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ANNUAL REPORT 2017

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The cover features details of commissioned artists’ renderings of our iconic historic headquarters. MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FRONT COVER, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 2 H Spencer Young; Mark Palazzolo (markpalazzolo.com); Ed Cahill; 3 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS H Spencer Young; c. 1930 image of Henry Street. BACK COVER, CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: Bob Rothstein; 4 CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF HENRY STREET Ken Condon; Hedy Pagremanski; Mark Palazzolo; and Kit Maloney. WE BOUGHT A FIREHOUSE! CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Early health 6 clinic at the Settlement; children in the Early Childhood Education IT HAPPENED ON HENRY STREET 2017 Center; Abrons Arts Center dancers at An Evening at Ludlow House; 8 1910 knitting class; and artist’s OUR PROGRAMS AND CLIENTS rendering of Henry Street. 10 16 TREASURES OF HENRY STREET 20 FINANCIAL REPORT FY2017 22 HENRY STREET DONORS 30 GALAS AND PARTIES 32 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR STAFF 33 MAP OF HENRY STREET LOCATIONS

Messages FROM HENRY STREET

FROM THE FROM THE Board of Directors Executive HENRY STREET’S SOLE MISSION is to serve our Director community, a course charted 125 years ago by our founder, AS HENRY STREET ENTERS its 125th year, our . Originally serving neighbors through a visiting nurse service, she quickly realized that the needs of the Scott Swid Quasquicentennial, we have much to celebrate. CHAIRMAN Our legacy, created in 1893 by Progressive reformer community (comprised of impoverished immigrants) were Lillian D. Wald, is one we steward with great care. greater than health care alone. Within a few months of The brilliance of her original vision has allowed opening Henry Street, Wald began fulfilling other needs, David Garza Henry Street the flexibility to change with the times such as help finding jobs and apartments, providing EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR to respond to our community’s emerging challenges, English language lessons and more. a commitment we uphold today. Indeed, our future Just as Lillian Wald listened to the community — is as bright as 125 candles on a cake, despite this tough-as-always without judgement and the imposition of her own ideas climate for human service nonprofits. — the Settlement has recently renewed its commitment We celebrate our 125th from a position of strength, buoyed by an to listen. In short, we have put the “street” back in extraordinary early birthday gift — the acquisition of the decommissioned Henry Street. firehouse adjacent to Settlement headquarters. The generosity of the Burch As a result of what we’ve learned through focus groups, Family Foundation, and so many others who have contributed, has given our annual Town Hall, and reports from our outreach team, Henry Street — and the entire community — a very meaningful gift. we know first-hand the challenges faced by our clients, and future clients. Ian Highet When the building opens and returns to its original role as a first responder PRESIDENT for families in crisis, it will provide services such as eviction prevention, We take those concerns and, where possible, devise access to food stamps and health insurance, assistance for parents swift and innovative solutions to challenges encountered and more. by our neighbors, especially immigrants, the elderly and During the next year, and beyond, Henry Street will focus on six impact the disenfranchised. As such, we are placing greater focus words: ability/stability; voice/choice; and connection/protection. The first on affordable arts to allow every neighbor access to see of each pair is what Henry Street strives to provide each of our clients; the performances in the Abrons Playhouse and to express their second word is the intended outcome. For example, providing a client with creativity in our arts classes. We are considering a merger the ability to find and keep a job will result in economic stability. to strengthen the Settlement’s primary care program. And, While looking toward the future, and reflecting on our recent past, we are exploring ways to help the most vulnerable members I am genuinely proud of all we have accomplished this year. These of our community who have been impacted by gentrification accomplishments — serving 60,000 individuals, a renewed commitment to on the Lower East Side. community advocacy, successful programs and the launch of the House on All of this work, and more, is possible because of the Henry Street history project — are the result of so many working together. For dedication and support of our Board of Directors, the support this, and more, I thank our Board of Directors, our funders, our partners, our of our funders — government, corporate, foundations neighbors, our local government and our dedicated team at the Settlement. and individuals — and the commitment of everyone at .

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Celebrating YEARS! The Settlement IN 1893, A YOUNG NURSE MOVED to the Lower launched the Humans of Henry Street, an East Side with a single goal: to help relieve the online series which profiles 125 individuals will mark its suffering of the thousands of impoverished immigrants whose interaction with the Settlement was who lived in the neighborhood’s tenements and toiled transformational. QUASQUICENTENNIAL in its sweatshops, trying to make a better life for We are opening a multi-platform history themselves and their children. project supported, in part, by a competitive grant – 125 years of service – The nurse was Lillian D. Wald. Her act was from the National Endowment for the Humanities. with special events transgressive; not only was she, a middle-class woman, The House on Henry Street: Settlements, Public moving to what was considered a ghetto, but she had Health and Social Reform will explore social throughout 2018. taken an apartment with a fellow nurse, and not with a activism, urban poverty and public health husband or her parents. through the lens of Henry Street’s history. From this humble beginning in a walk-up tenement The House on Henry Street will feature: on Jefferson Street emerged the first visiting nurse – A permanent interactive exhibition in the service (today the Visiting Nurse Service of New York), Settlement’s c. 1830 landmark headquarters and the foundation of what would become (we would argue) the most effective and progressive settlement – A web-based multimedia exhibition with house in the nation. curriculum materials for high school and Today, Henry Street carries on Wald’s legacy, albeit college students with new and expanded services to meet the changing – A walking tour app for mobile devices to take needs of our community. We think she would be proud our story to the streets of the Lower East Side that we provide opportunity to more than 60,000 – Public lectures and public dialogue programs individuals each year through social services, arts and on community building and social reform, health care programs. developed by our public historian with our partner To celebrate our first 125 years, Henry Street is organizations the Museum at hosting The 125th Anniversary Gala: Dinner on Henry and The Tenement Museum, to enhance the Street on September 13, and a block party for the interpretation of Henry Street’s history during Lillian D. Wald, founder of community the following weekend. We have also and beyond our 125th anniversary year Henry Street Settlement

CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER RIGHT: Visiting nurses leaving the Settlement; milk distribution at Henry Street; an early music class in the dining room; Henry Street nurse on a tenement rooftop; Henry Street headquarters, c. 1930.

PLEASE JOIN US! To get involved in the celebrations, please write to [email protected].

4 5 RIGHT: Firefighters in front of the WE BOUGHT A firehouse, c. 1904. 3 Firehouse! The decommissioned firehouse that stood vacant next to Henry Street headquarters for 16 years has finally been returned to the community after a lengthy quest by the Settlement.

A SUDDEN LOUD SIREN STUNNED the and aptly named for a woman — an amazing, standing-room-only crowd in the firehouse at caring and strong woman. 269 Henry Street. Their silence was eclipsed by “Even though today is cold and windy, it cheers as they witnessed David Garza, Henry will be remembered as one of the warmest and What Came Before Street’s Executive Director, enter by sliding brightest in our history,” said David. – THE FIREHOUSE HISTORY down the fire pole. The firehouse purchase was made possible, in And so began the spirited groundbreaking part, by a very generous gift from the Burch Family THE FIREHOUSE AT 269 HENRY STREET — built in 1884 and for the Dale Jones Burch Neighborhood Center Foundation — the largest single gift in Settlement designed by the prestigious architectural firm Napoleon LeBrun & Sons — at Henry Street Settlement next to Settlement history. Members of the Burch family — including served as home to Engine 15 until 2001. And, it turns out, the Settlement headquarters. The event on November 10, 2017, Dale Burch, a president emerita of the Settlement’s had a role in its survival until then. filled the historic firehouse with neighbors, Board of Directors and the Center’s new namesake During ’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s, several fire companies elected officials, friends, family and Henry Street — helped break ground. Dale’s daughter Katie were shuttered. Engine 15 was among them, disbanded on July 2, 1975. employees. Burch (ably assisted by Jones, her lively toddler But not for long, according to a July 12, 1975, New York Times article: “This is a rare and special day for the son) told the audience that her mother, like the new “Some 200 demonstrators marched in front of Fire Department Settlement, whose mission is to open doors of Center, is “always trying to help people in big and headquarters, 110 Church Street, to protest the closing of Engine Company opportunity. The firehouse gives us our widest door small ways and make them feel welcome.” 15, at 269 Henry Street. The 45‐minute demonstration was organized by yet!” said David. “When it opens, the firehouse will The Dale Jones Burch Neighborhood Center will officials at the Henry Street Settlement House and included many elderly return to its intended role as a first responder, house the Settlement’s Parent Center and Resource persons affiliated with the center.” Center when it opens in 2020. The protest was successful. One week later, Engine Company 15 was In addition to the Burch Family re-activated and returned home to 269 Henry Street. Foundation gift, the purchase was Engine 15 remained until November 2001, when the New York City Fire supported by the New York State Department relocated the company to the quarters of Ladder 18 at 25 Pitt Regional Economic Development Street. The move, meant to be temporary, became permanent when the Council, the Barker Welfare Fire Department determined that the cost to renovate the narrow doors on Foundation, the Russell Grinnell Henry Street to accommodate the new wider fire engines Memorial Trust, and generous was prohibitive. donors to the Buy a Brick, Build BUY A The current firehouse is the second to occupy the site; a Future Campaign and the the first was built in 1854. Home to Americus Engine Capital Campaign. BRICK Company 6, it was quite elaborate for its time, due in Be part of the large part to money funneled there by its captain — the FIREHOUSE HISTORY! infamous William “Boss” Tweed of Tammany Hall. Members of the Burch family (See page 24 for details.) “breaking ground” for the Dale Jones Burch Neighborhood Center at Henry Street.

6 7 LOWER EAST SIDE YOUTH IT OPPORTUNITY HUB IS OPEN happened An exciting new program — exclusively for 13 to 24 year olds who live, work or attend ON HENRY STREET 2017 school on the Lower East Side — opened its doors in October. The Lower East Side Youth Opportunity Hub, operated by Henry Street in partnership with six Lower East Side settlement A discussion group at houses, has nine sites that provide one-stop, the 2017 Town Hall. comprehensive support for at-risk youth in Scene from Jack & the welcoming facilities. The initiative is funded by Beanstalk, the Abrons Arts District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. ADVOCACY IN ACTION Center’s critically acclaimed Henry Street has been putting the “street” Lower East Side Youth Opportunity Hub social workers. 2017 holiday show. 5 back in Henry Street all year with events and activities, including: Town Hall 2017 Hundreds of Lower East Siders concerned about the neighborhood’s future attended Henry Street’s fourth annual Town Hall in October 2017. “The most important thing for a community- SPECTACULAR FAMILY HOLIDAY based organization to do is listen,” David Garza, : SHOW AT THE ABRONS Executive Director of Henry Street, told the “Jack” creators The Abrons Arts Center’s holiday show — Jack & the audience. “That’s why we’re here. We need to know are New Yorkers Beanstalk — got a rave review in The New York Times what’s happening so we can plan for the future.” of the Year! when it debuted in December. But the best critics were the CAB Participatory Budgeting The New York Times thousands of children and adults who laughed and cheered In 2017, the Settlement began allocating $5,000 proclaimed the beloved during the joyful performance. The agency hosted more OPENING DOORS AT OHNY of its general operating support to the Community Abrons mainstays Julie than 500 low-income children who saw the show for free. Nearly 200 curious individuals visited Henry Advisory Board (CAB) to award to Henry Street Atlas Muz and Mat Fraser Written by Mat Fraser and directed by Julie Atlas Muz, Street for a tour of the Settlement’s historic programs that apply for the CAB grants. “New Yorkers of the Year” the uproarious extravaganza promoted equality in all forms headquarters during Open House New York 2017 This unique participatory budgeting initiative for their super inclusive and featured a cast of 20 talented Lower East Siders. on October 14. has funded a Health & Wellness Community Day, and super creative Wrote the Times, “I was instantly converted by this Guests were treated to an illustrated talk a Peer Mentorship program for aspiring college Jack & the Beanstalk funny, big-hearted and utterly charming production, and by Katie Vogel, the Settlement’s new public students, a Selfie-Wall of Fame for high-achieving show at the I hope it will set an example for local family programming historian, and a tour of the headquarters, employment clients, a Back-to-School Event Abrons Art Center. for many holidays to come.” including the dining room (founding site of the NAACP), the garden (one of the nation’s first and a program to help shelter residents access playgrounds), the former bedroom of founder employment. Lillian Wald, and the small dorm rooms once Our New Outreach Team SENIORS ROCK occupied by the original visiting nurses. The creation of three new outreach positions (BUT NOT IN A CHAIR!) — an initiative that emerged from a past Town Visitors learning the history of the Settlement’s garden. 5 Lower East Side seniors celebrated all Hall — was realized in 2017. This multilingual things health at Henry Street Senior team is deepening the Settlement’s engagement Service’s Seniors Rock! health fair with the community in multiple ways, from in October. Seniors enjoyed healthy direct outreach to representing the agency at smoothies, Chinese Dance and Zumba neighborhood events. workshops, raffles, health and dental screenings, and information from For more information, stories and community partners. Seniors getting fit with pictures, please visit henrystreet.org 8 Zumba at the health fair. 9 OUR Jaime Maitin POISED FOR programs SUCCESS Jaime Maitin’s big smile welcomes AND visitors to the Abrons Arts Center, where clients the 26-year-old works the reception desk. But behind his warm greeting is a story of struggle — and triumph. This year, we profile current When Jaime was just ten, his family spent a year at Henry Street’s Urban Henry Street employees Family Center shelter before finding an apartment. After a few years, his family who originally came to the had to vacate that apartment. Jaime couch-surfed with various friends and Settlement as clients. The relatives, and the constant moving caused him to leave high school. Finally, agency has a long tradition the family reunited to enter shelter again Hospital, Jaime credits her with teaching him and, by a stroke of luck, they landed back at to be an urban observer and stimulating his of offering jobs to clients. the Urban Family Center. interest in art and all things intellectual. There, Jaime met staff member Renee Best, Today, Jaime is living with his family in In , founder who suggested he enroll in a Henry Street youth Brooklyn, close to Brooklyn College, where he is 1897 employment program. There he quickly earned a student. In addition to his front desk duties, Lillian Wald hired a widowed his GED, and began a paid internship at the he also ushers at Abrons’ performances and Abrons’ galleries. He excelled, and was hired as is involved in Perfect City, a project at the mother to sew nurses’ a front desk associate. Arts Center. Jaime’s resiliency developed early. For example, “The Urban Family Center gave me character, when his mother punished him for a poor report and the Abrons is my home away from home,” uniforms, enabling the card by making him read all day during the said Jaime. “And Henry Street is the family that summer, Jaime discovered his love of reading. binds it all together. impoverished immigrant to Especially close with his mother, a registered “Without Henry Street, I doubt I’d be where support her five children. nurse turned psychologist who works at Bellevue I am right now.” The Abrons family, descendants of that widow, never forgot ABRONS ARTS CENTER performing AND visual arts The Obie-Award winning Abrons offers the following: that act of kindness. • Cutting-edge performances by emerging and acclaimed local and international artists in three theaters • Contemporary art exhibitions in three galleries • Residencies for visual artists, curators and performing artists • Training for children and adults in visual arts, theater, music and dance; and summer arts camp A music class at the Abrons Arts Center. • StudioLab arts education for schools in all five NYC boroughs

10 11 Kendra Legrier Anthony Andino A CAREER IS BORN PLAYING TO WIN Lower East Side native Kendra Legrier, 27, found a Henry Street program that was For Anthony Andino, 27, it’s all about perfect for her needs — and got a career from it too! basketball — especially the sport’s Kendra originally came to Henry Street’s youth employment program as a young impact on building character. mom looking to return to work after the birth of her second child. As a Sports and Recreation “I love my kids, but I knew I wanted to go back to work. If I waited any longer than Coordinator at Henry Street, he I did, I’m not sure where I would have ended up,” she said. facilitates sports-based development Kendra, who lives with her young family in the across the street from in the youth that come through the the Settlement’s historic headquarters, was familiar with Henry Street programs while Settlement’s doors — an area he knows growing up but didn’t know if there was one suitable for her unique situation. She wanted well, as he was once one of them. to work, but had dropped out of high school after injuries from a car accident forced her Anthony was born and raised in to miss almost a year of school. Brooklyn, but after his family’s East With Henry Street’s help, Kendra earned her GED and was placed in an internship in New York apartment burned down the Settlement’s finance department. She proved so indispensable that she was quickly when he was 14, they found themselves offered a full-time position as an Accounts Payable Clerk. at the Settlement’s Urban Family “Henry Street really steered me in the right direction for my future. For instance, Center (UFC) shelter. I want to go back to school for business or finance, which I never would have considered education AND While at UFC, Anthony attended Henry Street’s before working here,” employment Boys and Girls Republic, participating in basketball and after-school programs before getting his first said Kendra. This division provides the following services: She credits her job there as a Group Aide. He rose through the ranks • Early childhood education, passion for nonprofit while studying business at University, after-school and summer camps work to her mother, and returned to Henry Street to coach and mentor who raised her and her • College Success program for access and youth in the gyms where he spent his adolescence. sisters always to give completion In fact, it was through sports programs at Henry back to those in need. • LES Youth Opportunity Hub Street that Anthony first realized the potential of “I always wanted to • Youth sports and recreation programs sports to make a positive impact. “It’s not just about developing the athlete; it’s about developing the work for an organization • Employment services for youth and adults that really helped whole person, and that really helped me,” he said. • Basic adult education (HSE and ESL) people, and it’s amazing “I’m so happy I didn’t stay in school for how many people • Customized staffing services business,” said Anthony, who is currently working are touched by Henry • Computer access and training at the towards a degree in early childhood education at Street,” said Kendra. ATTAIN Lab Hunter College to help inform his current position “I’m so appreciative of with the Settlement. everything they do, and “Henry Street made me want things for myself I can’t imagine being I didn’t even know I could attain,” he said, “and anywhere else.” working at Henry Street has allowed me to take the opportunities they gave me and turn them into opportunities for others.”

Ned Gardner, Program Director of ESL Job Readiness, teaching a class.

12 13 Wei Zhan transitional NOURISHING OUR COMMUNITY AND supportive For more than a decade, Wei Zhan, 54, worked 14-hour shifts as a chef at a Chinatown housing restaurant, a grueling schedule that left little time anything else. Today — thanks to Henry Street’s Workforce Development Center — Wei is still feeding hungry New Yorkers, but can This division provides shelter spend time with his wife and two children. and supportive services in four After completing the Workforce Development Center’s Job Essentials Training, Wei was separate shelters for homeless hired as a meal deliverer at the Settlement’s Meals on Wheels program. families, female survivors of Each weekday, Wei delivers approximately 95 meals to homebound seniors who live domestic violence and their on the Lower East Side. “I love children, and single women. my clients and the camaraderie It also operates a supportive with my colleagues,” he said. housing residence for formerly “I have one Chinese-speaking homeless individuals. client, and from speaking with the others, I’ve improved my English skills.” Wei, who was a chef in his native China, moved to Theather Huggins New York in 1991, following in SHE SURVIVED – AND THRIVED! the footsteps of other family members. He always enjoyed In 1985, Theather Huggins, a 30-year-old homeless mother, arrived at Henry Street working with seniors, so when seeking refuge from a violent home life. Fast forward 32 years, and Theather is a valued the job opened at Meals on employee of the very Settlement shelter that gave her sanctuary. Wheels, he was eager to fill it. Today, Theather is a Residential Specialist/Crisis Worker at Henry Street’s Urban “I really enjoy this job Family Center, the nation’s first shelter for homeless families. In her roles — for she because it allows me to has many — she helps residents adjust to their temporary home, is an evening on-call give back to the community,” crisis worker, leads support groups, helps secure permanent housing and, as a case said Wei. manager, helps residents with issues ranging from finding child care to navigating the court system. “Right now, I am helping two undocumented families forge a path toward gaining citizenship,” she said. Theather’s life experience enhances her job skills. “I don’t have to imagine how someone is feeling,” said Theather. “I know how overwhelming, humiliating and health AND wellness embarrassing arriving at a shelter can be.” An exercise class at the Senior Center. Her career began when, while a shelter resident, she was elected by her peers to serve The following programs are provided by this division: as a neighborhood scout — locating laundromats, schools and hospitals — to prepare • Neighborhood Resource Center/Parent Center families leaving shelter for permanent apartments. She did such an exemplary job that • Primary health clinic (Health Unlimited) she was hired as a full-time shelter employee after further training and certification. • Mental health clinic (Community Consultation Center) Life has brought other good things to Theather. She’s a grandmother of 10, and a • Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) college graduate with a degree in sociology. “Henry Street saw that I was someone that could be a positive person and they • Satellite mental health clinics in schools and the Senior Center invested in me and my children,” she said. “When you can find an agency like that, • Supportive housing residences it makes you want to give back by joining their team.” • Senior Center, Meals on Wheels, NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community), Senior Companion Program

14 15 treasures of HENRY STREET Richard S. The Wit and Wisdom SETTLEMENT Abrons of Henry Street AT AGE 91, RICHARD SIMON ABRONS is distinguished by his full head of hair, his For Henry Street’s quick wit and, until recently, his penchant for rollerblading and playing tennis. He is a businessman; a philanthropist; a playwright, 125th birthday year, author and blogger; and a beloved husband, father of five, and grandfather of nine. we decided to visit some To Henry Street Settlement, Richard is a dear friend, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, a fountain of creative ideas of our longtime living and adored patriarch of the family that has supported the Settlement for generations. He treasures —three is also our institutional memory. Remarkably, Richard has known every Henry Street executive individuals who have director — from founder Lillian Wald to David Garza. (Granted, he met Lillian Wald when he was nine years old, but she made a lasting impression when she sat beside him to show him pages in her scrapbook and her silver tray been involved with the engraved with many notable signatures.) Richard’s parents, Louis Abrons and Anne Schroeder, met at a Henry Street dance in 1905. Settlement for decades, Eight years earlier, Lillian Wald helped Anne’s widowed mother by hiring her to sew nurses’ uniforms so she could support her family. Louis was also involved in Henry Street as member of a literary club whose leader, Herbert Lehman, helped fund his college education. The family never and whose contributions forgot how Henry Street alleviated their poverty and concerns. A well-educated man (Yale, Columbia MBA), Richard took his share of risks, leaving a secure are immense. While each job (“It wasn’t a fun place.”) on Wall Street and, with several colleagues, started a new firm, First Manhattan Company, in 1964. He spent the remainder of his career there, and retired to pursue writing. of these individuals Richard earned an MFA at New York University. His short story “Every Day a Visitor” won a prestigious National Magazine Fiction Award. It was later produced as a play (one of his five produced plays) in New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Rogers, Arkansas. Richard also authored has stories to fill many My Life in Fact and Fiction, a memoir for his “grandchildren’s children,” filled with stories and advice, including this gem about exercise: “I don’t care what electronic marvels are at your volumes, we offer a brief fingertips. Get off your ass!” Married for 30 years to Iris, the Board Chair of the Children’s Aid Society, Richard is fond of pithy sayings, such as “never stifle a generous impulse” and “nobody knows anything.” But one profile of them here. thing we do know is that we are privileged to have this young man — a board member for 50 years, and president for 10 — still around and engaged.

16 17 Ruth Taube Debbie Cox The Mayor of the Lower East Side The Godmother DEBBIE COX CAN’T WALK ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE of Henry Street without hearing her name called by a passerby — or two, or ten. She may be greeted by a former youth client, RUTH TAUBE, THE BELOVED 94-year-old Director a community leader or a colleague (past or present) from of the Home Planning Workshop, is Henry Street’s Henry Street Settlement, where she has worked since oldest employee — both in years and years of 1981. It’s no wonder people call her the “Mayor of the service. Her Settlement career began in 1966 when Lower East Side.” she became an instructor at the Home Planning The heart of Debbie’s Lower East Side is Henry Street Workshop and, through the decades, she has taught Settlement, where she is the administrative director of the generations of New Yorkers to knit, sew and crochet, Workforce Development Center. “Henry Street is my home imparting wisdom with each lesson. away from home,” she said, adding “or maybe it’s just Born and raised on the Lower East Side in a my home!” cold water tenement, Ruth learned early on to speak The Settlement has been a part of Debbie’s family for up for herself. When her first grade teacher, Mrs. Martin, took one look her — a child in hand-me- generations; her grandmother was a cook here. Debbie down clothing who didn’t speak English — she sat her in the last seat in the last row. Ruth objected herself is a Henry Street lifer — she started at the day and eventually was seated up front. “It’s still the same today,” she said. “I like the first row!” care center and, 50 years later, she is still connected. Ruth, whose energy and memory are astonishing, recalls the day when, as a young child during Debbie spent many after-school hours at Settlement the Depression, she accompanied her father to see their landlord — Meyer London, the famous cooking and ceramics classes, and even learned to Socialist congressman. Her father told the landlord that he was out of work, and chose to feed his sew from Ruth Taube, another Henry Street treasure. family rather than pay the rent. “Meyer London told him to take all the time he needed,” said Ruth. She later held numerous jobs at Henry Street — beginning at age 17 when she was hired by the late Ruth’s sewing career began when, at age six, she spent her allowance on a porcelain doll, James H. Robinson, Jr., former Chief Administrator of Youth Services. Since then, she has made many and worried about the doll’s comfort at night. “My mother helped me sew doll sheets, pillows and lifelong friends, including the actor and playwright Nilaja Sun, who was in Debbie’s Cadet Corps group, blankets,” said Ruth. A neighbor taught her even more. “When I was nine years old, I helped her a youth leadership program. with crocheting and embroidering,” said Ruth, who has fond memories of the wonderful community Always serving her Settlement community, Debbie has arranged for sports heroes and celebrities to in her five-story tenement. For intricate work, her friend Lotty’s father, a tailor, was her teacher. visit and meet program participants. Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams, World Middleweight Boxing “I always loved needlework,” said Ruth. “I still practice today, and I’m still learning things.” She Champion Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, and New York Jets Wide Receiver Quincy Enunwa have delighted makes most of her own clothing, all beautifully stitched. She even made her daughter’s wedding youth with their visits. So has Debbie’s “brother,” actor Luis Guzman, whom she befriended when he worked gown, copying an expensive gown in a department store. alongside her at Henry Street (before Hollywood called!). Today, Ruth is a local celebrity — recognized (and hugged) on the street by many former In addition to her position at Henry Street, Debbie is a member of the 7th Precinct Community students — and a national celebrity, thanks to her appearance on Mo Rocca’s My Grandmother’s Council and was recently honored by Boyz 4 Life, a Lower East Side organization for youth development. Ravioli, where she dazzled the audience with her matzo ball soup. She received the President’s A lifelong Lower East Sider, Debbie raised her two sons (Wayne, a teacher and graduate of Columbia Award from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and was NY 1’s New Yorker of the Week. University, and Branden, a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice) in the neighborhood. She still lives on the Lower East Side, but travels by subway (don’t get her started on She and husband Frank Langley have been married for 25 years. manspreading!) and train to visit her daughter, two granddaughters and seven grandchildren at Debbie is as grateful to the Settlement as the Settlement is to her. “They saw my potential and their homes in Westchester. They enjoy a close relationship, and one granddaughter credits Ruth believed in me. I can’t imagine where I’d be without Henry Street.” (Of course, the Settlement can’t with her acceptance to Princeton — she wrote about her grandmother for her college essay! imagine where it would be without Debbie!)

18 19 financial report FY2017 PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 2% RENTAL AND OTHER INCOME Public and Private Support 2016 2017 6% CONTRIBUTIONS-OPERATING Contributions–Operating 4,660,126 5,894,077 & SPECIAL CAMPAIGNS Contributions–Special Campaigns 2,442,046 112,367 14% Special Events 1,072,608 1,258,884 Legacies and Bequests 193,338 — Government Contracts 27,578,153 28,884,408 SPECIAL EVENTS Total Support 35,946,271 36,149,736 SOURCES 3% Other Revenue OF INCOME Investment Income (Loss) (469,878) 2,488,185 Program Activities 3,207,571 2,725,280 FY17 6% INVESTMENT INCOME Rental and Other Income 992,526 1,022,896 Total Support and Revenue 39,676,490 42,386,097

Expenses GOVERNMENT Health & Wellness Programs 10,140,690 10,713,477 CONTRACTS USES Arts Programs 3,171,617 2,359,870 OF INCOME Education & Employment Programs 10,821,079 10,775,854 69% Shelter & Transitional Housing Programs 11,980,834 12,364,744 FY17 Total Program Expenses 36,114,220 36,213,945 Management and General 3,905,405 4,065,224 Fundraising 1,083,996 1,077,432 ADMINISTRATIVE 13% DIRECT Total Support Services 4,989,401 5,142,656 PROGRAM Total Expenses 41,103,621 41,356,601 87% Change in Net Assets Before Other Adjustments (1,427,131) 1,029,496 Other Adjustments Required Minimum Funding – Defined Benefitension P Plan (Note 1) (1,444,476) — Final termination cost of Balance Sheet as of June 30 2016 2017 Defined Benefitension P Plan — (1,756,122) Cash and Equivalents 6,471,848 4,711,553 Change in Net Assets (2,871,607) (726,626) Investments 24,486,514 24,271,092 Accounts and contributions receivable 13,002,587 13,082,454 Fixed Assets – net 13,818,344 14,682,583 Total Assets 57,779,293 56,747,682 Accounts payable and Advances 6,225,209 5,610,535 Accrued Defined Benefit Pension Plan 3,041,619 — Loans Payable — 3,350,000 Note 1: The Settlement maintained a Defined Benefit Pension Mortgage Payable 7,911,173 7,911,173 Plan which was frozen to new participants as of October 31, 2005 Total Liabilities 17,178,001 16,871,708 and terminated in 2017. In conformity with Financial Accounting Standards 158 in accounting for such plans, the Settlement recognized Net Assets: Unrestricted 10,397,800 11,477,632 an additional pension cost in the amount of $1,444,476 for FY16 and Temporarily restricted 15,323,357 13,518,207 final termination cost of $1,756,122 in FY17. These are extraordinary Permanently restricted 14,880,135 14,880,135 adjustments and will not occur in future years, because the plan was terminated in FY17. Total net assets 40,601,292 39,875,974 Total Liabilities & Net Assets 57,779,293 56,747,682

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26 27 Nohra Haime Amy Lau & Todd Levin Courtney Pettit Katherine Snider OUR VALUED Nicholas Hall Jay Levine Pfizer, Inc. Christine Wächter-Campbell PUBLIC VOLUNTEERS Barbara Handler Ann S. & Thomas M. Lewyn Anna & Flavio da Silveira Pinheiro & Amanda Snyder FUNDERS Peter Haveles Harold William Low Mrs. Robert S. Potter Amy S. Snyder HENRY STREET WELCOMED OVER Hayden Family Foundation Josephine Lume Francoise Pourcel Karen Sobotka NEW YORK CITY 1,500 volunteers who gave more than Susan Heimbinder & Leola & Robert Macdonald Yvonne Previdi Leily Soleimani Administration for Children’s Services 6,700 hours of their time and expertise Jesse Robertson-Tait Candice Madey Project Imagination NYC Sotheby’s Department for the Aging to the Settlement and its programs Heimbinder Family Foundation Reena Russell Nasr Polina Proshkina Patricia Brown Specter Department of Education last year. Many volunteered through David Henry & Alexander Maldutis James F. Quinlan William W. 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Sanford Janet Korins Jackie Weld Drake Department of Agriculture & Joseph Kaufman Lydia & Eric Muller Lisa Schiff Kerry Wellington Todd Kramer Theresa Murphy Credit Suisse volunteers at a barbecue they Helen Lee Schifter Tanya Sridaromont Wells FEDERAL hosted for supportive housing residents. Ann Marie Kuder Edward Tyler Nahem Caroline Schmidt Christina Weltz, M.D. Corporation for National Stewart Kwok Nest Seekers International - and Community Service the Serhant Team Flora Schnall Gary Wexler Richard Lafont National Endowment for the Arts Ann & Matthew Nimetz Raymond V.J. Diana Wierbicki Alice & Nahum Lainer & Jean A. Schrag National Endowment for the Humanities Lawrence Noe Denise Williams Nanette L. Laitman Philippe Ségalot Department of Housing and & Leslie Singer Morton & Anita Wolkowitz James & Helen Lally Judith Selkowitz Urban Development Michael D. North Catherine A. Yelverton Susan & Paul LaRosa Claire & Peter M. Odell Jay H. 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28 29 THE 2017 AN EVENING AT Art Show Ludlow House The Big Easy had parades for Fat HENRY STREET MET LUDLOW STREET during an “An Evening at Ludlow House,” a chic cocktail party held Tuesday but the Big Apple had fine on October 23, 2017 to celebrate the arts on the Lower East Side. The special evening — arranged by longtime Settlement supporter Terry Zucker — was generously art, cocktails and celebrities at the CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Exterior of the Park Avenue hosted by Soho House’s members-only space, Ludlow elegant 29th annual Art Show Armory; a gallery display; House. Funds raised from the event support Henry Steve Martin and Anne Street’s arts programs at the Abrons Arts Center and Gala Preview on February 28 at the Stringfield; a party scene; throughout the City. Ariel Adkins who paints her Park Avenue Armory. dresses to match artwork. Henry Street Settlement’s Executive Director David Garza kicked off the evening’s festivities by welcoming the crowd. “I cannot imagine a better night — THE ART SHOW, one of the foremost art fairs in the nation, benefits Henry Street’s vital beautiful people, an incredible venue, and fried chicken programs and is organized by the Art Dealers Association of America. and vodka!” he said, speaking to the event’s delicious Spotted among the guests were actor, writer and noted art enthusiast Steve Martin; passed appetizers and signature cocktail. actress India Ennenga; former tennis pro and sports commentator John McEnroe with wife, “Both Henry Street and Ludlow House understand the singer Patty Smyth; art critic Jerry Saltz; and performance artist Justin Vivian Bond. Attendees importance of place-based community centers, and we are enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from canard inc. while exploring the curated exhibitions so grateful to Ludlow House for giving us this opportunity,” by 72 of the nation’s leading art dealers. The show was proclaimed “the grand dame of he said, before introducing the performances, beginning New York’s art fairs” by Artnet. with his own — a rap to celebrate the evening! The Gala Preview is among New York City’s most eagerly anticipated events on the City’s Dancers from the Youth Hip Hop Collective at Abrons, social and cultural calendars. Mitzi & Warren Eisenberg were honorary chairs of the event. led by teaching artist Randy Luna, performed a hip-hop Co-chairs were Barbara von Bismarck & Thierry W. medley that delighted the crowd. Next, Abrons’ stage Despont, Katherine Farley & Jerry I. Speyer, Janine & favorites Julie Atlas Muz and Mat Fraser, who mounted J. Tomilson Hill, Alexandra Lebenthal, Pilar Crespi Robert the critically acclaimed show, Jack & the Beanstalk, at & Stephen Robert and Byron & Anita Volz Wien. the Abrons, performed for the audience. “The 29th Annual Art Show Gala Preview was a The evening included a silent art auction led by magnificent event, and one whose importance is magnified Anne Huntington, a noted art collector and member of the this year, given the volatility at all levels of government, evening’s Host Committee. The works up for auction were and in the world,” said David Garza, Executive Director of Stanley Casselman’s Untitled, Presence – Moment – 1 – 49, Henry Street Settlement. “The Art Show is our single largest TM Davy’s Horse Drawing and Autumn de Forest’s fundraising event, and the funds raised are critical to Universe of Love. allowing us to open doors of opportunity for those in need. We are grateful to our Board of Directors, the ADAA, the Henry Street staff, and all of our partners who have worked together on this event, which is vitally important to the Settlement and the City.” RIGHT: David Garza, Established in 1989, the show immediately garnered considerable acclaim among Henry Street Executive Director; guests enjoying collectors and critics and has continued to set the standards of excellence with its the exclusive Evening at museum-quality exhibitions of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works. Today, Ludlow House. it is the nation’s longest-running fine art fair.

30 31 182 East 6th St. BOARD OF Directors 172 FIND US! LOWER OFFICERS Theodore Liouliakis EAST 1 Henry Street Headquarters SIDE Avenue C Scott L. Swid Joanne B. Mack 265 Henry Street Chairman Robert F. Mancuso 16 MANHATTAN East 3rd St. 2 2 Dale Jones Burch Neighborhood Angela Mariani Center (open in 2020) Richard S. Abrons 14 15 Vice Chairman Elizabeth McKenna 269 Henry Street Ian D. Highet Kathryn B. Medina 3 Neighborhood Resource Center East Houston St. The Parent Center President John Morning SENIOR STAFF 132 Richard H. Neiman BROOKLYN Health Care Access Program ADMINISTRATION 281 East Broadway Anne Abrons Douglas L. Paul 4 Youth Services Headquarters Edward S. Pallesen Philip T. Ruegger III David Garza Pilar Crespi Robert Executive Director ATTAIN Computer Lab

Sue Ann Santos-Hoahng Dr. Baruch Early Childhood Education Center Michael A. Steinberg Lesley G. Schulhof Josephine Lume Lower East Side Youth Jeffrey H. Tucker Ilicia P. Silverman Chief Financial Officer Opportunity Hub 301 Henry Street C.J. Wise Harry Slatkin Diane Rubin Vice Presidents Neil S. Suslak Chief Program Officer 5 Helen’s House Jane R. Lockshin Michael Wolkowitz Renee Epps 6 Meals on Wheels Treasurer Chief Officer for Facilities St. Essex Senior Companion Program 367 Madison Street Laurie Weltz DIRECTORS EMERITI and Operations Secretary 12 Williamsburg Bridge 7 Home Planning Workshop Christopher C. Angell Jeremy Reiss Delancey St. 359 Madison Street Nancy P. Aronson Deputy Development Officer, Robert S. Harrison 8 Henry Street Senior Center Public Policy and External Relations John Morning Julio Colón 334 Madison Street Walter Maynard, Jr. Philip T. Ruegger III Ellen Schneiderman St. Pitt 9 Naturally Occurring Chairmen Emeriti Max Pine Deputy Development Officer, 11 St. Willett Retirement Community Frances L. Primus Special Events and Individual Giving Grand St. 351 Madison Street Christopher C. Angell Mary Louise Reid 5 10 Community Consultation Center Susan LaRosa 3 Dale J. Burch 4 Health Unlimited Medical Center Andrew N. Schiff Deputy Officer, Marketing 2 President Emeriti Laura Slatkin and Communications 1 6 The Unlimited Boutique Montgomery St. 7 40 Montgomery Street Henry St. 9 Lawrence I. Sosnow Clinton St. East Broadway 8 DIRECTORS Phebe Thorne PROGRAMS 11 Abrons Arts Center 466 Debra Aaron ABRONS ARTS CENTER/ Madison St. Jill Blickstein PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS 12 Workforce Development Center ADVISORY DIRECTORS 99 Dale J. Burch Craig T. Peterson 10 Gilbert E. Ahye Artistic Director, Deputy Program Officer 13 Urban Family Center Melissa R. Burch Scott Bremerman Margaret Chi EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT 14 Third Street Women’s Residence Sebastian Echavarria Matthew Phifer Produced by the Department of Marketing and Communications Catherine Curley Lee 15 Third Street Supportive Alan Glatt Deputy Program Officer Editor: Susan LaRosa Anna da Silveira Pinheiro Housing Residence Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti Writers: Susan LaRosa, Chelsea Jupin, Nicole Fogarty HEALTH AND WELLNESS 290 East Third Street Scott D. Ferguson Elizabeth F.G. Reid Design: Melanie Roberts.Design Robert S. Harrison Kristin Hertel 16 Workforce Development Michael D. Ryan Deputy Program Officer Photography: The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Records, Archives Center / Jobs Plus Henrietta C. Ho-Asjoe & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library: 24 Avenue D Atit Jariwala David Garza Janet Fischer inside front cover (top left), p. 4 (bottom right), p. 5 (top and center); Chief Administrator, Senior Services Library of Congress: inside front cover (bottom right); Cesarin Mateo: 17 Boys & Girls Republic Khairah Klein Executive Director inside front cover (center), p. 31 (bottom); Kris Martin: inside front Lower East Side Youth Roy M. Korins TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING cover (bottom left); Amesse Photography: p. 2; Henry Street Settlement: Opportunity Hub Geniria Armstrong p. 4 (center and bottom left), p. 5 (bottom); Nicole Fogarty: p. 6, 8 888 East Sixth Street Deputy Program Officer (bottom), 9, 28; New York City Fire Museum: p. 7; Norman Blake: p. 8 (top); David Grossman: inside front cover (upper right), p. 10 -15, p. 18 Jacob Riis Cornerstone 18-19; Benjamin Lozovsky/BFA.com: p. 30 (top and bottom); Alex Community Center Escalante: p. 30 (center), p. 31 (center); Kivvi Roberts: p. 31 (top). Lower East Side Youth Opportunity Hub 80 Avenue D Henry Street Settlement Follow us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM and YOUTUBE is proud to be an active (facebook.com/HenryStreetSettlement) member of the United (twitter.com/henrystreet) Programs are also offered at Neighborhood Houses of (instagram.com/henrystreetsettlement) more than 20 public schools New York (UNH). (youtube.com/henrystsettlement) and organizations.

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