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Dec 2020

RPA Annual Report, FY2020

Reflecting on the past year and planning for the region’s recovery and renewal, we can be proud of RPA’s contributions at this critical moment towards a more equitable, healthy, and sustainable society.

A Letter from the Chairman and President

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Health

I’m with RPA: Vanessa Barrios, Senior Associate, State Programs and Advocacy

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The New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region was the epicenter of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and RPA is working to ensure it becomes the epicenter of recovery.
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For our nation to return to full physical and economic health, we must treat the underlying conditions that made us so susceptible to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Housing

I’m with RPA: Marcel Negret, Senior Planner

Investing in a diverse mix of housing options for people of all incomes is essential for economic recovery in Connecticut.”

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Transportation

I’m with RPA: Kate Slevin, Senior Vice President, State Programs and Advocacy

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Energy, Climate, and Open Space

I’m with RPA: Rob Freudenberg, Vice President, Energy and Environment

Parks are places to play, to escape into nature, and to build mind and muscle. In light of the COVID-19 crisis, parks are more important than ever, and they should be part of every urban neighborhood.”

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RPA In-Person and Online

RPA Events

Benefit3 Event Triboro Event Full Crowd ESA 2 Afua zoom Moses Gates3 NYCHA Report Breakfast October2019 Cisneros Zucotti Award2020 Pew 1 copy Assembly 20 housing Campaign Healthy Regions Second Symposium Protecting Tri State Transit 2 Suburban Remix copy
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Financial Information

Chart 2020 RPA Revenue

Operating Revenue

Revenue

Foundations

$1,115,092

Corporations

$1,992,467

Individuals

$645,697

Government

$76,635

Other

$18,469

Total Operating Revenue

$3,848,360

Endowment revenue

Peter Herman Chair

$20,250

Dividends and Capital Gains

$102,108

Total Endowment Revenue

$122,358

Total Revenue

$3,970,718

Expenses

Operating Expenses

Research

$2,808,936

Public Affairs

$545,144

Management and General

$360,265

Fundraising

$774,178

Total Operating Expenses

$4,488,523

Net Surplus

-$517,805

Assets and Liability

Total Assets

$5,356,626

Total Liability

$918,857

Total Net Assets

$4,437,769

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FY2020 Donors

(July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020)

Donations above $100,000

Bloomberg Philanthropies

New York State Health Foundation

Laurance S. Rockefeller Fund

SL Green Management

Durst Organization

Richard Oram / Fund for the Environment and Urban Life

RXR

Jennifer Speer

JPB Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Siegel Family Endowment

Suffolk Construction

$50,000 - $99,999

A Woodner Fund

Cushman Wakefield

JPMorgan Chase

Ralph C. Wilson Foundation

American Express

Steve Denning

Leidos

Sidewalk Labs

Blackstone

Deutsche Bank

Lily Auchincloss Foundation

Robert K. Steele

Brookfield Properties

Ford Foundation

Jan Nicholson Fund

Walentas Foundation

Crown Castle

Paul Gertner

Prudential

WSP

$25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous

Emigrant Bank

Jacobs Engineering

James Rubin

Audible

Energy Foundation

James Capalino Associates

Siemens

Stephen Beckwith

Ernst & Young

M&T Charitable Foundation

STV

Elizabeth Belfer

Fairfield County Community Foundation

McKinsey & Co.

TIAA/Nuveen

Eugenie Birch

Fisher Brothers

Meridiam Infrastructure

UBER

Bombardier

Sarah Fitts

New York Community Trust

United Airlines

Jun Choi

The F. M. Kirby Foundation

NRG Inc

Verizon

Citigroup

The Fund for New Jersey

Orsted

VHB

Con Edison Foundation

Goldman Sachs

PNC Foundation

Vornado Realty

Deloitte

Guidehouse

PSEG

Wells Fargo

Michael Drinkard

Peter Herman

PSEG-LI

Dyson Foundation

HNTB Corporation

Rauch Foundation

Edison Properties

InterPublicGroup

Ravenswood Generating Station

$10,000 - $24,999

AECOM

Lisa Diaz

Long Island Community Foundation

Sam Schwartz Engineering

American Airlines

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation

Matt Kissner/Wiley

The Scherman Foundation

ARUP

The Gunk Foundation

Ben Korman/Lotus Equity Group

Marilyn Taylor

Marcia Bateson

Dylan Hixon

Northwood Investors

Jane Veron & Andrew Fieldstein

CBRE

Hollomon Price Foundation

Omnispective

Westfield

Henry Cisneros

David Huntington

PAU

WeWork

Columbia University

Hyde & Watson Foundation

Jason Post

WXY Studio

The Critelli Family Foundation

KPF Foundation

Rudin Management

$5,000 - $9,999

Ashforth Properties

GHD

Mathis Pfohl Foundation

Larry Rockefeller

Covanta Energy

Hargreaves Assocaties

Nolan Partners International

Jonathan Rose Companies

Nancy Douzinas

David Hoffman

Northwell Health

Skidmore Owings & Merril

George and Amy Klette Newman Foundation

Langan

Pew Charitable Trust

$1,000 - $4,999

Kate Ascher

Maxine Griffith

Bryna & Joshua Landes

Tokumbo & Sheethal Shobowale

AT&T

Rachel Haot

Brenda Levin

H. Claude Shostal

BerlinRosen

Linda Harrison

Jill Lerner

Siebert Williams Shank & Co.

Cacace Tusch & Santaga

Henry and Sammi Hatch

Adam Meister

Susan Solomon & Paul Goldberger

Art Chang

Henry Luce Foundation

Philip Milstein

Marian Starr

Convene

Brian Hughes

Sanjay Mody

Robert Stromsted

Linda Cox

Catherine McVay Hughes

Nancy Owens Studio

Luther Tai

Jerome Davis

Kenneth Jackson

Larissa Ortiz/Streetsense

Bill Thompson

David Earls

Anaita Kasad

Daniel Rose

Tonio Burgos Associates

First Republic Bank

Hope Knight

Lynne Sagalyn

Woods Bagot

Rosalie Genevro

Bradley Kranz

Aditya Sanghvi

Government

Amtrak

Suffolk County IDA

New Haven

Waterbury 

Connecticut Department of Housing

Bridgeport

Stamford

Board of Directors

Scott Rechler*, Chairman Thomas K. Wright*, President & CEO

Marcia Bateson*, Chair, Advancement Committee

Matthew S. Kissner*, Vice Chair

Michael J. Cacace, Co-Chair, Connecticut Committee

Hope Knight*, Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Audit & Finance Committee

Jun Choi*, Co-Chair, New Jersey Committee

Judith Lagano*, Co-Chair, Connecticut Committee

Douglas Durst, Vice Chair

Jason Post, Chair, Communications Committee

Sarah Fitts*, Co-Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

James Rubin*, Co-Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

Hon. James J. Florio, Co-Chair, New Jersey Committee

Lynne B. Sagalyn, Co-Chair, New York Committee

David Huntington*, Counsel

Tokumbo Shobowale*, Co-Chair, Audit & Finance Committee

Paul Josephson*, Co-Chair, New Jersey Committee

Anthony Shorris*, Co-Chair, New York Committee

Rohit Aggarwala*

Nick Dhimitri

Kyle Kimball

Elliot Sander

Sol Marie Alfonso-Jones

Lisa Diaz

Kathleen Knight

Aditya Sanghvi

Alix Anfang

Susannah Drake

Mitch Korbey

John Santora

David Armour

Blair Duncan

Ben Korman

Samuel Schwartz

Joseph Barile

Eva Durst

Barry Langer

Nadir Settles

Stephen Beckwith

Leecia Eve

Sue Lee

Peggy Shepard

Robert Billingsley*

Winston Fisher

Jill Lerner*

H. Claude Shostal

Eugenie Birch

Miguel Gamiño

Trent Lethco*

Ryan Simonetti

Robert Blumenthal

Paul Gertner

Christopher Levendos

Jennifer Skyler

Mark Blumkin

Peter Glus

Mark Marcucci

Monica Slater Stokes

Anthony Borelli

Maxine Griffith*

Andrew Mathias

Susan Solomon

Jo Ivey Boufford

Christopher Hahn

Jan Nicholson

Robert Steel*

Tonio Burgos

Rachel Haot

Richard Oram

Michael Sweeney

Vincent Cassano

Richard Haray

Herminia Palacio

Marilyn Taylor

Vishaan Chakrabarti

Linda Harrison

Angela Pinsky

Reuben Teague

Ali Chaudhry

Peter Herman

Seth Pinsky*

Travis Terry

Henry Cisneros*

Dylan Hixon

Clint Plummer

Richard Thigpen

Frank Cohen

Kerry Hughes

John Porcari

Darryl Towns

Anthony Coscia

Brian Hughes

David Quart

Jane Veron

Craig Covil

Mary Margaret Jones

Gregg Rechler

Philippe Visser

Michael Critelli

Sabrina Kanner

Michael Regan

Claire Weisz

Peter D’Arcy

Anaita Kasad*

Gerry Rosberg

Kevin Willens

Steven Denning

Michael Keenan

Janette Sadik-Khan

Kate Wittels

Board Membership as of December 2020 *Executive Committee Member

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