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Our greatest successes over the past year have been, as always, the lives we’ve seen changed: the young people who came here in need and left empowered, the GEDs attained, green cards granted, jobs earned, apartments secured.
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Sometimes you need to see it.
comprehensive services, all under one roof.
If there’s one thing our members, staff, Board and supporters all have in common, it’s the excitement they feel when they enter our space. It literally hums. From the breakdancing classes in our dance studio, to the medical appointments and educational workshops provided in our health center, to the hot meals, one-on-one tutoring, career prep, legal counsel and therapeutic mental health sessions taking place throughout the rest of the building, The Door is alive with activity all in support of one mission: helping New York City’s most disconnected youth reach their greatest potential.
In 2012 The Door celebrates its 40th Anniversary. In those 40 years, the needs of our young people have shifted, and we’ve worked hard to shift our services in response. We no doubt serve more runaway and homeless youth now than we did 40 years ago, and so we opened a supportive housing facility with 55 units filled with young adults, many of whom have not known stable housing for years, if ever. More young men are living without proper healthcare, and so we’ve made it a priority to staff our Adolescent Health Center with young male interns who can successfully reach that population. Immigrant youth coming to this country alone, often seeking simple survival, face increasingly uncertain futures, and so we’ve staffed our Legal Center with experts in immigration law.
That mission has been with us since our early days in an East Village storefront to now, in our buzzing building on the edge of SoHo. And this past year had quite a lot of buzz. We expanded services—both inside and out—for runaway and homeless youth, a steadily, and sadly, growing population in New York City. We opened our charter high school—Broome Street Academy— designed specifically for the City’s most at-risk youth. We got to share a spotlight with Lady Gaga when she selected us as one of five agencies to receive part of a $1 million donation from her and the Robin Hood Foundation. But our greatest successes over the past year have been, as always, the lives we’ve seen changed: the young people who came here in need and left empowered, the GEDs attained, green cards granted, jobs earned, apartments secured. These are the triumphs that we celebrate every day. And we’re able to do it because of our unique model, both philosophical and physical—
These strategies are impressive, and yet to see it is to truly believe it. We’ve attempted to bring The Door to life in the following pages of this report; to bring the inside out. I’m thankful to the young people who’ve shared their stories, and to our supporters, both new and old, who have gotten us to this landmark anniversary year. I hope that this report offers even a taste of what it feels like to walk through our building. And I invite you in this, our 40th year, to come in and see it for yourself.
Julie L. Shapiro Executive Director
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The Door: Setting the Foundation In 2011, nearly 11,400 young people from all over New York City came to one building to meet their needs—The Door. Over 1,800 were homeless or at risk of homelessness upon arrival; one in six identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ); 16% have experience with the justice system. They represent a unique cross-section of our City’s young people with backgrounds as diverse as the reasons they come here: 96% are minorities; one in five was born in another country; nearly 1,000 have been involved in foster care. The majority are from low-income families and communities with high unemployment rates, failing schools, substandard housing and high rates of crime and violence. But regardless of how they came here, or the label they previously held, they are all proactively seeking assistance to improve their lives. They find that assistance at The Door—completely confidentially and free of charge.
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Why do new members join The Door?**
3000 3000
Demographics*
1500 1500
• Black 47% (5,301) • Hispanic 34% (3,827) • Other 8% (883) • Asian 6% (700) • White 4% (451) • More than One Race 1% (119) • Pacific Islander <1% (65) • Data Not Provided <1% (17) • Native American <1% (6)
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Borough of Residence*
2500 2500
2000 2000
500 500
Physical Recreation/Sports 272
LGBT Services 307
ESOL 328
Other 354
College Advisement 441
Crisis Service(s) 588
Counseling Services 1,003
Positive Place to Be 1,083
Art/Music/Dance/Drama 1,289
Academic Support Services 1,294
Legal Services 1,425
GED 1,452
Job/Career Search 2,517
Health Service(s) 2,698
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• Brooklyn 40% (4,545) • Manhattan 25% (2,875) • Bronx 16% (1,860) • Queens 14% (1,598) • Other 3% (348) • Staten Island 1% (149) * Data collected between 11/1/10 and 10/31/11. ** Based on responses from 6,632 new members between 11/1/10 and 10/31/11.
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THE D O O R
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Broome Street Academy Broome Street Academy—in partnership with, and located within The Door—is a brand new, one-of-a-kind charter high school designed to serve New York City’s most at-risk youth: those who are in foster care, are homeless or have graduated from the city’s lowest performing middle schools.
In the past year, Hector has lived in four different foster care homes in three different counties. At the same time, he was transitioning from middle to high school. When his last move occurred after the high school selection process, he found himself with few options. Fortunately a counselor told him about Broome Street Academy. His first day he knew it was different—other students were open and accepting; teachers showed a real interest in helping him succeed. His dream is to go into fashion or make-up, and with the school’s new Cosmetology Club —supported, in part, by make-up artist Bobbi Brown—he’ll have real-world experience by the time he graduates. About the school’s partnership with The Door, Hector says, “it’s great; anything I need help with, I know they have it downstairs.”
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Legal Services The Door’s third-floor Legal Services Center has become a haven for undocumented youth who’ve been abandoned, neglected or abused, handling 10 percent of the entire nation’s cases.
Every year thousands of young people arrive in the United States without documentation or support—many of whom are fleeing dangerous, life-threatening circumstances. They are one of the most vulnerable populations in the U.S., unable to go to college, get a job or receive benefits, facing a daily risk of deportation. Such uncertainty can make planning for the future next to impossible; a reality Vanessa faced when she reached high school. She had come to the U.S. from Jamaica when she was 2 years old, without proper documentation. As she neared graduation, she knew she needed a green card to pursue any kind of future, let alone her passion: a career in fashion. She came here and remembers feeling shocked at how supportive the staff were—she calls The Door “a judge-free zone”—and she received her green card within months, followed by a new job. She’s planning to keep coming here for help applying for financial aid and other grants for college.
FLOOR
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Runaway & Homeless Youth Drop-in Services While the Drop-in Center is technically located on the 1st floor, The Door’s 2nd floor is where runaway and homeless youth can have a warm, nutritious meal and meet with counselors who help put them on the right path with everything from securing stable housing to landing a great job or going to college.
The Door provides essentials for immediate needs—hot meals, warm clothes, shelter referrals—but also a place to plan for the future with GED classes, college prep and career counseling. It’s a space where runaway and homeless youth can carve out a new path and a more stable future. Renika is a great example. A busy young woman, she’s working towards her Associates Degree, interning at a textile company and trying to find her own apartment. She also lives in a shelter. Renika’s home life became untenable last year, and she had nowhere to go. She came to The Door for a shelter referral, and staff soon saw how motivated she was to make a better life. Now a part of The Door’s Young Adult Internship Program, Renika spends her time running between school, her internship and workforce development classes at The Door. And she loves it. Her motto is, “you get what you put in,” and she strives to put in as much as she can.
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Center Space: Arts & Recreation A dance studio, two arts studios and an open performance space form the heart of the 1st floor and a venue for young people to build confidence and problem-solving skills essential to success in any field.
The arts are a crucial point-of-access for many young people, especially those in schools that can no longer sustain these types of programs. They often serve as a gateway to other vital services and a forum for coping with life’s challenges. That was the case for Luis. He was living in a shelter when he came here initially seeking counseling, and he stayed for the art. He soon met friends who were forming a music group. They came up with their own beats, rapped, recorded songs—and more than that, they talked about the future and how to turn their creativity into something positive. Now Luis leads a group that meets regularly to talk about music—from how to refine lyrics to match a beat to the more philosophical, like what kind of goals to set and how collaboration is a key to success. The group—and a few key staff members—helps him to stay positive as he works towards steady employment and stable housing.
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Adolescent Health Center (AHC) Used by more than 75 percent of Door members, the health center provides a wide range of free healthcare, including reproductive services, primary care, dental and dermatological services.
Joel is a Male Intern. He assists the doctors in providing care and education to young men who come to the AHC. Notoriously hard to reach, young men are less likely to be insured—and therefore more likely to delay needed care, less likely to fill prescriptions and more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage when they finally do seek care. To have a fellow Door member like Joel on-site, providing services and educating about the importance of proper healthcare, helps young men feel safe and welcome in the AHC. In addition to being paid for his part-time work, Joel has earned leadership skills that have been invaluable to helping him get into—and stay in— college; he’s now in his third year pursuing criminal justice.
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Programs & Services Adolescent Health Center (AHC) Free standing diagnostic and treatment center providing comprehensive reproductive and primary health care; health education; HIV prevention education, counseling and testing; nutritional counseling; and dental and dermatological health services in a youth-centered, safe environment. In the past year, the AHC served nearly 8,000 young people.
Career and Education Services Programs include GED classes, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, job readiness training, internships, job placement and retention. In the 2010/11 school year, the Career and Education department served nearly 1,500 young people and 93% of participants in the Talent Search college access program who had their diploma or GED enrolled in college.
Legal Services Center Services include free representation and advice to youth on immigration, public assistance, housing, foster care rights, family law, employment and education law. In addition, the Center creates and disseminates pamphlets and guides, provides workshops to young people and providers, and provides expert legal assistance to organizations throughout the country. Over the past year, the Center served 870 young people and closed 1,030 cases.
Drop-in & Outreach Services Crisis intervention services, including food, clothing and shelter referral for runaway and homeless youth. Last year over 2,000 young people were served.
The Lee Supportive housing facility, opened in partnership with Common Ground, housing 55 young people who are aging out of foster care and/or have struggled with homelessness or mental illness.
Mental Health & Personal Development (MHPD) Crisis intervention; group and individual counseling; therapeutic recreation; creative arts and targeted programming for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Teaching artists offer arts programming with workshops on music and radio production, instrumentals and voice, graphic design and break-dancing. In 2011, the MHPD hosted 27 open mic nights, over 150 dance classes, more than 100 visual arts classes, and nearly 300 music classes, serving over 1,460 young people.
Food & Nutrition Balanced meals, nutritious snacks and emergency food packets for youth in need. Last year The Door served over 23,200 meals.
2011 Funding Sources
• Government grants 76% • Private support 18% • Rental income 2% • Condo management fee 2% Gain on investments, • interest income & misc. 2% Expenses by Category
• Health Center 32% Mental Health & • Personal Development 25% Career & Education Services 21% • Legal 9% • • Management & General 8% • Nutrition 2% • Fundraising 3% 12,000,000
Historical Growth
10,000,000
• Admin • Program
8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 2002 2005 2008 2011
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Balance Sheet Years Ending June 30, ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ Investments, at fair value Government grants and other receivables Pledges receivable, net Prepaid expenses and other assets Tenant security deposits Land, buildings and equipment, net * TOTAL ASSETS
2011
1,143,140 $ 1,017,896 5,542,876 4,689,341 1,499,156 954,587 669,965 384,896 97,659 68,658 42,280 42,862 11,159,515 11,259,941
$ 20,154,591
$ 18,418,181
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 695,652 $ Accrued vacation 224,715 Advances under government grants 78,733 Tenant security payable 42,280 Amounts held on behalf of others 22,836 TOTAL LIABILITIES
$
2010
1,064,216
$
939,898 207,049 35,322 42,862 2,645 1,227,776
NET ASSETS Unrestricted Undesignated for general use $ 2,863,720 $ 1,105,901 Board designated 3,217,788 3,405,251 Net investment in fixed assets 11,159,515 11,259,941 Temporarily restricted 1,549,352 1,119,312 Permanently restricted 300,000 300,000 TOTAL NET ASSETS
$ 19,090,375
$ 17,190,405
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$ 20,154,591
$ 18,418,181
Statement of Activities Years Ending June 30,
2011
2010
SUPPORT AND REVENUES Private support: Individual, foundations and in-kind contributions $ Government grants and contracts
2,451,338 $ 10,146,278
2,140,764 7,711,512
TOTAL SUPPORT
12,597,616
$
$ 9,852,276
Rental income, net $ 298,346 $ 290,524 Condo management fee 192,000 192,000 Miscellaneous 44,975 21,588 Interest income 42,400 32,708 Realized and unrealized gains on investments 136,042 75,086 TOTAL REVENUES
$
713,763
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUES
$
13,311,379
$
611,906
$ 10,464,182
EXPENSES Program Services: Mental Health & Personal Development $ 2,836,361 $ 2,692,474 Career and Education Services 2,423,110 2,407,622 Health Center 3,660,998 3,392,054 Legal 970,713 990,202 Nutrition 228,142 258,490 Total Program Services
$
10,119,324
$ 9,740,842
*Includes depreciation of $544,149 and $460,690 for fiscal year 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Support Services: Management and General $ 953,147 $ 1,077,736 Fundraising 338,938 363,455
The Door has a “Master Contract” managed by OASAS and funded as
Total Support Services
$
1,292,085
$
Bureau of Women’s Health,DOH–AIDS Institute, Office of Children &
TOTAL EXPENSES
$
11,411,409
$ 11,182,033
Change in net assets before pension adjustment $ Effect of adoption of supplemental executive retirement plan Change in net assets* Net assets, beginning of year $
1,899,970
$
1,441,191 (717,851)
n/a 125,000 1,899,970 (592,851) 17,190,405 $ 17,783,256
*Net depreciation
Net assets, end of year
follows: Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, DOHFamily Services, Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program. A copy of the latest financial report is on file and available upon request from The Door, 121 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. The Door’s parent agency, University Settlement Society of N.Y., Inc., publishes its own Annual Report. To request a copy, please email:
$ 19,090,375
$ 17,190,405
info@universitysettlement.org.
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THANKS $200,000+
Gap Foundation The Robin Hood Foundation Tiger Foundation
$100,000+ Starr International Foundation
$50,000+ J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, Inc. Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation, Inc. Skadden Fellowship Foundation
$25,000+ The Robert Bowne Foundation Ira W. DeCamp Foundation New Yorkers For Children Helena Rubinstein Foundation H. van Ameringen Foundation, Inc. Wal-Mart
$10,000+ Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Monica de la Torre and Herb Allen Joseph Einhorn Michelle Jacobs Kenworthy-Swift Foundation The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Morgan Creek Foundation James Pallotta PineRock, Inc.
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The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation The Scherman Foundation Wilf Family Foundation
$5,000+ Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Jim Friedlich and Melissa Stern Ernst and Young LLP Fort Hill Company Walter C. Klein Foundation The New York Bar Foundation New York University Sandy Selinger David Shapiro Julie Staudenmier Swiss Re America Holding Corporation Luna M. Yasui
$2,500+ Michelle K. Bach Jay and Gabriela Bockhaus Marc and Trisha DeBevoise Ronald and Elaine Fierman The George Family Foundation KBT Charitable Foundation Trust The McConnell Group The Morrison & Foerster Foundation NYU Community Fund Vera Institute of Justice
$1,000+ Anonymous Hwan-yoon Chung
to our Supporters for the
Paul Dooley Carol J. Feinberg Gap Foundation Gift Match Program Goldman Sachs Alfred and Ann Goldstein Foundation, Inc. Miriam Schapiro Grosof, Ph.D. Bob Howitt Mary A. Kaufman Ruth and Harold Kingsberg The Harold and Marilyn Melcher Foundation Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. Susan Miller Stephen Newman Mrs. William B. Nicholson Nippon Steel USA, Inc. The Outreach Foundation The Posel Foundation The Redmond Family Foundation Matthew Reid Victor Schuster James R. Scott Simon Family Philanthropic Foundation Inc. Steptoe and Johnson LLP Jonathan Tunis United Way of New York City
$500+ Anonymous (3) Maria Arnone Ilana Benmayor Craig W. Beresin Katherine M. Brown Coalition for Hispanic Family Services
generous donations in 2011
Board of Directors
James Conmy Lynda Coral Kevin Feder John C. and Ronni Fisher Brenda L. Gill Bonnie Gold Barbara Gyde James J. Hodel James and Laura Kagen Hih Song Kim and Kerby Neill Cynthia Krupat Carl Levine and Helen E. White Sandra Rodman Mann, Ed.D. Marymount School of New York Harry McAndrew Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Kenneth Rediker Reserve Elder Service, Inc. June H. Rose Steven M. Schall and Alyce Russo Audrey F. Steuer University of Oklahoma Jan-Willem Van den Dorpel and Ricarda Lindner Brett Weiss Michael Zeldin
Oldenburg van Bruggen Foundation Jennie Poon Adeel Qalbani The Richard Foundation Kelli Turner Ndolu Young Fran-Man Foundation The Rosalie Katz Family Foundation, Inc. Francis Financial Richard Burns Deborah C. Drakeford Isabel Goldstein Mark Schubin and Karen McLaughlin Laurie E. Stearn and Philip Poppinga Toomey Residential and Community Services Corp. Caroline Yang
$250+
The Council of the City of New York, Honorable Christine Quinn, Speaker
Naor Berkner Jean Berman and Aric Press Glenn Curtis Todd Davis Martin R. Feinman Lisa Holzwarth John Moore
NYC Administration for Children’s Services NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Government Funders
The IOLA Fund of the State of New York Manhattan Borough President, Honorable Scott Stringer
Jay Bockhaus, NBC Universal, Inc. Treasurer
NYS Council on the Arts NYS Department of Education NYS Department of Health NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Hih Song Kim, Unilever United States
NYS Office of Children and Family Services Public Health Solutions of NYC US Department of Health and Human Services– Centers for Disease Control
Co-Vice President, Development
US Department of Health and Human Service– Federal Street Outreach Project US Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pro Bono Partners Cahill Gordon and Reindel LLP Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Lowey, LLP McDermott Will and Emery Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP
Marc N. DeBevoise, CBS Interactive President
Secretary
Laurie E. Stearn, Varadero Capital Co-Vice President, Development
Jim Friedlich, Zelnick Media David Shapiro Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Vice President, Governance
James G. Kagen, The Chartis Group Vice President, Programs
Lynn Albright, Gap, Inc. Michelle Bach Brand Building Communications
This list represents gifts made from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. We have made every effort to ensure its accuracy. If you feel an error has been made, please contact the Development Office at 212-453-0257.
Monica de la Torre Joseph Einhorn, thingd Ronald S. Fierman, Digital Pulp John C. Fisher Hamburger, Weinschenk & Fisher
Kevin Martin, Ernst & Young Gretchen Piller Invus Financial Advisors
The Door is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity as of the August 2010 review.
Clayton Pope, Credit-Suisse M. David Zurndorfer
The Door—A Center of Alternatives, Inc. is registered in the State of New York as a nonprofit Section 501(c)3.
Julie L. Shapiro
Proskauer Rose LLP
Executive Director
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer
Tel 212.941.9090 Fax 212.941.8226 www.door.org
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