Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$793,995

Total expenses

$663,692

Contributions and grants received

$668,043

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$125,827

Investment income

$125

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$553,430

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,191

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$522,239

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$436,277

Management and general expenses

$114,276

Fundraising expenses

$113,139

Program service expenses (Part III)

$436,277

Program services were 65.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2023, NECS' COMMUNITY PROGRAM IMPACTED THE LIVES OF 752 CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMS AND ATTENDED PERFORMANCES. NECS PROVIDED 83 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWERED PARTICIPANTS TO CREATE ART, COLLABORATE, AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEMSELVES, THEIR PEERS, AND THEIR COMMUNITY. WE WERE THRILLED THAT A SHORT FILM CREATED BY NECS FILM STUDENTS WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS 5TH ANNUAL PEEKSKILL FILM FESTIVAL. THIS RECOGNITION NOT ONLY CELEBRATED THE TALENT AND DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO REAFFIRMED NECS' COMMITMENT TO NURTURING THE CREATIVITY OF YOUNG FILMMAKERS. OUR MONTHLY OPEN BOOK SPOKEN WORD POETRY EVENT AT THE HUDSON VALLEY MOCA FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS SERVED AS A VIBRANT PLATFORM WHERE EMPOWERED VOICES INTERTWINED WITH COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER, RANA FAURE, JOINED OUR TEAM OF TEACHING ARTISTS TO INTRODUCE STILL LIFE AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY TO ENTHUSIASTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE WELCOMED OVER 30 EAGER STUDENTS TO OUR NATURE CONNECTION CAMP IN THE SUMMER. FROM INVIGORATING HIKES TO REFRESHING SWIMS, EVERY MOMENT WAS FILLED WITH JOY AND DISCOVERY AS THEY EXPLORED THE WONDERS OF NATURE. ENGAGING IN CREATIVE ART PROJECTS ALLOWED THEM TO UNLEASH THEIR IMAGINATIONS AND SHARE THE HAPPINESS OF SELF-EXPRESSION. TRANQUIL YOGA SESSIONS PROVIDED MOMENTS OF SERENITY, FOSTERING PEACE WITHIN THEMSELVES AND AMONG THEIR PEERS. TENDING TO GARDENS INSTILLED A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIDE AS THEY NURTURED LIFE AROUND THEM. MASTERING PADDLE BOARDING, KAYAKING, AND SAILING BROUGHT IMMENSE JOY TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND TAUGHT VALUABLE LESSONS IN PERSEVERANCE AND TEAMWORK, CREATING CHERISHED MEMORIES OF SUMMER SUCCESS. DURING A SERVICE-LEARNING TRIP TO MONTGOMERY, SELMA, BIRMINGHAM, AND TUSKEGEE, PARTICIPANTS IN NECS' EMPOWERED YOUTH PROGRAM EXPLORED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, CONNECTING WITH LOCAL HISTORIANS AND ACTIVISTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NATION'S HISTORY. ORGANIZED WITH THREE OTHER YOUTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS - WESTCHESTER YOUTH ALLIANCE, HITCHCOCK PRESBYTERIAN, AND KOL AMI CONGREGATION - THIS TRIP UNITED YOUTH FROM WESTCHESTER WITH PEERS FROM ALABAMA'S MORE THAN A HORSE FARM PROGRAM. THIS EXPERIENCE PROVIDED INSIGHTS INTO THE STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND THE YOUTH COLLABORATED ON CREATING A DOCUMENTARY FILM OF THEIR JOURNEY. NECS PARTNERED WITH THE OCETI WAKAN MISSION TO TAKE SEVEN TEENAGE GIRLS TO PINE RIDGE RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN OUR SCHOOLS, NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE CHALLENGES FACED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. OUR GIRLS IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN THE LAKOTA PEOPLE'S HISTORY, CULTURE, AND TRADITIONS DURING THEIR FIVE-DAY STAY. THEY CONNECTED WITH THEIR NATIVE PEERS, GAINING INSIGHTS INTO RESERVATION LIFE AND THE LAND'S HISTORY. NECS' COMMUNITY PROGRAM PROVIDED MEANINGFUL PAID WORK FOR 13 TEACHING ARTISTS/INSTRUCTORS AND THREE LOCAL BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS 176,850 IN TUITION SUBSIDIES, DISCOUNTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PARTICIPANTS. AT THE START OF EACH SEASON, OUR TEACHING ARTISTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM CAME TOGETHER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. WE FOCUSED ON FOSTERING A NURTURING, EQUITABLE, AND IMAGINATIVE SPACE FOR OUR STUDENTS. CENTRAL TO OUR DISCUSSIONS WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE INHERENT DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND INFUSING EVERY INTERACTION WITH COMPASSION, ALL WHILE UPHOLDING A SENSE OF STRUCTURE IN THE CLASSROOM.

  Expenses $370,797 · Revenue $76,799

• NECS'S SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THESE PROGRAMS IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 430 YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND PROVIDED MEANINGFUL WORK FOR FIVE TEACHING ARTISTS.

  Expenses $38,876 · Revenue $31,278

• NECS' ORGANIZATION PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS AND OFFERED MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THREE TEACHING ARTISTS/INSTRUCTORS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS. IN 2023, WE EXPANDED OUR PROGRAM AT THE PEEKSKILL HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMUNITY ROOM AT DUNBAR HEIGHTS THREE DAYS A WEEK, OFFERING VISUAL ART AND INTRODUCING YOGA AND MINDFULNESS. WE SERVED A HEALTHY MEAL PROVIDED BY SECOND CHANCE FOODS, AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE END OF EACH SESSION. NECS WAS HONORED TO BE SELECTED ONCE AGAIN AS A PROVIDER FOR THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE. ITS MISSION IS "TO HELP SOCIETY'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO BECOME EDUCATIONALLY PROFICIENT, ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE, AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES." THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE BELIEVES THAT ONE STRONG ADULT RELATIONSHIP IS A GAME CHANGER FOR A CHILD, PARTICULARLY ONE IN FOSTER CARE. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT A CHILD'S LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

  Expenses $17,933 · Revenue $10,250

• AS PART OF NECS' PARTNER PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH JOINED THE WESTCHESTER YOUTH ALLIANCE FOR THEIR THANKSGIVING SERVICE EVENT. THEY ASSISTED IN PREPARING OVER 2000 HOLIDAY MEALS FOR 20 FOOD PANTRIES. WITNESSING THE PASSION AND KINDNESS OF OUR YOUTH IN SERVING OTHERS EMPHASIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INSTILLING A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND MOLDING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO FUTURE LEADERS WHO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR COMMUNITY. PEEKSKILL REGENERATION FARM AND NECS UNITED TO PRESENT A COMMUNITY DAY EVENT. THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, WE AIMED TO HIGHLIGHT THE VITAL ROLE OF FEEDING THE COMMUNITY WHILE CULTIVATING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THE EVENT FEATURED A COOKING DEMONSTRATION BY FEEDING WESTCHESTER UTILIZING FRESH GARDEN PRODUCE, ALONGSIDE ENGAGING WORKSHOPS ON ARTS AND CRAFTS, SEEDING, AND PLANTING. ATTENDEES ENJOYED MUSIC, GAMES, AND A VIBRANT ATMOSPHERE, ALL IN THE SPIRIT OF FOSTERING CONNECTION AND SPREADING POSITIVITY IN ADDITION, NECS OFFERED NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING A LIGHTING WORKSHOP LED BY A PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKER, HEALTHY MANHOOD TRAINING WITH A CALL TO MEN, A MONTHLY COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS OPEN TO ALL, AND STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS WITH THE PEEKSKILL NAACP. THESE ADDITIONAL ENDEAVORS PROVIDED DIVERSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $8,671

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

23 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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