REPORTE ANNUAL
2025
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2025 Fighting Poverty in Hard Times: A Letter from our Executive Director
For more than 40 years, POTS has welcomed everyone who comes to our door with love and kindness. We began as a soup kitchen and have since expanded our mission to nourishing our clients’ goals for a better life for themselves and their families.
Our neighborhood in the Bronx continues to face some of the most complex challenges in New York City, a place where people strive every day for better lives for themselves and their children. In 2025, their struggles became even harder as the true cost of living continued to rise faster than incomes, while critical supports that many of our neighbors rely on became less reliable.
The extraordinary shutdown of the federal government and the inability of other public sources to fully offset reductions in benefits added uncertainty and greater hardship. Families who had been managing to get by were suddenly at risk of falling behind on rent, skipping meals, or postponing essential medical care.
In sum, in my 7th year as Executive Director, I have never seen such intense need in our clients, coupled with a barrage of policies that seek to undermine their progress.
Fortunately, I continue to be amazed by the responsiveness of our supporters, who continue to show up with extraordinary generosity to help us break the cycle of poverty in the Bronx despite the challenges of the times. As we have done for decades, POTS responded as best we could to help the growing number of people who were asking for help. Throughout the year, our staff, volunteers, and community partners showed their commitment to ensure that everyone who comes to POTS is met with compassion, respect, and personalized assistance.
Every partnership, every volunteer hour, and every contribution—large or small—helps us provide a safe, welcoming, and supportive place where people are seen, heard, and supported. It allows us to respond quickly in times of crisis and to stay with people as they work to build their lives. It is because of you—our donors, partners, volunteers, and friends—that POTS continues to grow as a trusted harbor in the Bronx.
Thank you for standing with us, for believing in our clients, and for helping to ensure that every person in our community has access to the food, care, and opportunities they deserve. Together, we are building a stronger, more just, and more hopeful Bronx.
Con gratitud,
DIRECTORA EJECUTIVA
Understanding The Bronx in Context
In 2025, The Bronx remained a place where the distance between New York’s prosperity and the reality facing many of its families continued to reveal profound disparities in the city. The borough’s median household income was $48,676, compared with $80,483 citywide and $85,974 across New York State. This is also verified by how many people live under the poverty line:
The structural barriers faced by our community go beyond the economic factors and obstacles are reported on education, employment, and housing, among others. Food insecurity, for instance, illustrates the pressure on household limitations this year: the City’s 2025 Food Metrics Report found that 22.6% of Bronx residents experienced food insecurity, the highest rate of any borough and well above the 16.8% citywide rate. These are not isolated challenges. They are overlapping barriers that can turn a lost job, an unexpected bill, a health emergency or rising food costs into a crisis for a family already living close to the edge.
Clients Come First: POTS steps up to the challenge.
At Part of the Solution, we have more than four decades building a different possibility alongside our Bronx neighbors. Beyond responding to crisis, the POTS team takes a comprehensive look at each person’s challenges to connect them with resources on site and through referrals. We offer clients our services in a coordinated and personalized approach, with the following three programs on site:
Seguridad Alimentaria Services provides clients with groceries and fresh foods that they choose for themselves and a community dining room to enjoy delicious, nutritious lunches year-round.
Dignidad y bienestar offers clients showers, haircuts, a secure mailing address, and access to dental and medical care and substance abuse counseling.
Estabilidad a Largo Plazo helps clients move from crisis to stability with coordinated services tailored to the individual and their family, including case management, free legal services focused on avoiding evictions, a workforce development program, and a mentorship program.
In 2025:
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COMUNIDAD
Nuestro impacto en 2025
POTS served 36,600 low-income New Yorkers — including 11,690 children.
Seguridad alimentaria y comidas comunitarias: la nutrición es el núcleo de nuestro servicio
- +2,800,000 comidas distribuidas a +24,000 personas a través de nuestra despensa renovada.
- Casi 5,500 personas únicas servidas en nuestro comedor
- Casi 290,000 comidas calientes servidas con dignidad y hospitalidad
Dignidad y bienestar: la red de apoyo que marca la diferencia
- +5,500 duchas proporcionadas a cerca de 600 personas
- 3,000 cortes de cabello proporcionados a casi 1,000 personas
- 26 clientes inscritos en programas de desintoxicación y/o rehabilitación
Estabilidad a largo plazo: Proporcionando una ruta hacia la estabilidad y cumpliendo con nuestra visión
- +3,000 hogares aseguraron casi 17 millones de dólares en beneficios públicos
- 396 personas alcanzaron metas personales establecidas con mentores, incluyendo +100 empleos asegurados,, generating a combined expected income of +$2,700,000
- +1.200 hogares se beneficiaron de servicios legales relacionadas con la vivienda, previniendo +400 desalojos
- +100 clientes participaron en nuestros programas de inglés.
POTS is committed to scaling up its successful model, based on our índice de estabilidad para romper el ciclo de pobreza para aún más familias e individuos cada año.
Young Leaders, Lasting Impact
For years, students from Fordham Preparatory School have been part of the POTS community, volunteering their time to help Bronx families access food and other essential support. In 2025, they took that commitment even further, mobilizing their school community through food drives, fundraising, and service. Their efforts generated the equivalent of $142,000 in food and donations, while students also assembled more than 600 hygiene kits for POTS’ Dignity & Wellness Program.
Their support came at a particularly important moment. During the 2025 federal government shutdown, uncertainty surrounding public benefits and federal assistance added another layer of concern for families already navigating high food costs and financial hardship. POTS worked to remain a reliable source of food, services, information, and reassurance for our community.
Against that backdrop, Fordham Prep students demonstrated what responsive activism can accomplish, helping POTS meet immediate needs while reminding our neighbors that their broader community was standing with them.
That extraordinary year of service earned Fordham Prep and POTS the 2026 NYC Mayoral Partnership Impact Award, recognizing a partnership built over years and strengthened when the community needed it most.
POTS is also committed to advancing ideas that challenge assumptions and inspire solutions.
September 2025, POTS hosted its Annual Impact Forum with the NYU Robert Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the theme, “Harnessing Innovation to Fight Poverty and Promote Social Justice.” Moderated by NYU, the panel featured POTS Executive Director, and leaders of the NYC Department of City Planning and Robin Hood – Blue Ridge Labs. It explored how innovative methodologies and community-driven models can disrupt cycles of poverty and foster long-term social justice. See the Forum at POTS’ Impact Forum 2025
Información financiera
Gracias al apoyo de nuestros donantes, hemos mantenido una sólida posición financiera durante 2024. Nuestro compromiso con el uso eficiente de los fondos donados ha dado sus frutos en términos de bajos costos de gestión y recaudación de fondos.
INGRESOS
| Individuos y Grupos Comunitarios | $1,720,158 | |
| Gobierno | $2,110,450 | |
| Fundaciones y Corporaciones | $4,492,179 | |
| Eventos especiales | $1,384,128 | |
| En especie | $1,932,173 | |
| Otros | $348,483 | |
| INGRESOS TOTALES | $11,987,571 |
GASTOS
| Programa de seguridad alimentaria | $4,540,246 | |
| Programa de Estabilidad a Largo Plazo | $3,703,523 | |
| Programa de Dignidad y Bienestar | $609,310 | |
| Administración y General | $485,118 | |
| Recaudación de fondos | $1,212,087 | |
| GASTOS TOTALES | $10,550,284 |
DECLARACIÓN CONSOLIDADA DE ACTIVIDADES AUDITADAS PARTE DE LA SOLUCIÓN Y AFILIADAS
| ACTIVOS | 2023 |
|---|---|
| ACTIVOS | 2025 |
| Efectivo y equivalente de efectivo | $4,444,401 |
| Efectivo restringido | $261,088 |
| Inversiones | $4,571,647 |
| Contribuciones y subvenciones por cobrar | $1,767,094 |
| Gastos pagados por adelantado y otros activos | $161,444 |
| Derecho de uso y leasing operativo | $2,684,769 |
| Propiedad y equipo, neto | $10,147,228 |
| ACTIVOS | $24,037,671 |
| PASIVOS Y ACTIVOS NETOS | 2021 |
|---|---|
| PASIVOS Y ACTIVOS NETOS | |
| PASIVO | |
| Cuentas por pagar y gastos acumulados | $244,646 |
| Ingresos diferidos | $404,897 |
| Pasivos de leasing operativo | $2,910,855 |
| PASIVO | $3,560,398 |
| ACTIVOS NETOS | $19,494,977 |
| WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS | |
|---|---|
| WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS | |
| No designado | $17,949,977 |
| Designado por la Junta para la campaña de capital | $0 |
| Total de activos netos sin restricciones de los donantes | $17,949,977 |
| Con restricciones de los donantes | $2,527,296 |
| ACTIVOS NETOS | $20,477,273 |
| PASIVOS Y ACTIVOS NETOS | $24,037,671 |
| INGRESOS DE OPERACIÓN SIN RESTRICCIONES | |
|---|---|
| INGRESOS DE OPERACIÓN SIN RESTRICCIONES | |
| Contribuciones | $1,519,085 |
| Subvenciones gubernamentales | $2,110,450 |
| Fundaciones y contribuciones corporativas | $1,029,171 |
| Eventos especiales, netos de gastos | $1,384,128 |
| Contribuciones en especie | $1,932,913 |
| Ingresos por inversiones | $300,460 |
| Ingresos varios | $48,023 |
| INGRESOS DE OPERACIÓN SIN RESTRICCIONES | $8,324,230 |
| INGRESOS DE OPERACIÓN SIN RESTRICCIONES | |
|---|---|
| INGRESOS OPERATIVOS CON RESTRICCIONES | |
| Contribuciones | $201,073 |
| Subvenciones gubernamentales | $0 |
| Fundaciones y contribuciones corporativas | $3,463,008 |
| INGRESOS OPERATIVOS CON RESTRICCIONES | $3,664,081 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| GASTOS | |
| Programa de seguridad alimentaria | $4,540,246 |
| Programa de Estabilidad a Largo Plazo | $3,703,523 |
| Programa de Dignidad y Bienestar | $609,310 |
| Administración y General | $485,118 |
| Recaudación de fondos | $1,212,087 |
| GASTOS | $10,550,284 |
| CAMBIO EN LOS ACTIVOS NETOS | |
|---|---|
| CAMBIO EN LOS ACTIVOS NETOS | |
| Cambio en los activos netos | $285,135 |
| Activos netos liberados de la restricción | $2,511,189 |
| Cambio en los activos netos con restricción de los donantes | $1,152,892 |
POTS’ Mission
POTS es una comunidad amorosa en el Bronx que busca servir a todos los que vengan a sus puertas. Desde la atencion de necesidades urgentes hasta la oferta de servicios comprehensivos a largo plazo, nos asociamos a cada individuo para empoderarle hacia alcanzar su potencial.
Nuestra Vision
Todos los individuos, familias y futuras generaciones del Bronx no sufrirán hambre, alcanzarán seguridad financiera y mantendrán estabilidad a largo plazo.
Nuestros Valores
Community | Respect | Hospitality | Empowerment | Justicia