2017-08-02T07:12:31-07:00 2016-12-31 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 100166517 990 2016-01-01 135563409 United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc UNIT 2129670322 45 Broadway Suite 2210 New York NY 10006 Susan Stamler Executive Direc 2017-08-02 true Michael Schall P02024184 2122682800 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X Susan Stamler 70 West 36th Street 5th Floor New York NY 10018 3998949 false false X www.unhny.org X 1919 NY UNH promotes and strengthens the neighborhood based, multi-service approach to improving the lives of New Yorkers in need and the communities in which they live. UNH supports its members through policy development, advocacy and capacity building activities. 34 34 23 10 0 2945111 2831727 0 679854 237785 476 4595 3625441 3074107 151418 180018 0 1749491 2063713 0 531385 1021516 1079788 2922425 3323519 703016 -249412 9072920 9191591 326555 209273 8746365 8982318 UNH promotes and strengthens the neighborhood based, multi-service approach to improving the lives of New Yorkers in need and the communities in which they live. A membership organization rooted in the history and values of the settlement house movement, UNH supports its members through policy development, advocacy and capacity building activities. false false 2324929 121018 United Neighborhood Houses is intentionally both a member support organization and a leader in the settlement house movement. This leadership is demonstrated in UNHs advocacy for policy and budget changes with, and on behalf of, settlement houses and the communities they serve. It is evidenced in UNHs work to strengthen the capacity of settlement houses to realize their missions, through customized professional development, facilitated peer learning, and the cultivation and promotion of innovative and promising practices. Over the past year, coinciding with the recent changes in organization leadership, UNH has reorganized its work into four priority areas: 1. Elevating the voice and experience of settlement houses and their communities to drive program development and public policy reform.2. Shoring-up the NYC settlement house and general nonprofit infrastructure.3. Sustaining and expanding core settlement house services.4. Curating and supporting innovative and promising practices. Along with this reorganization, UNH has expanded the ways in which it carries out its work. Advocacy for and with UNH members now includes regular publication of policy briefs and proactive system change recommendations; member professional development and peer learning has been deepened with the addition of new peer groups and the enhancement of existing groups; and we have strengthened our role as an incubator and promoter of innovative, promising, and proven models that proactively address settlement house communities changing needs and opportunities. All UNHs work targets policies and programs that support settlement houses infrastructure and the primary populations served throughout the settlement house network: children, youth, families, older adults, and immigrants. Given the range of these populations, and the breadth of the work encompassed by settlement houses, UNH has a broad range of topics on which it can focus each year. The issues, programs, and capacity building initiatives on which UNH selects to delve deeply each year are determined by UNHs clear understanding of the political and programmatic landscape, and driven by its members through: direct polling of settlement house leadership; the annual settlement house Executive Directors retreat and monthly Executive Director Council meetings; the member survey and member review process; and information gathered from year-round peer group meetings and settlement house site visits. Priorities are also informed by UNHs areas of expertise and influence, and recognition of where related organizations are, and are not, meeting the need. Elevating the Voice & Experience of Settlement HousesOver many years, UNH has established a deep level of advocacy and policy experience, with demonstrated success in advocating on behalf of settlement houses and New York City nonprofits more generally. UNH is looked to by the settlement house network as the means for ensuring their voices are heard during the City and State policy and budget decision-making process. The City and State also look to UNH for the on-the-ground perspective, to better understand the experience and expectations of nonprofits and the communities they serve. This experience and access to both sides of the policy table provides UNH with the distinct ability to read and respond to the political landscape at any given time. Examples of UNH elevating the voice of settlement houses this past year include: Restoration of 26,000 summer camp slots in the City budget by working with 400 summer programs across the City to analyze the impact these cuts would have on working families, and organizing Summer Camp at City Hall where more than 300 young people came to City Hall to showcase their summer learning. Organizing older adults and service providers to meet with members of the State legislature, the New York State Office for the Aging, and the Division of Budget to advocate for the preservation of critical services provided by the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) program. This resulted in the State Enacted Budget rolling back the Governors proposal to close NORCs that did not meet density and demographic requirements set by outdated laws, established statutory changes to the NORC program to keep programs in compliance and encourage future growth, and included an additional $700,000 for the program.Training 19 frontline settlement house staff to be advocates for their organizations and communities through the Strengthening Advocacy Skills program, conducted in partnership with the Advocacy Institute (AI). This training provides front-line settlement house staff with the tools and information to support successful advocacy for social justice and movement-building campaigns, and establishes organizing points-of-contact within the settlement houses to facilitate UNHs advocacy efforts. Shoring-Up NYC Settlement House and General Nonprofit InfrastructureUNH works with its members to meet the challenges of providing services to their communities in an environment where competition for resources is fierce and the demand for programs is great. This work takes place through advocacy, and opportunities for staff at all levels to build skills, knowledge, and capacity; showcase and share expertise and best practices; and spark thinking, action, collaboration, and innovation. Activities to shore-up settlement house infrastructure in 2016 and the first quarter of 2017 included:Expanding and deepening peer learning activities. This included the addition and revitalization of peer groups of staff who support organization infrastructure. For example, a peer group of Facilities staff was launched this year, and an enhanced schedule of Human Resources and CFO peer group meetings was implemented. These groups were added or rejuvenated at the direct request of settlement house Executive Directors. Like UNHs advocacy agenda, topics addressed in peer learning meetings and events are determined by settlement house staff to ensure relevancy, engagement, and impact. Topics are a mix of trainings and peer discussion. Securing the first collectively bargained wage increase in 10 years for staff, teachers, and directors of City-contracted early childhood education and child care programs. UNH members identified early childhood salary parity as a top priority for the management of their programs during the Citys expansion of Pre-Kindergarten programs. In support of this priority, UNH played a leadership role in both the public campaign and the closed-door salary negotiations in support of salary parity for early childhood education workforce. This included the production of a policy brief, Losing the Best, which describes the salary disparity issue and its impact on retaining quality staff in community-based early childhood education program.Sustaining and Expanding Core Settlement House ServicesA key role of UNH is to support settlement houses continuing capacity to offer core services that support the communities they serve, as well as to expand their work to effectively meet changing needs in their communities. Examples of UNHs work over this past year to sustain and expand core settlement house services include:Training Early Childhood educators and administrators to recognize and address child and family trauma.Securing the first funding increase for Beacon Community Centers in 25 years.Historic funding expansions for adult literacy programs. Training 22 staff from 16 settlement houses to be the next generation of settlement house leaders through UNHs Emerging Leaders Program, delivered in partnership with Baruch Colleges Office of Executive Programs at the School of Public and International Affairs. The cohort currently enrolled in the program includes 25 staff from 22 settlement houses and UNH.Curating and Promoting Innovative and Promising PracticesExamples of this work, which is ongoing, includes:Promoting settlement houses continued pioneering of Family Literacy methods, with UNH bringing practitioners experts, and parents together to uncover, improve, and promote an emerging field of practice. This work includes efforts to secure new resources to support family literacy programming, promote flexibility in current funding streams to facilitate implementation of a family literacy model, and, with a workgroup of settlement house, continue identifying barriers to family literacy models utilizing current public funding streams.Providing thought leadership in an emerging practice that empowers older adults to become change-makers within their neighborhoods. A growing body of research shows that when older adults are mobilized in meaningful activities they help improve their communities and markedly improve their own health and wellbeing. UNH worked with the staff and participants of five senior centers in 2016 to build the capacity of older adult services programs to change how they do their work. 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The organization's policy is to accumulate interest, dividends and other market value gains for future appropriation, if deemed prudent and necessary. Part X : FIN48 Footnote UNH does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending December 31, 2013 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. false Annual Benefit 656030 588656 67374 67374 656030 588656 67374 67374 67374 true BronxWorks 60 East Tremont Avenue Bronx NY 10453 133254484 501c (3) 5675 0 Program support Grand Street Settlement 80 Pitt Street New York NY 10002 135562230 501c (3) 31148 0 Program support Hudson Guild 441 West 26th Street New York NY 10001 135562989 501c (3) 19318 0 Program support Union Settlement Association 237 East 104th Street New York NY 10029 131632530 501c (3) 7675 0 Program support 4 0 Scholarships 91 59000 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Grants are typically made in response to a proposal for a specific project. When the grants are made, letters are sent to Executive Directors requiring their agreement to use the funds as originally proposed. An annual report is required to detail the use of the funds at period end. X X X X false true false false false false false false false false Anne Shkuda Dep Exec Dir 221518 18281 239799 Susan Stamler Executive Dir. 213285 22846 15604 251735 Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et There are several members of the Board of Directors who serve in the capacity because they represent the member settlement houses. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The organization has a "board approved" conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transactions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Each year, the executive committee reviews comparable salaries based on a recognized study and reviews the performance of the executive director to determine if the existing salary falls within these ranges. After a deliberation of this matter, a new proposed salary and benefit package is voted on. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Financial statements are available on UNH's website and upon request.