Annual Report 2013 - Literacy Partners Inc.

2013 Annual Report
When a parent goes back to school, the whole family wins.
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Table of Contents
Letter from Our Executive Director ............ 1
Your Story ............................................. 8
Meet Our Students .................................. 2
Looking Forward................................... 10
Results That Matter ................................ 4
Supporters & Highlights......................... 12
Strengthening Families Through Literacy .... 6
Financials ............................................ 28
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Dear Friends
N
ot too long ago, I was reading an outside evaluation of our program dating
back to the mid-1990s. The evaluators interviewed many students and found
one who they thought summed up the experience of most students going
back to school as adults. She told the researchers that she loved studying at Literacy
Partners, but “they put a hurtin’ on my brain.”
This phrase has stuck in my mind because it reflects a certain reality of our work.
Learning to read and write as an adult is an incredibly hard and sometimes painful
process. But, with the commitment of our volunteers, the skills of our great teachers,
and the generosity of a strong community of supporters, our students stick with it
long enough to achieve their goals. Their ability to succeed sometimes comes as a
surprise to our students, but never to us. We believe very deeply in our students and
their capacity to learn new things. And year after year, they prove us right.
This past year was a good one at Literacy Partners, despite enormous funding
challenges as a large grant from the State of New York came to an end. Our results
are getting better and better and I’m pleased to share some of our success with you
in the following pages.
Expanding educational opportunity to low-income adults who are trying to improve
their lives is of the utmost importance. It is no exaggeration to say the future of our
City depends on it. We deeply appreciate your support and look forward to your
continued involvement in this vital cause.
Sincerely,
Anthony Tassi
P.S. For the record, we sincerely regret if our teaching ever actually
caused our students headaches. We’ll try not to do that again!
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“The first time I felt
proud of something
I did was when I
read out loud in
class.” –Delmar D.
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From Algeria to Zimbabwe and From Across the City
Over 1,500
students from
95 different
countries over
5 continents.
By Ethnicity/Race
African
9%
African American 33%
Afro-Caribbean
7%
Asian
5%
White
5%
Latino
40%
Other
1%
By Gender
Female
Male
1%
53%
47%
32%
Bronx
38%
Manhattan
10%
Queens
19%
Brooklyn
Staten
Island
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Results That Matter
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n 2013, we made a number of important changes to our program. First, we
created a new system of defined semesters to break up the academic year
into shorter instructional cycles. Then we made big changes in our process
for enrolling new students. We recruit and screen students differently and
no longer permit students to join a class already in progress. Together, these
changes have brought more continuity and focus to our learning environment.
Next, we increased the intensity of our classes – from 6 hours per week to 12
or 15. The conventional wisdom had long been that students could not commit
to additional hours, given their busy work schedules and family obligations.
However, we have found our students to be highly motivated and able to come
to class four or five days a week.
The results of these changes have been fantastic. Attendance rates are way up:
between 67 and 80 percent of enrolled students attend class on a typical day.
Student achievement is also way up: 63 percent of our literacy students and 76
percent of our English students gained the equivalent of one full academic year
in just one 12-week semester. These results are well above the performance
benchmarks set by the New York State Education Department and may just be
our best results ever.
We also made a big push to help students persist long enough to earn their
high school equivalency (GED). In 2011, we helped 16 students earn a GED.
In 2012, that number increased to 23. In 2013, more than 50 students
earned a GED. With a high school equivalency, our students will qualify for
more jobs and vocational training programs and be able to enroll in college –
a dream for many of our adult learners.
We celebrated these students’ accomplishments at our graduation ceremony in
November. For many of our graduates, this was the first time in their lives that
they have been acknowledged for their intelligence and achievement. We are
proud to be a part of their success!
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Strengthening Families Through Literacy
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s Literacy Partners begins our 40th year of service, we have been
thinking a lot about how we can deepen our impact. Out of these
deliberations, we made an important strategic choice. The education of
parents will be the focus of our work going forward. We made this choice in
part because parents’ education levels are the biggest predictor of academic
success of children. By focusing on parents of young children, our fight to end
illiteracy will now prevent the problem before it ever begins.
On almost every measure of academic performance – from the earliest signs
of vocabulary development to kindergarten entrance exams and all the way
to high school graduation rates – children whose parents dropped out of high
school lag far behind their peers with better educated parents. When the
challenges facing public schools are understood in these terms, the solution
is obvious: parent education. Federal education statistics show how effective
parent education can be as the achievement gap narrows with every increment
of education that parents achieve from earning a high school diploma, to
earning college credits, etc.
As parents improve their own education, they are more likely to get better
paying jobs and their children are less likely to grow up in poverty. Parents are
also more likely to own books, read newspapers and create literacy-rich home
environments for their children. Better educated parents tend to talk to their
children more often and use a more complex vocabulary. All of these influences
together promote stronger cognitive development among young children.
Literacy Partners will continue to address today’s most pressing adult literacy
problems, teaching basic reading and writing to adults and helping immigrant
New Yorkers become proficient in English. We will focus on the skills adults
need to improve their job prospects, earn a high school equivalency diploma,
and go on to college. But, by tailoring our curriculum and supports to the needs
of parents, we will serve many of our current students better and will break the
cycle of illiteracy and educational failure before it captures the next generation.
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R
eading is ultimately
about inspiration.
Stories have the power
to change the world in
ways big and small. We asked
you to share the stories that have
inspired you and here’s what you
said. Check out more responses
and join the conversation at:
literacypartners.org/yourstory.
Curious George
by Margret Rey
& H.A. Rey
This book taught me
to explore. To have
fun and learn. Live.
Learn. Laugh.
–Assia W.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
It made a lasting impression on me
as a young person and taught me
not to make judgments too
quickly and to seek out each
person’s value. One of the
reasons I appreciate LP and
the students so much.
–Robin A..
I Know Why The
Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
I was bullied in Junior
High and I used to go to
the school nurse with a
‘stomach ache’. She’d let
me sit on a cot and read. James
Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Alice
Walker, Ralph Ellison and so
many more saved me.
–Liz R.
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Random Family
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
Even though Jane Eyre is poor,
unattractive, and shunned by her
relatives, she finds the strength to
go her own way,
and finds the kind
of love most of us
dream about.
–Amanda W.
by Adrian Nicole
Leblanc
Never has any writer
ever captured the daily
reality of America’s
underclass so personally
and honestly. I finished
Random Family over five
years ago and it haunts me –
and inspires me – to this day.
–Liz M.
#YourStoryNYC
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
I remember my mother reading this
book to me and my older sister when
we were children. When I had my son,
I read this book to him at bedtime, too.
It still brings a tear to my eye.
–Emma D.
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Looking Forward
Going Digital
L
iteracy education today means
something very different than
it did just 20 years ago. As
more and more content moves from
written text to online and mobile,
we will expand online instruction
and ensure all our students have
the digital literacy skills they need to
succeed in today’s world.
Our 40th Anniversary
O
ur program started 40 years
ago when a handful of
volunteers began tutoring
adults in reading. Along the way, an
impressive group of visionary New
Yorkers made Literacy Partners their
cause and made it possible for us
to serve thousands of New Yorkers.
Throughout the coming year, we will
celebrate the many accomplishments
of our dedicated community of
supporters, volunteers, and teachers.
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Corporations & Foundations
$100,000 & up
$10,000 to $24,999
Bloomberg L.P.
Allen & Company LLC
Dow Jones Foundation
The Daniel & Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation
The McGraw-Hill Companies
CNN (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.)
New York State Education Department
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
$50,000 to $99,999
Drue Heinz Trust
Fund for the City of New York
The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
Audrey & Martin Gruss Foundation
The New York Women’s Foundation
Hachette Book Group
Random House, Inc.
HarperCollins Publishers
$25,000 to $49,999
IAC
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
The Gillian S. Fuller Foundation
Macmillan Publishing Company
The Marc Haas Foundation, Inc.
Pearson (Penguin Group USA, Inc.)
Hearst Corporation
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Vinson & Elkins LLP
News Corporation
The Winifred & William O’Reilly Foundation
The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund
Samsung Electronics
Sony Corporation of America
The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
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$1,000 to $9,999
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation
BLJ Worldwide
The BTMU Foundation, Inc.
Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation
Corcoran Group Real Estate
DeMartini Family Foundation
The Fezzik Foundation Inc
Florida Crystals Corporation
Fund for Public Advocacy
MARCUS SAMUELSSON
BOOK SIGNING
M
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Barbara L. Goldsmith Foundation
Rosetta W. Harris Charitable Lead Trust B
aster Chef Marcus Samuelsson,
pictured here with LP Board Chair Mark
Jackson, hosted a book-signing for Literacy
Partners supporters at his Harlem hotspot
eatery, Red Rooster, in September 2012.
Hieronymus Charities
Samuelsson’s full-flavored memoir, Yes, Chef,
reveals the ingredients behind his success –
a medley of food, family, and culture creating
the perfect dish.
The Lauder Foundation
Home Box Office, Inc.
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
ICM
Larsen Fund
The Leon Levy Foundation
The Malkin Fund Inc.
Mark Family Fund
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.
Mintz & Gold LLP
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$1,000 to $9,999
(Continued)
$50 to $999
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Amethyst LLC
The Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation
Joseph Arena Charitable Fund
The William H. Pitt Foundation, Inc.
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
The Prospect Hill Foundation, Inc.
The Colyton Foundation
The Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation
Crawford-Doyle Charitable Foundation
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Peter M. Sacerdote Foundation
Eastchester Professional Firefighters Local 916
The Schiff Foundation
First Eagle Investment Management Foundation
The Shubert Organization, Inc.
Gap, Inc.
Spiritus Gladius Foundation
Google, Inc.
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
The Gramercy Park Foundation Inc.
Allison Maher Stern Foundation
IBM Employee
The Alfred A. Taubman Foundation
JP Morgan Chase
The Theobald Foundation
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.
Time Inc.
Meredith Corporation Foundation
Time Warner Inc.
The Morris Family Foundation
The Alice M. & Thomas J. Tisch Foundation
The New Kalman Sunshine Fund
TJX Foundation
Oxford University Press
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Pfizer Foundation
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Ann and Richard Sarnoff Family Foundation
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
TD Bank
United Way of New York City
Verizon Foundation
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Individuals Making a Difference
$100,000 & up
$5,000 to $9,999
Ira Leon Rennert & Ingeborg Rennert
Roy B. Burgess & Saira Chaly-Burgess
Gina Centrello & Richard Centrello
$50,000 to $99,999
Patricia D. Cornwell & Staci A. Gruber
John L. Eastman & Josephine Eastman
Mark H. Jackson & Karen L. Hagberg
John H. Josephson & Carolina Zapf
Todd H. Larsen
$25,000 to $49,999
Esther R. Newberg
Jacqueline Weld Drake & Rodman L. Drake
Stephen Robinson
Carolyn K. Reidy
Lilly Scarpetta
Brian H. Teichman
Robert K. Steel & Gillian Steel
Michael Steib & Kemp Steib
$10,000 to $24,999
Roger E. Ailes
Barbara Tober & Donald Tober
Barbara Taylor Bradford & Robert Bradford
$1,000 to $4,999
Peter Brown
Dari Alexander
Katharine R. Hinton & Les Hinton
Michele Ateyeh
Ralph Lauren & Ricky Lauren
Yanna Avis
Yoko O. Lennon
Robert H. Barnowske
Stephen Schwarzman & Christine Schwarzman
Frederick W. Beinecke & Candace Beinecke
Tatiana von Fürstenberg
Candice Bergen
Nancy Blank & Robert S. Blank
Richard Blewitt
Alexander Brodsky & Kate Brodksy
Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard
Alina Cho
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ANTHONY TASSI JOINS
LITERACY PARTNERS AS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Andrew E. Conner
Lewis B. Cullman & Louise Hirschfield Cullman
Oscar de la Renta & Annette de la Renta
Scott Donaton & Robin Domeniconi
Lee V. Eastman
Frederick Eberstadt
Ioana M. Ertegun
David Eun
Joni Evans & Bob Perkins
Dennis Ever & Cynthia Ever
Renée Fleming
A
new year offered a new beginning for Literacy
Partners with the addition of Anthony Tassi
as the Executive Director in January 2013.
As the founding Executive Director of Mayor
Bloomberg’s Office of Adult Education, Anthony
coordinated programs across City agencies and
championed the cause within City Hall. He also
won an Emmy Award for the production of “We
Are New York”, an educational television series
for low-literate immigrants. We’re proud to have
him leading the fight against illiteracy.
Robert L. Forbes
Jane Friedman
Richard Gaddes
Eric Gioia & Lisa Gioia
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Ellen Graham & Ian Graham
William Haseltine
Marlene Hess & James D. Zirin
Mary Higgins Clark
C. Hugh Hildesley
Jeffrey M. Hirsch & Danielle Hirsch
Lon Jacobs & Hannah Jacobs
Angela M. Jaggar & Scott Jaggar
Carl Jenkins
William K. Joseph & Stephanie Joseph
George S. Kaufman & Mariana Kaufman
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$1,000 to $4,999
(Continued)
Billie Jean King & Ilana S. Kloss
Joel Klein & Nicole Seligman
Laurence C. Leeds & Dalia Leeds
Kamie Lightburn & Richard Lightburn
George L. Lindemann
Barry Lippman
Carl H. Loewenson & Susan E. Brune
Joan A. Lukey
Sirio Maccioni
2013 GALA & EVENING
OF READINGS RAISES
OVER $1.1M
O
ver 400 guests dusted off their
tuxedos and slipped on their couture
to celebrate Literacy Partners’ 29th Annual
Gala and Evening of Readings. Our amazing
community contributed over $1.1 million in
support of adult literacy. Literacy Partners
honored author extraordinaire, Patricia
Cornwell; actress and filmmaker Tatiana
von Fürstenberg; and long-time champion,
Jacqueline Weld Drake, for their dedication
to literacy. Our distinguished guest authors
included the always controversial Bill O’Reilly,
history buff Jon Meacham, and fiction
superstar Elizabeth Strout.
Deirdre McKechnie & Colin McKechnie
Susan A. McLean
Thomas S. Murphy
Helen O’Hagan
Chris Pavone
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Samuel P. Peabody
Elizabeth T. Peek & Jeffrey M. Peek
Carey Ramos
David Rockefeller
Peter Rogers
Debra Rudin
Jack Rudin & Susan Rudin
Jillian Sackler
Paul C. Schorr
Herbert J. Siegel & Jeanne S. Siegel
Frederica Sigel
Lesley R. Stahl & Aaron Latham
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Michael A. Steinberg & Joan Steinberg
Alexandra de Borchgrave & Arnaud de Borchgrave
Stephanie Stokes
Raymond Boudiette
Holland V. Taylor
Andrew Brown & Malaney Brown
Edwidge J. Thomas & Jean Thomas
Howard J. Bruno
Adrienne Vittadini & Gianluigi Vittadini
Samuel Butler & Sally T. Bulter
Paula M. Wardynski
Lorenzo G. Carcaterra & Susan Toepfer
Julia A. Warren
Robert Carey
Mark Whitaker
Arthur Carter
Michael C. Wolf
Elaine Chaback
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Daniel Chen
Jeff Clift & Erin Clift
$100 to $999
Catherine Adler
Ruth Altchek
Ana Christina Alvarado
Jeanne D. Andlinger & Gerhard R. Andlinger
Felicia T. Angulo & Carlos Angulo
Ted M. Annenberg & Janice Annenberg
Tony Cointreau & James C. Russo
Robert Colaciello
Sylvia J. Conley
Douglas S. Cramer & Hugh Bush
Ingrid L. Cutler
Norma T. Dana
Jim S. Daniels & Mary Daniels
Ann Dexter-Jones
Anonymous
Deborah L. Drucker
Alan Appelbaum & Judith Appelbaum
John Duff
Ira G. Asherman & Sandra Vance Asherman
Yvonne Dunleavy
B. Selman Babinecz
Elizabeth Ehrenkranz
Keith D. Barton
Howard L. Ellin
Jane Berkey
Charles F. Engel & Jean Engel
William T. Bernhardt
Jose A. Esteves
Rosamond Bernier
Brian K. Floca
Scott Bernstein & Amy Bernstein
James A. Fox
Michael Black
Amy S. Freed
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$100 to $999
(Continued)
Beverly Gasner
Seth D. Gershel
Lynn C. Goldberg
Paul Goldstein
Eric Gonzalez
Jose J. Gonzalez
Flo Goshgarian
Herman Graf
Cathy L. Griffin
Jesse Haines
Curtis Harnack
Ted Hartley & Nedenia H. Hartley
Hollis Heimbouch
Jacqueline Helpern & Robert E. Helpern
Susan J. Kohlman
Kim J. Landsman
Andreas L. Lazar
Thomas S. Leatherbury
Robert Leef & Joanne Leef
Robin Lefcourt & Jerry Lefcourt
Martha K. Levin
Bryan Levy & Lara Rothschild
Tony Lewis
Simon Z. Lipskar
Thomas W. Malcolm
James Marcovitz
Leonard Marinello
Roman Martinez & Helena Martinez
Anne H. McCormick & Kenneth D. McCormick
Judith McNaught
Toni Herrick
Megan L. McNulty
Ian Hodgart
Ruth D. Miller
Andrew Hotz
Catherine Mulhern
Barbara J. Houser
David E. Nathanson
Charles M. Jackson
Virginia Nevans
Paul Jackson & Carol Jackson
Wendy Webber Nicholson
Cornelia U. Jensen
Stanley D. Osborne & Virginia L. Osborne
Gordon P. Katz & Patricia A. Miller-Katz
Teresa Oster
Stephen H. Kay
Trupti S. Patel
Azadeh Khalili
Elena Patterson & Michael Patterson
David Kleinberg
Maurie Perl
Neil Kleinhandler & Naomi Kleinhandler
Gloria C. Phares
Jeff Kobylarz
Mary Jane Pool
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Judith Price & Peter Price
Susan Progoff & Richard H. Levenson
Peter Puglese
Sonia Reese
Abraham Reingold & Elma D. Reingold
Kenneth A. Richieri
Jacqueline A. Roberts
Lance Robinson & Janita Robinson
Lynda Rodolitz
Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas
Adam Roina
Glen A. Rosenbaum
Joan H. Rosenbaum
Susan Rotenstreich & Jon W. Rotenstreich
Daryl Roth & Steven Roth
Vincent Roth & Joanne Roth
Larry Roth & Kathryn S. Roth
Michael I. Rudell & Alice Rudell
Margaret Ruley
David P. Sanders
John Saroff
Frances G. Scaife
Carol E. Schneider
Gerald B. Schwartz & Ingrid B. Schwartz
Peter Scibetta
Gary Sernovitz & Molly Pulda
Jeffrey M. Shaara
Bernard Sharfman & Susan T. David
PATRICIA CORNWELL:
TEACHER FOR A DAY
C
adaver…alibi…motive…forensics, not your
typical English lesson at Literacy Partners.
But when the queen of detective novels, Patricia
Cornwell, is the guest teacher, this lesson
seems entirely appropriate. Sharing the ups and
downs of developing her best known character,
Scarpetta, Patricia said that writing was difficult
when she first started—the struggle made her
want to cry some days. Just as she persevered
to become a mega best-selling author, she
encouraged our students to do the same, to
never give up on their goal of learning English…
cadavers and all.
William M. Shinker & Susan Moldow
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(Continued)
Margaret Sikowitz & Rick Lee
Joseph J. Simons
Martin Singerman
Francine Smilen
Jared Smith
Daisy M. Soros & Paul Soros
Donald Steckler
James H. Stevralia
VICTOR EDROSOLAN RECEIVES
THE 28TH ANNUAL LITERACY
RECOGNITION AWARD
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iteracy Partners’ English teacher, Victor
Edrosolan, has been called many things
throughout his 30-year career in education –
a teacher, an educator, and even a fashionista.
But, the most meaningful title for Victor is
that of community-builder. In May 2013,
the Literacy Assistance Center presented
Victor with the equivalent of an Emmy
Award for English teachers, a reflection of
his extraordinary dedication to building a
community of learners within the classroom.
Accepting the honor at a packed ceremony,
Victor said, “It is so amazing to receive
an award for something you love to do.”
Congratulations, Victor!
Nan A. Talese & Gay Talese
Clifford Thau
Jack Thomson
Robert J. Thomson & Ping Wang
Michael A. Van Raaphorst
Meredith Vieira & Richard Cohen
Mary K. Vinton
Peter Von Mayrhauser
Dini Von Mueffling
Vivian D. Wantuch
Eleonore M. Way
Marcia Werchol
Andrew Wiley
Kimberly A. Williams
Edward Yanisch
Audrey Zauderer del Rosario
Diane L. Zimmerman
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$99 and Under
Nina Agel
Elizabeth M. Akian
Murray Akresh & Barbara Akresh
Nanci Alderman
Edward A. Allworth & Janet F. Allworth
Susan Conrad
Marion A. Coolen
Rita Coughlan
Yvette Craig
Gail A. Cruise-Roberson
Judith Curr & Kenneth Kennedy
Barbara Appel
Dorothy B. DeCarlo
Carolyn W. Arnolds
Mary G. Deegan & James J. Deegan
Paul J. Ash
Jill D. Delman
Vicki Balun
Chloe Dillon
Raymond Barile & Dolores Barile
James Dunn
Susan P. Barrett
Sharon Elgamal
J.J. Boddewyn
Toni S. Erlich
Mary A. Bolton
Grahme Fischer
Calvin D. Bragg & Donna Bragg
Bart Fraust
Sara Brandin
Lawrence Freedland
Adele Braude & Samuel Braude
David K. Friedman
Anne Brooks
Naomi Gams-Towers & Frederic J. Towers
William Brooks
Elise Gardella
Sanford L. Bruckner
Andrew Gardner
Rachel Budin
Mary E. Gates
Marvin Chatinover & Miriam Chatinover
William P. Gillen
Thomas Claro
Kathryn Gleeson
Andrea Harris Cohen
Laurie Goldman
Rita Cohen
Neil Goldstein
Wilma S. Cohen
Judith E. Gould
Dennis Collins
Elaine Green
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Board of Directors
$99 and Under
Mark H. Jackson, Board Chairman
John C. Griffith
Peter Brown, Chairman Emeritus
Goldie Gross
Alina Cho
Susan M. Harris
Robin Domeniconi
Lee V. Eastman,
Executive Vice President
David Eun
Jane Friedman
(Cont’d)
Glen T. Hartley
Stephanie Hauptman
Rachel Hauptman
Ronnie Hauptman &
David Hauptman
Ellen Krug
Matthew D. Kuhn &
Alecia Burkett
Claudia K. Land
Elizabeth S. Landis
Frances Laterman
Wallace Leinheardt
Ellen Levine & Ivan K. Strausz
Robert Levine
David Herschfeld
Barbara V. Levy
Adrienne Hickey
Meredith Lewin
Helen R. Hoffman
Christina Licata
Lorraine Hoffman
Marilyn J. Locker
Eric Holtzman
Debra Lusman
Parker B. Ladd, Vice President
Alan P. Hore & Enid Israelson
Allison Lyons
Todd Larsen
Pamela Hunter
Victoria J. Marsick
Sonia Reese
Ulrich Iserloh
Katja Mayer
Arnold Scaasi
Mary L. Jenkins
Patrick McEvoy
Kate Schroeder
Jacqueline Jones
Michael McHugh
Jeffrey Sharp
Marc & Sara Josloff
Naida McSherry
Mike Steib
Claudia Justy
Leonard Meyerson
Arianne Keegan
Frances S. Mickel
James Keegan
Lisa Morello
Natalie A. Keegan-Correll &
Dave Correll
Brenda A. Pace
Paige Kevan
Judy R. Perry
Mark Kirby
Selma Rabin
Rosalie Kleinberg
Iris Radam
Katharine Raymond Hinton,
Secretary
John H. Josephson, Treasurer
Leslie R. Klotz
Dr. Edwidge Jourdain Thomas
Mark Whitaker
Samantha Yanks
Liz Smith,
Honorary Chair
Jacqueline Weld Drake,
Honorary Chair
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Staff Members
Sylvia Regensburg
Alan D. Tabachnick &
Kate L. Tabachnick
David J. Reingold
Robert H. Terte & Rene H. Terte
Anthony Tassi,
Executive Director
Elizabeth L. Ritter &
Barry A. Ritter
Piyada Thanasumpun
Dina Alvarez
Gillian Thomas
William J. Robbins &
Patricia B. Robbins
Fatima Ashraf
Susan Tobiason
Elizabeth A. Redway
Mordecai Rochlin
Janice Rothberg
Laureen Ryan & Paul Daniusis
Jane Safer & Morley Safer
Lucille Santarelli
Elaine C. Schapker
Merril Schindler
Miriam Schindler
Barbara Schoonmaker &
Walter Schoonmaker
Edward T. Tornay
Anne L. Tuohy
Lawrence R. Van Gelder
Arvind Vora
Ettie Ward
Samuel M. Ward
Barbara Weinberg
Leta Weintraub
James S. Wiencke
Robert J. Wietrak
Anne Aston
Marco Castillo
Flor de Maria Eilets
Yevgeniya Gershkovich
Christine Gorbea
Sharon Griffiths
Christina Licata
Jason Poinson
Fernando Romero
Timothy Ruffin
Ruben Selles & Jeanette Selles
Tonda Williams
Hawley Sealey
Arnold Shapiro
Katharine B. Wolpe
Katy Taylor
Karlan Sick & Gary Sick
Rita Wroblewski
Lorna Torres
Alan Sirvint
John Yanovitch
Silvana Vasconcelos
Barbara L. Slavit
John J. Zak & Deanna T. Zak
Roy Villanueva
Beverly Smirni
Devra L. Zetlan
Robert Smith & Penelope Smith
Monica Zierler
Nancy Sosnow & Myron Sosnow
Lynda Zito-Enright
Odile Stern
Kim Stout
Joseph Sumerville
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Thanks to all
In Kind Contributions
of our volunteers
for your time,
dedication, and
patience!
Apollo Theatre
Open Road Integrated Media
Ascher Davis Architects
Kiran Paranjpe
Eitan Atias
Luke Parker Bowles
BLJ Worldwide
Random House, Inc.
Matthew DelRe
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Scott Simony
Dream Achievers Production
Andre Soares
FDNY
Ryan Stonehouse
Daniel Giacalone
Sherri Taft
Google, Inc.
Total Equity Now
Barbara Grant
L. Adé Williams
“Every volunteer that
we have is unique
and very helpful.
They have their own
ways of teaching, and
I appreciate them
because they dedicate
their free time to come
and help us reach
our goals.”
–Alex A., ESOL Student
We truly appreciate the thoughtful donations of goods
and services that directly benefit our students.
Andrew Olah
In Memoriam
We fondly remember those who have supported our
students over the years.
Helen G. Brown
Marjorie M. Phillips
Ruth Butterly
Margaret C. (Peggy) Reid
Marvin Hamlisch
Arthur O. Sulzberger
Jay Lucker
Alan C. Thomson
Marcia Miller
We have taken every effort to ensure the accuracy of these lists
and sincerely apologize for any errors or omissions.
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Our Financials: July 1, 2012–June 30, 2013
Revenue
31%
Events
$990,441
25%
Government
$817,720
14%
In-Kind Donations
$458,484
11%
Foundation Grants
$362,075
10%
Other Revenue
$305,889
5%
Corporate
$163,225
4%
Individuals
$120,794
Total Revenue
$3,218,658
Expenses
73%
Program
$2,457,715
14%
Administration & Mgmt
$492,441
13%
Fundraising
$431,683
Total Expenses
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$3,381,839
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Thank you so very much for your support.
It is with your generosity that we are able to
make tangible progress in breaking the cycle
of poverty and illiteracy for New York City families.
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To find out more about our work and to donate securely
online, please visit us at www.literacypartners.org
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Find us on
and
@LitPartners
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