Hartley House Inc

“Board Trustee Elizabeth Kramer is the mother of two other trustees: President Alice Truax and Trustee Charles Truax. H. Hartley du Pont, Rev. Francis Geer and Alexa Platt are related (descendants of the original Hartley family). Diane Downs is married to Greg Downs (not on the Board) but also a descendant of the original Hartley family.”

“Management reviewed a draft of the Form 990 with the audit/finance committee and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the Form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS.”

“The organization has a "board approved" conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transactions.”

“The Board of Directors of Hartley House evaluated the performance of the executive director and used internal and external data, including the Non-profit Coordinating Committee and United Neighborhood House's annual survey of non-profit executives, to establish the Executive Directors compensation.”

“The audited financial statements are available on the Hartley House website.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHERORGANIZATIONAL Hartley House has established a permanent Assistant Executive Director (AED) position that will supervise and collaborate with all program directors. Megan Ducoff joined Hartley House as its first AED on June 22, 2015, and her position is fully funded thanks to 100% Board fundraising participation and the securing of new foundation funding to offset the first three years of the AEDs tenure. Ms. Ducoff began to deeply and thoughtfully assess Hartley Houses programming, service delivery, and measurement and data collection systems to identify ways to strengthen and improve our impact in the Hells Kitchen community and ensure Hartley Houses sustainability. For our Home Outreach Program for Elders (HOPE), Megan worked with Director Yesenia Zuniga to assess staffing and service delivery and strategize on the award of a renewal grant from The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to support the expansion of the Part-Time Case Manager position into a Full-Time position. With the support of the AED, this will expand the capacity of HOPE to improve and enhance its intake process, incorporating scientifically validated assessment tools for client progress toward evidence-based gerentological goals and outcomes. For the Youth Programs, The AED recently identified the Survey of Academic and Youth Outcomes Youth Survey (SAYO Y) as a useful tool to assist youth in self-identifying outcomes and experiences in out-of-school time programming that are critical to youths future success. A grant from TD Bank supported staff training in the implementation of this tool. NEW PARTNERSHIPSIn 2015, Hartley House was selected as the site of the New York Junior League (NYJL) Community Improvement Project for 2015. The Project fully renovated three badly outdated learning spaces in Hartley Houses over 120-year-old historic home. The project included $50,000 in supplies and in-kind services for capital improvements, as well as a team from the NYJLs more than 2,600 women volunteers to complete the upgrades. Hartley Houses partnership with the NYJL is ongoing as we pursue a variety of additional opportunities including ongoing career counseling, job and life skills development, and financial literacy volunteer services to expand Hartley Houses support of teens, as well as an opportunity to participate in NYJLs Nonprofit Boards Clearinghouse to strengthen the current Boards capacity and recruit new members.”