2014-04-23T15:00:20-07:00 2013-06-30 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 100166517 990 2012-07-01 133843322 Center for Employment Opportunities Inc CENT 2124224430 50 Broadway 16th Floor New York NY 10004 Bradley L Dudding 2014-04-23 true David C Ashenfarb P00535436 2122682800 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Bradley L Dudding 32 Broadway 15th Floor New York NY 10004 19379169 false false X WWW.CEOWORKS.ORG X 1996 NY CEO provides immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. 12 12 3289 50 0 18021175 19253421 0 1344 2185 81295 123563 18103814 19379169 0 0 13560278 13471840 0 476116 4659858 4433654 18220136 17905494 -116322 1473675 7745482 7585660 5745967 4112470 1999515 3473190 CEO provides immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. The agency's highly structured, tightly supervised programs help participants regain the skills and confidence needed for a successful transition to a stable, productive life. false false 7745764 Transitional Work Program - Immediate Work for Immediate PayThrough its transitional work program, CEO provides immediate, time-limited, paid employment for people with recent criminal convictions. CEO places almost no restrictions on enrollment in its program, which begins with a five-day, customized Life Skills Education course that prepares individuals for re-entry into the workforce. Because most participants either have never held a full-time job or have been disconnected from the job market for an extended period of time, CEO staff use these interactive classroom sessions to reinforce basic workplace skills such as punctuality, good personal presentation, and cooperation with supervisors and co-workers. Participants practice filling out job applications and learn how best to address questions about their convictions in interviews. CEO staff also helps them procure all necessary identification documents, removing a frequent barrier that prevents re-entrants from legally stepping onto a job site and receiving a paycheck.After graduating from Life Skills, participants move immediately into jobs on CEO work crews, where they perform maintenance, repair, grounds keeping, and comparable services for institutional clients. Clients' payment for this work supports CEO's operations and enables the agency to make over 300 work slots available to participants every day. On the worksite, participants, closely guided by CEO site supervisors, model the behaviors employers say they value most: showing up on time, taking direction from a supervisor, working hard, being good co-workers, and using good communication skills. Participants are paid state minimum wage each work day and stay on transitional jobs for an average of two months before being placed in full time jobs.In FY 2013, CEO provided transitional employment to nearly 4,000 formerly incarcerated individuals in New York City; four Upstate New York jurisdictions: Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo; Tulsa, Oklahoma, and San Diego, California. CEO also assisted third party providers in delivering transitional work opportunities, as well as its vocational model, in Oakland, CA. 6518961 Job Placement and Retention - Getting and Keeping a Place in the Permanent Workforce CEO places participants in full-time employment by working with hundreds of employers to fill their hiring needs. Since becoming an independent nonprofit organization in 1996, CEO has created thousands of transitional job opportunities that have led to over 17,000 full-time job placements for formerly incarcerated individuals. In FY 2013, CEO employment services resulted in 1,995 full-time job placements in industries as diverse as food service, retail/wholesale, manufacturing, human services, construction, maintenance, and warehousing. To ensure participants remain in the workforce once they are employed, CEO job retention specialists provide workplace counseling, crisis management, job re-development in the event of job loss, and long-term career planning for one full year after placement. Additionally, an incentive-based job retention program, Rapid Rewards, provides monthly payments to all participants who sign up for the program and attain specified employment milestones. In FY 2013, 58.6 percent of participants placed in full-time jobs were still working after 180 days, and 47 percent were working after 365 days. CEO uses the most rigorous verification methods to determine job retention - paystubs, criminal justice official sign off, or independent verification with employers. CEO does not accept self reported information for job placement or job retention.CEO Continues Expansion, with New Offices in California and Oklahoma Administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Social Innovation Fund is a new federal program that addresses major challenges confronting communities by growing high-impact nonprofit organizations delivering proven solutions. It brings together millions in public-private funds to expand effective community solutions across three issue areas: economic opportunity, healthy futures, and youth development and schools support. The Social Innovation Fund competitively awarded funds to intermediary grant makers that, in turn, made competitive awards to organizations throughout the country. CEO won competitive awards through the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and REDF. These awards have allowed CEO to continue its expansion in jurisdictions in upstate New York and launch offices in two additional states - Oklahoma and California. In FY 2013, CEO enrolled nearly 1,200 individuals in offices outside New York City. In the latter half of the fiscal year, CEO continued to strengthen and expand replication efforts, preparing for the launch of two new offices in Oklahoma City, OK and San Bernardino, CA, for a total of nine offices outside New York City.CEO Creates a Niche for Participants in Disaster Relief and RevitalizationCEO established itself as a valued provider of disaster relief services in two storm-ravaged cities in FY 2013, partnering with city and local officials to support disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts on the ground. When Super Storm Sandy hit New York City, CEO came to the Citys aid by quickly assembling work crews to clean up the hard hit neighborhoods in coastal areas. Within a week of the storm, CEO work crews became integral to the Citys clean-up efforts in severely impacted neighborhoods. CEO participants removed debris from streets and yards and mucked-out waterlogged, damaged homes. As recovery segued to rebuilding, CEO work crews began helping homeowners and business owners with brick and mortar construction. Participant feedback to this work was overwhelmingly positive; one participant said it felt like a cycle CEO helped him start over and now he could do the same for others.CEO is continuing to provide opportunities for participants to contribute to disaster relief while helping to advance local reconstruction initiatives. Experience in construction trades not only positions lower and unskilled workers for higher wages and a steady career, but also offers them a chance to contribute to their own communities in a meaningful way. For people just coming home from prison, the ability to pitch in and help rebuild their own neighborhoods is particularly resonant. 568272 CEO Training CenterCEO consolidated its education and training activities in Fiscal Year 2013, creating a comprehensive Training Center in the South Bronx to serve as a one-stop shop for all CEO education and training activities. A total of 176 participants completed programs at the CEO Training Center last year including sanitation, forklift operations, OSHA safety certification for work on construction sites, and skilled trades training programs.Late in FY 2013, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, CEO modified its existing evening, post-placement trades training program (the CEO Academy) to offer it in the daytime to participants in the pre-placement phase, creating a pipeline of workers with the specific skills needed to contribute to immediate reconstruction efforts. This specialized training, known as Sandy Rebuild, provides workers with a foundation for a solid career path in construction and the opportunity to contribute to their local communities in a meaningful way. 14832997 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 29 0 true 3289 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false OK NY CA X X Brad Dudding 2124224430 32 Broadway 15th Floor New York NY 10004 Ellen V Holloman 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 O Peter Sherwood 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jonathan D Miller 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew Van Der Vord 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joel D Hornstein 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Balfour 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kathryn Jo Mannes 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steven Fishner 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Emary Aronson 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 David I Moskovitz 0.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cristine Soto DeBerry 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Snipes 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bradley L Dudding 60.00 0.00 X 134754 0 17266 Mindy S Tarlow 60.00 0.00 X 195026 0 18876 Marta Nelson 60.00 0.00 X 123162 0 6317 Tim Williams 60.00 0.00 X 105285 0 15578 Tani Mills 60.00 0.00 X 134410 0 9797 Loy Mulyagonja 60.00 0.00 X 115481 0 18988 Sam Schaffer 60.00 0.00 X 123579 0 8472 931697 95294 8 false true false 0 12986141 6267280 19253421 0 2185 2185 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 123563 123563 123563 19379169 125748 0 0 0 0 373593 31340 235583 106670 0 10646838 9365811 1074737 206290 128342 111290 14575 2477 1250520 1084374 142013 24133 1072547 952170 97455 22922 0 0 0 0 0 0 67243 1423 65820 0 263313 148497 112841 1975 0 0 1218685 952686 199004 66995 429518 403458 26029 31 0 12525 6439 6086 60892 60892 0 98053 81228 14218 2607 468295 441986 20996 5313 Telephone 240327 203177 33570 3580 Participant incentives 266048 266048 Consultants 376218 111290 241928 23000 Equipment purchases and rental 480791 422754 50019 8018 451746 249026 200615 2105 17905494 14832997 2596381 476116 1176386 2490648 989 989 5824331 4593391 0 0 0 0 0 272909 144099 1053622 969688 214582 83934 0 0 0 0 256285 272599 7745482 7585660 1160922 1124559 3585045 2987911 1000000 5745967 4112470 X 424181 1422216 1575334 2050974 1999515 3473190 7745482 7585660 1473675 X false true X true true true X 13938916 16299118 18942031 18021175 19253421 86454661 0 0 13938916 16299118 18942031 18021175 19253421 86454661 10594795 75859866 1066 109 1344 2185 4704 0 34555 34205 53775 81295 123563 327393 86786758 0.87410 0.88910 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false Marta Nelson 32 Broadway 15th Floor New York NY 10004 Mindy Tarlow 32 Broadway 15th Floor New York NY 10004 17624 17624 17887870 17905494 1000000 250000 false 950005 1000000 1000000 1000000 3950005 5925008 8482 15349 21374 17624 62829 237501 250000 250000 250000 987501 1481252 161098 157520 3578 659419 606225 53194 233105 205943 27162 83934 X 19379169 19379169 19379169 17905494 17905494 17905494 Part X Part X : FIN48 Footnote CEO does not believe its financial statements include any material uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for periods ending June 30, 2010 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. X X false false false false false false false false false false Mindy S Tarlow 195026 18876 213902 Bradley L Dudding 134754 17266 152020 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Financial Statements are available on CEO's website and upon request. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a 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. The minutes of the board of directors reflect the nature of this process. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c 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 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee. 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 2 Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Board Chair is related through marriage to a trustee (sister-in-law).