jr.
Tracey Rollins-Spann
Jozef Filip Ryan
Chris Ryan & John Zimmer
Cheryl Saban
Irfan & Samina Sabir
Robin Sabo
Joan Sakalas
Alan Newman & Wendy
Saul
Barbara Schatz & Fredrick
Schaffer
Janice Scholl
Georgina Shea
Jayne Sherman
Tillie Shuster
Mary Silverman
Stephen Solarsh
Susan Stachelberg
Jane Stanicki
Danny Stanton
Eileen Sullivan Thomas
Anne Teicher
Connie & Arthur Tempel
Lynn & Peter Tishman
Gladys Todd
Susan Tofel
Gabrielle Vazquez
Margaret Veneklasen
Susan West
Anita & Byron Wien
Lisa Williams
Deborah Winson
Arno Zimmer
Terry Holt & Brenna
Zimmer
Devin Zimmer
Galen Zimmer
4 West 43rd Street, Suite 316
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 213-0221
housingplussolutions.org
ANNUAL REPORT 2013
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
OUR MISSION
Revenue
Contracts
Tenant Rent
homeless women and families in the East New York, Brownsville
and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn and now
Staten Island. Over the years we have worked to create models of
housing to assist women with substance abuse, mental health
female veterans.
each resident’s needs in order to help women and families achieve
long-term housing, employment, and personal and family stability.
Ruby House Veterans presented staff with a quilt they cre ated
FY 2012
822,749
171,346
Other
18,825
$1,302,104
801
$1,785,337*
Expenses
Programs
Management
General Fundraising
FY 2012
1,133,993
109,531
48,262
$1,291,786
FY 2013
1,543,156
167,604
41,690
$1,752,450
2013 OUTCOMESS
•
• Individual and family therapy/counseling
•
•
• Sponsored programs for children and families
Economic Self–Sufficiency
Expected Outcome:
Actual Outcome:
75% of women will be
working or complete
76% of women are currently
the end of one year.
98% of women received all of
90% of tenants will
HIGHLIGHTS
• This year a tutoring component was added into Camp
Sunflower. The tutors emphasized reading, spelling, and
math to prepare the children for the new school year.
• Expanding Ruby House to serve homeless female
veterans has been a natural extension of our work to
address emerging needs. This year, we have served twelve
veterans and expect to serve up to twenty female veterans
annually.
•
from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services has made it possible to open up
thirty-four new permanent housing units for single women
and families.
•
now home for two formerly homeless families.
WHO WE SERVED
Total Served in 2013 = 160 people
(106 Women and 54 Children)
*
audited financials include this as income, giving us a total revenue of $2,200,337. For the
purpose of year to year comparison, this figure has been removed from the annual
report.
Government Grants
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
which they are eligible.
Strengthening Families
Actual Outcome:
Expected Outcome:
100% of the families will
stay together and their
lives will improve.
100% of the families who
reunited have remained
together.
100% of the children were
promoted to the next grade
level.
Expected Outcome:
Housing Stability
Actual Outcome:
FY 2013
993,962
213,540
REVENUE
Other
(less than) 1%
EXPENSES
General
Fundraising
2%
Management
10%
Private
32%
Contracts
56%
Tenant
Rent
12%
Programs
88%
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
100% of those in
permanent housing will
remain in their homes.
100% of those in permanent
housing remained in their
homes.
40% of the women in
67% of the women in
Chairperson Annabel Davis Goff
Vice Chairperson Bonnie Bach
Treasurer
Secretary Phyllis Chillingworth
move to permanent
housing in nine months.
permanent housing in nine
months.
Directors
Rosalia Aquino-McMillen, Catherine Brown, Erika C. Collins, Andrea
60% of the women in
94% of the women in
Tillie Shuster, Gladys Todd, and Rita Zimmer
months.
months.
A copy of the complete financial statement
can be obtained on our website