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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.”

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– 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?'”

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– 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

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

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Lloyd Brown*

Managing Director, CRA

and Fair Lending

Citibank

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Laura Flavin

VP, Global Compensation

& Benefits

Colgate-Palmolive Company

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Hannah Choi Granade

CEO & Founder
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Burhan Jaffer

Chief Strategy Officer 

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Timothy G. Little

Partner, Real Estate

Katten Muchin Rosenman

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Matthew W. Mamak, Chair

Partner

Alston & Bird

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Jay Moorhead, Treasurer

Managing Director
Global Power Partners

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Pamela J. Newman

President & CEO

PJN Strategies

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Katrina Peebles, Vice Chair

Principal & Creative Director

The Peebles Corporation

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James B. Peterson, Jr.

Principal

Pioneer Acquisitions

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Stanley H. Rumbough, Secretary

Architectural Photographer

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Jean Shafiroff

Author & Philanthropist

Derek E. Steinheiser**

Partner

Ernest & Young

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Alvarez Symonette

COO
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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

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$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

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$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