Children's Aid Society
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| Formation | 1853 New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Founder | Charles Loring Brace (Yale College, 1846) |
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Region served
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New York City |
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President
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Phoebe C. Boyer (Columbia Business School, MBA) |
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Revenue
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 $140.2 million (2014)$137.3 million (2013) |
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$124 million (2014) $121.7 million (2013) |
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Staff
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1,200+ full-time |
| Website | childrensaidsociety.org |
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Children’s Aid Society (CAS) is a private, child welfare nonprofit in New York City, founded in 1853 as the Orphan Train originator, by Yale College graduate,Charles Loring Brace. With an annual budget of over $100 million, 45 citywide sites, and over 1,200 full-time employees, CAS is one of America's oldest and largest children's nonprofits.
CAS helps tens of thousands of disadvantaged, New York City children succeed annually, by providing comprehensive services of adoption and foster care, after-school and weekend programs, arts, camps, early childhood education, events, family support, medical, mental health, and dental, juvenile justice, legal advocacy, special initiatives, sports and recreation, and youth development programs.
In 1853, Children's Aid Society was founded by Yale College graduate and philanthropist, Charles Loring Brace, with financial support from New York businessmen and philanthropists, to ensure the physical and emotional well-being of children, and provide them with the support needed to become successful adults. Brace was appalled by the thousands of abandoned, abused, and orphaned children living in the slums and on the streets of New York at the time. The only options available to such children at the time were begging, prostitution, petty thievery, and gang membership, or commitment to jails, almshouses, and orphanages.
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