Annual Report 2019
A Letter From Our Leaders
Dear Supporters, Thank you for your tremendous generosity to 2Life Communities in 2019! Our ongoing promise is to provide our older adults the opportunity to live full lives of connection and purpose, and we do so by creating dynamic, supportive living environments with an emphasis and focus on affordability. 2Life is committed to our advocacy work, advancing the notion of aging in community as we expand our portfolio and become a growing and important part of many of the greater Boston area. Beyond providing excellent housing, we actively innovate by advancing the integration of housing and healthcare, while pursuing outstanding design standards for senior housing that are adaptable for a lifetime. Here are just some of the highlights of 2019: In the spring, 21 of our residents fulfilled a lifelong dream when they became B’nei Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel in Newton. We honored three generations of women from a remarkable family at our Raising the Roof event: Carol Goldberg, State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Meredith Winter, with the inaugural L’dor Vador Award, celebrating their family’s commitment to public service and philanthropy. In April, we opened the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House on our Brighton campus, providing a home to 75 older adults and giving us a street presence on Chestnut Hill Avenue. In September, we broke ground on the Harold and Ronald Brown Family House, a new building in Brookline, with our partners at Congregation Kehillath Israel. Please enjoy this annual report, which will provide additional stories that exemplify our outstanding work at 2Life Communities. With deep appreciation,
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Donna Kalikow
Amy Schectman
Board Chair
President and CEO
Mission Inspired by Jewish values, 2Life Communities welcomes seniors from all backgrounds and enables aging in communities of engagement, connection, and purpose by: Providing superior housing that is broadly affordable. Continually evolving support services to meet the needs of our diverse residents as they age. Building connections and community within our walls and in our surrounding neighborhoods. Promoting aging in community as a first choice.
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Raising the Roof 2019 Brunch In October, more than 500 people gathered for our lively Raising the Roof brunch to celebrate and support 2Life Communities. Our Honorary Chair, Shira Goodman, welcomed the crowd, and the attendees were moved by the Hamotzi given by the 21 residents from our 2019 B’nei Mitzvah class. The inaugural L’Dor Vador award was presented to three generations of women from one outstanding family – Carol Goldberg, State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Meredith Winter – to honor their commitment to community and public service. Guests enjoyed an animated conversation with special guest and social commentator Fran Lebowitz.
Amy Schectman in conversation with special guest Fran Lebowitz
Amy Schectman, President & CEO, 2Life Communities
Merle Grandberg, Chair, Event Committee and Board Member, with guests David and Randi Zussman
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A full house for Raising the Roof
Meredith Winter, State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Carol Goldberg – inaugural L’Dor Vador award recipients
Centerpiece hand-painted by 2Life residents
(Top row, from left to right) Amy Schectman, Deborah Goldberg, Meredith Winter, Fran Lebowitz, and Donna Kalikow (Bottom row) Avram and Carol Goldberg
Shirley Goldsmith, 2Life resident and 2019 B’nai Mitzvah
Shira Goodman, Honorary Event Chair
Guests enjoying Raising the Roof
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2019 Highlights
Brighton Campus Central Office Addition Breaks Ground! Construction began to build a new central office space on our Brighton Campus. This addition will create a new front entrance and consolidate all our “corporate” functions to facilitate inter-departmental collaboration and a sense of unity amongst central office staff to better support our residents. More importantly, it will free up space for resident-facing services, including more one-on-one private meeting rooms, common gathering areas, a redesigned art studio, and more. This project will officially meet Enterprise Green Communities certification criteria!
Groundbreaking on the Harold and Ronald Brown Family House On September 13th, a jubilant crowd of over 100 people, including Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, state and municipal officials, the Brown and Cassin families, Brookline Bank, and representatives from Congregation Kehillath Israel celebrated the groundbreaking of our newest 62-unit campus in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner named the Harold and Ronald Brown Family House.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House & Gitta and Saul Kurlat House Ribbon Cutting On July 18th in Brighton, 2Life had a fantastic afternoon at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg House and the Gitta and Saul Kurlat House ribbon cutting. We were joined by hundreds of guests, including Governor Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and several State Cabinet Secretaries and Boston City Councilors. Together, the buildings provide 61 new and 209 refurbished units of affordable housing to lowincome older adults, including those who are formerly chronically homeless and seniors with life-long developmental disabilities. We loved unveiling our beautiful new courtyard.
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Golda Meir House Renovation In June, we celebrated the complete modernization of our 197-unit Golda Meir House in Newton with a ribbon cutting ceremony in the beautifully renovated courtyard. We were joined by Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, State Representative Kay Khan, MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay and many community leaders. The Golda community gave high praise to the updated apartments and common areas, including the first floor dining room and fitness center.
Reverberations of Love Members of 2Life Communities made 1,300 Feelie Hearts for this spring’s outdoor community art exhibition with Studios Without Walls. Our sculpture, "The Reverberations of Love," was chosen as one of 20 works of art installed along Riverway Park in Brookline. Feelie Hearts are symbolic mementos of caring that 2Life residents, volunteers, and community members hand sew each year as part of our intergenerational programming.
Shillman House Play with Purpose Shillman House residents were introduced to a new ongoing program called ”Play with Purpose.” This program exposes residents to additional components of Fitness and Wellness, fine motor movement, and deeper cognitive stimulation. Each month, there was a different focus such as nutrition for National Nutrition Month.
Coleman House Intergenerational Program with Solomon Schechter Day School The Fall marked a new partnership between Coleman House and the Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton. Residents, students, and staff from both organizations quickly connected. This opportunity is part of our intergenerational programming. One student said, “Maybe our generations don’t talk because we are afraid of each other. But once you’re talking, you figure out how cool they are.”
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B'nei Mitzvah Highlights
“I want to show my granddaughters that at any time in their life, no matter their age, if there’s something they want to accomplish, they can do it.” These are the inspiring words of Barbara, 76, a 2Life resident as she was working and studying hard for her Bat Mitzvah. On Saturday, May 11th, at 3 PM, Barbara became one of 21 students ranging from 70 to 97 years old who celebrated their B’nei Mitzvah together at Temple Emanuel in Newton. Residents from four 2Life campuses participated, and it’s interesting to note that 20 of these students were women. This Jewish B’nei Mitzvah ceremony marks the beginning of adulthood, and is usually celebrated at age 12 (for girls) or 13 (for boys). But girls in the United States have only regularly been included in the ritual since the 1960s, and many of our female students watched their brothers and sons celebrate this milestone but were excluded themselves. Barbara and her classmates began studying for their B'nei Mitzvah in September 2018, guided
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by rabbinic intern Giulia Fleishman of Hebrew College. We're grateful to the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, which generously funded Giulia's work with us for the second year in a row. She and the students spent several hours a week learning to read or chant their Hebrew parts, writing mini-sermons, even hand-making wine cups and prayer shawls to use during the service. While Barbara kept her granddaughters in mind while she studied, each student was driven by very personal reasons for becoming a B’nai Mitzvah at this point in life. “One woman told me that after her husband passed, she was adrift. Joining this class anchored her, and helped her navigate her grief,” says Cindy Katzeff, then Director of Village Centers and Community Engagement, who came up with the idea of a group ceremony. “Another said that when she was younger, raising a family and running a household, spirituality wasn’t a priority for her. Now, it’s as though she’s found a door inside herself that she didn’t know existed, and she’s finding deep meaning and satisfaction in exploring this side of herself.”
2Life Communities Annual Financial Report* ANNUAL OPERATIONS, DECEMBER 31, 2019 REVENUE SOURCES
Rents from Tenants Government Rental and Mortgage Subsidies Government Service Subsidies Grants & Contributions Developer Fee Income Fee Revenue Interest and Miscellaneous
7,026,951 29,762,295 859,024 5,076,196 760,519 1,402,353 773,264 TOTAL REVENUE SOURCES
45,660,602
PROGRAM USES
Properties Building Operations Taxes and Insurance Mortgage Interest and Financial Expense
10,342,383 3,693,659 8,038,363 Total for Properties
22,074,405
Services Services & Programs Policy & Research / Advocacy & Outreach
3,934,002 466,051 Total for Services
4,400,053
Administration 3,443,864 Fundraising 959,497 Real Estate Development 996,135 TOTAL PROGRAM USES
31,873,954
PROPERTY INVESTMENTS
Capital Improvements ** Investment in Future Development and Rehabilitation Projects Net Funding to Replacement Reserves Mandated deposits to HUD residual receipt accounts
2,246,114 2,184,745 740,961 55,811
TOTAL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS
5,227,631
* This report is prepared by management and is a consolidation of audited Financial Statements of fourteen affiliate entities ** Excludes $10,507,086 for the development of Brown Family House.
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Thank you to our Donors
Thank you to our Donors. The list below represents contributions received between January 1 and December 31, 2019. $100,000 and over Charles H. Farnsworth Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Combined Jewish Philanthropies Dellbrook Construction Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Anonymous
$50,000 – $99,999 Anonymous
$20,000 – $49,999 Colantonio Inc. Nancy Karp The Kuehn Charitable Foundation Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Claire and Edward Saxe Tufts Health Plan Foundation
$10,000 – $19,999 Donald and Ellen Bloch Boston Evening Clinic Foundation Brookline Bank Mickey and Lois* Cail Carmel Movers * of blessed memory 10
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City of Newton, Department of Planning and Development CohnReznick Commercial Cleaning Service Stephen* and Alice Cutler Arthur Goldberg Kenneth Grandberg and Marcy D'Agostine Merle and James Grandberg Highland Street Foundation Joseph & Rae Gann Charitable Foundation Bernard and Faith Kaplan Klein Hornig, LLP Wendy and Dan Kraft Liberty Mutual Foundation Robert Manocherian Metropolitan Cabinets and Countertops Nixon Peabody, LLP William and Lia Poorvu Rockport Mortgage Corporation Paul* and Marcia Rosenberg Lisa Rourke Amy Schectman and Mitchell Rosenberg Irma Schretter Harold Stahler Wells Fargo Bank As of December 31, 2019. If we have inadvertently made an error, please accept our apologies and contact the 2Life Development Office at (617) 912-8468
Thank you to our Donors (continued) $5,000 – $9,999 Beacon Communities LLC Gerald and Debra Bickoff Boston Private Bank & Trust Company Brookline Community Foundation Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall Charity Fund CJP MetroWest Jewish Community Fund DiMella Shaffer Associates, Inc Cynthia and Martin Dugan Laura and Bruce Efron First National Corporation Michael and Linda Frieze Howard and Jacquelyn Furman Joseph Geller and Maria Benet Robert Gifford and Claire Sokoloff Carol R. and Avram J. Goldberg, Deborah B. Goldberg and Michael Winter, Joshua R. Goldberg, Evan L.G. Winter, and Meredith S.G. Winter Grinnell Mechanical James and Carol Herscot Donna and Martin Kalikow Toby and Michael Kumin Saul Kurlat Richard and Arlene Levin John and Kim Lutz Norman and Susan Posner Risk Strategies Company Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Royal Bank of Canada Adam and Rachel Scott Candace and Lee Steingisser Superior Plumbing Tripi Engineering Services The Victor Herbert Foundation The Village Bank Patricia Weiss Fagen David and Randi Zussman
Renee and Steven Finn First Republic Bank Catharyn and Myron Gildesgame GlynnDevins Jason and Sandra Honeyman Jason and Rebecca Korb The Lassor and Fanny Agoos Charity Fund MutualOne Charitable Foundation Perkins Eastman Prellwitz Chilinski Associates Jeffrey and Cheryl Sacks Samet & Company Douglas and Maureen Smith Stantec Tech Networks of Boston Harold and Mildred Tubman WaypointKLA The Welch Corp. Contractors Wellesley Bank David Zaltas
$2,500 – $4,999 Allston Brighton – Boston College Community Fund Bank of America Private Bank Bechtel Frank Erickson Architects Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA CBIZ Citizens Bank Foundation Cumsky & Levin Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation * of blessed memory
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Thank you to our Donors (continued) $1,000 – 2,499 Aron and Susan Ain American Tower Foundation Automatic Laundry Service, Inc. David Bamel Jonathan Bamel and Monique Mabry Bamel Bernkopf Goodman, LLP Martin and Rhoda Bress John and Helaine Carroll Chestnut Hill Realty Domenic Colasacco and Mary Kate LeCam The Estate of Marion L. Cowan* Stephen and Ann Marie Dlott Jennifer Engel Yoni and Talia Engelhart Enterprise Community Investment Ellen Feingold Mitchell and Christine Finer Mark and Amy Furman Lisbeth Goldberg and Bob Sindermann Ronni L. Goldsmith and Joseph R. Donelan Amy and Norman Gorin Amy Gould James and Paula Gould MaryLou and Herbert Gray Robert Grinberg and Deborah Lewis
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Louis and Patricia* Grossman Denise Hamilton and Lori Morency Sylvia Hammer Sharon Hoffman HouseWorks Jewish Family and Children's Service Marla and William Kannel Leo and Barbara Karas Elizabeth Kass Rudolph Kass Cindy and Michael Katzeff Benet and Pamela Kolman Harold Kotler and Rabbi Jamie Kotler Helen and Lenny Krulewich Geoffrey and Debbie Kurinsky Robert Lagoyda and Rebecca Gould LeadingAge Li-wei and Bradley Lehman Norman and Sondra Levenson Carolynn Levy and Alan Sharaf Kenneth Lewis and Laura Allen Clara and Howard Marton Lauren and Joseph Mazzella John McCarty Amy and Jim McLoughlin Melvin Pharmacy
Thank you to our Donors (continued)
2019 2Life Communities Board of Directors
Robert and Marjorie Ory Bruce Richardson and Ellen Slaby Beth Rubenstein Paul and Sandra Saner Sapers & Wallack Melvin Scovell and Lilla Waltch Serenity Care, PACE Bill and Lois Shaevel Steven Shulman and Debra Yanofsky Tamkin & Hochberg, LLP TripAdvisor Virginia Usen Neil and Lisa Wallack Anonymous
Officers
$500 – 999 Adobe Susan Ansin Neil Aresty and Estie Rappaport AZA Care Management and Home Care Stuart and Lee Bauer Richard and Carla Benka Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Lisa B. Chen and Michael Low David and Elise Cherny Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation Richard Dale and Dorit E. Harverd Arthur and Barbara D'Angelo David and Carole Decter Edenbridge Health Karen Edlund and Barbara Fortier Mark Farber and Sherry Katz Fiduciary Trust Company Robert and Glenda Fishman Lillian Freedman Nora and Joshua Friedman Claire and Joseph Goldman Shirley Goldsmith Simon Gottlieb Ronnie and Chris Haas Debra Hall and David Rockwell
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Lizbeth Heyer and Mike Fogelberg Sandra and Robert King Mandi and David Kunen Alan and Marcia Leifer Eleanor Leventhal Livstone Family Foundation Marsh & McLennan Companies Bill and Donna Matson Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Milhench Supply Company Karin and Leonard Miller Carole Mitnick and Chris Johnson Nora Moreno Cargie and Robert Cargie Marcia and Myron Nevins Michael Paris Diane Paulson Jay and Gail Pearlstein PEGM Transportation LLC Barbara and Frank Resnek Karen Richards Alberta Richmond Allan and Sandra Ropper Susan and Alan Schlesinger Kerri Schmidt and David Foley Larissa Serebryanaya Richard and Jeannette Shapiro Martin Siefering Leslie Silberberg Caleb Solomon and Cynthia Thomas Rhonda and Ben Spector Steven Stearns United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Welch Associates Land Surveyors Howard and Nancy Wolk
Chair Donna Kalikow President & CEO Amy Schectman Vice Chair Jeffrey Sacks Treasurer Norman Posner Clerk David Zaltas Board Members The officers and: Donald Bloch Stephen Davis Laura Efron Lynne Elfland Howard Furman Robert Gifford Catharyn Gildesgame Stacy Goodman Amy Gorin Merle Grandberg Bernard Kaplan Rudolph Kass Wendy Kraft Paul Levy Noah Maslan Edward Saxe Irma Schretter Adam Scott Bill Shaevel Harold Stahler Candace Steingisser David Trietsch Harold Tubman
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30 Wallingford Road, Brighton, MA 02135-4753 (617) 912-8468 l www.2lifecommunities.org
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