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Delivering Good 2015 Impact Report DonateProduct.com Help support the mission of K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers — make a gift to help us provide donated new product to people in need. Because we are an extremely efficient organization, every $10 donated allows us to distribute more than $100 of new, useful product. Donate today to fight the impact of poverty and disasters. Please visit www.DonateProduct.com to make a donation of new product or to provide financial support. K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, Inc. is the charity of choice for new product donations made by hundreds of companies in the fashion, home and children’s industries. Donating new merchandise provides these companies with a simple and effective way to help people in need. Founded over 30 years ago, K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that unites retailers, manufacturers, foundations and individuals to support people affected by poverty and tragedy. More than 97% of revenue at K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers is dedicated to its charitable program of distributing apparel, accessories, shoes, home furnishings, toys, books and other useful items. Since 1985, over $1.3 billion of donated products have been distributed through our network of community partners, serving the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. For more information, please visit www.DonateProduct.com. Board of Directors OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS Gary F. Simmons, Co-Chairman Kenneth Baronoff Jeffrey Goldfarb Tom Nastos Joe Shamie President & CEO Managing Director & COO Dir. of Business Development President, Women’s Fashion President Gerber Childrenswear LLC Peter J. Solomon Company G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. UBM Plc. Delta Children Allan Ellinger, Co-Chairman Steve Birkhold Milou Gwyn Kenneth Ohashi Cari Shapiro Senior Managing Partner Exec. Dir., Brokerage Services VP Domestic Licensing SVP, Intl. & Global Licensing Group Vice President MMG Advisors, Inc. Cushman & Wakefield Jockey International, Inc. Aéropostale, Inc. Ross Stores Lisa Gurwitch Karen Bromley Marc Heller Dan Orwig Jay Silver President & CEO Principal President Group Pres., Men’s Apparel Managing Director K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers The Bromley Group CIT Commercial Services Itochu Prominent USA CBIZ MHM, LLC Michael Setola, Vice Chairman Haim Dabah Debra Joester Abby Parsonnet Haresh Tharani K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers President & CEO Founder, Managing Partner President & CEO Regional President Chairman Tharanco Lifestyles, LLC HDS Capital LLC The Joester Loria Group Webster Bank, N.A. Tharanco Group Mark Levenfus, Treasurer Rick Darling Howard Kahn John Pomerantz, Emeritus Ron Ventricelli Managing Partner Emeritus Exec. Dir., Govt. & Public Executive Chairman JJP Advisory LLC CFO Marks Paneth LLP Affairs Kahn Lucas/Madame Global Brands Group 2015: Li & Fung Trading, Inc. Alexander Steve Reiner Todd Kahn, Secretary Mg. Dir., B. Riley & Co., LLC Jody Weintraub President, CAO & General Abbey Doneger Carol Lapidus Dev. Officer, Great American JJW Retail Counsel President & CEO Partner Group Helping People in Need Coach, Inc. The Doneger Group RSM US LLP Connie Rishwain Carole Postal, Asst. Secretary Peggy Eskenasi Susan S. McLain President (retired) President Executive Chairman SVP, Global Prod. Mktg. & Dist. UGG CopCorp Licensing Nine West Holdings, Inc. Walt Disney Studios Thanks for your support! 266 W. 37th St. 22nd Floor New York, NY 10018 212 279 5493 EIN: 13-3300271 KIDS-FD Annual Report 2015.indd 1 6/1/16 6:42 AM 2015 Recipient Agencies Project Help Clothing Ministry Waccamaw EOC Vermont Richland County Children’s World Assist Addison County Foster Parents DonateProduct.com Auxiliary Assoc. Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses South Dakota Committee of Temporary Shelter Shoes and Clothes For Kids Youth and Family Services Early Education Services The Highlands Teen Pregnancy Tennessee Virginia Shelter Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater he needs of poor families in the United States are great: 45% of children live in low- University Settlement By Your Side Ministries Memphis Child Development Resources income families who have trouble securing even the most basic necessities for daily Valley Rescue Mission Creative Life West Side Catholic Center Child Fund International life. Even worse, 22% of all children in the United States live in families with incomes Dollars for Daet Decisions or Destiny, Inc. T Oklahoma Eighteenth Avenue Family Feed More/Central Virginia Food below the federal poverty level—$23,550 a year for a family of four. But throughout 2015, Children International Enrichment Center Bank Citizens Caring for Children Indian Ministries of North Good Shepherd Children’s K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers and the fashion, home and children’s industries have helped Safe Space America Feed the Children Powahatan Christmas Mother Saint’s Place Native American Coalition Head Operation Compassion these families and other people affected by disasters, here in the United States and around Santa’s Gift Program Read 20 Rescue Mission of Roanoke Start Richmond Outreach Center the world. Seneca Cayuga ARC Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Riverdale Baptist Church Services for the Under Served Smoky Mountain Children’s Home VOA Chesapeake-Irvington Woods Sharing Shelf Oregon YWCA Weaver Domestic Violence World Partners for Development Thanks to the generosity of the fashion, home and children’s industries, 2015 was a year of Sojourner Truth Shelter Assistance League of the Columbia Shelter Washington Stapleton UAME Church Pacific Clothes for Kids great impact for K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers and the communities we support. In addition to Teachers Desk Confederated Tribes of Grand Texas ADVANCE – Austin Cranio Care Bears Turn 2 Foundation Ronde Eastside Baby Corner helping foster hope and dignity among people in need, we also took significant steps to plan USO Metro NYC Coos County Foster Parents Bethel Family Ministries Betheny House of Laredo Holly House Project our future and grow a stronger organization. Victor Cruz Foundation Association Kids Without Borders Village Academy Morning Star Family Relief Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin Area Boys & Girls Clubs of McAllen Lend A Helping Hand Foundation Watertown Urban Mission Nursery Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery What About The Children, Inc Oregon DHS Child Welfare Boys and Girls Club of El Paso A strong asset in moving us forward in 2015 has been our President and CEO Lisa Gurwitch, Captain Hope’s Kids WestSide Baby Women and Children’s Hospital OSLC Community Programs World Vision who assumed her position in January 2015. Lisa brings extensive nonprofit experience to Foundation Caring Family Network Women of Substance Pennsylvania Children’s Advocacy Center of Wisconsin the organization and, together with our board of directors, is implementing a strong plan World Vision Braddock Redux Community South Plains Agape Resource Center Center Yadestiny Treasure Chest Children’s Aid Society Boys & Girls Clubs of Kenosha for our future. Throughout her first year with K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers she has visited more Community Shelter Services Children’s Hunger Fund Center for Families than 20 different community nonprofit partners. Under her leadership in 2015 we made North Carolina Dress for Success, Erie PA Circles of Care Christ Child Society Baby Bundles FIG Family Restoration Corp. Community Partners of Dallas New Threads of Hope great progress towards meeting our goals: Crossroads Companion Project Friends Transitional Housing Community Partners of El Paso Davis Housing Group, Inc. Program Cornerstones Assistance Network West Virginia Elon Homes and Schools for Gaudenzia, Inc. Deer Park Family Literacy Program Able Families • We finished integrating our two former organizations and developed roadmaps Children Global Aid Network Divine Grace Medical Missionaries Huntington Area Food Bank First Assembly of God Church- Hands in Service East Harris County Empowerment Second Harvest Mountaineer Food for a successful 2016. Hickory Iyaho Social Services Council Bank Housing Thru Connections Mitzvah Circle Foundation Foster Kids Charity Mom’s House Guadalupe Economic Services Wyoming Safe Harbor Rescue Mission Joshua’s Storehouse • More than 400 companies donated over $140 million of useful product that was Second Harvest Food Bank of NGA, Inc. Corporation Metrolina Pittsburgh Family Development Hope International Adoption District of Columbia distributed to nearly 600 community-based nonprofit partners. Stop Hunger Now Ronald McDonald House Charities Houston Women’s Center Barbara Chambers Children’s The Beloved Community Center The Church of Bible Understanding Keeps Boutique at the Gatehouse Center TROSA Water Street Ministries Mercy Heart at The Destiny Center Kids Konnection • We successfully raised revenues of $3.1 million and finished the year with a Urban Ministries of Durham Waynesboro New Hope Shelter Inc. Mia’s Closet Lydia’s House balanced budget. Wilkes Community Partnership for Westmoreland Community Action Mission Waco USO Metro Children World Vision Relief & Nueces County Juvenile Justice Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Development Volunteers, Inc. Puerto Rico With Love From Jesus Ministries York Rescue Mission Parents Against Predators Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico • Working with our donors and community partners we were able to share the World Assist Youth Services Partnership for Children Ontario, CANADA Rainbow Days, Inc. story of how we help people with donations of new merchandise. Our message World Victory International Rhode Island Life Spin Christian Center Ronald McDonald House of Merrymount Family Support & was carried through
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