irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $528KYOUTH PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TUTORING AND HOMEWORK HELP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SUMMER LEARNING K-5, AND SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR. PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TO NAVIGATE THEIR CHILD'S NEXT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
- #2 $356KMENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH FREE, BILINGUAL, AND HOLISTIC TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE SERVICES. WE OFFER A COMBINATION OF ART THERAPY AND TALK THERAPY WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE SUPPORTED TO LEARN AND EXPLORE THEIR FEELINGS, THOUGHTS, AND BEHAVIORS IN A SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT. IN OUR ART AND THERAPY GROUPS, PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PROCESS THEIR FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES BY WORKING ON DIFFERENT ART MEDIUMS SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHY, CLAY, COLLAGE MAKING, DOLL MAKING, PAINTING, AND MORE.
named programs · 6 · from sources
What they call their work
Colors Pre-K
Special education pre-K program for children ages 3–5 with developmental delays, offered in partnership with Kennedy Children’s Center at LSA’s East Harlem site.
Environmental Health Services
Addresses housing-related health issues, particularly asthma triggers, through outreach, tenant organizing, and advocacy in public housing to promote safe and healthy living conditions.
Family Support Services and Food Pantry
Provides emergency food assistance alongside advocacy services including SNAP enrollment, immigration legal appointments, tenant support, and public benefits navigation. Clients receive fresh food after a needs assessment with an LSA advocate.
Mental Health Support
Provides free, bilingual, trauma-informed mental health services for women of childbearing age and their families, including art therapy and talk therapy groups using photography, clay, collage, painting, and other mediums.
Parents and Young Children Program
Offers home-based support, developmental assessments, parenting education, and resource connection for families with children from infancy to age 3. Includes assistance with applications for pre-k, WIC, and childcare vouchers.
Youth Programming
Supports K-12 students and their families through tutoring, homework help, English language arts, social-emotional learning, and summer learning programs. Includes parent resources for middle and high school transitions.
activities · 12 groups
What they do
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Housing Policy Advocacy & Tenant Organizing 1 activity
- Advocating for healthy housing policies and tenant rightsEngages in advocacy to promote healthy and dignified housing, including organizing tenants to secure building repairs and supporting efforts to prevent evictions and improve housing conditions that affect health outcomes.
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Community Environmental Monitoring and Research 1 activity
- Conducting research on asthma and housing conditionsEngages in research to understand the relationship between housing environments and childhood asthma rates, particularly in East Harlem, to inform program design and policy recommendations.
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Community Resource Navigation and Support Services 1 activity
- Delivering community health outreach and service navigationExpands community outreach through a grant-funded program where community health workers provide educational workshops on health and resources, support service navigation, offer family support, and connect residents to COVID-19 vaccination in heavily impacted areas of New York City.
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Parenting Support for At-Risk Families 1 activity
- Delivering home-based parenting and child development support for infants to age 3Provides home-visiting services including personalized guidance on parenting, child development, breastfeeding, nutrition, safe sleep, and infant care. Conducts child development assessments and supports families in applying to Universal Pre-K, 3-K, and Head Start programs. Includes socialization classes and family support.
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Volunteer Engagement and Capacity Support 1 activity
- Facilitating volunteer engagement across multiple service areasOffers structured volunteer opportunities in mentoring, tutoring, advocacy, legal advising, event support, translation, administrative assistance, fundraising, and community service for high school students, young professionals, individuals, groups, and corporations to support family health and child development.
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Parenting Education and Support Programs 1 activity
- Offering parent empowerment and support servicesProvides culturally responsive services including mental health counseling, financial literacy workshops, support groups, educational advocacy, and referrals to strengthen family well-being and reduce isolation.
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Special Education Preschool Programs 1 activity
- Operating Colors Pre-K program for children with developmental delaysProvides special-education classrooms and individualized education, therapies, and purposeful play experiences for children ages 3–5 with developmental delays in East Harlem. The full second floor of the facility is dedicated to this program, which also connects families to mental health, food security, and emergency assistance services.
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Home Repair Assistance for Low-Income Households 1 activity
- Operating Healthy Homes program to address asthma through housing interventionsDeploys community health workers to conduct home environment assessments and provide education on improving indoor air quality and managing asthma. Works with families to modify housing conditions and living habits, collaborates with tenant leaders to secure repairs, and offers community workshops on healthy housing.
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Food Distribution and Hunger Relief 1 activity
- Operating food pantry and public benefits assistance programsDistributes fresh, healthy food through a pantry to individuals who have completed a needs assessment with an LSA advocate. Assists families with SNAP enrollment, WIC, childcare vouchers, health insurance applications, and immigration legal appointments. Also provides tenant support for eviction prevention and housing repairs.
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After-School Academic and Enrichment Programs 1 activity
- Providing after-school and summer enrichment programs for K-5 studentsOffers homework help, tutoring, summer learning, arts programming, and social-emotional learning for children in grades K–5. The after-school program maintains a 93% attendance rate, with 96% of children improving reading by at least one level and 52% showing math gains; the summer program achieves 100% reading improvement with 34% advancing two levels.
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Creative Arts Therapy Programs 1 activity
- Providing free, bilingual, trauma-informed mental health services with art therapyOffers individual and group-based mental health care for women of childbearing age and their families using talk and art therapy modalities such as photography, clay, collage, doll making, and painting. Programs include the Women’s Building Bridges of Hope Art Therapy Group, Summer Art Therapy Groups, and regular support groups in a safe, confidential setting.
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Perinatal Support Services 1 activity
- Providing nutrition education for pregnant womenOffers quarterly nutrition education workshops for pregnant women through the United Way of NYC’s Connect2Care Project to support maternal and child health.
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financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$4.92M
Contributions & grants$4.57M93%
Program service revenue$78K2%
Investment income$10K0%
Other revenue$265K
expenses
Total expenses$3.24M
Program expenses71%
Admin / overhead14%
Fundraising15%
Salaries & benefits$2.07M
Grants paid out$366K
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$6.40M
Cash$1.88M
Investments$124K
Liabilities$379K
Net assets$6.03M
Liquid reserves7.4 mo
5 years on record · 2020–2025 · YoY revenue +41.4%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025
Who runs it
paid leadership · 3
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONAH GENSLER | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $236K |
| RAY LOPEZ | CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER | 40 | $165K |
| CATHERINE D PROCTOR | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $121K |
board members · 22
- ALEX PRICE — DIRECTOR
- ALEXANDRA TOOROCK — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
- ANDREA PINUCS — DIRECTOR
- ANDREW NAVARETTE — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
- ARTHUR W BINGHAM — DIRECTOR
- BRENNA MOORE THD — DIRECTOR
- CAPPY COLLINS MD — DIRECTOR
- DARREN WILSON — TREASURER
- EDWARD HOPPER — CHAIRPERSON
- ELIZABETH KING — DIRECTOR
- JONATHAN LOPEZ — DIRECTOR
- MADELEINE LIVINGSTON — DIRECTOR
- MALOU FONTANEZ — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
- MARK MORAN — DIRECTOR
- MELINEH OUNANIAN — DIRECTOR
- RALPH A SICILIANO ESQ — SECRETARY
- REBECCA SMITH — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
- RICHARD J BONFORTE MD — DIRECTOR
- ROBIN POULOS — DIRECTOR
- RYAN C MCGLYNN — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
- STEPHANIE COOPER-CLARKE — DIRECTOR
- TERRY THOMPSON — DIRECTOR (OUTGOING)
relationships · 16
Who they work with
- Brooklyn Brewery Partner — Hosted LSA Family Health Service’s Associate Board trivia event at the Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Room in Williamsburg.
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Partner — Visited LSA Family Health Service's center in East Harlem alongside United Way NYC to support the organization’s work.
- Good+ Foundation Partner — Provides parenting gear and supplies distributed by LSA to families.
- Kennedy Children's Center Partner — Collaborates with LSA Family Health Service to operate the Colors Pre-K program for children with developmental delays in East Harlem.
- Kennedy Children’s Center Partner — Partnered with LSA Family Health Service to open Colors Pre-K with special-education classrooms in East Harlem.
- LSA Youth Board Partner — Youth volunteer group composed of high school students supporting LSA Family Health Service through volunteer work, fundraising, and in-kind donations.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Partner — Collaborated with LSA Family Health Service by contributing stories for the 2026 Spirit of East Harlem Gala video.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Partner — Partners with LSA to offer nutrition and health workshops.
- Monica Sanchez Partner — Director of Mental Health Services at LSA Family Health Service, point of contact for program information
- Mount Sinai Hospital Partner — Partners with LSA to offer nutrition and health workshops.
- Spirit of East Harlem Partner — Collaborates on the annual Spirit of East Harlem Gala fundraising event.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Government — Receives funding and complies with civil rights regulations from the USDA for food assistance programs.
- United Way NYC Partner — Visited LSA Family Health Service's center in East Harlem to support and engage with the organization’s work.
- United Way of NYC Partner — Collaborates on the Connect2Care Project to provide nutrition education for pregnant women.
- Youth Board Network — Youth-led group supporting LSA through fundraising initiatives.
- tenant leaders Partner — Collaborates with tenant leaders to secure repairs for building conditions affecting health.
strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Dignity-Centered, Holistic Family Supportmethodology: dignity_centered_family_supportBy affirming the dignity of vulnerable families through holistic, relationship-centered services that address both immediate and long-term needs, we produce lasting stability and community well-being because respectful, mutual relationships foster engagement, trust, and self-efficacy.
- Home-Based Environmental and Family Health Interventionmethodology: home_based_health_interventionBy delivering personalized health support in the home, including identification of environmental hazards like asthma triggers, we improve health outcomes because home-based interventions increase accessibility, contextual relevance, and the ability to address social determinants of health at the source.
- Integrated Service Model Linking Basic Needs and Advocacymethodology: integrated_service_modelBy combining food assistance with comprehensive needs assessment and advocacy, we produce more sustainable family stability because connecting basic needs to systemic support (e.g., housing, legal status, public benefits) addresses root causes of poverty rather than symptoms alone.
- Trauma-Informed, Integrated Mental Health Caremethodology: trauma_informed_careBy delivering free, bilingual, trauma-informed mental health services that integrate art and talk therapy in safe, confidential settings, we improve emotional healing and accessibility for women and families because this approach meets clients where they are, reduces stigma, and supports diverse modes of expression.