Hour Children, Inc.
Hour Children, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Hour Children's mission is to help incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children successfully rejoin the community, reunify with their families, and build healthy, independent and secure lives. To accomplish this, Hour Children provides compassionate and comprehensive services and encourages all to live and interact with dignity and respect. Hour Children's vision is to break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration.
About
Hour Children provides transitional housing and services at five locations and permanent housing for formerly incarcerated mothers and children. Hour Children offers intense care management to residents including counseling, job readiness, relapse prevention services, child care and an after-school program, and mentoring programs for children whose parents are incarcerated and for women upon reentry. Hour Children's two thrift shops and furniture outlet offer employment training to residents while providing organizational revenue and needed resources. Services to the local community include the thrift stores and community food pantry and teen program. Hour Children runs the family service program in Bedford Hills and Taconic correctional facilities which includes a nursery program, children's center, advocacy, parenting and domestic violence programs. An advocacy program is also run in Rose M. Singer at Rikers Island. Outreach services are provided for women on work release at Edgecombe correctional facility.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Hour children is committed to the compassionate and loving care of children of incarcerated women. our outreach includes support and empowerment for mothers upon reunification with their families. all persons are encouraged to live and interact with dignity and respect.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “Hour children is committed to the compassionate and loving care of children of incarcerated women. our outreach includes support and empowerment for mothers upon reunification with their families. all persons are encouraged to live and interact with dignity and respect.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is NY.
- The non-profit has reported 90 employees on their form for the year 2019.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $572,384.
- The CEO compensation strategy within the organization is determined through a thorough evaluation and endorsement by an independent source.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 16 independent voting members.
- The organization has a professional fund raiser.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $2,625,447 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $449,532 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.