Pratt Institute

“FAMILY RELATIONSHIP: MIKE PRATT, David O. Pratt, CAROLYN BRANSFORD MACDONALD AND ANNE H. VAN INGEN HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.”

“Review of 990: the return is prepared by an independent firm based on information provided by the organization and in consultation with the organization's staff. The draft prepared by the accounting firm is then submitted to the controller, vp of finance, the finance and audit committee for their review, and then to the full board of directors before filing the completed form 990 with the irs.”

“Conflict of interest policy: the organization has a written conflict of interest policy covering all trustees, officers, and employees that provides that no individual may participate in discussion or decision on any matter in which he or she has a material financial interest. All trustees, officers and individuals who have purchasing authority are required to certify compliance with the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis.”

“Process of determining compensation: compensation for the president, officers and key employees is determined by a process that includes the use of external comparability data, review and approval by the board and executive committee of the board of trustees, and contemporaneous recordkeeping of their deliberations and decisions. The president's compensation is reviewed and approved by the executive committee of the board of trustees. Based upon the review, president's compensation is then determined and approved by the board.”

“Disclosure: the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request from the office of the vp of finance or the controller's office. In addition, the form 990 is available at guidestar.org.”

“Organization's mission: the mission of pratt institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society. Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise. With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to become leaders in their professions. Pratt enrolls a diverse group of highly talented and dedicated students, challenging them to achieve their full potential.”

“Statement of program service accomplishments: line 4a: instruction: ---------------------- pratt offers 24 undergraduate degree and 45 graduate degree programs in art & design, architecture, liberal arts & sciences (ug), information & library science (g) and center for continuing & professional studies. It offers more than 20 study abroad and international exchange programs in more than a dozen locations including rome, florence, milan, copenhagen, london and tokyo. In addition, pratt provides students with opportunities to enroll in five dual degree programs. It also offers five programs leading to an advanced certificate award: art & design education, archives programs, library & information specialist and museum libraries, minor programs in construction management, cultural studies and history of art & design. It also offers two full-time english as a second language (esl) programs for international students that focus on the language of art, design and architecture. Pratt institute's official enrollment for the fy2016-17 was 4,528 students. *undergraduate (3,202 students) - art: 849; design: 1,419; architecture: 669; liberal arts & sciences: 146 and associate degree programs: 119. *graduate (1,287 students) - art: 350; design: 370; architecture: 355; information & library science: 119; las: 93. *foundation: 30. *pre-college - high school program: 9. Pratt institutes school of continuing and professional studies (scps) provides high-quality credit and non-credit courses and programs to the nontraditional student in a variety of subjects for educational advancement, career change, and enrichment. Included in its programs is the precollege program that provides high school students with a rigorous college level art, design and creative thinking courses, modeled after pratt institutes undergraduate offerings.”

“Statement of program service accomplishments: line 4b: academic support: -------------------------- scholarships are vital to fostering the unique abilities of the more than 4,000 talented young men and women enrolled at pratt, the majority of whom would otherwise be unable to benefit from the world-class, cutting edge education that the institute offers. Currently, over 80% of pratt students receive some form of financial aid. Scholarships provide these students with meaningful support that enable them to pursue their education while reducing their financial burdens. Pratt institutes endowed faculty development funds provide increased resources for the competitively awarded annual grants that not only advance pratt faculty members' research and creative interests but also strengthen the institute's curriculum overall. With the support of these funds, pratt faculty can undertake research and projects to advance the curriculum and their fields, explore new directions in teaching, and inspire new interdisciplinary work that will contribute to the learning environment. Specific activities might include studio projects, publications, travel, research, and cross-disciplinary courses and studies by faculty teams.”

“Statement of program service accomplishments: line 4c: public service: ------------------------ pratt's department of art and design education offers a variety of programs for the community. It provides opportunities for artists and designers of all ages to recognize pratt institute offers a number of programs, centers and initiatives that benefit the public and communities. A number of them are listed below. The art education program: pratt's department of art and design education offers a variety of programs for the community. It provides opportunities for artists and designers of all ages to recognize and develop their creative potential. Classes are held on pratt's campus where participants learn in a college environment. These programs prepare pratt students studying art & design education to work as teachers and artists while simultaneously bringing art and design classes to the community. Featured programs are design initiative for community empowerment (dice), pratt young scholars, saturday art school, and summer design. The spatial analysis and visualization initiative (savi): savi at pratt institute is a geographic information systems (gis)-centered initiative that provides students and faculty across disciplines access to gis and visualization resources. Savi is dedicated to pratt's commitment to benefit the greater community and provides services and gis technical assistance to new york city-based nonprofit, civic, and community-based planning organizations, and offers a gis and design certificate program through the school of continuing and professional studies. Savi maintains a database of spatial and informational data sets, available for public use on most networked computers at the pratt brooklyn campus. Below are listed achievements in fy16/17: museum of the city of new york: savi performed data analysis and mapping for the museum of the city of new yorks (mcny) first permanent exhibition, new york at its core. Savi worked with mcny curators for six months to analyze spatial data and develop stories for the future city lab, which is one of three galleries in the exhibition and covers the years 2000-2050. The project resulted in nearly 100 maps around five themes: living together, housing a growing city, making a living, getting around, and living with nature. Neighbors allied for good growth/ toxicity map: neighbors allied for good growth (nag) enlisted savi to determine the extent of pollution that has occurred throughout the history of greenpoint and williamsburg. Savi underwent an arduous process of data mining and assessment of dep, epa, and other agency records to locate areas of concern. Savi then combined this cleaned and distilled data, with other demographic information, into a simple story told through a website called toxicity. Collective for community, culture and the environment - prospect lefferts gardens neighborhood association: savi created maps and charts of neighborhood data for prospect lefferts gardens to enhance the collective for community, culture and the environments project with the neighborhood association. Savi's maps specifically highlighted zoning, land use, transportation, building and public housing information as well as a series to highlight demographic change over time. The collective used this information to inform their recommendations for the neighborhood. Hester street collaborative - takecare ny 2020: in 2016, hester street collaborative requested savis assistance on take care new york 2020, a health blueprint plan they were creating for nyc department of health. Savi designed and ran two training sessions for eight community-based organizations (cbos) that were participating in the planning process. The goal was to teach the cbos how to find data, how to make connections between datasets and, in some cases, map the data for the top health priority for their catchment area. Brooklyn navy yard/mapping worker origins: the brooklyn navy yard development corporation aims to”

“Statement of program service accomplishments: line 4d: other program services: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- student services: includes expenses incurred for students' activities and events by the following student support services departments: admissions, registrar, bursar, financial aid, athletics, international affairs, health & counseling, career services and other student services departments. The student affairs division provides programs and services that promote student personal and professional development, fosters a campus environment that is conducive to student learning and advocates for and supports students as they meet the challenges of the pratt experiences. The office of international affairs provides services to about 1,335 international students from over 75 countries as well as j1 exchange visitors, exchange students, professors and scholars. This office is responsible to ensure pratt's compliance with the department of homeland security and department of state. Institutional support: includes expenditures primarily incurred by the security office, strategic planning, office of institutional research information technology, academic marketing, sustainability and other program services related general institute expenses. Tremendous progress with the implementation of the approved strategic plan for 2012-17 has been achieved and most goals were being implemented as scheduled. Institutional research has submitted all federally and state required enrollment & financial surveys, launched the online pratt fact book in may and launched three surveys: employee satisfaction with pratt retirement benefits, student satisfaction with financial aid and bursar services and faculty preferences for training needs in computer assisted instruction at pratt's summer technology institute provided by the educational technology department. Operation and maintenance of plant: includes expenses for the maintenance and upkeep of buildings, management and support of the operations of physical plant facilities, utilities, cleaning and other related functions, capital renovation projects, etc. Auxiliary enterprises: the residential life and student housing expenditures are reported under auxiliary enterprises. Its mission is to efficiently and effectively administer a housing program in a learning centered environment that challenges and supports students to 1) enhance self-understanding 2) value community responsibility and 3) learn from their experiences. The policies, procedures and programs established and encouraged by residential life are those which enhance student learning and involvement outside the classroom. The institute manages and maintains numerous dormitories on and off campus and townhouses that provide housing for pratt students. In fy16/17 continue renovation townhouses and started the design stage of the new emerson dormitory. Included also in the auxiliary enterprise is the management of the student meal plan program, and activity resource center activities which are primarily maintained for the use and convenience of students, faculty and staff.”

“Other changes in net assets or fund balance: adjustment to contributions receivable (4,000,000) postretirement related changes 4,658,170 ------------- total 658,170 =============”