2021-05-12T13:52:06-07:00 2020-06-30 383697447 Non Profit Capital Management LLC PO Box 211 Sterling MA 01564 990 2019-07-01 273660369 BOSTONS HIGHER GROUND INC BOST 6176528014 384 Warren Street Roxbury MA 02119 Mossik Hacobian Executive Director 6176528014 2021-05-14 1 Brian Kindorf P01463837 7819336726 2021-05-14 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Mossik Hacobian 384 Warren Street Roxbury MA 02119 697522 0 X www.higherground-boston.org X 2010 MA To connect children, youth, and families in Boston's undeserved communities to existing solutions and services that continue to improve, avoid duplication, and empower and transform lives from cradle to career by engaging community-based organizations and key stakeholders in an effective and efficient service delivery model. 16 16 4 6 0 0 168794 585325 150000 100002 11 15 12180 12180 330985 697522 0 0 0 0 104369 250821 11859 3395 47434 157532 198836 273760 453052 57225 244470 108563 343993 33150 24110 75413 319883 TO CONNECT CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES IN BOSTON'S UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO EXISTING SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AVOID DUPLICATION, AND EMPOWER AND TRANSFORM LIVES FROM CRADLE TO CAREER BY ENGAGING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. 0 0 171789 0 0 Education - Support for Local Schools: In fiscal year 2020, Higher Ground supported three local schools, Higginson K0-2 Full Inclusion, David A. Ellis K-5, and Higginson Lewis K-8, by arranging placement of social work graduate students from local universities to support students and families. We reviewed transformation plans at the David A. Ellis and Higginson Lewis Schools to determine best way Higher Ground and its partners could support the schools' efforts. We joined the Higginson K0-2 Full Inclusion School community and celebrated completion construction of a new playground for the nearly 200 students ages 3-8 after securing a $500,000 grant from Boston's Community Preservation Fund. The success of securing resources and completing the playground construction was due to collaboration with the school principal, teachers, and parents and with Boston Public Schools (BPS). In the final quarter of FY 2020, Higher Ground connected the Higginson Lewis School with JFYNetWorks which provides on-line support in math and English Language Arts (ELA). This resource became even more important as the schools shut down for the balance of the school year due to COVID-19. Increasing number of students logged on and made progress in math and ELA. Higher Ground, with support of local school leaders, applied and BPS awarded funds for a Summer Learning Academy (SLA) with priority for students who are homeless or were recently housed. As a result of the schools' shutdown, the SLA was entirely on-line. Higher Ground worked with several partners and assembled a program with a focus on the environment and biodiversity. The five-week program served 50 students in grades K-8. 50893 0 100002 Education - Early Childhood Development: We completed the third year of a three-year agreement with the Crispus Attucks Children's Center (CACC). Higher Ground continued to support CACC in increasing its enrollment closer to capacity and to serve more children and families in Higher Ground's target area. With Higher Ground support, CACC secured a BPS Universal pre-K (UPK) award with funding for up to three classrooms as a community program site in the city of Boston effort to provide high quality pre-K education for all Boston 4-year-old children. We continued to support CACC with its efforts to complete a much-needed capital improvement project and had nearly completed construction when the Center had to close, and construction had to halt due to COVID-19. Improvements including upgrading of CACC's heating, ventilating and air conditioning system, replacement of windows and interior reconfiguration of several classrooms to increase the amount of space for gross motor activity for infants and toddlers were finally completed at the end of calendar year 2020. 136053 0 0 Family-Led Stability Pilot: In fiscal year 2020, Higher Ground continued to play a lead role in two major collective impact initiatives. The first was its collaboration with a citywide working group, including representatives of the city of Boston Education Cabinet, BPS, Department of Neighborhood Development, Boston Housing Authority and three other nonprofit partners - Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Project Hope and New Lease for Homeless Families -- to continue to implement a pilot program to address the growing challenge of homeless children in Boston schools. The Family-Led Stability Pilot (FLSP) was officially launched in January 2018 with an initial focus on seven Boston schools including Higginson K0-2 Full Inclusion, David A. Ellis K-5, Higginson Lewis K-8, William Monroe Trotter K-8, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School, Orchard Gardens K-8 and Dearborn STEM Academy. During the 30 months following the launch, FLSP housed more than 120 families with 200 children attending the seven schools. We hope to complete the housing of families of the remaining homeless students by the end of the 2020-2021 school year, and to scale up to house the families of more than 4,000 homeless students in all Boston schools. 5353 0 0 Children's Health Equality & Open Opportunity Massachusetts: The second initiative was forming a new coalition named Resilient Families and Surround Care School Community Coalition (Surround Care Coalition) including BPS, three local schools, CACC, and 13 other service providers with Higher Ground serving as backbone organization. The Coalition secured a $150,000 planning grant for fiscal year 2020 from Boston Children's Hospital as part of its Children's Health Equity Initiative and was one of six awardees of the grant. The planning process led to a $1 million 3-year implementation grant to increase children's health equity by supporting children and families attending the four local schools and childcare center. In 2020 Higher Ground joined Open Opportunity Massachusetts (OOMA), a statewide system change initiative driven by a cross-sector network of 40+ like-minded organizations whose collective goal is to advance racial & economic equity and prepare underserved youth to thrive in work and life. OOMA is led by a Leadership Team, chaired by Ayele Shakur at Build with the Rennie Center as its Backbone organization. OOMA has selected Higher Ground and its target area and Lawrence Community Works as the two initial target areas for its work, Higher Ground will serve as backbone of OOMA's Thriving Families Leverage Team in Boston. 5353 0 0 364088 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 MA X Mossik Hacobian 6176528014 384 Warren Street Roxbury MA 02119 Mossik Hacobian Executive Director 40 0 X 93802 0 0 Charlie Titus Chair 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Charlotte Golar Richie Co-Vice Chair 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Wayne Ysaguirre Co-Vice-Chair 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Randall Davis Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Arthur Choo Clerk 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Matthew Cammack Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Shirley Carrington Committee Chair 2 0 X 0 0 0 Gerard Cox Committee Chair 2 0 X 0 0 0 Hubie Jones Founder and Committee Chair 2 0 X 0 0 0 Rona Kiley Committee Chair 2 0 X 0 0 0 Carol Miranda Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Renee Simmons Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Leverett Wing Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Ericka Florence Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Arthur Gerald Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Sophia Bishop-Rice Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 93802 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32400 552925 0 585325 Contract Services 541611 100002 100002 0 0 0 0 0 0 100002 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 License Fees 541611 12180 12180 0 0 0 0 0 0 12180 697522 112182 0 15 X 93776 69121 13750 10905 129438 110648 0 18790 0 6042 4050 18 1974 21565 16002 1587 3976 14534 14534 3395 3395 100135 99562 316 257 825 825 12391 9303 1604 1484 6092 5190 902 40477 31797 3109 5571 12186 10806 1336 44 1196 974 86 136 Data and Evaluation 11000 11000 0 0 453052 364088 41530 47434 39437 59293 60793 284085 8333 615 108563 343993 33150 24110 33150 24110 X -6624 -784 82037 320667 75413 319883 108563 343993 244470 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 43458 123999 144309 109633 585325 1006724 83512 140000 158416 150000 100002 631930 126970 263999 302725 259633 685327 1638654 8508 2625 8679 8270 7943 36025 78512 135000 153416 145000 83249 595177 87020 137625 162095 153270 91192 631202 1007452 62 5 11 15 93 0 62 5 11 15 93 12180 12180 12180 36540 126970 264061 314910 271824 697522 1675287 0.60136 0.45605 0.00006 0.00007 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Licensing Fees RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Executive Director and Treasurer review in detail; the Board of Directors is provided a copy for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Members of the Board of Directors sign the conflict of interest policy upon first being elected during their orientation and are required to disclose if future conflicts arise. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Board of Directors votes to authorize the Executive Director salary. The salary is based upon comparable organization salaries. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Documents and tax returns are made available to the public upon request. No requests were made during the year. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Total of $100,135 consists of professional service consultants including $53,930 Family-Led Stability Pilot, $34,012 Education, and $10,005 Early Childhood Development, Management consultant $168 and payroll service fees of $2,020