Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO BRING ECONOMIC JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION TO OUR BRONX NEIGHBORS AND OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACCROSS NEW YORK CITY. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC JUSTICE, FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD FINANCIALLY EMPOWERED AND PROSPEROUS LIVES.
ARIVA PROVIDES FREE FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND COACHING TO LOWER INCOME NEW YORKS BOTH AS A STANDALONE EFFORT AND INTEGRATED WITH OUR FREE TAX PROGRAQM. WE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL COUNSELING SERVICES AT SEVERAL NONPROFIT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND NEW YORK CITY. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING PERSONAL FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE HAVE EXPERTISE IN SPECIALIZED COUNSELING TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RECENT IMMIGRANTS, MICROENTREPRENEURS AND VERY LOW INCOME NEW YORKERS. OUR PRIORITY IS REACHING PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY PARTICIPATING IN THE FINANCIAL MAINSTREAM. THIS PAST YEAR, OUR COUNSELING HAS FOCUSED ON HELPING OUR CLIENTS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE MANY FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN 2020, OVER 2,800 CLIENTS RECEIVED ONE-ON-ONE FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND WE HAD OVER 50,000 VIEWS ACROSS 25 FACEBOOK LIVE EVENTS CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION, TOOLS, RESOURCES AND REFERRAL PARTNERS TO HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR FINANCES DURING COVID-19.
ARIVA'S VITA PROGRAM COMPLETED ITS 17TH SEASON IN 2020. WE ARE THE LARGEST AND ONE OF THE MOST ESTABLISHED FREE INCOME TAX PROGRAMS BASED IN THE BRONX, WITH 13 FIXED SITES AND A MOBILE TAX SITE LOCATED IN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH. ALTHOUGH OUR 2020 TAX SEASON WAS DISRUPTED AT ITS MID-POINT IN MARCH, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO PREPARE 7,822 RETURNS, BRINGING $15,242,831 BACK TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. IN ADDITION, WE HELPED 99 IMMIGRANTS APPLY FOR NEW ITIN NUMBERS AND PREPARED 164 ITIN RENEWAL APPLICATIONS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Irene Baldwin | Executive Dir. | 40 | $107,903 |
| Teri Wade | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Susan Grbic | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathleen Scott | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| David Shuffler | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Steven Flax | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Will Bressman | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Nicholas Arture | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Astrid Andre | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| S Lemuria Alawode El | CHAIRPERSON | 2 | $0 |
| Heng Ly | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Christopher Nicholson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
| James Buckley | VICE CHAIRPERSO | 2 | $0 |
| Lakia Williams | BOARD MEMBER | 0.5 | $0 |
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