- Sheltering Arms

Times of Change
...but an Unchanging Mission
EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
2005 ANNUAL REPORT
EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
2005 ANNUAL REPORT
Times of Change
...but an Unchanging Mission
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Mission Statement
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Letter from the Chairman of the Board
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Letter from the Executive Director
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Accomplishments in 2005
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ESS Programs
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Paul’s House
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“Did You Know…”
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Partnerships and Strategic Plan
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Financial Statements
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2005 Donor List
EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
Our Mission
Episcopal Social Services, founded as the Protestant Episcopal City
Mission Society in 1831, has a long history of non-sectarian service
in New York. Committed to building community among people most
neglected by society, we seek to strengthen our most vulnerable
neighbors so that they can live up to their full potential.
Over the course of our 174-year history, Episcopal Social
Services has worked with people in need from all walks of life:
unwed mothers, orphans, the homeless, foster children, the
developmentally disabled, the elderly, the unskilled unemployed,
high-school drop-outs, persons with HIV/AIDS, prison inmates and
formerly incarcerated individuals, and the generally impoverished.
Our programs continue
to evolve in response to
community needs. Today
we fulfill our mission by
providing over $24 million
of vital services each year,
focusing primarily on children
and families but also on
marginalized adults.
ESS PROGRAMS
Strength in Family/
Foster Care Services
❖ Foster Care Prevention
❖ Early Head Start
❖ Foster Care Boarding Home
and Adoption
❖ Early Intervention
❖ Primary Health Care Clinics
❖ Groups Homes and Supervised
Apartments for Teens
❖ Independent Living Skills
Strength in Community
❖ Community Residences for the
Developmentally Disabled
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Building Blocks
of Independence
❖ After-School Program
at MS 302
Community Re-Integration
and Re-Entry Assistance
❖ Network in the Prisons
❖ Network in the Community
❖ The College Initiative
A Letter from the Chairman
of the Board of Directors
The opportunity to help our disadvantaged
neighbors is a gift offered to everyone in the community. Yes, a
gift, because in reaching out to the vulnerable, we also reach out
to one another – we combine all our skills and talents to offer the
very best of ourselves, in order to do the very best for the needy.
Together we can do far more than any of us can do alone.
Partnering with one another as an expression of “community
compassion” also helps us overcome all the barriers that might
otherwise divide us – differences in outlook, background, or
experience pale beside the call to reach out to those who are
unable to help themselves. Responding to that call pulls us
together into a remarkable alliance of individuals, organizations,
and government, all working together for the common good.
As Episcopal Social Services enters into its 175th year helping those
most in need, it is the participation of each of you – individuals,
foundations, companies, government agencies, faith communities –
all of you who support our mission with your tangible and
intangible contributions that allow us to go forward with
confidence and hope that we can continue to make a difference
on your behalf. The mere phrase “thank you” cannot begin to
express our gratitude for what you give and do, so in these pages
we hope to show you a glimpse of what you make possible: the
child now flourishing, the family that’s found healing, the formerlyincarcerated getting a second chance, just to name a few. If they
could, all these people and more would join in expressing their
gratitude to every compassionate heart.
And so, on behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you
wholeheartedly for being partners with us in the work of changing
lives. With your continued support, ESS may well continue its
mission for another 175 years.
Marshall M. Green
Chairman of the Board
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A Letter from the
Executive Director
Times of Change...but an Unchanging Mission
Probably the one in thing in life that is unchanging is the fact that things are always
changing. Everything around us is constantly evolving – and the ways in which we respond
to change can help us grow and develop as human beings. In fact, if we ourselves don’t
change, we risk becoming stuck in place.
This is especially true of the needy and vulnerable communities that ESS strives to serve:
individuals and families whose options seem so few that the very thought of altering their
situations seems to them impossibly difficult. In the face of problems like addiction, legal
troubles, poverty, abuse, illness, or neglect, the effort to make needed changes can seem
overwhelming. Yet without change, these lives will remain just where they are, bereft of
prospects, lacking in hope, robbed of potential.
Of course, ESS is all about the business of change – changing the lives, the options, the
dreams of those we serve. We take pride not only in helping people understand that change
is possible, but also in standing with them through the fear and uncertainty to help them
reach a new place in life where everything has changed – for the better. And we’ve been
about that work for the last 174 years.
Now ESS is undergoing a time of change itself, re-focusing our responses to the evolving
needs of the communities in which we are involved. We have been hard at work to discern
what duties we are being called to fulfill in a world whose needs are constantly in flux. One
powerful way we have responded to changing times is by opening Paul’s House, our early
childhood center in Mott Haven – a re-affirmation of our 30-year commitment to the South
Bronx, and a means of dramatically expanding our medical, mental health, early intervention,
and early development outreach to the neighborhood’s young children and their families.
And in February 2005 our Board of Directors adopted a five-year Strategic Plan designed to
optimize the ways in which we use all our resources for the betterment of those in need of
help. We are committed to change and growth.
However, our core mission remains unchanged, to strengthen our most vulnerable neighbors
so that they can live up to their full potential. As ESS celebrates its 175th anniversary
in 2006, we are steadfast in our dedication to this imperative. Also unchanged is the
importance of the support each of you provides for this important work, as is our gratitude
for your part in helping transform the lives of so many. As we go forward to meet new
challenges and do new things, we will continue to depend on you as essential partners in
reshaping the lives of those who need our help.
Because some things never change.
Robert H. Gutheil
Executive Director
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EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
2005 A Year of Accomplishment
Since 1831, Episcopal Social Services has been bringing about
change for the better. As one of greater New York’s oldest
community service agencies, we have been responding to the needs
of the most vulnerable members of our society for 174 years. For
the past 30 years our commitment has been to the South Bronx –
home of one of the nation’s poorest Congressional districts. We’ve
seen much that cries out for change: poverty, broken homes, lack
of health care, crime and recidivism. We’ve learned that change
comes in many forms – in strengthening at-risk families of origin,
providing safe and loving foster homes, recognizing and treating
early childhood medical and mental health problems, helping the
formerly-incarcerated get a second chance at life, and in many other
ways. And of course, as the needs of our communities change over
time we strive to be flexible in our response, so that we can offer
the most effective help to those who need it most.
Each time ESS reaches out a helping hand, a little piece of the world
is changed. Here are some of the ways in which that’s come to pass.
2005 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Child and Family Services
Assistance to Adults in Need
• Helped change the dynamics of 87 families
so they could stay together
• Provided safe and nurturing group homes
for 52 developmentally disabled adults and
helped them gain new skills in daily living
and socialization
• Cared for 480 foster children
• Arranged 56 adoptions and reunited 111
families of origin
• Provided 9,723 health clinic visits and
15,000 mental health therapy sessions
Early Childhood and
Educative Programs
• Intervened to reduce developmental delays
for 250 children
• Helped prepare 60 children for school in our
Early Head Start program
• Enriched the lives of 250 middle schoolers
with an After-School Program that provides
academic help and expands their cultural
awareness
Community Re-Integration and
Re-Entry Assistance
• Helped 150 formerly incarcerated individuals
begin or continue their college education
• Provided 200 parolees with group mentoring
to help ease the transition back to
mainstream life
• Provided therapeutic support, educational
resources and activities, and pre-release
planning and life skills to over 1,000 prison
inmates
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ESS Programs
ESS is known for quality programs and the professionalism
of our 320 full-time staff who are remarkable in their
ability to make connections with the people we serve.
Each of our programs involves a successful partnership or
collaboration with public schools, child welfare agencies,
or local community service providers to bring about change
and improvement in the lives of New York City’s most
vulnerable citizens.
15-year-old Dee’s
home life was not good at
all; her relationship with
her mother Marian, who
was using illicit drugs,
was going downhill fast.
When Marian’s disciplinary
actions caused injury
to the teen, Dee’s aunt
notified police and took
the child into her home.
With Dee’s younger brother
Jake still living at home,
ESS helped Marian enter
a comprehensive program
that included substance
abuse counseling,
parenting classes, and
anger management, and
today she is living clean
and is committed to a
healthy family dynamic.
Jake, who might otherwise
have been removed
from Marian’s custody,
is now safe, happy, and
thriving in Marian’s
home. Although Dee still
lives with her aunt, she
and Marian are hard at
work rebuilding their
relationship, and the door
is always open for Dee to
return home.
Family Preservation
The trauma to a child taken out of an unsafe home can
be overwhelming. If the damage in the relationships
can be identified and healed, the resulting preservation
of the family is a positive outcome both for the child
and the parents. During 2005, ESS kept 87 families
intact, safe, and healthy in the Mott Haven section
of the Bronx. ESS’ team of case and social workers,
along with an on-site psychologist, work with families
to resolve such issues as domestic violence, neglect,
substance abuse, or mental health problems, with the
goal of averting the necessity of foster care placement.
At all times the safety of children is paramount,
and critical risk factors are quickly identified and
addressed. ESS helps parents better understand their
roles and responsibilities through parenting classes and
assists them in gaining help through New York City’s
educational, vocational, health, and welfare systems.
With a 97% success rate in keeping families together,
the ESS Family Preservation Program received a
near-perfect audit score in 2005 from the City’s
Administration for Children’s Services.
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Foster and Adoptive
Parents
When Jamal and
Martha’s three children
A loving home environment is
something every child should be able
to take for granted, but the reality is
often quite different. Over 600 children
(from infants to age 20) removed
from unsafe homes in Manhattan and
the Bronx have been placed by ESS
with nearly 450 foster families whom
we recruited and trained. Whenever
possible, these children are re-united
with their birth families once the issues
that led to placement are addressed:
ESS helps parents confront drug and
alcohol abuse, anger issues, parenting
skills, and other critical risk factors
so that they can provide a nurturing
environment for their children. When
this isn’t possible, however, ESS helps
children move on into the care of
adoptive parents who provide a loving
home and a good start in life. During
2005 ESS returned 111 children to their
birth families and placed 56 children
with adoptive families.
entered ESS’ foster care at
ages 1, 7, and 8, they were
severely traumatized. Jamal,
who was in prison, had been
a drug dealer, addict, and
wife abuser, while Martha had
significant, untreated mental
health problems. When
Martha took the youngest
child and left the other two
alone to fend for themselves,
an arduous five-year journey
began for Jamal and the
children. (Martha and the
youngest child were found,
but Martha refused help and
eventually left the family.)
Placed with an ESS-recruited
and trained foster family,
the children were given the
psychological help they
needed to overcome what
they had been through, while
Jamal, after being released
from prison, decided to step
up to his responsibilities as
a father. After several years
of intensive counseling,
parenting training, and drugfree living, Jamal was finally
reunited with his children,
and they are looking forward
to a healthy and stable life
together.
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Jason came to ESS
Foster Care at birth,
having tested positive
for drug exposure in the
womb. During his first
two weeks with his foster
family, and under the
care of ESS’ Children’s
Health Services, it was
obvious that something
was very wrong – despite
proper care and feeding,
Jason remained
malnourished and
dehydrated, and had to
be hospitalized. There the
underlying problem was
identified: a rare immune
deficiency disease was
interfering with his
normal development.
During his two-month
hospital stay, Jason came
close to death; at that
time, his birth mother
was persuaded to come
and visit him, something
she had been hesitant
to do before. Jason was
eventually stabilized and
released, and although
he has continuing
medical problems, he is
now thriving – and now
his birth mother has
become involved with
her son, and is receiving
help for her own medical
problems.
Children’s Health Services
Neighborhoods plagued by poverty are hazardous
to children’s health – quite literally. The South
Bronx has the highest rates of illnesses in New
York City, yet the availability of medical, dental,
and mental health services does not come close
to matching the need. ESS provides vital services
to the children in our Foster Care program
through our medical clinics in Manhattan and
at Paul’s House in the Bronx, uncovering health
problems early on before they can stifle a child’s
potential, and giving our kids the healthy start
they will need for a successful life. We also help educate parents about how to maintain
their children’s well-being so that every child we see can start out with a healthy mind
and body. New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services, in conjunction with the
Department of Health, has given our Children’s Health Services for children with major
medical needs a rating of “1” (“Excellent”) for six years running.
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When one-yearold Rita was brought
Early Intervention
into the Early Head Start
program at Paul’s House,
she was only functioning at
the developmental level of
a four- or five-month old:
generally non-responsive,
Rita wasn’t crawling,
couldn’t see well, and
had trouble sitting up.
Doctors had characterized
her with a “failure to
thrive.” While the Early
Intervention staff focused
on helping Rita’s medical
problems, the Early Head
Start team discovered that
she loved music – and that
became an effective way of
engaging her. Meanwhile,
ESS staff accompanied
Rita’s mother to doctor’s
appointments, translating
when needed, and helped
her make sense of a chaotic
situation. Eventually Rita
was diagnosed with a
neurological disorder and
abnormal eye movement,
and an effective treatment
protocol was begun which
helped Rita to gain weight
and begin to catch up in
her development. Now
at age 2, Rita is back on
track: her outlook is bright
and her mother is looking
forward to the future,
thanks to the teamwork
between Early Intervention
and Early Head Start.
When daily life is a struggle because
of poverty and unemployment, it may
be easy to overlook developmental
delays in a young child. Lack of prenatal care, substance abuse in utero,
and family instability can all contribute
to a child falling behind early in life.
Of the children entering our Foster
Care Program under the age of three,
nearly 75% have serious developmental
problems. ESS’ Early Intervention
program targets approximately 90
children from birth to 3 years old who
may not be on track with their mental
or psychological development and
guides their families through diagnosis
and treatment of behavioral and other
issues. Moreover, we treat the entire
family by helping parents access
available social welfare programs,
rehabilitation, English-language classes,
and vocational help to improve the
prospects for the entire household.
Early Head Start
Children growing up in distressed
neighborhoods need a helping hand to be
ready to face the task of growing up and
learning. Our Early Head Start program,
started in 2002, provides children
from 60 low-income families in the
South Bronx with a tailored curriculum
that addresses special educational
and behavioral needs. Infant-Toddler
Specialists, community volunteers,
and the children’s own parents provide
a supportive, loving, and nurturing
environment. But ESS’ help starts even
before birth, by guiding expectant
parents to prenatal services and postdelivery coaching in early childhood
development.
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Group Homes and
Supervised
Apartments for
Foster Teens
As an alternative to foster home care,
ESS offers 50 foster teens (ages 14-21)
the nurturing environment of group
homes, under the caring round-the-clock
supervision of 32 staff members who
provide surrogate parenting. This stable
and structured atmosphere promotes a
close community in which teens learn
to live and work together responsibly. Our four supervised
apartments give teens a chance to try out independent living,
with ESS staff close at hand to help out when needed.
Ramona entered ESS’
foster care when she was
16 years old. A bright and
capable young woman, she
had trouble interacting with
others – especially since her
“Goth” style of dress and
makeup intimidated some
of her peers. By living in one
of ESS’ Group Homes for
Foster Youth, Ramona had
the chance to work on her
“people skills” through the
close interaction that is so
much a part of communal
living. Her participation in
organized trips and recreational activities exposed
her to a broader range of
cultures and perspectives
than she’d been used to,
and through the Independent
Living Program’s workshops
and classes she picked up the
life skills she would need to
function as a self-sufficient
adult after leaving foster
care. Ramona’s personality
blossomed, and she set her
sights high, earning a degree
in Fashion Design from the
Art Institute of New York
City. Yes, she is still a
“Goth,” but she’s also an
engaging and outgoing adult
who has developed a healthy
sense of self and a desire to
give back to others. Ramona
now works in the After-School
Program at MS 302, hoping
to be a role model to young
children struggling with their
own identities and goals.
After-School
Program at
MS 302
Weekday afternoons are a
dangerous time for adolescents.
Juvenile crime, teen-related
automotive accidents, illicit drug
use, and sexual activity are just
some of the risks awaiting teens
left to fend for themselves after
school. It’s estimated that 30% of
New York City middle schoolers are
on their own after the school day.
After-school programs are a proven
means of making a difference,
however, and our After-School
Program at MS 302 in the South
Bronx provides a safe and nurturing
environment for more than 250
students. Academic support,
homework help, a hot meal, and
educational/youth development
activities are helping these children
grow and excel. Programs in art,
music, dance, and sports expand
their cultural horizons and expose
them to new worlds of discovery.
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Many of the students
in MS 302’s After-School
Program became local
celebrities after performing
in their first-ever Christmas
Show. Weeks of rehearsal and
preparation by the students
and program staff paid off
when the extravaganza was
enthusiastically received by
family members and friends.
The performance included
short skits, songs, and even a
two-act play, all celebrating
Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Three
Kings Day. The seven-member
coed dance team’s traditional
Latin Christmas dance became
the hit of the evening – so
impressive, in fact, that they
were invited to perform for
the City’s Department of
Education holiday celebration
the following week. The
students’ sense of pride and
accomplishment created
memories that will last a
lifetime.
Independent Living
Skills for Foster
Youth
Learning how to function independently
in an adult world isn’t easy, but ESS
helps over 100 of our Foster Care teens
(ages 14-21) steer a course toward
responsible adulthood through programs
and workshops on a variety of essential
skills like job preparation, educational
enrichment, human sexuality, housing
issues, and budgeting. One-on-one
counseling and peer support, along
with college prep programs, career fairs,
youth conferences, and educational
and cultural outings help these young
people make the transition to selfsufficiency.
Community
Residences for the
Developmentally
Disabled
Everyone feels a special
surge of pride when they
achieve one of their life goals,
and Carlos is no exception.
During his ten years as a
resident of one of ESS’ Group
Homes for Developmentally
Disabled Adults, Carlos has
made great strides in gaining
the necessary skills to live as
independently as possible. He
reached another milestone
recently by completing a
six-week vocational training
program and internship that
resulted in his earning a
“Certificate of Competency” for
“Careers in Janitorial Services.”
Now awaiting a full-time job
placement, Carlos talks excitedly
about the new career ahead
of him – and the new life he
will soon be building with his
girlfriend, who recently accepted
his proposal of marriage. Many
more milestones lie ahead for
them both!
Everyone deserves the chance to lead
a life that’s as full and independent as
possible, and mentally retarded adults
are no exception. ESS’ five structured
and supportive homes provide 52
developmentally disabled adults with the
support they need to flourish. With the help
of ESS counselors, nutritionists, speech
therapists, social workers, and medical and
psychological professionals, they are able
to fulfill their individual potential, whether
working in a supervised environment,
managing their own money, or simply
making their own beds. Opportunities for
socializing, day trips, and special events
enrich their lives and bring them joy.
The support and contributions of their
neighborhood communities lets them know
that they are welcome and are considered
valued members of society.
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The College Initiative
When Michael
thinks back to playing cops
and robbers as a child, he
smiles at the irony. Although
he was an excellent student in
elementary school, Michael’s
junior high school friends
ridiculed him for his inability
to afford the clothes, jewelry,
and other status symbols
they admired. So Michael
turned to crime to buy his
way into popularity; and it
worked for a while, until he
was arrested and given a 13year prison sentence. While
in Sing Sing, Michael had
time to reflect on his quest
for instant gratification and
the other options that were
available to him. He started
to take classes in prison,
re-discovered his love of
academics, and even began
his bachelor’s degree. It
wasn’t long before his family
and friends began to validate
the changes in Michael’s
life, reinforcing his new selfawareness. Now released
from prison, he shares his
experiences and insights as a
speaker on crime prevention
and works with young gang
members to prevent more
youth from heading to
prison. Michael is working on
finishing his bachelor’s degree
and hopes to earn his MSW
so he can become a full-time
social worker. As he says, “I
have a passion for this work.”
He’s seen first-hand just what
it can do.
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Education can be the key
to helping the formerly
incarcerated succeed in society
after their release from prison.
Operated in collaboration with
City University of New York,
the College Initiative helps exoffenders learn about, enroll
in, and succeed in college.
With some 100 enrollees each
year, the program’s participants
show a recidivism (relapse)
rate of 0.5% for students who
have completed at least one
semester.
Network in the Prisons /
Network in the Community
Re-entering society after incarceration is a daunting challenge and a huge
cultural shock. Many ex-offenders are simply not prepared for the challenges
and struggles of daily life on the outside, and may not have the educational
or vocational skills needed for success.
Our two Network programs seek to change the dynamics of social re-entry by
helping inmates and former prisoners improve their socialization abilities,
further their education, and boost their self-esteem and identification with
society. Prisoners in seven New York State facilities who are nearing their
release dates learn essential skills such as money management and jobseeking, while ex-offenders are offered
a safe place in which to focus on goals,
problems, successes, and concerns. The
results are amazing: while the national
recidivism rate for ex-offenders is nearly
52%, the rate for Network participants is
only 8.8%.
Program
Changes
2005
2005 saw changes in some of
ESS’ programmatic offerings. Our
highly-successful ESS-Bard Prison
Initiative – one of only four
college-in-prisons programs in
New York State – was spun off as
an independent program, joining
the roster of other autonomous
programs previously incubated at
ESS. The Murray Hill Senior Center,
which offered meals, activities,
and fellowship to low-income
seniors, was closed this year due
to the razing of the building in
which the program was housed,
although the seniors we served
will be able to access services at
two nearby senior centers.
STRATEGIC PLAN
In February 2005, The Board of
Directors approved a five-year Strategic
Plan for ESS, designed to position the
organization for continuing its mission
in a changing landscape of social need.
Along with the Executive Leadership
team, the Board undertook an indepth strategic review to refine the
agency’s programmatic focus, define
program growth areas, and strengthen
key internal capabilities. The resulting
Plan maps out a path of development
for ESS that will build upon our past
successes and expand the reach of our
proven expertise. Highlights of the
Strategic Plan include:
• Grow in preventive and educative programs
for children and families, including Family
Preservation, Early Intervention, Head Start/
Educative Daycare and After-School Programs in
public schools.
• Launch programs from our core strengths to meet
the most pressing needs of the South Bronx
community, thereby reaffirming ESS’ commitment
to this neighborhood.
• Pursue a new model for program expansion
involving collaborations with local parishes from
the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
• Grow and expand the scope of our volunteer
program to assist in enhancing the services ESS
provides to people in our care.
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Paul’s House
May 18, 2005 was a glorious day in Mott Haven! Community
members, politicians, clergy leaders, and others joined Board members and staff to
celebrate the opening of Paul’s House, ESS’ new 14,000 square foot early childhood
center in the South Bronx.
Although many people still
associate the words “South Bronx”
with distressed neighborhoods
and limited opportunity, much
transformation has taken place
in the last decade through the
efforts of civic leaders and area
residents. One heartening result
has been a 70% drop in crime
since the 1990s. But more change
was needed, especially for young
children and their families. As
Executive Director Robert Gutheil
notes, “In a neighborhood where 54% of young children live in poverty, there was no
comprehensive facility to meet their needs. We realized we needed to address that.”
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And so Paul’s House was born. Named for the Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, the
late Bishop of New York and a tireless advocate for social justice, this
new facility is geared towards helping children under the age of three
get a fair and healthy start in life. The center boasts six Early Head Start
classrooms in the William H. Wright II Center, where young children are
helped to become school-ready. The child-friendly Starr Dental Center,
made possible with the support of the Starr Foundation, is a pleasant and
inviting place for youngsters. Medical and mental health interventions
take place in the Stephen Chinlund Children’s Health Services facility, a
tribute to ESS’ former Executive Director. There are also offices for the
Family Preservation and Foster Care and Adoption programs. All in all,
some 100 professional and staff members will assist an estimated 1,000
area families each year improve their lives and bolster the chances of
their children’s future success.
Paul’s House is a children’s
wonderland. It’s difficult even
for adults to keep from smiling
in such a place. And so it should
be – Paul’s House is an
oasis of calm and beauty,
wonder and discovery,
compassion and love.
It’s a place to
touch a child’s
heart.
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“Did You Know…”
…that in 1831, when ESS was founded as the Protestant
Episcopal City Mission Society (EMS), Andrew Jackson
was President, and New York City’s population was
200,000?
…that EMS ministered to the needy and neglected in
almshouses, prisons, hospitals, and to newly-arrived
immigrants on Ellis Island?
…that St. Barnabas’ House, founded in 1864,
operated for over 100 years, providing services to
the homeless, the sick, the hungry, and eventually
becoming an orphanage for 90 children?
…that “meal tickets” were printed and redeemable at
St. Barnabas’ House for parishioners to buy to give
to those asking for handouts?
…that after World War II, EMS operated three summer
camps for foster children?
“Did You Know…”
…that today ESS cares for more than 500 foster
children in more than 400 boarding homes, and
offers Early Head Start classes to the children
of 60 families in the Bronx?
…that ESS is one of the oldest continuallyoperating social service agencies in New York
City, and is committed to adapting to the
changing needs of those it serves?
…that through your support, you make it
possible for ESS to change lives, restore
hope, and make dreams come true?
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Partnering for a better world
ESS realizes that social ills can’t be tackled by good intentions alone; what’s
required is teamwork that pulls together the multi-faceted capabilities of many
agents working in concert to create change. That’s why we partner with those
whose resources complement our own in helping people become empowered to
create a better life.
The Episcopal Diocese of New York. Founded originally as the “good works”
arm of the Diocese, ESS maintains a close relationship with its leadership, and
the Bishop of New York serves on the Board of Directors. Financial support from
parishes is a welcome and important resource, and ESS partners with parishes
through utilization of program space and volunteer services.
Local, State, and Federal Government. A significant portion of the funding
ESS receives is in the form of government grants and contracts for services. The
delivery of services by private agencies funded by contracts with government
agencies has led to a very strong and effective network of support for the most
needy in our society, and ESS is proud to be a part of this essential public/private
coalition.
Foundations and Corporations. The generosity of private philanthropic
organizations is vital for the success of ESS’ activities. By covering shortfalls
between government funding and programmatic need, underwriting start-up costs,
providing operational expense support, and helping to expand the reach of proven
successful programs, foundations and corporations are essential partners in the
process of changing lives and communities.
Individual Donors. Over the course of its history, New York City has proven to be
a community of compassion, as demonstrated by the willingness of individuals to
offer gifts of financial, material, and personal support to help the most vulnerable
of their neighbors. ESS honors those who not only recognize the needs of society,
but also join in the effort to create opportunity and hope for all.
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Financial Statements
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2005
In FY 2005, Episcopal Social Services (ESS) expenses remained consistent with
FY 2004. While expenses remained the same there was a fundamental change in the
make up of the programs that ESS operates. During FY 2005, ESS’ foster care program
expenses declined by 16% from the previous year, due to an unprecedented decline in
the number of children entering and remaining in foster care in New York City. This
decline is the result of successes achieved in preventing foster care placements and
accelerating adoptions and family reunifications of children to their biological parents.
Because of the expansion of ESS’ educative programs in Early Head Start and Early
Intervention Services, operating expenses remained the same as the previous year.
ESS’ management and general costs represent 13% of total agency expenses. This
percentage reflects ESS’ focus on maximizing direct services to children and families
while minimizing the expenditures for administrative costs.
Government support of our core programs decreased by 4.2%, primarily as it related
to our foster care programs. Based on continuing federal, state, and city budget
tightening, we anticipate the trend for lower government reimbursement to continue
over the next several years.
The primary sources of funding for ESS continue to be the New York City Administration
for Children’s Services, the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities, New York State Medicaid, the Department of Health and
Human Services, and private contributions.
In FY 2006, ESS will continue program expansion, including early childhood services
and after-school programs. As both city and state funding agencies reduce their
support to balance their budgets, ESS will face tighter fiscal constraints. As a result,
ESS will focus on increasing support from the private sector to maintain the same level
and quality of services to those in need.
PROGRAM EXPENSES
Fiscal Year 2005
Management
and general
13%
Fundraising
1%
Early childhood &
educative programs
14%
Early childhood &
educative programs
19%
Family
healthcare
clinics
8%
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and g
13%
Foster boarding
homes
& adoption
28%
Group homes
for adolescents
9%
Residences for
developmentally
disabled
22%
Family
healthcare
clinics
9%
Res
dev
disa
21%
r
ally
Statement of Revenue and Expenses
for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
June 30, 2005
June 30, 2004
14,197,574
14,812,910
Medicaid
7,911,122
7,727,620
Private contributions and other support
4,107,126
1,793,432
$26,215,822
$24,333,962
Foster boarding home & adoption
6,574,947
7,790,283
Group homes for adolescents
2,084,877
2,156,216
Residences for developmentally disabled
5,266,593
5,074,977
Family healthcare clinics
2,049,519
2,280,225
Early childhood & educative programs
4,700,808
3,360,081
$20,676,744
$20,661,782
3,215,437
3,211,272
354,437
341,161
REVENUE
Governmental contracts and grants
Total revenue
EXPENSES
Program services:
Total program services
Support services:
Management and general
Fundraising
Total support services
3,569,874
3,552,433
Total expenses
$24,246,618
$24,214,215
Surplus/(Shortfall)*
$ 1,969,204
$
119,747
Operating results do not include related depreciation expenses.
* The surplus in the fiscal year ending 6/30/05 primarily represents amounts contributed to fund
the renovation of Paul‘s House.
PROGRAM EXPENSES
Fiscal Year 2004
Management
and general
13%
Foster boarding
homes
& adoption
28%
Fundraising
1%
Early childhood &
educative programs
14%
Group homes
for adolescents
9%
Family
healthcare
clinics
9%
Residences for
developmentally
disabled
21%
Foster boarding
homes
& adoption
33%
Group homes
for adolescents
9%
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DONORS TO ESS 2005
DONATIONS TO THE
ANNUAL FUND
Mrs. Edith C. Brown
Ms. Sheila Deloach
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anthony Brown
Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen Dennison
INDIVIDUALS
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Buckland
Mr. and Mrs. Rohit M. Desai
Mr. Burton Abelson
Mr. David G. Budinger, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Devitt
Ms. Helen E. Ackerman
Ms. Deborah M. Buell and
Mr. Charles S. Henry
Mr. Michael H. Dimino
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ahrold
Mr. Michael Woodley Aitchison
Mrs. Russell B. Aitken
Ms. Brooke Alexander
Ms. Doris M. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Anderson
Mr. John T. Andrews, Jr. and
Ms. Elizabeth K. Lambert
The Rt. Rev. and Mrs.
Herbert Donovan
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison O. Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond J. Downing
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Buttner
Mr. Ryan Drook and
Ms. Anne Dienna
Ms. Linda Cahill
Mrs. Elsie M. Caldwell
Ms. Alisa A. Callender
Mrs. Margaret Camardella
Anonymous (1)
Mr. Cass Canfield, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins
Mr. Patrick J. Carey
Mrs. Isabel R. Ayers
Mr. Robert C. Carey
Mr. Thomas Barbour
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Barrett
Ms. Carolynn S. Barry
Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Barry
Ms. Margaret L. Baum
Rev. Diana L. Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dodderidge
Ms. Carla Burns
Mr. Joseph A. Angerville
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bacon
Mr. William P. Carey
Mr. Robert Carmona
The Rev. Michael D. Chalk
Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler G. Chapin
Ms. Bernadette D. Chapman
Mrs. Mary W. Chin
Ms. Lisa Dede Chinlund
Mr. Stephen DuBrul and
Ms. Helen Frankenthaler
Mr. and Mrs. Beverley C. Duer
Mrs. Marcia R. Eager
Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Eberle
Ms. Marie Edwards
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Eland
Mr. Donald M. Elliman
Miss Viola Ellison
Mr. Gerald F. Fisher
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Forde
Mrs. Katherine N. Forrestal
Mrs. Christopher Forster
Mr. Hamilton F. Forster
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bedell
The Rev. and Mrs. Stephen J.
Chinlund
Dr. and Mrs. Christian C. Beels
Ms. Charlotte N. Church
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortna
Mrs. Mary F. Begrisch
Mr. Eddie Corey
Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. French
Ms. Marcia Behrmann
Mr. Peter H. Crawford
Ms. Patricia L. Frost
Ms. Phyllis K. Bell
Dorothy and Jean Cropper
Ms. Mary H. Fukui
Ms. Evelyn Benjamin
Ms. Anna E. Crouse
Mrs. Ann W. Gaffney
Rev. Harold W. Benson
Ms. Coleen M. Cummings
Mr. Donald Gerardi
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Bijur
Ms. Claire H. Cushman
The Rev. Carlson Gerdau
Ms. Janet Bingham
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Cushman
Ms. Melissa M. Gibbs
Mr. and Mrs. Jaques L. Black
Mr. J. Christopher Daly and
Ms. Lisa K. Howlett
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gilbert, Jr.
Mr. David W. Blakeslee
Mrs. Janet M. Boe
Suzanne and Norman Brahm
The Rev. Canon George W.
Brandt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dane
Brewer
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Ms. Eleanor R. Burgtorf
Ms. Marjorie B. Davies
Mr. Richard A. Davies
Mr. and Mrs. Marquette de Bary
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Forte
Ms. D. S. Gittens
The Rev. Davis Given
Mr. Mark S. Glasser
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Del Valle
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward
Stone Gleason
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J.
Dell’Angelo
Ms. Esther Goldsmith and
Mr. Jeff Buller
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Grammer, Jr.
Mrs. David Granger
Mr. Michael J. Granito
Mr. Martin Kenner and
Ms. Camilla Smith
Carol and R. J. McKenna
Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Mead
Dr. and Dr. Nicola Khuri
Mr. Henry L. King
Ms. Ruth W. Messinger and
Mr. Andrew Lachman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kirsch
Mrs. Anne Hopkins Miller
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Molloy
Dr. Barbara Grodd
Mr. Noah Kislevitz and
Mrs. Julia C. Grammer
Kislevitz
Dr. Richard M. Guberman
Ms. Patricia Kislevitz
Ms. Etta M. Gumbs
Mr. Costas Kondylis
Ms. Lydia Stevens Gustin
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gutheil
Mr. and Mrs. E. Peter Krulewitch
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Hahn
Ms. Geraldine S. Kunstadter
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hanley
Mr. Brian T. Lamb
Ms. Mai Duane Harper
Mrs. Sheila S. Lanahan
Ms. Allison Harris
Mrs. Lois Lancelot
Mr. Vincent Hart
The Very Rev. and Mrs. Ledlie
Laughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow Green
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Green
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Grindley
Mr. Thomas F. Hartch
Dr. and Mrs. Gary E. Hayes
Mrs. Naeko Y. Heffner
Mr. Sigurdur Helgason
Ms. Joyce W. Hensley
Dr. and Mrs. Frederic P. Herter
Miss Dorothy F. Hirsch
Ms. Stephanie Hobby
Ms. Eileen Campbell Hope
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hubbard
Mr. Thomas Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
S. Huntington
Mr. Michael R. Jackson
Mr. Nathaniel A. Jackson
Ms. Sally G. Jacquet
Ms. Yvonne L. James
Mr. Keith R. Johnson
Rev. and Mrs. William A.
Johnson
The Very Rev. and Mrs. James
Parks Morton
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M.
Muffoletto
Mr. David Muise
Ms. Elizabeth P. Munson
Mrs. Beatrice Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Nelson
Dr. and Mrs. Kurt Neumann
Ms. Jessica Newell
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lebworth
Mr. George A. Newton, IV and
Ms. Sandra J. Flannigan
Mrs. Beverly G. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Nouri
Mrs. Margaret B. Lehrecke
Mr. and Mrs. Martin R. Nystrom
Ms. Katherine Lessersohn
Mr. and Mrs. William O’Boyle
Ms. Fay M. Lewis
Mrs. Barry Osborn
Ruth Lord
Ms. Joyce Owens
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Luke, III
The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. George
Packard
Mr. Jim MacDonald
Mr. Malcolm MacKay
Borisse Paulin, M. D.
John and Anne MacKinnon
Mr. Roland F. Pease
Ms. Laurane Magliari
Ms. Ann Pedersen
Ms. Diane M. Maglio and
Ms. Barbara A. Maglio
Mrs. Sadie Pemberton
Mr. Richard L. Penberthy
Mr. Robin Maitland
Mrs. Marion E. D. Peng
Mr. Timothy C. Mann
Miss Eleanor Pennell
Sir Edwin Manton
Ms. Katherine S. Marshall-Polite
Mrs. Mildred Martin
Dr. and Dr. Carl Mazza, Jr.
Ms. Kyoko Mary Kageyama
Ms. Noramary W. McCabe
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kahan
Mr. and Mrs. William E.
McCracken
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M.
Kennedy, Jr.
Mrs. Fahnestock Moorhead
Margaret Morgan Lawrence, M.D.
Mr. Lawrence Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Julie Kalberer
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P.
Mooradian
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Pennoyer
Mr. Wilfred Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Petersen, Jr.
Rev. Frank L. Peterson
Miss Marilyn N. Peterson
Ms. Louise Parsons Pietsch
Ms. Donna McGrane
Mr. Joshua Pollack
Ms. Anne Kane McGuire
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ponton
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Mr. and Mrs. Drew S. Popjoy
Mr. John L. Prather
Mr. George T. Psathopoulos
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Pulling
Ms. Purnima Puri and
Mr. Richard Barrera
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Singleton
The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. Mark S. Sisk
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. R. Smith
Mr. F. Clinton Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Tulio Quevedo
Miss Loretta Smith
Mr. Robert W. Radtke and
Ms. V. Mary Abraham
Mr. R. Ted Butler Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Sonne
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wade
Scott and Julianne Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Wagner
The Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wallerstein
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Watkins
Ms. Pryncess Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison DeS. Webb
Mr. Harold S. Spitzer
Count and Countess Von
Wenkheim
Mrs. Phoebe R. Stanton
The Rev. Charles E. Whipple
Ed and Kathy Richardson
Mr. Victor Stanwick and
Ms. Susan Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H.
Whitman
Ms. Susan M. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Robbins
Ms. Eugenia Stillman
The Rev. Canon Frederick B.
Williams
Mr. William D. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick
Stillman, III
Mrs. Eleanor K. Rainford
Mr. and Mrs. Paul O. Rehmet
Mr. and Mrs. Uriel G. Reid
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Rohl
Dr. and Mrs. Stanford Roman
Mrs. John E. Roosevelt
Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwards Ross
Ms. Marion J. Rossetti
Mr. Walter J. Rupp
Mr. Eric Russell
Mrs. William F. Russell
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sacaccio
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. P. Thomas Sargent
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Savage
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gregory Saver
Naomi Schechter, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Proctor Schenk
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr.
Mr. Calvert E. Schlick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Schlosser
Mr. Richard D. Schmitz
Mr. Harry R. Schumacher
Ms. Charlotte F. Scott
Mr. Charles Selvage
Mrs. Mary Sexauer
Mrs. H. Francis Shattuck
Mr. David Shipley and
Ms. Naomi Wolf
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Mr. John Siffert and
Mrs. Goldie Alfasi-Siffert
Mr. Robert F. Williams
Ms. Vanda Williams
Miss Edith C. Stone
Jane Molleson Wolf
Ms. Dorothy Stoneman
Dr. Deborah P. Wolfe and
Dr. H. Roy Partridge, Jr.
Ms. Dorothy J. Stracham
Mr. and Mrs. Sabin C. Streeter
Rev. William C. Stubing
Ms. Nancy Styer
Mr. Peter Succoso
Ms. Sheila C. Swigert
Ms. Shirley M. Works
Mr. William Wright, II
Mr. Marion S. Wyeth
Mr. George W. Young
Alice Yurke-Davis and
Robert H. Davis, Jr.
Ms. Josephine Tate
Ms. Lorna O. Taylor
Ms. Helen Thalacker
Ms. Beverly M. Thomas
Ms. Mary D. Thomas
Ms. Melba L. Thomas
FOUNDATIONS,
CORPORATIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS
America’s Charities
American Chai Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. Thorne
Bank of America-United Way
Campaign
Ms. Dorothy Belle Thornton
Borden Media Consulting, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Bardyl Tirana
The Clark Foundation
Ms. Roberta M. Todd
Commerce Bank
Ms. Elizabeth D. Trussell
The Frances L. and Edwin L.
Cummings Memorial Fund
Thomas M. Turner, Ph.D.
Ms. Jean W. Vallely
Ms. Dorothy G. Van Bortel
Col. and Mrs. Robert Vermillion
The Arthur Vining Davis
Foundations
Dentistry in Motion
Mr. Stephen F. Viafore
The Ford Foundation Matching
Gift Program
Miss Jeanne M. Villon
Fund for the City of New York
Mr. and Mrs. F. Skiddy von Stade
The Glickenhaus Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Mr. Robert Carmona
O’Donnell Iselin Foundation,
Inc.
Federal Office of Health and
Human Services
Mr. and Mrs. David Challinor
The Estee Lauder Companies,
Inc.
FEMA Federal Emergency Food
Program
Mr. Schuyler G. Chapin
The Leland Trust for
Charitable Purposes
NYC Bronx Borough President’s
Office
John L. McHugh Foundation,
Inc.
NYC Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene
Edward S. Moore Family
Foundation
NYC Department of Administration for Children’s Services
The J. P. Morgan Chase
Foundation
NYC Department of Youth and
Community Development
MTA New York City Transit
Authority
NYS Department of Health
Church of the Good Shepherd
NYS Division of Criminal Justice
Services
Church of the Holy Innocents St. Mark’s Chapel
New York Community Trust
New Yorkers for Children
John C. Chapin
Hal and Avril Chase
The Rev. and Mrs. Stephen J.
Chinlund
Christ Episcopal Church
(Patterson)
Church of Saint Mary the VirginChappaqua
Church of the Ascension
Church of the Incarnation
Oaklands Fund, Inc.
NYS Division of Probation and
Correctional Alternatives
Quality Consulting
NYS Education Department
Schieffelin Residuary Trust
NYS State Legislature
Scholastic Corporation*
NYS Medicaid
St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s
School*
NYS Office of Children and
Family Services
Isaac H. Tuttle Fund
United Way of New York City
NYS Office of Mental Retardation
and Developmental
Disabilities
United Way of Tri-State
Social Security Administration
Citibank, N.A.
Consolidated Edison Northern
Region
Mr. William R. Cross, Jr.
Mr. Lewis B. Cullman
Mr. J. Oliver Cunningham
Mr. William J. Dean
Mr. John N. Deming
Mr. & Mrs. E. Allen Dennison
Clement L. Despard
*In-Kind Donors
DONORS TO
PAUL’S HOUSE
Bob and Betsy DeVecchi
Nelson and Dee Aldrich
Church of the Ascension
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dodderidge
Mr. John T. Andrews, Jr.
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Bill and Jane Donaldson
Anonymous (3)
Churchwomen’s League for
Patriotic Service
Mrs. Cassandra F. Drake
Carleton Ashley
Mrs. Richard B. Duane, Jr.
The George F. Baker Trust
Mr. Stephen M. DuBrul, Jr.
Sarah and Richard Bayles
East Bronx Inter Parish Council
Mr. George C. Bermingham
Jock Elliott
Mr. Timothy Bertaccini
Osborn and Inger Elliott
Mr. Nicholas D. Biddle
F. Henry Ellis, Jr., M.D., Ph.D
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brainard
Lynette H. Emery
John and Kate Briggs
Mrs. Josephine H. Evarts
French Church du Saint-Espirit
Brian T. Bristol
Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey Ewing
The New York Altar Guild, Inc.
Meredith M. Brown
Hal and Kak Fales
St. Martha’s Evening Guild
Leslie and Barbara Buckland
Franklin Feldman
St. Paul’s School
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Buttner
Everett Fisher
Women of Christ Church ECW
Ms. Linda Cahill
Dr. Kenneth A. Forde
CHURCH
ORGANIZATIONS
Episcopal Church Women of
St. Andrew
Episcopal Church Women of St.
Bartholomew’s (White Plains)
Episcopal Church Women of
St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church Women of
St. Michael’s
Mr. Charles D. Dickey, Jr.
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Barbara and Richard Franke
Seth French, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Gerster
Mr. John Gilbert
The Rev. Davis Given
Grace ChurchHastings-on-Hudson
Grace Episcopal ChurchMiddletown
Grace Episcopal Church-Nyack
Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Grammer, Jr.
E. H. A. Grassi
Mr. Marshall M. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N.
Greene, Jr.
Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
Robert and Karen Gutheil
R. Kimball Hartshorne
Errol Harvey
Dr. Frederic P. Herter
Mr. George W. Heston
Don and Willie Holden
James and Alice Houston
Mrs. Nancy Hoving
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jacobson
Peter and Joan Kaskell
Mr. William L. Kissick
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M.
Kobernick
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Kramer
Mrs. Nora P. Krech
Mr. Shepard Krech, Jr.
Mr. E. Peter Krulewitch
Mr. Brian T. Lamb
Mrs. Sheila S. Lanahan
Ledlie and Roxanna Laughlin
Mrs. Anne D. Lawrance
Richard and Jane Levin
Ms. Mary D. Lindsay
Ruth Lord
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The. Rev. Daniel Paul Matthews,
D.D.
Richard and Mary McAdoo
Charles B. McLane
Katherine Mellon
Ms. Adelia Moore and Mr.
Thomas R. Gerety
Waynett A. Sobers, Jr.
South Bronx Inter-Parish
Council
Michael and Sarah Chinlund
Spieldenner
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church
St. James’ Church
Eugene Moore
St. John’s Church (Larchmont)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moore
St. John’s Episcopal Church
(Kingston)
Edward S. Moore Family
Foundation
St. John’s in the Village
Jane and Coco Morton
St. Mark’s Church (Nepera Park)
Ms. Elizabeth P. Munson and
Mr. Robert L. von Stade
St. Paul’s & Trinity Parish
(Tivoli)
New York Mercantile Charitable
Foundation
St. Paul’s School
Mrs. Diana Nouri
Mr. John B. Oliver
Edward C. Page, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wright Palmer
Ellen A. Peters
The Philanthropic Collaborative,
Inc.
Sally & George Pillsbury
Steuart Lansing Pittman
Mrs. Robert S. Potter
Bill Read
Rhodebeck Charitable Trust
The Rev. Dr. William W. Rich
Mrs. Nancy Gould Ripley
The Rev. Mark K. J. Robinson
The Rockefeller Foundation
Hays and Linda Rockwell
St. Peter’s Church, Lithgow
The Congregation of St. Saviour
St. Thomas Church
The Starr Foundation
Mr. Lonsdale F. Stowell
Mrs. Janet Strauss
The Very Rev. and Mrs. Walter H.
Taylor
Mr. Calvin Trillin
Stephen F. Viafore
Mr. Colton P. Wagner
Scott and Julianne Wagner
Mr. J. Ewing Walker
The Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Richard P. Wedeen
Robert and Donna Whiteford
Mrs. Theodore F. Whitmarsh
Marguerita Roett
The Rev. Canon Frederick B.
Williams
Mr. Alfred M. Schlosser
Peter Wolf
Mr. Richard D. Schmitz
Mr. William Wright, II
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sherrill
John Siffert and
Goldie Alfani Siffert
The Sine Nomine Foundation
Dr. Maxine F. Singer
Mr. Malcolm MacKay
The Rt. Rev. and
Mrs. Mark S. Sisk
John and Anne MacKinnon
Daniel T. Smith
Mrs. John B. Madden
Mr. and Mrs. Prentice K. Smith
The 2005 Annual Report is published
by the Development Office and lists
all gifts received between July 1,
2004 and June 30, 2005. If your
name was omitted inadvertently
or if it appears incorrectly please
accept our apologies and notify the
Development Office.
ESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Marshall Green, Chair
Kenneth Kramer, President
Elizabeth Munson, Vice President
John Sargent, Vice President
John Andrews, Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
The Rev. Bertram Bennett
The Rev. Canon George Brandt, Jr.
Rabbi Balfour Brickner (dec. 8/05)
Leslie Buckland
Robert Carmona
The Rev. Stephen Chinlund
Dennis Coleman
Daniel Dodderidge
Stephen DuBrul
John Grammer
E. Peter Krulewitch
The Rev. Clement W.K. Lee
Malcolm MacKay
Stephen Madsen
Diana Nouri
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Betty A. Rosa, Ed.D.
The Right Rev. Mark Sisk
Gerardo Soto
Rebecca Truelove
EXECUTIVE TEAM
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Robert H. Gutheil, Executive Director
Cheryl Accardi, Director, Preventive Services
Margaret O’Toole,
Assistant Executive Director, Programs
Guerlande Alexander,
Director, Independent Living Services
Director, After-School Programs
Luis Rodriguez, MD, Assistant Executive
Director, Quality Improvement and Health
Services
Stephen F. Viafore,
Assistant Executive Director and
Chief Financial Officer
Kerry Hishta Hui,
Director, Development and
Communications
Richard Anemone,
Director, Community Residences for the
Developmentally Disabled
Sharon Campbell, Director, MIS
Jacqueline Catalano, Director, Homefinding
and Intake
Helen Davis, Director, Early Head Start Services
Kurian Parecattil, Director, Foster Care
and Adoption
Benay Rubenstein, Director, The College
Initiative
Jennifer Sabri, Director, Early Intervention
Kym Hardy-Watson, Director, Group Homes and
Supervised Independent Living Program
Agatha Lin Weiss, Director, Staff Training and
Quality Improvement
Anne Williams, Director, Network Programs
Roslyn Williams, Director, Human Resources
ESS LOCATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE AND
PROGRAM OFFICES
305 Seventh Avenue,
New York, NY 10001
212-675-1000
PAUL’S HOUSE
500 Bergen Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10455
718-401-5107
www.essnyc.org
EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
1831
175 Years
of Helping
Those in Need
2006
As Episcopal Social Services
enters its 175th year of continuous
service to the most vulnerable and
needy in New York City in 2006,
we commit ourselves anew to the
vital task of reaching out to those
whose lives need healing, whose
hopes need brightening, and whose
dreams need wings to soar. There
is no more honorable task than to
build community and help one’s
neighbors realize all the fullness of
their potential.
EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES
305 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001-6008
Non-Profit Org.
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PAID
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New York, NY 10199