New York Common Pantry

“The 990 is reviewed by the finance committee prior to submission to the executive committee for approval and filing.”

“The policy covers all board members, officers and senior staff, each of whom is to complete a signed conflict of interest form annually which discloses all actual or potential conflicting interests as of that date and commits to promptly disclose any conflict that may arise during the year to the board chair or the executive committee. Interested parties who may have an actual or potential conflict of interest will not participate in decisions affecting that interest and the organization as follows: such a director shall not vote on a matter in which he/she has an interest and shall not attempt to influence other directors regarding such a matter without first disclosing that interest. A majority of the board or committee may prohibit an interested director from participating in the discussion about the matter. In addition, all transactions with interested parties are reviewed by the executive committee to determine that they are fair and will benefit new york common pantry and not the interested party.”

“Executive director (2014), development director (2014) and director of programs (2014)- compensation research results, profiles and articles were attained from a variety of sources, including nonprofit coordinating committee of new york, professionals for nonprofits, chronicle of philanthropy, and charity navigator. Executive director presented salary increases for the development director and director of programs to the board of directors for discussion and vote. Nycp's board of directors established compensation for the executive director.”

“Form 990 is available for review on our website (www.nycommonpantry.org) and a copy of conflict of interest policy and other governing documents are available upon request.”

“New york common pantry (nycp) served 2,921,497 meals across programs in fy15. In addition, $4,094,720 in resources was accessed for nycp clients across all programs, and an additional $1,857,674 was acquired through partnerships with organizations that assisted members with tax filing/returns, health benefits, supplemental nutrition assistance (snap) and more. The combined total of these resources was close to $6 million. The majority of meals were provided to approximately 228,741 visitors in our choice pantry program. That figure comprised 26,557 distinct pantry members, a modest 2% increase in that program as compared to fy14. Another 62,680 breakfasts and dinners were served in our hot meals program while 15,220 brown bags were served on evenings when hot meals were not available; the combined output represents a 5% increase from fy14. Nycp also operated nutrition education and active living classes through its live healthy! Program. The live healthy! Program held 567 sessions during the year, an increase of 63 sessions or 13% from fy14 (this program had already grown 133% between fy13 and fy14). Live healthy! Served 1709 distinct adults and children, an 84% increase over fy14. In addition the level of commitment in the live healthy! Program increased in fy 15, up to 7,500 class visits, up from 6,834 in fy 14, a 10% increase. The total number of distinct people served across all programs increased by 12%. Growth of the live healthy! Program, stagnating wages, increased cost of living, and cuts to the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap) which went into effect november 1st, 2013, continue to drive this growth.”

“Fy15: 14,423 volunteers worked 46,769 hours. Volunteer hours represented $1,256,215 in saved labor costs based on new york state's 2014 volunteer rate. All told, volunteers performed 45% of the total labor hours of the organization.”

“Live healthy! Program expanded significantly under the eat smart new york grant through new york state office of temporary disability and assistance (otda) leading to an 84% increase in people served as compared to the previous year. In addition, the program began using new curricula, which included "community matters in the store", which provided tours for participants to grocery stores in their communities to help read food labels and nutrition information through a separate share our strength grant.”

“As mentioned previously, the live healthy! Grew significantly, expanding to serve people in the bronx and manhattan, as well as a few classes in queens and brooklyn. The staff went from three to 15 due to the expansion, and in fy16 the program will greatly increase to citywide service delivery.”

“The process for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”