2017-01-31T16:48:37-07:00 2016-09-30 990 2015-10-01 131656653 FRESH AIR FUND FRES 2128978900 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 Jean Jeremie CFO 2128978963 2017-01-27 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Fatima Shama 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 62282447 0 X www.freshair.org X 1877 NY THE FRESH AIR FUND, an independent not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from underserved communities since 1877. 28 28 730 3500 28610 0 13006147 10877735 1375865 1284975 12315742 26137097 0 0 26697754 38299807 0 0 0 0 7769945 8181527 527833 502620 4385943 10178369 10733262 18476147 19417409 8221607 18882398 133996328 129328123 1372984 1942257 132623344 127385866 To provide NYC children from low-income families with cultural, recreational, and educational experiences at its camps and with volunteer host families and through year-round academic programs. 0 0 8700561 0 1284975 Fresh Air Camping activities consist of sending approximately 3,000 children from their homes in New York City to the Fund's camps in Fishkill, New York. The summer program provides direction, leadership, food, medical care and recreation for two or more weeks at no cost to the children's families. Included within this program is the Fund's Career Awareness Camp, which serves approximately 300 children. The camp program fosters critical career-related qualities such as responsibility, cooperation and leadership. Additionally, the Fund's year-round camping program serves 2,000 disadvantaged teenagers each year. 4347215 0 0 Over 3,000 Fresh Air boys and girls visit over 300 rural, suburban and small town communities along the East Coast and Southern Canada, called Friendly Towns, during the summer. During the one or two week visits with volunteer host families, children become immersed in the day-to-day lives of hosts. Life outside the city helps them learn about new environments and experiences they get to bring back to their communities. 0 0 0 13047776 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 730 1 1 1 1 CJ UK 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IL KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA X X Jean Jeremie CPA 2128978963 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 William P Lauder Chairman 1 X X 0 0 0 John N Irwin III Vice Chairman 1 X X 0 0 0 Wendy R Flanagan President 1 X X 0 0 0 LizabethAnn Rogovoy Eisen Vice President 1 X X 0 0 0 Derrick Cephas Treasurer 1 X X 0 0 0 Winthrop Rutherfurd Jr Secretary 1 X X 0 0 0 Tiki Barber Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Mariah Carey Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Mats G Carlston Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Ruth W Houghton Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Craig S Ivey Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Howard B Johnson Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Daniel S Kaplan Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Isabelle Krusen Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Gregory D Lee Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Alexis Maged Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Joseph J Magliocco Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 John D McMahon Board Member (former) 1 X 0 0 0 Katherine M Morris Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 David Perpich Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Caroline Cummings Rafferty Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Brandon Reid Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Betsy Shiverick Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Jacqueline Albert Simon Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Barbaralee Diamonstein Spielvogel Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Kimberly E Steward Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Richard D Thomas Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Bradley Whitman Board Member 1 X 0 0 0 Steven M Wolf Board member 1 X 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau Executive Director (former) 35 X 400708 0 85324 Fatima Shama Executive Director (eff. 7/15/15) 35 X 161188 0 9070 Jean Jeremie CFO 35 X 240310 0 61788 Lori Seader Development Director 35 X 214973 0 63282 George Morfessis Director of IT 35 X 193987 0 55150 Alicia Skovera Director of Camping 35 X 155452 0 27072 Elizabeth Clardy Director of COSS & Friendly Town (former) 35 X 131593 0 30671 Michael Clarke Director of Sharpe Reservation 35 X 104565 0 34543 1602776 0 366900 8 0 1 0 CulinArt 175 Sunnyside Blvd Plainview NY 11803 Camp meals preparation 1110788 Top Notch Builders 947 Centre Road Staatsburg NY 12580 Construction 386084 Thompson Habib Denison 80 Hayden Avenue Suite 300 Lexington MA 02421 Direct mail counsel 371972 Chesapeake Asset Management One Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2321 New York NY 10020 Investment advisors 308455 Andrea Kotuk 112 East 23rd Street New York NY 10011 Public relations 122004 6 0 0 1415581 0 0 9462154 105452 10877735 Offseason Camping 900099 970052 970052 0 0 USDA Food Program 900099 314923 314923 0 0 0 0 0 0 1284975 138993 0 0 138993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49340386 0 23342282 0 25998104 0 25998104 0 28610 25969494 640358 1415581 640358 0 0 0 0 38299807 1284975 28610 26108487 1571639 472772 650980 447887 5018715 4363009 295251 360455 314024 244704 44306 25014 868472 665759 57829 144884 408677 291796 59425 57456 1003531 505523 421543 76465 102666 76300 26366 0 54000 0 54000 0 502620 502620 184906 0 184906 0 2101216 154049 10617 1936550 142157 119923 12775 9459 1383752 1106043 102833 174876 650021 649071 0 950 1557734 1453005 41223 63506 386189 379801 6388 0 Food 1552305 1549382 0 2923 Volunteer expenses 474129 469400 0 4729 Supplies 542562 513285 15248 14029 Contracted services 598094 33954 0 564140 19417409 13047776 1983690 4385943 3091862 4667745 448503 88119 2135200 1182650 185073 109991 100000 476716 453886 53407406 28773543 25365118 24633863 14311021 0 85278620 95528044 2604215 2663825 133996328 129328123 1372984 1942257 0 0 1372984 1942257 X 116364032 111414724 1959539 1599826 14299773 14371316 132623344 127385866 133996328 129328123 X 18882398 -23386289 0 0 0 -733587 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 10275068 11711412 9846599 13006147 10877735 55716961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10275068 11711412 9846599 13006147 10877735 55716961 874866 54842095 139682 344881 351011 258070 138993 1232637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56949598 6603323 0.96299 0.96407 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 105244269 1504017 2426909 0 8077436 0 101097759 111773087 1305206 144772 0 7978796 0 105244269 104728215 617324 12629815 0 6202267 0 111773087 95330743 2544332 10864055 0 4010915 0 104728215 89735722 1645662 8845740 0 4896381 0 95330743 0.86 0.14 0 1 0 0 3116404 3116404 0 47290792 25974401 21316391 0 0 0 0 0 3000210 2799142 201068 0 0 0 0 24633863 95528044 F 95528044 0 0 X 14154074 -23445899 65820 0 59610 -23320469 37474543 184906 640358 825264 38299807 18657965 65820 0 0 0 65820 18592145 184906 640358 825264 19417409 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Earnings from the endowment funds are used to subsidize the costs of providing underprivileged NYC children with summer experiences in the country. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 740, "Income Taxes", which provides standards for establishing and classifying any tax provisions for uncertain tax positions, The Fund has determined that there are no material uncertain tax positions that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. Periods ending September 30, 2013 and subsequent remain subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d Unrealized gain on beneficial interests in perpetual trusts. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b Special events revenue that is netted against cost of direct benefit to donors. Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b Cost of direct benefits to donors, which is netted against fundraising revenue. Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Investments 11188317 0 0 11188317 0 0 1 1 1 0 X X X X X 1 THD 80 Hayden Avenue Lexington MA 02421 Direct mail counsel 0 5792784 379993 5412791 JC Geever 32 Broadway Suite 301 New York NY 10004 Foundation grant writing 0 792520 102077 690443 Gourmet Advisory Services 315 East 68th Street New York NY 10021 Event planning and coordination. 0 1300932 20550 1280382 7886236 502620 7383616 All States Spring Benfits 1334254 987476 346778 0 0 0 0 0 346778 Fall Benefits 642923 361817 281106 0 0 0 0 0 281106 1 78762 66288 12474 0 0 0 0 0 12474 2055939 1415581 640358 0 0 0 0 0 640358 640358 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau Executive Director (former) 386250 0 0 0 14458 0 73309 0 12015 0 486032 0 0 0 Fatima Shama Executive Director (eff. 7/15/15) 145587 0 10000 0 5601 0 0 0 9070 0 170258 0 0 0 Jean Jeremie CFO 239896 0 0 0 414 0 40961 0 20827 0 302098 0 0 0 Lori Seader Development Director 213785 0 0 0 1188 0 55260 0 8022 0 278255 0 0 0 George Morfessis Director of IT 193573 0 0 0 414 0 34352 0 20798 0 249137 0 0 0 Alicia Skovera Director of Camping 155272 0 0 0 180 0 20543 0 6529 0 182524 0 0 0 Elizabeth Clardy Director of COSS & Friendly Town (former) 131476 0 0 0 117 0 22217 0 8454 0 162264 0 0 0 X 5 105452 FMV 0 0 1 Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b The Fund maintains a custody brokerage account with a local financial institution that sells donated securities upon request by the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a The Fund's Board of Directors has an Executive Committee with authority to act when the board is not in session. The Executive Committee is composed of a subset of eight members of the board. 1. Wendy Flanagan 2. John N. Irwin III 3. Derrick Cephas 4. Winthrop Rutherfurd Jr. 5. Craig Ivey 6. Ruth Houghton 7. LizbethAnn Rogovoy Eisen 8. Bradley Whitman Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The information to prepare Form 990 is collected by various members of the organization's Finance office. The Form 990 is prepared by the organization's CFO, reviewed by the Executive Director and an independent accounting firm and presented to the Audit Committee for approval. Upon approval, the Form 990 is made available to the full governing board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c At the organization's annual board meeting, a reaffirmation of the conflict of interest policy is distributed and members are requested to individually sign-off that they are aware of and will report any conflicts that exist. Follow-up efforts are conducted for anyone not submitting a form at the annual meeting. The sign-off forms are collected by the organization and kept on file. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The organization's CFO prepares annually a salary survey of the key management positions in the organization, including the Executive Director. Such salary data are collected from various well-known and publicly available sources. Comparative metrics of peer groups by budget and asset size, nature and scope of services, and geographic proximity are developed and presented for discussion to the organization's Executive Committee, which acts in the capacity of the organization's Compensation Committee. Within executive session of the Executive Committee meeting, the compensation level of all staff are approved as recommended by management or revised by the committee at its discretion. Such deliberation and decision is documented contemporaneously. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All documents which must be made available to the public can be obtained electronically upon request or on our website. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Pension changes other than net periodic costs.