2013-01-31T15:35:32-07:00 2012-09-30 990 2011-10-01 131656653 FRESH AIR FUND FRES 2128978900 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 Jean Jeremie 2128978963 2013-01-24 2011 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Jenny Morgenthau 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 28720562 0 X www.freshair.org X 1877 NY THE FRESH AIR FUND, an independent not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income families since 1877. 30 30 742 5000 -340012 0 10419401 9598977 1317439 1309998 5635634 8600465 0 0 17372474 19509440 0 0 0 0 7406391 7687523 498096 500971 3363335 8278551 7869808 16183038 16058302 1189436 3451138 122802382 126429998 2704763 1815755 120097619 124614243 To provide NYC children from low-income families with cultural, recreational, and educational experiences at its camps and with volunteer host families and through such other means which may become available. 0 0 7583917 0 1309998 Fresh Air Camping entails sending approximately 3,000 NYC underprivileged children to its camps in Fishkill, NY. Services include recreation and career training for two or more weeks. 4008292 0 0 The Friendly Town program consists of organizing and directing volunteer committees to recruit families to serve as hosts in local communities throughout 13 northeast States and Canada and coordinating visits by NYC underprivileged children to the host families for three weeks or more during the summer. 0 0 0 11592209 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 1 742 1 1 1 1 CJ UK 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 30 30 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 WI WV X Jean Jeremie CPA 2128978963 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 Tiki Barber 1 X 0 0 0 Jacqueline Albert Simon 1 X 0 0 0 Sidney Sutter 1 X 0 0 0 LizabethAnn R Eisen 1 X 0 0 0 Tom A Bernstein 1 X 0 0 0 Caroline Cummings Rafferty 1 X 0 0 0 Howard B Johnson 1 X 0 0 0 Joseph J Magliocco 1 X 0 0 0 John D McMahon 1 X 0 0 0 Katherine M Morris 1 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Sulzberger 0 X 0 0 0 Winthrop Rutherfurd Jr 1 X 0 0 0 Bradley Whitman 1 X 0 0 0 Brandon Reid 1 X 0 0 0 Gregory D Lee 1 X 0 0 0 William P Lauder 1 X 0 0 0 John N Irwin III 1 X 0 0 0 Mariah Carey 1 X 0 0 0 Ruth W Houghton 1 X 0 0 0 Barbaralee Diamonstein Spielvogel 1 X 0 0 0 Caryn Zucker 1 X 0 0 0 Betsy Shiverick 1 X 0 0 0 Mats G Carlston 1 X 0 0 0 Derrick Cephas 1 X 0 0 0 Wendy R Flanagan 1 X 0 0 0 Steve Wolf 1 X 0 0 0 Craig S Ivey 1 X 0 0 0 Daniel S Kaplan 1 X 0 0 0 Isabelle Krusen 1 X 0 0 0 Kimberly E Steward 1 X 0 0 0 Richard D Thomas 1 X 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau 35 X 336675 0 587935 Jean Jeremie 35 X 189945 0 51069 Thomas Karger 35 X 192935 0 38299 Lori Seader 35 X 189945 0 55959 George Morfessis 35 X 160591 0 47132 Elizabeth Clardy 35 X 133276 0 30853 Angela Pender-Fox 35 X 92999 0 25066 Alicia Skovera 35 X 85659 0 18183 Matthew Grinsted 35 X 96379 0 15957 John Moy 40 X 97080 0 49048 John Hoffman 40 X 74238 0 39493 Michael Clarke 35 X 79965 0 27136 1729687 0 986130 14 0 1 0 Chesapeake Asset Management One Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2321 New York NY 10020 Investment advisors 257366 Thompson Habib Denison 80 Hayden Avenue Suite 300 Lexington MA 02421 Direct mail counsel 353971 Andrea Kotuk 112 East 23rd Street New York NY 10011 Public relations 111686 3 0 0 1401976 0 0 8197001 49329 9598977 Offseason group rentals 900099 1008708 1008708 0 0 USDA Food Program 900099 301290 301290 0 0 0 0 0 0 1309998 139682 0 -340012 479694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17671905 0 9211122 0 8460783 0 8460783 0 0 8460783 1401976 0 19509440 1309998 -340012 8940477 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1585659 559594 614192 411873 0 0 0 0 4635687 4114192 160387 361108 368793 271915 47376 49502 701957 597770 37661 66526 395427 300766 42454 52207 72000 72000 0 0 0 0 0 0 52800 0 52800 0 0 0 0 0 500971 500971 0 0 0 0 132711 100517 0 32194 0 0 0 0 1902308 176587 6067 1719654 139289 117722 11772 9795 0 0 0 0 1112827 958611 78506 75710 695589 695589 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1501422 1403502 38543 59377 331669 326615 5054 0 Food 984398 982024 0 2374 Volunteers 446774 441826 0 4948 Program supplies 436393 412919 7946 15528 Contracted services 61628 60060 0 1568 16058302 11592209 1102758 3363335 2289805 1850571 192667 1421687 718853 519596 316228 344727 309691 393568 50850590 22643426 29271452 28207164 17013450 20092697 70248541 70945591 2441695 2654397 122802382 126429998 2704763 1815755 0 0 2704763 1815755 X 106105320 110063461 1036027 1021918 12956272 13528864 120097619 124614243 122802382 126429998 X 3451138 1065486 X 0 1 1 X 0 X 10676167 11256138 14795793 11900994 10908975 59538067 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10676167 11256138 14795793 11900994 10908975 59538067 59538067 385348 175291 255218 101536 139682 1057075 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60595142 0.98256 0.97757 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 89735722 1645662 8845740 0 4896381 0 95330743 94769500 2530906 -696080 0 6868604 0 89735722 83538027 5364927 11136366 0 5269820 0 94769500 82092603 2327504 5008581 0 5890661 0 83538027 0.858 0.142 0 1 0 0 2747632 2747632 0 45329121 20004365 25324756 0 0 0 0 0 2773837 2639061 134776 0 0 0 0 28207164 0 0 Limited partnerships 70945591 F 70945591 0 0 19509440 16058302 3451138 245275 0 0 0 820211 1065486 4516624 19811663 245275 56948 0 0 302223 19509440 0 0 0 19509440 16115250 56948 0 0 0 56948 16058302 0 0 0 16058302 SchD_P05_S00_L04 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Earnings from the endowment funds are used to subsidize the costs of sending unperpriviledged NYC children to vacations in the country. SchD_P10_S00_L02 Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 The Fund had no uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2012, 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. SchD_P11_S00_L08 Schedule D, Part XI, Line 8 Pension changes other than net periodic costs. X X X X X 1 THD 80 Hayden Avenue Suite 300 Lexington MA 02421 Direct mail counsel 0 4949279 353971 4595308 JC Geever 32 Broadway Suite 301 New York NY 10004 Foundation grant writing 0 453052 99000 354052 Shaykin & Boreyko Consulting 60 Madison Avenue New York NY 10111 Major donor research and cultivation 0 487831 48000 439831 5890162 500971 5389191 AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE 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 WI WV Spring Benefits 1379715 1023787 355928 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fall Benefit 641515 340015 301500 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56837 38174 18663 0 0 0 0 0 0 2078067 1401976 676091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 676091 X X X X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau 336675 0 0 0 0 0 578944 0 8991 0 924610 0 0 0 Jean Jeremie 189945 0 0 0 0 0 27729 0 23340 0 241014 0 0 0 Thomas Karger 192935 0 0 0 0 0 33814 0 4485 0 231234 0 0 0 Lori Seader 189945 0 0 0 0 0 40912 0 15047 0 245904 0 0 0 George Morfessis 160591 0 0 0 0 0 24314 0 22818 0 207723 0 0 0 Elizabeth Clardy 133276 0 0 0 0 0 21736 0 9117 0 164129 0 0 0 SchJ_P01_S00_L04 Schedule J, Part I, Line 4 The Fund created a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") for the Executive Director during the 2012 fiscal year. The Fund has recognized in the financial statements the accrued benefit earned under the plan as of September 30, 2012 and has recorded as a benefit cost the current year vested benefit, which amounted to $167,442. The unvested portion, which is at risk of forfeiture, amounts to $334,884. Both amounts, which total $502,326, are recognized under deferred compensation in Part II column C. Tom Bernstein Board member 349247 Special events site rental 0 SchL_P04_S00_L00 Schedule L, Part IV The Fresh Air Fund rents a catering facility for special events operated by Pier Sixty, LLC, which is located at Chelsea Piers. Pier Sixty is a joint venture between AK Pier Sixty, LLC, a catering company, and Chelsea Piers LP. Chelsea Piers Management Inc. is the managing general partner of Chelsea Piers, LP. A board member of the Fund, Tom Bernstein, is the President of Chelsea Piers Management, Inc. X 15 49329 FMV 0 0 0 F990_P06_S0B_L11b 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 presented to the Audit Committee for approval. Upon approval, the Form 990 is made available to the full governing board. F990_P06_S0B_L12c 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. F990_P06_S0B_L15 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 During the current year, the organization had a remuneration analysis performed by an independent consultant for the Executive Director. In addition, 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 to the organization's Board Executive Committee for discussion. 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. F990_P06_S0C_L19 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. F990_P11_S00_L05 Form 990, Part XI, Line 5 Unrealized gain on investments and pension changes other than net periodic costs.