2011-01-28T10:29:47-07:00 2010-09-30 990 2009-10-01 131656653 FRESH AIR FUND FRES 2128978900 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 Jean Jeremie 2128978963 2011-01-05 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Jenny Morgenthau 633 Third Avenue 14th floor New York NY 10017 24194336 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. 28 27 720 5000 -119843 -119843 10133529 13765038 1503614 1303134 3525681 258548 0 0 15162824 15326720 0 0 0 0 7215393 7165572 458795 461930 3197124 8081294 7789519 15755482 15417021 -592658 -90301 118138535 128581323 1803830 1778582 116334705 126802741 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 7237713 0 1303134 Fresh Air Camping entails sending approximately 3,000 NYC underpriviledged children to camps in Fishkill, NY. Services include recreation and career training for 2 or more weeks 4014294 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 underpriviledged children to the hosts families for 2 weeks or more during the summer. 0 0 0 11252007 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 33 0 720 1 1 1 1 BR CA CJ EI UK 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 28 27 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 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 Susan Newhouse 1 X X 0 0 0 Cynthia Sulzberger 1 X X 0 0 0 Tiki Barber 1 X 0 0 0 Lisa Witten 1 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 X 0 0 0 Mariah Carey 1 X 0 0 0 Ruth W Houghton 1 X 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 X 0 0 0 Wendy R Flanagan 1 X 0 0 0 Steve Wolf 1 X 0 0 0 Marc Weill 1 X 0 0 0 Tommy Hilfiger 1 X 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau 35 X 319300 0 45731 Jean Jeremie 35 X X 186250 0 40555 Thomas Karger 35 X 183230 0 23632 Lori Seader 35 X 180250 0 34289 George Morfessis 35 X 155138 0 37541 Elizabeth Clardy 35 X 128750 0 23081 Angela Pender-Fox 35 X 128750 0 30270 1281668 0 235099 8 0 1 0 Chesapeake Asset Management One Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2321 New York NY 10020 Investment advisors 186973 Thompson Habib Denison 80 Hayden Avenue Suite 300 Lexington MA 02421 Direct mail counsel 314818 Top Notch Builders 947 Centre Road Staatsburg NY 12580 Contractor's fees 274887 Andrea Kotuk 112 East 23rd Street New York NY 10011 Public relations 108836 CulinArt PO Box 4738 Houston TX 77210 Food service providers 971082 2 0 0 1431368 0 0 12333670 387870 13765038 USDA Camp Food 900099 267136 267136 0 0 Offseason camping 900099 1035998 1035998 0 0 0 0 0 0 1303134 255218 0 -119843 375061 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8870946 0 8867616 0 3330 0 3330 0 0 3330 1431368 0 15326720 1303134 -119843 378391 0 0 0 0 0 0 1281668 620943 385587 275138 0 0 0 0 4398468 3861581 175938 360949 437844 266148 91605 80091 667361 515539 68837 82985 380231 288524 43005 48702 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51000 0 51000 0 0 0 0 0 461930 461930 0 0 0 0 307780 213551 0 94229 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130934 108407 13338 9189 0 0 0 0 1079636 919615 80592 79429 671839 671839 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1458616 1362560 37809 58247 359791 354333 5458 0 Food 1032972 1029584 0 3388 Volunteer expenses 412650 409530 0 3120 Supplies 446335 419545 9994 16796 Printing 648243 131714 207 516322 Postage 1184812 73683 4520 1106609 4911 4911 0 0 15417021 11252007 967890 3197124 2867960 1041237 1500513 3844131 1267488 938812 388291 260423 380144 327115 50109329 19691845 31154423 30417484 30977235 31207988 47203803 57958741 2398678 2585392 118138535 128581323 1803830 1778582 0 1803830 1778582 X 104107840 112379634 1587837 1561339 10639028 12861768 116334705 126802741 118138535 128581323 X 0 1 1 X 0 X 13660000 12076995 10676167 11256138 14795793 62465093 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13660000 12076995 10676167 11256138 14795793 62465093 62465093 375198 475498 385348 175291 255218 1666553 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64131646 0.97401 0.96819 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 83538027 5364927 11136366 0 5269820 0 94769500 82092603 2327504 5008581 0 5890661 0 83538027 0.864 0.136 0 1 0 0 2747632 2747632 0 44607885 17758433 26849452 0 0 0 0 0 2753812 1933412 820400 0 0 0 0 30417484 Limited partnerships 57958741 F 57958741 Beneficial Interests in Perpetual Trusts 2193881 Interest in Royalties 117500 Interest in Charitable Remainder Trusts 274011 2585392 0 0 15326720 15417021 -90301 10877818 0 0 0 -319481 10558337 10468036 26223059 10877818 18521 0 0 10896339 15326720 0 0 0 15326720 15435542 18521 0 0 0 18521 15417021 0 0 0 15417021 SchD_P05_S00_L04 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Earnings from the endowment funds are used to subsidize the costs of sending underpriviledged NYC children to vacations in the country. SchD_P10_S00_L00 Schedule D, Part X Effective October 1, 2009, the Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation 48 ("FIN 48"), "Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109," now incorporated in Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 740, which provides standards for establishing and classifying any tax provisions for uncertain positions. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have an effect on the Fund's financial position as of September 30, 2010. SchD_P11_S00_L08 Schedule D, Part XI, Line 8 Pension changes other than net periodic costs X X X X X X 1 THD Direct mail counsel 0 4218342 314818 3903524 JC Geever Foundation grant writing 0 341563 99112 242451 Shaykin & Boreyko Major donor research and cultivation 0 772328 48000 724328 5332233 461930 4870303 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 TX UT VA WA WI WV Spring Benefit 1288823 992026 296797 0 0 0 0 0 296797 Fall Benefit 664603 361070 303533 0 0 0 0 0 303533 2 161901 78272 83629 0 0 0 0 0 83629 2115327 1431368 683959 0 0 0 0 0 683959 683959 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenny Morgenthau 307222 0 0 0 12078 0 12772 0 32969 0 365041 0 239475 0 Thomas Karger 181493 0 0 0 1737 0 7329 0 16303 0 206862 0 137423 0 Jean Jeremie 175156 0 0 0 11094 0 7210 0 33345 0 226805 0 135188 0 Lori Seader 178284 0 0 0 1966 0 7210 0 27079 0 214539 0 135188 0 George Morfessis 150788 0 0 0 4350 0 6206 0 31335 0 192679 0 116354 0 Elizabeth Clardy 114580 0 0 0 14170 0 5150 0 17931 0 151831 0 96563 0 Angela Pender-Fox 124749 0 0 0 4001 0 5150 0 25120 0 159020 0 96563 0 Tom Bernstein Board Member 333738 Special Events site rental 0 X 29 387870 FMV avg. price 0 1 0 F990_P06_S0B_L11 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 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 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. 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 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 orgnaization's 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. SchL_P04_S00_L00 Schedule L, Part IV The Fresh Air Fund rents a catering facility for its special events operated by Pier Sixty, LLC, which is located at Chelsea Piers. Pier Sixty, LLC is a joint venture between AK Pier Sixty, LLC, a catering company, and Chelsea Piers LP. Chelsea Piers Management Inc. is the managing partner of Chelsea Piers, LP. A board member of the Fund, Tom Bernstein, is the President of Chelsea Piers Management, Inc.