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 (2017), development director (2017) and deputy executive director (2017)- 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 senior director of development and communication and the deputy executive director 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) aims to reduce poverty, stabilize households and improve well-being through an array of programs. In fy17, nycp served 6,025,121 meals across all programs. In addition, $ 4,852,867 was accessed by nycp case managers and resource enrollers (a 4% increase over fy16). That figure includes $2,353,171 accessed by the help 365 team at the east harlem location and $1,310,264 accessed by the help 365 mobile team. Project dignity, which helps homeless new yorkers to access resources, services and housing, accessed $1,157,252 and new york common pantry's newest initiative, choice pantry bronx's (cpbx) help 365 team accessed $32,180 during those two months. An additional $1,528,064 was acquired through partnerships with organizations that assisted members with tax filing and emergency needs. The combined total of these resources was $6,380,931, up 2% from fy16. Choice pantry provided 2,472,351 meals to approximately 210,781 visitors in our choice pantry program based in east harlem. That figure comprised 22,887 distinct pantry members. Another 63,961 breakfasts and dinners were served in our hot meals program, and 8,303 brown bags were served on holidays and weekends when hot meals were not available. Live healthy!, the eat smart new york program name for the office of temporary disability and assistance and usda sponsored program, provides an array of nutrition education and wellness services. Live healthy! Held 3,111 sessions during the year, an increase of 1,524 sessions or 96% from fy16 (this program had already grown 179% in fy16). Live healthy! Served 14,657 distinct adults and children, an increase of 120% from fy16 (the program had already grown 101% between fy15 and 16). In addition the visit or duplicated count for the live healthy! Program grew 48%, to 21,777 participants, which had previously grown by 190% between fy15 and fy16 and 10% between fy14 and fy15. Nourish, the nycp program name for the commodity supplemental food program (csfp) operated in conjunction with new york state and the united states department of agriculture (usda), completed its first full year of funding. The program provides snap eligible seniors with pantry packages once a month. During the year nourish served 104 sites in bronx, manhattan, queens, and brooklyn and westchester county, partnering with senior centers, senior housing facilities, naturally occurring retirement communities (norc's), and new york city housing authority senior buildings, as well as other community centers where low-income seniors reside. As part of nourish/csfp, nycp also runs a "participant enrollment site" in the mott haven section of the bronx, serving that community and other communities suffering from food insecurity. In fy17 the program also began serving 5 locations in westchester county and 152,641 visitors (duplicated count). A warehouse in hunts point, bronx is the receiving point for the deliveries, and food is packed by the operations teams for participant enrollment and mobile sites. The total number of people served across all programs was 493,241 and that represented 64,212 distinct or unique members. In order to provide these services, and to minimize costs and maximize efficiency, nycp partnered with 210 mobile sites across programs, delivering food in the nourish program at 104 sites, providing case management and benefits access to 33 sites, and providing live healthy! Services at 73 sites.”

“Fy 17 during the year new york common pantry had a total of 16,377 volunteers perform 55,488 hours of service across programs, representing $1,555,883 in saved labor costs based on new york state's 2016 volunteer rate. Agency wide, 30% of all labor hours were performed by volunteers. These hours were performed doing a variety of tasks, including assisting with, and fulfilling, orders; packing and handing out groceries in the choice pantries in the bronx and manhattan; setting up, preparing, serving, and cleaning up in the hot meal program; assisting the live healthy! Team with assorted needs as requested; and packing food orders in nourish, the commodities supplemental food program (csfp).”

“Nycp began operating a choice pantry in the longwood section of the bronx at 1290 hoe ave. On april 27th, 2017. Choice pantry bronx (cpbx) is modeled after the choice pantry program at 109th st. In east harlem, providing access to nutritious food, case management, resource access, and nutrition education and wellness programming in partnership with the live healthy! Program. The program served 31,585 meals to 5,190 unduplicated participants and accessed $32,180 in resources for new members thru june 30th, 2017”

“B. Help 365 mobile was converted from a one-person resource access program to a four-person targeted supplemental nutrition access program (snap) team in fy17. Help 365 mobile case managers now leverage partnerships with other community-based organizations, and then work in those communities where snap is under accessed, to apply foor resources. Earlier in the year and in previous years the program had a single case worker and accessed all benefits, not just snap. In fy17 the snap program served 33 sites in four boroughs, screening 504 and successfully accessing snap benefits for 458 families.”

“In compliance with the non-profit revitalization act, the finance and audit committee, including the chair and the treasurer, initiate the audit process, speaking with the auditors and having periodic calls to review the status of the audit as it proceeds. In addition, upon completion, the auditor and the finance committee review the findings of the audit. It is then reviewed by the executive committee and full board, where it is voted on and approved.”