In 2024, we look forward to the beginning of our next 20 years! We’ll continue to deepen our presence in the Bronx and respond to the stated needs of our community by launching four senior-focused tax preparation sites. Our team and leadership are working hard to increase the impact in our community by creating more opportunities for service integration across our tax and financial capabilities programs.
Annual
Report
2023
Letter From Irene
Irene BaldwinExecutive Director
Ariva
Dear Friends,
We had a terrific year at Ariva in 2023 and we’re very excited about what 2024 will bring. Last year was our 20 th Anniversary! We had a wonderful event in October, with many of our original partners and volunteers coming together with our community to celebrate our accomplishments over the years. It was also the 10th anniversary of the Ventanilla, our financial capabilities collaboration with the Mexican Consulate of New York, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation and M&T Bank!
Time certainly flies, and we have come a long way from our early days when we filed a few hundred tax returns a year at our South Bronx office. We’re still headquartered in the South Bronx, and now we also work in other neighborhoods and other boroughs. Last year, our programs served over 11,000 New Yorkers.
We saw a lot and learned a lot the past twenty years, and we spent some time this past year reflecting with our community partners on our shared experiences. In the report that follows, you can connect to those LinkedIn Live conversations. You can also learn about some of our plans for 2024. We have an exciting new project coming online which will offer free tax assistance exclusively to Bronx seniors. We also have a new partner in the New York State Department of State; with their support, we’ll be expanding our financial counseling program in Bronx neighborhoods. You can read all about this and more in our annual report.
Best wishes in 2024.
Irene Baldwin
our work
Where we are
- 1
Ariva at Spring Bank
69 East 167th St.
Bronx, NY, 10452
718-292-2983 - 2
Ariva at University Heights
67 West Tremont Ave. Bronx NY 10453 718-292-2983
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Ariva at West Farms Housing
6 West Farms Sq.
Bronx, NY, 10460
718-292-2983 Ext 1015 - 5
Ariva at Part of the Solution (POTS)
2759 Webster Ave.
Bronx, NY, 10458
929-566-7963 (tax)
718-690-9873 (financial counseling) - 6
Ariva at Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ)
1384 Stratford Ave.
Bronx, NY, 10472
718-328-5622 - 7
Parkchester Enhancement Program (PEP)
1525 Unionport Rd.
Bronx, NY, 10462
718-409-1619 (tax)
718-690-9873 (financial counseling) - 8
Ariva at Jasa
2049 Asch Loop
Bronx, NY, 10475
718-320-2066 - 9
Ariva at Eastside House
201 St Ann’s Ave.
Bronx, NY, 10454
718-304-0155 ext 560 - 10
Bronx River Community Center
1619 E 174th St.
Bronx, NY, 10472
718-589-0553 - 11
Ariva at Serviam
2848 Bainbidge Ave.
Bronx, NY, 10458
718-292-2983 - 12
Ariva at Bridge Builders Community Partnership
156 West 164th St.
Bronx, NY, 10452
718-690-9873 - 13
Ariva at West Farms
1 West Farms Sq.
Bronx, NY, 10458
718-618-4589
718-618-6562
Sites beyond the bronx
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La Ventanilla at the Consulate General of Mexico in New York
27 East 39th St.
New York, NY, 10016
212-217-6424 -
Consulate General of Colombia in New York
10 E 46th St
New York, NY, 10017
718-690-9873 -
Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS)
198 East 121st St.
New York, NY, 10035
718-690-9873
Our Community
67%
30%
3%
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67% Hispanic
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30% African American
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3% White, Asian, Native American, Multiracial, Other
28%
30%
21%
13%
8%
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Less than $10,000
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$10,000 - $19,999
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$20,000 - $29,999
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$30,000 - $39,999
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$40,000 or more
48%
52%
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48% speak a language other than English at home
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52% speak English at home
9%
13%
14%
17%
21%
26%
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16 - 24 years
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25 - 34 years
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35 - 44 years
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45 - 54 years
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55 - 64 years
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65+ years
Our Programs
TAX PREPARATION
FINANCIAL COUNSELING
Our Volunteers
We are grateful to all the volunteers who supported our tax season this year!
“The most important thing to me as an Ariva volunteer was to see people coming because they needed the service being provided. For some people, this is the only savings they may have. You want to make sure you’re doing their taxes accurately to ensure they are getting back their proper refund. It is a pleasure to see the smile on people’s faces and their response when they realize they are getting a refund or don’t owe anything. There is a certain level of integrity when it comes to taxes at Ariva. It’s all about the service.”
Madison Plummer, Volunteer
“I’ve always liked serving. Coming from a small family - my parents are from the Dominican Republic - we rely on community. I grew up with that, your village, your community, you help one another…[Many clients at Ariva], they don’t have a banker who speaks their language. Spanish is my first language. It makes me happy that they are comfortable and can ask questions [while I prepare their taxes]...People are waiting in line in the cold to get a $63 refund from the state, so you know it makes a big difference to them. It’s a really wonderful project. Every year I go back.”
Carmen Paulino, Volunteer
Our Board of Directors
Officers
- Heng LyChair
- Steven FlaxVice Chair
- Susan GrbicTreasurer
- Astrid AndreSecretary
Directors
- Walter BlenmanNatalie LozadaLaKia Williams
- James Buckley Myriam Rebling
- Josh GarciaTeri Wade
Our Team
Administration
Irene BaldwinExecutive Director
Angelica MuñozExecutive Assistant
Roy NielsenFiscal Director
Bellamy PuchFiscal Associate
Tax Program
Nilda BonillaAdministrative Assistant
Libretta ChampagneSenior Tax Preparer
Sam JohnsonVolunteer Project Coordinator
Maribel MontillaTax Program Director
Madelin QuezadaSenior Tax Preparerr
Financial Counseling Team
Felix ArellanoProgram Manager
Matteo CaramazzaFinancial Counselor
Sidy DiakhateSenior Financial Counselor
Sabrina Escobar FloresFinancial Counselor
Bradley Fernandez Community Outreach Associate
Sharon FortisProgram Manager
Elizabeth Gomez CastrillonFinancial
Cameron HeavenFinancial Counselor
Daysi Lopez CastilloFinancial Counselor
Adelaida MorinSenior Program Director
Jose O'BoyleAdministrative Assistant
Fernando ZeaFinancial Counselor
By the numbers
2023
Vision
For
2024
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS
Individual Donors
- Astrid Andre
- Irene Baldwin & Mike McGrath
- Walter Blenman
- Heather & Elsa Blumberg
- Caitlyn Brazill
- Diana Breen & Michael Ritter
- Will & Lindsay Bressman
- Caroline Bretter
- Daeman Di Stefano
- Aubrie Fennecken
- Steven Flax
- Friend of Ariva
- Orville Froome
- Joshua Garcia
- Joan Gasser & Jim Buckley
- Susan Grbic
- Gary Hattem & Frazier Holloway
- Jacqueline Hoeger
- Angelica Juarez Sanchez
- Heng Ly Family
- Barry J. Mann
- Colleen Marocco
- Linda McLaughlin
- Maribel Montilla
- Adelaida Morin
- Debra Putzer
- Myriam Rebling
- Gustavo Rodrigues
- Kathleen Scott
- Marie Sturm
- Bob Swanton
- Teri Wade
- LaKia William
Corporate
- Amalgamated Foundation
- Apple Bank
- B Storytelling
- BankUnited
- BNY Mellon
- Capital One
- Credit Builders Alliance
- Dime Community Bank
- Flagstar Bank
- Fordham-Bedford Housing Corporation
- Hanover Bank
- JPMorgan Chase
- M&T Charitable Foundation
- Signature Bank
- Spring Bank
- University Neighborhood Housing Program
- W&F Maintenance Corp.
- West Farms Square LLC
Foundation
- Irene Ritter Foundation
- Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
- Robin Hood Foundation
Government
- NYC Council Member Amanda Farías
- NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
- NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
- NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
- NYS Department of State
- U.S Department of the Treasury- Internal Revenue Service
In-Kind Support
- Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
- Spring Bank
- VanGennep Design
Partners
- 163rd Street Improvement Council
- Bridge Builders Community Partnership
- Bronx River Community Center
- Center for Urban Community Service (CUCS)
- Consulado de Colombia en Nueva York
- Consulate General of El Salvador in New York City
- Consulate General of Mexico in New York City
- Eastside House
- JASA
- La Jornada
- Legal Hand Crown Heights
- Legal Hand Jamaica
- New York Cares
- NYC Health & Hospitals
- NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
- Office of NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez
- Parkchester Enhancement Program
- Part of the Solution (POTS)
- Serviam Hall (Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation)
- Spring Bank
- Susan’s Place
- University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP)
- West Bronx Housing and Neighborhood Resource Center
- West Farms (Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
- Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (YMPJ)