Empower Tomorrow
2017-2018
annual update
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“KIPP empowered me to constantly work towards my goals through collaborating with others… because no one can make it alone.” YAEL BERMUDEZ KIPP NYC ALUM, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK CLASS OF 2018
Like Yael (yes, that’s him leaping with joy on the cover), we know this work doesn’t happen alone. It’s your partnership that empowers our 13 schools, our alumni program, and most importantly, all the tomorrows of 7,018 KIPPsters from kindergarten through college and career. This year, you’ve empowered our students to once again defy expectations and outpace their peers on state assessments, to land on college campuses prepared, and to graduate college at higher rates than all students nationally. With every tomorrow, our KIPPsters are ready for what’s next, whether it’s moving up to 1st grade, starting college, or putting their degree to work to help the next generation of leaders. Today is a great day to be a KIPPster because their tomorrows have never looked better, thanks to you.
Your Impact By The Numbers 13 Schools = 7,018
students & alumni served
5,298 kipp nyc students
1,720 kipp nyc alumni
99+Q 91+Q 88+Q 19+Q 2x
99%
91%
88%
19%
African American, Hispanic, or Multi-racial
Students stay with us
Free or reduced priced lunch
Special education
twice as many
Special Education students read at grade level than across the state. Nearly 3X in Math.
2x
twice as many
English Language Learners read at grade level
2x
than across the state. Nearly 4X in Math.
twice as many
Low-income students master reading & math than similar students across the state.
EMPOWERING OUR FUTURE You’ve set us on a path to grow from 7,000 students & alumni to more than 10,000 in the next decade.
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97% of KIPP NYC Alumni graduate high school
9776+ 0+ 90+ 46+ 0+ 46+ 12+
91% of KIPP NYC Alumni go to college
46% of KIPP NYC Alumni complete a 4-year college degree
76%
46%
Nearly 4X THE NATIONAL RATE of their peers.
12%
KIPP NYC
1,739
U.S Low-Income
KIPP Alumni have gone to college.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
MATH
KIPP NYC
KIPP NYC
At/Above Proficiency
At/Above Proficiency
7043+ 45+ 5947+ 45+ 70%
59%
NYC
STATE
47%
45%
NYC
43%
STATE
45%
Our elementary and middle school students continue to outpace students across the city and state by wide margins.
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“I’m building leaders over here and it’s amazing to watch.” BRITTNEE ROCK KIPP NYC ALUM
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Brittnee Rock knows that the power to lead comes from within. She credits her days at KIPP for learning that lesson early on - holding down a first chair in orchestra that could be “challenged” by peers wanting the same leadership opportunity. “I was a shy student who had this hidden talent of being a pretty great violinist but I didn’t feel confident enough to truly lead my section. Mr. Levin not only provided a model of what leadership looked like but encouraged me to find my own voice and leadership style.” It’s a lesson she’s carried with her. “KIPP taught me it’s important to acknowledge the challenge but then also acknowledge that I have the power to overcome it.” Since graduating college, she's dedicated her career to empowering youth — directing college counseling and mentoring programs for students across NYC. She's built programs that recognize that real economic empowerment is born not just by accessing opportunities but by promoting confident leadership in the classroom, on campus, and in the communities. “It’s about more than just navigating their way to college. It’s about building up girls to be confident leaders who don’t doubt their right to be there and can use their voice.”
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ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY • ADELPHI UNIVERSITY • ADIRONDACK COMMUNITY COLLEGE • AI MIAMI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN • ALFRED UNIVERSITY • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY • AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY • BABSON COLLEGE • BARD COLLEGE • BARNARD COLLEGE • BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE • BORICUA COLLEGE • BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE • BROWN UNIVERSITY • BRYN ATHYN COLLEGE OF THE NEW CHURCH • BRYN MAWR COLLEGE • BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY • BUFFALO STATE SUNY • CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE • CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY • CLARK UNIVERSITY • CLARKSON COLLEGE • CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE • COCHRAN SCHOOL OF NURSING • COLGATE UNIVERSITY • COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT • COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS • COLUMBIA COLLEGE • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE • CONCORDIA COLLEGE-NEW YORK • CONNECTICUT COLLEGE • CORNELL UNIVERSITY • CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA • CUNY BERNARD M BARUCH COLLEGE • CUNY BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY BROOKLYN COLLEGE • CUNY CITY COLLEGE • CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND • CUNY GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY HUNTER COLLEGE • CUNY JOHN JAY COLLEGE CRIMINAL JUSTICE • CUNY KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY LEHMAN COLLEGE • CUNY MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE • CUNY NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY • CUNY QUEENS COLLEGE • CUNY QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CUNY YORK COLLEGE • DAEMEN COLLEGE • DARTMOUTH COLLEGE • DAVIDSON COLLEGE • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY • DICKINSON COLLEGE • DREW UNIVERSITY • DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE • EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY • EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE • FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY • FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY-METROPOLITAN CAMPUS • FAIRMONT STATE UNIVERSITY • FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE • FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE • FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GENESEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE • GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY • GETTYSBURG COLLEGE • GOUCHER COLLEGE • GUILFORD COLLEGE • HAMILTON COLLEGE • HAVERFORD COLLEGE • HERKIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE • HOBART WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES • HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE • HOWARD UNIVERSITY • HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • IONA COLLEGE • ITHACA COLLEGE • JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY • JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE • JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY-PROVIDENCE • KAPLAN UNIVERSITY-DAVENPORT CAMPUS • KEUKA COLLEGE • LACKAWANNA COLLEGE • LE CORDON BLEU COLLEGE OF CULINARY ARTSMIAMI • LE MOYNE COLLEGE • LEHIGH UNIVERSITY • LINCOLN COLLEGE OF NEW ENGLAND-SOUTHINGTON • LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE-
1,739
KIPPsters have gone to college.
HERE’S WHERE THEY’VE LANDED WHITESTONE • LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA • LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-BROOKLYN CAMPUS • LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-C W POST CAMPUS • LYCOMING COLLEGE • MANHATTAN COLLEGE • MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE • MARIST COLLEGE • MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE • MERCY COLLEGE-MAIN CAMPUS • MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK • MONROE COLLEGEMAIN CAMPUS • MONROE COLLEGE-NEW ROCHELLE • MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE • MONTEFIORE SCHOOL OF NURSING • MOREHOUSE COLLEGE • MORRISVILLE STATE COLLEGE • NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY • NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY • NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • NIAGARA UNIVERSITY • NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA • OBERLIN COLLEGE • ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE • ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • PACE UNIVERSITY-NEW YORK • PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY • RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE • ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY • ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK • SAGE COLLEGE OF ALBANY • SAINT JOHN FISHER COLLEGE • SETON HALL UNIVERSITY • SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA • SIENA COLLEGE • SKIDMORE COLLEGE • SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY • SOUTHERN VERMONT COLLEGE • SPELMAN COLLEGE • ST JOHN'S COLLEGE (MD) • ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY • ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE • ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY-NEW YORK • ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE • STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY • SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • SUNY AT ALBANY • SUNY AT BINGHAMTON • SUNY AT FREDONIA • SUNY AT PURCHASE COLLEGE • SUNY COBLESKILL • SUNY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT • SUNY COLLEGE AT CORTLAND • SUNY COLLEGE AT GENESEO • SUNY COLLEGE AT OLD WESTBURY • SUNY COLLEGE AT ONEONTA • SUNY COLLEGE AT OSWEGO • SUNY COLLEGE AT PLATTSBURGH • SUNY COLLEGE AT POTSDAM • SUNY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AT ALFRED • SUNY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AT CANTON • SUNY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AT DELHI • SUNY NEW PALTZ • SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE • SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY • TECHNICAL CAREER INSTITUTES • TEMPLE UNIVERSITY • THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE • THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE • THE COLLEGE OF WESTCHESTER • THE NEW SCHOOL • THE SAGE COLLEGES • TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE • TOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE • TOURO COLLEGE • TRINITY COLLEGE • TUFTS UNIVERSITY • ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE • UNION COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO • UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE • UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-LAS VEGAS • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ATLANTA CAMPUS • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIXONLINE CAMPUS • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-PITTSBURGH CAMPUS • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER • UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO • UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA • UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS • URSINUS COLLEGE • UTICA COLLEGE • VASSAR COLLEGE • VAUGHN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY • WAGNER COLLEGE • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY • WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY • WESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UPDATE COLLEGE • WHEATON COLLEGE-MA • WHITMAN COLLEGE • WOOD TOBE-COBURN SCHOOL • YALE UNIVERSITY 5 | KIPP NYC 2017-2018 ANNUAL
College Results KIPP NYC alumni continue to leave their
KIPP NYC tracks high school graduation,
mark on hundreds of college campuses. Not
college enrollment, and college graduation
only are they matriculating to college at twice
for all students who either completed 8th
the rate of low-income students nationally
grade at a KIPP middle school or who started
but once they land on campus, they are
9th grade at our KIPP high school. This
emerging as campus leaders, juggling full
transparency is critical to understanding
course loads alongside jobs and internships,
the entire college pipeline and holds us
and discovering their path to the future.
accountable to a more rigorous bar for success. Other organizations only measure
Their persistence pays off: KIPP NYC students graduate college at nearly 4X the rate of their peers.
9776+ 92+ 0+ 90+ 46+ 66+ 0+ 46+ 12+ 36+ 91% of students who go to college
76%
66%
46%
graduates, which fails to count the students who drop out along the way. As more of our alumni enter college and either struggle or
97% of students who graduate high school 92%
the college success of their high school
46% of students who complete a 4-year college degree
persist, we’re learning more and more about the factors that influence their success and how to adapt our model to support our students no matter what their path.
36%
12%
KIPP NYC
U.S. Low-Income
All U.S.
KIPP NYC’s cumulative graduation rate, including students who earn two- or four-year degrees, is 54%.
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“KIPP taught me you not only have to move forward, but you have to pick up and go back to your community and give back.” LUIGGY VIDAL KIPP NYC ALUM, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2018
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Grinding out term papers, late-night cram sessions, landing great internships: Luiggy Vidal knows what it takes to make it to and through college. As a recent college grad from Georgetown, who better to advise incoming freshman on how to chart a path to college graduation? That’s why we’ve added four new College Success Fellows as part of our KIPP Through College and Career program. Our College Success Fellows execute a “nearpeer” advising model of regular campus visits and monthly touchpoints to help students persist through college. Beyond their fluency in Instagram, Snapchat, and all things millennial, fellows offer their advice as first generation students who have proven it’s possible. And the fellows are stoked to pay it forward. As Luiggy notes, “Being able to create opportunity for the kids coming up after me is important. I advocate for our Black and Brown boys to be successful in academia and recognize that their worth is unmatched in spaces where they are not as represented.”
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High School Results This May, 228 KIPP NYC College Prep students threw their caps in the air in celebration as they looked ahead towards their futures on college campuses and into the careers of their choice. The class of 2018 headed off to more than 77 different universities including Georgetown, Duke, Lehigh, Spelman and a host of State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) schools. We’ll be by their side as they tackle their next chapter.
98% of KIPP NYC Class of 2018 graduated high school
98+7475+ + 8276+ 98%
74%
75%
82%
76%
KIPP NYC CLASS OF 2018 NYC (ALL STUDENTS) NYC (LOW-INCOME STUDENTS) STATE (ALL STUDENTS) STATE (LOW-INCOME STUDENTS)
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
42+25+2481Q 92%
College Matriculation Rate
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42% ATTENDING A SUNY 25% ATTENDING A CUNY 24% ATTENDING A PRIVATE SCHOOL 8% ATTENDING ANOTHER IN-STATE OPTION 1% ATTENDING ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS
City and State comparison data from 2017, the latest year available.
4720+ 18+ 33+19
KIPP NYC College Prep students obtain Advanced Regents degrees at more than 2X the rate of students across the city and also exceed their state peers by significant margins. Students earn an Advanced Regents degree by scoring a 65 or better on eight specific exams which signals an ability to persist through advanced coursework.
47%
33%
20% 18%
19%
KIPP NYC CLASS OF 2018 NYC (ALL STUDENTS) NYC (LOW-INCOME STUDENTS) STATE (ALL STUDENTS) STATE (LOW-INCOME STUDENTS)
STUDENTS WHO EARNED AN ADVANCED REGENTS DEGREE
66+Q 66%
Took an AP exam
KIPPsters outperformed their peers across the country on 11 of 16 AP Exams
– the highest percentage to date!
KIPPsters outperformed NYC students on 9 of 10 Regents exams. KIPPsters scored +80 to +115 points higher on SATs than African American and Hispanic students across the state, and on par with national scores for all students.
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Elementary & Middle Results KIPPsters continue to outpace their city, state, and district peers through elementary and middle school. Most impressively, we’ve created the kind of learning environments that support learners at every level. The percentage of special education students and English Language Learners who are on grade level is 2X to 4X that of students across the city and state.
2017-18 Highlights • We’re doing more than closing the achievement gap. KIPP NYC students in grades 3-8 outperformed white students across the state in math (70% vs. 54%) and in ELA (59% vs. 52%). • 85% of KIPP NYC 3rd graders passed the math exam; 96% of KIPP Infinity Elementary students passed the test – our highest pass rate to date. • KIPP NYC 8th graders strongly outperformed their host districts in math (73% vs 21%) and almost equaled the passing rate of 8th graders in top districts like Scarsdale.
Progress towards future college success can be tracked as early as elementary school using state and national assessments. 60% of our 8th graders enter high school college-ready. Progress monitoring with the end in mind helps us pinpoint how to boost success along the way.
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2018 New York State Elementary School Test Results STUDENTS SCORING AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY
MATH
KIPP NYC
KIPP NYC
7737+ 49+ 51+ 6625+ 39+ 40+ 6538+ 50+ 49+ 5633+ 45+ 43+
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
65%
78%
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
NYC
NYC
38%
50%
STATE
49%
37%
49%
STATE
51%
2018 New York State Middle School Test Results STUDENTS SCORING AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
MATH
KIPP NYC
KIPP NYC
56%
66%
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
NYC
NYC
33%
25%
39%
45%
STATE
43%
STATE
40%
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“Every child should be able to walk into the classroom and know that their voice is powerful.” LARIELY SANCHEZ PRINCIPAL OF KIPP FREEDOM MIDDLE SCHOOL 13 | KIPP NYC 2017-2018 ANNUAL UPDATE
“They believe one day that we will change the world. And at first I was like, really? We’re only 100 students. But now being here, I see that they really mean it and I am trying to support them….Sooner or later, there's gonna be more kids joining us, and then we'll have enough to actually change." JEREMY, 5TH GRADER AT KIPP FREEDOM MIDDLE SCHOOL
School leaders Sarah Fisher and Lariely Sanchez set out on a path to design two schools that center on the power of student voice. They imagined a place where alongside their ABCs, kindergarteners would explore identity by way of an ethnic studies course, where middle school students would document community service projects in video journals, where students could develop their authentic voices in writers’ workshops – all with the goal of helping students develop their own agency and become skillful communicators. “When you look to the great change agents of our time: James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bryan Stevenson and Malcolm X, what do they have in common? They are all writers.” Lariely notes. We proudly opened KIPP Freedom Elementary and Middle Schools in August 2018 - the first step in our plan to expand opportunity to 3,300 more students in the Bronx.
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What Empowering Tomorrow Looks Like Thanks to your generosity, empowering tomorrow is expanding opportunity. 2017-18 laid the foundation for our next phase of organizational growth where we’ll open 7 new schools in the place where it all began: the Bronx. You’ve set us on a path to grow from 7,000 students and alumni to more than 10,000 in the next decade.
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To prepare for this expansion, we’re focusing on key initiatives that will ensure our continued success as we scale: Supporting College and Career Success
Innovating and Aligning Curriculum
We don’t just want to get bigger and serve more students, we want to get better at the same time. Our longterm goal is that 75% of our students graduate from college and 100% find career success and fulfillment. While we continue to grow, we’ve revamped our KIPP Through College and Career program. We’ve expanded a two-year College Success Fellowship program that enlists recent KIPP alumni to implement a near-peer model of college advising. Fellows embed themselves on the college campuses our students attend to provide inperson support and foster partnership with colleges and universities. We’re also piloting a new career readiness curriculum to prepare college juniors and seniors to enter the workforce.
We’ve made significant investments in redesigning our curriculum to foster deep conceptual understanding of math and reading comprehension. We’ve also hired a K-12 Director of Science who will work to align STEM curriculum from counting by tens on through Calculus. Building a strong foundation in elementary and middle school promotes advanced course-taking in high school and will ensure our KIPPsters are ready for the jobs of tomorrow.
Building a Talent Pipeline Great teachers are the key drivers of successful classrooms and great principals are the key drivers of successful schools. We’ve created an in-house leadership development program that aims to identify and support promising leaders. Through coaching, real-time stretch projects, and specialized professional development, we’re developing the leaders we’ll need at the helm of our new schools.
None of this programming would be possible without the investment you make to support expanding opportunity.
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Empowering tomorrow is all about the here and now. It’s planning, working, and training hard today to ensure KIPPsters are ready for the journey ahead. It’s about helping students recognize that their achievements and futures have no limits when they find their passion, put in the work and are supported along the way. It’s about giving them the opportunity to develop their sense of self and embrace growth so that they become powerful leaders and creative problem-solvers.
Thank you for helping our students thrive today. Thank you for empowering the future.
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With a focus on character and academics, KIPP NYC's free public charter schools prepare students for success in college and opportunity in life. www.kippnyc.org
