Rocking the Boat, Inc.
Rocking the Boat, Inc.
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More about this organization
Mission
Rocking the Boat empowers young people from the South Bronx to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves. Kids don't just build boats at Rocking the Boat, boats build kids.
About
Rocking the Boat operates a range of boatbuilding, environmental science, and sailing youth and community development programs. The following summarizes the major programs: 1- Youth Development Program: Rocking the Boat's youth development program is split into three tracks - wooden boatbuilding, Bronx River restoration, sailing - and two levels - student and apprentice - but united through a shared focus on giving high school students the opportunity to learn by doing practical work that produces tangible results. 2- Public Programs: Rocking the Boat's public programs expose a broader audience to its work. The on-water classroom introduces the joy of rowing and the beauty and ecological diversity of the Bronx River to elementary, middle, and high school students throughout the school year, and offers both professional development for teachers and teambuilding programs for a wide range of adult groups. During the summer, Bronx River Camp - an environmental education program with a strong emphasis on teambuilding - and Sailing Camp introduce participants to rowing and sailing, and allow them to spend a portion of their summer involved in outdoor activities that enhance their capacity and think critically and problem solve collaboratively, while building physical fitness and fostering environmental stewardship. On an even larger scale, community rowing and sailing invites the general public to go for a free row or sail, guided by Rocking the Boat program assistants, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as stated in the filing, is “Rocking the boat empowers young people from the south bronx to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them.”.
When referring to its actions, they were outlined as: “Traditional wooden boatbuilding, rowing, sailing, environmental research and restoration, individual and group social/emotional counseling, college advisement.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal obligations by reporting their state of operation as NY.
- The non-profit's address in 2019 is noted in the filing as 812 EDGEWATER ROAD, BRONX, NY, 10474.
- The non-profit's form for 2019 reports a total of 102 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $429,965.
- The organization has 13 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1996.
- The organization pays $1,810,276 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $411,671 in fundraising expenses.