FY 2020 IN REVIEW 26 years of helping families and individuals fleeing domestic violence by connecting them to safe, affordable housing and services New Building Opens Supporting our 500+ 42 households moved into The Jennings, our most recently completed service-enriched affordable parents and children project, including 23 households headed by Our Family Support Program (FSP) staff provided domestic violence survivors who were in shelter. ongoing support to over 500 adults and children living in our six service-enriched affordable housing developments. This included on-site services like safety planning, case management, job readiness and vocational counseling, as well as off-site services such as behavioral health counseling, legal assistance and job training programs provided by trusted partner agencies. While in-person assistance ceased in March, the support did not. The FSP team worked tirelessly to help our families continue to find stability and to help them navigate the effects of the pandemic. Ribbon cutting for The Jennings Rapid Rehousing Program Ramps Up HousingLink, our innovative rapid rehousing program, connected 25 domestic violence survivors to safe, affordable apartments during the year, despite the challenges posed when the pandemic ended the provision of in-person services. Our HUD-funded rapid rehousing program has now connected over 130 survivors to high-quality apartments and with new staff will be able to Apartment interior – The Jennings help more survivors during the coming year. A testament to the effectiveness of the program’s aftercare support is that 100% of survivors placed Safe at Last in apartments during the year remained stable in 95% of domestic violence survivors in our their homes. Staff also conducted 35 workshops buildings remained safely and stably housed this on affordable housing options and rental subsidies year and 99% remained free from new incidents at the five New York City Family Justice Centers of violence. and at domestic violence shelters. new destiny housing • 12 w 37th st, 7th floor • new york, ny 10018 • 646.472.0262 • @newdestinyorg • www.newdestinyhousing.org 3 Buildings, 3 Boroughs “The Coordinator has done such an outstanding job of helping me to turn Construction continued on three affordable what looked like an overwhelming housing developments for domestic violence survivors and low-income families in the Bronx, financial disaster into something that is Brooklyn and Queens. Combined, there will be manageable and a challenge instead of 183 new homes for families headed by domestic a permanent condition. When I first met violence survivors who are living in shelter, and him, I only saw debt I would never be able over 200 additional units of affordable housing to manage, ruined credit and no way to for these communities. get out of the situation. The Coordinator conveyed that there was hope. This enabled me to not be completely thrown off by one challenge and to find a solution instead of hitting a wall.” —HousingLink participant Record Number of Visits for Information The Bryant rendering 198,000 individuals visited our online Housing Resource Center, which provides up-to-date information on subsidies and rental assistance Advocacy programs, how to conduct a successful housing search, overcoming common housing New Destiny advocates for the equitable challenges, links to important resources and distribution of homeless housing resources this year, information on government assistance among homeless domestic violence survivors related to COVID-19. and families including co-leading the Family Homelessness Coalition (FHC). During the past year, the FHC’s efforts resulted in widespread media attention to the challenges facing COVID-19 homeless families. The FHC established a We met the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic Housing Policy Fellowship to train individuals and stay-at-home requirements by quickly who have experienced homelessness to advocate pivoting to providing services remotely for both for effective policy change, and produced a video HousingLink participants and tenants in our featuring the Fellows sharing the challenges of buildings. We were able to ensure that tenants being homeless. Watch the video on the FHC continued to receive supports that help them website at fhcnyc.org. to remain housing stable, that their children were able to access school remotely, and that survivors needing housing could find new “When I first received the keys to my homes through HousingLink. We also created a apartment I was filled with joy. I can’t Tenant Emergency Assistance Fund that raised even describe it any other way, it’s like a thousands of dollars to help tenants manage new new beginning.” expenses such as PPE. —Family Support Program participant Image credits: ben gabbe photography, Eric Petschek, Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC FY 2020 FINANCIALS Revenue, Three-year average Revenue, FY 2018 to FY 2020 FY 2020 FY 2019 FY 2018 Grants and $1,923,574 $972,468 $1,318,669 contributions $1,404,904 Special events, $100,564 $238,793 $214,538 net of expenses Rental income $1,107,516 and property $399,989 $488,258 $383,516 management $423,921 Developer fees $221,074 $2,779,629 $321,845 $184,632 $202,582 Other income $74,935 $293,159 $239,653 TOTAL $2,720,136 $4,772,307 $2,478,221 Special Rental income Grants and Developer Other events, net and property contributions fees income of expenses management Expenses FY 2020 8.5% Social services $1,614,198 16.4% Fundraising $253,247 54.1% Management and general $488,830 21.0% Housing and management services $626,052 Our full financial statement is available on our website at newdestinyhousing.org. FY 2020 SUPPORTERS Our 2020 Benefit Diamond Sponsor: $25,000–$49,999 Cathay Bank Foundation Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Gina B. Doynow Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. Glenwood Management Corp. Sterling National Bank Charitable Foundation The Hyde and Watson Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation The Lemle & Wolff Companies William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation $50,000 and above The MUFG Foundation RXR Realty Deutsche Bank $10,000–$24,999 The New York Community Trust Santander Bank Stavros Niarchos Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation TD Charitable Foundation Tali Farhadian Weinstein and Boaz Weinstein Capital One Continued on next page FY 2020 SUPPORTERS (continued) $5,000–$9,999 $1,000–$2,499 Jason Vazquez Paul Feuerstein and Rebecca Eddy Holly B. Wallace Michael and Elizabeth Flaherty Lane Addonizio Anonymous $500–$999 Richard T. Fleck and Anna Yu Anonymous Bank of America Merrill Lynch Scott and Grace Gabriel AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Irene Biggs Alexander Gorlin Architects Susan V. Gibson Beachwold Partners, LP Frederick Butti Alan and Judith Appelbaum Aviva Goldstein and Richard Miller Benchmark Title Agency, LLC Albert and Brenda Butzel Robert Beauregard and Debra L. Lisa A. Goodman Elaine Calos Marcia and Noel Caban Bilow Francis J. Greenburger Jessie M. Gabriel Bernard and Michelle Carr Eve Cagan and Robert Pirani Lisa Nicolle Grist The Gussack-Stein Charitable Fund Theresa A. Cerezola Marsha Caparelli Francis and Mary Ann Hackett Hudson Housing Capital LLC Citi Community Capital Myron and Ellen E. Conovitz Michel E. Hantar Jerome Chazen Fund to Address CohnReznick LLP James Fostin Cotchen Erica Hollander Domestic Violence COR-SRVS Inc. Laura Dukess and Roger Schwed Bernell K. Grier Magnusson Architecture and Amelia A. Cottrell Marisol Franco Dominique Jean-Louis Planning, PC Thomas DeCaro Michael and Jenny Gatenby Thomas W. and Adelaide K. Jones Marjorie A. McAndrews Douglaston Development, LLC Suzanne and Ross Geoghegan Michael and Laura Kaiser Rachel E. Miller Empire Electric & Maintenance LLC Housing Partnership Development Nameeta Kamath-Baxter Richman Housing Resources LLC Corp. The Fleischer-Bierstein Charitable Joanne Kelvin Sunshine Foundation Fund Stephen B. Jacobs Jeffrey I. and Martha C. Kohn Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Marc and Jeanne Jahr $2,500–$4,999 Charles Lauster and Susan Cowell Lucy and William Friedman Louis B. and Joy B. Kimmelman Thomas L. Long Nadia Burgard and Cliff Fonstein Richard M. Froehlich Susan Leicher and Anthony Robins Antonio Martinez The Peter and Marilyn Biggins Fund Vladimir Ganchev Madeleine Lippey Seth and Anna McDonagh Jo Ellen Cooper Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP Marie L. Martineau Anne McKay Nicole Firment Susan Herman and Jeremy Travis Donna R. Merris and Robyn A. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Susan L. Fleck Robert S. Insolia Huffman Peoples Computer Services, Inc. Gotham Organization, Inc. Jessica Katz and Moshe McKie- Philip Petri Anthony and Lillian Picchione Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP Krisberg Anthony and Gloria Picciano Kenneth R. Pleasant Sara McDougall Joann Lang and Robert Todd R&M Engineering Ellen Rautenberg Charles E. and Susan McLean Lettire Construction Corporation Nicole Salmasi Jackie Ricciani Olmstead Properties Inc. Metropolitan Valuation Services, Inc. Lori and David Schechner Howard Rigberg Katharine and David Outcalt New Destiny Junior Council Catherine Trapani Raquel N. Rivera People’s United Community Carole Pittelman Leyla Vural and Christopher Dunn Linda E. Rodd Foundation Regions Affordable Housing William and Joan Strawder Webster William Rosenblatt and Jeanne The Prescott Fund For Children and RenaissanceRe Youth $150–$499 Steiner Marc Salerno Ridgewood Savings Bank Ruzow & Associates Paula M. Sarro Alembic Community Development Lawrence Stein Sarah’s Daughters