Friends of the Children New York
Friends of the Children New York
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About this organization
Mission
Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors.
About
Friends of the Children NY has one program, it's mentorship program. Friends NY selects the highest-risk children in Central Harlem and the South Bronx and commits to working with them for 12.5 years - kindergarten to high school graduation - no matter what. Our program provides each child (achiever) with a professional salaried mentor (friend) to guide and nurture them through the many challenges they will face in life. Our friends work with each of their achievers year-round, 4 hours a week 16 hours a month. Friends become a consistent part of achievers' lives, helping them improve their academic performance, build positive peer relationships, and develop critical life skills. In FY18, Friends of the Children served 152 children. Our success and impact are measured against our 3 long-term goals for each achiever; to graduate high school, avoid the juvenile justice system, and avoid teenage parenthood. Historically, 91% of our youth graduate high school, 95% avoid the juvenile justice system and 94% avoid early parenting.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is listed in the filing as “We spend six weeks observing all kindergarteners in our partner schools, three in harlem and three in the south bronx. working with teachers, principals and guidance counselors we rank all the kindergarteners in terms of the risk factors they face. we begin enrolling children starting from the bottom of the list, those facing the highest number of risk factors. each achiever is paired with a full-time, paid, professional youth advocate (called a "friend") from kindergarten through high school graduation. the friend spends four hours each week, one-on-one with each of the eight achievers on their caseload. friends spend time inside the achiever's classroom and on enrichment outings throughout the city.”.
When discussing its operations, they were characterized as: “To change the destiny of new york city's most vulnerable children one child at a time.”.
- The non-profit's legally reported state of operation is NY.
- The filing states that the non-profit's address in the year 2019 is 204A WEST 115TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10026.
- The form submitted by the non-profit for 2019 shows a total of 38 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $826,820.
- The organization has 23 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization pays $1,270,388 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $92,918 in fundraising expenses.
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