2020-12-21T10:20:17-08:00 2020-06-30 134036703 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 10016 990 2019-07-01 203904662 Red Hook Initiative REDH 7188586782 767 Hicks Street Brooklyn NY 11231 Morgan Monaco Executive Director 2020-12-21 true Michael Schall P02024184 2122682800 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Morgan Monaco 5624785 false X www.rhicenter.org X 2006 NY RHI believes that social change to overcome systemic inequities begins with empowered youth. In partnership with community adults, we nurture young people in Red Hook to be inspired, resilient, and healthy. 17 17 271 750 0 4384133 5530142 0 1877 1965 32864 55047 4418874 5587154 131141 95289 0 3099091 3254423 94545 0 428619 957132 1242819 4281909 4592531 136965 994623 2356002 3528835 221500 699710 2134502 2829125 RHI believes that social change to overcome systemic inequities begins with empowered youth. In partnership with community adults, we nurture young people in Red Hook to be inspired, resilient, and healthy, and to envision themselves as co-creators of their lives, community and society. We envision a Red Hook where all young people can pursue their dreams and grow into independent adults who contribute to their families and community. false false 3667891 95289 Youth Development Programs (ages 11-24): Our youth development pipeline runs from middle school through young adulthood; its aim is to collaboratively interrupt cycles of injustice and to build hope. Beginning in middle school, RHI offers a daily afterschool program focusing on academic enrichment and leadership skills. This is followed by a 4-year program focused on employment, education and leadership. By eleventh grade, RHIs youth leaders are getting routine exposure to opportunities in college and careers and they are also employees at RHI, receiving training that enables them to provide programs and services to their peers. For those aged 19-24, RHI serves young adults in small groups and individual services. These include a College Scholars Program (for students planning to apply to college or working toward a two or four year degree) and employment programs (for those searching for work or in need of professional development training). Individual services include coaching, resume and job application support, benefits screening, clinical counseling, legal referrals and housing referrals through case management. In FY20, RHI served 450 youth from Red Hook with these services. Community Building Programs: RHIs work to build a healthy and sustainable Red Hook flows directly out of our focus on youth development, but engages residents of all ages. Our approach to community building is to facilitate authentic participation and leadership, build social capital, and create positive institutional change in Red Hook. High school juniors and seniors learn about community organizing and advocacy and then lead an action or campaign of their choice. Since 2014, RHI has trained over 225 adult Local Leaders in emergency preparedness and community organizing, equipping public housing residents to be resilient in the face of emergencies and building their collective power. In FY20, our organizing training successfully brought together its first intergenerational cohort, which mobilized for increasing NYCHA funding and improved living conditions in Brooklyns largest public housing complex. In FY20, RHI outreach workers conducted targeted Census registration efforts, shifting from in-person to online after the State enacted Shelter in Place. During this period, the community building team also did extensive surveying of residents health and safety needs, which guided our emergency response work.RHI runs two core, intensive professional development training programs that serve to realize our commitment to hiring locally and investing and promoting Red Hook residents as leaders in the nonprofit sector. In the first three years of the Fellowship and Accelerator, RHI has served 35 Red Hook participants in their nonprofit career development. In FY20 RHI paid over $1.25M back to the Red Hook community through local hiring, youth work opportunities, and stipends or contracts paid to local residents. COVID Response: RHI closed its community center on March 13, 2020 and quickly shifted to providing the bulk of our services by phone and Internet, including conducting remote youth programs that supported students in their own educational and emotional transitions. Our community surveys revealed gaps in access to food, and so the site of our nearly-three-acre urban farm became a food distribution hub. As the farming season progressed, our farms once again provided dozens of job opportunities for youth while also creating a source of healthy affordable produce for the community at large. In the spring of 2020, our youth and food access programs collectively served more than 650 people per week from the Red Hook community, who reached hundreds more of their peers and neighbors. 3667891 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 43 0 true 271 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 17 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NY X X Morgan Monaco 7188586782 767 Hicks Street Brooklyn NY 11231 Jill Eisenhard Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 134042 0 0 Javier Lopez Chf Strategy Off. 40.00 0.00 129918 0 0 Barbara Koegel Chief Operat. Off. 40.00 0.00 108802 0 0 Chris Cardona President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Janice McGuire Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrew Strauss Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Maria Mottola Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 David Friedman Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Millicent Comrie Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Kline Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brandon Holley Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rebecca Kirszner Katz Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Donovan Hamlet Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas L McMahon Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gregg Bishop Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Wheary Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eden Wurmfeld Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nanda Prabhakar Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Lee Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Xi Bing Ma Dir til 6/30/20 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 372762 3 false false false 0 126244 474077 4929821 5530142 0 1965 1965 0 0 5400 5400 5400 5400 0 37631 126244 37631 0 0 0 Other Income 900099 49647 49647 49647 5587154 57012 0 95289 95289 0 0 134042 58978 14745 60319 0 2780484 2335515 254054 190915 0 124159 103055 10395 10709 215738 179069 18062 18607 0 0 0 0 0 0 450762 216655 134538 99569 0 178073 152638 23475 1960 0 0 238258 209109 21546 7603 22876 22364 226 286 0 0 0 0 174559 157929 8315 8315 17852 16998 178 676 Other expenses 104740 75294 8536 20910 Food 38414 36287 951 1176 Printing and postage 17285 8711 1000 7574 0 4592531 3667891 496021 428619 129932 174800 256679 1748149 1525896 1422676 0 0 0 0 0 97188 13353 1300724 1145482 329201 155242 0 0 0 0 17106 14615 2356002 3528835 184000 171328 37500 528382 221500 699710 X 196843 918005 1937659 1911120 2134502 2829125 2356002 3528835 X 994623 -300000 X false true X true false X 1583214 3996780 2823077 4384133 5530142 18317346 0 0 1583214 3996780 2823077 4384133 5530142 18317346 3044000 15273346 132 1877 7365 9374 0 13370 25276 27103 32864 49647 148260 18474980 0.82670 0.85810 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1144532 1056308 88224 143117 76099 67018 13075 13075 155242 X 5337154 50000 -300000 -250000 5587154 5587154 4642531 50000 50000 4592531 4592531 Part X : FIN48 Footnote RHI does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending June 30, 2017 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. false Taste of RH 163875 126244 37631 37631 163875 126244 37631 37631 37631 true 0 0 Assistance to Red Hook Residents 70 95289 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used RHI provides various grants and assistance that are typically around $200 to help the residents of Red Hook. These grants include computers for College Scholars going off to school for the first time. Other grants tend to be to address a crisis, which is evaluated by an RHI Case Manager or Social Worker, who then maintains a relationship with the recipient to make sure the grants are being maximized. Typical requests are for transportation (to school or work), text books or food. Those in need are required to complete an application, with support from an RHI Case Manager or Social Worker who is helping to identify and name the need; determine what amount of support is appropriate; and incorporate the grant into a bigger picture action plan to handle the emergency situation. The application includes questions about what other forms of funding have been investigated. The applicant/recipient signs off on receipt of the grant and the Social Worker or Case Manager follows up on its use/application. These are awarded on a case by case basis. Gregory O'Connell Fmr Director 25524 Rental of Property false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information A former board member, Greg O'Connell, owns the management company from which the organization rents space at 106 Ferris Street. The same former board member has an ownership stake in the venue that RHI rents for the annual fundraising event, Taste of Red Hook. The board voted to approve these transactions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The information provided in the draft 990 form is shared with our audit committee, which then makes a presentation and recommendation to the full board in order to approve the full audit before we file it. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The Governance Committee is tasked with making sure the policy is up to date, signed by all board members annually, and the provisions reinforced periodically. They ask questions about the nature of board members activities and ventures with an eye on any potential conflicts or red flags to raise. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management In 2020 RHIs Board of Directors adopted the following compensation policy:Approved by vote at June 10, 2020 Board MeetingRed Hook Initiative Policy for Board Approval of CompensationThe Executive Director of Red Hook Initiative (RHI) is the principal representative of RHI, and the person responsible for the efficient operation of RHI. Therefore, it is the desire of RHI to provide a fair yet reasonable and not excessive compensation for the Executive Director (and any other highly compensated employees and consultants).The annual process for determining compensation is as follows: The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall annually evaluate the Executive Director on his/her performance, and ask for his/her input on matters of performance and compensation.Board Approval: The Executive Committee will obtain research and information to make a recommendation to the full board for the compensation (salary and benefits) of the Executive Director (and other highly compensated employees or consultants) based on a review of comparability data. For example, the Executive Committee will secure data that documents compensation levels and benefits for similarly qualified individuals in comparable positions at similar organizations. This data may include the following:Salary and benefit compensation studies by independent sources;Written job offers for positions at similar organizations;Documented phone calls re: similar positions at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations; andInformation obtained from the IRS Form 990 filings of similar organizations.Concurrent Documentation: To approve the compensation for the Executive Director (and other highly compensated employees and consultants) the Board must document how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied, in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. Documentation will include:A description of the compensation and benefits and the date it was approved; The members of the board who were present during the discussion about compensation and benefits, and the results of the vote;A description of the comparability data relied upon and how the data was obtained; andAny actions taken (such as abstaining from discussion and vote) with respect to consideration of the compensation by anyone who is otherwise a member of the board but who had a conflict of interest with respect to the decision on the compensation and benefits. Independence in Setting Compensation: The President of the Board of Directors, who is a volunteer and not compensated by RHI, will operate independently without undue influence from the Executive Director. No member of the Executive Committee will be a staff member, the relative of a staff member, or have any relationship with staff that could present a conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available These documents are made available upon request. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases Loss on uncollectible pledges = -$300000