2020 ANNUAL REPORT
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POWER ACADEMY
Public School #33
2424 Jerome Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10458
Public School #85
2400 Marion Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10468
Public School #175
175 West 134th Street,
NY, NY 10030
Public School #192
500 W 138th Street,
NY, NY 10031
Harlem Village Academy
244 W 144th Street,
NY, NY 10030
PROGRAM LOCATIONS
LEVEL UP
Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
985 Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212
Bronx Community High School
1980 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473
Harlem Renaissance High School
22 East 128th Street, New York, NY 10035
Brooklyn Democracy Academy
985 Rockaway Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11212
Emma Lazarus High School
100 Hester Street, New York, NY 10002
Washington Irving Young Adult Borough Center (YABC)
225 West 24th Street, Room 1027, New York, NY 10001
English Language Learners International
Support Preparatory Academy (ELLIS)
99 Terrace View Ave, The Bronx, NY 10463
BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES
“I’m excited to be part of an organization that recognizes students are smart, insightful, and have big dreams, and that we help them achieve those dreams.”
– Nanda Prabhakar, Senior Vice President of Program Operations
LEARNING TO WORK
Each year, the Mission Society Learning to Work program addresses the education opportunity gap experienced in under-resourced communities - alleviating barriers to high school graduation, attending college, and finding employment. In 2019-20, we served nearly 1,900 over-age and under credited students across seven transfer public high schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
318 Mission Society students joined our paid internship program, making a total of $983,379 as they worked alongside professionals in their fields of interest.
MENTORSHIP HOURS
We provided 1,900 mentorship hours, as well as career development opportunities - like one-of-a-kind tours - to give students insight into the variety of professions within their reach post-graduation.
COLLEGE COUNSELLING
Our team of educators offered college counselling and application advice, worked alongside 370 students on community service projects throughout the city, and helped students navigate self-care and stress management during an unprecedented year.
POWER ACADEMY
Over 1,400 elementary and middle school students participated in Power Academy, our after school and summer academic enrichment programs. In five schools across Manhattan and the Bronx, we created and provided interactive curricula to help young people develop valuable literacy, STEM, and social and emotional learning skills for the classroom and beyond.
STRONGER READERS
92% of Mission Society students indicated they were stronger readers after their year in Power Academy, with LitUp! and Pages to Stages curricula helping them strengthen their literacy skills through fun, interactive activities.
BUILD PERSONAL LIBRARIES
We helped students across the city build their own personal libraries with the donation of over 4,000 books, working with inspiring partners & Mission Society community members to give the gift of imagination.
STEM EDUCATION
15,000 hours of STEM education took place during 2019-20 through our Innovation Station program, fostering young engineers and cultivating a passion for these increasingly important subjects.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
WELCOMING
NEW PARTNERS
ELLIS Preparatory Academy - a Bronx high school offering high quality education to recently arrived immigrant English language learners - joined the Mission Society family last year. Through the newly established Learning to Work site, we facilitated comprehensive academic and career development programs for over 300 students.
“I believe that everyone is capable of doing whatever they want to do. My guiding principle is ‘how can I make this better?'”
– Carmen Rosario,
Program Director, PS 192
Mission Society educator, Carmen Rosario, was given a 2020 PASEsetter Award on February 25 in recognition of her hard work over the past 15 years - furthering the field of afterschool programming, encouraging the academic, social-emotional, and creative development of her students, and serving as a role-model for our community.
Under the mentorship of the American Planning Association (APA) and Nate Heffron, ELLIS students shared their proposal for the expansion of the BX9 bus route with urban planning professionals throughout the year. At the end of 2020, the project was one of six to receive the William H. Whyte Award for Creativity and Ingenuity in the field of planning from the New York Metro Chapter of the APA.
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
GIVING THE GIFT OF IMAGINATION
Many of the young people that come through our doors are unable to build their own home libraries, which can be a crucial for developing literacy skills and kicking off a learning journey. With the help of inspiring partners and community members, we gave the gift of imagination, donating over 4,000 books to students across the city.
PROTECTING STUDENT WELL-BEING
Each year, we prioritize the social and emotional health of our community and demonstrate to every student that they are not alone. In 2019-20, our licensed social workers offered over 2,550 hours of counseling, and created resources to show student’s how to navigate self-care and manage stress during an unprecedented year.
SERVING THE COMMUNITY
Our educators worked alongside 370 students on community service projects throughout the city. Projects included mentoring youth, advocacy work, volunteering at food kitchens, participating in park clean ups, delivering meals to individuals in need, and more.
RESPONDING TO COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis had a profound impact on the Mission Society community - especially the 75% of families living below the poverty line that benefit from our programs. The onset of the pandemic required us to adapt, and ensure our offerings reflected the needs of each student and parent. Over the course of 2020, the Mission Society:
EMERGENCY
RELIEF FUND

Established an Emergency Relief Fund with the help of our community, providing 258 care packages of essential household items, delivering 262 warm meals, and distributing $64,300 in cash assistance to families in need.
DISTANCE LEARNING LIBRARY
Launched a Distance Learning Library, with STEM, literacy, and physical fitness activities for our K-8 students, curated by Mission Society educators.


Facilitated a seven-week Summer LearnIN program in partnership with Scholastic Inc., BOKS Kids, & Weeks Lerman, sending reading, art supplies, workbooks, and a weekly newsletter to 750 students.

Ensured high school students received much-needed technology for remote learning at the onset of school closures through the work of dedicated Mission Champions.
SUCCESS STARTS WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Elsie McCabe Thompson
President
Sara Elghobashy
Senior Vice President,
External Affairs
Rick Lustig
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
Nanda Prabhakar
Senior Vice President, Program Operations
Sharada Singh
Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Bader
Chairman & Chief Investment Officer
Halcyon Asset Management
Peggy Jacobs Bader
Marketing & Communications Consultant
Kim Bingham
Founding Partner,
American & European Client Coverage
Global Frontier Partners
Lloyd Brown*
Managing Director, CRA
and Fair Lending
Citibank
Laura Flavin
VP, Global Compensation
& Benefits
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Hannah Choi Granade
CEO & Founder
mLogg
Burhan Jaffer
Chief Strategy Officer
Conduent
Timothy G. Little
Partner, Real Estate
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Matthew W. Mamak, Chair
Partner
Alston & Bird
Jay Moorhead, Treasurer
Managing Director
Global Power Partners
Pamela J. Newman
President & CEO
PJN Strategies
Katrina Peebles, Vice Chair
Principal & Creative Director
The Peebles Corporation
James B. Peterson, Jr.
Principal
Pioneer Acquisitions
Stanley H. Rumbough, Secretary
Architectural Photographer
Jean Shafiroff
Author & Philanthropist
Derek E. Steinheiser**
Partner
Ernest & Young
Alvarez Symonette
COO
Lady M Confections
Greg Worrell
President
Scholastic Education
* Special Advisor to the Chairperson of the Board
** Honorary Board Member
OUR SUPPORTERS
$ 1,000,000+
NYC Department of Education
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
$100,000 to 999,999
New York City Council
$50,000 to $99,999
Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller
Fordham University
Lawrence Morris Charitable Trust
Stanley H.& Leah Rumbough
$25,000 to $49,999
Arnhold Foundation
Citibank
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Gray Foundation
John & Peggy Bader/ Bader Family Charitable Foundation
Martin & Jean Shafiroff
New York Community Trust
Time Warner
$10,000 to $24,999
Alston & Bird LLP
BKD CPAs and Advisors
Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation
James B. & Lauren L. Peterson
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Michael Fisch
The Pamela J. Newman Foundation
Senator Investment Group
William C. and Joyce C. O’Neil
Charitable Trust
$1,000 to $9,999
Brown and Brown of Garden City
C.L. & G.M. Galpin
Clara McDonald
Cos Bar Retail, LLC
Douglas Eillman Real Estate
Eric Vorenkamp
Greg Worrell
Hannah & Matthew Granade
Jay & Missy Moorhead
Jeannie & Brian Rosenthal
Jennifer & Seth Grossman
Jonathan Scott
Joseph J. Brooks
$500 to $999
Alan Schwartz
Colgate-Palmolive
L. Kelly Atkinson,Jr.
Lucy Hwong Gordon
Michael H. Singer
Rita Mitjans
Silda Spitzer
William & Mary Jane Driscoll
Kim Bingham
Laura B. Vogler Foundation
Laura Flavin
Matthew W. and Marie-Christine Mamak
Nothin’ Special
Partnership for Afterschool Education
Paul & Christine D’Amico
Philip Pilevsky
Prime Buchholz
Professional Computer Associates
S & E Bergman Charitable Fund
Shannon J. Hales
Stanley & Marion Bergman
Switzer Group
United Talent Agency
$100 to $499
Alberta Crum
Allison Ecung
Carol A. Cross
Celia Berk
Cynthia Filgueira
Edwin Deane Leonard
Elsie McCabe Thompson
Evangelia Kingsley
G. & R. Kummer
James Frazier
Jewish Communal Fund
Kim Sillen
Laura Sanchez
George Steinhiser
Linda Hayakawa
Lynne Rubin
Robert Watt
Sally Guido
Scott Herz
Steve Corrales
Susan Borschel
In-Kind
Alston & Bird LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Molton Brown
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Weeks Lerman Group
White & Case LL