The New York City Coalition Against Hunger’s

2008

AnnuAl RepoRt

Front page photo: Families on line to receive pantry bags of food at Saint Benedict-the-Moor’s Neighborhood Center located in one of the most densely populated and poorest neighborhoods in the South Bronx. ©May 2009

the new YoRk CitY CoAlition AgAinst hungeR (nYCCAh) represents the more than 1,200 non-profit soup kitchens and food pantries in New York City and the more than 1.3 million low-income New Yorkers who are forced to use them. The Coalition works to meet the immediate food needs of low-income New Yorkers and enact innovative solutions to help them move “beyond the soup kitchen” to self-sufficiency. For more information about the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, visit www.nyccah.org.

M o v i N g F A M i l i e Sb e y o n d

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k i T C H e N

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dear Friends,

As you well know, this is a challenging time in New York and the nation.

But while Wall Street had its fortunes temporarily decline in 2008, it’s New York City’s working families, including children, who have most been harmed by the soaring joblessness and poverty. More parents than any time in decades were forced to make decisions about whether to pay rent or purchase milk for their babies.

This also means New York’s food pantries and soup kitchens were serving 28% more people in 2008 than in 2007.

With the increased demand for emergency food, over 68% of New York’s food pantries and soup kitchens had to turn people away or otherwise ration food because they lacked the resources to fulfi ll the growing demand.

All of this together means that anti-hunger related policies were even more critical in 2008 than in years past and the Coalition Against Hunger continued to rise to the occasion to be at the forefront of the anti-hunger policy debates. And we won major policy victories, many which are listed on page 41.

We’ve made tremendous progress in the past year and hope we can count on your continued support in the fi ght to ensure that all New Yorkers have the resources to provide food for their families and to move beyond the soup kitchen towards economic independence.

Sincerely,

Joel S. Berg daniel B. Rippsexecutive director Chair, Board of directors

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emergency Food Action Center

Benefits Access Program

Farm Fresh produce project

AmeriCorps*viSTA program

AmeriCorps State program

volunteer Matching Center

Craig Murphey Fellowship

A d v o C AT einterfaith voices Against Hunger (ivAH)

policy Research & development project

Communications initiative

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Statement of Activities

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Highlights from the Year

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photo from our Faces of Hunger photo collection. visit www.nyccah.org/faces/index.html to see more.

A d v o C AT e :

e N g A g i N g pA N T R i e S

& k i T C H e N S i N A N T i - H u N g e R

p o l i C Y d e B AT e S& C o M M u N i T Y

A C T i o N

i N T e R F A i T H v o i C e S A g A i N S T H u N g e R

ReAlizing thAt the Anti-hungeR movement is onlY As stRong As the Anti-hungeR poliCies goveRning it, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger’s community-based organizing and advocacy program has worked to engage religious and civic leaders, people of diverse faiths, and food pantry and soup kitchen clients themselves in advocating for effective policies to alleviate hunger and poverty in New York City. Through our newly expanded Community Action Board (CAB) program, we have worked to engage and empower low-income people to improve and evaluate agency operations and to actively engage in anti-hunger policy issues.

At the City level, this past year, the Coalition Against Hunger worked successfully with the Bloomberg Administration and City officials to start an in-classroom breakfast pilot project which the Administration recently pledged to expand to over 250 schools. By bringing the breakfast meals directly into the classroom rather than forcing low-income children to eat in a separate room, this program increases participation, improves education, reduces tardiness and absenteeism and brings millions of extra federal dollars into the City’s economy.

The Coalition also testified separately before the following New York City Council Committees: general Welfare, education and Health, Community development, Civil Rights and Consumer Affairs. in these testimonies, the Coalition highlighted the importance of expanding the in-classroom breakfast program, eliminating barriers to food stamps (especially the finger-imaging requirement), and committing to comprehensive policies at the city level that would increase low-income communities’ ability to access living wage jobs and affordable housing.

The Coalition helped spur Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to implement a new green Carts initiative to bring fresh produce vendors/supermarkets into low-income areas, which has significantly increased access to fresh produce in these areas of the City.

At the State level, the Coalition successfully urged governor paterson to reverse most of the state funding cuts to the

Fought for in-school breakfast program

empowering others

increased state funding of hpnAp

mobilized efforts for Federal Farm Bill

increased access to fresh produce

A d v o C AT e

increased state funding of hpnAp

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mobilized efforts for Federal Farm Bill

Hunger prevention and Nutrition Assistance program (HpNAp), a fund which helps food pantries and soup kitchens provide more nutritious food to hungry families and provided detailed suggestions to him about concrete ways to expand and improve utilization of food stamp and child nutrition benefits throughout the state.

At the federal level, the Coalition mobilized community-based organizations and elected officials to successfully play a critical role in efforts to ensure that the Federal economic Recovery Bill included an historic $20 billion extra in anti-hunger aid.

perhaps most importantly, NYCCAH laid out a comprehensive plan to end childhood hunger by 2015. in the next year, the Coalition will work at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure this goal remains a priority in the policy agenda.

Executive Director Joel Berg, joined leading elected officials (left to right: Kevin Concannon, USDA under Secretary for Food, Consumer, and Nutrition Services, public Advocate Betsy gotbaum, Councilman Bill deBlasio, Senator Charles Schumer, and donna Smith, State program director of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service) on 9/11 to call attention to the

growing issue of hunger in the City and urge more effective volunteer actions to combat it.

p o l i C Y R e S e A R C H & d e v e l o p M e N T

As the eConomY Continued its pReCipitous deCline in 2008, more New Yorkers were forced to join the lines at food pantries and soup kitchens at the same time as more emergency food programs reported being hit by funding cuts. in the New York City Coalition Against Hunger’s Annual Hunger Survey* entitled No Bailout for the Hungry: Funding Slashed to Emergency Food Providers as Hunger in NYC Continues to Soar, emergency food providers reported serving 28% more people in 2008 than they had in the previous year.

As a result of the influx of people needing emergency food, 68.8% of emergency food agencies in 2008 - up from 59% in 2007 - reported that they did not have enough food to fulfill demand. At the same time as agencies reported skyrocketing need for their programs, they experienced budget cuts on the federal, state, and city levels. In 2008, 72.3% of responding agencies reported a decrease in government money and food in the past year and 70.8% of them reported an overall decrease in money and food in the past year.

The report is an effective tool in the Coalition’s ongoing anti-hunger advocacy and policy work and provides the necessary data to support the need for increased funding and support of emergency feeding programs in New York City. it is also the single most cited hunger research report each year by New York City’s media and elected officials.

*The full survey report is available at www.nyccah.org.

Building awareness about the hunger need

Charting current hunger trends

onlY in new YoRk CitY, And with oRgAnizAtions suCh As the CoAlition, does so little moneY do so muCh.

- the CommunitY Food And nutRition RepoRt ”“

C o M M u N i C AT i o N S i N i T i AT i v e

to eFFeCtivelY CommuniCAte the hungeR issue to the CommunitY, NYCCAH’s Communications initiative uses mass media, the internet, newsletters, and other creative ways of message delivery to advance its development, anti-hunger policy and advocacy agenda. As a result of our consistent and persistent communication of the urgent needs of the 1.3 million people without enough food in New York City, NYCCAH was highlighted in a total of 97 media citations in the past year- including 21 national and 76 local placements.

To inform anti-hunger advocates, the network of food pantries and soup kitchens, and the greater New York community about hunger and the concrete ways they can help address it, NYCCAH provides comprehensive information through our website (www.nyccah.org) which features a “Hunger Blog” on hunger-related news items, as well as the fully automated volunteer match system, which links individuals and groups of volunteers to one of the 1,200 soup kitchens and food pantries in the City. Through our use of Web 2.0 technology, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and our monthly electronic newsletter Hunger Headlines, we constantly seek to expand our message to new audiences of supporters.

inteRested in ReCeiving up-to-dAte hungeR news? go to www.nYCCAh.oRg

interfaith voices Against Hunger organizer, Ali Yannias, speaks with radio station WFuv about the importance of empowering New Yorkers to advocate on behalf of their

community’s hungry in a press event at a Harlem soup kitchen.

C o N N e C T i N g R e S o u R C e S

T o pA N T R i e S & k i T C H e N S

T H R o u g H C o M M u N i T Y A l l i A N C e S ,

C o N S u lT i N g S e R v i C e S & C o M M u N i T Y S u p p o R T e d

A g R i C u lT u R e p R o g R A M S

photo from our Faces of Hunger photo collection. visit www.nyccah.org/faces/index.html to see more.

C o N N e C T:

C o N N e C T i N g R e S o u R C e S

T o pA N T R i e S & k i T C H e N S

T H R o u g H C o M M u N i T Y A l l i A N C e S ,

C o N S u lT i N g S e R v i C e S & C o M M u N i T Y S u p p o R T e d

A g R i C u lT u R e p R o g R A M S

e M e R g e N C Y F o o d A C T i o N C e N T e R

in 2008, the emeRgenCY Food ACtion CenteR helped Build the CApACitY oF oveR 250 ChARitABle Food AgenCies by providing free of cost one-on-one and multi-agency technical assistance workshops to help these agencies improve their programs and operations. The program provided hard-pressed and under-resourced food pantries and soup kitchens throughout New York City’s five boroughs with outreach and comprehensive technical assistance on issues related to fundraising, financial and project management, nutrition education, technology, client services, and board and project development.

This assistance helped emergency food programs strengthen their infrastructures in order to provide more and better quality food to those in need, as well as to connect the over 1.3 million people forced to depend on them for food with public benefits and long-term solutions to move them toward economic self-sufficiency.

The program also helped organize over ten NYCCAH sponsored neighborhood-based networks of pantries and kitchens which are successfully bringing together emergency Food programs (eFp) for regular meetings to coordinate

strengthening infrastructures

providing technical assistance

Ari Briski and karl Bradley, AmeriCorps

viSTAs with NYCCAH, support Manhattan’s

Nourishing kitchen soup kitchen by tabling at a Skills-based volunteer

orientation Session.

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NYCCAH’s advocacy team, pictured above with clients of Bronx soup kitchens and food pantries involved in NYCCAH’s Community Action Board project, after testifying before a listening session of united States

department of Agriculture on how to meet president obama’s goal of ending child hunger in the u.S. by 2015.

services, harmonize hours of operations, and plan joint operational activities, such as Community Supported Agriculture projects and unified client tracking systems.

in conjunction with the AmeriCorps*viSTA program, NYCCAH has helped these agencies secure funding to hold events such as nutrition classes and hunger awareness block parties and strengthen their outreach to the community.

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B e N e F i T S A C C e S S p R o g R A M

Our Benefits Outreach Consultant, Jen Kirby, pre-screens a potential food stamp applicant at a Paperless Office System Project site in Brooklyn. By the end of 2008, over 2,600 New Yorkers

applied for food stamps - with over 2,200 receiving benefits - through P.O.S..

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with the ReAlitY thAt oveR 500,000 new YoRkeRs ARe eligiBle FoR Food stAmps (now also known as SNAp, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program), but not receiving them, the Benefits Access Program helps pantries and kitchens connect their clients with public benefit programs including Food

Stamps; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits; School Meals; Summer Meals; and the earned income Tax Credit (eiTC), each of which greatly increases their clients’ access to affordable, nutritious food.

As of the end of 2008, through the Food Stamps paperless Office System (POS) Project - a partnership between NYCCAH, the City of New York, the Food Bank for New York City and six host food pantries and soup kitchens – over 2,600 low-income New Yorkers have applied for food stamps online at pantries and kitchens with over 2,200 receiving benefits.

Coordinated outreach & pre-screenings

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Connected newYorkers to food aid

As a citywide partner in the united Way of New York City’s Food Card Access Project, NYCCAH identifies appropriate sites throughout the city where community-based groups can inform individuals of their potential eligibility for food stamps through pre-screenings and, if desired, schedule appoint-ments at a local food stamps office. In 2008, NYCCAH helped to coordinate outreach and pre-screening at over 200 sites, including health clinics, schools, libraries, supermarkets, senior centers and banks as well as soup kitchens and food pantries.

NYCCAH has performed extensive outreach through the creation and distribution of neighborhood-specific, compre-hensive guides to local food resources, including detailed lists of local emergency feeding sites and food stamps and WiC offices. Some versions of these ‘Street Sheets’ have been translated into Spanish and Chinese and have proven effective in increasing the participation of income-eligible New Yorkers in public benefit programs – with emphasis on the Food Stamps program. in 2008, NYCCAH distributed over 75,000 of these Street Sheets, covering 14 distinct New York City neighborhoods, to over 300 community-based agencies and organizations.

NYCCAH’s outreach and advocacy work played a lead role in increasing enrollment in the Food Stamps program by 147,000 people in New York City between January and december 2008, giving low-income New Yorkers more than $213 million extra per year in food purchasing power.

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F A R M F R e S H p R o d u C e p R o J e C T

with the FiRm BelieF thAt nutRitious Food is not A luxuRY thAt should onlY Be AvAilABle to uppeR- And middle-inCome new YoRkeRs, the Coalition Against Hunger worked with Just Food, the united Way of New York City, and Hunger Action Network of New York State to expand the Farm Fresh produce project to a second site in 2008. A citywide program model connecting small farms with low-, middle-, and upper- income New Yorkers, the program is increasing the consumption of fresh New York State-grown produce in targeted neighborhoods, by enabling low-income residents to obtain the produce free or with their food stamp benefits and enabling other residents to purchase the produce at market rates. The centerpiece of the program is a unique Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model which distributes both institutional shares of fresh produce to pantries and kitchens as well as family shares, a third of which are received by low-income people using food stamp benefits and scholarships.

in 2008, the two sites in West Harlem and long island City distributed a total of over 55,000 pounds of fresh produce, exceeding program expectations. After evaluating these outcomes, the project partners collaborated closely with local farmers, community organizations, and emergency food providers to expand the program to a third neighbor-hood in Brooklyn and will continue to expand in the next year.

ABove: The West Harlem CSA members, one of which is pictured above with a leaf of collard green, have volunteered a total of over 10,000 hours of their time to keep the CSA in operation and in community activities in the past two and a half years. Today there are approximately 98 households receiving vegetable shares at this CSA. last year a total of 9,020 pounds of fresh,

organic vegetables were delivered to families participating in the CSA.leFT: West Harlem CSA members enjoy their tour of Cascade Hills, the local farm that supplies

their monthly shares of fresh, affordable produce, during their annual farm trip.

i loved pARtiCipAting in the CsA. mY FAmilY loved the FResh, oRgAniC pRoduCe And Being intRoduCed to A gReAteR vARietY oF vegetABles then we would noRmAllY eAt. i wAs Also glAd to pARtiCipAte in A

pRogRAm thAt pRovided FResh pRoduCe to A low-inCome CommunitY. - miChele, long islAnd CitY CsA

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photo from our Faces of Hunger photo collection. visit www.nyccah.org/faces/index.html to see more.

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e N g A g i N g T H e C o M M u N i T Y i N

T H e F i g H T T o e N d H u N g e R

A M e R i C o R p S * v i S TA p R o g R A M

Molly leimontas, a 2008 viSTA Alum who served at east New York’s Bishop Cook Center Food pantry, visits a local farm that provides fresh, affordable produce to low-income New Yorkers.

the AmeRiCoRps*vistA pRogRAm is a federally-funded program that places full-time developing leaders at pantries and kitchens in all five boroughs of New York City for a one-year term of service. viSTA members provide full-time capacity building assistance to improve the daily operations of host agencies and organize cooperative neighborhood networks to confront hunger and poverty in their communities.

each viSTA member works closely with their host agencies to develop administrative and programmatic infrastructure and to build the capacity to meet both the short- and long-term needs of the low-income New Yorkers the agencies serve. viSTA members assist with the coordination and facilitation of Neighborhood Networks, which allow feeding agencies to come together to share ideas, collaborate on joint projects, and strategize on new initiatives to fight hunger. In 2008, viSTA members recruited and coordinated over 570 unpaid community volunteers who have served a total of over 1,800 hours, secured over $71,000 in grant funding, and over $151,000 of in-kind donations.

Building capacity at kitchens & pantries

training future anti-hunger leaders

2008-2009vistA sites

A M e R i C o R p S * S TAT e p R o g R A M

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in 2008, nYCCAh plACed 26 nAtionAl seRviCe pARtiCipAnts in Full- oR pARt-time seRviCe At Food pAntRies, soup kitChens, And Anti-poveRtY oRgAnizAtions throughout New York City. The AmeriCorps team complements the capacity-building work of the viSTA members by providing services that are essential to keep-

ing these hard-pressed agencies operating on a day-to-day basis and to make sustainable impact on these agencies. The members work closely with grassroots agencies to provide direct service to, recruit volunteers for, and develop community resources to build the capacity of these orga-nizations. each of these program goals strengthens the work of the anti-hunger movement in the City by providing on-site assistance to these agencies. in addition, the program develops young leaders to be more aware of, sensitive to, and involved in anti-hunger work. in 2008, 26 AmeriCorps members have served a total of 11,541 hours, recruited 792 volunteers who served 8,003 hours, and distributed 58,544 pantry bags to 42,575 people.

All Saint’s Roman Catholic Church Food PantryBed-Stuy Campaign Against HungerBethesda Missionary Baptist ChurchBishop Cook Center for Human ServicesBrooklyn Rescue MissionChild Development Support CorporationEpiscopal CharitiesFamily Life Development CenterFather’s Heart MinistriesSt. John’s Bread & LifeUnited Presbyterian Church of Ridgewood

2008-2009vistA sites

AmeriCorps Service day, South Bronx

v o l u N T e e R M AT C H i N g C e N T e R

to tAp into new YoRk CitY’s highlY vAluABle skilled volunteeRs, the volunteer Matching Center annually links over a thousand volunteers with food pantries and soup kitchens in need of assistance. Not only do these volunteers help agencies grow, create new programs, strengthen existing programs, and introduce new and innovative methods to help clients move towards self-sufficiency, but the volunteers also experience hunger in a new way, by personally interacting with the individuals in need of food and the needs of these hard-working agencies. Through NYCCAH’s newly launched, fully-automated volunteer matching site (nyccah.org/volunteermatching), we mobilize community action through the volunteer matching feature which allows volunteers to search for opportunities by zip code, subway line, area of specialization, and date and time availability.

The annual Martin luther king, Jr. day Serve-a-Thon event is one of the highlights of the volunteer Matching Center, when NYCCAH coordinates a three-day citywide event to connect volunteers to projects at food pantries and soup kitchens around New York. volunteers spend the weekend cleaning, painting, packing pantry bags, and distributing food stamps materials to grocery store customers. This year over 400 volunteers celebrated the 5th Annual Serve-A-Thon by contributing 1,800 volunteer hours to 30 soup kitchens and food pantries across the City.

matching need with assistance

Coordinating annual mlk serve-a-thon

gina puzzanghera, executive director of the

Nourishing kitchen in Spanish Harlem, shares her cooking skills with a

volunteer-in-training.

A Mlk Serve-a-Thon volunteer helps clean a soup kitchen and afterschool program, Abounding grace, that serves low-income families in the lower east Side.

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to sCReen people FoR Food stAmp BeneFits, ConduCting pRe-sCReen-ings, And doing AdvoCACY FoR CAses thAt weRe not pRopeRlY hAndled.

- mollY, volunteeR with ouR BeneFits ACCess pRogRAm

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C R A i g M u R p H e Y F e l l o W S H i p F u N d

thRough the CRAig muRpheY Fellowship Fund NYCCAH commemo-rates the life of Craig Murphey – a strongly committed anti-hunger advocate who served as a community organizer with NYCCAH and who tragically passed away in a bicycle accident in Brooklyn in october 2007. Continuing Craig’s commitment to the anti-hunger and community organizing movements, NYCCAH established the Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund to support a fellowship program focused on anti-hunger, community-based work.

The first Craig Murphey fellow, Michael Paone, worked in 2008 throughout the West Harlem area to organize the community around anti-hunger issues and to build awareness about the 1.3 million people throughout New York City who live in homes that don’t have enough nutritious food for their families. during his fellowship, Michael coordinated a West Harlem-based Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) which connected a local New York farmer’s fresh produce to West Harlem residents by making it highly accessible and offering affordable pricing options (including food stamps) so that all socioeconomic levels are able to participate in the program. Through community meetings, Michael was able to continue Craig’s legacy of motivating the community to actively engage in the social-justice issues facing our community.

Craig worked tirelessly to ensure that all New Yorkers - especially the 1 in 5 children without enough food - have access to fresh, local, affordable food.

T H e F i N A N C i A lS u p p o R T e R S

W H o M A k e T H e S e

A N T i - H u N g e R p R o g R A M S

p o S S i B l e . . .

F i N A N C i A l S :

T H e F i N A N C i A lS u p p o R T e R S

W H o M A k e T H e S e

A N T i - H u N g e R p R o g R A M S

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R e v e N u e & e x p e N S e S *

individuAl donAtions & misCellAneous inCome10%

CoRpoRAtions 9%

Religious oRgAnizAtions5%

pRivAte FoundAtions 32%

pRogRAm expenses82%

mAnAgement & geneRAl

11%

FundRAising7%

puBliC Funding 44%

total Revenue FY08

total expenses FY08

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total Revenue

total expense

program expenses

Management & general

Fundraising

totAl expense FisCAl YeAR 2008

public Funding

private Foundations

Corporations

Religious organizations

individual donations & Miscellaneous income

totAl Revenue FisCAl YeAR 2008

$ 593,652

444,813

126,194

67,087

138,046

$ 1,369,792

$ 966,241

131,618

78,942

$ 1,176,801

*from January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

S TAT e M e N T o F A C T i v i T i e S *

Revenues and support from operations:

Contract services

grants and contributions

investment income

other income

Total

net assets released from restrictions:

Satisfaction of program restrictions

Satisfaction of time restrictions

Total revenues and support from operations

operating expenses:

program services

supporting services:

Management and general

Fundraising

Total operating expenses

Change in net assets

Net assets, beginning of year as prev. reported

prior period adjustments

Net assets, beginning of year, restated

net assets, end of year

$ 713,850

649,842

2,128

3,972

1,369,792

-

-

1,369,792

966,241

131,618

78,942

1,176,801

192,991

231,445

29,922

261,367

454,358

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347,129

-

-

347,129

(91,453)

(20,000)

235,676

-

-

-

-

235,676

-

10,000

10,000

245,676

$ 713,850

302,713

2,128

3,972

1,022,663

91,453

20,000

1,134,116

966,241

131,618

78,942

1,176,801

(42,685)

231,445

19,922

251,367

$ 208,682

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Assets

Current liabilities:

Account payable and accrued expenses

Total liabilities

net Assets:

unrestricted

Temporarily restricted

Total net assets

total liabilities and net assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Contracts receivable

grants and contributions receivable

prepaid expenses

Total current assets

Security deposit

Property and equipment, net

Total assets

$ 172,183

94,245

173,088

7,918

447,434

6,498

11,965

465,897

*1 January 2008 - 31 December 2008

11,539

11,539

208,682

245,676

454,358

$ 465,897

p R i v AT e F u N d e R S

All island Signs and lightingAltria groupApollo Real estate ManagementBridge Between, inc.delta Resources, inc.Designs by ... Masqueeast Side entrees, inc.gMAC Financial ServicesMacAndrews and Forbes Holdings , inc.Moody’s investors ServiceMurphey & Associates Sales, incpalmer Asphalt Companypocantico Resources inc.Quartet Financial Systems, inc.Troutman Sanders llp

Agnes gund FoundationAltman FoundationCathedral of St. John the divineCatholic CharitiesCentral SynagogueChurch of pentecost uSA, inc.Common Cents New York, inc.Congregation Shaare ZedekFge Food & dietician/Nutrition Team pllCgreen guerillasHunger Action Network New York StateThe Hyde and Watson Foundationindependence Community FoundationJewish Communal Fundkirkland & ellis FoundationMAZoN: A Jewish Response to HungerNew York City Association of Hotel Con.New York Community Trustpublic Health SolutionsRobert Wood Johnson FoundationThe Scherman Foundation, incShare our StrengthShore Family Foundation inc.Trinity Church Wall Streetunited Way of New York Cityvarnum deRose Charitable Trust

FoundAtions & otheR pRivAte FundeRs

CoRpoRAte

p u B l i C F u N d e R S

Assemblymember deborah J. glickAssemblymember linda B. RosenthalAssemblymember Richard N. gottfriedCity Councilmember Annabel palmaCity Councilmember Helen d. FosterCouncil on the environment of New York CityFederal Corporation for National and Community Services - AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*viSTAManhattan Borough president Scott M. StringerNew York City CouncilNYC Human Resources Administration/dept. of Social Services-Paperless Office SystemState Senator efrain gonzalez Jr.State Senator liz krueger

puBliC FundeRs

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dana Buchman & Thomas FarberJames A. Coylekerry eschwieRichard FoleyBeatrice & lloyd Frankdahlia garzaRoy goodmanlyssa ichikawa & Craig Murphey Friendslauren & Joel JacobMamie kanferJeffrey katrencikerika lapinskasAlix McAlpine & Craig Murphey FriendsMatt McQuade & lehman Brothers employeesAngello MonelloJanice & Robert Murpheylee NeibartChristina pakdaniel B. Rippsgail & Judah SchorrCecile & Jerry Shorediana l. Taylorlisa S. villarealAdam WolfensohnNaomi R. Wolfensohn

Rabbi Julia Andelmanvalerie Boucard & Fernand SirventCathy & James BoydMary & Timothy Brosnandan Chunggemma georgeWilliam greenblattdaniel John Havlikkerri JacksonAdina konikoffRobyn NeffJulianne Ranakenneth d. Reichel

$500+

$1,000+

$150+

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deborah RiedersBetty SchoenMaureen SheehanNatalia SucreSidney SutterNancy A. Tomaselli

Anisa AlhilaliMorgan AltobelloBruce AmedickMichael N. Balsamo, Esq.Nancy BanksHeather BarcHeather BarnardChristine BarnesBernard Bernerlinda Blumbergkaren Bowenkaren Brenner & Robert Steinelizabeth Fisher & Jeremy BrownRichard Byerspeter Calandragerald CalderNika Carlsonemily ConnerChristopher Coxdante dinceccoMatthew dohenyJennifer eduardoStephen Faceyellen & Michael FunckDeborah GaffinMolly garberlorenzo gerosopatsy glazereliot B. goldsteinlynn greeneAndrew Holmdeborah HsiehAziz Huq

Arlene katz Nichols & Jeffrey NicholsRobert & debra kauffmangail & kevin kellySara kennedyRobert l. krulakelizabeth S. laraleslie larsonMarcia larsonMargaret & Wallace larsonevelyn S. liporiSusan littwinMarjorie A. Malanpatricia MalinAndrea MasleyNeil MayleMarie & Charles MillerMark A. Misener & Stephen p. Cohenlisa NesserRobert peaveylewis polishookSal portilloJennie & david RosennStephanie & darone RuskayRussell Familyphillip A. SaperiaHeather SaposnickAri Siegeldaniel Spirakaren Sullivandavid TuteraCharles J. vedralNina WarrenJohn & Helen WenglerCatherine WolfAlexander Wolfsonka Wing Yuen

$150+

Jesse J. AbelScott AbelesMaggie AboledaBrooke Addisoniris AddisonSiby Thomas AdinaCassandra AgredoNancy & dixon Allenilana Altmanivette p. AlvaradoJeffrey Ambersgeorge M. AndersCheryl Andrewsemily R.M. Ansbachervisitacion J. AriraoRick Azimleah v. BallHelen BarronWilliam Battagliapetra Bebasg. Beers & J. ChowanecJames BellJohnana Bennett-Torresgloria & Franklyn BerkowitzAmeya g. Bijoorpeter R BingenheimerStephanie kosmos & geoffrey Bird Nancy M Bizzellkathleen F. Blackellen Bloomer & kate ThomasJessyka BraffithAmy BrownCraig W. Brownellgustavo BrucknerNancy Butkuskristen CabildoJonathan CarmonaCarolina CaspersonColeen Celentano

Florence CelestinRichard Celestindiana ChapinMatthew e. ChiavaroliTroy Chilesdana Choielizabeth ChowFrancis Chugina CiceroFrank CisnerosRuth ClaytonAndrew Collinsdiane ConnorsColleen CosgroveTasha CoxNolan Crohndana Crosby-Collierlinda Crownoverolivia CrvaricSally Jo Cummings & Anthony Jannellidamian daCostaMichela dalianavirginia daughertyAlice davisdeborah l. davisAlissa deakinTracey R. dealBarbara deinhardt & daniel Silvermanlouise depaolaBryan derballapeter deRosaMarit dewhurstMarcia dilibertoJacques DoleJonathan dolgerJanet dormanSusan drewerykenneth dupuiselizabeth & J.J. eberleScott e. eckas

up to $150

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kenedy eganWalla elsheikhAgatha emmettChristine estebanJean & John etzellia eustacheuichJoe evangelistapizzurro FamilyHenry FarnumTristan Faustoian FearonSara Feldmanl. Chapin FishMay FisherJack d. FlamStacey l. Flanaganeileen Flanniganlauren FlaxMarissa FleishmanStacey FrancisHarold FrankMarian & William HewittHillary Freyiris R. FreyJeffrey d. ganogabrielle gantzJason James georgeAnitra geraldeskedor gethimomar gheithAlyssa giachinopaul g. giangolaeun kyung goBryan p. goffNancy goldbergStephen goldbergJung S. go-leeAyana gordonlori B. gordyBetsy gotbaumkathryn greeneBarbara grimm-Crawford

Jomil M. guerreroCassie gyuriczaJeseka Hahnlara l. HallNancy Handlerelizabeth Haranasevan C. HardingMarisa Harfordpierina and vijay Harilois Marie HarriganJenna HarrisNorma k. Harrisvincent Harrisdonald Mann & geraldine Hazzard-Manndenise Hendersonkelsey HendersonMartha & Barry HermanJacquelyn Hilll. Christian HinesSherri Soup HollowayMel HuangMichelle HushAnn Hutchisondonna & Robert Huttoya Bisi idera-AbdullahSuzanne C. immermanSandy JimenezCheryl Johnson-Harrisdavid JonesJulian M. Jordanleila JosephMarc kaadiJonathan kalmuss-katzlori & Steven kantorowitzJoanne & Richard kassnoveMichael katzJo Ann kelly-orrJeffrey kernSarah kimMarilyn & edmond kinglindsey konkel

up to $150(Continued)

Natalia koryBarbara & Jerry krasnerkarin Shewer-krugman & Michael krugmanJustin lagunaBrad landerNathalie larionovWallace larsonHannah laufer-RottmanChristine lawrencekim Anh leWendy lehmannHannah levydavid lewisTalesha lewisxiao Yan Y. liangRobin limmeri-Fan linStephanie M. linlannie J. lorenceMark lottodoris lumelyssa MaldanadoJanet Manganoellen & Marc MappenTina MarinicTom MarionJames MarottoMayte & Joseph MartinoShyam kulin MaskaiNancy Moira MatthewsRachel Maxgay A. MayerMatthieu McAuliffelaura McCormackRobin McCoygene Mcelroy & dale Steinbergpatricia McinerneyRandy Mckenziepatricia MechaelRosemarie Medina

georgia & Joe MelnickJoy & Thomas Mendelsohndavid MichaeliAmanda MillerShaleema Mitchelldeloris MooreJonathan MorganJames MorottoCarrie Anne MurpheyHarold MurpheyMargaret MurpheyMarianne NebelAlissa NeilRobert Y. NewellArline H NolanMary Ann o’HaraMaria A. oldakeremmanuel onyenyiliJoanne orr-lucerigianna palazzoSandya pannappankimberly patrickRobert paulsonShelia S. perkinsCharmaine B. pinnockNicholas A. polskyJanet poppendieckRachel porterStuart postMojgan & omid pourmoradiMike prattAlden Finch proutyBernard prudhommegerry RakerSarathi Raygillen ReaganJan g. ReederBarry ReichScott Rembrandtpaulette A. Richards

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laurie & Jose RiosJulia g. Rippsdana Robinsoneduardo RodriguezRachel RodriguezVanesa RodriquezJoAnn RosenAsaf RosenheimMila RosenthalAlix RossAndrew l. RubinsonDrew S. RuffiniRussell Familylola Michael RussellErald SakiqiAbigail SchadeJoan & elliott Schnabeldava Schubvalerie SchumanJudith SemkowJean SerroRohit Sethilinda SetlechBarbara ShapiroMargaret Mckeever SheererHyun & Johnny ShinRuth W ShultsSloane Silveresmeralda SimmonsStacey SimonelliMelissa Sklarzelizabeth Slavutskydeanna M. SmithWilleen Smithethel R. SobelSheryl SpanierAnya & parri SpectorJonathan SpiraMichael SpiraBeverly & William SpotzRhoda & Merrill H. Stern, ddS

peter StevensonMariane St-Mauricelewis StrausSandy linda SuAmy SuginBob SummerBeatrice & Nathan TaubenfeldBishop TaylorBethene Trexel & Jon TenneyJohn Teti Jr.keith ThomasThang T. TonMarie TorreJoseph TorresJill TotenbergAnn Tritschlerlisa TrolandBarbara va lordSusan & peter valdes-dapenaSonia valdiviezoClaire vanBlaricumGreg VillepiqueStephanie vinsonJames vlastoMark F. WalshCorey WashingtonJeremy WeedonJesse Wegmankaren M. WeidmanAlison WeiningerStephen WeyerJackie WidemanWilhelms Family lon WilhelmsSeth WilliamsJudith & Anthony WilsonSharon Wilsondoreen Wohl

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up to $150(Continued)

gary WolfeWollaeger FamilyBarbara Woodsdianne YoungMartha k. ZebrowskiMatthew ZussAriela Zycherman

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laid out a comprehensive plAn to end Childhood hungeR BY 2015. in the next year, the Coalition will work at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure this goal remains a priority in the policy agenda.123

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Worked with the Bloomberg Administration and City officials to increase the participation of low-income children in the City’s School Breakfast program, resulting in the mAYoR pledging to expAnd An in-ClAssRoom BReAkFAst pilot to 250 sChools.

engAged 14 Full-time AmeRiCoRps nAtionAl seRviCe pARtiCipAnts who helped pantries and kitchens coordinate their services, recruit volunteers, and increase their food distributions.

Successfully launched and expanded our Farm Fresh program pRoviding oveR 50,000 pounds oF heAlthY, FResh, new YoRk stAte-gRown pRoduCe to low-inCome AReAs through a Community Supported Agriculture Program that accepts food stamp benefits and offers scholarships.

Brought together Senator Charles Schumer, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York City anti-hunger advocates to CAll FoR A stRong nutRition title in the FedeRAl FARm Bill which resulted in An AdditionAl $10 Billion in Anti-hungeR And nutRition Funding over ten years.

expanded a pioneering project that enABled oveR 2,600 low-inCome new YoRkeRs to ApplY FoR Food stAmps online at pilot food pantries and soup kitchens.

Helped spur Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council to implement A new gReen CARts initiAtive to bring fresh produce vendors/supermarkets into low-income areas.

Recruited oveR 400 volunteeRs for a citywide volunteer event at food pantries and soup kitchens for the FiFth AnnuAl dR. mARtin lutheR king, JR. seRve-A-thon in January 2008.

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to CeleBRAte its 25th YeAR oF Fighting hungeR in new YoRk CitY, NYCCAH hon-ored long-term supporters, the Scherman Foundation and Councilmen Bill DeBlasio and Eric Gioia, at a December 2nd reception hosted at the offices of paul Weiss llp. Marking NYCCAH’s silver anniversary, the event included attendees from NYCCAH’s Board of directors, NYC public Advocate Betsy gotbaum, leadership and friends of the Scherman Foundation, long-term friends and supporters of the Coalition, as well as City officials from the Hu-man Resources Administration. The event raised just over $22,200 – if you would like to give a gift in honor of the Coalition’s 25th Anniversary, please go to www.nyccah.org or send a check with memo item: 25th Anniversary.

Anniversarymarking our silver

Top from left: Board of directors dr. Jeffrey Nichols, Maureen Sheehan, Timothy Brosnan, and Board Chair daniel Ripps honor the Scherman Foundation, represented by Sandra Silverman, with Joel Berg.

Bottom: Councilman Bill deBlasio, Sandra Silverman, and Councilman eric gioia.

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nYCCAh leAdeRship opens nAsdAQ mARket in times sQuAReIn the midst of the shopping frenzy in Times Square the Friday after Thanks-giving, NYCCAH was featured at the opening bell ceremony at the NASdAQ MarketSite in Times Square. Senior Executives from NASDAQ as well as our executive director, Joel Berg, Councilman eric gioia and other NYCCAH friends and supporters were featured on many of the morning Tv networks that show the opening of the market.

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CARnegie hAll FeAtuRes CoAlition AgAinst hungeR’s woRkin 2008, Coalition supporters, staff, and food pantry and soup kitchen clients joined at Carnegie Hall for a concert featuring the Colorado-based a capella choir, Jubilate! Sacred Singers. Thanks to the generosity of choir members and donors, the Coalition was able to offer over 800 complimentary tickets to our dedicated supporters, volunteers, and to those who work for and use the services at food pantries and soup kitchens. The event raised over $5,000 in support for the fight against hunger.

living tRiBute to CRAig muRpheYin october 2008, NYCCAH honored Craig Murphey (see page 25) and his fam-ily at the living Tribute to Craig Murphey Anti-Hunger event, which took place at The Cathedral Church of St. John the divine. The Fellowship has raised over $20,000, but to continue the Fellowship in 2009-2010, we need your help. please designate your donation to the Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund at nyccah.org or via check made out to NYCCAH with the memo indicating “Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund.”

B o A R d o F d i R e C T o R S

dAniel B. Ripps, ChAiRvice president development Resource group inc.

mAuReen sheehAn, seCRetARYdevelopment directorpart of the Solution (poTS)

JeFFReY niChols, md, tReAsuReRvice president for Medical ServiceCabrini elder Care Consortium

timothY BRosnAn Assistant vice presidentMoody’s investors Serviceglobal Real estate group

Bisi ideRABdullAhexecutive directorimani House, inc.

lewis stRAusuSdA Food and Nutrition Service (retired)

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AndRew BARRettCraig Murphey Fellow for Anti-Hunger Building

Joel BeRgexecutive director

BRitt BoYdvolunteer & Community initiatives Coordinator

viCtoRiA dumBuYA National Service program Coordinator

estheR lARson director of development

Reggie milleRviSTA program Coordinator

miChAel pAoneCommunity organizer

CARRette peRkinsdirector of programs

geoRge spiRA director of Finance & Administration

Jim wengleRDirector of Benefits Access

Ali YAnniAsCoordinator of the interfaith voices Against Hunger (ivAH)

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